CHAPTER 1: Troubling Beginnings
Sakura's Point of view
I was sprinting down a dark hall as fast as I could run, running from an unknown person. I turned my head around, and saw crimson eyes, shining through the darkness. "Sakura…" He called out, his voice like velvet. For some reason I was very afraid of the person who wielded those eyes, but I couldn't remember who! Sasuke? No, Sasuke wouldn't be chasing me; he's probably dead now anyway. "No! He's not dead! He's Alive!" Inner Sakura screamed in my head. I was so caught up with my thoughts that I forgot the person behind me. Wham! He smashed into me, but caught me before I could hit the ground. Oh no! I thought, what was he going to do? Instead of doing anything like killing me, he leaned down, his nose almost touching mine, he leaned forward a bit more and-
Nobody in particular's point of view
Sakura shot out of bed, faster than lightning, and almost hit her head on her low ceiling. She was sweating like crazy, and could only hear her pounding heart and the voice "Sakura……" She froze, and then thought, was that him? Oh no, he's here! "Sakura?" Oh my god, I've got to hide! Rap Tap Tap! Someone was knocking at her door! "Sakura!" She snapped back into reality, and could hear the voice of her mom calling "Sakura! Let me in please! Your doors locked!"
"Oh, sorry mom, I was just having a nightmare." She walked over to the door, and unlocked it. Her mom walked in, and handed her a scroll, bound in leather, with strange markings all over it. It's a message from Tsunade; Shizune gave it to me, figuring you were asleep. "Oh, ok, thanks mom."
"Your Welcome honey, oh, and don't forget, you're going out with Naruto and Hinata tonight, to celebrate!"
"Ya, I remember mom." Sakura opened the scroll, it read; Sakura, please come to my office at 11:32 sharp, I have a special mission for you regarding the capture of Sasuke Uchiha!
Itachi's point of view
Kisame and I were standing on a ledge, about 92 yards away from the hokage's office. Kisame had a mini-telescope he had bought at one of the local stores, and was looking in the direction of the hot springs. The women's hot springs to be exact. "He he, oh, you're the hot one, aren't you?" He said to no won in particular. I kicked him in the ribs, and said, almost with a hint of humor in my voice, "Kisame, stop being such a pervert! What if someone sees you?" Kisame looked up at me and said "well, if they saw me, I guess I'd have to kill them, then again, I'd probably kill them anyway." Before I could answer he said "Ooo, you sure you don't want to look, this one with the pink hair is hot!" I kicked him harder in the ribs, and said "Kisame! What the fuck did I just tell you?" Kisame frowned at me from where he was squatting down, and said "Hey man, it's not like I could just walk in there with my shirt off and get any chick I want. Just because you can, doesn't mean everybody else can too!" With that he went back to his perverted business. I was about to shoot a mean comment back at him, but I realized, how many kunochi have pink hair? "God damnnit Kisame! You little fucktard! She's the one we have been looking for!" Damn, I thought to myself, I'm really losing my cool. "What? Were looking for a chick?" He asked. I slapped my head, and kicked him off the 30ft cliff.
Sakura's point of view
I walked into Tsunade's office, and saw Tsunade, with about 1000 pieces of paper around her, scribbling words onto what looked like a valentine, that said To: Gaara of the Funk From: Tsunade. When she saw me standing in front of her desk, she immediately put the scroll away, and said "Your mission is to infiltrate Orochimaru's village, and get Sasuke to come back, in whatever way you can." When she said Sasuke, Inner Sakura screamed "Yes! Finally, we get to have Sasuke-kun back!" Ya! I thought back, but I was almost unhappy… had I lost all hope in Sasuke? Just as Tsunade was asking me the standard "Do you accept this mission?" thing, I heard a hug crash, and a man with blue skin and a giant sword smashed though the window! Tsunade immediately hopped out of her chair, and threw a punch right at him! Her hand connected with the blue man's face, and I heard a crack, but he didn't even budge, he just smirked. Crash! The other window exploded and another akatsuki member hopped in the room, he was slightly shorter than the blue one, and he had black hair, but his hat was covering his face. I had been training with Tsunade for four years now, and was confident in my skills, so I swung a punch at him, as fast as lightning. His hand shot up, faster than greased lightning, and caught my hand before it even got close to his face. With his other hand, he whipped of his hat, and I starred straight into his eyes…his crimson eyes! I screamed, then fainted, before everything went black, I heard the blue man say in a raspy voice, "Wow Itachi, you used your mangeko on her? Why?" Then I heard Itachi respond in an extremely soft, yet loud, velvety voice "I didn't, she just fainted on her own!"
Sakura's point of view
"Auug" I moaned as I awoke. I was on a bed, in a room painted white, with nothing in it except a table, a window above the bed, and the bed I was laying on. Then the blue man walked in, carrying a tray of food and said "hey, sleeping beauty's waken up! Hahaha!" He laughed at his own joke in his raspy voice. I ignored his comment, and stared hungrily at the tray of food he was holding, I felt like I hadn't eaten in weeks. He seemed to notice me staring, and said "Oh yeah, you must be hungry! Hmm… should I give it to you? Or maybe not?" He laughed, and then set the trey down on the bed. "Oh, and I'm Kisame." He added as an afterthought, before leaving the room. I started devouring the food hungrily, and then realized, it might be poisoned! "Don't worry kunochi, it's not poisoned, why would we capture you, and then poison you?" I heard someone say, I looked over to the door, and saw the man named Itachi, starring at me with…crimson eyes!
Itachi's point of view
"Ahhhhhh!" The kunochi screamed. I jumped back at the sudden noise, as she continued to scream her lungs out. I ran up to her, and clamped my hand over her mouth, and in doing so deactivated my sharingan. When I did that, she immediately stopped screaming. Then I realized that in her screaming, she had accidentally tossed the tray of food up in the air, and it was about to hit the ground! I shot my hand out, and caught it just before it hid the ground. I handed the food back to her, she reached out to take it, and I noticed her hand was still shaking. After she had set the food down on her bed, I noticed how bad she smelled, well, she has been out cold for a whole week. "Ok kunochi" I said "You need a shower, and your in no condition to walk about by yourself, so I'm going to carry you, understand?"