This is an Ita/Saku. Sasuke is NOT the enemy in this fic. He doesn't even hate the idea of his brother and his teammate together!
This is rated T for now. I will change the rating later perhaps. Or I might not at all. Who knows.
Chapter one: Battered but not Dead
Characters introduced: Itachi, Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, Genma, Shino, and Shisui
Rated T for violence.
I DON'T OWN NARUTO! MASASHI KISHIMOTO DOES! R&R ^_^ Please?
She looked pathetic lying in the snow battered and bloody. Blood matted pink hair shone slightly at him and he found he couldn't just leave her. "Kunoichi how did you come to be in this condition?" He asked as he knelt next to her. "I was ambushed on my way back from Lightning. I got my ass beaten and left for dead." The pinkette coughed. "What's your name?" The dark haired man asked. "Sakura. Haruno Sakura." The pink haired female coughed again. "Do you know who I am?" The dark haired man asked. "Yes. You're Itachi. Sasuke's brother. He told me about you." Sakura replied. "Very good. Are you afraid now?" Itachi asked. "No. You're not going to hurt me. If you were, you would have already. You're going to take me home." Sakura replied. "That's correct. I'm here to take you home. My team is waiting nearby and since you are in no condition to fight should you be attacked again, there is safety in numbers." Itachi said. Sakura nodded and bit back a moan of pain as Itachi picked her up.
"We shouldn't have let her go alone! She should have been back by now!" A blond with blue eyes and whiskers on his cheeks fretted. "Sakura is a big girl now. She can take care of herself dobe." A raven haired, black eyed man retorted. "Like you're not worried too teme." The blond sneered. The other raven haired man with them just stared. "You two fight like you're married." He said with a fake smile. "Fuck you Sai." The other raven haired man snarled. "If only you could Sasuke." Sai retorted with a grin.
Itachi carried Sakura through the gates of Konoha and headed toward the hospital. "Please don't take me there Itachi-san. I don't want to have to explain to the nurses why I look like this. Is there somewhere more private you can take me until I can heal myself?" Sakura asked. "Of course. Do you mind the Uchiha compound?" Itachi asked. "No. I like your house. Your mom and dad are nice to me." Sakura replied. Itachi nodded and turned to his teammates. "Who will deliver the report?" He asked. "I will. Don't worry Itachi." Shiranui Genma replied. Itachi nodded and departed with Sakura in his arms. Genma, Uchiha Shisui, and his last partner Aburame Shino headed to the Hokage tower to deliver the report for their missing captain.