Chapter one: flashbacks
Sakura watched, amazed as her blonde haired companion scarffed down yet another bowl of ramen. She smiled a recent habit of hers she thought she would never do since Sasuke left. She soon got lost in memories and her smile faded as she remembered her last encounter with one of the Uchiha Brothers:
Kakashi-sensei, Naruto, and she had gone on a simple scouting mission. Rumors were flying around about the Akatsuki being spotted near the village, so of course, being the good ninja they were they went to investigate. They had stopped flying through the trees because of Sakura; she felt to giant chakra presences nearby and just plain dropped out of the branches, trying to locate the sources.
Amazingly Kakashi had noticed them too, and, signaling the others to be as quite as they could, led them forward, to where he suspected the chakra came from.
Soon they could hear whispering and it was not long before they could see the two figures through the trees. One was an almost impossible to describe blue skinned sharp toothed shark/man but at least she could come up with some words for him. The other left her at a loss; she had to quiet the sharp breath that she took in, that was not what she was expecting.
He was like an older Sasuke, only spine-chilling and tall. His obsidian bangs framed his face, while the rest of his long hair had been pulled into a pony tail at the back of his neck. His eyes were blood red, the famous sharingan proudly displayed. Could this really be the Itachi Sasuke hated so much? The man who murdered the entire Uchiha clan?
Itachi's eyes drifted to her and then to Kisame, he muttered something, much to quiet for the shining to hear. Kisame nodded in agreement, whatever the raven-haired man had said, it was important. They immediately disappeared into the thick brush of the forest again; only seconds after the incomplete team seven realized what had happened.
They had been spotted.
Kakashi started giving orders, and Naruto willingly obeyed them, the two, however soon noticed their pink haired kunoichi had gone missing.
Sakura thrashed against the blue man's grip. "Let go of me you freak!" it was the only words she could think to let through her lips. "Let me go!" she struggled until he loosened his grip a little, then she freed herself from his grasp, dashing to the other end of the clearing.
Kisame smirked, "Well, little shinobi, if it's a fight you want-" Itachi was close to his side almost immediately
"No, Kisame, remember Leader-Sama's orders. We are only supposed to find her for phase one. He will kill us if you hurt her. Plus, remember his words, she could blow at any moment. "
Kisame frowned, walking to Sakura and she didn't know why but she couldn't move. She held gaze with Itachi, and felt as though her whole body would soon collapse. Kisame grabbed her face in his hand and pulled her eyes to look at his scaly face. "Mark my words, pinky, we'll be back." and just like that the two were gone.
It took an hour for Kakashi and Naruto to stumble upon a trembling Sakura. The pair figured her shaken appearance was cause of the Akatsuki, though, as much as they tried to make her, they could not get the story from her lips. She was determined to keep the village out of this. It was her problem, she wouldn't endanger anyone else. She would stand alone in this, even if it wasn't the best thing to do.
The sixteen year old ninja was brought back to the earth by her best friend's eccentric chums of 'Sakura-Chan! Sakura-Chan!' she smiled "what is it Naruto?" he had to blink, and rub his eyes when he looked at her.
'Sakura-Chan, your eyes, they were just-?' he banished the thought, it must have been an illusion of the light, her eyes were forest green, like always.