The Last Resort
Hey there! My two favorite Naruto characters are Itachi and Sakura! Oh, and this is a re-edited version since I found mistakes. Major Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any characters that come along with them except my own obviously.
Sakura: Enjoy the story!
Itachi: or not
Me: Itachi! Bad boy!
Itachi: what are you going to do about it?
Me: I'm going to tell Mikoto-san!
Itachi: *pales slightly* fine…you win
Me: *smirks triumphantly* good boy!
Prologue: Where is Sakura? ~Normal POV~
"TEME!" A familiar boy shouted towards a raven-haired man. Said man almost flinched, almost, as his idiot best friend nearly ran him over in a tackle.
"Shut. Up Dobe! Geez, do you have to be so loud?" Sasuke glared at Naruto who stuck his tongue out, tossing his arms behind his head.
"Teme, didn't have to be so mean. Anyway, where's Kaka-sensei? Is he late again?"
"What do you think?" Sasuke replied dryly. They were at their usual training area, their white-haired sensei was missing still for their usual sparring. They didn't have to wait any longer though as a poof resounded through the area.
"Oi! Kaka-sensei!" Naruto waved at the white-haired man, crouching on a nearby tree, reading a familiar orange book.
"Yo. Naruto, Sasuke." Kakashi waved and landed down, still holding his book. Sasuke snorted quietly and took his hands out of his pocket.
"Ready to spar Kaka-sensei, Teme?" Naruto grinned flipping back and getting into an offensive stance. Kakashi and Sasuke also flipped back and Kakashi stored his book into his pouch, pulling his hitai-ate up to reveal his Sharingan. Sasuke also activated his Sharingan and smirked.
"Get ready to eat shit Dobe." This got Naruto riled up and Kakashi sighed.
"Yare yare. Go!" the three proceeded to disappear and launch into a flurry of jutsus.
After a while, Kakashi had called the battle off and the three met back at the training ground. Naruto's stomach rumbled loudly and he laughed nervously, scratching his head.
"Anou…" Sasuke rolled his eyes and started walking towards Konoha.
"Come on Dobe, let's go to Ichiraku." Naruto's eyes brightened and he all, but dashed back to the village, yelling about how ramen was like heaven in a bowl.
"How he gets all that energy is beyond me." Kakashi said, but followed with Sasuke, deciding to eat with them. when they reached Ichiraku, Sasuke noticed that there were two others there as well. Two others he did not expect to see.
"Aniki. Shisui." He greeted his brother and older cousin. Itachi merely glanced at him and grunted while Shisui grinned at his younger cousin.
"Yo Sasuke-chan. Hi there Naruto-kun, Kakashi-san." Shisui said cheerfully, polishing off his bowl of ramen.
"I thought you were on a mission." Sasuke said to Itachi who smirked slightly. "Yes Foolish Otouto, I was. I just got back."
"Kaa-san won't be happy that you decided to eat out instead of going home." Sasuke said, but Itachi just waved his hand dismissively. Naruto had already sat down and had started on his first, but not last bowl of ramen. Kakashi and Sasuke sat on either side of him, Sasuke sitting next to his brother.
"Ne, so when is Sakura-chan coming back again?" Shisui asked. Since Sasuke was in Team 7, Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi had met Sasuke's family. And while his mother Mikoto took to Naruto and Kakashi, she was the most fond of them, as was most of the Uchiha clan. After Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi came back from their intense training with one of the Legendary Sannin Jiraiya of two years, Sakura had also gone to train. Along with her were Shizune and Tsunade. However, because Tsunade couldn't let abandon her post, she put Shikamaru as the temporary fifth Hokage, gaining laughs from pretty much all of Konoha's Rookie 12, and other shinobi. It was widely known how much Shikamaru despised work. This was roughly two and a half years ago. They had promised to be back soon if not three years.
"She's scheduled to come back about three days from now." Kakashi answered Shisui's question.
"I see." Shisui mused. Their meal was interrupted however when a girl wearing a purple kunoichi outfit appeared huffing and took a deep breath.
"What's up Ino?" Naruto asked, already done with his third bowl.
"Everyone is to meet in Tsunade's office! It's an emergency!" she announced, and in an instant they all teleported to her room. There, they saw the other Konoha 12 and their respective sensei, along with Itachi's Alpha ANBU team, and Sai and Yamato.
"What's wrong Shikamaru?" Naruto started to shout, but shut up when Sasuke smacked him upside the head.
"Shikamaru? What's wrong?" Kiba asked impatiently. Shikamaru, who had his back faced to them turned around. Neji and several others grimaced. When Shikamaru was serious, something was seriously wrong.
"You all know that the Godaime is on an extended leave with Shizune-san and Sakura-san, right?"
"Yeah, so what?" Tenten asked curiously.
"The Godaime and Sakura-chan have been keeping me updated with their condition, via a messenger. Having our Hokage away for a long period is stressing." He paused, letting that information sink in. Itachi's eyes narrowed.
"Something occurred to them?" he confirmed and Shikamaru closed his eyes.
"Aa. The messenger was found murdered by one of our chuunin team." Everyone in the room either gasped, or clenched their fists. The implications of that sentence…weren't good.
"Are you sure that it isn't a coincidence? What if he just happened upon a pack of hunter-nin?" Chouji asked, trying to assuage the tension rising in the room. Shikamaru paused, hesitating and finally shook his head.
"The messenger is always cloaked with a genjutsu made by Sakura-chan. At the scene, the chuunin team reported that it looked like hell where he was found, and that there were lots of uprooted trees and craters all over the place. And a lot of blood." Naruto gritted his teeth as did the other members of Team 7. The only people capable of that much destruction were the fifth Hokage and their female teammate. "This—" Shikamaru continued, pulling out a slightly bloody scroll and opened it, handing it to Itachi. He was the most composed one out of the others, though he could tell the man was concerned as well. Itachi took it and read the scroll's contents to the others.
'Sorry that you had to find out this way. There was nothing that we could do to avoid it. Please tell the family and offer our condolences. Also, our plans are being pushed back. Not sure when we'll come back to Konoha, but I'll try to contact you all as soon as I can.
~Love Sakura~'
"There's no mistake. This is Sakura's handwriting." Ino said, taking a closer look, slightly disturbed to see a blood splatter near Sakura's name.
"Did she send this?" Kurenai asked, but Shikamaru shook his head.
"Iie. It was found nearby the wreck. It was hidden behind genjutsu as well." he answered.
"Who could have done this? Was it another village's doing?" Hana asked, severely worried. Her, Shisui, Genma and Itachi were the Alpha ANBU squad, and therefore answered to the Hokage. This raised everyone's alarm.
"I'm not sure, but now I am issuing out a mission. Alpha ANBU squad Captain Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, Shiranui Genma, Inuzuka Hana, and Team 7's Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto and Team 10's Yamanaka Ino. You are to go to the site of the wreckage and gather as much information as you can. Everyone else DISMISSED!" the others nodded and left, leaving the two teams. "Itachi, in the event that this is because of another village, for whatever reason you will be there with your team. Hana and Kakashi, you will be using scents to help out. Naruto, Sasuke, and Ino, you know Sakura the most so hopefully if she has left anymore clues, you should be able to decode them." Shikamaru explained. They nodded and Shikamaru sighed. "Good. Now hurry up and pack. Leave as soon as possible." He sighed again and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Mendokusei." He muttered under his breath.
"Let's go Teme! Sakura-chan and Baa-chan are in trouble!" Naruto hollered and all, but ran out.
"Sasuke." Itachi said, and Sasuke nodded.
"Aa." They along with Shisui teleported to the Uchiha compound. When they got their, Shisui waved bye and body flickered to his home.
"Tadaima!" Sasuke and Itachi said in unison and heard their mother talk from the kitchen. When they entered, they saw the Uchiha matriarch preparing dinner. Their chichi-ue sat down at the table drinking tea.
"Itachi-chan, how was your mission?" Mikoto asked, turning around and greeted them with a smile.
"Aa, it was fine. I'm going up to wash. You can tell her Sasuke." Itachi said and escaped before his father could say anything. Sasuke sat down and was also brought tea, for which he was grateful to down.
"Tell me what Sasuke-chan?" Mikoto asked and Sasuke nodded.
"We are going on a mission with Itachi's and my team." He said, sighing inwardly when she realized he was leaving something out. "The Godaime, and Sakura have…encountered trouble and we have to help."
Mikoto gasped and this caught Fugaku's attention as well.
"I see! Well then, here have a quick snack before you leave. You too Itachi-chan!" Mikoto said as Itachi entered, bathed and packed already to go.
"Arigatou Kaa-san." Itachi said quietly, sitting down.
"Is everyone here?" Kakashi asked. Naruto nodded for their team and the ANBU squad appeared in a poof. They had their standard ANBU gear on minus the cloak and their mask on.
"For this mission, it would be best if you called us by our mask." Itachi said and Kakashi nodded.
"Good idea Weasel-san." Shisui who bore the Eagle mask smirked under his mask.
"Let's get this show on the road." He said and Hana (Dog) nodded.
"Let's go." She said and they dashed out of the village.
"Lead the way." Genma (Hawk) told Hana and Kakashi.
"This way!" Kakashi said veering toward their right. After traveling for a while or so, they arrived upon the scene. However, what they saw was definitely not what they had expected.
-Meanwhile Somewhere Else-
"How the hell did we lose them un?" A furious long blonde haired man shouted, running his fingers gingerly through his slightly singed hair.
"Shut up Deidara." I'm trying to concentrate." His strange bulky-like partner said.
"When I see that bitch again, I'll make her pay un." Deidara seethed, more quiet than before. Sasori let go of the impulse to snort.
"I still can't believe you got bested by that pink-haired brat."
"Humph, shut up un. She caught me by surprise is all un." Deidara grumbled.
"Mm?" Sasori swiveled his head slightly back to where they came from. "I sense Konoha shinobi." Deidara smirked and chuckled.
"Should we go greet them Sasori-danna un?"
"No. Let's go before they sense us. Haruno Sakura is our main priority." Deidara didn't argue, and they disappeared in a poof.
Preview
"Did they find it?" a girl with bubblegum pink hair asked as another woman with short dark brown hair landed beside her.
"Yes. How did you know that they would find it?" the woman asked and the pink-haired girl giggled.
"Because, they've never let me down. Much. Anyway, Tsunade-shishou is waiting for us. Let's go Shizune."
Sakura: HEY! How come I'm not in the story?
Me: *sigh* patience, you will be…eventually
Sakura: how can this be an Itasaku fanfic the saku isn't there?
Me: it's all part of the story! now stop bothering me before I pair you with Jiraiya!
Sakura: No! Anything, but that!
Me: *cackles evilly* bwahahahahaha
A/N: sorry, there's no Sakura in this chapter. This is just the prologue, that's why everything seems confusing, but it'll all start to make sense later on. Don't worry, Sakura will appear soon enough. You'll just have to make do with Itachi . Please review. Please pretty please with cherry on top!