Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Umm, yeah, this is like my first story ever on here so yeah, please don't shoot me if it's bad, you can critic but just don't be mean about it please. Oh and I haven't read every single story on this sight so, if it had bits and pieces of stuff from other stories, well it wasn't on purpose.

ENJOY!

Key:

" " talking

' ' thinking also will be italicized

Flashbacks are italicized

Mission backfire

It was dark and cold. Sakura lay in a grimy lay in a grimy cell, with her feet and hands bound together by even colder metal cuffs. 'Darn it, how did this happen? It wasn't supposed to be this way.'

Flashback:

"Alright the mission is to find and capture one of the Akatsuki members. We need him to be alive for interrogation, so do not kill him." Tsunade ordered. "Got it?"

Five ANBU members nodded in Unison.

"This mission will take some time and is very dangerous. So if you want to decline, I suggest you do so now, or you'll be going on the mission." The hokage informed them

None moved to back down.

"Alright, you leave tomorrow morning. Good luck to you all; I wish you a safe journey. Kiba, Hinata, Neji, Shikamaru, your dismissed. Sakura, I would like a word with you." Tsunade sighed; it wasn't until they all had left that she spoke again. "You do know that there is a very small possibility that you will run into Sasuke Uchiha correct?"

"Yes, but…" Sakura was interrupted.

"My point is if you see him, treat him like the rest of the missing ninja. Do not hesitate to kill him if the need arises. Understood?

"Yes Tsunade-sama."

"Good, then you may leave now."

The next day the five ANBU met at the village gate. They all wore backpacks with clothes, ninja tools, and anything of major importance to them. (ex: photo, favorite pebble, ect…)

After checking their equipment, hey set off into the forest to search.

"It's been two whole weeks now; and there's still no sign of any Akatsuki members!" Kiba wined.

Akamaru barked in agreement.

"This is such a drag…" Shikamaru sighed "Listen Kiba, for the 50th time, it's not like they're going to waltz right in front of us and let us know where they are." Kiba had repeatedly wined about how long this mission was the entire two weeks.

Sakura snickered at the annoyed look on both their faces; while Hinata just smiled and Neji, well, just stared off into the woods.

"Whatever, all I know is that this mission is really annoying," Kiba stated.

"Says the annoyance that's been complaining since we left the village." Shikamaru muttered.

"What was that?" Kiba glared at Shikamaru.

"Nothing, nothing" Shikamaru said.

It was true; they had been searching for the past two dreadfully long weeks. Running in and out of villages, but never was there a clue on the Akatsuki's whereabouts.

Out of no where a Kunai flew from the trees almost hitting Kiba. If he hadn't been pushed down he would be dead. The Kunai was aimed for his heart.

"This is the squad? They look more like a bunch of spoiled brats than ANBU." A man with blue skin stated.

"Yes, Leader wants a captive with information about the village; so we may obtain the Kyuubi." His partner answered.

"So then... one of these brats hold the information?" Kisame asked.

"That's correct, her name is Sakura Haruno." Itachi said. "She is the apprentice of Tsunade; she knows the most about what's going on in the village."

"I see. I was just going to kill them all, but now it's all minus one." Kisame chuckled.

Everyone was now on alert.

"ANBU N, ANBU H, use your byakugan to scout the area." Shikamaru ordered.

When on missions they referred to each other as ANBU and then the first letter in a persons name this way the enemy doesn't know who is who right away.

The byakugan wielders did as they were told. Hinata was the first to spot something, but before she could utter even one word, somebody was behind her and slammed a kunai into her back. Hinata fell to the ground and in an instant she was replaced by a log.

"Smart little brats." Kisame hissed.

Hinata reappeared next to Sakura.

"You ok?" Sakura asked so that only Hinata could hear.

"Y-Yeah." Hinata responded.

Another man popped up next to Kisame. "It'll be to much of a hassle to kill them all. So grab the girl and let's go." Itachi whispered.

"Right." Kisame got ready to make his move.

Shikamaru, having been close enough to hear what Itachi said, thought quickly. 'Alright, they are after a girl, only two girls in the squad, they attempted to kill one of them already, so the only logical sense is that they are after Sakura.' "Quick; guard ANBU S!" He shouted.

All four ANBU made a close circle around Sakura who was more than ready to fight.

All four ANBU had tried to protect Sakura only to be slowly knocked out. First Kiba and Akamaru, then Shikamaru, Neji, and Hinata. Now Sakura was the only one left conscience.

"You choose Sakura; you can come quietly or in pieces." Kisame chuckled.

Itachi glared t Kisame for his poor choice of words. "What he means is come quietly and we won't have to hurt you."

"No I'm a Leaf ninja; you won't take me without a fight." Sakura stated, putting on a brave face.

Itachi took a step towards her and in return Sakura took a step back. "Your scared."

"No I'm not…" Sakura said.

Itachi took another few steps forward and she moved back once again. "then why do you back away from me?" Getting no response from her he continued. "A real ninja faces their fears and never shows weakness, which you show plenty of. So Why are you a ninja if you are so weak?"

"I'm not weak… "Sakura spat. She hated the word; everyone called her that because she was a girl. But that's not the only reason, while other girls were not picked on and called weak she was. Kids came up to her when she was little and made fun of her poor talent and big forehead, and not to mention everyone thought pink was the color for weak people; it just so happens Sakura was born with pink hair.

"Yes you are, you're just a pathetic, weak little girl who thinks she can be a ninja." Itachi said.

"No I'm not!" Sakura was getting very angry and started gathering chakra to her hands.

"Don't bother girl, unless you really intend on getting your butt beaten." Kisame laughed.

"I believe it will be the other way around fish-face!" Sakura taunted. Kisame's sarcasm was more annoying than Itachi's mind tricks.

"What did you call me?" Kisame's good humor was now gone.

"I called you fish face." Sakura smirked.

"Little brat!" Nobody calls Kisame fish-face and gets away with it, unless they are his friend. Kisame grabbed the samehada off his back and lunged at the girl.

Sakura, who knew he was going to attack, dodged with ease by jumping into the air. "Tsk, to slow…"

Kisame too Sakura being in the air to his advantage and swung the samehada at the girl wile she was in the air, only to find a log in her place.

Itachi just stood back and watched their fight in semi-amusement. The girl was smart he had to give her that, but she left way to many openings.

Kisame found Sakura hiding in a tree.

Sakura continued watching Kisame look around until he vanished. 'What? Where did he go?'

"Over here girl." Kisame laughed.

The moment Sakura turned around she found her back pressed to a tree and a hand at her throat practically choking her.

"You let your guard down kid; now look what happened. You're caught. This was too easy of a mission." Kisame laughed. Obviously he was happy he had his revenge.

Sakura gasped for breath as she gathered chakra to her foot. Kisame, who was to busy laughing in self pride, didn't notice this until the foot met with a powerful force between the legs.

He dropped to the ground with a thud, gasping in pain.

Sakura took this to her advantage and hit a pressure point on Kisame's neck, effectively knocking him out.

Itachi smirked. "serves him right, he was leaving more openings than she was…" Then he disappeared.

Sakura took a deep breath and then looked for Itachi, who somehow was missing. She heard a snap behind her and threw a kunai. Sadly there was no one there. 'Where?'

"Looking for me?" Itachi whispered into her ear.

Before Sakura could react Itachi's hand came down on and smaked the same pressure point that she had hit Kisame with.

Itachi watched as the girl fell to the ground unconscience.

End of flash back:

And this is also the end of chapter 1… So yeah like I said this was my first story so please be a little nice if you're going to critic. I hope you liked it, tell me if you think I should continue it, and I'm open to any suggestions for things to happen in the future. And as i said before... i don't own naruto... sadly...