The Rise and Fall (Of The Uchihas)

Another fic.. And I'm planning to do two more, still busy with their chapters. Er, when I update, I don't know o.o; But, since this is a new fic, I think next week? We'll see! I'ts finally summer vacation! A lot of time to write, don't you think? Well - my grandmother doesn't think like that XD; But - I'm going to write a lot in the vacation, yes o.o;

Hope you like it..

I don't own Naruto.

Beta: Sweetmaiden - thank you very much to beta my chapters XD

His brother was becoming annoying. Dangerous. A real threat for Akatsuki. Since Sasuke had gone to Orochimaru, he had trained continually. All for one goal.

To kill his brother and avenge his clan.

Orochimaru gave him all the power he could give, power of the forbidden fruit. Fruit he had tasted of. Now his little arrogant brother was on his path. To kill his older brother. And he, he was more than ready for the final fight between the two brothers. For he had waited for the day they would fight.

After all, he didn't kill his clan just for fun. No. He wanted an equal, and that one was his little brother. He had showed Sasuke real pain, pain to rely on, pain that would kill the person and make them re-born as a monster. Though, he had found one weakness of his brother.

Haruno Sakura.

The pink haired kunoichi, his teammate when he still lived in Konoha. He would use her in their fight, to kill his little brother. What a shame. Itachi smirked as he watched the kunoichi sleep. The smirk soon faded and his poker look was back.

He watched how her chest heaved and fell down in rhythm.

Itachi first hadn't believed the rumors about his little brother that was spreading over the world. That he became dangerous and had one goal. Nothing would stop him. He would kill anyone in his path. Even an Akatsuki member, Zetsu was killed by Sasuke.

After that moment, they had to take Sasuke seriously and he was on the 'black list' of Akatsuki. Since Sasuke was Itachi's little brother, he was ordered to be the one who would assassinate Sasuke. The moment of his life was nearing and he was only given two choices; survive it, or perish.

Uchiha Itachi was no fool.

He had been in a lot of dead situations. However, this one was the most important one in his life. Just for Sasuke.

Here's a question, what would happen if one of the two die? It was a question he asked himself almost his whole life, every day and every night. He would continue Akatsuki, kill whatever and whomever he want. Was that all? For now, it was enough.

He wasn't thinking about rebuilding that pathetic clan of his, he could posses any woman he wanted, any girl, but he wasn't interested in any of them.

A fool would be.

For now, his lust for victory, power, was enough. The only reason he was not interested in women was because they were men's weakness. They could betray you; kill you in your sleep. That would not happen to Uchiha Itachi though. He was too fast for women.

That didn't mean he wouldn't touch them.

In his life, he had not found any woman interesting enough except his mother. The woman who gave birth to him, the woman who had raised him, the woman who had failed him. Uchiha Mikoto. He slightly clenched his jaw. When Sasuke was born, he was left to his father, Uchiha Fugaku.

And killed his clan at the age of thirteen, they all deserved it.

A slight movement on the bed caught his attention and his red piercing eyes watched how the pink haired kunoichi opened her eyes. They were slightly unfocused because of the poison, but she soon would realize she isn't in her precious Konoha.

A groan left her lips and she held her head in her hands. "W…Where am I?" her soft voice spoke. Itachi didn't answer, he just continued looking at her. The first thing he noticed were her emerald eyes that looked desperately around the room. "Finally awake," he spoke in his smooth voice.

Her first reaction was to grab a kunai, but all she grabbed was air and nothing but darkness surrounded her as she sat on the bed. "Who is it?" He finally stood up. He looked like a tower from where she sat. The things that she could see were his red eyes and she instantly averted her eyes.

"Uchiha Itachi," she spoke. "Haruno Sakura," he replied in his soft voice.

"Do you know why are you here?" he asked, seeing her bit down her lip. "The Kyuubi…" she whispered, sadness taking over. She wasn't going to betray Naruto! Never! He would have to kill her if he wanted answers!

"No." Her eyes widened and looked up in his cold crimson eyes, she forgot about the tortures the eyes could give. "Then why am I here?" she spat out.

Itachi narrowed his eyes at her and smirked coldly when she flinched. He turned around and opened a door, letting the light entered the room and made her squint her eyes. The door quietly closed behind Itachi and left Sakura in the darkness again.

This time, she was alone.

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Itachi quietly walked towards Kisame and his room. They would have to start moving to the Sound. "How is she?" Kisame asked nonchalantly. He would rather kill her with his Samehada, but the leader wanted her as bait for Sasuke. Itachi ignored his question and sat down on a chair next to the table, eating his dinner.

Both remained silent as they ate.

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Sakura was sitting on the bed. She still didn't know where she was but she knew she wouldn't find out anytime soon. Damn bastard! She gritted her teeth in anger. What had she got to do anything with the Kyuubi? Why her? Why did everyone think she was weak!

She wasn't! If she was weak, why did the Godaime herself teach her all the healing jutsu? She did not ask for anything else from Tsunade except to train her into a great kunoichi. She wanted to become like Naruto and Sasuke. Sakura bit her lip. She felt pathetic and the most feared S-class criminal surrounded her. A handsome one at that.

Uchiha Itachi.

How had she come here? Why was she here if she wasn't bait for the Kyuubi? Why her? Most of all, where was she?

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Tsunade stood behind her desk, looking outside. Her student was missing for two days now. There was still no sign of her. A heavy sigh left her lips. What was he up to?

Closing her eyes, she watched the view as memories flooded into her head.

How Naruto had stormed into her office... Bloodied all over his body, his yelling, his screams, his wounded arm, but most of all, his pained eyes. Those crystal blue eyes were crying, crying for the lost of his female teammate. It pained Tsunade more than she let on.

Tsunade had to use a jutsu to calm Naruto down and even then, he was still restless.

She had to send a team out. To bring her student back home, to bring the medic back home, but most of all, to bring back her 'daughter'.

"Soon..." she spoke, still not turning around to face Kakashi. She couldn't turn around now for she was crying for the lost of her…daughter.

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The door was creaked open and Sakura looked up, only to see cold, amused eyes looming above her. "Get up, kunoichi, we'll be moving now!" Kisame growled. Sakura didn't like him, not at all. Still, she didn't want to cause any problems, so quietly she stood up.

When she walked past Kisame, she closed her eyes. They had to get use to the light again. A harsh push against her back made her fall forward and she fell down, a broken hiss left her lips.

She suddenly realized that her chakra was low. That she had a big wound on her arm. How come I didn't notice that before? She didn't have much time to think about it as Kisame roughly grabbed her hair and pulled her along with him. A cry of agony left her lips.

Sakura closed her eyes tightly and squirmed against his grip but it only tightened and she fell to her knees when he let go of her. Sakura panted for air and she suddenly realized that someone was in front of her. Her eyes slowly made their way to Itachi's face.

His cold lifeless red orbs watched her intensely and then moved up to Kisame. He slightly bent down and grabbed Sakura's unwounded arm, pulling her harshly up against him. What is it with these guys? She thought as she clenched her jaw.

"I can walk by myself!" Sakura struggled to no avail and gave up with a little sigh. Her eyes took in his beautiful features. A small smirk adorned his face but was soon gone when she looked at him. "Kisame, look out for there are hunter nins. We will see each other at the border of the Grass," he quietly called out and saw Kisame nod at him before disappearing.

Sakura finally realized they were alone and her eyes widen slightly. "Why are you taking me with you?" she asked in a stern voice, denying the fact that she was scared.

He shot her a glance before looking away. "Come," was his only reply before he jumped onto a tree. Sakura knew she could escape, but he would catch her easily for he was just 8 feet away from her. With what little chakra was left in her body, she jumped up the tree, holding back a hiss that threatened to leave her lips.

He watched her with genuine interest as she struggled to keep up with him. After thirty minutes, Sakura couldn't move anymore. Her heavy pants were the only sound that could be heard in the forest and her forehead was glistening with sweat. Itachi stood a few branches away from her, watching her as she leaned against a tree.

Sakura noticed how his hair was following the movements of the wind, how his black bangs fell in his hair, how his hand smoothly brushed the lock out of his face, how his piercing red eyes bored trough her. Sakura was too caught to notice him suddenly in front of her. A gasp left her lips and pressed herself more against the tree.

"Are you in pain." It wasn't a question. It was more like a statement and the fact that he enjoyed seeing her in pain made her wonder what was he.

Narrowing her eyes in anger at him, she said, "No, of course not. I've got a cut on my arm and if the wound still isn't treated, it could infect any time now. And to top it all, I'm being captured by two sick…" He leaned closer, causing her rants to stop.

His slender fingers traced her wounded arm and a pathetic whimper left her lips - What the fuck was he doing?

Itachi looked back in her jade eyes and nodded curtly. "A small village is near, we will go there so you can treat the wound," he said flatly. Her mouth dropped open. Was he serious? Would he let her heal her arm? Was there any opportunity to escape? Itachi smirked dryly at her, knowing exactly what she was thinking about.

"How far?" she asked in a pant. "Not far," he replied amusingly.

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"Sasuke-kun."

The said person turned around and looked into a pair of snaky, yellow eyes. "Orochimaru-Sama," he repeated and saw the snake man smirk slyly at him. "Are you going after Itachi, Sasuke-kun?" he whispered as he emerged from the shadows.

The nineteen years old Sasuke nodded at him and averted his eyes. "Kukuku... How long will you be gone?" Sasuke thought about it. It would take him a while to find Itachi. It wasn't like Itachi would come offer himself on a plate. He had already camped the place where he had killed the Akatsuki member.

He glanced back at Orochimaru who patiently waited for an answer. "I will come back," was his only reply before he vanished in thin air.

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Sakura fell down on her knees - not far? Not far? Two miles! Her arm started to bleed again and her vision was blurry as she saw Itachi slowly walking towards her. When he stood in front of her, his fingers tilted her chin up in gentleness, making her blurry eyes focus upon him.

She was tired. All she wanted was rest. Closing her eyes, she welcomed the darkness and fell forward, right into Itachi's arms.

He watched the kunoichi for a while. Her arm was still bleeding and she would lose a lot more blood if he didn't hurry up. Scooping the girl into his arms, he lifted her up effortlessly and disappeared from the place.

With inhuman speed, he made his way to the village, glancing at the sleepless kunoichi in his arms. Her blood soaked her shirt as it lied on top of her belly.

He finally reached the small village and walked quietly to the small inn, where the 'special' medic would be.

Akatsuki's medic.

"Itachi-san!" he recognized the voice immediately and looked up to see the medic. "Suro," he spoke softly. "What do you have here?" He laughed bitterly. "Itachi has found himself a girl? What is becoming to this world?" Itachi shot him a dangerous glare with his activated Mangenkyou Sharingan and Suro stopped immediately.

"Take care of her wound," Itachi said as he walked into the room Suro had guided him to. Carefully, he lied the girl down onto the bed.

Itachi himself shrugged out of his cloak and sat down on the chair next to the door. Suro nodded and quickly made his way to the sleeping kunoichi, inspecting the wound. "Hmm… she has lost a lot of blood. I think she has to stay a few days." Itachi's face didn't change as he listened to Suro.

"Is she a medic?" he asked curiously, sensing a good chakra control in the girl. "Yes," Itachi spoke softly. "How come she couldn't heal herself? Kisame, eh?" Itachi nodded, glancing away.

He had no time to sit here and wait till the kunoichi was healed!

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"As most of you know, Uzumaki Naruto is in the hospital and the reason why you weren't allowed to visit him was because I didn't want anyone to tell this," Tsunade spoke firmly.

Neji, Tenten, Lee, Gai and Kakashi looked at Tsunade. Everyone except Kakashi furrowed their brows. "The reason…" Tsunade sighed and closed her eyes.

"Haruno Sakura is kidnapped by Akatsuki, Uchiha Itachi exactly!" Lee's eyes widened "W-what?" he spurted and took in the picture from a broken woman in front of him. "Naruto came two days ago and told me she was kidnapped on their mission to the Sand."

Tsunade took in everyone's faces as she continued her 'speech', "We do not know the reasons Itachi took her with him. I will send you to the place where he had kidnapped her and from there, you will start the mission." Gai took a look at Kakashi's face.

His eyes were somber; he had already lost a student. Like he had lost his own two teammates and his own sensei. Gai laid his hand on Kakashi's shoulder and seeing him look up, he smiled his famous Gai smile "We will bring her back!"

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Sakura heard everything; from the moment Itachi had walked in with her to the moment another person began to heal her. It felt good. Only, she couldn't open her eyes. She was in a daze, she knew she had lost a lot of blood; in her mind she answered the person who healed her.

After what seemed to be hours, she finally could open her eyes and blinked a few times for her vision was blurry.

"Ah! Finally awake!"

Slowly turning her head, she took in the picture of a smiling man, his hair was short, spiky dark green; his eyes gray and with a bright smile on his face. Itachi? She tried to move up but a hand pushed her back down. "Suro, nice to meet you," he said.

"You should lie down, you know. You had lost a lot of blood," he informed her. "Akatsuki, Suro," he said in a serious tone. Sakura nodded weakly at him. Indeed, she had lost a lot of blood. Her chakra was drained. But at least the wound was stitched.

"Where's…"

"Itachi?" he interrupted. "He's outside, training!" Sakura sighed softly and closed her eyes again. This man, Suro, did his job good in healing her arm. "I'm the medic of Akatsuki. This village is not known by a lot so Akatsuki wants me to be here so everyone can come whenever there is a problem."

God, couldn't he just leave her alone? He just looked like Naruto! Energy for everything! Naruto… Something ached in her heart as she thought about her blond friend.

"I will leave you now then, you should rest." He smiled his bright smile, causing another picture of Naruto to flash through her mind. Making her want to cry, but not in front of Akatsuki. Suro turned around and left the room.

Why again was she related to Naruto and or Sasuke?

Why again were girls always the victim?

Why again her?

Anger boiled up within her and she tried to sit up, only to feel a searing pain through her arm. A yelp left her lips and she fell backwards on the soft bed she was currently lying on. She was tired. She wanted rest. Sakura closed her eyes; not knowing that Suro was watching her all the time. When she had finally fallen asleep, he closed the door and walked outside to where Itachi was training.

Itachi stood with his back to Suro, his cloak was next to a tree, and he was slightly panting. "She's asleep," Suro informed Itachi. Itachi remained silent and suddenly threw five kunais at the targets in the garden. He bent down and then jumped up, gathering another five kunais and throwing them right on target in a perfect line under each other in a tree.

Suro clapped which Itachi simply ignored. He gathered his kunais and cloak. "Can she travel?" Itachi glanced at Suro as he buttoned his cloak. "She needs a day or two to rest. After that, yes."

"Inform Kisame." Suro nodded and disappeared back into the room Sakura was.

Gathering some kunais and senbons, he found his cloak and let his arms move smoothly into the sleeves. Grabbing his hitaite, he tied it around his forehead.

Itachi walked back in the building and glanced at the room Sakura was in; if he wanted any progress he had to feed her. Walking to the kitchen, he saw food was prepared and took it to Sakura's room.

He quietly pushed the door open and took in her sleeping form. Her clothes were soaked with blood. Her short pants took his attention and he watched with curiosity as her chest heave and fall back down.

"Kunoichi," he spoke as he stood next to her, seeing her eyes flutter open. Her eyes widened and she tried to sit up only to feel the pain through her arm. Again, she fell back and panted for air. Sakura narrowed her eyes at him, was he amused? "Eat," was all he said as he set the tray next to her. He turned around and walked back to the door. Hearing her voice, he stopped. "Why am I here?"

He slowly turned his head and took in her emerald pools. He turned again, ready to leave the room but was stopped by her voice again, pleading him to tell her why.

"Sasuke."

Before you start asking or there is a lemon (yes! You Tsumii! XD) I don't know. I don't think there will come one in.. I just keep it on "T" for now! (as in - till chapter 6/7?) Hope you liked it!