Memories

Chapter One

The sun was beating down on the two ninjas, heat radiating from it. They got exhausted from walking from Konoha non-stop, with barely food and water with them. "Tell me again. Why didn't you bring more water, baka?!" A pink head ninja asked in an anger tone. The other ninja was scratching the back of his head nervously, looking down at the ground, not wanting to feel the wrath of her punch. They been out searching for their lost teammate that left their home village in seek of revenge on his older brother. It has been a while since they both heard his voice or seen his emotionless face. It was depressing to know that he would give up everything he had just for revenge. The pink haired woman stared blankly at the ground they were walking on, thinking about the raven haired man. She loved him with all her heart, and wanted to see him be happy. Sweat rolled down her forehead, feeling the heat powerfully on her back. "Will we ever get him back, Naruto?" she asked out. Naruto glanced at her, then back down, not answering at first.

"We have to have hope, Sakura-Chan." He said. He smiled at her, which she returned the smile. She knew he was trying to cheer up, but it didn't help in the least. Sakura and Naruto kept on walking till they had to stop to rest their feet and aching bodies. Naruto leaned up against a large rock and slide down. "Ahh...I'm so tired. Why don't we take a break Sakura-Chan?" He looked up to see Sakura staring wide-eyed at something. Naruto got confused by this. "What is it?" He asked her. Sakura just pointed in the direction she was gazing at, not being able to talk from this shock. Naruto raised a brow then got up and went to see what she was looking at. Naruto's breath stopped in his throat. There laid Uchiha Itachi, the famous S class criminal laying on the ground, covered in blood. They were both too shocked to move from where they stood.

"He's still alive." Sakura said to him. "His chakra is very low though and I know his heart is about to stop. I have to help him." Sakura held her gaze at the eldest Uhicha lying on the ground bleeding. The sight made her heart break into pieces. She began to walk over there, but Naruto stopped her. He grabbed her hand causing her to stop at her tracks.

"Are you crazy?! He's trying to kill me and he's also the reason why Sasuke left the village!" Naruto shouted at her. Sakura winced at his tone, know it was all true, but she needed to help him. She can't turn away from someone who's in need of her. She jerked her hand out Naruto's and walked over to the motionless body. The move made Naruto shocked into place. What was she doing?

"I can't turn away an injured person, Naruto." Sakura said not facing him at all. Naruto was gazing at her with shocked blue eyes, seeing her stop right beside the killer. Sakura bent her knees, placing her hands on his chest. Closing her eyes, she focus on her chakra to her hands, healing his body. His ribs, his right arm, and both his legs got broken, some of his muscles got torn from place, and had internal bleeding. She knew he was in pain when he breathed in. After a few minutes, his body was partly healed and her chakra was gone. Naruto quickly came to her side, seeing her fall over.

"You OK, Sakura-Chan?" She nodded her head. They saw him stir a little, but didn't wake up. "Let's stay here for the night. I'll go get fire wood or anything that can make a fire." Sakura nodded her head and sat next to Itachi, checking his body. Naruto went to get things to make the fire. He was really confused on why Sakura would help someone like Itachi. It was crazy to believe on what he heard and saw. As he got done, Naruto went back Sakura and set up the fire. She watched Itachi closely.

The heat of the fire was nice from the cold air they were now feeling. The sun disappeared in the horizon, and the sky became darker by the passing minute. Naruto ate his ramen he packed in his bag as Sakura watched in pure disgust. She can already feel her stomach twist ready to puke at any moment. " How can you eat those, Naruto? " she asked him stinking her tongue out. He slurped up the noodles in one gulp. Sakura felt like throwing up at the sight. She then glanced at Itachi to her side. Naruto sipped his mouth with the back of his hand. Naruto watched her glance, a little irritated by this.

"How can you help Uhicha Itachi, Sakura?" He asked her. His blues eyes went serious as she gazed at him. Sakura turned her head towards the sleeping man beside her, again. Naruto did had a point, but seeing someone broken like he was. It was too painful for her to see that. She work at a hospital, so seeing someone hurt was painful to watch. It was almost a habit to help someone in need, as if it was second nature. Though she knew that Itachi wasn't any person that's injured. He was a criminal to Konoha. The criminal that killed his whole clan in one night.

She knew the reason why Sasuke wanted revenge on him, but there's always other ways to do it then going to the snake Sannin to get stronger. She knew that very well, but she couldn't turn away from him. Something was telling her in some ways to heal him, silently inside of her.

"I already told you, Naruto. I can't turn away from someone who's hurt." She answered. Naruto was silent, but nodded his head at her answer. They decided to go to sleep after a while and when the fire was low in light and heat. Sakura watched the sky before she could sleep, thinking about Sasuke. 'Where are you, Sasuke-kun?' she thought. Then her head turned to Itachi, checking his body if he was fine. Then eyes closed heavily. Her mind took her to dreamland, and dreamt of team seven from a long time ago.

Morning rays reach pass the grey clouds that next day. Sakura woke up first and tried to wake up Naruto so they can take Itachi back to Konoha and figure what to do with him. It looked like he had a very big fight and Sakura knew that it was Sasuke's doing. Once green eyes saw blue eyes, Sakura stood up. "We need to get back home. Tsunade will tell us what to do with Itachi once we get there." She said, packing her things before going over to the pass out man. She checked his wounds, seeing that there's still a few broken bones. Naruto packed his thngs as well and helped Sakura pick up the eldest Uhicha.

"I never thought we would be bringing back this Uhicha to Konoha." Naruto commented to Sakura, chuckling a bit. Sakura smirked at him. Naruto smirked back and they began to head back to their village all three grew up. The trip took some time for them. Sakura had told Naruto to walk instead of run, she didn't want to risk the wounds on Itachi to get worse than they already were. He understood with how many injuries he got from missions as well as being clumsy. Day turned into afternoon which was the time to rest.

They found a stream and stopped there. Naruto put his bare feet in the water feeling the cool sensation running up from his feet to his body. He was enjoying the water while Sakura went to check Itachi's wounds. Though during the healing process, she couldn't but feel that there was something wrong with him. Small hands went through out his body. she felt that there was something wrong with him, but she didn't know what. There was no internal bleeding, his lungs were fine, and she knew that broken bones were common. Sakura's brow went forward. Then she went to his head. She felt there was something wrong with the Uhicha's eyes.

Sakura went confused and opened his eye lids to find his eyes gone from his socket. She jumped back, yelping in surprised, green eyes widen in surprised. She landed on her hands, crawling back a little. Did Sasuke did that to him? Naruto looked back confused by the yelp he heard. He stiffen thinking that Itachi woke up early. When he found that he wasn't, he became even more confused by her yelp. "What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" He asked her.

"H-his eyes...th-they're gone." She stuttered in a low whisper. Naruto went confused by this. Turning fully to look at her more, Naruto gave an even more confused look at her. He wondered if she was going insane.

"Gone?" He said, raising a brow at her. Sakura face Naruto and nodded her head.

"Open his eye lids. Look for yourself." she ordered. Naruto crawled over to where they were and did what she told him to do. Slowly, he opened his lids finding no red or black eyes there. When he found no eyes in the socket, Naruto jumped back as well, leaning against his large hands. They both glanced at each other and than back at the Uhicha. The air seem to be still and quite as they sat there, their brian still processing the new fact about Itachi. They were a little frighten about this as well.

"What the hell?" He whispered. Sakura nodded her head in agreement at his statement.

"Gone." She said again. They were quiet for a while not knowing what to do.

"What are we going to do? His eyes are gone, and when he wakes up, we don't what he'll do when he can't see. He might go on a rampage on us." He yelled waving his arms around in the air. Sakura gazed at Itachi, in deep thought about this situation that they were in. Tsunade was an expert in the medical field, but she wasn't sure if Tsunade was good on eyes. Once they get to Konoha they had to get to Tsunade immediately.

"Tsunade can help. She'll know what to do about this. Maybe enough to know what's going on with Itachi having no eyes in his socket. It can proubly lead us to Sasuke and bring him back to Konoha." She said. Naruto nodded his head.

"I think we got enough rest. We got to get home, quickly." He put on his shoes and strapped his bag on his back. He help Sakura with carrying Itachi and ran to Konoha. Sakura forgot about risking Itachi's injuried body, they can heal him more when they got back to the village. They both got this feeling that this was urgent to them. Why was his eyes gone in the first place? What did it mean to them? Sakura felt a lump in her throat. She had a bad feeling about this and it was twisting her stomach badly. Naruto on the other hand was nervous, but knew the urgentcy with his eyes gone.

'What's going on?' Sakura thought to herself as they ran back home to find Tsunade.

They made it to Konoha. When the guards saw Itachi they were preparing to fight the man in their arms. Sakura told them that he was out like a light bulb and that they needed to see Hokage-sama quickly. They nodded their heads hearing her stressed voice and let them in. Naruto and Sakura carried Itachi through the back roads to where her office was. Naruto was nervous about this. What will happen when Itachi wakes up? He wasn't ready to deal with this man. His group were after him for the kyuubi that was inside of him. The demon that destoryed his home village the day he was born. Sweat ran down his forehead as the saw the Hokage tower in their clear sight. Naruto gulped a bit before porsceeding to the tower. Sakura noticed his nervousness and smiled at him sweetly.

"Relax Naruto. It'll be fine." Sakura could read what he was thinking the moment they went pass the gate. She was feeling the same as him, but she knew that he needed the confront the most. With the eldest Uhicha chasing after him for the kyuubi that was sealed inside him, he was feeling nervous that Itachi was in their village. Though they couldn't ignore that Itachi was blind when they found him.

"I hope you're right, Sakura-chan." He spoke out. They went inside Tsunade's office. "Baa-chan, we got something for you." Naruto yelled out. Sakura could feel the annoynce radiating off of her sensei that was sitting on the chair facing the window.

"Stop calling me-" She stopped when she turned her chair to see Uhicha Itachi in their arms. "What is he doing here?" She shouted, standing from her seat. They both winced at her tone with them for bringing the enemy in their territory, especially Itachi, since he was from here and killed almost all his family. Naruto felt shame go through him. Sakura knew he wouldn't be able to explain everything to her. It was her idea anyways and she was the one who healed him in the first place.

"His eyes are gone." Sakura spoke out quickly. "We found him bleeding to death and found that he had no eyes in his sockets." Tsunade went shocked and guided them to the infirmary. They were in a hurry, they made it there without any troubles. Tsunade opened the door for them. They went in, feeling sweating pouring down their foreheads.

"Put him on the bed." Sakura and Naruto did and waited for her to get the right stuff. Tsunade opened Uhicha's lids and used a flash light to look at the socket. "This was Sasuke's doing. His chakra is still here." She said. Tsunade ran her chakra through his body and found it partly healed already. "I see you almost healed him, Sakura." Sakura nodded her head, not wanting to speak. She was confused and she felt terrible in some ways. Healing the older Uhicha was like betraying Konoha. Her heart was breaking about thinking this, but she knew it was true. Tsunade still observed the raven haired eyes.

"Why are his eyes gone, Baa-chan?" Naruto asked.

She was silent for a moment, thinking about the history of the Uhicha clan with their eyes. "Sasuke needed them so he wouldn't go blind like Itachi was. Using the sharigan eyes can be very ill to them so they need the other relitve with the same ones to relief the blindness as well as death." she explained to him. The news shocked both ninjas even more silence. He was going blind? Itachi was breathing in and out slowly. Tsunade was impressed by her student's healing abilities. He was healed mostly, a few small fracture, but other than that Itachi was good for now. "Naruto, Sakura get back home. I'll handle this, alright?" They nodded and left her. Tsunade gazed at Itachi with sympathy for him. She knew the reason he was a missing nin.

She found all ANUB order scrolls in her office and read through them. When she found ones of this Uhicha, she was shocked beyond all beliefs. How can the concial make him do such a sinful thing? She was even more surprised that the third Hokage didn't stop it. She sighed to herself as she looked at the unsonsious man in front of her. A ninja forced to be a missing nin.

Naruto and Sakura walked home slowly, deep in thought. "What will happen?" Naruto whispered more to himself than with Sakura. Sakura glanced at him and shrugged. They didn't know what to talk about. Their minds were still reeling on the fact that they brought him to Konoha.

"Whatever happens, we have to prepare for it." Sakura smiled at him and he did the same to her. Naruto still felt nervous and a little scared about Itachi, but he didn't become a ninja for no reason. In order to become the next Hokage, he'll have to face his fears, no matter what happens. "I'll see you tomorrow, Naruto." Sakura gave him a sisterly hug and ran back to her house. Sakura couldn't stop thinking about Itachi since they found no eyes. Sasuke was going blind as well? When was he going blind? Was it when he left Konoha? She doubted that he know about this until he found out with Itachi, figuring that Itachi was growing weak each passing day. What will happen if he finds out that Itachi wasn't dead? Would still seek revenge on him? She didn't know anymore.

Sakura laid down, feeling exhausted from the day's events and slowly went to sleep. She'll have to think all of this in the morning. If she thought over now, she wouldn't get any sleep, and she needed it badly.

Naruto was at Baa-chan's office, fidgeting a bit in the seat he was in. Tsunade was working on paperwork of Konoha and other villages. She knew Naruto was feeling a bit on edge, but she also knew that Naruto would not want to hear her confronting words at all, knowing he want to do this on his own. It was quite which was unusual for the nine tail fox carrier. She was starting to get worry until she heard her door open. She looked up to see Sakura, looking depressed a bit. "Good morning." The Hokage greeted.

"Good morning." She muttered to her. The pink haired woman sat next to Naruto, thinking deeply to herself. Tsunade knew it has to deal with the Uhichas. She was a bit curious on what would Sasuke do once he realizes he didn't kill his brother. He would be livid with the news.

"Sakura we need to work with our new patient today, so would you come with me, please." It was an order for her, not a question. Sakura nodded her head slowly and stood up. She patted Naruto's shoulder reassuring him that it was going to be alright and walked out of the office, following the fifth Hokage. Her heart was beating faster and faster as they draw near to the infirmary. The man could be awake and try to kill them for bringing him back here. Sakura moved her hand behind her gripping her weapon tightly, getting ready for anything. Tsunade opened the door going in, then Sakura joining with her. Itachi was awake, she knew, but the look he had was troubling her. He was confused and a bit frighten. Why was he frighten? Shouldn't he be angry or something?. "Hello, Itachi." The blonde woman spoke in a monotone.

Itachi nodded his head to her. "What happened to me? I can't see anything." He said in a low voice, confused even more. Sakura watched him carefully, tensing by the passing second.

"Your eyes were taken away. Do you remember who, exactly?" Itachi shook his head. The two female looked at each other. "I have my apprentice with me here, Haruno Sakura. She will be helping heal all your wounds."

"Hello, Itachi." Sakura greeted as sweetly as she could. Itachi moved his head forward in greeting her back.

"Do you remember anything of what happened to you?" Tsunade asked.

"I don't even remember anything. I didn't know my name until you told me." He answered her. Sakura was stunned by this, not expecting this at all. Tsunade was surprised but recovered from it.

"Every well then. You'll be staying at Konoha Hospital until you are more recovered. We'll try our best to have your eyes sight back. Sakura wait her while I get more information on this 'case'." Sakura nodded at her and went to Itachi's side. She brought a chair and sat down.

"So how are you feeling?" she asked him in a nurse's voice. She was so use to that voice, she couldn't stop it even when Ino pig wad trying to get her to stop. It didn't work out for her as much as she thought.

"Lost." he whispered to her. Itachi was moving his head a bit as if he was dizzy. Sakura nodded her head, knowing what he mean in some ways. She was lost in this whole thing with Sasuke and then Akatsuki chasing Naruto for the kyuubi. Everything that was happening was overwhelming her. "Your name is Sakura, right?" Itachi asked her.

"Yes."

"You have a beautiful name." He commented her.

"Th-thanks." Sakura blushed a bit. No one ever commented about her name before, except for Rock Lee, but that's about it. He nodded and they were silent for the longest time in the history of silence. Sakura wanted to talk to him, but didn't know what to talk about. For all he knows is that he was just a normal man who is blind. Then Tsunade came in carrying three books over the eye anatomy, along with a notebook to take notes over this.

"We'll begin the process tomorrow when you are more prepare and are more rested." Itachi nodded to Tsunade. "For now we'll working on other wounds that you have. Sakura healed most of you though so it wouldn't take long." Sakura stood up her seat as they both laid Itachi on the bed, healing him fully. "Feeling in better?"

"Yes, thank you." He answered her. "Thank you, Sakura-chan." He whispered to her. Sakura looked at the Hokage while the Hokage was looking back. This was so surreal to them. They always thought that they would bring back Sasuke, not Itachi. They finished and he sat up slowly. They left him to rest until tomorrow came for them. Sakura was nervous about this. Never healed the eyes before and knew that it was the most difficult part on the body aside from brian and heart. The eyes were the strongest muscle, but also fragile to touch. 'You can do this, Sakura. You were born ready.' Her inner Sakura commented on her. She smiled at the thought. She was born ready and she as going to do everything she could to heal him.

AN: So that is my second ItaSaku story I'm working on. I hope it isn't to cheesy or anything like that for you. I sometimes think cheesiest things ever. Please tell me what you thought. Tell what to change or if I shouldn't do this story at all, that's ok with me. So yeah, hope you enjoy reading this, thank you as well. GOOD NIGHT OR MORNING AMERICA, whatever time you are reading this. XD