"I demand to be told now!" Sasuke bellowed. His eyes showed anger and his face showed the intent to murder. "What have you not told me Itachi?" He screamed into the face of his brother. Itachi sighed 'I knew this day would come.. I just wish it wasn't now. I feel so alone without Kisame, we were so close..'
"Sasuke, I will have to explain later. Now isn't the time. We have to stop this girl before she slaughters us all." He said. "The problem we face is much more dangerous then you little fuckers think." He said. His hand clenched into a fist and his knuckles whited up. "She beat the fuck outta me and killed Kisame..." His voice cracked a bit. "Do you guys realize how strong a team me and Kisame were? That just shows how strong this girl is." He looked over at Tsunade.
"Itachi, think about this. You and Kisame had one set of Sharingan eyes, Correct?" Tsunade inquired and Itachi nodded. "Well, this team has three. Kakashi has one, Sasukes' is improving and then yours' is about as good as it gets." Itachi looked to his brother. "I think you two will be a wonderful team IF you can do this and get along."
"I don't mean to butt in but how are we supposed to get along with him when he tried to kill me?" Naruto said. Itachi's eyes darted from Sasuke to Naruto in an instant. He didn't regret trying to extract the nine-tails out of him, but did wish it would have been sooner then what it was. "Because I really don't trust this guy." 'Great.. Now i'm gonna have to suade him into trusting me.. Fuckin' perfect.' "So whats the plan..." Naruto reluctantly said.
"Here's the deal. You four will have to find the village that she resides in, find her, and bring her back here." Tsunade pointed at Sakura who was still drooling over Itachi, which was more then noticeable. "Someone snap her out of that, shes drooling on my floors and I don't want to slip and fall."
"You'd break a hip granny!" Naruto said and everyone began laughing, even Sasuke and Itachi. "You're so old you wouldn't be able to bend over and clean it up anyway!"
Naruto ended up on the other side of the doors... Tsunade literally kicked Naruto out of the room, thru the doors, with them shut.
"I guess he will think twice about calling you old..." Itachi said. "Surely to god someone has told him the few things you never say to a woman is about her age, weight and how big her breasts are..." He sighed and looked at his little brother "Have you not taught him anything?"
Sasuke huffed "No, i'm not his daddy." he said. He crossed his arms and said "The moron should use some common sense. Especially around a woman who can break a brick wall by flicking it. How stupid can someone be?" He asked.
"Pretty damn stupid when he never had someone to begin with. Remember when mom and dad died? Well, he never had one to begin with. Think about it that way, you two are teammates. Cherish him while you can." Itachi frowned. "I learned that the hard way, and If memory serves I believe Kakashi did as well. I'd listen you stubborn little bastard, because it will save you alot of heartache."
Everyone's eyes got wide. Kakashi nodded and started his same old stories "I hate saying this but Sasuke your brother is right. I lost my dad, Ren, Obito and then when Naruto was born I lost my teacher. We know, and we are trying to prevent it happening to you as well." Kakashi put his hands on Sasuke's back and pushed him towards his brother. Itachi grabbed Sasuke and put him in a hug.
"This isn't over." He whispered to Sasuke. Sasuke grinded his teeth and pushed Itachi off of him.
"You back stabbing son of a bitch! Traitor!" Sasuke said loudly. "I can't believe this. You come here expecting our help and then try and betray us?"
"S-sasuke? I-i.." Itachi's eyes watered and Tsunade as well as the others glared at his little brother.
"That was so uncalled for Sasuke!" Sakura yelled. She walked over to Itachi and looked at him with softness in her face. "He's just an in-sensitive jerk. I'm sorry about Kisame, we will get her for you." and she hugged him. He wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug "Even with the loss you suffered you have such a tight grip." She giggled. The entire time they hugged she smelt of him, the intoxicating aroma of his cologne was so addicting that she didnt realize he let go almost 5 minutes prior. She let go and blushed "Sorry..." He smiled and chuckled.
"Do you like my cologne or something?" She smiled and nodded. "I figured thats why you were breathing funny.. Where did Sasuke go?" He asked her.
"Lady Tsunade kicked him out for his unruly behavior." She said. "He may not go on the mission if that's how he treats his brother."
"He must go..." Itachi said. Catching the way he said it, his voice lightened up quite a bit. "I need to make amends with my brother.. We need to speak and this trip is the only way I can without him trying to kill me." He said. Sakura smiled 'Sasuke is so lucky to have such a loving and caring brother even after all that went down those years ago, but I dont think Itachi can tell him what really happened when the 3rd ordered his family murdered.'
Tsunade walked in with Sasuke on a dog leash. "Sasuke, what do you say to your brother?" She yanked the collar choking him demanding he make amends.
"I'm sorry I pushed you off of me because of what you said to me." He said sarcastically, snarling at how well Itachi could still front as good as he can. "Your little horse and pony show doesn't fly with me." Tsunade yanked the leash harder and knocked Sasuke on his ass. He coughed hard "And for calling you a traitor..."
"Sasuke, I'm surprised at you! He came here for help and to become a leaf ninja again and all you're doing is pushing him away. No wonder he left the first time!" Sakura yelled. She took his hand into hers and directed herself towards him "I'm even more sorry about your poor excuse for a brother. He seems to have something up his ass today."
Itachi laughed. "That's never changed, but I do know one thing the only thing I said was good luck with this mission because that girl gave me a run for my money. We will absolutely need a beautiful medic ninja as yourself to aid us." He smiled and kissed Sakura on the cheek. She hit the floor. "Are we ready?"
Quickly she got up and said "Naruto and Kakashi went to get some supplies, sneaky fuckers. We will be ready when they come back." He grabbed her waist and pulled her onto his lap and winked. "I-itachi.."
"What?" He smiled "I can't help myself, your just so beautiful. Like the cherry blossoms you were named after." She melted into him and Sasuke fumed.
"GET OFF OF HIM!" He screamed with every bit of power in his lungs. Sakura ignored him and snuggled onto his older brother. "Can you not hear bitch?"
"She can hear just fine, she just wants someone who actually talks to her like a gentlemen should. I guess father skipped that with you, You should have known that when you were five years old to talk to a beautiful young lady like Sakura-chan. She will be and is the most important person on this team because of her medical abilities." He said softly.
