~Sakura P.O.V.~
At least 3 years had passed now since Sasuke's departure from the leaf village. I would get letters from him from time to time, he could never tell me where he was though, I knew he was with Orochimaru since he stated that in his previous letter. I missed him so much and I love him so much more than I did before. Today was the day that we would go on another retrieval mission for Sasuke. I told Sasuke about this, he was expecting us. "We'll get him this time Sakura-Chan, I promise!" Naruto said next to me as we tree hopped. Sai, our new member of team 7 or as Naruto likes to call him, Sasuke's replacement was also tagging along. He stay behind us though and he was very quiet. I crossed my fingers. I hoped today would be the day that we could convince Sasuke to come back to the Leaf village. "Orochimaru's base is ahead!" Yamato exclaimed. Yamato was on this mission while Kakashi-sensei recovered in the hospital.
Walking into the base it felt cold and empty, like they hadn't been here in months maybe even years. Suddenly there was a huge explosion at the end of one of the halls. We all ran in that direction. We finally found the hallway that had been blown up, there was a white light at the end. Naruto bolted off. "Naruto!" I yelled as I followed him. Once I caught up to him and grabbed him by the collar of his jacket and shook him. "Are you crazy!? Baka Baka Baka!" I yelled. "Sakura" I heard a voice say. I looked over and saw Sasuke standing there in all his glory. "Sasuke-kun" I whispered. He looked into my eyes, his sharingan wasn't activated. His dark eyes just drawing me in. I let go of Naruto and approached him slowly. When I finally reached him I placed my hands on his chest. "Sasuke-kun, it's really you" I whispered. Not truly believing that he was right there in front of me. He gave me a small smile as he reached up and moved the stray strands of hair out of my face. I blushed. "I've miss you" He whispered. "I've missed you so much" I said as I flung my arms around him. "Sakura! Back away from him!" Yamato yelled. I felt Sasuke stiffen in my hold. I pulled away and looked up at him. His sharingan was now activated and he was glaring at Yamato. "Sakura! Back away now!" Yamato ordered. I looked at Yamato about to argue, but then I looked back at Sasuke, he was staring down at me, not with a glare or with hate, but with something that I couldn't read. "I love you" I whispered to him before I back away.
"Ugly, what were you thinking?" I heard Sai ask. Sasuke immediately glared at Sai and then disappeared. And suddenly Sai was flung into the air, and landed on the other side of the crater that we were standing in, and the one thing I hadn't expected was to be grabbed from behind and have a katana to my throat. I gripped Sasuke's arm. "Play along" He whispered into my ear. I swallowed hard but nodded nonetheless. "Bastard! Let her go!" Naruto yelled. Sai and Yamato both at his sides. "Sasuke-kun please" I begged as I struggled to get away from him. He wanted me to play along so I would. "Hn...no" He stated. "Uchiha! Let Sakura go!" Yamato yelled. "I'll let her go when you all leave" Sasuke stated. "No we aren't leaving without Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed. Suddenly I was out of Sasuke's grasp and in someone elses hold. I looked down and saw snakes wrapping around me tightly. "Ssasssuke-kun, what are you doing" I heard a creepy voice ask. "Ororchimaru, the base was under attack" Sasuke explained. "From what I saw, it didn't seem like you minded much" He said with a creepy grin on his face as he grabbed me by my chin and forced me to look at him.
"Sasuke we are leaving, lets go" Orochimaru stated. Sasuke could only nod. The snaked finally released me once Orochimaru had left. Sasuke approached me and helped me stand. "My promise still stands" He said before disappearing as well.
~Sasuke P.O.V.~
I clenched my fists. I wished I could have gone home, I wanted to, but I couldn't. "You aren't ready to battle your brother yet Ssassssuke-kun" I heard Orochimaru say. "Plus you have promised me your body" He said in a sinister voice. "Hn"
~Unknown P.O.V.~
I frowned as I followed the retrieval team. Team 7, Sasuke's old comrades, and it appears that he must have kept in contact with the pinkett, Sakura Haruno. I watched as she wiped away a stray tear with her gloved hand. I frowned but continue to watch closely. I was sent on a mission to retrieve Naruto, the nine tailed jinjuriki. I wouldn't be going back with him yet. "Sakura we'll get him back I promise" I heard the nine tails say to Sakura. I watched as she looked up to the blonde and smiled to him and nodded. My sharingan eyes quickly moved elsewhere, I felt a chakra signature going straight for them. I wanted to protect the pinkett for my brother but I did not want them to know I was there. I clenched my jaw as I waited for the chakra signature to close in. My eyes widened a fraction when I saw it was Kabuto, Orochimaru was playing dirty. "Sakura!" someone from her team yelled as Kabuto went straight for her. In that split second I moved faster than light itself. I picked her up bridal style and got her out of the way of Kabuto's attack. I shielded her as dust and rocks flew everywhere. "Sasuke-Kun?" I heard her say in my arms.
I looked down at her, I felt like I couldn't speak. She was incredibly beautiful. Her large jade green eyes staring up at me sent shivers down my spine. "Sakura" Was all I could say at that moment. "Itachi" She said in a panicked tone. "Shh I wont hurt you" I said as I held her closer to me as we hid from Kabuto. "Why did you save me?" She asked. "My little brother" was all I said. She seemed to understand what I had said and nodded.
~Sakura P.O.V.~
They looked almost identical, minus the fact that Itachi had much longer hair and those scars on his cheeks. But he had the same dark hair and same sharingan as Sasuke. "Where are you Sakura!?" I heard Kabuto yell out for me. I got closer to Itachi for security and he just held me tighter. "I wont let him harm you" I heard Itachi whisper to me. But why was he going out of his way to protect me for Sasuke. I thought he hated Sasuke. Suddenly we were moving quickly through the trees. "Where are we going?" I asked. "We are leaving, I am taking you somewhere else where it's safe" was all he said. We must have traveled for an hour before he came to a stop under a large canopy of trees. He set me down on a rock and looked around as if looking for any threats. He could see what I couldn't so I let him. "Why are you protecting me for Sasuke-kun?" I asked. He looked over to me and was silent for a moment before answering. "I'm protecting you until my foolish brother finally goes back home to you" He responded. I could see there was something he wasn't telling me and I think he noticed what I was thinking. "I've been protecting you since the night he left Konoha" He said as he sat down on the ground. "Is that how I ended up back in my room?" I asked him. He nodded. I remained silent. So after all this time of Sasuke being gone, Itachi had been protecting me for 3 years until Sasuke returned to Konoha. "Thank you for going out of your own way to protect me" I said to him, I looked into his sharingan eyes, even though I was told never to look into them.
He seemed to not want to do anything to me since he looked away from me and nodded. "When will I be able to return to my team?" I asked. "I'll be returning you to Konoha tonight" He stated as he lay back on the ground. "Itachi, I've been looking all over for you" I heard a voice say behind me. I looked back quickly and stood up. There was a tall blue shark-man. "Kisame" I heard Itachi say. "Hey, why is the nine tails team mate here, are we taking her captive?" He asked. "No" Itachi answered as he soon next to me. "Well we should, leader knows you are with her, he will possibly try to kill you if she doesn't remain with us" Kisame stated. "Hn" Was all Itachi said. "I'm not going home tonight am I?" I asked as I looked up to Itachi. He looked down at me, his gaze softening. "It appears not Blossom"
If you are coming from my DeviantArt I want you to know that I will be combining chapters this way it's longer.