Uchiha Itachi watched from a far as the situation escalated. He was not one for senseless violence, but the way Haruno Sakura had ripped through their guards made him hesitate in intervening. He was not overly familiar with her, he just knew what he had been told, what everyone was told. Haruno Sakura left the village with sensitive information and was declared a missing nin because of it. Itachi knew there was more to the story, there was always more to the story and he knew that first hand. Most of the higher ranking shinobis didn't even take the command too seriously. Outside of Fire Country a young girl her age would not survive and her body would turn up soon enough. But when Sakura disappeared from their trackers everyone collectively thought she had met an early demise and the information was gone with her.

But they were wrong, he was wrong.

Sakura was alive and by the looks of it stronger then they had ever anticipated.

Itachi could see Sasuke's body near the rubble, his Sharingan indicating that he was still alive, but just barely. He had seen Sasuke throw Tsunade's body and if he was being honest with himself, he didn't believe that Sakura's actions were unjust.

Itachi took a deep calming breath and sighed looking down at his brother. He had long given up trying to change Sasuke, given up in hoping that his brother would see that the ends didn't always justify the means. But years of sacrifice and disappointment finally caused Itachi to see there was no saving him.

Sasuke was the perfect Uchiha shinobi; talented, driven, and most importantly loyal. He would do anything that the clan told him to do without a second thought and over time it caused a insurmountable rift between them. Itachi had scarified too much for his brother to become a mindless soldier but in the end that was what he was destined for.

Sakura's blow would have been fatal if she really wanted to kill him but the damage was too much. Sasuke was dying and Itachi couldn't find it in his heart to move a muscle. If he was going to die then so be it.

But alas, Itachi knew he had to intervene, even when he didn't want to. He had given to much to let Sasuke die like this. His sacrifices would not have been worth it if this was to be his end.

Moving slower than he knew he probably should Itachi dropped down into the clearing unsure on how to proceed. Stopping Sakura was a priority, but leaving the Kyuubi unchecked was quickly turning into a bigger problem. Itachi realized however that Sakura was the source of Naruto's inability to control himself and Itachi knew that he could not stop Naruto as long as Sakura was in his view.

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In the moments that felt like minutes from when she first heard Tsunade take a breath Sakura's entire game plan changed. The goal would remain the same, she needed to get Tsunade and leave immediately. Sakura could almost laugh at how angry she was with herself. No matter what it looked like she should have checked to see if Tsunade was alive, it would have taken less than a second and by now she could have been miles away from the village. But instead here she was surrounded with ANBU and Naruto behind her and Root agents in front.

She didn't want to waste any more time, she already made that mistake. So Sakura quickly came up with a plan. It would be dangerous, and there was no guarantee of success but it was the only way she could think of getting out of the village alive.

Sakura took a deep breath channelling her chakra as she readied herself. She would need to focus if she wanted to do this correctly but she also noticed Uchiha Itachi landing in the clearing near Sasuke's body.

Sakura needed to be fast. She could feel more chakra signature headed to where she was. It was probably more shinobi and that would cause more of a problem for her.

Her hand shifted from the previous justus that she was about to complete to take down Danzo as she rapidly transferred her charka to a new jutsu.

Biting back a scream from the sering pain that enveloped her she felt the jutsu complete. The pain was almost enough to make her black out and it was the main reason she didn't like using it. But she needed to get this done and get it done right.

Sakura would just have to fight through the pain.

Suddenly the air grew hot around her as an explosion of pure chakra ripped through her body sending a layer of chakra around her creating a massive circle. Her chakra wrapped everything surrounding her and the moment she felt the circle complete.

The section of the village she was standing in was obliterated.

She estimated that the blast radius was about three kilometers so it was enough to push back even the incoming shinobi and Sakura realized she only had moments to act. Pushing through the pain she made a mad dash for Tsunade body which she enveloped in her chakra to protect her from the blast.

She was close to reaching her but the tightening of her muscles was making it hard for her to move as fast as she knew she needed to. Sakura could feel the chakra of Itachi pushing through the debri and dust towards her. She knew she couldn't kill him with just one blast but she hoped it was enough to slow him down. With his Sharingan he could see through the chaos and destruction she caused. But that was fine, he wouldn't make it in time. If she could just push a little bit further then she would -

Vanish.

Right before his eyes Sakura vanished as her fingers just barely touched Tsunade's body. It took him a moment to recover as Itachi stood wide eyes in the spot that Sakura and Tsunade had just been a second before. He couldn't believe it.

There was nothing.

No lingering traces of her being, no chakra signature, nothing to indicate that she was ever here. He had never seen a chakra blast or a teleportation jutsu like that before and he was sure that Sakura would likely never give him a chance to see again. Before his very eyes Haruno Sakura and successfully invaded and escaped with Tsunade.

And more importantly she has done it alone.

Whatever little girl he thought had died somewhere in a distant land had reammerge with the strength to take out what seemed like the entire village.

Haruno Sakura was alive, and looking around it looked like she took half of Konoha when she left.

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