"Make one move and I sever this without hesitation" he spoke right into my ear as he hovered the tip of his kunai above my artery in my neck.
Paralyzed with fear and still somewhat shocked at his presence I obeyed.
"Stand, Kunoichi." He ordered.
I whimpered at the pain that seared through my shoulder as I shifted all my weight onto my uninjured arm and pushed myself off of the ground. He kept the kunai pressed to my throat the entire time.
"Kisame, Sasori, restrain them." He ordered looking in the direction of a half conscious Neji and an impaled Shikamaru.
The two Akatskui members heeded his orders immediately.
The shark-like Akatskui member was Kisame, I assumed, from what I remember seeing in the Bingo book and the puppet-like male must be Sasori. Kisame wielded his giant Sword cocking it back as far as his arms would allow and swung it forward full force. An shriek escaped my lips as I watched what I was sure would be the end of Neji's life.
"No! Neji!" I cried.
I watched in horror as Kisame brought his sword to a halt, within inches of Neji's stomach. There was a brief moment where I let out a sigh of relief, and then Kisame shoved the tip of his sword into Neji's abdomen causing Neji to grunt and twist his face in pain. The sword began to glow and Neji grew weaker.
What was happening? Is the sword feeding off of Neji? Then it hit me.
"Chakara." I whispered to myself
"Hn." Itachi confirmed.
That was it, the sword was draining Neji's chakra so they couldn't fight back. What cowards, how dare they?! Draining Neji of his chakra and killing him when he has no means to defend himself. Cowards!
"If you're going to kill me, then kill me already" Neji said between clenched teeth.
"I was going to drag out your death and let you live a little longer, but seeing how you are so eager to die it will be my pleasure, you little brat." Kisame grinned digging his sword further into Neji's abdomen.
"Kisame." Itachi spoke calmly but his voice had a deadly undertone.
Itachi needn't say anymore, Kisame understood his warning and reluctantly withdrew the sword, taking Neji's chakra with it; leaving him only enough to survive. Neji's body went limp and fell unconscious to the forest floor.
Sasori easily walked up to an immobile Shikamaru and put a palm to the back of his head shutting down his chakara network, rendering him unconscious. He then pulled out the two kunai knifes he embedded earlier into each of Shikamaru's legs and stuck them back into his satchel.
"Leave them, we've gotten what we've come for." Itachi ordered.
Kisame snorted "Are you serious? Leaf ninjas's are no doubt trailing them right now. Our shadow clone decoy was meant to be exactly that, a temporary decoy so we could kill off these two morons before the other two caught up to cause trouble."
Itachi gave Kisame a deadly glare.
"Don't try my patience Kisame." Itachi warned.
There was something about the look in his eyes that read "deadly serial killer" despite the expressionless face he displayed.
Kisame wasn't suicidal, despite the fact that he was sick and tired of accompanying Itachi on missions and being bossed around, he knew it was in his best interest not to cross the deadly Uchiha.
"Yea, whatever" Kisame grumbled as he walked away from Neji's unconscious body.
"Walk" Itachi said as he lowered the kunai away from my neck and nudged my injured shoulder.
I winced in pain.
"No. I will not leave my friends" I protested.
"Girl…" Itachi warned.
"I said no!" I screamed as I quickly infused chakra into my fist and swung at his gut.
He easily stopped my fist from making contact with the palm of his hand while simultaneously taking two fingers and digging them into the stab wound in my shoulder.
A sickening wave of pain came over me as I fell to my knees breathless; Itachi's fingers remained inside of my wound.
"Let's try that again. Now, walk." He said coolly.
"I will not abandon my friends!" I yelled.
I didn't care how much pain he inflicted upon me I would never leave my friends here to die. They were my family and each and them have risked their lives for me without a second thought. No amount of pain would make me submit.
I was sure the Uchiha would lose his cool and kill me right here and now. Instead I was suddenly sent crashing down onto the forest floor. I heard what sounded like clashing kunai.
As I lifted myself up into a sitting position and scanned the forest in front of me I noticed Itachi had jumped a good 10 feet backwards and was glaring intensely at me. No, not at me, past me. I turned around and—
"Naruto!" I cried out in joy.
"Kakashi Sensai what the hell are we waiting for?! Come on! Lets go kick their ass!" Naruto said impatiently.
Kakashi let out a sigh "Naruto, those are three elite S-class ninja down there and one of them is Uchiha Itachi. We can't just barge in and start fighting. We could get ourselves and everyone else killed if we aren't smart."
"Sensai, Neji and Shikamaru are losing! They need our help!" he objected.
"Sakura also has a kunai pointed directly at her neck. Uchiah Itachi will not hesitate to kill her if we barge in at the wrong time." He assured Naruto.
Naruto helplessly watched both Neju and Shikimaru lose their battles againt the shark and puppet master and fall unconscious. He couldn't take it anymore he has to intervene before someone was killed.
"Don't even think about it" Kakashi warned "If they wanted them dead they would have killed them a long time ago. Something else is going on here."
Kakashi and Naruto tuned in on Sakura and Uchiah Itachi.
"No I will not leave my friends!"
"Girl…"
"I said no!"
Naruto watched in horror as Sakura swung at the Uchuiha and how easily he dodged it and brought Sakura to her knees in pain.
"SCREW THIS!" Naruto screamed "I won't watch this anymore!"
Naruto disappeared from the trees before Kakashi could protest.
"Charging in like a fool, and he broke hiding his chakra signature". Kakashi sighed and jumped down from the trees following after him.
Naruto sent a kunai attack flying silently from the trees, He witnessed the Uchiha shove Sakura to the ground before jumping off to the side and easily deflecting his kunai attack.
"Shit! How did he know I was here?" he thought as he landed into the forest clearing facing off with the Uchia.
"Because you rushed in like a fool and broke hiding your chakra signature" Kakashi responded, reading Naruto's mind by his confused facial expression.
"Naruto!" Sakura cried out
"Kisame" Itachi said.
The shark like ninja immediately grabbed ahold of Sakura and shut down her chakra network rendering her unconscious.
"HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOURE DOING!?" Naruto yelled.
"I am taking the medic Kunochi with me. She possesses ability and skill I have a need for." Itachi stated matter of fact.
"Kisame , Sasori, go I will handle the two ninja" he said as he removed his red clouded cloak.
Kisame flung sakura over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and took off into the trees, Sasori following behind.
"GET BACK HERE!" Naruto demanded as he took off after them.
"Naruto don't'" Kakashi grabbed his arm restraining him. "Let them go"
"ARE YOU CRAZY SENSAI!?" he looked at Kakashi like he had lost his sense.
"She hasn't contributed anything to Team 7 anyway, she's a weak link. Let her go."
Naruto's eyebrows almost disappeared into his hairline "Sensai….." he said dumbfounded.
"He's right musuko, she was nothing but a distraction. Always so focused on Saskue and never realizing your feelings for her and how she hurt you. Still now in this moment, look at all the mess shes caused"
Naruto whipped his head around at the sound of that voice "Dad…..? How are you here?"
And then it hit him. Genjutsu. Itachi that bastard. He had them from the very moment they locked eyes after Naruto's failed kunai attack.
Suddently the genjutsu broke. Naruto noticed Itachi was gone, along with Sakura and Kakashi Sensai was kneeled down at his side.
"Sensai?"
"She's gone."
