Hi again! This took me a couple of days to get around to! I wrote this in a few hours, on and off. I have a bit more stuff that is "off plot" in this one! However, I feel it is necessary to set the relationship up between those four. Knowing how they act around each other is essential, plus, a bit of other pairings helps 3. Yes... Now, I hope this isn't too long or boring for you! Enjoy~

Shadowlove'scookies: I'm glad that you enjoyed the last chapter :) I hope you like this one as well!

Wandwaving101: Yay! Glad you liked the last chapter as well! ^_^ Thank you for your reviews! Hope this will keep you interested as well!


"Kisame, it's time for us to go," Itachi stated, beginning to walk away.

The remaining members of Team 7 could do nothing but stand and watch as Itachi carried their kunoichi friend away. Anko, still on the ground in pain, could only watch as well. Kakashi looked away as they disappeared into the mist.

Before they got away entirely, Naruto screamed, "Sakura! We're going to get you back! Don't worry!"


~Sakura~

Sakura watched in despair as her team got smaller and smaller. She wanted to scream and kill her captors. However, her muscles were still unresponsive and her voice gone. She couldn't put a reason as to why nothing was working, it was making her angry.

"Confused as to why you can't move, little girl?" a deep voice asked, it was smooth and held no emotion.

She couldn't give a response, but she felt like ripping to shreds the man who had kidnapped her.

"Heh, Itachi, you know as well as I do that she can't answer."

"You're right, Kisame. Shall I give her the reason?"

"Wait until we're back at the hide-out. We tell her now, she might figure out how to get free from it."

Itachi only nodded in agreement, regaining his silent composure. Sakura thought hard about possibilities that could lead to her not moving at all. Nothing came to mind, and all she could think of was ripping Itachi's throat out when she could move once more.

"I hate this man, more than anything right now! Oh, he'll be sorry when I can move again! I'll kill him! I'll kill his partner too!" Sakura thought angrily as she tried to argue and fight back.

~Team 7~

"How could we have let that happen?!" Naruto cried out in despair. It had finally hit him that Sakura was gone, and the chances of finding her were slim.

"It couldn't be helped," Sasuke answered.

"Sasuke's right Naruto," Kakashi spoke, stopping Naruto from turning around to hit his teammate. "Even if we would've tried to fight back, the Akatsuki are on a different level than us. It takes all of our energy to fight just one of them. With two, we were outmatched. There was no hope of rescuing her."

Naruto looked down in anger, trying to figure out a way to save his teammate.

"Get stronger," Anko suggested, finally being able to talk through the pain.

"Sensei is stronger than us! Yet, he couldn't do anything!" Naruto countered, pure anger filling his voice. "You're stronger than us too!"

"It was unfortunate, but Orochimaru was around. Even if he wasn't, I have a limit. I can't go over that limit, and if I do, something bad happens. You don't want to know what happens." Anko had looked away while explaining, obviously angered by her inability to fight.

"I want to know!" Naruto shouted, figuring that the jonin was hiding something.

Kakashi glanced at Anko, who now had her glare facing Naruto. Sasuke looked between the jonin and his teammate quickly. He felt as if something was wrong, but couldn't put his finger on it.

"Now, now. Naruto, don't push for it. Anko's right, you don't want to know," Kakashi said, trying to cool the hot-headed genin off.

"I don't care what you say! She's hiding something! And that something might have helped us get Sakura back!" Naruto argued.

"Naruto, I think you're pushing it, I'd stop," Sasuke said quietly, eyeing Anko carefully.

The jonin seemed full of rage as she watched Naruto. A smile was playing on her lips, but it was one full of menace. She seemed to be challenging him to ask her once more. 'Only one more time', her eyes were saying.

"What do you know, Sasuke?! Don't you want to know why this jonin wasn't able to stop them?! She was the student of Orochimaru at that! One of the three Legendary Sannin! The one that turned evil at that!" Naruto countered, not heeding the warnings.

"That does it, you brat!" Anko screamed, standing up.

Naruto shrunk back from the sudden movement of the jonin. He had been challenging her, and she was angry.

"Idiot!" Sasuke said, tugging Naruto away from in front of the angry jonin.

Kakashi launched forward and caught Anko as she began to throw a kunai at Naruto. She was yelling at him, but Naruto couldn't hear a thing. Kakashi had muffled her by pulling her close to him. He didn't let her go until her arms dropped from the position they were in.

When he let her go, she looked angry, but upset as well. Naruto felt a pang of guiltiness surge through him as he watched the emotionally strong jonin break down because of him.

"Apologize," Sasuke muttered to him.

"I'm going to, sheesh. I'm sorry.. I didn't know you were going to get that mad," Naruto said to her.

Kakashi looked between them and sighed when Anko made no movements to say anything. He walked over to her once more and sat down beside her. Naruto watched in interest as Kakashi comforted her.

"Now that that's through with," Kakashi began. "We can focus on getting Sakura back."

"Yeah," Naruto and Sasuke agreed.

Anko nodded her head and listened as Kakashi began to talk of plans. The longest plan would take at least three years to complete, but had the highest probability of success. The shortest would take a couple of hours of preparation and had the least chance of succeeding.

"Let's do this!" they shouted together.

"Shortest plan! Here we come!" Naruto announced.

Anko had different plans when she said, "The most successful possibility should be taken!"

Again, they argued.

~Sakura~

Sakura's eyes grew large in awe and terror as they approached the hide-out. It was unlike anything she'd ever seen before. On the outside, it looked like a mere rock blocking an old cave. However, on the inside, it was intricately made. Seemingly thousands of tunnels lead to somewhere she never wanted to find out.

"You brought the girl?" a mysterious voice asked from in front of them.

Sakura looked up to see what she thought was an illusion. There was no physical body there, but the outline of one. It's eyes were unparalleled, even Itachi's couldn't compare. The Rinnengan. That was what Tsunade had told her about once, a powerful eye, even stronger than the Sharingan or the Byakugan.

"Yeah, what next?" Itachi asked, throwing Sakura down to the ground.

Fear swept over her when they threw a blanket over her head. She knew for sure they would torture her for information. The feeling only got worse when she heard murmurs and felt herself getting carried away. She didn't want to know what was at the end of the walk.


Woo~! Chapter Four: Complete! Hope you liked it! I wonder who is carrying her and where they are taking her... Ah well! A bit more KakashixAnko, but still not very much... Naruto is hardheaded as usual, dumb boy, is he trying to die? Yay~ Hope you enjoyed! Thank you for your reviews (once more)! I'll try to update sooner, since it's Labor Day weekend and I have a long weekend ahead of me!