A/N: Last chappie and I'm almost asleep, so to anyone out there who thinks this is soo stupid, I say you're a lollipop.

Chapter Four: Evil Found First

Itachi was still awake, keeping watch while Sakura still laid in half of his cloak. Of course, nothing had happened, Itachi didn't want her to think he was using her. So they kissed a little, so what? Sakura had forced him to share his Akatsuki cloak with her, and he had, only because he knew that it would be freezing point, right? He didn't accept because she had forced him to, he didn't do it because she had a heart of fire. Itachi gained an idea. He pulled the cloak off and stood, making hand movement quickly, even though there was possibly half an hour until the sun rose.

Itachi pulled chakra from his mouth into his chest, then blew it all out immediately. A great rush of fire flew from his mouth, but instead of filling some of the container, it flew out just four meters in front of him. It had heated things up for a few seconds. Then the air felt cold and dead gain. Itachi collapsed next to Sakura, this time refusing to put the coat back on himself. Sakura's eyes flittered open and she bolted upright.

"Itachi, you okay?" she asked. Itachi merely nodded weakly. That katon goukakyuu no jutsu had taken a lot out of him while doing it in a place like this.

"Alright then. So, anything new to the plan?" Sakura said with a smile, although her voice sounded like it came from anything but that.

"No, nothing," Itachi said. Sakura kept smiling, but her eyes traveled away from Itachi. Although Itachi was trying to prove to himself that the pink haired ninja had absolutely nothing to do with him, he moved his way towards Sakura and grabbed her chin, pulling it to face him. He closed his lips over hers and gave her another kiss. Sakura kissed him back, with full passion. At least there was company while they were stuck in the container.

Kisame had noticed one container sinking. He had smashed it open and found a large rock in front of his way. Kisame had easily smashing the rock to pieces and found three bloody bodies within the crumbs of earth. The crates had been untouched, as the rock had moved around them, but the three crushed bodies, covered with blood, were easily told dead. Kisame went around and picked up each of their head, looking at their faces. None of them had looked like Itachi in the slightest way. So Kisame had left the container, leaving the bloody corpse's alone.

He had done the same thing twice, each with different numbers of different looking people. Each time Kisame would take a look and then leave them in their own blood.

He had also been through three containers the had holes in them, two of them had frost-bitten people trapped in them, dead in the frozen air, the last one still had living people in them, but after much examining, Kisame walked away, knowing that not one of the seven people trapped in there was Itachi.

Naruto had found himself a tree, and he was now looking down at the maze of containers as a whole. Everyone and everything that he saw in there were ants, but he could easily identify that none of them was Sakura. There were three people with black hair, the shortest was Sai. The other two were men that had been going through some fishing.

Two dogs that had previously been accompanying Sai, were now in separate places, though Naruto could hardly tell that they were there, because of the sizes they were to him.

A blonde, two brunettes, and a red head were now talking, whilst moving some crates out of a container.

There were other people around, but only woman and girls attracted Naruto's attention. Naruto chuckled, yet solemnly, at this. Usually he had done this to peek on woman, but now he was doing this to find Sakura. Three men had arrived into the maze, two woman, six kids playing around, a man with blue hair, two teenagers were taking a short cut. If Naruto wasn't looking for Sakura, he might've noticed Kisame, but his mind was too busy at that time. As the sun rose, Naruto started to think how Kakashi and Sai were doing.

"I wonder if Naruto knows that I'm in here…" she muttered. Itachi looked at her, his eyes furrowed.

"Well, you cant let him worry, can you?" he told her. Sakura's face shot back at Itachi, puzzled. Then her face returned to a smile, only this one was warmer than the last, and she looked down into her lap, looking through it, thinking. A tear fell from her cheek.

"No, I can't," she said in a blur of silent sobs.

"You should sleep some more," Itachi said. Sakura shook her head and pulled the coat off quickly, to check the hole in the wall. Once she got there, she gasped at what she saw. The sky was a cross between purple and blue. Pink yellow and orange played with each other in the clouds. She looked down, only just realizing that her skin had gone a tinge of purple.

"Mid-day," Sakura said under her breath. Then she collapsed under the weight of her own body. Itachi was quick to grab the falling girl and hold her. He wrapped her with the cloak again, then placed her on his lap, sheltering her from the cold that was rapidly reaching their lungs.

Itachi felt no hope of survival. They wouldn't even be able to attack when the Mist ninjas came, the damage from the cold had gone so badly. After looking at Sakura's sleeping body, Itachi removed her from his arms and placed her slowly on the ground. Then he walked over to the hole himself, to see what had taken away Sakura's hopes.

The sun was rising, which meant that there was only a short time until mid-day, when the Mist ninjas would attack them. Itachi sighed, yet was breathless. His mind started to blur, even with his sharingan.

Itachi fell, unable to keep his own balance, under the hole. He thudded his head back into the wall, only just realizing the color of his own skin. It was purple with some orange in places. It was strange to see outside the hole was a place where the sun shone, where birds sang. Yet right in the middle of it all was a place where you were able to get frost bite. Even with his swirled vision, Itachi saw the light from the hole vanish from the crate opposite it. Itachi tried to stand, failing.
"Itachi?" he heard a recognizable voice.

"Hn?"

A sigh had followed.
"How long have you been trapped," Kisame asked.

"Since mid-day yesterday," Itachi said, unable to show the fact he didn't like the word 'trapped'.

"You wonna get out, or shall I leave you?"

"I'd like to get out, actually," Itachi replied, the sarcasm was barely noticeable in his words.

The light had returned to the crate and Itachi heard a crash as the door was forced open. The heat returned to the container, and Sakura hadn't even stirred from the loud crash. Her strength was obviously at a minimum.

Itachi stood, as hard as it was to keep the smoothness and pride with him. He walked towards Sakura and covered her with his coat before following Kisame.

"She has helped me stay alive, and we made a promise to each other," Itachi said, answering to Kisame's face.

"And you'll expect her to be safer at the Akatsuki?" Kisame said, as they walked away from the container. Itachi felt Sakura's breathing against his chest.

"No, I will drop her somewhere where we will not be attacked. I suspect she has teammates looking for her, and it would definitely not be smart to drop her somewhere where we will be noticed and attacked."

Kisame nodded.

"So you gave her the coat instead of wearing it to keep warm?" Kisame asked.

"I needed her trust. That is all."

When the two had reached the outskirts of the town, where the forest would start, Itachi dropped the girl where no one would notice, and left with Kisame.

"I thought you already gained her trust?"

"I can get a new one."

"Sakura," Kakashi said, shrugging the sleeping girl. The purple had left her face, and now Sakura was just white. Sakura had opened one eye.

"Kakashi-sensei?" she asked. Kakashi sighed in relief. He thought his student had been killed. It wasn't everyday you find your student wrapped in an S rank criminal-nin's cloak. Although Kakashi wanted to remove it off Sakura, she looked way too sick to remove something that would warm her.

"Come on, Sakura. Naruto and Sai should be waiting," Kakashi said. Sakura had tried to stand. She found the cloak wasn't just wrapped around her this time, it was actually put on her. Though Sakura ignored how long it was, she still could not find a way to lift her tired feet from the ground. Kakashi groaned before picking the girl up, bridal style.

Sakura smiled.

"Thank you, sensei," she said. Kakashi thought that she had meant for picking her up.
"Oh I would've done it for any student," he replied. Sakura's eyes closed a fraction. I meant for letting me keep the Akatsuki cloak, she had thought.

In a flash, Sakura was back in the maze. Pakkun, who had followed Kakashi all this time, was barking for everyone to meet up with them. But he didn't need to for Naruto, who had seen Kakashi run to one of the edges of the maze. Naruto's fast pace slowed a fraction when he saw what Sakura was wearing. He was about to speak when he heard a slight snore. Sakura's bright green eyes were hidden under her eyelids.

"'Suppose she's sleeping…" Naruto mumbled.

"What do you think happened?" asked Sai, who had just arrived with the other two dogs.

"I suspect that she was chasing an Akatsuki and was trapped with either him or her in a Mist weapon container," Kakashi said.

"Pervert," Naruto grumbled.

"Actually I was serious," Kakashi said.

"Oh."

"Well, when she wakes I'm sure we can ask her," Kakashi said.

"We should return to Konoha to tell them that she's been found," Sai said.

Naruto and Kakashi nodded.

On their way back to Konoha, nobody but Kakashi heard the pink haired ninja mutter a name in her sleep.

"Itachi…"

"…Sakura"

A/N: Aww so cute. Alright…well I'm gonna go to bed, since I can hardly keep up with what I'm writing, and I suppose that's not the best thing is it? Wow, words make I dizzy. Sleep must me do… --