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The second Kisame was defeated, Sakura rushed over to aid Naruto and Neji against Itachi. Naruto was down on all fours, his Kyuubi chakra whipping around him. Neji was a couple of steps back, watching Naruto in amazement.

Sakura ran up beside Neji, grasping his arm, "Are you guys okay?"

Neji replied, "this fight is going nowhere, Naruto exhausted his chakra, then became this." He said pointing to his comrade. Sakura just shook her head in amazement. She had just heard about the Kyuubi residing in Naruto from Tsunade-sama. She almost pitied Itachi for being on the receiving end of it.

Then Naruto leapt, his chakra burning behind him. He made a swipe at Itachi, but was countered and Naruto hit a nearby tree roughly.

"Naruto!" Sakura made a move to help her teammate, but Neji held her back.

"No, this is their fight." Sakura nodded, tears in her eyes. She knew why Naruto became so violent. He was remembering Sasuke. For Neji and her to rush in would just anger Naruto, possibly causing them harm. They didn't know how he would react in his current state.

"Wait, Neji! Go and get help! We're only about half an hour from Konoha, and Shikamaru and Hinata need medical attention. I'd do it, but my chakra is too low," Proclaimed Sakura, mentally smacking herself for forgetting about her team.

Neji glanced at the two wounded, "alright, but try to bandage them up a bit. I don't know how long I'll be." Sakura nodded and ran to help her friends.

Meanwhile, Naruto was still making futile attempts to kill the Akatsuki. Every swipe he made was blocked then countered. He couldn't get near him with his sharingan. Then he had a plan.

Naruto ran a short distance from his opponent. He thrust his fist into the ground, and with a burst of chakra, the earth in front of Itachi burst, distracting him. Itachi ran his katana through the Naruto that created the blast, oblivious that it was a shadow clone.

Then the real Naruto erupted from the ground behind Itachi, ready to strike. He raised his fist and looked at his soon-to-be dead opponent. Itachi turned and looked Naruto straight in the eyes, his mangekyo sharingan activated. Naruto collapsed.

Itachi gripped Naruto by the throat, "I would have thought the Kyuubi's container would be able to resist a mere forty-eight hours of my genjutsu, pity." He threw Naruto to the ground.

Sakura was confused, 'why did Naruto just collapse like that?' She saw Itachi kick Naruto's unconscious form and turn his gaze to her. She bit her lip and slowly stood.

"I wouldn't stick around here if I was you!" She shouted, trying to stay brave, "Our Hokage will be here with reinforcements any minute! So take your partner and go!" Itachi just stared coldly at the frightened ninja and in an instant his hand was gripped tightly around her neck.

"Listen closely, kunoichi. No one tells me what to do, especially not some petty Konoha ninja fresh out of the academy."

"You bastard! I'm fifteen!" Gasped Sakura.

Itachi smirked, "so pathetic, I'm not going to kill you, you're not worth it."

Sakura gasped as she realized that was the phrase Sasuke used to whisper to himself when he practiced his taijutsu.

"Don't you ever call me weak!" Sakura spat at Itachi. Itachi's gaze turned deadly, but in that instant, something stirred behind him.

"Heh, I bet that's Tsunade now, so put me down and she may not kill you!"

"Guess again, kunoichi," a familiar voice said.

"Oh Kisame, it is nice of you to join us."

Sakura groaned, 'this does not look good.' "So fish-boy, woke up already? That must be one hard head you've got."

Kisame raised his hand to reach the hilt of the Samehada, but Itachi stopped him.

"The kunoichi here seems positive that help is on the way. Go see how far away they are."

"Fine," Kisame grunted, shooting a glare at Sakura.

"So kunoichi-," Itachi began.

"Stop calling me that!" Sakura interrupted.

"Calling you what, kunoichi?" Itachi smirked. His smirk was so similar to Sasuke's she almost felt her heart breaking once again.

She recovered quickly and glared angrily, but was startled to see a strange sharingan looking back.

Suddenly her world started to melt away, leaving her tied to a post in the middle of nowhere.

"Wh-what is this?" Sakura shouted. There was no reply.

She struggled against her bonds, but couldn't get free. Sakura then tried to summon her chakra to break the bonds, but it seemed she had depleted her source.

Minutes ticked by, then a figure emerged from the shadows, 'Oh thank you! Finally someone has come!' She thought. Her spirit plummeted when she saw that it was Itachi.

"Hey you! Stay back! I told you Tsunade-sama is coming and soon!"

"She won't come here," Itachi said, drawing his katana. He held it steady, then plunged it into her stomach.

Sakura shrieked and Itachi smirked. Then more of the Uchiha appeared, and in turn they slowly stabbed her.

'This is ridiculous! I'm getting stabbed, but not- Ahh- dying. This has to be some sort of- Ahh- genjutsu.'

Hours in the hellish realm passed, and Sakura was beginning to lose hope.

"Had enough, kunoichi?" Sakura moaned softly, "don't worry, you only have twelve hours left."

Sakura felt three more blades pierce her skin, then pain ripped through her and she blacked out.

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