Heyo everyone! Sorry for the long delay…I suffered from Shaman King fever on the way. Ahh…go Yoh/Anna forever! Hehe they had officially become my number two favourite pairings. Don't worry though, Sasu/Saku is still my absolute fav….I hope. Ehehe…well anywz…here yeah go.

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Chapter 6 – The Devil, The Angel, The Slayer. Torn.

"..."

"Feel that?"

"..."

"Hn, looks like the prophecy has finally awakened."

"Shut up, stop changing the subject. Right now your only concern is fighting me. Don't go on talking about some stupid prophecy that has nothing to do with this current situation!" Sasuke said coldly.

He clenched and unclenched his fists impatiently as he glared at his old brother, growling a little when his brother suddenly smirked.

"Oh but little brother...sigh foolish as always...the prophecy does concern you and the situation we're in...a lot actually."

"I said stop talking and fight. All you do is lie!" he snapped angrily.

"Since when have I ever lied?" Itachi said casually, knowing that he had lied a lot of times in his life.

Sasuke couldn't take it anymore; the liar was pissing him off badly with his stupid prophecies. Quickly doing some hand seals, he summoned up the infamous chidori.

The battle between the two Uchiha survivors has begun.

"Naruto!" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs. She hadn't recalled being this scared before nor screaming this loud.

"Naruto!" She screamed again as she stumbled up desperately trying to find the exit.

The old granny...the old granny...she couldn't get her thoughts off of her.

"Sakura-chan!"

She heard Naruto calling her.

"I'm here, I'm here!" she cried and tripped. She was deathly scared and it was pitch dark. The long silver scythe she was holding just worsened her balance.

Quickly getting up again, she walked against the wall. She squeezed her eyes shut preventing any tears from coming out as she felt cobwebs and who-knows-what on the wall.

"Sakura-chan, where are you! Damn...why isn't there a torch around here! Wait Sakura, I'll come and get you! Hang on! I'm going to find a stupid damn torch or some kind of light in this stupid damn house." Naruto cussed from far away.

Inner Sakura: The stairs! Go find the stairs! Stay strong girl!

"The stairs...the stairs..." Sakura murmured shakily under her breath. "Oof..."

She had tripped again but at least this time she had tripped over what she was looking for. Instead of getting up and running up the stairs, she started going up on fours. This way her balancewas steadier with the bothersome scythe around.

"Ahh!" she shrieked as she felt something furry. Immediately withdrawing her hands from the creaky wooden stairs she screamed for Naruto again. But received no answer.

Suddenly she felt something crawling and touching her back. Shrieking once more she darted up the stairs blindly.

"Naruto! Naruto! Naruto! Wahaa...where are you!" She cried as she ran up. She still couldn't see everything and her skin has goosebumps. The trip back up seems longer than it did when she went down.

Tears were starting to well up in the corner of her eyes. She hated the dark and she hated the creepy crawlies around her. She hated everything! Dark, dark, dark!

Inner Sakura: I hate the dark! Ok think about something else besides the dark...

Dark, dark, dark, Sasuke! What the heck...where did Sasuke come from!

By this time she could see the a faint glow of light.

Inner Sakura: Hell yeah! Light! I'm finally out of this nightmare!

Running faster and tripping some more she finally approached the exit and zoomed out only to be greeted by a scream.

"AHHHHHH! SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto shrieked like a girl. His hormones were still developing after all, but that's NOT the point here.

"AHHH! What the heck is that!" he continued screaming pointing at the object Sakura was holding while dropping a dry torch on the ground.

Sakura collapsed on the ground unable to answer him. She was too tired and so she just shook her head at him.

"Sakura-chan! What happened to you!" Naruto panicked and ran over to her. "I went to find a torch and when I came back I saw you all dirty looking and with a weird long pointy thing."

Sakura made a hand gesture to tell him to wait for a moment as she regain her breath.

"I-I...it's...ugh l-long ex-explanation." She panted. They had to wait for another few minute before Sakura had completely regained her breath. Naruto just waited patiently, surprisingly, for her explanation. And thus, she took a deep breath and began telling him what had happened.

"The granny turned to dust! You saving both the vampires and humans? God's command for you to kill every vampire!" Naruto exclaimed unbelievably as Sakura finished her story.

"Y-yes...but I'm not sure if it's even true! I think they just got the wrong person and everything was just a coincidence...I mean...how can I possibly slay EVERY vampire in this world...there must be millions! Maybe my job is just find the real person made for this job and give him/her the weapon. There's no way for me to kill EVERY vampire...how could I?" She laughed bitterly.

"What if the person was indeed you? And theres not a lot of vampires in the world...only hundreds. " Naruto asked quietly. "What if what the granny said was true? What if you really have to slay every vampire to get out of this world? What if you really have to kill Sas—"

"I CAN'T!" Sakura shouted quickly interrupting him. "I just...can't..."

"..."

"So...what are you going to do with that thing?" Naruto asked, changing the subject. It seems like talking about their vampire friend was not the best thing to do at the moment.

"It's called a scythe... and as for the answer to your question...I don't know. I guess I just have to bring it with me." She answered quietly.

"What should we do now? Orochimaru has troops everywhere searching for us this minute and Sasuke ran off to fight Itachi..." The blond said and gulped as he mentioned Sasuke. He looked nervously at his female pal and found her expressionless.

"I guess...the only thing we can do now is go and find Sasuke." She concluded and stood up.

Naruto stood up too and picked up the long weapon after her but failed.

"Oi, Sakura-chan...how can you run with this thing? I know you have super strength and all but you can't be that strong." Naruto grunted as he tried picking up the scythe. It would not lift up nor move the slightest bit.

"What are you talking about Naruto? Maybe you're just too weak." She retorted and picked up the scythe with ease and took off. Naruto huffed a little and went after her.

The trip to the forest was a silent one. Both were lost in thought. Ironically, they were thinking about the same thing.

"Naruto." Sakura called without looking at him.

"Yeah?"

"Don't tell Sasuke any of this. I'll tell him on my own will ok? And I mean it. If you tell him, I'll personally beat you to pieces." Sakura said seriously.

"..."

"Promise me Naruto?"

"...I promise."

Sasuke panted as he stepped backwards a little. Itachi was also tired but not panting as much. Trees littered the ground and burning.

"You've gotten better...still not enough hate though."

"You and your hate...think about something else for once. I already have enough hate and right now I hate your lying guts."

"Foolish little brother...you'll never understand, prepare to meet your end!" Itachi finished curtly and ran towards Sasuke preparing the final blow.

"STOP IT RIGHT THERE!"

He stopped and both of them turned coming face to face with Sakura and Naruto.

"What the..." Sasuke trailed off as he saw Sakura.

"Aa...the slayer. I was right." Itachi commented.

Sakura glared at the older Uchiha and said nothing.

"Sasuke you alright? We came to help you." Naruto called.

"I don't need help." The prince growled and snapped back to reverie. He'll ask Sakura and the scythe she was holding later. Right now his main concernwas Itachi. He did some hand seals and ran as he prepared to do a forbidden jutsu, but Itachi noticed and jumped away.

"Get back here!"

Sasuke kept on doing hand seals for the forbidden seal. Tiger, goat, snake, rooster...Suddenly his aura became stronger and darker. Electricity erupted from his body and formed into the shape of a sword.

"Die Itachi!" He shouted and lunged towards him with his electric sword.

Itachi dodged the sword just in time making is plunge into the ground. Unaware of its after effect his sharingan eyes widened as a blinding blue light erupted.

"Sakura get off the ground!" Naruto shouted quickly, knowing the forbidden jutsu Sasuke had just done. They did and shielded their eyes to prevent them from getting blinded by the blue light.

Slowly the light faded and they peered out to see the aftermath. Visible electricity pulsed everywhere on the ground. The dirt was black and everything on the ground was burned. Grasses, animals, everything.

They saw Sasuke perched on a tree branch across from then panting heavily. His electric sword and aura had died. Their eyes traveled to where they last saw Itachi. He was still there but this time lying on the ground with torn burnt clothes and bloodied body. Sparks of electricity can be seen crackling around him.

"He was electrified." Sakura murmured and made a move to go down. Naruto held out a hand and stopped her.

"If you go down there you'll get electrified and die." He warned pointing to a bird flying down. The bird landed on the ground and shook as the electricity on the ground electrify it. It burned and turned into a roasted dinner.

Sakura gulped and stayed where she was. She did not want to get burned. To think that Sasuke was this strong. She looked over at Itachi again. He did not move at all.

Inner Sakura: Is he dead?

Sasuke suddenly cussed and punched the tree making a dent in it.

"I can't die yet Sasuke. Not when the chances of capturing all nine kyuubis have broadened."

Sakura and Naruto snapped their head to look at Itachi who was staggering up, shocked.

"Damn you Itachi!" Sasuke cussed helplessly. He couldn't go down or else he'll get electrocuted by his own jutsu.

Itachi, who has already been electrified no longer was affected by the electricity left in the ground since it was already pulsing through his body.

He smirked and looked at his little brother. "Foolish little brother, if you wish to kill me then hate, spite, and survive pathetically. Run, run, cling desperately to life and some day come to me with the same eyes."

Sasuke started to tremble, his eyes narrowed into slits as he heard the same phrase that he heard 15 years ago. Anger and hate filled his heart as images of his clan...dead come into his mind.

Itachi then turned his head and looked at Sakura making her tremble. "Until then." He directed to no one and disappeared.

"NO!" Sasuke shouted angrily as his brother disappeared. "FUCK! He got away!"

Sakura and Naruto could only watch from a distance as Sasuke suffered.

Sakura snapped her eyes open as she suddenly felt an unknown presence. She looked around and saw that the campfire was still burning brightly. Sasuke and Naruto were still sleeping soundly.

During the battle, after awhile the electricity had died and they were able to go on the ground again. It was a bitter moment. Sakura had healed Sasuke to the best that she could and since they could not go back to Orochimaru's castle, they had to camp out in the forest. It had been awkward and silent between them.

Sasuke didn't even ask about her new weapon.

Standing up quietly, she began to search for the unknown presence. Eventually it led her to a bush.

Inner Sakura: A bush? What the heck...a bush? How can a bush have a unknown presence?

She bent down and brushed some of the leaves away and peered in.

Inner Sakura: Ok...the aura is coming from a stick. What the hell...

An idea suddenly came to her mind. Maybe it was a portal. Didn;t the old granny say something about knowing the portals? Curious, she slowly reached for it. Just one touch wouldn;t hurt.

"What are you doing?"

"Ack!" Sakura quickly pulled back her head and stood up. "Ehehehe...oh hi Sasuke...I was just...looking...at a stick." She finished lamely.

Inner Sakura: But hey! It was the truth!

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "A stick? You should practice your lying skills Sakura."

"Hmph! Whatever, you should practice your people skills. Sneaking up on someone like that, rude much!" She retorted.

"You should improve your ninja skills, I could've easily killed you." He shot back.

"Jerk."

"Idiot."

"Moron."

"Fatty."

"Fatty! Grr…obese!"

"I'm not obese, granny."

"Old man!"

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled. "Jeez act like your age will yeah? I'm trying to get my beauty sleep!"

They sweat dropped as Naruto fell asleep again and snored.

"…"

"Let's go down the woods...I heard there's a stream nearby. I'm thirsty." Sakura said quietly.

Sasuke understood what she meant so he silently followed her through the forest and to the stream.

They sat side by side together watching nature as it run.

"Oh yeah...I forgot to ask...what was the scythe all about?" Sasuke asked suddenly remembering Sakura holding the silver weapon.

"...I found it when I secretly raided one of Orochimaru's weapon storage. I needed a weapon to protect myself against a vampire you know. And since I found they silver can kill then, then this scythe would be great." She explained...lied.

"Oh...that makes sense. Never knew that King Loser would have something like that though." He replied.

She became silent...she was always good at lying. At the corner of her eye she watched as Sasuke leaned back and stared at the starry sky. Her fate and destiny, she suddenly remembered.

He became silent...as the words from Itachi came to him. Mangekyou...he knew exactly what he was talking about. Did he really hate his brother? Yes he did...he hate his guts...Sakura suddenly came into his mind.

The silence suddenly became awkwardness. The thought about killing each other made a deafening environment.

Snore

"I suddenly heard Naruto snoring..." Sakura said out of the blue.

"I heard it a long time ago." He replied emotionlessly.

The tension lifted a bit. Who would've thought they would be saved by Naruto's snoring.

Sasuke sighed and slung an arm around the female beside him. No use in keeping the feelings in and feel awkward.

Sakura looked at him in surprise but he didn't return her gaze. He just continued to look up at the sky.

"Don't hurt yourself again alright? It causes me more trouble." he said casually.

"It's not my fault that the Akatsuki caught me." She muttered in response but leaned against him anyhow. Safer...yeah she felt safer that way. Just safer...nothing else.

He sighed again. Looks like he would just have to find another way for gaining the mangekyou. He angrily scolded himself for sacrificing the only chance of defeating his brother for a mortal girl, but strange enough...his heart felt light and free for the first time in his life.

On the other hand...

I have to kill him...

No...I won't kill him...somebody will...being the slayer isn't my job.

I know it isn't!

"Sakura...you're crying." Sasuke said worriedly as he turned and looked at her.

Inner Sakura: I am?

She touched her cheeks finding it very wet.

"You okay?"

She stared at his face. A vampirish face yet a perfectly handsome one. Her eyes stung causing her to squeeze it shut.

"Stop crying Sakura. You're ruining your face." He uttered and pulled her close. He hated to see someone cry, especially her.

She wrapped her arms around him. She couldn't kill him. She can't.

So she just kept on crying.

T.B.C

Yes, finished again! Ehh...fluff? I'll try although it's kinda hard. I'm aiming for 12 chapters for this fic before I finish. So the story is going tobe a little fast. Sorry about that, I just want to finish this fic asap. And I will be posting two new stories. Hopefully they're serious. Hopefully...Yuppie, so please enjoy and like every other authors...we want reviews! So review:)

PS. I apologize if my words stick or if some question marks are missing. Stupid site seems to have something against me and questions marks! God...yeah...please just review.