Hey everyone! Thank you for being patient! ^_^ I hope this chapter pleases you :) I didn't write for a few days because I couldn't figure out where I wanted to go with this story! As I started writing, it began to take over, and I did nothing but the manual aspect! Now it's going in a whole new direction I would have never guessed! Well, enough of my ramblings!

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"Itachi, how much longer do we have to watch the brat?" Kisame asked, looking to his partner.

"Only until we get orders of where to put her. For now, we have to keep an eye on her," Itachi answered in an even tone.

Kisame looked away once more, then asked, "Can we at least have some fun with her?"

Itachi glanced at the man, and responded, "As long as we don't kill her or severely injure her, it's fine."

Kisame smiled as he stood up and walked towards the girl. Sakura shivered in fright as he got ever closer. The size difference scared her, but she didn't want to show her fear too much. She shut her eyes, scared as to what might happen to her.

Sakura tried hard to ignore the taunts of the large man. Each time he commented on her pink hair, she wanted to scream at him about his blue skin. The only reason she didn't was because she knew it would only end in something bad happening to her.

"Itachi, the girl is no fun, no matter how I taunt, she doesn't respond," Kisame complained.

"Hm," came Itachi's detached response.

Sakura tore her eyes open when she heard a ripping noise. She glanced down in fear to see that her shirt was no longer whole. Kisame had taken the privilege to attempt to embarrass her. She stayed quiet, the only expression on her face was one of pride.

"I expected the girl's face to match her hair," Kisame commented to himself.

Itachi had begun to glance over at her, but when was unknown to Sakura. She met his gaze, but did not let fear enter her eyes when she realized he still had his Sharingan activated. After what felt like forever of staring at each other, Itachi suddenly moved.

"Kisame, it's getting late, I think it's time for us to go to sleep. We have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow," Itachi commented dully, throwing a blanket onto Sakura's head.

"Hn, fine. Little girl, you just got saved," Kisame warned, his tone becoming ever more threatening as his sentence continued.

Sakura felt relieved when she watched Kisame exit the room, but the feeling dissolved when Itachi stayed inside.

"Surprised?" Itachi asked, his voice taking on a lighter tone than before.

Sakura dared not respond, but instead only stared at him.

"This is, after all, my room," Itachi informed her.

Her eyes widened at the new information. She began to reason with herself, telling herself that she would be taken to another room. That she would probably be thrown into a jail cell.

"You're not going anywhere," his calm voice answered her unspoken questions.

"I'm not?" Sakura gasped, speaking fully for the first time.

"I see it has entirely worn off now."

"Yes, it has. What was that?"

"Nothing you need to be concerned about. Only a temporary tool to be used in case we happen upon somebody like yourself," he explained.

"Jerk, I wanted to know. Now answer this: Where are you going to put me to stay for the night before you torture me tomorrow?" she asked coldly to the Uchiha.

"You are sleeping in here, of course. And you are not going to be tortured. That would ruin the whole idea of capturing you. You have studied medical ninjutsu, not much, but enough. We're going to refine your techniques here, and of course, force Tsunade to teach you," Itachi answered.

"How are you going to force her?"

"We'll 'return' you to the village, unharmed. Of course, you'll be the only one who knows that after you learn more from Tsunade, you'll be taken back by us."

"If you do that! I'll tell!" Sakura suddenly blurted out, not thinking about how she could've used it to escape the grasp of the Akatsuki.

"Yes, we know you would tell. This is why we are going to break you before we return you. That way you will never speak a word of the plan and you'll return easily," he told her, his voice still as warm as it was when he first spoke with Kisame out of the room.

"You'll never break me," came her sturdy response, voice unwavering.

"Very well."

Itachi pointed her to the bed, and told her to lie down and go to sleep. She felt like she didn't have much of a choice in whether she could sleep right then or not. Sakura did as she was told and went to sleep promptly, unknowing that Itachi sleep beside her.

Sakura was awoken by having water poured onto her head. It was a very rude awakening, but it did the trick. However, she was soaked.

"Uggh," came her grunt as she stood and attempted to ring out her hair.

"Aw, is the little girl cold?" Kisame asked quickly, grabbing her arm and dragging her out of the room.

"Where's Itachi?" Sakura demanded, and then realized what she had said.

Thoughts flooded into her mind from all directions and spaces. She couldn't figure out why she demanded to know where he was. He mattered not to her. She began to wonder if it was because of his gentle voice from the night before. Sakura shook her head in frustration as Kisame registered her question and laughed.

"I don't think Itachi will be the one you want to see. He'd use his Sharingan to trap you, then get you to do whatever we wanted, you don't want that, do you?"

Sakura ignored the question, but began to wonder exactly where the man was taking her. She looked around wildly, trying to pinpoint her location, but to no avail. Every turn they took and every hall they went down looked the same to her. The only difference, if any, was the size of the flames on the torches.

As she was admiring the complexity of the hideout, she was suddenly pushed forward. She fell to the ground from the sudden movement, and looked up to see why that had happened. Her eyes grew large as she realized that she was in a room where a meeting was taking place.

"Got her," Kisame told them as he walked to his spot.

"Very good, we'll now begin to break her," the leader said cruelly.

Sakura didn't like the sound of that, and fear entered her once more as she saw the group moving towards her. She desperately searched for Itachi in the crowd, but he was nowhere to be seen. She felt tears beginning to fall as fear overtook her. The group was right on top of her, many of them welding weapons.

Sakura screamed. She screamed loud enough that she thought her eardrums would burst. It didn't stop the group from moving closer, and it only agitated them more.

~Team 7~

"Where are we?" Naruto asked, his arms casually behind his head.

"Outside of the Leaf's control, that's for sure," Sasuke answered, keeping his guard up.

Kakashi watched the two as they began to fight over where they were. Suddenly, a faint noise hit his ears.

"Did you hear that?" he asked in a hushed tone.

"It kinda sounded a scream?" Naruto answered, turning his head in small semicircles

The group turned in the direction they thought they heard it come from.

"Let's try to find the source," Anko declared, heading in the direction they had looked.

"Alright! We're finally getting somewhere!" Naruto announced happily as he followed quickly behind Anko.

"Come on," Kakashi told Sasuke, patting his shoulder than going on ahead.

Sasuke stood still for a few seconds, trying to locate the noise more accurately, but it was already long gone. He attacked himself on the inside for being immature and arguing with Naruto.

Well, I hope that was all you hoped it to be! It was fun to write, and it almost got out of control there for a few scenes! Please tell me what you think :) The lack of reviews is actually worrying me a bit ^_^" I hope that isn't too insane of a request... forgive me if it is!

Thank you VERY much for reading and being patient with me y'all! Come back soon~ :) Till next time!