I edited this chapter, so I reposted it if any of you were wondering why there was a new chapter but it was actually this one.
Muhahahahahaha. I like long chapters. Sorry, it took two weeks to update. I couldn't figure out what I wanted to write. Warning: Character Death.
To Lin: You asked why Sasuke doesn't know who Sakura's kidnapper is. He will eventually know, and when he does, he probably will go in a fit of rage. Or maybe he will never know. : D I has an evil mind.
Disclaimer: I want Itachi! Pwease? No? Fine XP. I own nothing except for this plot.
Chapter 7: Dead
"Congratulations, it's a baby boy!" Sakura exclaimed, wrapping the newborn in the blue blanket after cleaning off all the blood and fluids that had covered him. She placed the newborn into the new mother's arms. The mother eyes welled up with tears of happiness. The father sat on the stool, rubbing his sore hands. The mother had quite a grip while pushing the baby out.
"Shikamaru, Ino, have you thought of a name for him?" a nurse asked. Sakura proceeded to heal up any tearing on Ino and cleaned her up. Ino wasn't shy. She trusted Sakura to be the one to deliver the baby. The last hour she'd been screaming at Shikamaru for ever thinking that protection was too troublesome. Now, she was smiling sweetly at the little bundle in her arms. The baby yawned and nuzzled into her mother's chest.
"Shikamaru, I told you to pick a name," Ino whispered, not wishing to disturb the peace of the little boy in her arms. He grunted.
"Too troublesome," Shikamaru groaned. He may think naming the child was too troublesome, but the way his eyes were shining. They were both young, only seventeen. They didn't know how to care for a child, but their parents promised to help them, even though they were disappointed the two hadn't been thinking when they were in the moment. Now their parents were grandparents, and they were the parents of a little boy.
"I am not going to have a son with no name! Sakura, could you hit him for me?" Ino screeched, trying to keep the little newborn happy even if she was yelling at his father.
"Now, now, both of you need to agree on it. It shouldn't be too troublesome to come up with a name for your son, Shikamaru," Sakura scolded.
"Why don't you hold him, Shika?" Ino suggested. Shikamaru straightened up.
"That… isn't too troublesome," Shikamaru muttered. He gently took his son out of Ino's arm, careful to support the head with his hand. Ino was smiling. She saw the tears in Shikamaru's eyes. The two weren't in love with each other at all, but they both loved their son. Sakura smiled, checking the machine for Ino's vitals. Everything was healthy and normal. Both of them felt like the luckiest people in the world. It was their first time together that one night nine months ago. Somehow it ended up being lucky by giving them the son in their arms.
"May I suggest a name?" Sakura beamed at them. She just figured it out. Ino nodded, glancing at her son who had his father's brown hair. The child opened its eyes for a little bit, staring up at his father.
"Ino, he has your eyes," Shikamaru said, smiling at her. He looked at Sakura and nodded.
"Kichirou," Sakura named. It meant lucky son.
"Kichirou," both of the new parents replied, happy with the name.
"Hello, little Kichirou," Shikamaru whispered to the little boy. The little boy cooed at the name.
Sakura pressed her eyes closed, smelling the damp rain air. She didn't want to get up. She knew that once she did they would be traveling again, going to whatever destination it was. She didn't know where they were taking her. She knew they were in Rain Country right now, but that was it. She didn't want to move. The air was intoxicating. The warmth of the two cloaks she had on was enough to keep her sleepy. Itachi gave her the cloak to wear to keep her warm since her whole body had been shivering from her sickness.
She unwillingly opened her eyes. She could see Kisame standing by the clearing next to them, watching for any enemy chakra signatures. He was bored out of his mind. She looked over to the tree next to her and saw Itachi sitting against it with his eyes closed. He was sitting there without his cloak on. He seemed cold, but she knew he probably molded his chakra to warm himself up. She could hear his even breathing. He was sleeping. He looked so peaceful and not like his cold, emotionless self. She felt a desire to touch his face, the desire to sit by his side. She shook it off.
No, he was her captor. He was the one who took away her innocence. He was the one who got her pregnant. He was the one who was going to become a father. She slapped herself. Why was she even thinking that her child was the child of Uchiha Itachi? It was disgusting. He was a criminal. He didn't deserve to be called a father. He already murdered his entire family, except for Sasuke. Would he even think about murdering their child? Would he kill him or her once it was out of her womb? She unconsciously sat in front of Itachi and stared at him wondering what he would do.
Itachi snapped his eyes open when he saw Sakura on her knees, staring back at him. She yelped at him opening his eyes so quickly. It scared her. "Sakura, what are you doing?" he asked her. She glared at him.
"Wondering how I'm going to kill you," she retorted, folding her arms on her chest.
"Hn." She gawked her eyes at him. He spoke Sasuke's language.
"So you speak that language," she muttered, taking his cloak off of her. He said nothing. His eyes were a deep black sea, and she couldn't see anything in them. She threw his cloak at him and stood up, turning towards Kisame. "Thank you, Itachi." She didn't want to say it to his face. He grunted in return, putting the cloak on himself. Why was she so comfortable around them?
"Itachi, we leaving now?" the shark man asked, eyeing Sakura's distant look. She sighed. Every time they traveled, they would distance themselves from anyone who was looking for them. She must've slept for nine hours, giving whoever was coming for her time to get to them. Kisame and Itachi were already traveling fast enough. They were much faster than any squad she had ever been in with ANBU. They would likely reach their destination within the next two days. She couldn't help but get annoyed. She could try to run right now if she wanted to. If she put enough chakra into herself, she could likely get away for a certain amount of distance. Sakura remembered the teleportation jutsu all ANBU knew. Maybe she could do it. It would put a lot of strain on her in this state, but it could work.
"Sakura, time to go." She would have to try another time when both of them were distracted. When would they ever be distracted? Sakura sighed.
"Kiba, anything?" Fox-kun yelled, jumping to the next branch. Kiba nodded.
"I can sense the tracking jutsu Neji put on the one called Kisame," Kiba exclaimed. Fox-kun grunted in return.
"There's two other people with Kisame," Beetle said. A bug crawled on his shoulder. Beetle could tell what it was saying to him. He jumped to another branch with Fox-chan and Hawk right behind him. Ino and Shikamaru were on either side of Kiba.
"Can you tell who they are, Sh- Beetle?" Ino asked. She always slipped up on ANBU protocol. Names were not to be said. All ANBU were anonymous.
"One of them has a powerful chakra signature. The other my bug has recognized easily to be Haruno Sakura." Fox-kun let out a scream of excitement, happy that they were on the right track to find Sakura.
"We may find our youthful cherry blossom finally!" the frog exclaimed. The hawk nodded in agreement. The frog was all the way at the back of the group. The screech of an actual hawk was heard from the sky. The group came to halt, recognizing it as a Konoha messenger. The hawk flew down and dropped a paper in Fox-kun's hands. He read it over.
Fox-kun,
Haruno Sakura is pregnant. Make sure no harm comes to her. You have permission to kill Uchiha Itachi on sight.
-Hokage
His shoulders tensed up immediately with anger. He saw the hidden message in the letter. Rape.
"N- Fox-kun, what is it?" Ino asked, seeing the dangerous aura radiating off of their team leader. She really needed to learn ANBU protocol.
"I'm going to kill that bastard!" he yelled out. Fox-chan flinched and touched his shoulder instantly. Fox-kun didn't stop shaking at his wife's touch.
"Calm down!" Fox-kun flinched at his wife ordering him around. She wasn't leader of the team, but she had authority over him as his wife. Normally, she wasn't supposed to go on missions with him since it was ANBU regulation to keep people in a relationship on separate teams, but she and her husband were both needed on this team.
"Saku-chan," he whispered.
"What about Sakura?" Ino asked, worried. She saw Fox-kun put his forehead on Fox-chan's shoulder. Something was really worrying Fox-kun. He turned to look at the whole group.
"Sakura's pregnant." Ino gasped. How was that possible? She'd never had sex with anybody before. She's had boyfriends before. She's gone out with Shino for a month. She went out with Neji for six months. She had gone on two dates with Kiba, but none of them were recent. Ino would know if Sakura was a virgin or not, and she was.
"You don't mean…" The group was watching the conversation between the two of them.
"We have permission to kill Uchiha Itachi," he announced. Ino's eyes widened. She clasped a hand over her mouth. Fox-chan was holding her husband's hand to comfort him.
"He raped Sakura?" Ino screamed. There was a dangerous aura over the whole group now. They were seeping with the urge to protect the cherry blossom who had been taken from them. Fox-kun's nod confirmed it. They were on the move in seconds, increasing their speed quickly. They could all sense five chakra signatures suddenly.
"Two people joined their group," the beetle said. He could recognize the same three people his bugs had been following. They stopped at a clearing, finding five people wearing Akatsuki cloaks. Three were surrounding two of them. One person was lying on the ground. A guy had his knees on either side, sitting on the person's legs. They could see the pink hair of the person on the ground.
"No! Stop! I won't do it again!"
Sasuke entered the Hokage's office. He saw the blonde woman signing several papers.
"Paperwork," she grumbled.
"Hokage-sama, you called for me?" Sasuke stood in front of her desk like a good boy. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"You won't be doing anything for the next year, so I'm thinking you'll get extremely bored. How would you like to be my errand boy?" the Hokage said, not looking up from her paperwork. Sasuke grimaced at it, feeling the strain on already seeing how her apprentices did everything for her. "Shizune is needed in the hospital more now, and I don't have anyone to do errands for me. Consider it your community service." She gave a mischievous grin. His eye twitched. He was being conned into being her slave. She moved her legs. He heard the bottles of Sake clinking under the desk. There were a lot of bottles.
"Hokage-sama, have you been drinking?" Sasuke asked, a bit worried about the smile on her face.
"Yes, errand boy. I'm drinking because I'm worried. My poor Sakura-chan," she grumbled, pressing her fist on the desk. Sasuke's posture immediately changed at the posture. The Hokage hiccupped.
"Where is she?"
"She's pregnant," the Hokage said, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Pregnant?"
"She was raped."
"Nani?" Sasuke yelled. He was about to grab Tsunade's collar and demand answers. He was furious, but he had no strength. He had no chakra. "Where is Sakura?" he demanded. The Hokage flinched at his loud voice.
"Be a good errand boy," Tsunade replied, pulling a bottle from under the table and drinking it. The Uchiha growled.
"Who took her?"
"I can't tell you that, Sasuke-kun." She giggled and her head dropped on the desk. He could hear her breathing going even. He looked over the paperwork quickly, trying to find any clue without waking her. He found several letters piled on the desk. They were ANBU letters. He looked through each one, trying to find anything with Sakura's name on it. He went through three of them, and the fourth one made him drop to the floor.
Sakura was there with Akatsuki in Grass.
It was a sentence from a letter from Neji. Sakura was with Akatsuki. Sasuke bolted out of the office, leaving the door wide open. A couple of chunnin yelled at him to stop running. He ignored them. He wished he had his chakra back.
"Sasuke, I promise you." He could hear her voice in his ear.
He ran through the village and stopped in front of a mansion. He was panting, tired from all the running. He hadn't ran like that for years, not since he was put in jail.
"I promise to let you go after him when you get the chance." He stared up at the Hyuuga mansion.
"Neji!" Sasuke yelled at the large compound. He walked through the gates. He could see the Hyuuga he was looking for standing in the training grounds. He was watching him.
"Sasuke, I will let you go free if you need to get him."
The Hyuuga's white eyes looked at the Uchiha catching his breath. "Uchiha, what are you doing here?"
Sasuke immediately grabbed the man's collar. He wish he had his chakra so he could at least seem intimidating. "Who the hell took Sakura?" Sasuke yelled. Neji grabbed Sasuke's hands and released himself.
"You'll just put her more in danger," Neji retorted. Sasuke growled. "You can't do anything to me, Sasuke. You don't have access to any of your jutsus or your strength. You're Sharingan can't be used." Sasuke dropped his head to look at the floor.
"Please, Neji. Tell me who took her." He was begging now. There was nothing else he could do.
"Sasuke, I don't know who took her." Sasuke flinched.
"You're a liar. I know it was you who went on the mission to look for her! I know you were captured by Akatsuki! I know you found her! Now tell me! Was it Itachi?" Sasuke was desperate.
She sat down on the stool outside of his jail cell. She smiled at him. She made this promise to him when she first brought him back. She was going to go through with it.
"Sasuke, I promise you. I promise to let you go after him when you get the chance. Sasuke, I will let you go free if you need to get him." She put her hand through the bars and touched his neck. She giggled. "I will let you go after Itachi, Sasuke." He felt the chakra coursing through her fingers.
"Sakura?"
"I promise you I will let you go get him. I promise that no matter what, you will get your chance." He fell unconscious at her words.
"I can't tell you, Sasuke, but I'll tell you this. I hope the bastard pays for what he's done to her. I want her back as much as you do," Neji explained. He crossed his hands on his chest.
"Why didn't you take her with you? Why? Why would you leave her with them?" Sasuke yelled. "Please, Neji. Was it my brother?" Neji scowled. Sasuke wouldn't leave without an answer.
"Yes." Sasuke felt the power rushing through him in that moment. The anger filled him completely. Something broke.
"A jutsu, Sasuke. I put a jutsu on you to break the chakra seal if you ever need to go after him. No matter where we are, half of my chakra will be released, and you will be free."
Those words were told to him the next week he saw her after he fell unconscious the last time he saw her. He powered up the chakra in his eyes. The Sharingan activated. Neji hands dropped to his sides. "Sasuke! Don't!" But he couldn't stop the Sharingan user. He was gone, missing from the area. He turned on his Byuukagan and tried to look for him, but he was already out of range. Sasuke was gone. "Shit," Neji muttered.
Kisame and Itachi were exchanging glances. She looked between the two. They were having a conversation with their eyes. Was this her chance? She waited a couple seconds. She immediately turned left and put a burst of chakra into her feet. She kept on running through the trees, not looking back. Sakura couldn't feel their chakra signatures behind her. They weren't following her. Was she being let go?
She collided with a person, falling off the branch she had just jumped on. She waited for impact with the ground, but she never got there. The person grabbed her ankle, and she was dangling from his hand. She opened her eyes and saw the ground below her. It was a good one hundred feet to fall. She lifted her head up to see who caught her. She saw orange, and then she saw the one thing she was trying to get away from.
"Are you freaking kidding me?" she screamed. Anybody in the forest would be able to hear her. She was angry. She thought she was getting away, but the only reason they hadn't gone after her was because of this. If she had gone in any other direction, she would've been chased after. She groaned, looking back at the ground. The blasted black cloak with red clouds was worn by the person who stopped her from falling to her possible death. She screamed at the top of her lungs, trying to get her ankle free from his grip.
"Why are you wearing our cloak, yeah?" She looked up at the one who possessed the voice. He was standing next to the man who caught her.
"Is Tobi a good boy?" the man who caught her said in a childish voice.
"No, you are not a good boy!" Sakura snapped. The one who wasn't holding her ankle chuckled at her. "Put me down, damn it!" Those weren't wise words one hundred feet above the ground.
"Again, why are you wearing our cloak, yeah?" She glared at him.
"I don't know why either." Sakura huffed out.
"Tobi thinks maybe she knows," the man holding her says. Does he speak in third person or something?
"No, I do not know!" Sakura exclaimed, struggling once again to get foot free. She then felt two very familiar chakra signals enter the area. "I hate you, Uchiha Itachi!" She narrowed her eyes at the Uchiha who had just shown up. "You jerk! I hate you! I hate you!" She screamed again at the top of her lungs.
"Hn." That just made her scream again.
"I hate you!" Sakura yelled at the man. He had his Sharingan on.
"Is Tobi a good boy?" the orange masked man asked once again.
"Yes, you caught our little escape artist," Kisame replied, grinning and putting the Samehada on his shoulder. He was glad he wouldn't have to use it. Tobi let out a yippee.
"I hate you as well, Kisame!" She was naming everybody who was here that she hates.
"Do I know you, yeah? Your pink hair looks vaguely familiar," the blonde haired man asked, now satisfied knowing why she had on her cloak.
"I hate you too!" Sakura then looked at Tobi. "And Sakura hates Tobi!" Great. She just spoke in third person. She tried to get her foot free. "Why can't you just let me go? I don't deserve this!" Itachi said nothing.
"Deidara, Tobi, did leader send you?" the Uchiha asked. The two nodded. She felt the blood rushing down into her head. She felt suddenly light headed. She was hanging upside down too long. She groaned as she felt the nausea come to her again.
"Hai. He said we should get to know the new girl, yeah. Also he wanted us to ask her a question," Deidara explained. He squatted down and helped support her back so she was up enough to look at her. "Will you join Akatsuki, yeah?" Sakura shook her head again and again. Never. She would never join them. He shrugged and let go of her back, letting her fall back to hanging by her foot again.
"She's feisty." Kisame grinned.
"Fuck you," Sakura hissed. Kisame roared up into laughter.
"Well, if that's what you want, we can go do that in the bushes right now." Sakura glared at him. He and Itachi were standing on the branch a few feet in front of her.
"Let me go damn it!" She was glad she was wearing shorts under her cloak instead of a skirt. Her cloak had fallen down to her waist. Itachi ignored her temper tantrum. "You stupid kidnappers! You asshole rapist!" she screamed. His eyes narrowed at her. He was gone in seconds. He grabbed her by the waist and landed on the ground. The other three Akatsuki jumped down from the trees and surrounded them. She was being held upside down. She yelped when she was dropped onto her back. She was glad it was only a foot to drop. She felt the pressure in her lungs from the sudden collision with the ground. She gasped for breath.
"Tobi is a good boy!" Tobi exclaimed, probably grinning from ear to ear behind his mask.
"I hate you all!" Sakura choked out. She heard an evil chuckle coming from one of them. It sent a shiver up her back just hearing it.
"Punish her for trying to escape," a voice said. It sounded so evil. She didn't know who it had come from, but she felt so much fear rush over her. "Itachi, punish her in the only way you can." She looked into Itachi's eyes, feeling the tears come into her eyes. This voice knew what Itachi had done to her. Itachi didn't want to do this. Sakura was lying on the ground. Her silk pink hair was sprawled around her head. Her lip quivered. Itachi placed his knees on either side of her, sitting down on her knees. She shook her head, the tears escaping her.
His eyes. Somehow she could see the apologies in his eyes.
Itachi's right hand touched her lower thigh and started moving slowly up her inner thigh. The memories came into her head again. So much fear went into her. He put his hand in her shorts. Her eyes widened.
"No! Stop! I won't do it again!" she screamed. She began to sob. She tried to struggle.
She felt someone tug her arm and pull her up away from Itachi. She felt arms wrap around her in a hug. She felt safe in these arms. She sobbed into whoever's chest it was.
"You asshole! What the hell did you do to her? I'm going to kill you!" the man who now held her yelled. She instantly calmed down when she realized whose voice it was. She looked up at the man's face, but she didn't see one. She saw a mask.
The mask belonging to her own ANBU teammate, the fox mask. Fox-kun. She was safe. They had found her. She gave a weak smile at the sudden chance of freedom.
"Naruto," she whispered as low as she could. She relaxed in his arms. She didn't want to look around. She just wanted to shut her eyes and bury her face in his chest.
"Sakura!" a voice called. She was glad to hear that voice. Ino. Safety and friendship.
"I'm afraid you're going to have to return our little cherry blossom, yeah. We have more business to do with her, yeah," Deidara explained to whoever was here. She didn't know who was here right now. She just knew those two. She tensed up when she heard a sickening crack and a blood curdling scream.
"Ino!" Sakura exclaimed, turning around in Naruto's arms. She saw her friend face down on the ground, bleeding from the back. She now saw who was there. Naruto, Ino, Hinata, Sai, Shino, Kiba, Lee, Akamaru! They were all here, but she had no time to greet them. Ino was seriously injured.
"Kiba! Get Sakura out of here!" Naruto ordered. Kiba was at his side. He handed Sakura over to the ninja who owned Akamaru.
"Hai, Fox-kun!" Kiba picked her up bridal style. She saw Shino and Sai were in a fight with Tobi. Lee was fighting with Kisame. Naruto and Hinata were approaching Itachi. Deidara centered on Kiba and Sakura. "Let's go, Akamaru!" The two broke out into a run with Sakura. Deidara was quick to follow. The team just needed to fight them enough so they can get away, just long enough to let Sakura get far way enough so that they can escape. She was worried about Ino. Ino wasn't moving. Kiba kept moving from branch to branch trying to escape the Bomb user.
Shikamaru kneeled by Ino's side. "Ino!" Shikamaru cried out. He was worried about the mother of his child. He was glaring furiously at Kisame. He broke into battle stance and began to fight with the sword wielder. Was Ino dead? He used his shadow jutsu on Kisame, locking him into place so Lee could get a hit.
"Fox-chan! Check on Ino!" Naruto ordered, breaking into a fight with Itachi. He lunged at him with a Rasengan. Hinata nodded, kneeling by Ino. She put healing chakra into her back. She winced at the damage. Kisame had taken them by surprise and slammed his Samehada into Ino's back. That sickening crack had put Hinata into panic. It had knocked Ino out cold. Hinata bit her lips, trying to keep from crying.
Ino's spine had been severed at her lower back.
She would live most likely, but Hinata knew what this could do.
Ino could become paralyzed from the waist down.
Hinata picked up the girl carefully and put her onto her back. She had to get Ino away from here before she gets hurt anymore. The ANBU had only got Sakura away because the Akatsuki had been distracted with Itachi punishing Sakura. She quickly followed Kiba and Deidara who were now fighting with each other a mile away.
"What the hell did you do to her?" Naruto yelled at the red eyed man in front of him.
"Whatever do you mean, Kyuubi?" Itachi stood there, waiting for Naruto to make another move. Even with the mask on, Itachi knew that this was Uzumaki Naruto.
"You raped Sakura!" Naruto formed thirty kage bunshins, forming a Rasengan in each one's hand. "I'm going to kill you, you bastard, so that you can never touch her again!" His thirty clones made a run at the Uchiha. The Uchiha frowned. The Rasengans collided with him, but there was a loud poof. Substitution. The log that replaced him broke into a million splinters from the impact. Naruto looked around for the Sharingan wielder.
"I enjoyed every bit of it," Itachi whispered into Naruto's ear. He was lying to himself. He didn't enjoy breaking that innocence, but Naruto didn't know that. Naruto clenched his fists. His eyes flashed red. He kicked behind him but missed as Itachi disappeared once again. The fox growled, annoyed at that he kept missing. He was then punched in the stomach. He gasped for air.
Kisame broke the shadow jutsu and swung his Samehada. He grinned at the shadow user who dodged the swipe. "The Samehada would like more chakra."
"You're going to pay for what you did to Ino," Shikamaru said. His laziness was not apparent right now. He was more worried about the blonde haired girl who was unconscious. He was worried about Sakura too, but he didn't know if Ino was going to live.
"Tobi is a good boy!" Tobi avoided Sai's ink monsters. He put chakra into his hands and got rid of the monsters who trying to get him, making ink splatter onto the ground. He immediately disappeared from thin air when Shino's bugs started around him. Shino was annoyed that this man could so easily dodge everything that was thrown at him.
Kiba continued to run, carrying Sakura in his arms. He heard the flapping of a bird approaching them. He jumped out of the way immediately but was thrown off balance form the clay bird exploding. His back collided with a tree. He kept his hold on Sakura. Sakura looked up at Kiba's face.
"I'm sorry, Sakura." Sakura tensed at those words. Those were the words that Itachi used. She shook her head at Kiba. Kiba kept on running to a clearing. A clay bird collided with him from behind. He went flying through the air with Sakura. His back began to bleed. He lost his balance and let go of Sakura. Both rolled on the ground painfully. Akamaru rolled on the ground as well.
"I can't let you escape with our goods." Sakura pushed herself off the ground and glared at Deidara. Deidara stood in the middle of the clearing. He smirked at the cherry blossom girl. He was only three feet away from her. He reached his hand out. Akamaru jumped on him and bit into his arm. Deidara yelped and threw the dog off of him. Sakura took a step back. Kiba was in front of her and record speed, ready to defend her. Deidara growled in frustration, jumping back immediately when Kiba swiped at him with his claws. Deidara put his hand in his pocket and allowed the mouths on his hands to begin to chew clay and turn it into whatever he wished. A thousand clay beetles took to the air, all flying at the dog man. Kiba grabbed Sakura around the waist and started jumping out of the way. He placed he jumped from exploded.
"Kiba!" Sakura screamed when the beetles finally actually hit them. Kiba was forced to let go of Sakura. Akamaru jumped onto Deidara's back, distracting the bomb maker. Sakura flew back and hit a tree from the explosion. Kiba fell to the ground feeling the flames licking his legs. He groaned in pain. Sakura coughed up blood. She checked herself over. She had broken a couple ribs. She placed a glowing green hand to her heart, immediately healing the rib that threatened to puncture it. She coughed again. She knew that one of the ribs did puncture a lung. Kiba teamed up with Akamaru and began to fight in the way they were meant to. Akamaru turned into a Kiba clone.
She watched them while mending the broken ribs leftover. She fixed the one in her lung and immediately healed the hole in her lung, not wanting to lose too much air or drown in her own blood. Sakura panted and put her head against the tree, closing her eyes.
"Sakura!" Sakura looked in the direction the female voice had come from. Hinata approached the pink haired girl. "Sakura! We have to help Ino!" She looked at the blonde haired girl on Hinata's back, feeling the tears forming in her own eyes. Ino was knocked out cold.
"Go, Sakura! Run!" Kiba yelled to the three girls he saw. He dodged another clay bomb. Sakura nodded, standing up, her knees shaking a little. Kiba and Akamaru were using Beast Human Clone. Both of them worked together to fend off Deidara as long as they could. Sakura and Hinata started to run away from the area, getting as far as they could so Sakura could take a look at Ino. They reached a small area that was hidden by the numerous trees surrounding it.
"Here," Sakura muttered, receiving a nod in reply from the Hyuuga. Hinata eased Ino onto the ground, laying her on her stomach. Sakura put chakra into her hand and started to analyze the damage. She bit her lip when she realized the damage on it. The damage was great. It might not even be repairable.
"Her spine. I can't fix it right now," Sakura whispered, closing her eyes in defeat. She knew that Hinata probably already checked the spine. She knew the Uzumaki girl probably already knew the extent of this damage. Sakura didn't want to say anything. She didn't want to make it true. The spine had several nerves in it. It was the central nervous system. "You have to get her to Tsunade as fast as you can. I would try, but I don't have enough chakra or control over my chakra. You probably know why, don't you?" Fox-chan nodded. Both wouldn't say it. Tsunade probably wouldn't even be able to fix this. Hinata's eyes traveled to Sakura's stomach. She could see the foreign chakra in Sakura's belly. She could see the chakra barrier Sakura had around it.
"I'm so sorry he did that to you, Sakura," Fox-chan consoled. Sakura focused on Ino, blinking away the tears that threatened her once again. Sakura put a hand on her own lower abdomen, using her chakra to feel for the child. It was safe, despite her stress. Sakura smiled sweetly. "You're not going to get rid of it, are you?" Sakura shook her head.
"I want to keep it. Even if Itachi is the father, I am his or her mother, and I know that I want this child more than anything. He or she is my light, even though it was conceived through blood," Sakura said. She hadn't talked to Neji like this, but Fox-chan she trusted more. She would always instill her secrets into her best friend. "The night he raped me was so painful. It was so terrifying. It's his way of getting control over me." Her voice faltered. The control that Itachi had was so great now. The punishment she received when the ANBU got here was proof that. She was scared of what he would do to her. She placed a hand on Ino's wound, putting healing chakra into it. "I'll stop the pain and start healing as much as I can, but the spine has so many nerves in it. If I did one wrong thing, I could kill her." She could feel the spine was only healing a little bit. The rest was refusing to be healed. She stopped. She couldn't do any more for Ino. Sakura placed her hands in her lap.
A blast erupted in the forest. Sakura's eyes widened. It was a huge explosion where Kiba was, where Akamaru was. Sakura instinctively started running towards it, leaving Hinata and Ino behind.
"Sakura! Stop!" Fox-chan yelled. Sakura turned to look at her and shook her head. She knew Kiba needed help. She knew it in her heart. She was risking her own chance to escape by going back to Kiba.
"Take care of Ino, Hinata-chan," Sakura said, giving her a weak smile. Hinata's mask hid whatever expression she was giving Sakura. Sakura took one last look at Ino and then nodded at Hinata. She disappeared into the dust, running to where she could sense Kiba's weak chakra signature. The dust began to clear up as she entered the clearing she had left Deidara and Kiba at. She tried to calm down her breathing. She dropped to her knees at the sight before her. "NO! Kiba!" She tried to get herself to stand up. The whiff of blood overwhelmed her, and she could smell the scent under it. Death.
She crawled over to Kiba's body. He was too bloodied up. The shrapnel from all the explosion had split his stomach open, his intestines showing. There was a giant hole where his heart was. There was no way to save him. His wounds were great. Even Kiba knew it. He frowned that Sakura came back, but he wanted her here. She was the only one who could save Akamaru at least.
"Sakura, please save Akamaru," he gasped out. Sakura couldn't believe it.
"You're not going to die!" She put her hand on Kiba trying to heal him. She knew that it wouldn't work. He was too damaged to survive. "Kiba!" Sakura screamed in frustration, putting more chakra into Kiba's wounds. She wouldn't cry. She wouldn't!
"Sakura, please take Akamaru and run. Tell Kazumi-chan I love her," Kiba requested. Kazumi was his fiancé, the love of his life. He knew he was going to die. Sakura choked at his request. She gave a weak nod to him. He grunted in pain. Sakura eased the pain for him. Death was inevitable. Akamaru stumbled over to Kiba. He was limping. Sakura saw it. Akamaru had lost one of his front legs. If she didn't heal him, he would die from blood loss. Akamaru's head fell in her lap. She sobbed over the sight of the man and his best friend. She put a hand where Akamaru was missing a leg. She closed the wound giving as much relief as she could to the wound. There's was a stump of his old leg there, but the wound would no longer bleed. She began to sob when Kiba started petting his dog.
"I'm so sorry, Kiba," she cried out. She placed her hands back on Kiba's chest and gave him more pain relief. There was nothing she could do. His life was already gone. Akamaru whimpered and licked his face, making Kiba laugh. Sakura would never have the amount of chakra needed to save him.
"Be a good boy, Akamaru. Take care of my family," Kiba told Akamaru. Akamaru nudged Kiba's hand in reply. Kiba stared at the sky. He never looked anywhere else. Sakura could feel his breathing stop under her hand. Rivers poured out of her eyes. She didn't want this. She didn't want Kiba to be gone. Akamaru began to howl to the sky, mourning his master. Every howl he let out made Sakura sob even more. It was her fault. It was all her fault.
Footsteps in the dirt walked over to them. She didn't want to look up. She stared at Kiba's face. She closed his eyes for him, letting him be at peace. A shadow loomed over Sakura. Akamaru began to growl at the person who now stood over them. The dog tried to lunge at whoever it was but missed. Akamaru couldn't fight well with only three legs. Sakura looked up and glared at the man, ceasing her crying.
"You killed him! You killed Kiba!" she screamed at the man. The man only smirked. She stood up, slowly backing away. Akamaru jumped on the man and bit into his left arm. The man yelled out in pain, throwing the dog to the side. Akamaru yelped and passed out. He already had lost so much blood. He wasn't going to be able to handle any more pain. "Akamaru!" The man grabbed her neck.
"It's time to come with me, yeah."
"Get the hell away from me!" She clawed at Deidara. She put medical chakra into her hand and tore into the blonde man's muscles, making his arm useless. The man fought back by back slapping her with his other hand. She rolled onto the ground, clasping onto her cheek. She flipped up, putting chakra into her fist, punching the man in his chest. He stumbled backwards. He threw an explosive at her. She dodged it quickly, lunging at Deidara. He dodged and grabbed her wrist. He twisted her arm behind her back, but then she went with a poof. The real Sakura threw a chakra enhanced fist at his face, making him fly across the clearing.
"No wonder Akatsuki wants you. Your strength is great, along with your perfect chakra control. You may have not been able to save that boy, but he was already a goner. No one could have put him back together again. You outrank everyone as the best medic-nin in the world." Sakura glared at Deidara. He rubbed his sore cheek. He smirked. "Now I remember you."
"Really?"
"You're the one who killed Sasori." Sakura bit on her lip. Technically, she didn't really do it. It was Chiyo who killed him, but everyone in the world seemed to think it was Sakura who did it. "But it seems Itachi already got revenge for me, yeah," Deidara said, smiling, looking at Sakura's stomach. "Say Sakura, what kinds of art do you like, yeah? Answer right and maybe I'll let you escape from me," Deidara bargained. Sakura knew this was a trick question.
"It's impossible to answer that. I like all kinds of art!" Sakura exclaimed. Deidara chuckled.
"Wrong answer," he whispered into her ear. He had moved so fast. Only a second ago he had been across the clearing. He grabbed her. She didn't have the strength to struggle any longer. All her chakra was wiped out from all the healing and fighting she had to do. She felt like she should have more chakra, but for some reason she only had half her chakra to begin with. Where did all of her chakra go?
He walked her back to where his fellow Akatsuki members were. He had an arm around her waist. She felt too much grief. She gave up. The Akatsuki were overpowering the ANBU. She whimpered when she saw Naruto look at her. Itachi followed Naruto's gaze, seeing that Deidara had retrieved her. Itachi kicked Naruto back seeing that he was distracted and immediately disappeared over to where Deidara was. Deidara threw Sakura over to Itachi. Her back collided with Itachi's chest. Itachi used one hand to hold both of her wrists behind her back. She tried to pull away from Itachi.
"Let me go!" Sakura screamed. Her attempts to escape from Itachi's grip were futile. She couldn't try hard enough.
"You really should be careful with your belongings, Itachi, yeah." Itachi ignored him, staring down at the medic-nin. She looked at Naruto, sorrow shining her eyes.
"Naruto!" Itachi placed his other hand over her mouth. She screamed into his mouth, trying to pull her arms away from him.
"Sakura!" Naruto yelled back. Itachi pulled Sakura closer to his body. Naruto's flashed red immediately at seeing her struggling to get away.
"Kisame, Tobi, it's time to go," Itachi called. Kisame smiled and left the battle with Shikamaru and Lee quickly, poofing away from the two men. He stood by Itachi, smirking at the girl who just glared at him. Tobi was quick to follow. The ANBU watched in horror as they saw the Akatsuki had the cherry blossom back into their possession. She bit on one of Itachi's fingers, feeling his blood trickle into her mouth. He growled at the pain in his hand, pulling his hand away from her mouth for a second, trying to shake off the tiny pain.
"Naruto!" She tugged on her wrists once again, but it only tightened Itachi's grip on her. He was tired of all of her struggling. He hit her on a pressure point in her neck. "Naruto," she whispered, falling into unconsciousness. Her body fell limp towards the ground, being held up by Itachi. He shifted his arms and held her bridal style.
"No! Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelled. His mask was no longer on his face. He broke out into a run, going for the four Akatsuki members.
"Naruto! Stop!" Shikamaru called, grabbing the grieving man's arm. "They'll gladly take the chance you're giving them to take you as well." Naruto frowned. The Akatsuki were still after his Kyuubi.
"Smart boy," Deidara said, waving to the ANBU, all four Akatsuki disappearing completely with Sakura. They would wait another day until they get the Kyuubi.
"Sakura!" Naruto dropped to his knees. They had failed. They failed to get Sakura back. He punched the ground. He failed Sakura. He had to focus on his team now. "Shino, who's missing?" The Beetle didn't have his mask on any longer, so his name was okay to be revealed.
"Hinata, Ino, Kiba, and Akamaru are all one mile away. As for the rest of us, we're all still alive," Shino replied, his bugs immediately giving him the info. He froze up, hearing some of his bug's speak of something horrible. The sadness on his face was evident.
"What is it, Shino?" Sai asked, taking off his mask, seeing it was no longer needed here.
"Kiba is dead."
So Sasuke has left the village, Ino's been severely injured, Sakura is still being held hostage, and Kiba is dead. How fun.
I do feel a little guilty about the punishment Sakura received from Itachi. I don't think there will be any more scenes like that. Makes me feel bad doing that Sakura-chan. : ( This is an M rated story people, so it's possible to expect many things. XD And who was that evil voice!
Read and review and I'll update fast. I wants lots and lots of reviews!
