Chapter Title - Drama Drama Drama!
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So now everyone in the Akatsuki knows that Sakura and Itachi had sex... hahahahahahahha!!... lol... sorry... I had a moment... anyway... with all this info... how are the other member going to take it??Comments - Sorry this took a little long to get out... I was pretty busy this week...
"Naruto. Naruto... Naruto!"
Ino's loud voice, along with the swift kick in the gut, wake Naruto up from one of the best dreams he's had in a long time. He'd been dreaming of the time when Team 7 was still together... when himself, Sakura, and Sasuke had all been together under their sensei Kakashi. It was the happiest time of his life and it nearly brings tears to his eyes just thinking about how much has changed.
"Sorry," Naruto mumbles standing up.
Everyone else is already awake and packed. No one is really paying attention to him, so Naruto decides to go for a short walk before they leave.
Entwining his fingers and setting them behind his head, Naruto starts to walk a little ways ahead of the chatting group. His bright blue eyes are filled with a sadness that goes deeper than anyone can imagine. Everyone else has their reasons for coming along to help find Sakura, but none of them have the same reason as him.
Ino is coming because Sakura is one of her best friends/ rivals. Shikamaru is coming because he didn't want anyone hurt. Sai is coming to try and create bonds with everyone. Kakashi is coming to protect his old students. Guy is coming because he wants to keep an eye on Kakashi. Hinata is coming because of Naruto. Temari is coming because Shikamaru is with the group. And Lee and Gaara are coming because they like Sakura.
All of those reasons are nothing compared to the feelings of pain that Naruto is feeling every day he knows that Sakura is with the Akatsuki.
She means more to him than the world. Not in a romantic sense... but in a deeper one.
When Sasuke was killed the two of them became closer than ever. They would cry together for hours while hugging each other tightly. They learned to depend on each other more than anyone else in the world. They truly became best friends... practically siblings. All because of the misfortune of Sasuke's death.
When Naruto attacked the Hokage one day (for a reason even he can't remember) she sent him to Konoha's insane asylum and Sakura was there, fighting for him against her sensei at the time. But nothing helped and he was sent there after a good beating from Tsunade.
Sakura was the only one who would come and see him. But soon enough even she couldn't risk it and he told her to just go on with her life. That day was the last one that they cried together. It was probably the hardest day of Naruto's life.
But now Sakura is gone... to the Akatsuki even... and Naruto has to know why. Why would Sakura go to the group that killed Sasuke? That's Naruto's reason for coming to bring her back... to find out the truth.
By now tears are streaming steadily down Naruto's cheeks as his memories come flooding back. It's like they're playing right in front of his eyes.
"Naruto?" Kakashi says from behind Naruto's turned back.
"I'm coming Kakashi-sensei," Naruto says in a dark voice different from his normal one.
"Alright," Kakashi responds with a slight catch in his throat. Naruto catches it but doesn't have the guts to turn around and look at Kakashi, who is probably crying just as hard as him.
In a moment Kakashi is gone, leaving Naruto all alone once again.
"Sakura," he says up into the sky. "Sakura... Sasuke... WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO?!"
No answer comes, making the tears flow even harder out of those bright blue eyes.
"Oww!! Sakura!! Don't hurt us! We're sorry!"
The three stooges are yelling at the top of their lungs as they run from the now dressed Sakura. The Akatsuki building (which I will now be referring to as the house) is being trashed by the four as they all race around.
The rest of the Akatsuki members are sitting in the dining room waiting for Kisame and Shigure to finish breakfast. No one dares talk about the incident with Itachi sitting at the table, his eyes closed in thought.
But everyone is thinking the same thing...
How the hell did Itachi and Sakura ever end up with each other?!
Finally Sakura chases the three stooges into the dining room where the four of them stand there breathing heavily. Sakura is still glaring at the three but she subsides form chasing them when she smells the food that is being prepared in the kitchen.
"You're lucky Kisame and Shigure are such good cooks!" she says to the panting three stooges as she walks over to her seat next to Itachi at the head of the table across from Pain.
Everyone else quickly finds their seats. Instead of fighting over the seat next to Sakura this time, though, the three stooges start to wrestle about who doesn't get the seat.
A light chatter starts up between the Akatsuki members as some of the awkwardness begins to lift. Still, no one tries to talk to Sakura or Itachi, both of whom are sitting looking like they could kill someone if they got too close.
Eventually Sasori, who got stuck sitting by Sakura, turns to her and gives her an awkward smile as Deidara and Tobi look on with fear.
"Uhm, Sakura?" Sasori says leaning away a little.
"What Sasori?" Sakura sighs looking at him, a little bit of venom coating her voice.
A shiver seems to run down Sasori's back but he swallows loudly and continues.
"Well..." he says, "I just wanted to say that... well... we... I mean Deidara, Tobi, and I... we're really sorry. We didn't mean to let everything out... will you forgive us?"
Silence envelopes the room as Sakura thinks over her answer. Even Itachi has opened his eyes and is looking at Sakura, waiting for her answer. After a moment, Sakura lets out a long, slow sigh and give the three stooges a cocky grin.
"Alright..." she says rolling her eyes. "I forgive you."
"YAAAAAAAAAY!!" the three of them exclaim as they nearly knock Sakura over as they all gather in for a group hug.
A low cough causes the three to back off and go back to their seats, wide grins spread across their faces.
"Sorry," Deidara says with a mischievous grin. "We forgot that only Itachi can touch Sakura's body like that!"
Small snickers erupt from around the table as light blushes appear on both Sakura and Itachi's now angered faces.
"Are you wishing for a death sentence?" Itachi seethes glaring at the three of them.
"Just ignore them," Sakura says with another sigh. "They're just jealous."
To prove her point, she leans over and pecks Itachi on the cheek, causing all of the snickers and laughs to stop immediately.
"That's no fair!" Tobi cries out.
Before anything else can be said, Kisame and Shigure burst through the kitchen door, trays of food held high. Instantly everyone shuts up and stares at the food in high anticipation. Just as the members are going to dig in, Sakura stops them by slamming her fist lightly (for her) onto the table.
"Nope," she says looking at the surprised members. "We're doing this the right way."
Sakura quickly gives all of the Akatsuki members an equal share of the food. She even remembered herself this time. As the group eats, random chatter picks up and soon everyone is in a heated discussion about whether or not Sakura should strip for the guys.
The three stooges, Kakuzu, and Kisame are saying that Sakura should while Pein, Zetsu, Shigure, and Hidan are disagreeing. Itachi chooses not to join in the conversation and though Sakura tries to yell at the guys, no one listens to her.
"Why shouldn't she?" Kakuzu asks indignantly. "We deserve something since we work so hard."
"But it's just wrong," Shigure argues.
"And very degrading," Hidan comments.
"But every girl does it," Kisame says.
"Hardly," Pain counters. "Only the slutty ones do. Are you calling Sakura a slut?"
"That'll get your asses kicked," Zetsu agrees.
"No way!" Sasori breaks in. "We're not calling her a slut it's just that we're curious."
"Curious about what?" Shigure asks innocently.
"Nothing you need to worry about for a while," Deidara mumbles under his breath, causing Tobi to laugh heartily.
"Leave the kid alone," Pain says rolling his eyes.
"Yeah, don't be a bad influence!" Hidan agrees.
"Stop trying to change the subject!" Kisame points out.
"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP!?" Sakura yells causing everyone to look at her in surprise.
"Oh, Sakura," Deidara says, his eyes going big. "You're still here?"
"You know what?" She replies standing up and looking at the group of guys. "I am going to strip!"
"WHAT?!" Everyone cries out as they nearly fall out of their chairs. Sasori and Deidara clearly nosebleed and Kakuzu nearly faints. Even Itachi is looking a little happy, though still surprised.
"Oh not for you," she taunts the members who were discussing her. "I'll be stripping for Itachi's eyes only!"
With that she grabs Itachi by the sleeve of his Akatsuki robe and drags him out of the room, leaving the rest in a stunned silence.
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"YOU'RE NO FAIR SAKURA!!" the three stooges cry out as Itachi and Sakura make their way to their bedroom, both having completely different ideas of what they're going to do once there.
"You know, if it wasn't for Naruto none of us would have to be here," Kiba says as himself, Choji, Neji, Tenten, Shino, Kurenai, and Asuma walk out of the entrance to Konoha.
"Well it's not just his fault," Neji responds looking around. "The others who went with him are to blame also."
"But why did they leave?" Shino asks. "Lady Hokage never stated that.
The five younger ninja turn to their seniors who more than likely know all about it. Asuma and Kurenai just ignore them and speed up their paces as they get closer and closer to the edge of the forest.
"Well they're real helpful," Kiba comments sarcastically.
"Be respectful to your elders!" Choji yells at Kiba while crunching down on a potato chip.
"Whatever," Kiba says clasping his hands together and holding them behind his head. "We still have a right to know."
"Do you think it has something to do with Sakura?" Tenten asks, causing the guys to all look at her.
"What do you mean?" Shino asks as a bug crawls across his hand.
"You didn't hear?" Tenten questions. The guys look at her quizzically. "Well I'm not surprised. Lady Tsunade wanted to keep it quiet."
"Keep what quiet?" Kiba asks a little impatiently.
The group reaches the edge of the forest and quickly darts to the trees. Kurenai and Asuma are still a few yards ahead of the younger ninja, giving them enough space to talk in secret.
"Sakura and Lady Tsunade got into a big fight," Tenten explains. "It was something over a decision that Tsunade had made that Sakura didn't agree on. It escalated and Kakashi had to come and try to calm down the two women. Finally Sakura just gave up and left Konoha. She said that she would kill anyone who tried to stop her from leaving. And she told them to tell Naruto that she wishes him well."
"If either of them told Naruto about Sakura leaving he would definitely go after her," Neji says after a moment.
"And all of those in that group have a reason for saving Sakura," Choji agrees.
"So that's it," Shino says. "The group that we're being sent to find is led by Naruto who is bent on finding Sakura and bringing her back to Konoha."
"No," Asuma says coming back next to the younger ninja. "Sakura didn't merely leave Konoha."
"What do you mean?" Kiba asks confused. "Where did she go?"
"She went to join the Akatsuki," Kurenai answer for Asuma.
"What!?" Choji, Neji, Tenten, Shino, and Kiba exclaim at once.
"But…. Tenten says in disbelief. "That means that… since Naruto and the rest of that group are trying to help her… and she is now considered a traitor… we…."
"Yes," Asuma responds not looking at any of the others. "We've been sent to kill every last one of them."