Chapter 7

The two girls walked to the rooms. They went to the room where the aura of Sakura could be felt. When they opened the door shock and fear overtook them. Sakura was there in the arms of a man wearing the Akatsuki cloak. He resembled someone they knew well and they immediately thought of who he might be.

"Uchiha Itachi…" they whispered.

'Is this a dream? I rephrase that. Is this a nightmare?' Ino thought. She wanted to scream but no voice came out of her throat. Beads of sweat fell from her forehead. She was scared not only because Uchiha Itachi is here in Konoha but he's here in Sakura's room holding Sakura.

'Why the heck is Sakura in the arms of that man? Is she being held captive?' now it was Tenten who thought. She was going to get a kunai. She knew it wouldn't help much but atleast they have a weapon. When she reached for her kunai and shuriken holster…

"Shit!" she cursed. 'I left it downstairs.' She mentally slapped herself. 'Stupid, so stupid.' She was about to run when she felt she couldn't move.

"What the…" she tried again. She still didn't move. She looked at Ino at the edge of her eyes. Ino couldn't move as well.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Why are you in such a hurry to leave? The party is just starting." Itachi said. He was looking at them. Sakura was just standing there in his arms, not moving.

"What did you do to Sakura?" Tenten asked with a hint of worry, anger and fear present in her voice.

"And why can't we move?" Ino added. Itachi smirked. He released his hold on Sakura. She turned around, her hair covering her eyes.

"Sakura, go and run. Inform anyone that he's here." Tenten shouted. Sakura didn't move.

"Can't you do it yourself?" Sakura answered. Ino and Tenten were shocked.

"Sakura what's wrong with you?" Ino asked confused and worried. Sakura raised her head. And a smirk was on her lips.

"I'm perfectly fine. What made you think that there's something wrong with me?" Tenten and Ino gaped. Ino was near to crying. Sakura walked towards them stopping a meter away from the two.

"You're not Sakura!" Ino burst out, tears flowing on her cheeks. Tenten was now angry.

"What did you do to Sakura! Answer me!" Tenten glared at Itachi. He just raised an eyebrow. The person behind Tenten and Ino seemed to be surprised but the two girls didn't see.

"I'm going to kill you once I can move!" Ino stated as she gritted her teeth. Both girls' eyes burned with anger.

"You two are interesting. Maybe that was why Sakura wanted you." Itachi slightly laughed. Sakura was just smiling.

Hinata was sitting on the couch. She and Maki had been waiting for a few minutes now ever since Ino and Tenten went up to get Sakura. Maki came from the kitchen. She was holding a teapot. She went to the living room table and poured tea on Hinata's cup. She gave it to Hinata who gratefully accepted it.

"What do you think is happening there? They've been upstairs for a while now." Hinata asked as she took a sip of her tea. Maki just smiled.

"Don't worry so much. I'm sure everything will be okay." She answered. Hinata suddenly felt dizzy.

'Something's wrong. Why do I feel sleepy?' Hinata looked at Maki. Maki stood up and grinned.

"Sweet dreams Hinata- san." With that Hinata fell asleep. Maki carried Hinata's unconscious body upstairs to the room of Sakura. As she walked silently down the hall of the second floor she spotted Homura standing behind Ino and Tenten. She heard laughter. The voice that laughed was cold.

"You two are interesting. Maybe that was why Sakura wanted you." Itachi slightly laughed. Sakura was just smiling.

She stopped beside Homura. Sakura and Itachi saw this then Sakura grinned.

"Now that all of us are here we can begin." Sakura stated. The two girls' brows furrowed with confusion and anger.

'Painful. Why is my head so painful? What happened?' Hinata thought as she woke up. Then it hit her. She was drugged by Maki. Her vision was still blurry but cleared up in about a minute.

She was surrounded by a barrier. She also saw Tenten and Ino also inside barriers. They looked unconscious. Hinata looked much closer. No, they weren't unconscious but they are barely awake.

"Tenten- chan! Ino- chan!" Hinata shouted. The two raised their heads and looked at her.

"Hi…nata…chan. You're awake now. Don't use your chakra or you'll get electrocuted." Ino warned. She sat up and winced at the burn in her arms. A confused look was on Hinata's face.

"What do you mean? Why are we here? And where is Sakura- chan?" she asked. Both Tenten and Ino had a pained look on their faces. They didn't utter a word. Suddenly a figure walked out of the shadows in the room.

"Don't worry Hinata- chan if they won't answer you then I will. And besides they barely know anything as well."

"Sakura- chan!" Hinata exclaimed. Ino looked at her with sadness while Tenten was still debating with herself whether the Sakura before them was just an imposter or not.

Sakura walked towards the three and sat on a chair that was facing them. She was now wearing a green and yellow kimono.

"Sakura, where are we?" Hinata asked as she scanned the room. There was a low, round table that would fit at least 10 people and red velvet drapes on the walls. The room was lighted by candles and it gave an eerie mysterious look.

"Beautiful isn't it? Who would think that we are in the basement of the house that Homura, Maki and I are staying at? Just use the proper illusion technique and there you have a nice place to stay in. And yes Hinata, I know that Maki drugged you. It is after all my order." Hinata's eyes widened.

"Why?" Hinata asked whispering. Tears started flowing in Ino's eyes again. Tenten clenched her fists.

"Sakura, you'd better explain everything. And are you really the real Sakura?" Tenten asked her teeth gritted. Sakura just chuckled. It sent shivers down the three girls' spine. It was cold. It was so cold that you'd think the person who just chuckled was just a ghost.

"You want to know the truth? Well then I'll give the truth. Let's just hope that this comes out as a use to me in the end. If not then the only thing that awaits you is death."

Sakura closed her eyes. When she opened them again her eyes were different. Her eyes were of pale gold, a deadly hypnotizing pale gold with a cherry blossom shaped wheel spinning in the middle. The wheel's color was black. The three stared at her eyes as if hypnotized. Sakura closed her eyes again and as she opened them it went back to normal.

'Sakura's eyes changed. It's just like the Sharingan.' Tenten thought.

'It was cold. When I stared at her eyes it was cold. But for some reason it's relaxing.' Ino thought.

'It seemed that time stopped when she opened her eyes. Her chakra is so powerful but how?' Hinata thought.

Sakura stood up and faced the wall behind her. The wall in which the three other girls are facing. She took a necklace that was around her neck and threw it in the air and made hand seals that they didn't recognize.

"Fukkatsu no jutsu!" with those words the black pendant hanging on the necklace she threw glowed and floated in the air. It was spinning in the air and they could barely see the pendant now. As it was no longer in view a sort of globe shaped light emerged from nowhere.

The three girls' eyes widened. Sakura's life was there shown in the light as if it was a movie being flashbacked to the past in a fast pace. Then it finally stopped to one scene, a village that was Konoha.