I don't own Naruto

The Next Day~

Naruto jumped down to the ground. Sasuke followed but on the other side.

"Anything?" Sasuke asked.

"No" Naruto said. Kakashi jumped down, along with his ninja dog Pakun.

"I didn't find anything either" Kakashi said.

"What are we going to do now Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto questioned. Kakashi stared at them.

'They're not going to like this' he thought. "We have to complete the mission first, then we report to Tsunade" Kakashi said.

"WHAT! SAKURA-CHAN IS OUT THERE! WE HAVE TO GO-"

"Naruto" Sasuke interrupted. It was shocking. Sasuke actually calling him by his name? "Kakashi is right, we have a mission to complete, obviously who ever took Sakura needs her alive or they

wouldn't have gone to great lengths to stay un detected" he said.

"Pakun, keep searching, if you find anything stay there and wait for us" Kakashi ordered. Pakun nodded and they all left. 'Sakura-chan….please stay safe' Naruto thought.

Somewhere with Sakura~

*-ke up….Wake Up…..WAKE UP ALREADY!* Inner yelled. Sakura raised up quickly.

'Don't ever scare me like that' Sakura mentally scolded Inner. *Look around, we aren't in the forest, we were kidnapped remember* Inner said. Sakura looked around the small room. There wasn't much

in it, a small night stand, a chair, and a bed, not even a window. "Where am I?" she asked herself. Sakura got up but immediately fell back down. She was clenching her head.

"Damn it" she mumbled. 'What happened again?' she thought. Sakura closed her eye's for a minute. 'that's right…..I was kidnapped….' she thought. Her eye's widened when a shadow figure with red sharringan eye's entered her mind.

"I have to get out of here" she said to herself. Sakura jumped up and ran to her door. She opened it and peeked outside. Nothing. Sakura stealthy made her way through out the small cottage.

'Who would kidnap someone and leave them alone? Idiots' Sakura thought. Sakura got to the front door. She touched the knob.

"What are you doing Kunichi?" the masculine voice said behind her. Sakura slowly and hesitantly turned around.

"YOU!" she yelled. The male raised his brow. Sakura reached into her pouch and pulled out a kunai.

"You cannot defeat me with a mere kunai" he said. Sakura gritted her teeth.

"Itachi, why did you kidnap me?" she question.

"hn"

"UGH!" she yelled. She threw the kunai at him hoping to divert his attention. Sakura opened the door and ran out. Itachi threw the kunai back at her. Sakura sensed it and dodged. Itachi followed her.

Raising her leg, Sakura was going to do what her Shishou has taught her, Sky Leg. A swirl of smoke circled them. Itachi was holding onto her leg. 'How did he do that?' she thought. *Damn Uchiha's he

has to be hurt after a blow like that* Inner said. Itachi grunted and that's all Sakura needed. With her other leg she swung it around. Itachi let go and blocked the kick. She punched left, then right, left

again and right again. Itachi dodged. Getting frustrated, Sakura punched the ground. Both went back. Sakura slide on the ground until she came to a full stop. Searching through the smoke, the only

thing she saw was his eye's, and they were getting closer. Itachi's fist came out. Sakura dodged just in time. A clone of Itachi came behind her, she ducked when he tried to kick her. While focusing on

the clone and dodging it's attacks, the real Itachi was performing hand seals. He put his hand up to his mouth and blew out fire. It turned into a big ball, and was headed for Sakura. Once Sakura

noticed it, she jumped in the air, but the clone grabbed her foot and held her down.

"AHH!" she yelled as the fire burned her. Seconds passed and it disappeared. Sakura laid on the ground trying to crawl away. Itachi stood in front of her. She looked at him, with angry eye's.

"Why am I here?" she questioned.

"hn"

Quickly moving Sakura swung her foot, trying to trip him. And through a series of motion, Itachi had Sakura pinned to the ground. Sakura was panting.

"Stop" is all Itachi said. She looked at him stupid. 'stop? STOP HE SAYS?' Sakura thought in frustration. *CHA!* Inner yelled. Sakura felt her wrists burn, she tried to hide her grunts, but the pained

expression on her face is what made Itachi smirk. He stood up and took a small step away from her. Sakura raised up and rubbed her wrists. 'Now he puts a chakra seal on me' she thought.

"Arrogant bastard" she mumbled.

"It would be wise Kunichi to watch your tongue" he said in his emotionless voice. Sakura stood up.

"Why am I here?" she questioned. Itachi reached in his pocket. Sakura thinking that it was a kunai got ready to defend herself. Itachi pulled out a small tube, with a wine color liquid in it.

"I need a antidote to this poison" he said.

"No, I refuse" she spat out lowering her stance. Itachi stared at her.

"If you refuse, you will never see anyone ever again, Kunichi, there are more ways to make a person suffer besides locking them away" he threatened. Sakura eyed him curiously.

"When I find it, you'll let me go?" she asked. Itachi nodded. Sakura snatched the tube from his hands and took a closer look at it.

"There are books in the cottage, I also prepared different herbs" he said. Sakura ignored him and walked towards the cottage. Itachi followed. He showed her the room, that he prepared. Books were

everywhere, notebooks, charts, all the stuff that she would need. So Sakura got to work. She stayed in that small room the whole day. When the sun began to set Itachi entered the room.

"Kunoichi, food" he said.

"Stop calling me Kunichi" Sakura snapped at him. 'I won't be one for long' she thought. Sakura followed him to the small kitchen and sat down. He sat down in front of her. Talk about awkward. Even

Sakura couldn't stand the silence.

"My friends are going to look for me" Sakura said staring at her food. 'I wonder if it's poisonous' she thought. *For heavens sake, he is not going to poison you, he needs you to find a antidote, and you

have to be alive for that* Inner said bickering like a old lady. "Yes" he said. "they have to finish the mission you were assigned, then report to the Hokage, by the time they come looking for you, and

actually find you, the antidote would be ready and I will be gone" Itachi said. Sakura was silent. 'DAMN IT HE'S RIGHT!' she yelled in her head. *No really, he's not a genius for nothing* Inner said. Which

brought Sakura to her next thought.

"Itachi, why haven't you tried contacting the Hokage?" Sakura asked. Itachi looked at her. He gave her a 'what are you rambling on about look'.

"I know your innocent, I found the file hidden, and showed the Hokage, you're a spy in Akatsuki for the pervy- I mean Jiraya-sama" Sakura said. 'Wow, I've been around Naruto too long' she thought.

"It doesn't matter" Itachi mumbled. "the fact is, I killed them" he said. Sakura was chewing on some food when he said it, which made her chock a little.

"that doesn't matter, You knew what your clan was up to, trying to cause a civil war in Konoha, what you didn't know was that Danzou and Madara was behind it all, you may have killed a hundred

people, but you saved thousands of lives" Sakura spoke. Itachi stared at her.

"Why do you care?" he questioned.

"Because I think that Sasuke deserves to know the truth, you should tell him"

"hn"

"And what is up with you Uchiha's and that damn 'hn' thing, it's not a word, it has no meaning" she said sounding annoyed. Itachi smirked. Sakura rolled her eye's and continued eating. Every now and

then she would glance up at him.

"It will be okay" she said staring at her food. Itachi glanced up at her. "Someday, everyone will receive the recognition they deserve, truly with out fail" she said with a small smile. Before they knew the

moon was up. Sakura was laying on the bed in her room. She had her hand in the air, staring at it. 'why can I see 3?' she asked. *I don't know….maybe it's the effects of this legend thing* Inner said.

"I need some water" Sakura said. She got up and went back to the kitchen. She didn't sense Itachi inside the house. Looking around, she saw him through the window. Sakura walked to the door and

walked outside. Itachi was leaning against a tree, staring up at the stars and moon.

"Itachi'

He glanced at her. "Haruno-san" he said. Sakura sighed.

"Why can't you just call me Sakura, I mean really it's not that hard, come on I'll help you, say Sa-ku-ra" she said kneeling in front of him.

"Haruno-san, why are you so comfortable around me?" he asked now looking directly into her emerald green eye's.

"I don't know….You're naturally a quiet type, which is I guess is standard for a prodigy, but your eye's…..they show pain and loneliness, not the false cruelty you surround yourself with too fool

everyone around you" she said softly. Itachi was kind of surprised, Although he didn't show it on his face, he would also never admit it, Uchiha pride.

"Like yours" Itachi said. Sakura was taken aback.

"I can see….sadness and regret, your afraid but not of me, something else" Itachi said. Sakura's eye's softened.

"Yeah, I shouldn't have yelled at them like that, I should have told them" Sakura said hiding her face. Itachi sat there quietly waiting for her to continue. "truth is, I've been keeping something huge

from my team, and my friends. I didn't want them to worry, but me trying to act like it's nothing, made it seem like there was something wrong, and they did worry. Before you kidnapped me, we got

into a argument….it's all my fault" Sakura whimpered. Itachi poked his fingers on her forehead. Just like he use to do with Sasuke when Sasuke was about 8.

"they will understand…give them time" he said. Sakura shook her head.

"It's not like that, I'm going to die soon, and there's nothing anyone can do and I'm afraid, I'm afraid that now that they know, things are going to be different" she said with tears streaming down her face.

Days Later~

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE?" Tsunade yelled slamming her sake down. "She was kidnapped" Kakashi answered. Tsunade looked at Naruto and Sasuke who had pained expressions and guilt

written on their faces. "SHIZUNE!" Tsunade yelled. Shizune ran through the doors. "Yes Tsunade-sama?" she said. "Get me Gai and his team" Tsunade said. Shizune nodded and left. "Go and search for

her, Team Gai will be your back up" Tsunade said. "Oh, and bring her home or else" Tsunade said warning them. They nodded and quickly left. Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke stopped at the gates. All

glaring at the group who stood in their way. "Akatsuki" Kakashi said…..