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What if Sakura was a member of akatsuki and was Itachi's fiancé? What would life be like then? Sasuke x Sakura

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"Hi" (inner sakura)

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Chapter 8- Itachi's attack and Sakura's choice

The sun was shining and the streets of Konoha was packed with people…

"I know wasn't that so weird? I just can't believe Neji actually fell for that lame trap!" Sakura said and ended up laughing with Hinata. They were just talking and having a pretty normal conversation like they were old friends… well technically they are old friends.

"Neji-nii-san ended up spending a whole day in the bathroom trying to get the pink dye off." Hinata said and she also laughed. Naruto and Sasuke sat beside them listening to them talk. Naruto was actually well… asleep after eating 18 bowls of ramen and Sasuke was just reading a book on genjutsu. "Oi! Neji-nii-san!" Hinata suddenly called out. Sakura and Sasuke turned around to see Neji, Tenten and Lee walking their way. Sakura smiled a very sweet smile, which caused Lee to gallop over and kneel down in front of Sakura holding a red rose that he got out of nowhere.

"I don't know who you are but I love you!" Lee said with hearts in his eyes. Everyone sweatdropped.

"Uh… well… um… you see… I um…" Sakura stuttered whiled thinking of some excuses. Suddenly an arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her close. Sakura turned to see Sasuke with a death glare pasted on his face right to Lee who glared right back nervously. Sakura flushed when she noticed that it was his arm around her waist.

"She's with me…" Sasuke growled to Lee and Sakura's face got redder.

"NO! THE BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN HAS BEEN TAKEN BY AN AVENGING BEAST!" Lee yelled as the red rose he was holding wilted.

"Anyway, is she your girlfriend Sasuke?" Tenten asked as she looked from Sasuke to Sakura. Now both Sasuke and Sakura blushed. Sasuke of course hid his but it was still noticeable.

"YUP! Sakura-Chan is Sasuke-teme's girlfriend!" Naruto said quickly only to receive a big bonk on the head courtesy of both Sasuke and Sakura.

"So I was right! You two make a very cute couple you know that!" Tenten said delightfully. "This is Hyuuga Neji and he's Rock Lee." Tenten said pointing to the brown haired, white-eyed boy that was now having a glaring contest with Sasuke. Then she pointed to the fuzzy browed boy that was now unconscious. "I am Tenten." Tenten said pointing to herself.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all… I'm Haruno Sakura." Sakura said politely but then Tenten flinched.

"Haruno… Sakura?" Tenten muttered with wide eyes Sakura just nodded in a confused way. "Stop joking around how could you be Haruno Sakura? The girl was kidnapped by uchiha Itachi when she was only about 7 years old." Tenten mumbled.

"Well, I'm here now aren't I?" Sakura asked. Tenten then smiled.

"Then… I guess you are." She said and was knocked out of the way by Lee.

"So the beautiful maiden's name is Haruno Sakura… the name suits you my beautiful cherry blossom!" Lee said, unaware of the glare he was getting from Neji who caught Tenten before she fell on the floor and Sasuke who was mad he was flirting with sakura.

A little while later…

Sakura and the other ninjas walked off into the night as they left a very much almost dead Lee on the floor of the streets of Konoha. Unaware that someone was watching their every move. The owner of the red blazing eyes then smirked and disappeared into the night mysteriously.

"Um… is it really alright to leave Lee like that… I mean… well…" Sakura muttered.

"Don't worry, Lee's alright, if I didn't know better I would think that Gai is already there making a funeral for his star pupil believing he is already dead." Tenten said and laughed which made Sakura wonder 'who is Gai?'

"I think I should head home now…" Sakura said. "I'm getting kind of tired." She quickly added.

"So fast Sakura-Chan?" Naruto whined.

"I'll walk you to your house." Sasuke volunteered, everyone quickly stared at him with shock. "What?" He said in annoyance with a glare, which made everyone turn their gaze away from him quickly. Sasuke then walked ahead to Sakura's house. Sakura then watched him and then snapped out of her trance when he told her to hurry. She waved 'bye bye' to the other ninjas and then ran to keep up with Sasuke.

"So…" Sakura mumbled as she 'tried' to start a conversation.

"Hm?"

"Naruto and the others were very… interesting…?" Sakura said in a very confused tone. Sasuke smirked which caused Sakura to blush but she failed miserably. "They were very nice too…"

"Yeah…" Sasuke said as he stopped walking. But Sakura was still talking about her newfound friends and how they were and walked right into a post. She fell back but someone caught her waist before she did.

"Ouch…" Sakura mumbled and looked up and blushed madly. Sakura looked down and then back up and her eyes widened when she noticed Sasuke getting closer and closer. She quickly closed her eyes tight as she felt his lips collide with hers. Sakura quickly pulled away when she realized what she was doing. "Uh…" she mumbled.

"Sorry…" Sasuke said as he turned away as fast as he had caught her. A blush could be seen on his face as well as on Sakura's.

"No, it's alright…" Sakura mumbled as she just stared at the ground like there was something really interesting there.

"SASUKE! SAKURA!" a VERY familiar voice yelled from down the streets of her house. Sasuke and Sakura quickly looked over that way because the scent coming towards them was very disturbing since what they smelled was… blood. The two ninjas watched carefully as they saw the obnoxious blond haired ninja staggering towards them. Blood pouring from deep wounds that were making a trail on the street.

"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled as she ran towards him quickly. She then caught him as he was falling down onto the streets and started to heal him.

"What happened?" Sasuke asked curiously.

"It was… I… Itachi…" Naruto said before loosing consciousness. Sasuke and Sakura's eyes widened.

"So he's told you…" An EXTREMELY familiar voice said as he appeared behind Naruto's limp body mysteriously.

"Itachi…" Sasuke muttered as he glared at his brother and got ready to fight.

"I…tachi…" Sakura muttered as tears started to build up in the corner of her eyes. "Why… WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?" She screamed as she gathered up the chakra onto her hand and started to plunge towards Itachi. He caught her fist easily and threw her back only to land on Sasuke who caught her.

"I believe I've already told you. As long as you stay here, more and more people will get hurt." He said before disappearing again leaving the heartbroken girl with his brother. "I will be waiting beyond the gate at the valley of the dead…" his voice echoed towards the night.

"No…" Sakura whispered as she then stood up and ran towards the place she was at before. Sasuke ran right after her. He then saw her turn a corner to Ichiraku ramen but she was stepping out again with wide eyes. Sasuke stopped and then looked at where she was looking at. There was a crowd of people, Ichiraku ramen- destroyed and all of Sakura's newfound friends near death. Sasuke's eyes widened once again and then with his quick reflexes caught the fainting Sakura.

That night…

Sakura awoke to the sound of the wolves howling through the night. She looked at her surroundings and realized that she was once again back at the hospital.

"I will be waiting beyond the gate at the valley of the dead…"

His voice echoed in her ear. She grimaced in pain but then looked out at the moon. What will she choose? What should she do? What could she do? Sakura scanned the room, Sasuke was there sitting on a chair, still unaware of her regaining consciousness and smiled softly at his calm figure. "Sorry." She whispered into his ear and kissed him on his cheeks softly before leaping out into the night towards her house. His eyes suddenly shot open and looked at the hospital bed as he realized that she was gone. He leaped out the window quickly to chase her but had a different destination- the gate.

The wolves were howling ever so loudly, the wind was singing through the night and the moon shone as bright as ever.

"Konoha… is a beautiful place…" Sakura whispered as she took one last glance at Konoha before heading out. She quickly ran to the gates and then brushed herself out before walking towards the gate only to run into somebody. She knew it was a man judging by his height and looked up. She looked back down when she met the gaze of none other than Uchiha Sasuke.

"What are you doing?" he said sternly.

"I'm… leaving…" Sakura said hesitantly.

"You don't have to leave!" He said to her with pain shown in his eyes.

"Even so… I will…" Sakura said and then looked up and smiled a fake smile to him before embracing him. Sasuke unconsciously wrapped his arms around her waist. "Sorry." Sasuke heard Sakura whisper before he felt a sharp pain behind his neck. He felt his eyesight blur up and then fell onto the concrete ground. "Good bye…" She said and kissed him on his lips before leaving…