-Chapter 13-

"Your precious Sakura is no more." A deep voice rang out.

"You won't have her." Sasuke yelled.

"It's to late little brother, she's gone." Itachi appeared over a corps of Sakura lying in a pool of crimson blood, her hair covering her face.

"Sakura!" Sasuke exclaimed collapsing to his knees. "I wasn't enough. I've failed yet another person I love. I HATE YOU BROTHER."

"But it wasn't my complete fault she is dead. You contributed to that part too. You scorned her and made her feel useless. She protected you and Naruto's lives while you were too weak to help her against Garra. You failed her brother I was showing mercy on her. She deserved more than you but she loved you more than she would every love another and you ignored her." Itachi said.

"No, I didn't do this to her. I love her. I loved her more than I will ever love another." Sasuke yelled.

"Then let me reunite the two of you."

Itachi launched toward Sasuke sending a kunai deep into his heart.

"I lo…ve…you…Sakura" Sasuke said lying next to Sakura pulling her close to him with the last of his strength.

Sasuke woke with a start, a cold sweat covering his whole body. It was just a dream. Sasuke reassured himself. But what if it wasn't? Sasuke ran out of his room and in to Sakura's room. There before him lying in her bed was the sleeping form of Sakura. She's here and just asleep. Then he noticed the kunai being held to her throat. The arm belonged to none other that Uchiha Itachi.

"What will you do brother? Will you try to save her or will you watch helplessly as I slice her throat as you did when I killed mother and father?"

Sasuke stood there horrified.

"You choose to lose this beauty." Itachi said sadistically.

"No." Sasuke weakly said.

"Then I will take her. Seeing as you're too weak."

"No!!! She's mine." Sasuke screamed slamming himself into Itachi.

They both hit the wall causing cracks to appear.

"Quite a temper we have there brother." Itachi smirked.

"You'll stay away from her."

"Really I will? Why don't you make me."

Sakura stirred, opening her eyes realizing the two men in her room.

"Stay close, Sakura." Sasuke said.

Sakura got out of bed and stood behind Sasuke. Sasuke backed away from his brother.

"hun." Itachi smirked. "Dear Sakura, why would you choose my brother over someone that would cherish you for who you are? Come with me."

"No. I'm staying here where I belong."

"He doesn't love you." Itachi smirked.

Sakura looked down, thinking about Sasuke's actions from the night before. "Even if he doesn't love me this is where I belong. And I would never leave willingly with a sadistic monster like you."

"I take that as a complement." Itachi hissed.

"Leave now she has chosen where she wants to be." Sasuke said.

"Me leave?" Itachi smirked.

"Leave I'll make you." Sasuke said his eyes seeping to a crimson red, readying his chidori.

"hun" Itachi laughed.

"Damn you" Sasuke yelled running towards his brother. Itachi caught Sasuke's arm then sent him flying into the wall shattering it sending Sasuke to the ground outside.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled running to the wall. Itachi grabbed her before she could reach Sasuke. "Leave me alone" forming a fist in her right hand turning around and forcing her fist towards Itachi's face. Itachi caught it with ease.

"Feisty aren't we." Itachi said looking down at Sakura threw blood red eyes.

"How dare you? Let me go." Sakura yelled.

"Sakura." Sasuke whispered getting up, his right wrist in pain. "leave her alone your fight is with me."

Itachi continued to gaze at Sakura with his crimson eyes.

Shock hit Sasuke. How could I miss what he's doing? "Sakura don't look in his eyes!" Sasuke yelled.

"To late little brother," Itachi smirked as a limp Sakura was supported by him. "I've won this battle."

some where else

Sakura stood in the middle of an unknown town. Everything was crimson and back.

"Where am I?" Her voice echoed in the silence.

"Itachi!!!" a male voice yelled in the distance. Clashing metal could now be heard.

What was that? Sakura thought. She ran towards where the voice was heard, crossing empty intersections and vacant streets. There's no one here. Everything was so strange, from the lack of variation in color to the lifelessness of this village.

A heart wrenching yell could be heard from all around. Sakura's heart began to beat faster, she knew that voice, that yell, it was full of pain and so formulary.

Back

"Stop!" Sasuke yelled getting up. "Leave her alone." Forcing chakra into his body he rushed to save her, his cherry blossom.

red and black zone

I know that voice!!! "Sasuke-kun!!!" Sakura yelled. "Sasuke where are you?" There was no response, as Sakura began to run. "Sasuke!" Again nothing as she turned the corner, her heart skipped a beat as there in front of her lay corpse upon corpse.

She looked upon their faces, trembling. There lay, her friends, her family, every one she knew. Tenten was sprawled on the ground half covered by Neji's bloody form. Close by was Lee thrown against the wall, collapsed. The once great Tsunade, torn to shreds lying like trash on the street. As she headed down the alley she came to a form that was nearly unrecognizable, she bent down to see closer. Deep red was everywhere, covering almost every part of this body, gashes and bruises were accents, the only thing that made her form recognizable on closer examination was the blood soaked purple that covered her body. "Ino" Sakura whispered. No, my best friend. Sakura thought, tears welling in her eyes. How could any one do this to them? What have they done to deserve this?

She looked to her left, eyes coming to another female, this one wore white soaked in red. She was covered almost like she was protected by this other person, this male. Orange caught her eye. Orange and blue on top of this lifeless female, some one who she had believed to be unstoppable, no she knew he was unstoppable. Naruto, no, not you too. She sobbed grabbing a hold of her team mate. "what has happened here? Who is doing this to my friends?"

"Not just your friends." A voice said from a shadow. "Look up."

back

Sasuke reached the room only to see his brother cutting onto a lifeless form. "Give her to me. She has no meaning to you"

"Your right brother. She's severed her existence, she's dead."

Horror shuck threw Sasuke. No she can't be. Not Sakura.

Itachi forcefully threw Sakura at Sasuke, who caught her with ease, holding her tight in he arms as he sat on the floor.

black and red zone

She looked to the roofs of the buildings surrounding her, a man and a women hung by their neck from 2 separate ropes.

"My parents…" Sakura whispered still holding tight to her lifeless friend.

"Some one else too." Sakura's eyes shot to the voice. A long black and red cloak came to view, dragging some one in his grasp. "He is of no use to me now, you can have him." He said throwing the person he was holding at Sakura.

She dropped Naruto and quickly caught the black form that was thrown at her. Her back hit the wall stopping her from moving, glancing down at the face of the person she had just caught her eyes caught the flawless bloodied face of the one she loved.

"No, no, no, no. Not you too. Sauske-kun you can't be dead. You said you loved me. You promised to protect me. You told me he wouldn't get me." Sakura cried, pulling Sasuke's face to her chest. " You can't be dead. I love you Uchiha Sasuke, I love you." Sasuke just lay there motionless, nothing came from him.

"He was weak. They all were weak."

"No. they are strong, each in their own way."

" They are all dead, come with me Sakura, I can make you strong."

"Never! I will never be anything like you." She yelled. "These people were my friends."

"Then learn to hate me. Hate me more than you have ever hated any one before. Hate me and become stronger so that you can avenge your friends."

Everything faded to black.

Back

"Sakura! Sakura wake up." Sasuke held her in his arms yelling her name repeatedly. "Sakura! He's gone Sakura, you can wake up now."

"How dare you?" Sasuke yelled at Itachi. "How dare you kill her! She ment more to me than anything. You bastard!!!"

"Hate me brother. Hate me and seek revenge." Itachi said disappearing into the wind.

"Sakura please wake up." Sasuke sobbed. Everything was happening like it did with the clan. "I wasn't strong enough to save you. Sakura, I'm sorry." Sasuke sat there holding her fragile form in his arms tears running down his tattered face. His heart had shattered once again. The strong Sakura he had known was now reduced to this lifeless flower.

TBC

Sorry it took so long to update. Just nag at me again and I'll get another chapter up soon. I've been trying but I'm really busy between, work, college, and Cosplay, I don't have much time. Hope you liked it. R&R. See ya soon.