Chapter Fourteen

Author's Note: Insert Disclaimer here. Yes, I know Kabuto doesn't kill Sasuke in the anime. But Orochimaru is dead, and

I don't like Kabuto, so he's the villan. (And I do not own Itachi. If I did he would still be alive and most likely one half of

the Uchihacest pairing or with Hidan.)

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We both took out our weapons, ready for whoever dared to interrupt us. To both our shock, Kabuto came out of the darkness.

"What do you want?" said Sasuke holding his katana in front of him, ready to fight.

"Simple," said Kabuto. "Revenge."

"You dared to show your face in our village?" I asked taking out a kunai. Sasuke stopped me, and took the kunai away from me.

"Sakura, don't."

"Sasuke..."

"I don't want you to get hurt. I promise that I'll protect you." I was afraid to believe those words, but I did anyway.

"Okay, go get him," I whispered. Sasuke kissed me passionately on the lips.

"I will," he said. "Now, go. This is going to get very bloody, and I don't want you to see it." I backed off and went down the mountain, but despite how Sasuke told me he didn't want me to watch, I snuck around and watched from behind a pile of boulders.

Sasuke's Point of View:

I wasn't happy with the fact that Kabuto was still alive, but I was ready to take him on anyways.

"Ready to die?" I asked him.

"You should be more concerned about that," said Kabuto healing himself again.

"Chidori!" I shouted. I ran straight at him.

"Give up Uchiha! You may have been able to kill those idiots, but you won't be able to get rid of me!"

"Hn. Then you must be stupider than I thought," I said with a smirk. One of my clones came out of nowhere and both of us hit him with the chidori. But after that fourth shot, I would no longer be able to use it, and I wasn't sure if I had enough chakra to defeat Kabuto.

He wasn't exactly the strongest or most talented ninja around, but his body kept regenerating every time he was attacked. In other words, the only reason Orochimaru ever kept him around was because he was the only one who could withstand his experiments. Kabuto was Orochimaru's guinea pig.

"I'm afraid it ends here, Kabuto," I said closing my eyes, I summoned the lightning from the skies.

"Allow me to show you my new technique I call Kirin." There were huge flashes of lightning and Kabuto dropped to the ground and began to shake uncontrollably for several seconds. But to my surprise, he quickly got over it and threw several shuriken at me.

"You'll have to do better than that," he said. "Torturing me with lightning doesn't work." I fought Kabuto with everything I had for the next fifteen minutes, and I was starting to get the upper hand in the battle.

"Give up Kabuto, you can't defeat me! Even Orochimaru couldn't defeat me!"

Kabuto chuckled and I felt something cold and sharp slice into my stomach.

"Shinobi principle #11: never keep your guard down."

Sakura's Point of View:

Kabuto had stabbed Sasuke and I ran out of my hiding place to get a better look.

"Sasuke!" When I got there, he was on the ground bleeding heavily.

"Sasuke, please...don't die on me!" I shouted. Then I heard a weak voice.

"Sakura..."

"Sasuke?" I looked down to see that he was still alive, but I wasn't sure how much longer he had.

"Sakura, promise me...that you'll take care of yourself and never stop smiling," he said. Tears began to fall from my eyes as he said those words. I began using my chakra to heal him, but the would wouldn't close up.

"Try all you want," said Kabuto. "But the poison is incurable. Your healing jutsu is completely useless."

"No! He can't die!" I turned to Sasuke. "Please, don't leave me...I love you!" I cried. I felt his hand touch my face, and he looked up at me.

"One last kiss," he said as his hand dropped to the ground. I kissed him with intense passion, and I longed for him to stay with me, but I knew this was the end for Sasuke.

"Goodbye...and thank you for everything," he whispered. He took his last breath, and in that moment, his life had ended.

"Goodbye..." I whispered. I looked down at him for a second, and then I started cry even harder than ever before. I dug my face into his chest, and sat there and cried for what felt like forever.

Kabuto sighed and walked away, without so much as a hint of remorse for what he had done to Sasuke. But it was certain; life was cruel and it had taken Sasuke away from me. He was my one true love, my reason for living, my everything. But now...he was gone...forever.

Itachi's Point of View:

It had been six months since I last saw Sakura, and I had nearly forgotten about her for a while. But no matter how hard I tried, she was still in my dreams and I kept thinking about her when I was with Mai.

"I hope my little brother is treating her well..." I muttered. I got dressed and went downstairs to the dining room to have breakfast.

As usual Sasori and Deidara were arguing about art, while Kisame was making fun of Hidan for his religion. Kakuzu sat there quietly counting his money while Zetsu ate a piece of meat, obviously human. Mai came out of the kitchen wearing her usual skimpy dress and kept flirting with me the whole time.

"Hey Itachi-kun, did you sleep well last night?"

"Hn."

"So you still don't want to talk to me?" I stayed silent. I wasn't interested in talking with her.

"But Itachi, how could you not want to talk to me after that wonderful night we had?"

"That was three months ago," I said plainly. She sighed and walked away.

"There's no getting through to him," she said to Kisame.

"Well that's because he's not interested in you," he whispered back to her.

"Don't tell me that...no! There's no way he can't be over that pink-haired skank!"

"Don't talk about her like that," I said looking over at Mai. She glared at me and went back into the kitchen. I leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes.

"Peace at last," I said to myself.

"Itachi-san?" I fell backwards out of my chair only to find that Tobi was staring at me.

"Where did you come from?" I asked him.

"Well...when a man and a woman love each other a whole lot-"

"No, I meant when did you get here?" I asked him.

"Oh, I was here a while ago. I came because Leader-sama wishes to see you in his office," he said from behind his mask. I got up and walked upstairs without a word to anyone. They could all die for all I care...

Sakura's Point of View:

It had been a month since Sasuke died, but I was still crying myself to sleep every night. But I was proud of myself for getting through this. It was another day and I was starting to act like myself again, and I was happy that I had such great friends who will always be there for me. But I couldn't help but wonder...

I wondered how Itachi was doing without me...

"Itachi..." I whispered.

"Huh?" said Naruto turning to me.

"Nothing, it was nothing," I said.

"Oh, okay, just wondering," said Naruto.

Meanwhile in Pein's office...

Itachi's Point of View:

"Itachi, please sit down," said Pein.

"Why have you called me here at this time of day?" I asked him.

"I have some terrible news..." He paused for a moment and sighed. "I'm sorry to inform you...that Sasuke died in battle against Kabuto several months ago."

This wasn't what I expected to hear. My little brother was dead? This couldn't be true! Now I would never be able to have his eyes!

"Sasuke...is dead?"

"I'm afraid so. But he didn't die in vain. I was informed that he died a peaceful death."

"So what about Sakura? Have you heard from her recently?"

"No. But she was the poor unfortunate soul who had to watch him die." I sighed. I began to wish that I could have been there to take his eyes, but it was too late. However, I could attempt to dig him up and take his eyes.

"Thank you for informing me of this," I said getting up to leave.

"No problem," said Leader-sama. I left and went back down the dining room and found everyone still there.

"So, what did he want, hm?" asked Deidara.

"My little brother died," I said. Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"I-I'm sorry to hear that," said Hidan. "Perhaps we can make a sacrifice and pray to him?"

"Hidan, Itachi isn't going to want to kill someone for his brother!" said Sasori.

"I know what he's going to want to do, yeah," said Deidara. Everyone turned to look at him.

"He's going to want to see pinky again. I bet Kakuzu ten dollars that she's single right now, un."

"Forget about the money," said Kisame. "We need to help Itachi get his girl back."

"Are you up to it Itachi-san?" asked Tobi. Did I really have a choice? No. But then again...I had been yearning to see Sakura for sometime now. I longed to hold her in my arms and kiss her. There were many things I wanted to do to with her...most of them I would prefer not to say...

"Fine, just don't do anything stupid or I'll kill you," I said sighing.

"Yay! We're going on a road trip, yeah!" said Deidara.

"I'll get the sleeping bags!" said Kisame getting up.

"I'll get the marshmallows," said Tobi.

"And I'll bring a sacrifice!" said Hidan.

"I'm surrounded by imbeciles..." was all I could say.

I had been traveling with Kisame, Deidara, Hidan and Tobi for not even an hour and already they were beginning to annoy me.

The next chapter gets even more OOC with the Akatsuki boys! What type of torture will Tobi have in store for Itachi? And what

plans does Itachi have for Sakura (a lemon perhaps?) Find out next time. (Reviews are appreciated.)