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Itachi looked down upon the deceased form before him, nothing but stoic cold lingering about him. The two ninja on either side of him gaped at him as though he had grown an extra head. Time slowed. Sasuke watched as everything before him unfolded as if in slow motion, sound muted to his ears.

Naruto's chakra flow weakened a bit as his terrified azure eyes locked on the ghastly site before him.

"Nono…no….NoNONONO!" He screamed, chakra returning tenfold. The orange lights illuminated the Hokage's body, causing the blood around her head to glisten, her face frozen forever in utter pain.

"NO!" The chakra grew even stronger, the orange force bursting from him in waves, demolishing the walls around him.

Sasuke stood frozen as he looked at the man between Naruto and himself. Itachi….

The man's face was splattered with the blood of the woman he had just killed, his cloak blowing fiercely in the intense chakra flow coming from the crazed kitsune.

He killed…..

Sasuke glanced down at the fallen woman, blood seeping away from her already cooling body, and then back up at his 'brother'.

He killed…..

Itachi looked down on Sasuke, causing the younger man to feel a chill run down his back against his will.

"You killed….no….you're killing…." Sasuke gasped out, his breath coming short as oxygen was forced from the room from Naruto's chakra.

Sasuke stole a glance at the blonde, he was kneeling, sobbing shamelessly as his chakra flowed freely, unchecked from his body.

"You're figuring it out, are you?" Itachi's voice was cold and calm, unaffected by what was going on around him.

"Who do you want!" Sasuke screamed as the air was ripped from his lungs. The roof of the building was creaking, the vacuum inside forcing it inward. Bricks and boards began to fall as an unearthly cry escaped Naruto. The glow of his chakra filled the room with a surreal atmosphere, the lights dancing across the bodies of both the living and the dead.

"You're hurting and killing these people, but who is your target?" Sasuke couldn't take it anymore, his lungs were burning and his face was beginning to contort in pain. He had to get out!

"My target?" Itachi was completely unattached with everything going on around him, vicious eyes tearing into his brother's. "Why, brother, I simply wish to annihilate the only one who could possibly stand in my way."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed, but he couldn't completely conceal his fear.

Itachi's laugh came like a horrible wave of brutal force through the room, mingling with Naruto's endless chakra as more and more of the building collapsed around them.

"Don't flatter yourself, brother. You are not nearly strong enough to stand against me."

With that, Itachi disappeared and everything going on slammed into Sasuke as time sped back up. The sound of Naruto's screaming, the pressure of his chakra, the building collapsing around them, the Hokage's corpse.

Sasuke couldn't take it anymore! He needed air!

The building creaked unnaturally as the ceiling began its plunge.

Sasuke threw himself at Naruto and knocked both of them through the wall as the entire building collapsed in on itself.

His mind was reeling as he shoved the now unconscious ninja off of him, gasping for air to quench his burning lungs. 'One with power?'

He forced his mind to work as he gazed hopelessly at the dust settling on the rubble that now covered the Hokage's body.

'Only one that could stand against him?'

Couldn't be Sakura, he used her to hurt those strangers. Besides, she was no threat, not even to Naruto.So it had to be one of those strangers, right? But which one? He had never even laid eyes on them.

He looked up towards the hospital as he heard the hurried footsteps as people came to see what was going on. Tsunade had forbid him to go see them, but things have changed.

Such were his thoughts as Sasuke picked himself up and hurried off to see just who his brother intended on killing,pullingNaruto in tow.

Kakashi looked up as a haggard Sasuke pulled an unconscious Naruto through the double doors and threw the blonde in the general direction of the chair beside his sensei. Kakashi didn't even bat an eyelash, but stood in Sasuke's way as he tried to go into the recovery room.

"Get out of the way, Kakashi-sensei! I need to talk to them, you don't know what's going on!" Sasuke yelled hoarsely as he tried to push his way passed the copy ninja.

Kakashi studied him for a minute before letting out a very heavy sigh. "Oh God…" He whispered before looking back up at his student.

"I'm going to assume he got her, is that true?" He asked, his gaze no longer lazy but intense.

"What…you mean…"

"The Hokage is dead now, isn't she?" Sasuke was speechless.

"And it was your brother that did it?" Now his speechlessness was gone.

"You mean to tell me you KNEW this would happen!" He screamed, grabbing Kakashi by the collar and shaking him.

"Yes, and she knew as well." Sasuke was stunned and could only watch and Kakashi put a hand to his face and sighed once again.

"We know a lot more than you think. She and I figured out why Itachi was doing what he was doing, so we knew that at least one of us would be attacked and most likely killed by now." Kakashi's brow creased as he pressed his griefto the back of his mind, willing himself to focus on the task at hand.

"I was afraid of this.When I heard you had been called to her office, and then Naruto went after you…" Kakashi trailed off as he looked sadly down at the sleeping Naruto.

"Who? Who is he after? He said it was the only person who could stand in his way!" Sasuke shook Kakashi harder, desperate for an answer. "Which of these strangers is that strong!"

Kakashi looked at him, weariness ringing his eye and quickly diminishingpatience apparent in his stature. "Let me go, Sasuke." He said coldly. "Now."

"How can you be so calm? The Hokage is DEAD, don't you even care?" He screamed at the taller man, his throat burning.

"Shut up!" Kakashi roared. "You have no idea how much pain I am dealing with! She was a good Hokage and a better friend!" He spoke forcefully. "Now...Let. Me. Go."

Sasuke did as he was told, looking anxiously toward the doors to the recovery room.

"In answer to your question, none of the strangers are his target." Kakashi began, his voice once again under control.

"What do you mean? He attacked them!" Sasuke cut in.

"Yes he did, but he didn't kill them. He is targeting someone much more powerful than those four."

"But I can feel their energy from all the way out here, they are very powerful!" Sasuke was blind to the truth in his rage.

"Sasuke, he is after Sakura."

Silence fell between the two; Naruto's soft snoring was the only sound that could be heard.

"What?" Sasuke looked at his sensei like he had lost his mind, and his eyes darted behind the man to the recovery room where his teammate lay."Sakura?"

DUM DUM DUM! So our little Sakura is strong after all? Well I just want to say, there is only ONE CHAPTER LEFT! And I already know how everything is going to end because I've already written it, but trust me it would have been much too long of a chapter to have it all together!

Ok, review please! Or else no finale! (Waves can of fruit threateningly)

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Ja!

-K-chan