Sugoi...I want the sexiness...I Mean-! It's not what-!... oh forget it...they're hot and you know it.

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ACHOOOOOOOO!!!! baka no yuki... well here's the next chapter everyone *stuffed nose*

I hope you en-en-en- ACHOOOOOOOO! Oh just read already. *collapses and starts snoring*

Fire Cherry Blossom

Normal P.O.V. (Flashback)

Tsunade stood behind her desk as Sasuke and Naruto stepped in, Naruto looking around at all the people in the room, Sasuke acting totally indifferent.

"Bout time you showed up. We need to brief you on what's going on," She said looking at them stand in front of her desk.

"Oh good cause I have no clue about what's going on," Naruto said grinning up at her, she glared at him.

"Now that Naruto's stupidity has been established," Naruto pouted at her, she smirked then took on an air of command.

"Objective: the rescue of Haruno Sakura. We have been informed of the location of the Akatsuki base in which Sakura is being held. She is in Amegakure. It will take approximately five days to get there. Sakura is due in three weeks, but I want her back here before then so we can have a safe delivery. I want her here in two weeks, you must get her out before then. Keep in mind the Baby may come before then. Move quickly and stay undetected as much as possible, it would be unwise to alert them to your presence before you arrive. Amegakure is a heavily guarded and under constant surveillance. Your only goal is to get Sakura, despite any grudges you may hold. You will be escorted to the border by An ANBU team, from there you are on your own.

"Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto! You two will be leading this mission. Hatake Kakashi, Hyuuga Neji, Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, Nara Shikamaru, Rock Lee, Yamanaka Ino. You will be supporting Naruto and Sasuke, do not interact with the enemy. Get Sakura and get out. Am I understood?" She said fiercely her eyes sweeping all of them and but stayed on Sasuke for a second longer.

"Hai!" They replied in unison. Tsunade softened slightly.

"I want you all to return in the exact shape you left, so be smart and don't get reckless, got it Naruto, Sasuke?" they both frowned at her she grinned back at them, though she meant what she said. She bowed her head a moment before looking at them all with determination and trust.

"Team Cherry Blossom, you have your assignment! Retrieve Haruno Sakura from the Akatsuki base before the two weeks are up. Get her and that baby home safe! You are dismissed!"

"HAI!" Choroused the rescue team, they were ready to take back their cherry blossom and no one was going to stand in their way.

(end flashback, in case you hadn't figured that out yourself)

Team Cherry Blossom took no time in getting to the border, they were fine up till there. They were moving in unfamiliar territory, and it was difficult to remain undetected with such a large group, but Tsunade had felt it necessary that they all go, but they were all skilled and could hide their chakra. They were moving in an arrow formation, using everyone's abilities as best they could in order to remain unseen. Sasuke was in the front Naruto directly behind him then Ino, Rock Lee and Kakashi in the back. On Sasuke's right were Kiba and then Neji, to his left were Shikamaru and then Hinata. The idea was to have Sasuke and Kakashi use their sharingan to watch the front and back. And then Hinata and Neji would watch everywhere else. Kiba and Akamaru would be there to smell or hear anyone who came too close. And the arrow was to hide their numbers, all the people behind Sasuke stepped where he did, so it looked as if there were only five in their party. This formation was naturally the idea of Shikamaru's, he was the brain after all.

"We'll take a short rest after we get over those mountains, and then we'll continue on until nightfall." Sasuke said as the team passed a rock formation.

"Oh and then are we going to run for two days straight?" Naruto asked sarcastically under his breath.

"Only if you think you can," Sasuke replied then shot him a smirk over his shoulder.

"We Can Sasuke-kun with the power of our youth!" Lee Said optimistically.

"Riiight..."Said Kiba and Naruto, who rolled his eyes.

"So Sasuke, do you actually have a plan?" asked Shikamaru, ignoring the other two.

"Yeah Of course I do" Sasuke said too quickly, and got a few snorts in reply.

"Okay so I haven't actually thought that far ahead, but I figured we should probably find where they're holding her first," Sasuke began.

"In the dungeon, of course," Naruto said mater-of-factly.

"The dungeon? Really, did you really just go there?" Sasuke said, giving a sigh.

"What? All evil villains have them, don't you ever watch the shows Sakura has on? Akatsuki is an evil organization, they'll have a dungeon," Naruto crossed his arms, and nodded to reiterate his point.

"You're such an idiot Naruto," Kiba snorted Naruto glared at him.

"I can't believe you passed the ANBU written exam," Sasuke said, jumping off a tree branch.

"Neither could I, but he had the second highest score of the group," Neji said quietly. Everyone looked at him then back at Naruto who had a look on his face that was half way between smugness and irritation.

"Wait since when has Naruto been ANBU?!" Kiba exclaimed, completely surprised.

"Thanks for the faith guys," he said grumpily, he ignored Kiba entirely. the others laughed.

"Who was the highest Neji?" Ino asked curiously. "Naruto!" From an angry Kiba.

"You don't know? Well I'm not surprised. It was Nara," Neji said giving said guy a look. Who didn't do anything in response.

"What? Really? Why didn't you tell me? And why aren't you in ANBU?" Ino said her voice getting louder with each word.

"Because I knew you'd make a big deal about it, I only took them because Asuma-sensei wanted me to, it was really troublesome ." he gave an expected tiered sigh while everyone else rolled their eyes.

"And what isn't?" Ino mumbled, the ones who heard her snickered.

"Um...E-everyone I see something a little ways s-south from here," Hinata said softly, Neji immediately activated his byakugan and looked in the direction Hinata had said.

"I see them, they are no threat to us. Just bandits." Neji said before deactivating his byakugan. The rest of the team stared at him.

"What?" he asked confused, for once.

"Hyuuga Neji were you just being cocky? I daresay, I can now say I've heard everything," Ino said her eyes slightly wide in amazement. Naruto snorted.

"You guys have got to be kidding, I knew Neji was cocky from the moment I met him," He said pursing his lips.

"There is a difference between cockiness and confidence you know," Neji replied glaring at Naruto.

"Yeah and look where that confidence got you in the chunin exams," Naruto said pointing out Neji's only known public defeat. Neji glared at him again. Naruto smiled.

"You're going to get yourself killed one day because of your big mouth, dobe." Sasuke said exasperated.

"Hey as long as I go out as Hokage first I'm good," Naruto smirked. Everyone else sighed,

before picking up the pace in order to get there as fast as they could.

"Idiot..." Kiba muttered.

~~*~~

Sakura sat in her cell frowning, okay so now they had given her a proper bed, and a pot to serve as a toilet, and a few books on medical ninjutsu, it was nice even though she'd read them all before. But what she couldn't understand was why. It was driving her crazy. Itachi didn't want the Uchiha line to go on right? So then why was she getting all this stuff that would help her and thus the baby. Seriously What the hell? She was sitting on the bed contemplating the reason Itachi was doing this when he opened the door to her cell.

"Now what do you want?" she asked grumpily. He walked in and closed the door. She narrowed her eyes and glared at him.

"I wish to speak to you Haruno Sakura, or more accurately Uchiha Sakura." Sakura blushed slightly, but continued to glare.

"How do you know?" she asked suspiciously.

"I have many informants, and also the ring on your finger," he pointed at it, Sakura gave a small 'oh' before throwing another question at him.

"Why is this here?" she gestured around the cell, "Don't you want the Uchiha line to end?"

"How does that relate?" he asked back, Sakura sighed.

"If I'm comfortable the baby is, and the baby is an Uchiha," She explained impatiently.

"Ah," was all he said. He stood there for a long time before speaking again.

"I don't want the Uchiha line to end exactly, I just want us to be better people. If Sasuke comes to kill me in order to protect you instead of revenge, it is a much more valiant and moral reason, don't you think?" He said looking at her. She had just noticed that his eyes were the same. Just likes Sasuke's had been before he'd returned to Konoha. They were lonely.

"I-i guess," She said looking away quickly. "But then why did you kill them in the first place? I'm sure Sasuke would have been fine if you hadn't done that in the first place." Sakura said trying to imagine a happier Sasuke in the academy, and failed.

"Perhaps, but I don't think so, if Sasuke had been anything like me, and been older at that time, he would have understood why I did what I did," Itachi said his eyebrows scrunching slightly, showing more emotion than Sakura had ever seen on his face.

"I don't understand why you did what you did," she mumbled.

"Then I'll tell you," he looked to the side and got a far off look in his eyes, "Did you know that the Uchiha clan was one of the first clans in Konoha?" She nodded, "Did you know that one of us helped found Konoha?" she shook her head surprised.

"No, most don't, well the co-founder was Madara Uchiha and he wanted to be the Nidaime, the first. But he was beaten,"

"Obviously," Sakura muttered, Itachi gave her a look, she shut her lips tightly to show she wouldn't speak again.

"So he vanished, but the clan was still able to live in Konoha, though in a far off secluded part of the city, the defeat did not settle with the rest of the clan and a grudge was held against the first Hokage and the rest of the people. The Nidaime tried to make it up by making the Uchiha the prime police force, it worked for a while. But they still felt as if they deserved more and started rebelling. Then I was born and became the key to the destruction of Konoha." Itachi said Sakura's eyes widened.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked quietly.

"The Uchiha were planning a Coup d'état, and I was the connection they needed to the inner workings of the ninja corps. By thirteen I was in the ANBU. It would have been easy for me to infiltrate the the council and kill them. But the current Hokage at the time, Sandaime, he was able to come up with a plan that would stop the Coup. I was against it at first but his reasoning made so much sense and it would save the lives of so many more than it would hurt. I was supposed to kill everyone. But I couldn't kill Sasuke, he was too young to know about the Coup, he was innocent, and I..."

"You loved him." Sakura finished, and he gave a slight nod.

"He was my younger brother after all it was my job to protect him. I did all I could for him, I saved his life and I gave him a reason to continue living. I just couldn't help him be a better person. But fortunately, he found you." Itachi said, Sakura blushed. Itachi ignored that.

"But now to enable you and Sasuke to live peacefully, and for you both to have peace of mind Sasuke needs to kill me," he finished, and Sakura stared at him.

"But why don't you just tell him what you just told me? Then you won't have to die, and Sasuke can have the remaining family he has left back," She asked confused, he looked at Sakura again with the same eyes as before.

"Y-you want to Die?!" She gasped, "But why?"

"It will happen eventually, my overuse of the Mangekyo Sharingan has taken it's toll on my body and eyesight, if I am to die I would prefer if it were by my brother's hands," Sakura stared at him.

"But..."

"I came here to be sure that you raise my eventual niece or nephew with care and be as kind a mother as mine was. I know Sasuke will be a good father because of your influence. It is unlikely we will meet again, Goodbye Sakura-san," And then he was out of the room and Sakura was sitting on the bed utterly confused, and wishing Sasuke would get there soon.

So the truth comes out! Duhn duhn duuuuuuuuuuuhn, SPOILER!!!: oh and I want to make clear that even though the Coup d`etat was in the manga I totally thought of that before it was released. So yeah just my genius being revealed. -0.0- well I hope you enjoyed!

Naruto: why do you always make me out to be the idiot?

Author-san: do you have to ask?

Naruto: *pout* jerk

Author-san: you know you love me. *smile*

Naruto: *glare*

Author-san: Ja Ne minna-san!