HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
now, I know a LOT of you don't celebrate the day (because it is quite stupid. seriously, just love each other every day :D ), but there are those who love it. I'm a bit on the fence about the day, but, eh, whatever. Generally, I just pick a friend at random (okay, so it's always my best friend), and tell them (*cough* *him*), he will be my Valentine. no arguments. though, this year, I am Facebook married to my beta, Chocoholic Princess, and we have exchanged gifts (seriously, post can get quite expensive. we try to limit the amount of things we send. her birthday box was big though, but hell, it was her 18th. she deserved it :D ). I drew her this very yaoi-like picture of Sasuke and Itachi. I hope she LOOOOVES it 3
Kisame had limped the rest of the way towards the lovers, unable to take his gaze from the deteriorating corpse before them all.
Konan had caught on that something was up, in the way her fellow teammates had all surrounded around some mysterious object and were all being rather quiet.
It was the moment she turned her head to see what her teammates had gathered around that she lost concentration and, in turn, allowed Sasuke his chance to escape, which he gladly took.
Ripping his paper prison apart, the youngest Uchiha made to deliver a deathly blow to his somewhat distracted captor before he realized that his mentor was nowhere to be seen, and his enemies had all gathered in the one spot. However, around what, he couldn't tell from this distance.
The blue-haired woman tried capturing Sasuke once again, but he knocked her unconscious, rendering her useless in any possible recapture.
Though he had attempted to remain quiet quiet, his brother had heard him, forcing all plans of any sneak attacks from his mind.
Fortunately for him though, it wasn't his brother who came after him, but instead his giant, blue partner had been sent after him; someone he could easily evade.
He waited for the human-like shark to come at him before retaliating.
However, before the two nuke-nin clashed, Sasuke's attention was drawn elsewhere by the dull, green glow of Sakura's medical chakra.
His attention was immediately drawn back to his opponent as his bandaged sword flew towards his body.
The young Uchiha ducked below dodged the blow and made for his mentor.
With her chakra fully submersed within the ancient Uchiha's body once again, Sakura was able to tell whether or not the man had truly passed or if he were using a new jutsu to hide his 'death'.
"Is Kisame alright?" she asked her lover, breaking her concentration.
"He's fine," came his authoritative tone. "You just concentrate on what you're doing. If my foolish otouto so much as dares to harm you, he's in for a whole new world of hurt."
This seemed to calm the kunoichi on the fact of their enemy, but not on their teammate. There was the medic side of Sakura that was still focusing on her giant, blue teammate who was, for all fighting purposes, still not fully recovered from his previous battle. However, there was that inner part of Sakura that kept telling her that, even without Samehada, Kisame was the equivalent of a Bijuu, whereas Sasuke was a mere Uchiha.
That inner part still didn't help when Sakura almost missed quite the vital point in her search; Madara Uchiha's soul.
She pulled her hands away, having finished the task at hand and brought the now eldest Uchiha's attention back to her.
"This is Madara Uchiha," she stated.
"How can you tell?" He needed definites.
Her brilliant pink head of hair turned to face him, showing him there was no threat coming from the corpse, though her body was still stiff due to his younger brother's killing intent radiating in their direction, though he compared it to that of a regular animal's killing intent toward any regular ninja.
"When someone dies, their soul, or the spirit of the person, is still present. That's why, sometimes, the soul repossesses the body. Most people who have experienced this say they were brought back from the dead. That's wrong though. Their soul merely re-inhabits the body."
"And what makes you sure this old coot won't be doing that any time soon?"
"The body needs to remain in a liveable condition. This body," she gently laid a finger on what used to be Madara's pinky, and it crumbled beneath even that slight amount of pressure, " is not adequate for a living human. If he WERE to get up and start moving, he'd fall apart not even half way through the process."
"Hey, 'Tachi!" the Uchiha's partner called from across the way, earning his attention.
The pair looked to the human-like shark to find he had the lesser of the remaining Uchihas before him ready to lick the ground he was that close, and with his good arm pulled behind him. His other arm didn't seem as fortunate, dangling alongside his battered body.
"Watcha wanna do with the Uchiha wannabe?"
Sasuke let out the start of a growl before his arm was pulled further back and the sound caught in his throat.
Itachi turned his gaze from his foolish otouto to his young, pink haired lover, his lips pulled slightly at the ends.
"I do believe this young woman would like some revenge on this foolish, young man."
"That stupid-ARGH!" Kisame had jerked Sasuke's arm back at his outburst.
"Shut it, you little shit!" Kisame growled out, not giving any signs of letting up.
"Don't be so hard on him, Kisame," Sasuke would never admit it, but he was quite grateful for his old teammate for she had pulled the monstrous shark's fins from him and allowed him relief from the man's tyranny.
Itachi and Kisame, however, were more than perplexed at Sakura's change in mood. Had Konan been conscious, she would have been, too.
Sakura stood in the space between Sasuke and Kisame, pushing the latter further from the former so as to give her some space with him.
She turned and knelt down to face Sasuke, examining his body as the medic she was. She could see how much pain the young man was in, though she knew that was yet another thing he would never admit to with that pride of his still intact.
The young medic surrounded her hand with chakra and brought it to his good arm.
The conscious pair of Akatsuki weren't quite sure what to think of the situation. Sasuke was just inwardly glad to be having some help though, again, he would never admit to it.
Sakura explained herself through action when her features took a sadistic expression and her chakra-laden hand forced Sasuke's wrist at quite the odd angle, causing him to cry out in pain.
"Itachi's right, I'm GOING to get my revenge on this prick."
She pushed his wrist further back, causing more cries of pain. Itachi would have liked to watch his new-found lover torture his foolish brother as revenge, although he knew he should do something, hence the reason he allowed her to break the young Uchiha's arm further before stepping in.
He was so swift in his movements that Sakura didn't even see Itachi move towards herself and her 'prisoner', or alone the hand that reached out and applied pressure to Sasuke's neck, rendering him unconscious.
Once the young man's head had fallen backwards, Sakura turned towards Itachi and just glared. With the look she was displaying, no words were needed.
Itachi merely shrugged, proving to irritate her further. The pinkette opened her mouth to scold the Uchiha, but he was much too quick for her and got his own words in first.
"It would be best we take the newly acquired prisoner to Leader-sama. I believe he also wishes for vengeance for what he has done to Konan.
Sakura turned back around to where Konan's unconscious body lay and realized, even from what little she knew of the Akatsuki's leader, he would be furious, if her assumptions of he and Konan being a pair were correct, then he would be outraged.
Great, there won't be anything left for me by the time he's done.
The now-oldest Uchiha saw the look on his lover's face and knew that, were she to carry his younger brother, he may not make it back to headquarters in one piece. Taking charge, he ordered Kisame to take the young Uchiha's body over one shoulder. With Samehada stuck firmly to his Kisame's body, it proved his brother wouldn't have any chakra by the time they even left the building, and he and Sakura would shift between themselves as to who would carry Konan, not wanting her with Samehada, as he may very well suck her chakra up too.
"Come, we must leave this place before Madara and Sasuke's reinforcements arrive," he called to his conscious teammates, throwing Konan over his shoulder.
"If they even have any," Kisame grumbles.
Inwardly, Sakura chuckles, knowing the two Uchiha must have thought themselves un-defeatable, therefore not even bothering with backup.
Bijuu: Tailed Beasts.
Did you know 'nine-tails' is Kyuubi, and that his name is Kurama?
Now, I'd just like to clear things up, incase you're someone like me and you read way too many stories (heheh… unfortunately, one of the reasons I don't write so much, but when I do, I'VE GOT IDEAS!) and your Itachi's and Sakura's are getting mixed up, these two DO. NOT. Love each other. They just… have attraction… and sex :D
oh yeah... AND REVIEW, PLEASE? (I haven't gotten any lately. poor effort, readers)