Sakura's felt disoriented when she woke up, she absently noted that she was in the operating room of the Leaf Village's hospital. As if on cue the walls became dirtier, the light dulling out until she could barely see and blood writings appeared on the wall
Stepping in for my little brother was foolish of you, you foolish little girl...
The memories of what had just happened rushed into Sakura's head, her eyes widened in alarmed realizing she was in a Genjutsu induced by that strange Sharingan of Itachi's, she made a move to get off of the metal table she was on only for chains to suddenly wrap around her wrists and ankles pinning her firmly to the table. It was then that she noticed that she was in a hospital gown
Footsteps made her tense up
The door went open, but she couldn't see who had entered even if she tried straining her neck
'Okay, be calm Sakura. This is just a Genjutsu, nothing that happens in here is real'
"Convincing yourself that this is only an illusion won't help Sakura-chan"
Sakura's eyes widened in shock hearing Naruto's voice
"It'll only make things more troublesome" Shikamaru's voice sounded to her left
"Itachi controls everything that happens here" Sasuke idly informed
Before Sakura could respond she felt a sharp knife being dragged above her stomach "Time to operate on Sakura-chan!" Naruto's gleeful voice yelled in excitement
"Don't get too much blood on the floor, it'll be troublesome" Shikamaru said prying open Sakura's mouth to tear off her teeth one by one
"The next seventy-two hours will be nothing but dissection and torture over and over" she could barely hear Itachi informing her before she blacked out
The First Ten Minutes...
'This isn't real. Nothing that happens here is real' Sakura reminded herself before letting out a pained yell as Naruto's fingers played with her intestines, squeezing them tightly before letting go and repeating the process
At the same time Sasuke was tearing off her nails and pouring sake on her hands
Shikamaru was preparing to feed her different kinds of bugs and worms
'THIS ISN'T REAL!' her mind whimpered
Thirty Minutes Later...
'This...isn't...real...'
Naruto, Sasuke and Shikamaru gave her identical smirks as they continued pouring oil all over her, they were trying to see how severe a burn could become and then they'd pour smashed ice over the burns to see how she's react
Twenty Minutes Later...
"P-please...stop.." Sakura begged as the three boys started peeling her skin off
'There's not point in it...they can't control their actions...they're not even real...this...'
'Genjutsu, this is how dangerous one can be...'
And then she screamed
Because they were pouring salt all over her skinless body
One Hour Later...
'This...is..n...I..is this really happening?'
'No, this isn't an illu...real, it isn't real...'
'Genjutsu...'
'It feels so real...'
'...is this even an illusion...?'
'I can't tell anymore...'
'Is this r-real or n-not?'
Thirty Hours Later...
"A shinobi must complete their missions at all cost..." Sakura repeated numbly to herself for the millionth time, her eyes were empty as she stared at the ceiling
"A shinobi must complete their missions at all cost"
"A shinobi must complete their missions at all cost"
"A shinobi must-AHHH!" she yelled in pain as she felt her fingers being ripped off of her hands
Twenty hours later
She had enough
She couldn't stand the pain anymore, she just wanted it to stop. She could barely hang on to her thinning sanity, and she was sure she would snap at any second if this torture continued
"Kill me!" she begged aloud for the eleventh time tears streaming down her face
"Why would we kill you Sakura-chan? The fun's not over yet"
"Hn"
"It'd be too troublesome to kill you"
Sakura ground her teeth together, 'Fine then, if they won't kill me then-then, I'll do it myself..!' she opened her mouth to position her tongue, and then closing her eyes as she brought down her teeth to end her misery
"Wait Sakura!"
She paused, her eyes snapping open and regaining a little bit of life in them "I-Inner?" she croaked out desperately as she felt the chains pinning her down releasing her, without wasting a second she sat up and saw Inner all injured and bloody using the wall for support as she glared at the illusions of Naruto, Sasuke and Shikamaru
"Fuck off!" Inner snarled at the illusions
They frowned at her as they began fading away
Inner breathed out a sigh of relief, "Sorry it took me so long to get here, that person corrupted our entire mind with his Genjutsu, so I got lost trying to find you" she quickly explained walking over to Sakura
"W-why are y-you hurt?" Sakura hesitantly asked
"Oh, the pain he inflicted on you was inflicted to me too. We're connected in our mind after all"
A small part of Sakura felt inferior to Inner whom kept going on despite the pain while she had just tried to kill herself mere seconds ago, but she squashed the depressing thoughts away, she couldn't give in to them at the moment, especially not with someone invading her mind at the moment "W-what now?" she questioned
"Sakura, remember this is our mind, my domain, but if you don't want something to happen then it won't. So, what do you want?"
Before Sakura could answer Itachi materialized himself in the operating room, his face stoic as he looked at a glaring Inner, "A split personality" he stated seeming surprised for less than a second before the surgery room disappeared
"Sakura!" Inner yelled, "Answer!"
"I-I...I want to turn this Genjutsu on him!" Sakura blurted out
Inner cracked a cruel smirk as chains wrapped around a visibly surprised Itachi, "Minds are my domain, even yours given the right chance. And for the next twenty hours you'll experience the most painful memories of your life" she said as Itachi got dragged off somewhere else
"Come on Sakura, we're going into his mind"
Memory Lane...
Casualties of the Third Shinobi World War
The Nine-Tailed Fox attack
Awakening his Sharingan
The gruesome Chunin Exams
His experience in the ANBU
Seeing Shisui die
Being forced to choose between his clan and the village
And finally being forced to slaughter his whole clan with the aid of "Madara"
Back to Reality
"What was that?" the girl, Sakura, blankly asked. Her green eyes were dull and empty compared to how they were mere seconds ago in real life
Itachi's stoic face didn't give anything away, "I underestimated you" he noted reaching out to grab a kunai, he couldn't let this girl ruin everything he worked for because she somehow managed to turn his own Genjutsu against him
"Itachi-san, I advice you on using your Sharingan so many times in one day..." he heard Kisame say, but he ignored his partner swiftly bringing down his kunai towards the girl
"Sakura-chan!" he heard Naruto yell
'She knows too much to be allowed to stay alive'
The kunai was inches away from piercing between the girl's eyes before Itachi stopped against his will, 'The Nara boy...' he quickly realized
"Summoning : Toad Mouth Bind!" he heard Jiraiya yell
"Too bad Itachi, Kisame, you two are already in my stomach" Jiraiya boasted
"If you say anything I'll kill you" he quietly said to the girl as she was sucked into the flesh preventing him from killing her
He saw the girl narrowing her eyes at him before she was fully sucked in
Chapter End!
A/N : Short chapter I know, but a lot of stuff happened, ne? Next chapter will be longer and more intensely focused on-well, that would be spoiling.
My questions :
1. If you could have a summoning contract which one would it be? And why?
2. If you could have one character from Naruto sent to your world as a cat, who would it be? ONLY ONE!
My Answers:
1. Definitely be dogs. I love dogs. Or a dragon, it would be cool having a dragon as a summon
2. ...Genma. Enough said.
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