A random question for the lot of you. Is it bad for me to update everyday? Because I read somewhere that some people rather have the story sink in before it's continued. What do you think? Okay, now my reviewers.

Panther eyes: Hahaha, it's not good indeed, it seems no one's guessed it. No problem, it's more fun like this. Don't worry, it's not stupid.

Gothic Saku-chan: Ahaha, don't worry, the impatience of my reviewers keeps me going. Here's the update you so crave.

Animelover5.6: hmm, okay eh? We'll have to see about that. Hmm, Sasuke is kind of evil you know? He wouldn't rescue her!

Troublesome writer: Yeah, kind of another twist, you know I love those. Aaaw, I'm glad you like it. No, Orochimaru didn't attack Gai, he went after him not knowing it was Orochimaru, since that was his mission. Orochimaru isn't in the Akatsuki anymore either. Oh? Well, I guess I can come up with a reason in this story. Of course your human, and I love questions, they provide me with ideas at times, so thank you.

StrawberrySakuraChan: So that's what you think. Let me say this: guess again! Yeah, I hope nothing happens to those four either, they are the basis of my story after all, and I'd have to end it if anything happened to Lee (causing death eh) Thank you.

The16thday: well here's the next chapter. Oh, the excitement.

ifTheFlameConsumes: Puzzled? How so? Is something unclear? Do tell me, I can change it. You can't? Well, simply reading it is a good solution. Have fun!

And that's all of them. And so here's the next chapter. Wow, things are tensing up eh? Even I don't know what's to happen next. I can't wait, so I'll start writing right now!

On with it!

Unknown motives

Sakura gasped. Gai-sensei? Akatsuki's target was Gai-sensei? Normally that thought wouldn't have scared her as much as now, but Gai was still hurt, and badly at that. And even if he wasn't, the Akatsuki was still a dangerous group to watch out for. "But why Gai? Why?" Sakura asked. Itachi once more turned to her. "That is a question I cannot answer yet, not until I'm sure." Sakura blinked. "Sure of what?" Itachi kneeled down next to her, grasping a strand of her hair and tugging it slightly. "Until I'm absolutely sure that I can kill you with absolutely no way for you to escape me."

He seemed to examine Sakura for a moment before meeting her eye once more. "Have you healed yourself?" he asked, slightly surprised. Hah, so he could feel something. Sakura dared not answer him. She wasn't sure which answer would benefit her best. "It seems you did." Itachi answered for her, the black spots in his eyes twitching ever so slightly. "So you're a medic nin." Sakura didn't know why but she nodded. "Perhaps one more reason for my brother to have chosen you." Sakura sighed.

Was she always going to be burdened by Sasuke, because she had certain qualities? "No." Itachi answered. Ah, so he was still reading her thoughts. "Right now, you're already pregnant." Itachi said. "He'll wait until you're capable of carrying children once more, or perhaps he won't do anything because you're tainted." Sakura growled. Tainted, yeah that would be it. If he really thought that, why would he still want to kill Sasuke. "Simply to be sure." Itachi responded. "To be sure."

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"Neji, are you sure we should just wait? What good will that even do?" Lee asked his team-mate. Sitting still was not something he was capable off, he needed to do something. "Sakura is holding up fine Lee, she even healed her wounds." Neji said. "What?" Lee responded, completely stunned. "So, she was hurt, Neji, you lied to me!" Neji glared at Lee. "I didn't lie Lee, she was already hurt when we got here, but Itachi didn't even touch Sakura since we've been here, other then her hair."

"Her hair?" Lee asked. "Why?" Neji was getting a bit annoyed with Lee now. "How should I know Lee, I can't read other people's thoughts, now shut up!" Lee sighed and listened. What was he to do? "Neji…I am going to be a father." Neji didn't react like he normally would've. He smiled genuinely at Lee and nodded. "I know Lee, you already told me." Lee sighed. "What if something happens to my children, Neji, I will have failed already." He played with a leaf, tearing it slightly and slowly.

"Lee, you have failed no one." Neji said sternly. "Sakura and your children are alright, and they will stay that way." For some reason, Lee couldn't find comfort in Neji's words. "How can you be so sure Neji?" he asked, his face grim, his bottom lip quivering in sorrow and fear. "Because you're here to watch over them Lee, that's how." Lee looked up in surprise and into Neji's eyes. Since when had he become so caring, and gentle? "thank you Neji." Lee said.

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"Gee, why did you kill off the Uchiha clan anyways?" Sakura asked grimly. If Itachi was planning on killing her, she could just as easy be blunt. "They were getting way too arrogant." Itachi said. "They thought of themselves as all powerful, and I wanted to prove they weren't." Sakura gasped. What a gruesome reason. "Then why did you let Sasuke live?" she asked, dreading the answer. "I needed someone, not tainted by arrogance yet, to kill me off." Itachi responded. "You see, I think I'm almighty myself."

Sakura didn't know what to say. "But Sasuke has gotten arrogant himself I've noticed." Itachi said. "Even more then me, so he'll have to die." Sakura didn't care. She couldn't believe it but she didn't care. If Sasuke died, she wouldn't shed a single tear. He meant nothing to her anymore. "How cruel of you." Itachi said. He smirked. He actually smirked! The guy was starting to show more and more emotion.

This reminded Sakura of something. "Why did you say I was evil?" Sakura asked. She wanted to know so badly. "Because you're an evil woman." Itachi answered. "You get rid of guys as quick as a black widow." Sakura frowned. "several years ago, you told Sasuke you liked him more then anything, now you don't even care about him anymore. You make guys suffer and don't care that you do. You hurt others, only thinking about yourself." Sakura's eyes started to tear. "If you hadn't accepted Lee when you did… he would've killed himself." "What do you know?!" Sakura shouted. "You know nothing! Nothing at all!" Itachi calmly looked down at her.

"I may not show much emotion but that doesn't mean that I don't understand it." Sakura simply kept glaring at him. "You don't understand me." She said, fighting his harsh words. Deep inside though, she knew he had a point. "I have seen what you are in your own mind." Itachi responded. "You cannot hide from the truth." Sakura smiled. "How weak of you." She said. "Searching or people's weaknesses and doubts to overrule them." Itachi glared at her, as if warning her to shut up. Sakura didn't though.

"You have no strength at all, I'm sure of that." Sakura didn't know why she was doing this. She didn't know if she was foolish or brave at this point. And she didn't even know if she was even right. What she did see though, was that she struck a nerve. And a big one at that. Itachi was grinding his teeth. "How would you know?" he asked, clearly holding himself back at this point. Yet, Sakura couldn't stop the insults anymore. "It is so obvious, I don't even need a sharingan. It's written all over your face, especially at this point. You're angry because I'm right!"

It was clear Itachi had enough. With one quick movement, he let his hand connect firmly with Sakura's cheek, his knee hitting her in her stomach…hard! Sakura screamed, not because she was hurting but because of the knee, still planted in her gut. "You jerk!" she yelled. And without thinking, she trust her fist forward, chakra strengthening it, and made it connect with Itachi's gut in return, satisfied when the big bad Uchiha spit up a fairly large amount of blood. "Enough!" he coughed. "You die now!"

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"Lee, we must intervene now!" Neji alerted Lee. Without waiting for an answer he jumped down, knowing exactly where he had to go, to the cave. He ran as fast as he could, but found that Lee was way faster then him, not a surprise at all.

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Sakura raised her arm in a faint kind of defence when all of a sudden, Itachi pulled a sword from underneath his coat and slashed forward. She shut her eyes tightly, not wanting to see what was sure to happen. It was sure to happen, right? Why wasn't there any pain? Had it come so quick that she hadn't felt it? Was she dead? She heard a faint dripping noise and opened her eyes slowly to find out what it was.

Her eyes met a gruesome sight though. In front of her, right there, was Rock Lee. The sword was deeply slashed into Lee's arm, but he had still been able to stop it. It seemed the sword didn't get trough his bones. "Lee!" Sakura screeched. She could only imagine how much it hurt. Neji, who had now entered the cave himself, was astounded at the sight himself. "Are you alright, Sakura?" Sakura almost cried. Why was his voice sounding so laboured? "Lee, why did you have to show up here?" she yelled.

"Because of my promise." Tears were now running down Sakura's cheeks as she was still staring at Lee's back, his blood running swiftly down onto the ground. "Ah, so you finally came out of hiding." Itachi commented, not at all surprised one bit. Lee said nothing. Oh, Sakura would've given anything to be able to look into Lee's eyes, to see what was going trough his mind right now. But she was unable to and could do nothing but cry.

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End chapter 37…right? Anyways, with this chapter I reach 70000 words. Yay! Now for my new goal. 80000 words. And people, please respond to my question above, okies. Buh-bye for now!