Itachi's Promise: Chapter 36
"That was cruel," Sakura said, stepping away from Madara and shivering once from the cold wind.
"Cold?" Madara questioned.
"Yes," Sakura answered, looking away from Madara.
"Good," Madara replied, Sakura rolled her eyes and looked in the direction she was facing.
Sakura was facing a huge black building; she bit her lip and looked in the direction of where Madara had stood and found him gone. Sakura looked forward again, coming face to face with Madara.
"Hurry up," Madara ordered.
Sakura walked behind Madara, as the wind blew harshly on her cold, exposed limbs and Madara stepped forwards without any sounds. Madara reached the building and knocking on the door three times, before it opened silently and a young boy bowed down to Madara. Madara stepped inside ignoring the boy and Sakura followed, as the boy straightened and looked at her.
"Master, is there anything you need?" The boy asked, returning his attention back to Madara.
"No…by the way this is Sakura and she will be needing a permeant room," Madara answered.
"Yes, Sir," The boy replied, running off to make the arrangements.
"Follow Sakura," Madara ordered, already halfway across the room.
Sakura followed Madara, as he waited in the doorway for Sakura, Madara and Sakura walked through the candle lit hallways. They entered a small room, with a single bed in the room with someone in the bed. Madara ordered Sakura to stop and walked along the edge of the bed and stopped looking down at the person's face.
"She is here, to heal you," Madara said.
"Thank you, Madara. As soon as she has healed you I will heal you destroy the Hidden Leaf Village," An all too familiar voice to Sakura said.
Sakura stepped further into the room and tried to confirm what she already knew, it was Orochimaru who was lying in the bed before her and they wanted her to heal him. Sakura took another steps and Madara slammed her back into the wall.
"I told you not to move," Madara whispered into her ear, making Sakura shiver.
"You want me to heal Orochimaru; what makes you think I will ever do it?" Sakura spat.
"You want to protect your friends, I will kill them if you don't heal him," Madara said.
"You're going to destroy the village anyway," Sakura replied, causing Madara to smile.
"Smart girl; I will destroy the village doesn't mean I will kill your friends," Madara said.
"You will kill all the ninja," Sakura replied.
"Only if they stand in my way," Madara chuckled.
"I'm not going to help you," Sakura told Madara.
"You will help Orochimaru, whether you like it or not. Otherwise I will torture, humiliate and kill every single person who you care about," Madara said.
"You couldn't do that," Sakura almost challenged.
"Yes, I could…So who should I start with?" Madara said.
Sakura glared at Madara; as he was generally thinking of who exactly he was going to capture and torture for Sakura's friend.
"Maybe I should start with Itachi," Madara whispered to himself.
"Don't you dare touch him," Sakura almost yelled.
"Why not? You like him?" Madara asked, smirking at Sakura's facial expression.
"No," Sakura replied, looking away from Madara and towards the side wall.
Inside Orochimaru's Base
"What is his name?" Kakashi asked, trying to give Pein medical attention.
"Pein," Itachi answered, sitting down against a far wall with his eyes closed and his chakra spread through the ground trying to locate Sakura.
"And the other one?" An Anbu asked.
"Kisame," Itachi answered, not bothering to look in the right direction.
"Go talk to him," Kakashi ordered quietly, nudging Sasuke with his shoulder and trying to get Sasuke to go talk to his brother.
"I can't," Sasuke replied, looking back at his brother.
"Sasuke, please," Kakashi said, looking at his former student and fellow ninja.
"Why me?" Sasuke asked.
"Your his little brother," Kakashi answered; Sasuke groaned stood up from the floor.
Walking slowly over to his big brother, Sasuke knelt down before him and took a small breath in.
"Itachi, do you want to talk?" Sasuke asked.
"No, just leave me alone," Itachi said, his full attention not on Sasuke but on his chakra running through the ground trying to locate Itachi.
"Itachi, please talk to me," Sasuke said.
"Either help or go away," Itachi snapped, his eyes opening to reveal his red sharingan.
Sasuke jumped back at the sight of his brother's sharingan so close.
"What do you need help with?" Sasuke asked; Itachi tilted his head to the side and then held out his hands and waited for Sasuke to take them.
Sasuke sat crossed legged before he took his brother's hands copied his movements; the two brothers sat crossed legged, their hands joined together and they chakra completely combined. Sasuke slightly struggled to keep the pace that Itachi had; Itachi glanced at his brother and slowed down his pace so that Sasuke could catch up.
"Thanks," Sasuke whispered, letting his brother figure out if Sakura was nearby just letting his chakra run with his brother's.
"Itachi, stop you won't find her," Pein said weakly, as Kakashi assisted him in sitting up.
"Why not?" Itachi asked.
"Not even I know where Madara's lair is," Pein answered, Itachi's eyes snapped open and then slowly closed again as he returned to concentrating.
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