Itachi's Promise: Forty-Eight

"Sakura, we have unfinished business," Madara told Sakura, Sakura stepped back further away from Madara and gripped Itachi's hand tighter.

Itachi looked at his bride to be and then at Madara, before lowering into a defensive position. Madara sighed and turned to the Akatsuki.

"Freeze," Madara said, performing two hands signs and the Akatsuki where frozen.

Pein had pushed Mikoto and Sasuke away from him just before he froze and saved them from the freezing. A think layer of ice surrounded all the Akatsuki members as they stood completely frozen in the middle of the Uchiha living room. Itachi looked from the Akatsuki to Madara; releasing Sakura's hands Itachi pulled a kunai from his back pouch. Sakura pulled one from hers and watched Fugaku, while Itachi watched Madara.

"You are going to lose Itachi, so why bother trying," Madara questioned.

"I love her," Itachi answered.

"Really?" Madara asked, as Fugaku dashed towards Itachi and Sakura.

Sakura stepped out from behind Itachi, blocking Fugaku's kunai with her own and spinning to avoid a kick, then punch. Sakura flipped backwards away from Itachi and landed gently; Fugaku looked at Sakura and ran at her again. Sakura kicked up at Fugaku, it made contract with his ribs and sent him into the wall by Mikoto and Sasuke. Mikoto jumped from her spot with Sasuke and then ran to Sakura's side. Fugaku stood up and again rushed at Sakura; Sakura stepped in front of Sasuke and Mikoto and sent him flying into the wall beside Madara. Madara watched as Sakura toyed with Fugaku and smirked.

"Times up, I must go command my army," Madara said, disappearing with Fugaku.

"Army?" Sakura questioned.

Everyone felt the earth move beneath them, Sakura, Sasuke and Itachi looked at each other. Mikoto nodded in agreement for them to leave and the three ninja rushed from the house will Mikoto figured out how to free the Akatsuki. Sasuke and Itachi stopped on a rooftop just outside the Uchiha compound, they both whined and looked at Sakura. Sakura looked the way they had been looking and could neither see, hear or feel anything.

"What?" Sakura asked.

"Madara has an army, a huge army," Sasuke told Sakura.

Itachi led the way, running towards where Madara's army were forcing their way into the Leaf Village. Sakura dived from a building, slammed a sound ninja into the ground and picked a small child from the main path leading into the Leaf Village. Sakura jumped back on the roof with Sasuke and Itachi and watched as Sound ninja, rogue ninja flooded through the gates, with hardly anyone trying to stop them.

"Little girl, don't move," Sakura ordered, holding the girl with one arm and performing hand signs with the other.

The girl disappeared and Sakura sighed.

"Where did you send her?" Itachi asked.

"Uchiha compound," Sakura answered.

"Good," Itachi said, taking two kunai from his back pouch and looking at Sakura and Sasuke to see them doing the same.

"Don't get yourself killed, you still have to marry me," Sakura told Itachi.

"Same goes for you," Itachi told Sakura.

"Sasuke, don't get yourself killed," Sakura and Itachi ordered.

The three ninja ran towards the foreign ninja, taking any down they were near and trying not to let any foreign ninja past. Sakura fell backward over a dead body; as a sound ninja went to attack Sakura, Naruto stepped in front of Sakura and brought the man crashing to the ground. Sakura smiled as Naruto helped her to her feet and she was stood in the middle of Leaf Village ninja's running towards the Foreign attacking ninjas. Sakura smiled and tried to find Madara in all the mess, with no success.

"Itachi, Sasuke, we need to find Madara," Sakura called, as she came back to back with Sasuke and Itachi fought nearby.

"He will be hiding in the woods, until more Leaf Village are taken out," Itachi told Sakura.

Sakura dodged yet another punch and looked at the rogue ninja and then punched him in the face; looking over her shoulder Itachi took out another ninja. Sasuke was lying on his back, with Sound Ninjas holding him there, while one of them pulled a kunai from his pouch. Sakura ran to Sasuke's aid and then helped him standing from the floor.

"There is too many," Kakashi shouted, as his row of ninja were pushed back a step while the Sound Ninja and Rogue ninja advanced further into the village.

"Sakura, this is all your fault," Madara told Sakura, standing in the middle of the battlefield being completely ignored by everyone around him.

Sasuke, Sakura and Itachi spotted him right away and ran towards him; Madara smirked and stepped back into the crowds of fighting ninja where he was easily lost.

"What can we do?" Sakura asked herself, as she spotted Madara again and once again ran towards him.

Sakura was soon lost in the mass of ninja, Sasuke and Itachi frantically looking for her. Sakura caught up with Madara at the edge of the battlefield and called his name before he disappeared into the darkness. Madara turned towards Sakura with surprise and tilted his head to the side.

"Madara, just stop," Sakura ordered.

"Why should I? I am winning," Madara asked.

"Madara, this is wrong. You are not going to have anymore power than you did before, every single person is going to fight you until the very end," Sakura said.

"You are wrong," Madara told Sakura.

"Why?" Sakura asked.

"Once the Tsunade and her close group of ninjas fall, so will every body else," Madara told Sakura.

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