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third person's POV
"I'll ask again, who are you?!" Sakura asked the stranger(A/N: why am I saying that? we already know who he is.. XD).
He looked up and stared at Sakura dead in the eye. Before he put her through his illusion though he just asked her dryly, "Do you have Forgotten Stone?"
Sakura immediately put her hands protectivly over her pocket. "W-why?" She said. She never met anyone like him before(A/N: well it's true! pay attention to the manga and you'll notice Sakura never really meets Itachi..er..the stranger XD).
"Not like you'll live to find out." He said coldly to her.
Sakura frowned. She hadn't even made one day into her mission and this happened. "Then, if you can't tell me that..then who are you?"
The stranger frowned and got out of the shadows, where you were able to see his eyes. Sakura opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out.'Sharigan eyes?! That must mean he's part of the Uchiha Clan..but weren't they all wiped out?' Sakura heard the Uchiha step further to Sakura. She didn't dare look into his eyes, she heard rumors about him, from Kakashi. He told her, that if she ever met another Uchiha besides Sasuke, was to never look at them in the eye.
"Uchiha Itachi," The stranger said, "One of the last two survivors of the Uchiha Clan."
[Note: I don't think Sakura has ever known which person killed the Uchiha Clan, mainly b-cuz Sasuke doesn't tell her. Okay? okay.]
"Then, why are you after the Forgotten Stone?" Sakura asked still protecting her little pocket.
"I don't want it, i'm just preventing it from being delievered." Itachi said over to Sakura, he was now standing right over her.
'Okay, toooo close, back away!' Sakura's inner self yelled to her.
"Just give it to me, and you won't get hurt." Itachi whispered to Sakura.
"N-No way! I'm not going to back out from my mission!" Sakura yelled she jumped back from Itachi and held up her bandaged right arm. Undoing the bandages, the Konoha marked showed and she formed her hands into a jutsu.
"A forbidden jutsu? I didn't know gennins could learn that, much less you." Itachi taunted.
"Shut up!" Sakura yelled still performing the long jutsu. "I'll show you, i'll show everyone! I'm, not, weak!" Leaves flew around Sakura. Like a whirlwind ready to blow.
Itachi covered his nose. "Damn, that's a strong smell."
Sakura pointed her index finger to Itachi and the leaves flew towards him. He swiftly moved over to his right. Of course, he noticed Sakura was doing her best to avoid eye contact. He smirked and reappered right behind her.
Sakura letting her instincts take over her, turned around and came eye to eye with Itachi.
"Now you'll experience 2 days of torture." Itachi said.
Sakura blacked out, and was in her tortured mind...
'Eeeya! It hurts!' Sakura yelled inside her mind. She was crying and blood was stained on her shirts. Another whip and Sakura yelled another cry. 'Why...'
--Itachi---
Itachi laid Sakura body near the river, after the Sharigan eye put the illusion on her, she blacked out. Itachi searched through all her bags but couldn't find it.
"..I have the stone, but the scroll.." Itachi was trying to find the scroll Sakura had learned the Commanding Jutsu from. Seeing how it could be in some convienence in the future, plus it was perfect for using in the upcoming dangers in the Forest of Unwanted.
"It must've been burnt right after she activated it." Itachi said.
"Erhm.." Sakura said in her sleep. Itachi turned and looked at her.
"It seems I have to keep her alive, just for that..." Itachi said. He looked in the river, the Illusion was finished a long time ago.
"Che, now I have to travel with this wekling?" Itachi said in frustration.
"I AM NOT WEAK!" Sakura yelled imediately waking from her slumber.
Itachi stared wide eyed at Sakura, wondering how she could've heard him.
Sakura gasped at Itachi and reached to her pocket.
"No worries, I didn't take it." Itachi said motioning Sakura to calm down.
"What do you want?!" Sakura yelled pulling out a kunai.
Itachi sweatdropped.'I just want to take that damn rock, and throw it away so that that guy could never get it...'Itachi thought. He knew if he ever said that, she wouldn't agree with him.
"...I didn't know if you were uhm..on the same side as me.." Itachi mumbled. 'This sounds so lame'
"Oh, so you know the guy that needs this?" Sakura asked.
'Thank god she's an idiot'Itachi thought, then said, "Yeah, he's my grandpa, so..."
"But..your part of the Uchiha Clan, and earlier you said there were only two left.." Sakura said.
"I meant grandpa, as in I was adopted." Itachi said.
"Oh! Okay!"
Itachi mentally thanked his stars he fooled her.
"Waah, now I'm not tired anymore, we'd better go off right now." Sakura said then grabbed her belongings and ran. Itachi signed.'People today are so hyperactive..'Itachi stopped and looked at a certain area of trees.'So little brother, your here huh? I can't have you spoiling things for me. I'll have to put a genjutsu up for a while.'Itachi quickly did some movement with his hands then ran to follow Sakura.
--Sasuke---
Sasuke watched Sakura as she slept in her blankets. Then he looked up to the sky.
"The sun's been up for almost an hour already, I never knew Sakura was such a-" Sasuke stopped, he looked over to Sakura again.
"That movement, it was as if there was a glitch.." Sasuke closed his eyes and activated Sharigan eyes. His eyes widened when he saw what was in front of him.
"Genjutsu?! Did she sense me, no, this genjutsu is too advanced.." Sasuke eyes widened even more when he realized the circumstances. "I'll have to go get her.." Sasuke thinking of the only place anyone copuld've went. When Sakura went through the woods out of Konoha, she went Sloppily, and wouldn't be able to retrace her steps. "Meaning..The Cave of Silence." Sasuke jupmed from the bushes and raced to the path.
--Sakura--
"So your name is.." Itachi asked motioning her to say her name.
"Sakura." Sakura said happily.
"Aa." Itachi looked ahead of him, there it was. The Cave of Silence.
"It looks huge.." Sakura said.
Itachi just shrugged and went inside, Sakura just followed.
--hour later---
"How long have we been walking?" Sakura whined.
Itachi didn't answer and just kept walking. Sakura ex-haled deeply. Itachi was not the kind to talk too.'Reminds me of Sasuke...' Sakura thought.
"Hey, why don't we play a game?" Sakura asked Itachi.
"Hm?" Itachi looked at her with a questioned face.
"It's called "Connection"." Sakura said. Itachi just nodded as Sakura told him the rules.
--another hour---
"Uhm...Ramen." Itachi said.
"Naruto!" Sakura giggled and countered him.
"Swirls."
"Erhm..ocean!"
"Cold."
"..Sasuke.." Sakuira mumbled.
Itachi looked over to Sakura.'How does she know..'
"Oh! I mean, uhm..ice cream!"
"Strawberry."
"Pink!"
Itachi stopped, turned around to face Sakura and poked her head. "Sakura." He said dryly then continued to walk.
Sakura halfy blushed then opened her mouth to say something...but nothing came out. Sakura held her throat and tried to say something. She stopped walking and tried to say something again. 'What...happened?'
"Sakura, wait one more min. and you lose." Itachi said.
Sakura looked up and saw something, the walls, they had bodies on them..and they were moving.
'Itachi...'Sakura thought.'I..I can't speak.' She looked ahead of her and saw Itachi walking deeper into the cave. Trying to catch up to him. Something wrapped around her ankle, causing her to fall.'..I..Itachi..'
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weird huh? yeah, anywho, itachi's ooc. yeah, okay.