Disclaimer – Sorry, but I don't own Naruto...no matter how much I wish I
did.
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CHAPTER 3 ~ The Tragedy ~
Sasuke was careful to remain close enough to Sakura to make sure she wasn't in danger, but she didn't look like she would need any help. She had grown much stronger after making that promise. He was still in awe. At this moment, she was fighting off two of the enemy and she wasn't even breaking a sweat.
"Sasuke?"she inquired. "What's wrong?"
He hadn't noticed that he was staring at her the whole time while fighting off an enemy with only one hand.
"...what? Oh, sorry. It's nothing, Sakura. It's just...you really kept your promise. I'm proud of you."
"Thanks," she said before running off to help out Naruto who had his hands full with 5 enemy ninja.
While Sasuke was left in his daze, he didn't notice the strong charka near Sakura as she swiftly ran across the clearing. When he finally noticed, it was too late. There was a barrier around Sakura. She was trapped.
Sasuke rushed over, but he couldn't break through the wall.
"Sasuke!" Sakura was right up against the side of the wall pounding on it to try and escape. Nothing worked.
"Sakura, don't worry! I'll get you out!" Sasuke 's voice showed his fear but Sakura couldn't hear him at all. Sasuke quickly noticed movement from inside the barrier. He pointed and yelled, "Sakura! Look out behind you!"
Sakura quickly dodged to the side just barely missing a wave of kunai. She slowly got to her feet and turned to face a nightmare. It was Itachi.
{He trapped me in here? What's he going to do to me? Just kill me in front of Sasuke? No way. It couldn't be that easy. Itachi had to think of something better. He had to come up with something that would truly make his brother vengeful.}
Itachi slowly crept closer and closer towards Sakura. She couldn't focus on anything now but Itachi. She couldn't even hear Sasuke cursing and trying to blast his way through the barrier. There were only those red sharigan eyes. Sakura was frozen. There was nothing she could do.
Itachi stood right in front of her and slid his cold hands down her cheek.
"Well, I guess I can see why my brother has a thing for you. You're very beautiful – even if you are a weakling. I thought I taught Sasuke better. Oh, well. I guess I'll just have to remind him that he can't protect anyone. Everyone around him will wither and die."
Sasuke was beginning to shake thinking about his parents.
{I can't let it happen again. I won't stand here and watch Sakura die in front of me. I'm not a child anymore!}
Itachi grabbed Sakura's chin and pushed his lips on hers. Sakura, in a deep rage, bit his lip so that blood trickled down his chin.
"You bitch! How dare you!" Itachi turned his head and spat wiping his mouth. He then proceeded to punch her in the stomach making her cough up blood.
"Sasuke...don't worry...I can do this...I've gotten stronger... I will protect you!"
"Oh, isn't that sweet. She'll protect you. Did you hear that little brother? So naive, but I'll teach you soon enough."
Sakura closed her eyes and concentrated all of her charka in her feet while Itachi stepped back and began to form hand seals.
"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled as a burst of charka left Itachi's hands heading towards Sakura.
Sakura opened her eyes. They looked like they were on fire. She released the stored charka and broke the jutsu, leaping into the air. She began to perform seals creating shadow replicas. Itachi jumped into the air going straight to the original Sakura which he could see using his sharigan. They met in the air with forceful punches. Sakura landed hard on the ground and poof! A block of wood?! It was the replacement technique. Somehow Sakura had fooled Itachi's sharigan. Itachi quickly turned around, only to find the real Sakura hurling kunai at him. He dogged them all except one which struck him in the thigh.
"I guess you're a little better than I thought," he said as he wrenched the bloody kunai from his leg. "Still not enough, thought." And Itachi disappeared.
"Where'd he go?" Sakura looked around anxiously. Then she felt it. He was right behind her. It was too late. He threw a shuriken straight at her hitting her in the back. Sakura fell to the ground, coughing up more blood. "I can still do this! I promised Sasuke!" She slowly wobbled to her feet and turned around.
Meanwhile, Sasuke was trying to find a way in. None of his jutsus were working. He was furious and so worried that Sakura might be killed that his cursed seal unleashed itself. He quickly focused all of his power on the barrier. It broke.
{Now, Sakura, where are you?}
He looked around and finally saw her. She was being held up by the throat about fifty feet to the right.
"Get away from her you bastard!"
"Sasuke...?" Sakura whimpered.
"...but I was having so much fun with your little girlfriend. I guess you're right, though, it's time I should be leaving. But wait! I can't leave without giving you a present first, isn't that right, Sakura-chan?"
The next couple of seconds seemed to take forever. All that Sakura remembers is seeing Sasuke running towards her yelling and Itachi putting a hand over her eyes. Then there was a large flash of light. Everything went dark after that.
did.
"" = dialogue {} = thoughts
CHAPTER 3 ~ The Tragedy ~
Sasuke was careful to remain close enough to Sakura to make sure she wasn't in danger, but she didn't look like she would need any help. She had grown much stronger after making that promise. He was still in awe. At this moment, she was fighting off two of the enemy and she wasn't even breaking a sweat.
"Sasuke?"she inquired. "What's wrong?"
He hadn't noticed that he was staring at her the whole time while fighting off an enemy with only one hand.
"...what? Oh, sorry. It's nothing, Sakura. It's just...you really kept your promise. I'm proud of you."
"Thanks," she said before running off to help out Naruto who had his hands full with 5 enemy ninja.
While Sasuke was left in his daze, he didn't notice the strong charka near Sakura as she swiftly ran across the clearing. When he finally noticed, it was too late. There was a barrier around Sakura. She was trapped.
Sasuke rushed over, but he couldn't break through the wall.
"Sasuke!" Sakura was right up against the side of the wall pounding on it to try and escape. Nothing worked.
"Sakura, don't worry! I'll get you out!" Sasuke 's voice showed his fear but Sakura couldn't hear him at all. Sasuke quickly noticed movement from inside the barrier. He pointed and yelled, "Sakura! Look out behind you!"
Sakura quickly dodged to the side just barely missing a wave of kunai. She slowly got to her feet and turned to face a nightmare. It was Itachi.
{He trapped me in here? What's he going to do to me? Just kill me in front of Sasuke? No way. It couldn't be that easy. Itachi had to think of something better. He had to come up with something that would truly make his brother vengeful.}
Itachi slowly crept closer and closer towards Sakura. She couldn't focus on anything now but Itachi. She couldn't even hear Sasuke cursing and trying to blast his way through the barrier. There were only those red sharigan eyes. Sakura was frozen. There was nothing she could do.
Itachi stood right in front of her and slid his cold hands down her cheek.
"Well, I guess I can see why my brother has a thing for you. You're very beautiful – even if you are a weakling. I thought I taught Sasuke better. Oh, well. I guess I'll just have to remind him that he can't protect anyone. Everyone around him will wither and die."
Sasuke was beginning to shake thinking about his parents.
{I can't let it happen again. I won't stand here and watch Sakura die in front of me. I'm not a child anymore!}
Itachi grabbed Sakura's chin and pushed his lips on hers. Sakura, in a deep rage, bit his lip so that blood trickled down his chin.
"You bitch! How dare you!" Itachi turned his head and spat wiping his mouth. He then proceeded to punch her in the stomach making her cough up blood.
"Sasuke...don't worry...I can do this...I've gotten stronger... I will protect you!"
"Oh, isn't that sweet. She'll protect you. Did you hear that little brother? So naive, but I'll teach you soon enough."
Sakura closed her eyes and concentrated all of her charka in her feet while Itachi stepped back and began to form hand seals.
"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled as a burst of charka left Itachi's hands heading towards Sakura.
Sakura opened her eyes. They looked like they were on fire. She released the stored charka and broke the jutsu, leaping into the air. She began to perform seals creating shadow replicas. Itachi jumped into the air going straight to the original Sakura which he could see using his sharigan. They met in the air with forceful punches. Sakura landed hard on the ground and poof! A block of wood?! It was the replacement technique. Somehow Sakura had fooled Itachi's sharigan. Itachi quickly turned around, only to find the real Sakura hurling kunai at him. He dogged them all except one which struck him in the thigh.
"I guess you're a little better than I thought," he said as he wrenched the bloody kunai from his leg. "Still not enough, thought." And Itachi disappeared.
"Where'd he go?" Sakura looked around anxiously. Then she felt it. He was right behind her. It was too late. He threw a shuriken straight at her hitting her in the back. Sakura fell to the ground, coughing up more blood. "I can still do this! I promised Sasuke!" She slowly wobbled to her feet and turned around.
Meanwhile, Sasuke was trying to find a way in. None of his jutsus were working. He was furious and so worried that Sakura might be killed that his cursed seal unleashed itself. He quickly focused all of his power on the barrier. It broke.
{Now, Sakura, where are you?}
He looked around and finally saw her. She was being held up by the throat about fifty feet to the right.
"Get away from her you bastard!"
"Sasuke...?" Sakura whimpered.
"...but I was having so much fun with your little girlfriend. I guess you're right, though, it's time I should be leaving. But wait! I can't leave without giving you a present first, isn't that right, Sakura-chan?"
The next couple of seconds seemed to take forever. All that Sakura remembers is seeing Sasuke running towards her yelling and Itachi putting a hand over her eyes. Then there was a large flash of light. Everything went dark after that.