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Chapter 2

"Sakura, Naruto, don't get into this fight. This man… is mine." Sasuke's voice talk to them, yet his crimson-coloured eyes never left the Uchiha prodigy. His voice was firm, angry, full of hatred, yet somehow… sad. Blue chakra fiercely radiated from his body. Yet his other team-mates didn't seem care about that. They already all know Sasuke would say that from the beginning.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever teme. Sakura-chan, don't break that katana." Naruto looked at her katana which she used to fight Itachi warily. Sasuke sweat dropped. Naruto was the one who always very excited with every single mission.

She wiped the blood from her katana. "Yes, don't worry Naruto. I won't ever break it." Naruto gave Sakura a pair of Katana with Konoha sign in their weight in her sixteenth birthday, while Sasuke gave her a necklace with Konoha sign in its weight. She always wore them everywhere every time, unless she was sleeping, yet she still wore that necklace while she was sleeping.

"I more interested with that little flower compared to you, foolish little brother." Itachi's eyes stared Sakura fragile figure. Felt underestimated, Sasuke ran towards his elder brother and swung his katana, aimed for his neck. For his surprise, Itachi didn't move. His katana successfully break Itachi's neck. Sasuke's eyes widened. The person he just cut left nothing but a puff of smoke. He glanced quickly. Itachi already in front of his team-mates.

Kage-bunshin? Shit! How careless of me. I already have the sharingan, and didn't realize that?

"That why I told you to control your emotion, Sasuke." Sakura stared Sasuke, completely uncared with his elder brother stood so close to her now.

"What your name, little flower?" Itachi asked.

Sakura answered without even bothered to stare him back. "Sakura. Haruno Sakura. And what's with that pet name?"

"Okay, little flower. May I bring the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki boy with me?"

"Unfortunately, I won't allow that happen. But you ignored your brother, Uchiha-san. He seemed like little bit lonely now. And I'm sure he wouldn't allow that to happen either."

Sakura was right. Sasuke's face was red with anger. Noticed this, Sakura spoke. "Sasuke, calm yourself down." Hearing this, Sasuke became calmer than before. His breaths became steadier than before.

"I don't expect a weakling like you to be my opponent." Itachi said calmly, he didn't even bother to glance at his younger brother. Sasuke's jaw clenched.

"Sasuke! Control your temper!"

"Your opponent… is me!" While saying this, his hands performed seals quickly.

Katon! Housenka no Jutsu!

Blasts of fire danced freely with the sky. Sakura and Naruto moved quickly and sat on a branch together, watching them calmly as if they watching a movie.

Itachi dodged them easily. "Is that just to catch my attention?"

"Of course, bastard! I won't think that kind of jutsu will defeat you."

Sasuke moved towards his brother. With the speed he learned and increased from time to time from Chuunin exam, suddenly he appeared behind Itachi, Chidori already formed. These years, Sasuke already trained harder. Two was no more his limit for Chidori. Countless was.

Quickly, Itachi noticed this and dodge; which not completely success, because the Chidori hit his face, dripping a trickle of blood down his left cheek. Just a little wound. He won't be affected at all. They all knew that.

Itachi smirked. Heh… the fight begun. So did fun.

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A punch on Sasuke's stomach made him slammed against a tree. Sakura reach her hand towards him, helping him to stand. Without looking, Sasuke's hand met hers. He always knew that Sakura always help him to stand in every single mission if he fell down.

"Are you okay?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah… yeah." Sasuke received a blood stopping pill from Sakura, which her usually behaviour too. Itachi's katana had injured him in some places. Pretty badly, you could say. He swallowed the pill, and immediately his blood stopped flowing down.

Naruto already helped Sasuke now. Itachi was the way too tough for them. Sakura just did her part as a medical nin. Sasuke and Naruto always fought in the way which didn't allow her to fight. Sakura didn't mind, though.

"This… bastard…" Sasuke panted heavily. Itachi stared back blankly, and then shifted his gaze to the pink-haired girl.

"You don't want to fight me, little flower?" He stared straight at the defiant sea-green orbs. Her eyes so beautiful, he thought, just like ocean.

"Seemed like I have no chance. Every time they always fight you first, ne?"

"Ignore them. Why wouldn't we have some fun, eh?" Itachi's slender fingers caught her chin, which completely ignored by the owner, but not Naruto.

"Don't touch her, you son of a :beep!" Naruto shouted loudly and performed seal quickly.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" He said that aloud. Hundreds of clones appeared on the battlefield. Sakura glanced quickly, "Oh, Jesus! Baka!"

He shouldn't use Kage Bunshin against him.

Sakura was true. With his sharingan, he soon realized which one the real body was. A katana in his right fist, aimed for Naruto. Sasuke quickly jumped in front of Itachi, but he soon fell again; kicked by Itachi. He moved quickly towards Naruto's real body, and hit him. Naruto slammed into the nearest tree with low groan. The other clones disappeared, leaving puffs of smoke.

He performed a ninjutsu which would take the person he touched with him anywhere he wanted. He ran towards Naruto, intended to touch him in purpose to bring the Kyuubi boy to his organization.

Before he reached the Kyuubi boy, a pink-haired girl stood in front of him, reminded him for something he wished to forget. A conversation brought up in his mind.

"Okaa-san, you're the one I don't want to kill. Go out from the way, let me finish kill Otou-san." Despite the content of the conversation, his voice was emotionless and cold.

"Like hell I will. Itachi, please don't kill your own Otou-san. Why do you do this?" The woman's face decorated with tears like stream down her cheeks.

"To test my capacity. Okaa-san, get out."

"NO! Don't call me Okaa-san if you do that to your own Otou-san!" she screamed hysterically. Hearing this, the Uchiha prodigy kicked the woman out from the way, and swished his katana to his half-dead father.

With just one swing, the blood spattered to the floor, and some to his own face. But not his father's. It was his mother's blood. He watched the woman's body went limp, and fell to the floor. His voice and face were expressionless.

"Okaa-san… I've told you… Don't blame me…"

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Sakura didn't have any idea what the jutsu was. But whatever he was up to, she knew it must be dangerous to Naruto. Automatically, she jumped between them; deflect his hand with her palm. Though it was no use. A dark wall grew up from the ground, slowly engulfed them.

Itachi smirked. "Well, anyway better, you would be perfect bait for that Kyuubi boy."

Sakura snarled, quickly realized what the jutsu was, "You wish!" She glanced at Naruto.

"Naruto!" she shouted, "Don't you dare come after me! Promise me!" Naruto's eyes widened.

"Sakura-chan, don't you know what you have done? You don't have to protect me."

Sakura looked back sadly, "I have to do it, don't you see? Or else he'd go for you…"

"You failed to keep your promise to me once. Promise me!" she shouted. The black wall grew higher, blocking half of their body. Hesitantly, he nodded.

Sasuke struggled to stand up, found that no hand reach for him. He looked up, just aware what happened. "Sa… kura?"

Sakura stared him back. Sasuke's eyes widened, her face was filled with the unspoken sadness. A sad smile appeared in her face. "Thank you for everything," she said, and then she closed her eyes, receiving her fate.

The black wall engulfed them completely now. Then disappeared, leaving nothing but emptiness.

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Lexy The Thief