Yaketsuki

By Pirate Shinju.

…Why must I do this? Ugh. Naruto isn't mine… yet…

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Chapter 2. – Sarawareta (kidnapped)

Itachi smirked then, amusement evident on his usually impassive face. He lowered the kunai from her throat and backed away slightly, but still kept uncomfortably close. He watched as her hand automatically went to rub her neck before speaking.

"You are a smart little kunoichi." the Uchiha said.

"How bad has it gotten?" she asked without thinking, out of pure curiosity.

"…enough."

Becoming irritated by him dodging and ignoring her questions, she snapped.

"DAMMIT, TELL ME WHY THE HELL I'M HERE! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT WITH ME?" she exclaimed at the top of her voice. Itachi inwardly cringed and resisted the temptation to rip her throat out. He knew how to keep his temper in check, but noisy people irritated him.

"You are here because I need your help." was the stoic man's answer.

"And what the hell makes you think that I would help you, you asshole!" reaching for her kunai she was surprised to see that her weapons pouch was gone.

When did--?

Before she could even finish that thought, Itachi had her raised above the ground by her throat with her back shoved roughly into the bark of the tree. Gripping his forearm, she clenched her teeth and gasped for breath.

"I don't think you have a choice here, little Kunoichi." he said darkly, once again bringing his face near hers. "You see, your little friend… Miss Hinata, was it? ...is currently being held captive at the Akatsuki base.

Sakura's eyes widened in shock and despair upon hearing this as she continued to struggle against his grip on her throat.

"So unless you want her to get hurt, You will cooperate, understood?"

"Y-yes…" She gasped as she desperately struggle for oxygen.

He suddenly released her and she fell onto the cool and damp forest floor in a coughing fit, gasping for breath and clutching her throat. Looking up, she saw that Itachi was towering over her and seemed to be contemplating something. Finally, he kneeled down in front of her and took her chin into his hand, forcing her to look up at him.

"If you try anything, both you and Miss Hinata will die."

Glaring at him hatefully, Sakura gave a curt nod to show that she understood. Her eyes widened momentarily as she felt him stick a syringe into the juncture connecting her neck and shoulder. Before she could do anything, however, he injected a strange substance in her system. The effects of the drug automatically started taking its effect. Her vision was starting to blur.

As she slumped forward, Itachi's hand shot out to catch her. She vaguely remembered Itachi slinging her onto his shoulder as if she were nothing more than a pillow. The last thing she remembered before blacking out was her face making contact with his back as she breathed in a scent that was strangely soothing…

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Hinata was no longer tied up. On the contrary, she was currently sitting at a small table across from two Akatsuki members who in a heated argument about art, of all things. She was quite confused, to say the least. One moment, she was heading over to an ice cream parlor for a date with Naruto, and the next was tied up in some weird kitchen at God only knows where. She felt like screaming.

"So… you said you name was Hinata, right?" she jumped upon being addressed to and looked up at the one with long, blonde hair covering one of his eyes. Her cheeks flushed and she nodded. She timidly accepted the tea he held out to her. Looking into the cup, she inwardly wondered if it was poisoned.

"There's nothing wrong with it." the red-headed one assured her.

Still not completely trusting them, she took a sip anyway. Chai. She had been wondering where the smell of cinnamon was coming from.

"Well, Hinata-chan." Deidara grinned at her. "Tell me, what are your opinions on art?...yeah. Do you think it's a bang or eternal beauty?"

Hinata looked from one to the other in disbelief.

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"HOW THE HELL COULD YOU LOSE TRACK OF SAKURA, YOU IDIOTS?" Tsunade shouted in rage. Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, and the others visibly shrank away in fear of getting the crap beat out of them by the anger crazed woman.

"Um… Tsunade-sa--" Naruto began timidly but was cut off once again.

"I'M NOT THROUGH WITH YOU YET! I SEND YOU OUT TO SAVE A COMRADE AND YOU END UP LOSING ANOTHER ONE! ON TOP OF THAT, YOU DIDN'T EVEN RESCUE THE ONE YOU SET OUT TO GET! YOU CALL YOURSELVES SHINOBI? YOU MUST ALWAYS PROTECT A TEAM'S MEDIC! ALL OF YOU HAD BETTER GET YOUR ASSES OUT THERE AND FIND THEM!"

There was a moment of silence in which nobody dared to move.

"NOW!"

Everyone tripped over each other in an attempt to reach the door first.

Tsunade sighed and reached for the small framed photo on her desk of her and Sakura. It was taken recently, and it was the day when Sakura first became a Jounin. Both of them were smiling. Sakura was like a daughter to her. She didn't know what she would do if she lost her.

Sakura…she thought, rising from her chair. You'd better be alright.

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Sakura's brow creased as she started to come to. She was laying facedown on something hard… and cold. Without opening her eyes, she shifted slightly, only to wince as she felt pain shoot through her lower back; most likely caused from the awkwardness of how she had been laying. After struggling with all her might, she forced her heavy eyelids open and was met with the sight of the concrete floor.

Thoroughly confused, she turned over abruptly and sat up, only to regret it as more pain shot through her back. Stretching a bit to relieve the pain, she took in her surroundings.

She was in a small, square room with stone walls. In the corner was a ragged blanket and what looked to have been a futon in a past life. There were also shackles attached to one of the stone walls and there were blood stains in various places in the room. The place reeked of death and it made her feel queasy.

Where am I? she wondered in astonishment. How did I get here?

HEL-LO! inner Sakura remarked. The gorgeous brother of Sasuke-kun, remember?

Oh… yeah… she thought, remembering what happened in the forest. She clenched her fists as a wave of fury passed over her. That no-good asshole drugged me! DRUGGED ME! She looked at the walls more carefully and realized that she could easily break through with all the training she had received from Tsunade. And then he underestimates me. This is just great.

Sakura made to gather as much Chakra into her hand as possible, but doubled over in pain as a bolt of agony shot through her body.

What.. the fuck… did they do to me? She wondered in shock. Suddenly, an idea came to mind. It must have been something in the drug! It will only let me use a small amount of Chakra at a time. They must know about my sensei.

Don't worry about that now! Try the door!

Sakura looked to where her Inner self has indicated and saw a door which was unfortunately made out of steel.

"…are you kidding me?" she said aloud.

Well, jeez It was just a suggestion…

You must be insane. Sakura thought as she reached out to turn the handle. There is no way in hell that elite S-class Akatsuki members would be stupid enough to--

The door opened.

"…oh."

What morons.

Yeah, no kidding…

Unsure if it was a trap, Sakura inspected the doorway but found no hidden contrapments of any kind. She peeked her head out and looked down the hallways on both sides. Nothing. None was there.

Tentatively, she stepped into the hallway. Nothing. No hidden traps. However, she did find her weapons stashed in a small cubby outside of the room. How lucky is that?

Wondering what the hell was going on, she made her way down the halls in search of an exit. Gazing at her well-lit surroundings, she took in the stone walls that matched the room she had come from, but they were much more taken care of, for they didn't have as many cracks. The floors had blood red carpeting. The halls went in many directions and she felt as if she were in a maze.

As she wandered the halls in search of an exit or a window of some sort, she wondered why she was brought here in the first place. Itachi had said something about needing her help, but she couldn't see how she would be of any help to Uchiha Itachi, the most powerful and fearsome man she had ever met. There was also something else Itachi had said which had been bothering her.

He knew my name. And he claims that we have met before...

She could not recall ever meeting Uchiha Itachi, even when she was a child. In fact, the only time she had seen him was when she, Kakashi, Naruto, and Chiyo were confronted by a member of Suna's council who took his shape. But that could hardly qualify as 'meeting him.'

Her train of thought abruptly came to a halt when she came across double oak doors. Thinking this could possible be the way out, she leapt forward and wrenched the doors open…

…And her heart nearly stopped.

Instead of finding an exit to freedom, she found herself in an enormous room with a large oak table in the middle. It looked to be a dining room of some sort, but that wasn't the worst part. There were three Akatsuki members in there who all turned to look at her as she entered.

Dude, you must have bad Karma or something… Inner Sakura remarked.

Just shut up so I can figure a way out of this. she thought as her emerald eyes darted between the three criminals in fear.

"Well, it seems as if your Kunoichi has awaken." a harsh, rough voice growled from her left. She turned to see who it came from and was astonished to see a tall man, if you could call him a man. He had rough, blue sandpaper-like skin and spiky dark hair. He somewhat resembled a shark. She guessed that this was Hoshigake Kisame, for Naruto had told her about him a while back. The sharp, pointy teeth revealed by his sneer made her feel sick.

"Hey, I think she's cute… yeah." This voice came from across the room. Her gaze wandered over to the one who spoke and she was momentarily thrown off. The voice was deep, but upon glancing at him, he appeared to be a woman.

This one by far looked the most pleasant of the Akatsuki members she had come in contact with in the past. Although, this isn't saying much. Even Orochimaru's company is preferred over some of these criminals. His almost platinum blonde hair was done up in a high ponytail aside from some hair that covered the entire left side of his face. Whatever hair that was left hung down his back and down past his left shoulder. The only visible eye she could see was a brilliant blue color and he was grinning at her cheerfully. He kind of looked like a male version of Ino.

She tore her eyes away from his inviting smile and instead focused on the third person in the room, who happened to be the last person she wanted to see: Uchiha Itachi.

"I… you… uh…" she stammered, obviously at a loss for words.

Itachi said nothing as he gazed at her. She was scared, to say the least. It wasn't as if he was staring at her with intent to kill. It was the complete and utter lack of emotion that terrified her. His face held less emotion than that of a dead fish. Even Sasuke had never been this bad. For the longest time, Sakura was wondering what kind of man could kill his entire family, the ones who loved him and brought him into this world. Now, as she gazed at the man before her, she believed it. He was a ruthless murderer, and he didn't give a damn.

"I…" she quickly tried to think of an excuse. "I came to deliver girl scout cookies!" she plastered a fake smile on her face as they all gave her weird looks. Well, Itachi didn't really. He just raised an eyebrow.

You moron! Inner Sakura exclaimed, slapping a hand to her forehead. What the hell are girl scout cookies!

I don't know! Sakura inwardly wailed, wishing she could crawl in a hole. She started when she heard the blonde man chuckle.

"She an amusing one… yeah." he said. "I'd better be going. Nice to see you again, Itachi-san, Fish-face." With that said, he approached Sakura and, giving her a small wink, brushed past her and closed the door behind him.

"Well, I think I have the wrong house, so I'll just show myself out-- ACK!" Sakura turned to dash out the door and instead smashed into the hard chest of a man. Rubbing her throbbing nose, she stumbled back upon realizing that it was Itachi she had run into.

"You shouldn't be here, little Kunoichi." Itachi said.

"Why did you bring me here?" she snapped. "And don't call me that!" She felt anger well up within her when he merely ignored her.

"You should be in your cell, but apparently the one who put you there forgot to lock the door." he turned his hard gaze on Kisame.

"Oops." Kisame said. "Won't happen again."

"Then take her back to her cell." Itachi replied, turning away from Sakura.

Kisame made to grab her but stopped short when the pink-haired kunoichi launched towards Itachi in blind anger, kunai out. Before she could stab his retreating back however, his figure vanished before he eyes and appeared behind her. Itachi yanked her head back by her hair and held her own kunai to her exposed throat. Leaning down until his mouth was right by her ear, he began to whisper in her ear.

"Don't do anything foolish." he said. "I will be in your cell later tonight to discuss our agreement.

In one deft movement, she was shoved to the ground and once again stripped of all her weapons. Kneeling next to her, Itachi made to press a pressure point. Rolling his eyes, Kisame stepped forward and hit the back of her head with his Samehada hard enough so that the sound of metal on a skull resounded through the room, knocking her out cold.

There was a moment of silence in which Itachi merely stared at Kisame quietly. Finally, the Uchiha spoke.

"Was that really necessary?"

Kisame shrugged and picked up the unconscious Kunoichi and slung her onto his shoulder.

"If she experiences brain damage or memory loss, I will kill you personally." Itachi said without a trace of malice. "Her skills are useless to me if she can't even recall how to use them." With that said, he silently left the room.

For a moment, Kisame stared in silence at Sakura, worry evident. After a couple of minutes, he shrugged and carried her from the room.

"I didn't hit her that hard." he reassured himself.

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For the second time that day, Sakura woke up in that damned stone room with the concrete floors. And once again, whoever had put her in there had avoided the futon completely and had unceremoniously dumped her on the hard floor. A few seconds after opening her eyes, a splitting pain shot through her head and down her spine.

Letting out a strangled cry, she curled into fetal position and clenched her head in agony.

Vaguely, Sakura remembered being hit over the head from behind, so she figured that it must have been that Kisame guy.

"ooowwwwww…" she groaned. "Stupid fucking fish-face cocksucker…"

"I see you're awake." A voice suddenly said. She recognized it immediately as being Itachi's. Sakura wondered how a man so fearsome and heartless could have a voice so soft and calm. She had never heard him so much as raise his voice in the slightest since she met him. Even when he was threatening someone, his voice remained so quiet.

"What did he hit me for?" Sakura moaned in reply. She gathered as much Chakra into her fingers as the drug would allow and channeled it into her head to relieve some of the pain. Itachi smirked.

"Well, the 'stupid fucking fish-faced cocksucker', as you so charmingly called him, is not one for elegance."

Once she finished healing herself for the most part, Sakura turned to glare at Itachi.

"Can we just skip to the chase? What do you need my help for?"

Itachi merely stared at her with his stone gaze and remained silent. She hated this about him. He always contemplates every question and calculates what he is going to say. It drove her crazy with waiting. Finally, he replied.

"I want you to heal my eyes." he said. Her eyes widened.

"Wha-- but I can't!" she exclaimed.

"Can't or won't?"

"I won't betray my village!" she said defiantly, forcing herself to her feet and balling her fists at her side. "I would rather die!"

"Is your loyalty really worth the life of the Hyuuga girl?" Itachi questioned in that sickeningly soft voice of his.

Shit. I forgot about Hinata. she thought. I have no choice, then…

"Fine." she looked down in defeat. "I'll do whatever you ask."

"Good." he approached the pink-haired Kunoichi and stopped when he was inches from her. Keeping her eyes glued to the ground, she started when she felt his cool fingers on her chin. Ever so slowly, he guided her face up to look at him, but her eyes remained looking down.

"Look at me." he ordered quietly.

More out of reflex, her emerald green eyes rose to meet his. Bad mistake. Before she could even blink, she was pulled into the Mangekyou and was faced with a world of red and black. Her greatest horrors were realized in this place, and she would never forget the things she saw.

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Itachi exited the room without glancing back at the unconscious Kunoichi who was whimpering on the floor. Glancing up, he saw that Kisame had been standing there the whole time.

"Was it really necessary to use the Mangekyou?" the shark man questioned.

"She needed to be put in her place." was all the Uchiha said in reply.

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Author's note: Well, there you have it. Chapter two. I want to say thank you to all those who gave this fic a chance. I really enjoyed your reviews. By the way, I am considering adding a slight amount of Deidara X Sakura, but not much. Only if you are all okay with it, though. Tell me what you think. Ideas are welcome and appreciated. Review please!