Kitty: Konnichiwa!
Yuki: Where's the kuso kitsune?
Kitty: I don't know? Oh, wait. She's sulking. In the corner.
Yuki: Why?
Kitty: Her dad got rid of cable. She missed Naruto. And FMA.
RikaSohma: Yes, it's horrible. Sorry, I haven't updated. It's been hectic. Do the disclaimer rat boy!
Yuki: RikaSohma does not own Naruto. And will forever more miss many episodes.
RikaSohma: cry But I just got Dish Network so I have to wait to see all the episodes now.
Chapter 3
Sasuke and Sakura ran towards Ichiraku. Smoke was everwhere and it was hard to make out their surroundings. Another explosion was heard. As they came to Ichiraku, they were amazed at what they saw. About 10 yards away, there stood Naruto fighting none other than Itachi.
Sakura felt Sasuke tense up. She squeezed his hand in attempt to comfort him. His gaze lowered towards her and he gave her a worried look. She didn't know if he was trying to say that he would have to leave her to go fight his brother...or that he was truly worried. Worried for her.
Yes, they were friends and friends worry about each other. But still. For Sasuke, every second is important. And to waste these few seconds on her, when he could be fighting his brother...it's something un-Sasuke like.
Noticing that Sasuke was still giving her that worried look, she flashed him a small smile. "Are you just gonna stand there or go after Itachi?" sge asked.
"..."
"Well?"
"I can't," he finally replied.
"Nani?"
"If I leave you, you'll get hurt," he said.
Sakura was startled by that answer. "...I'll be okay, Sasuke-kun," she tried to reasure him.
"Itachi wants Naruto for the Kyuubi inside of him. He could use you to get Naruto to go with him," he said. "And I don't want that to happen."
Sakura was speechless. She knew she had to be blushing about now. She opened her mouth to speak but before she had the chance, Naruto was thrown into them.
Sakura felt Sasuke's grip on her hand loosen and she blown back and hit a cherry blossom tree. As she hit the tree, unconciousness took over her.
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Sasuke ran over to where Sakura layed had hit the tree. 'She seems to be okay,' he thought.
"Foolish little brother," he heard Itachi say. "How do ever expect to beat me if you let that girl get in the way?"
Sasuke turned to look at Itachi. "Did you think that I just came for the Kyuubi?" he asked.
"You didn't?"
"I was tired of having to wait for you to get stronger and come after me, so I decided to take matters into my own hands," he replied. "I planed on torturing the Kyuubi boy first but I'm starting to think the girl. Might be more fun."
Itachi started walking towards them and with each step, his anger for him started to grow out of control. "You touch her..." he started to say.
"But don't you want to see...?"
"See what"
"See if she screams just like mom did."
And with that he snapped.
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"Sakura. Wake up."
Sakura looked up to see a smiling Sasuke beside her. "Sasuke-kun?"
"Happy to see you're alright. You've been asleep for a long time."
"What happened to Naruto-kun and Itachi?"
"Itachi? Oh, you must have been dreaming."
"Dreaming?"
"Well, Itachi has been dead for a few years now Sakura. Are you okay? You're acting weird."
Sasuke leaned in towards her. He pressed his lips against hers. Sakura jerked back. "You're not Sasuke-kun!" she yelled.
"Sasuke" disappeared and in his place stood Itachi. "Guess you're smarter than you look," he said.
"Where's Sasuke-kun!" she exclaimed.
She followed his gaze to see Sasuke laying on the ground. Covered in blood.
"Sasuke-kun!"
She ran to his side. "No. He's dead," she said.
"Isn't that a good thing Sakura-chan. Now you won't get hurt by him anymore," Itachi's voice came from behind.
Sakura turned to face him. Tears falling down her face. "Oh, did I make Sakura-chan cry? Good."
Sakura stood up and ran towards Itachi. She lifted her hand to try to punch him with all she had but she went right threw him. 'Huh?'
"It was all an illusion."
"Sakura-chan!" she heard Hinata say. "You have to wake up!"
"Hinata?"
Sakura slowing opened her eyes to see Hinata sitting next to her. "Hinata?"
"Sakura!" Hinata exclaimed as she threw her arms around her friend. "I was worried about you!"
"Where's Sasuke-kun?"
Hinata's face fell. "Is he alright?" she asked.
Sakura looked towards Ichiraku and gasped. Lying a few feet away from Naruto, was Sasuke. Blood running down his arms and legs. "Sasuke-kun!" she yelled.
Sakura tried to stand up but it hurt her so much and she fell back down. She felt the tears filling up in her eyes as she looked at Sasuke. "He tried the best he could," Hinata said. "To fight Itachi. He wouldn't give up. He looked so close at finally beating him. Sasuke looked like he was about to beat him but then..."
"What!"
"Itachi went towards you. He was about to hit you, and Sasuke protected you from his attack. After that, Sasuke lost so much energy and, well, I think you can guess the rest," she said. "Tsunade-sama and some medic nins are coming at this moment."
"Hinata," she choked out between sobs. "Can you hep me over to Sasuke-kun?"
Hinata shook her head as she helped her up and over to Sasuke. Once they were at his side, Sakura dropped next to him and started to cry even more. "I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun," she cried. "It's my fault your like this!"
"Sakura..."
"Don't say it, Hinata. It is my fault! You said he was protecting me! If I hadn't been here, Sasuke-kun would be alright!"
Hinata did something no one expected from her. She yelled. "Don't say that! If you weren't here, Sasuke would still be, or worse, the nhe was before. He wouldn't have no friends. He would only want power. But most of all...he wouldn't know what it felt like to be in love."
"..."
"Sakura trust me when I say this. Sasuke loves you. And deep down you know that."
As Sakura opened you mouth to say something, the medic nins came runing up to them. "We have to get them away from here right away!" one yelled.
Tsunade ran towards Sakura. "Sakura what happened?"
"Itachi."
Tsunade turned towards the medic nins and started shouting out orders. "Take Sakura and have her get looked at!"
The medic nins tried to get her to leave but she wouldn't. "No!" she yelled. "I'm going wherever Sasuke-kun is going!"
The medic nins did the only thing they could think of. They knocked her out and caried her away.
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RikaSohma: Sorry, it was pretty bad. I couldn't think how I wanted this chapter to go. Well, r+r!
Kitty: And no flames!