Chapter 10: Protecting
Sakura struggled against Kisame again. Kakashi-sensei and Itachi were going to fight? She had to stop this! She couldn't bear losing either of them. Kakashi was her sensei…and Itachi? Itachi she still didn't know her feelings for so she had to know, so she couldn't lose him either. But the last time that Kakashi and Itachi had fought, Itachi had won didn't he? As if reading her mind, Kakashi looked at her.
"Hello, Sakura-chan. Don't worry about me, I've improved even for me." He said, and his eyes crinkled in the corner as he smiled his usual lazy and carefree smile. She smiled weakly back at him, feeling foolish for not having more confidence in him. The other ANBU around Kakashi made a move to attack Itachi, but Kakashi held his hand up.
"All of us against one isn't fair. I shall attack Itachi, retrieving Sakura shall be your main objective- spread out!" He called, and all of them spanned out, surrounding Kisame, Sakura, Itachi and Kakashi. It was silent, excluding the wind whistling through the trees and the rustling of the leaves.
Kakashi suddenly moved, taking out his Kunai and lifting his forehead protector to show his sharingan eye. Itachi smirked, as the markings of his sharingan moved and formed into one. Kakashi made the first move as he dashed at Itachi and Itachi simply disappeared, but Kakashi knew this and turned around behind him where Itachi was and blocked Itachi's kunai attack.
Itachi moved backwards as Kakashi tried to kick him in the gut, but Kakashi threw a kunai at the bottom of his Akatsuki robes, Itachi simply pulled it out, but it had an explosion note and it exploded.
"Itachi!" Sakura yelled, and struggled against Kisame, who was holding her and fending off the teams of ANBU at the same time, and to Sakura's dismay Kisame was winning. He wasn't even using his giant blade, which was a mystery to Sakura, for she had never really seen it.
Kisame had thrown one of the ANBU to the ground, and some of the ANBU even began retreating, against orders but they were probably regrouping to figure out a plan to beat this insanely strong s-class criminal.
Kakashi coughed. At the last minute, Itachi had switched places with Kakashi, leaving him watching as the explosion note hit Kakashi, but Kakashi was too quick and had dodged, only leaving a minor burn that would probably blister but be allright.
Sakura bit her lip, like she did when she was nervous or worried. Itachi and Kakashi were pretty evenly matched, but Itachi had an advantage, being a child prodigy and all. She looked nervously between the two. They were staring at each other, but she noticed how Kakashi stared at Itachi's chin, not at his eye so he wouldn't be put through another Mangekyou Sharingan, and left in an extensive care unit like last time that Kakashi had crossed paths with Itachi.
Itachi waited for Kakashi to make the next move, which Kakashi applied to do as he grabbed his fist, concentrating until there was a crackling Chidori in his palm. Itachi stepped back a bit, thinking for his next defense. Sakura felt her stomach do a flip as she saw the Chidori. It reminded her of Sasuke, and how she had tried to protect him from Gaara that one time long ago, and how Kakashi had trained him to do it.
"Kakashi-sensei!" she called. Kisame elbowed her.
"Shut it, Kunoichi." Kisame said, for the first time not calling her by her first name. She could tell he was frustrated and serious, for he didn't crack a joke at her or anything. She looked at him, and looked away as he fended off another couple of ANBU and concentrated on the fight inbetween two people that meant so much to her.
Kakashi lowered his arm and sped off towards Itachi in an amazing speed, Itachi getting prepared to dodge, but Kakashi was planning on this and threw many Kunai in his direction, and muttering 'cancel' jutsus under his breath to cancel out any jutsu that Itachi would do, no matter if it was another attack or replacement.
Itachi dodged the kunai and his eyes narrowed but he did not yell out or show pain when Kakashi's chidori hit him in the stomach, sending him backwards into a tree. Sakura felt her stomach drop. Kakashi had hit Itachi.
She looked frantically as some of the dust cleared, showing nothing where Itachi had been. Kakashi noticed too and looked around not frantically but cautious. Itachi appeared behind Kakashi and pulled out a blade, swiping at Kakashi with it, which Kakashi noticed at the last minuted and jumped away, but not before it had sliced his side, blood pouring from it.
"Kakashi!" Sakura yelled and Kakashi looked at her dangerously as if telling her to shut up. She closed her mouth, eyes wide and she switched her eyes over to Itachi, her eyes roaming over his body. His stomach was fine…whatever Kakashi had hit, it wasn't Itachi, and Kakashi must have already noticed this as well.
"That Itachi…" Kakashi began.
"Was a shadow clone." Itachi said. "This is the first time I have actually began to fight you." Itachi added, smirking.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes. Itachi smirked wider and ran at Itachi, swiping at Kakashi as Kakashi blocked with his kunai. Sakura watched anxiously…neither of them were hitting each other and it made her nervous.
The ANBU were starting to get restless fighting Kisame, and Kisame had taken a few blows himself, letting go of Sakura in the process, but Sakura was so engulfed in the fight that ensued with Kakashi and Itachi that she had not even moved. One ANBU walked towards Sakura and bowed to her.
"Hey, ugly Hag." He said to her and she looked at him, a furious look spreading on her face.
"S..Sai?" She asked, and he removed his mask, smiling his empty smile. She smiled back at him.
"Everyone is worried about you, hag-chan, we're here to take you home. The other ANBU and Kakashi are taking care of Itachi and Kisame, we're planning on taking them with us." He continued.
Sakura's smile faltered and she looked back onto the fight. "As awful as I think my thoughts are, I don't think Kisame and Itachi are easily defeated, and I don't believe you'll be taking them with us…" She said, sighing and looking at him.
"It's that talk that makes it so." Sai said, most likely quoting some book he had read. She nodded at this. Kakashi and Itachi were still attacking and reflecting each other's attacks, and she watched again, suddenly feeling bored with it…she was still worried about the outcome, but it was almost as if they would do this forever.
Kakashi finally slashed Itachi's shoulder and then he created a makeshift Chidori, small but with the same effect as he hit Itachi's right shoulder. Itachi was silent, but he grabbed his shoulder in pain and Kakashi jumped back, throwing multiple Kunai at him, which he dodged but stumbled a bit.
"Itachi!" Sakura said, and started running to him but was stopped by Sai. She stood there, her, Kakashi and Itachi in a circle.
"Sakura…what are you doing?" Kakashi asked as she looked at Itachi with worried eyes. She looked at Kakashi, but then averted her eyes.
"I…" she started but was interrupted by Itachi.
"Are you going to go home with them, Sakura?" Itachi asked in a cold voice. "You finally have the option." He said, and Sakura looked away, but Itachi knew her answer, and he disappeared, reappearing next to Kisame. Kisame nodded, and they both disappeared together.
Kakashi clutched his side and walked to Sakura, who hugged him around the neck. "Kakashi-sensei…" She said, tears starting to blot her eyes, but Kakashi awkwardly patted her back.
"I'm sorry that happened, Sakura." He pulled her way from him. "Did they do anything to you?" he asked and she smiled at his fatherly gesture.
"No, they didn't do anything." Sakura said and Kakashi smiled.
"Good. Are you ready to go home?" Kakashi asked, and Sakura nodded smiling as the turned to go home, but she knew she wouldn't forget Itachi and how she had betrayed her feelings for Sasuke.
END
Just kidding! Lol, I wouldn't end it THERE are you kidding me! This is only part one! Part two will be out as a different title, so look for it, okay? I'm not sure how the fight went, but do you think I should add another chapter to part one, as in…like, what happens when she returns to Konoha? I think I might like that, but I'm not sure, review and tell me, okay? Thank you for all your reviews but I'm really busy and this chapter was really rushed (And Short…) but anywayz….I still can't reply to all of your reviews but I'm so happy with how many I have received! I love you I love you I love you! –hugs-
