Sasuke tossed and turned in his bed. Yes. The great Uchiha Sasuke was having a hard time sleeping. Great. I'm starting to turn into Gaara. He turned to his left and saw the old picture of Team 7. Sakura. He rose and took a closer look, drawing in the memories.
"Sasuke-teme!" Naruto yelled from out of nowhere.
Sasuke almost fell over (anime style) at the sound of Naruto's voice. "Damn you Naruto!" he shouted, turning around, "How'd you get in my house anyway?"
Naruto stood by the door, motioning Sasuke to follow. "No time to explain! Tsunade-sama wants to see us now!" He disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Tsunade-sama?" Sasuke made a hand sign and disappeared as well.
"Tsunade-sama!" Sasuke and Naruto shouted as they entered the Hokage's office. They glared at each other.
"Boys!" Tsunade strictly chastised, "Sit! This is an urgent mission."
Sasuke and Naruto obeyed, sitting down on the chairs offered to them. "What's the mission?" asked Sasuke, looking expectant.
"Itachi and Kisame were spotted in Suna," Tsunade declared, "Along with some other ninja. I believe that the ninja might be Sakura. I want you two to investigate this. I'm sending Kakashi along with you for back up. Now go!" She waved her hand for dismissal and the two teens vanished within the blink of an eye.
"So...hot!" Naruto whined. It was only six in the morning, but the desert they were walking in was burning like it was three in the afternoon. "Are we there yet?"
"You dobe," Sasuke panted, "It takes at least six to eight hours to reach Suna. We've been traveling for two!"
"Shut up Know-It-All," Naruto remarked.
"You guys," Kakashi stated calmly, "Arguing won't help with anything. Just keep your minds off the heat and on the mission."
The two boys popped a vein (anime style) and glared at their former sensei. "Easy for you to say!" they both shouted at the same time, "You're topless, you don't have a backpack, and you've got your head in that perverted book of yours!"
Four hours later...
"Ah," Kakasi sighed, "We're here." No response. "Guys?" He turned around and saw Naruto and Sasuke on the ground- unconscious. He sweatdropped and decided to carry them to the Inn.
Naruto and Sasuke felt cool air touch their skins. They slowly started to stir and look around their surroundings. "Is this a mirage?" Naruto asked sleepily.
"No baka," Sasuke muttered, "This is the Inn.We must've passed out in the heat." The two sat up and looked at Kakashi, who, was asleep with his book on his face.Sasuke shook his sleepiness off and grumbled, "I'm going out." He exited the room.
Meanwhile...
Sakura crept around the outside walls of the Kazekage's house. She spotted Temari inside and was quickly filled with anger. Using a new technique she learned a few hours ago, she made a few hand signs and walked right through the solid wall.
"Temari..." Sakura's chilling whispers echoed throughout Temari's room.
Temari woke up and jumped out of bed, alert. "Who's there?" she asked the empty spaces. The echoes just came back. "Come out and fight you coward!"
Sakura emerged as a shadow from the roof and dropped on Temari, only to find the Temari she dropped on disappear into a mist. An illusion!
"Aha!" Temari cried, jumping out of bed and charging at Sakura with a kunai, "Now I've got you!"
Sakura turned around, stopping Temari in her tracks. "Hello...Temari."
"Sakura!" Temari yelped, "It's just you. What are you doing-" She didn't finish. Sakura was behind her.
"Say good-night," Sakura hissed. She karate chopped Temari on the neck, knocking her out. She then approached Temari with a kunai and looked down at her evilly. "Die!" She plunged her kunai into...a puppet? She turned around and saw Kankuro, moving his chakra strings around. "Who are you?"
"What are you doing Sakura?" Kankuro asked, flabbergasted. Sakura kept looking at him with her cold, green eyes and then disappeared. Kankuro didn't have time to react when Sakura kicked him to a wall, knocking him out as well.
"Sakura," Itachi called from behind her, "It's time for the main objective."
Sakura turned around and nodded. "Where's the Kazekage?"
"Here I am," a dark voice spoke. Itachi and Sakura turned around and saw Gaara by the doorway with his arms crossed. "So Sakura, you're part of the Akatsuki now?"
Sakura turned to face him and replied blankly, "Yes."
Gaara's eyes widened a bit. Her eyes. They...changed. They're like mine and Uchiha's now. He turned to Itachi and growled, "What have you done to her?"
"Nothing you should know of," came Kisame's voice.
Gaara turned around and saw the shark man standing behind him with an evil grin. "Let me guess," he mumbled, "The Akatsuki plan on assasinating me?"
"No," Sakura replied, "Just us." She lunged at him, but ended up strinking sand.
"You want a fight?" Gaara asked threateningly, "I'll give you one." Using his chakra, he used his sand to whip Sakura out of the window. He followed after.
"This should be interesting," Itachi remarked, walking towards the broken window.
Hm... I wonder how the fight will turn out.
