Sasuke was the one to make the first move. He quickly vanished into thin air, leaving Sakura frozen in place. He then appeared behind her and froze himself. What do I do? I can't hurt her!
Sakura noticed Sasuke behind her and felt tears rushing into her eyes. I'm sorry. She made a 180 degree turn and kicked Sasuke on his back. he cried out inpain and collapsed. She looked down at him with sad eyes, yet her face showed no emotion. She took out her kunai and dove it down on him.
Sasuke instantly forgot his pain and dodged Sakura's attack.That's it. I have to pretend to lose. But I can't have Sakura knowing it. He charged at her, only to meet her fist on his face, and then the ground afterwards.
"Good plan," Kisame commented his partner, "Sasuke cannot hurt her. It's against his will. Resulting in-"
"Death," Itachi finished for the shark man, "His own pathetic death."
Sasuke stood up and went in for another charge. Sakura readied her kunai and lunged at him.
Both of the teens met in a clash, but Sasuke was the one who had his blood flowing freely from his abdomen. He gave an agonizing cry and fell on the ground, clutching his wound. Damn! I'm gonna die in a few minutes! Mission failed... All of his movementsjust stopped, all at once.
Sakura's eyes turned wide. Sasuke-kun...no! A tear fell from her right eye. "Itachi," she toned, "He's dead." She felt her heart break as she said the last sentence.
Poof! Five Narutos appeared and surrounded the two Akatsuki members.
Kakashi appeared next to Sasuke and picked him up. He then looked at Sakura and whispered, "You had to do it. Don't worry...he'll be fine."
Sakura nodded and said,"Gomen." She tackled him off of the mountainous rocks.
Kakashi smiled from under his mask. "Hai...good job."
"Kakashi!" the Narutos yelled, but then all disappeared after Kisame sliced them all clean with his sword.
Itachi remained emotionless; his sharingan already showed it clear that the real Naruto wasn't with them. He turned to his two 'team mates' and commanded, "Lets move out. We must return to headquarters."
Sakura and Kisame looked at him and said, "Hai." The three then took off. As they leapt through the buildings, Sakura secretly looked back and whispered, "Gomen, Sasuke-kun."
At the Suna hospital, Sasuke was waking up. He looked around and immediately acknowledged his surroundings. Great...I'm in a hospital bed.
"Sasuke-teme!" Naruto greeted happily, "Ohayo! You've been asleep for one day straight! No wonder... You were in critical condition when you arrived here yesterday."
It took a bit of time to registerNaruto's words into his head. Yesterday...yesterday... Yesterday! Sakura! He quickly sat up and shouted, "Sakura!" He then grunted as pain shot through his stomach and chest and quickly fell back on his bed.
"Now who's the loud-mouthed ninja?" Naruto asked mockingly. He then grinned and said,"Don't worry, Sasuke-teme. Sakura-chan's fine. She'll be back with us in no time."
Sasuke sighed. "I hope so." He looked outside the window and saw a butterfly flutter by. Sakura, hang in there. You'll be back in Konohasoon...I promise.
Uh...hope you guys liked it. Just to let you know, I suck at battle scenes. So...please forgive and forget. What was the name of Kisame's sword thingy again:)
