Chapter seven: Memories

"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!"

Gaara slammed his fist on the wall, his head down. Kankuro jumped from the sound as Naruto stood beside his friend.

"It'll be okay Gaara. We'll find her." He placed his hand gently on Gaara's shoulder. "We'll find her."

"Naruto...you don't understand. I keep getting this bad feeling all over my body that something's happening to Temari. Something very bad. I just can't stand around doing nothing anymore! What if she needs us? What if she needs me?"

He started to pace around the room as his brother watched him with his eyes. He got up stopping his little brother.

"Gaara, we will find her. But worrying like this isn't going to help." He told him.

Kankuro stared into Gaara's eyes. He saw sadness. And so much of it. He hadn't seen Gaara this upset since...they were kids.

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"Alright, it says here that her soul is gone...hmm"

"Gone? What do you mean gone?" Kisame asked.

"Well, it says that this is normal if Itachi was one of those soul stealing demons, but they went extinct a few hundred years ago."

"Even if I did steal her soul I don't know where it is." Itachi told them.

"That's when it moves on to a whole new chapter...hmm" Deidara took a breathe. "If her soul wasn't stolen then she must be lost in her memories."

"What do you mean 'lost in her memories'?" Kisame asked.

"She's remembering all of her memories one by one...hmm It may take some time but eventually she'll remember them all. It also says you can add your own...hmm" Deidara finished.

"Add...my own memories?" Itachi asked.

"Yeah. I think. It doesn't go into great detail about it...hmm. It only says that the subject will only believe you if what is being presented to them is linked to past memories, or something...hmm"

Itachi placed his chin in his palm deep in thought. This was all making little sense to him. "Does it say how I can snap her out of that lifeless-state she's in?" he asked

"Hold on...hmm" Deidara ran his finger down the page as Kisame took that time to sip his coffee. "All it says," he started, "is that you have to get them to trust you in their past memories to wake them if you implant your own..hmm"

Itachi rubbed his temples. He wasn't getting any of this.

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Itachi sat on his bed with Temari in front of him. 'Trust in past memories.' he told himself. 'Trust in past memories.' He thought for a few more minutes. "I don't know any of her memories! I only know...that's it!"

He pulled her chin up so he could see into her dull eyes. 'This might work.' the thought. 'This has to work.'

"Mangekyou Sharingan!"

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Her heart was pounding in her chest as he got closer. Him. Gaara.

"Temari." he said in a horrid voice. "So nice of you to be here."

She came to a wall. She breathed heavily as he sat down in front of her, licking his lips. He placed his hands on her shoulders. Slowly he slid them down ripping her top. A small smile spread across his face as saw her fine laced bra. He ripped off the rest of her outfit also putting her panties into view.

At that instant, the door banged open. The two turned to see a young boy only a little older than Temari in the doorway.

"Don't you touch her." he said in a deathly voice.

A twisted smile spread on Gaara's face as sand arose and started to strike the stranger. He dodged running in fast toward Gaara landing a punch in his face sending him back.

Gaara slid on the floor as his face was cracked, sand felling from it. Temari's eyes widened. She never saw anyone do that before. The stranger started again and the battle raged on.

Temari watched as the battle kept switching from who was hitting who and so on. She followed as she saw her little brother get thrown out the window.

The stranger came over to her, removing the tape from her mouth. He cut the rope and picked her up bridal position.

She only saw a few of his features as her eyes began to droop. "W-Who are you?" she finally asked before her consciousness was lost.

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Itachi watched as the female in front of him started to move and regain her body. She blinked a few times then started to examine the room. Her eyes stopped at the male in front of her as the two were staring at each other.

She squinted her eyes and then they opened fully.

"It's you!" she exclaimed. "The guy that rescued me that night. I thought I'd never see you again."

An evil smirk spread on Itachi's lips. He was getting the hang of this. "Of course you'd see he again." he told her, stroking her cheek.

"I made a promise."