A/N: Well... I feel bad about not givin' you a lemon, so... If you guys want, tell me to make a lemon in a review! If most of them are a no, there'll be no lemon. If there's lots of yes', I'll put it up as a seperate story! Okay? Okay! Let the chapter begin!
Sakura walked through the streets of Iwa, alone. Sasuke had caught a case of the stomach Flu from something he'd eaten.
So, she was by herself, just acting like a tourist.
Then, she felt a sense offoreboding. Or was it foreboding...? Wait, no, she was sensing chakra. The thought of such a dark and evil shinobi surprised her.
Then, she recognized it...
"It... It can't be," she mumbled, her eyes widening.
Uchiha Itachi. There was no mistaking it. The Akatsuki was here.
She wondered whether she should go get Sasuke and tell him about the seemingly imminent attack by the Akatsuki.
He's sick, she thought, biting her lower lip in thought. If he tries to go against Itachi in this case, he'll die! I... I can't lose him again! I won't!
So, it was decided. She'd do it!
First, she'd have to go to the Tsuchikage, alert them that she was a shinobi and that the protection of the village had been jepaordized.
She ran full-speed toward the Tsuchikage's office, aware and not caring that she was giving herself away.
She tried to run faster, but found that nearly impossible. Besides, she needed to reserve energy for the fight that was sure to come.
She got to his office and opened the door, his secretary calling for her to stop.
"What's the meaning of this?" asked the man sitting at a desk in the office.
"I am very sorry, Tsuchikage-sama, my name is Haruno Sakura-"
"Tsunade's apprentice?" he asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I've been here undercover for about two to three weeks. I've been instructed by my Shishou to watch out for the Akatsuki because they were spotted heading this way."
"Really? I haven't recieved any word on this..."
"We'll have to talk later," she told him. "I know they're close and I have a feeling they plan on attacking us! You need to send out as many shinobi as you can!"
He nodded to his secretary who ran off.
"I'll help, but my partner can't," she told him. "He's sick, please be sure that none of this gets to him. If it does, he'll be killed."
"He cares that much?"
"Only because his brother is in the Akatsuki. He's Uchiha Itachi's younger brother."
He nodded.
"Right. We'll all fight to protect the village."
"Great!"
With that, she ran back to the hotel. When she got there, she saw Sasuke asleep by the toilet.
She shook her head, smiling sadly. She blew him a kiss and changed into a pair of sweatpants and a skin-tight shirt. She took her weapons and left, knowing she'd might die and never see her love again...
Sakura ran along the border of Iwagakure, searching for any signs of shinobi.
Her eye contacts were long gone, knowing they were no longer needed.
She could feel the chakras of the Akatsuki becoming stronger and stronger.
She pushed a button on a headset some jounin had given her and said, "I think I've found them..."
"Where?"
"SouthEast of the border."
"Alright, we'll be right there."
She continued runnning until...
SMACK! She ran into somebody. She looked up to see none other than Uchiha Itachi staring down at her.
It looked like he had no intention of harming her, he wasn't even looking at her face. Actually, he was looking at her left hand.
He stodd her up and held her wrist in her hand.
"Where did you get that?" he asked, meaning her ring.
"I-I..."
He looked her in the eye. Just like that, she was out...
Sasuke awoke and looked around.
He stood from the bathroom floor and went to go to bed with Sakura.
When he got into the room, he noticed there was no Sakura.
The clock said it was almost midnight.
Something was wrong, he could feel it in his gut. He went to the window and looked outside to see almost the entire village fightng the Akatsuki.
"Sakura!" he yelled, racing out of the room.
Sakura groaned and sat up.
"Wh-Where am I?" she asked, receiving nothing but her own echo in return.
Then, she saw the sharingan appear in the darkness.
"Sasuke!" she exclaimed, tears in her eyes. "Sasuke, where are we? Are you okay?"
"So, you do know my brother..." a dangerously calm voice commented, sending shivers down her spine.
"I-Itachi...?"
"You know me, as well, huh?" he asked. "Tell me, what else do you know?"
"That you're an evil son-of-a-bitch and you don't deserve a gift like the Sharingan!"
Before she could decipher what was happening, she was against the wall, the rogue Uchiha holding her against the cool stone by her throat.
"What's your name?"
"Su-Su..." she couldn't get any words out.
He loosened his grip on her throat and she coughed and gasped.
"Answer my question," he commanded, sounding as though he didn't care either way.
"Sugiyama... Chiyo..."
"You're lying," he stated.
"..."
"Answer my question, Kunoichi, or I'll kill you right now..."
"My name... Is Sugiyama Chiyo. I've done no harm to you or anybody. I'm just a civillian of Iwagakure."
"You're speed in the forest three days ago tells me otherwise..."
Three days? She'd been gone that long? Sasuke was probably worried sick about her!
"Please, I-I have a husband," she begged, certain it wouldn't affect him at all. She was desperate, she was willing to try anything. "I have a family I have to help take care of.
"I promise, I won't tell anybody if you just let me go!"
He was silent for a moment, as if considerring her offer.
"On one condition..."
She stayed silent, waiting for him to tell her what this condition was.
"Sasuke... You tell me where he is... And I'll know whether you're lying or not..."
Sell Sasuke's soul to Satan to save her own? Could she do that?
A few moments later, she told him, "I'd rather die than let you kill him."
"Very well..."
And he unsheathed his katana and cut her in the side.
She fell to the ground, unconscious... Or dead... It was not to be determined yet...
A/N:Gasp: Is she dead? Will Sasuke save her? Oh, the horror! Oh, the drama! oh, the pancakes! XD Please review and I'll try to update ASAP! XD