A/N: I killed Itachi... TT.TT How could I? I feel so dead inside... Also, this is the last chapter... WAAAAAH! DX

Dei-kun: Just like Itachi-senpai! XD

Me: WAHHHHHHHHH! DX

Kisame fell into stance and readied Samehada. He smirked at the younger Uchiha, hiding his worry about his own life.

This kid had killed Itachi, the one that was thought to be even stronger than Leader... How was that possible? It was hard to believe...

He pushed the worry to the back of his mind and chuckled a bit. He waited for the attack that never came...

Sasuke didn't move. He just stared at the terrorist before him and crossed his arms.

"Feel like becoming just like my brother; A pitiful corpse?" (A/N: WAHHHHH! DX)

"Save the fun-talk for your parents, they'll be wanting to have your head on a stick for abadoning them the day Itachi killed them..."

His eyes narrowed for only a moment, but it left just as fast as it came. He smirked devillishly, a plan being hatched in that big, bad brain of his...

"You don't know anything, you're just as ignorant as Itachi was... Never knowing the full story..."

"What do you mean?"

"Did Itachi really tell you that he killed the clan?" he asked. "If he did, he's a liar just as much as he is a cheater, a thief and a criminal..."

"..."

"He didn't kill the clan," he lied. "I did... I pinned it on him and, because of his odd behaviour around that time, they believed me... I've been toying with his mind all this time... Shall I toy with your mind as well?"

He activated Mangekyou once more and stared into the shark-man's eyes.

Inside Tsukuyomi, he made Kisame watch his own death over and over. Seeing no reaction from him, he moved on to another subject. He made him watch as Jiraiya did a strip tease to "oo Sexy".

"NOOOOOOO!" cried Kisame. "My eyes! My beautiful Shark-like eyes! They've been defiled!"

You couldn't get more broked souled than that now, could you?

So, defeating the two men, he took Sakura and ran off.

"Well, she's lucky you made it when you did," stated Tsunade. "If you made it an hour later, she would've died on the way back..."

Sasuke nodded and looked to the sleeping Sakura on the hospital bed.

She was badly beaten up... Her hair was dirty and matted with blood, she had a black eye, needed stitches in several places on her face and other parts of her body, severe internal bleeding... And it was all Tsunade's fault...

At least she fixed her...

"You fell for her, didn't you?" asked the blonde hokage. "You've fallen for her, just as she did for you..."

The Uchiha stayed silent, watching Sakura's chest raise and fall with her breathing.

"I knew it! The plan-"

"Almost costed Sakura her life..."

"... That, too..."

Once Sakura awoke, she looked to Sasuke and smiled tiredly.

"H-Hey, Sasuke..." she greeted. "Y-You came for me..."

"Of course, I did," he replied. "Why wouldn't I of?"

"I-I'm sorry, I got captured," she apologized. "I got captured because of this..."

She showed him the dirty and scratched engagement ring on her left ring finger.

He shook his head.

"Don't apologize, the good thing is you're safe now."

Tears welled in her eyes and she sniffled.

"I didn't scream or cry once..."

"We sure showed them, didn't we?"

She nodded, smiling.

"I... I love you, Sasuke..."

It took a few moments, but he replied, I love you, too."

Once Sakura was discharged from the hospital, she walked with Sasuke around the near-abandoned streets of Konoha. At first, they were in total silence, but Sakura was itching to break it.

"I guess I should give this back," she told him, handing him the ring.

He looked at the ring in his hand, then at his girlfriend, then back at the ring.

"Keep it, it's yours now..."

"Really?"

"Really really..."

"O-Okay..."

So, she put the ring on her right ring finger and Sasuke did the same with his.

She wrapped an arm around his waist and he wrapped his arond her shoulders. They just walked around like they would in Iwa, only, this time, with no suspicion that there were enemies around.

He would tell her about the fact that they weren't really on a mission sometime, but why spoil their good mood, right?

Sasuke and Sakura sat in Tsunade's office, their arms crossed, a look of annoyance on their faces. They waited rather impatiently for Tsunade to explain why she'd done what she did.

It had been a few months since Sakura had been discharged from the hospital and they were already engaged. (A/N: See? Now I geet cookie! XD)

Naruto sat beside them, looking very confuzzled.

"Well, you see... I thought that it'd be a good idea to send you out for a while, pretend you were a couple and, eventually, tolerate eachother, or something," she explained. "It worked, didn't it?"

"Sure, why not?"

Naruto raised a hand and asked, "But why did you ask for me to choose a couple, then?"

"Just in case those evil spies from the Naruto-Legitimate-Mission-Council were watching... I needed to put up the act..."

"How did you get me to say them, though?"

"The pixies, Naruto, the pixies..."

"Well, I suppose we can forgive you, " stated Sakura. "Only on one condition..."

"Oh?"

"You promise never to do this to any other person in the village..."

"Alright, I promise," she replied, secretly hiding her crossed fingers under her desk.

They nodded, accepting their promise.

Once she was sure that they were long gone, she push a button to speak to Shizune from the other room.

"Shizune, have Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino come here for a very important 'mission'."

A/N: Sequel anyone? I think this deserves a sequel... XD This time, Ino and Shikamaru shall be the victims of Tsunade's "wonderful" matchmaking! Yay!!!