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Recap:
Before she could say anything else, Itachi was behind her with a kunai to her neck.
"Do I look like I give up?" Itachi said into her ear.
"Yea." Sakura said turning into a puff of smoke.
Kisame and Deidara where watching with interest as Sakura disappeared without Itachi noticing. Both of them could not believe what just happened before them.
"ITACHI MADE A MISTAKE!!!!!" both Kisame and Deidara yelled pointing at the two.
"OFF!!!!!" Sakura yelled at Itachi who was lying on her.
"How exactly did that happen?" Kisame asked.
"Smartness here lost his footing and tripped and fell on me... OFF!!!!!" Sakura screamed trying to push the Uchia off of her.
Itachi stood up trying to hide the small blush that formed on his cheeks.
"I'm deaf now." Itachi said rubbing his head.
"Good. Then remember not to land on me." Sakura said hiding a blush.
'You know you liked it." Inner-Sakura said.
'Oh, shut up!' Sakura said back to her inner-self.
"I'll go make dinner, yeah." Deidara said walking back to the base.
"Where is my room?" Sakura asked the other two.
"Follow." Kisame simply said walking off.
Itachi stood there for a few minutes then continued training by himself.
With Sakura and Kisame
"Why did you not hesitate?" Kisame asked Sakura walking down a long hallway.
"Did you hesitate?" Sakura asked.
"Answer the question." he replied firmly.
"You answer the question." Sakura said raising her voice.
"Yea." Kisame replied quietly. "Why didn't you?"
"I had no other choice." Sakura replied as they stopped in front of a door.
"Here's your room." Kisame said walking away.
Sakura stepped inside and immediately went to her bed. She climbed under her covers and fell into a restless sleep.
Konoha
"She is officially a missing nin and an S-ranked criminal." Tsunade started. "When ever we come in range of her, our mission is no longer to get her back, only to stop her by any means necessary." Tsunade was talking to all of Rookie 9, team Gai, ANBU, and some jounin.
"We can't just give up on her!!!" Naruto yelled extremely pissed.
"She wouldn't give up on us!!" Ino added.
"We are NOT Sakura." Tsunade said firmly. "She chose to leave, to be a missing-nin. She chose this path." She was near tears now.
"Give us another chance, we only went on one rescue mission." Shikamaru said.
Over the past few years, Shikamaru and Sakura grew close, as a brotherly and sisterly relationship.
"I agree." Ten Ten and Hinata said.
"We have to remember that she is part of the Akatsuki now." an ANBU stated.
"That is why we cannot hesitate to stop her." Tsunade said.
"She shouldn't be with them!!!! It's our fault she is with them!!!" Naruto yelled allowing a few tears to escape from is cerulean eyes.
An eerie silence filled the large room.
(A/N: Btw they aren't in the Hokage's office because there is A LOT of people at this 'meeting.' Continue.)
"Give us one more chance." Kiba pleaded breaking the silence.
"It's not that simple." Tsunade said. "They are most likely expecting many rescue missions to come their way. We can't just put ourselves in an impossible situation."
"This conversation is going nowhere." Kakashi said out loud.
"Then what do you suppose we do Kakashi?" Tsunade asked a bit too loud.
"One, lower our voices. Two, divide into 3 teams. If one team can get through than we send in the second team. If they fail there is still the first team and the third for backup." Kakashi said with following nods in agreements.
"Well, I will allow this mission to continue for four months, no longer." Tsunade said looking at Kakashi. "You choose the teams and whatever else. Shizune, I need sake." Tsunade soon left the room with Shizune following after her.
"If you want to be on one of the teams, be on training ground seven tomarrow morning at 5:30 AM." Kakashi said disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
After Kakashi left, ANBU members quickly made their exits. Soon enough only Rookie 9 and Team Gai where left.
"Who's going?" Naruto asked.
Everyone but Sasuke stood up.
"So your not even going to try and rescue your own team mate, huh Uchia?" Neji said/asked Sasuke firmly.
"I have no reason to." came the reply.
"You know you like her." Kiba said teasingly receiving glares from Sasuke.
"If your not going then just be the bastard that you are." Shino said shocking people that he actually spoke.
"What did you say Aburame?" Sasuke asked stepping toward Shino.
Shino didn't reply. Not in fear because he does not like repeating himself.
"Why are you getting so worked up over this then?" Hinata asked.
Sasuke clenched his fists. He knew that he liked Sakura, a lot. He just would never admit it out loud. He did not liked being teased even when it was true. This time, he was powerless.
"If the teme wants to act like that then so be it." Naruto said leaving the others.
Sakura's room later that night
Sakura's Dream
"Weak. Powerless. Annoying. A burden. Useless. Damsel. Worthless." voice kept saying toward Sakura.
Sakura changed scenes when she was a little girl. Ami was picking on her again.
"Hey fore-head!" Ami said poking Sakura's fore-head.
"L-l-leave m-me al-lone!" Sakura said between sobs.
"What are you going to do? Call you parents? Oh wait, they are on a mission aren't they?" Ami said hitting a sore spot on the young Sakura.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" Sakura yelled.
"Don't yell at me fore-head." Ami said kicking Sakura in the head.
"Why do you pick on me?" Sakura asked holding the place where she was kicked.
"Because you are weak, useless, annoying, stupid, weird, and a FREAK!!!!" Ami said as the scene changed again.
"You're still annoying." Sasuke said to a crying Sakura.
"Stop being a burden Sakura." Naruto said.
The scene changed again to a few days ago.
"Oh, well I was-" Sakura started
"No, I do not want to go out with you." he cut her off.
"I was-" she tried again
"There is no chance for me going out with a weakling and annoying girl like you." Sasuke cut her off.
"I wasn't going-"
"Save it. Get this through your think head. I. am. never. going. out. with. you." he cut her off once again.
Sakura after this was near tears and didn't get it.
'I was just going to ask if he remembered my birthday.'
Sakura ran away in tears leaving Sasuke at the bridge.
End Dream
Sakura woke up crying loudly into her pillow. She couldn't stop shaking from her dream.
"I-I a-a-am weak." Sakura said out loud sitting up. "A burden, a damsel, annoying." Sakura said in a whisper. She stopped when she heard the door open.
In her doorway she saw Itachi in some plain black shorts.
"You're too loud." Itachi said rubbing one of his eyes.
Sakura lied down on her side and continued to cry but quieter.
"Why are you crying?" Itachi asked sitting on the edge of her bed.
Sakura said nothing.
"You are annoying." Itachi said lying down on his back.
Those three words made memories fly in her head. How many times had people called her annoying? This just made Sakura cry even more.
The room filled with silence except for Sakura sobbing.
"Why do those words bother you so much?" Itachi asked with his eyes closed.
"B-because it's true." Sakura replied.
"Go to sleep." Itachi said heading for the door.
Sakura obeyed and fell into a somewhat peaceful slumber.
The Next Morning at the Akatsuki Base
'Food.' Kisame thought as he woke up. When he started down the hallway he caught the aroma of eggs, bacon, toast, and tea.
"Food?" Kisame asked still sleepy.
"Eat." Sakura said handing him a full plate of food.
Kisame gave a tired smile and sat down. (A/N: You know those kind of smile where you are like REALLY tired and you smile, usually they are kinds creepy. I give tired smiles a lot... lol.)
Deidara was next to follow the smell of food.
"Thank you, yeah." he said taking plate from Sakura.
Sakura was sipping her tea when Itachi came down fully dressed.
"Eat." Sakura said before he left the building.
"I'm not hungry." he replied.
"Eat." Sakura persisted.
Itachi gave up but sent her a glare. Sakura ignored it while handing him a plate.
"Train afterward?" Kisame said sticking to short sentences.
"Yea." Itachi replied eating some toast.
"I'll meet up with you guys later." Sakura said walking out of the building.
Konoha that Morning (5:30)
"HE'S EARLY!!!" Naruto exclaimed seeing his sensei on time for once.
"No playing around today Naruto." Kakashi said looking at all who showed him
Naruto, Ino, Neji, Shikamaru, Ten Ten, Hinata, Lee, Choji, Shino, Kiba, Sasuke, Temari, Gaara, and some ANBU where their talking amongst themselves.
"What are you two doing here?" Ino asked eyeing Temari.
"Tsunade called for us last night." Temari replied.
"Who taking place for you Gaara?" Naruto asked the Kazekage.
"Kankuro." Gaara replied
"Okay, do you all have your stuff?" Kakashi asked attracting everyone's attention.
Everybody nodded.
"Good because we are going to start after I split you all into teams." Kakashi said. "There will be groups of six making three teams."
The teams where:
Team one- Naruto, Kakashi, Neji, Shikmaru, Gaara, and Sasuke.
Team two- Temari, Choji, Lee, Ten Ten, Hinata, and Shino.
Team three- Ino, Kiba, and three ANBU.
Everyone made their way to the north gates.
"Keep in touch via communicator." Kakashi said. "Temari you are the leader for your group and Janai you are the leader of yours." Kakashi said to Temari and one of the ANBU.
The three teams made their way into the forest. They all went in different directions to cover more territory.
With Sakura
After Sakura left the three guys she went exploring. She found a field filled with Sakura trees and sat at the base of one of the trees.
'Peaceful.' Sakura thought as she sharpened a kunai. She suddenly stood up as she sensed six chakra sources coming toward her.
'Just my luck.' She thought as Kakashi, Naruto Neji, Shikamaru, Gaara, and Sasuke came into view.
'Just great.' She thought getting into a fight stance with her newly sharpened kunai.
I was going to post a shorter chapter due to writers block but then I thought, that sure would suck posting a short chapter. Hope you all liked it and I hope you review.. THANKYOU!!!!!
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