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Chapter 6: Shattered pieces of the heart…
The next day…
Sasuke woke up first. He looked at his bed, where Sakura is still sleeping soundly. He then went to the bathroom, to wash his face and brush his teeth.
A few minutes later, Sakura woke up from her deep slumber. She blinked her eyes twice. She sat up from the bed and rubbed her eyes with her hands. She then realized that Sasuke was no longer sleeping at the floor. She went out the room and went downstairs to look for him.
"I wonder, where did Sasuke go?" she asked herself. She then remembered that she left her forehead protector and her sandals on the other room. She turned the knob and went inside the barren room. She then saw her forehead protector on the bed and the sandals near the bookshelf.
"I better put them on and look for Sasuke-kun!" she exclaimed. She put on her forehead protector on her head and put on her blue sandals. She then closed the door and went downstairs to look for Sasuke.
She hummed a tune, while going down the stairs. Then, she saw Sasuke at the kitchen, drinking a glass of water.
"Ohayo Sasuke-kun!" she greeted him ecstatically. She smiled out broadly and walked towards him.
Sasuke placed the glass on the sink and smiled. "Ohayo" he greeted her.
Sakura got out a small comb from her pocket and brushed her pink silky hair. Sasuke looked at her, as she comb her pink hair, energetically. Then she placed her comb again to her pocket and saw Sasuke looking preoccupied.
"Hey Sasuke-kun? Are you feeling alright?" she asked him. "Huh?" he said. "I said… are you feeling alright? You look preoccupied today!" she exclaimed. Sasuke looked at her and shook his head. "I am alright!"
"Well… I better go home first! My parents must be home now!" she told Sasuke. "Okay!" he replied. "Let's meet up at the bridge later." She told him and he nodded and looked at the clock on the wall. "Well… bye!" she bid.
Sasuke accompanied her to the front door and she went outside his house and waved a hand, then she headed her way back to her house.
On her way to her house, she bumped into Hinata.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" Hinata greeted her. Sakura smiled and greeted her too. "Where will you be going, this early?" Sakura asked poor shy Hinata. "Umm… to meet up with Kurenai Sensei." She replied back. "Oh! You have a training today?" Sakura asked her. "Yes!" she replied back. "Well, good luck then, Hinata-chan!" Sakura said gleefully. "Thank you!" Hinata thanked Sakura. Hinata then walked on to meet up with her teacher and her teammates.
Sakura hummed a tune of her favorite song, when she saw Naruto and Rock Lee went inside the Ramen store. She stopped humming and ran on to catch up with the two boys.
Inside the Ramen store…
Sakura saw Naruto at the counter taking an order while Rock Lee sits on a table near the counter. Sakura walked inside and walked towards the two boys.
"Hey!" she greeted Rock Lee. "Oh Hello Sakura-Chan!" Rock lee greeted back and smiled at her gleefully. Naruto looked at both of them and waved a hand to Sakura and she waved a hand too.
"Please make it three orders!" Naruto said to the waitress. "Three orders it will be sir!" the waitress replied back.
"Hey wait Naruto, I am not here to eat breakfast!" she exclaimed. Naruto looked at her and said. "It's my treat! Don't worry!" he replied back joyously. Rock lee looked at Sakura and wandered. "Maybe she just came in here to see me! Oh Sakura-Chan you are an angel!" he told himself. Sakura looked at Lee and sweat dropped. Lee was staring at her with those drooling eyes. "Hey Lee? What happen to you?" she asked him. Then, Lee came back from his daydream and apologized. "Sorry I was being preoccupied today!"
Naruto claimed his orders and walked to their table. "Here Sakura-Chan! Please eat it!" he offered her the bowl with hot soup and smiled. Sakura took the bowl from his hand and thanked him. He smiled and placed Lee's order in front of him. "Let's eat!" Naruto exclaimed ecstatically. Sakura settled herself beside Naruto.
"What brings you here Sakura-Chan!" Naruto asked her curiously, while gulping up the soup. "Me? I just saw you two went inside this store and I thought of going in and greet you! That's all!" she exclaimed while twirling the noodles with her fork. "What? She's not here to see me!" Lee told himself and turned white and jaws wide open. Sakura sweat dropped. "Oh my!" she exclaimed to herself. "He's gone nuts!"
Then two persons came inside the store. It was Neji and TenTen. Sakura waved a hand to them. Neji looked at her and looked away. "He's so rude!" Sakura told herself. TenTen on the other hand waved a hand to Sakura and smiled. She dragged Neji to their table and greeted them a happy Good morning.
"Umm… Lee? You'll catch a fly with your mouth wide open!" TenTen teased. Rock Lee turned normal again and closed his mouth. Neji rolled his eyes and told himself. "Why am I stuck with this bunch of idiots!"
"Well Neji-kun? Let's take some orders shall we?" TenTen exclaimed. Neji nodded and went to the counter to take their orders. A few minutes later, Neji and TenTen settled themselves a table near Sakura's. They talked for a while and after that left the store.
"Well I'll be going now! Meet you up at the bridge later, Naruto!" Sakura exclaimed. "Yeah!" he replied back. Rock Lee and TenTen waved a hand and their team went to their training grounds to meet up with their Gai-Sensei.
"Well, see you later Sakura-Chan!" Naruto exclaimed. "Okay! Bye!" she bid him and walked on to their house.
At Sasuke's house…
The doorbell rang twice. He went to the door to see who it was. As he was about to open the door, he saw a vision of the woman in the Shikayo temple. "What the…" he said with eyes wide open. The doorbell rang twice again. Then he opened the door. To his surprise, no one was there. "Who could that be?"
He saw no one but a letter on the mat. He took the letter and opened the seal. Then he read it carefully and silently.
As he read the letter, his eyes widened when he realized that the letter was written by his brother; Itachi. "This cannot be real!" he told himself nervously.
LETTER:
Uchiha Sasuke,
It's been a long time, my dear foolish brother! I've been waiting to see you avenge for our clan and kill me! How pathetic! What a fool you are! I'll be waiting for you dear brother, come with me… but if you refuse, you'll regret it for life and that girl I was spying at… she'll also face your worst nightmare! Better think twice my dear brother!
Itachi
Sasuke dropped the letter to the floor, gasping in horror and shaking eyes. He closed the door immediately and stared at the white wallpapered wall. He closed his eyes and Sakura's image popped out from his mind. She was smiling angelically. "Sakura" he mumbled the name. "I've got to go! Or else she'll die too!" he exclaimed nervously.
He didn't notice that someone was spying on him. The person transported itself inside the house and appeared in front of our Uchiha prodigy. The person grinned under its mask and hit Sasuke on the neck with its hand.
"What the hell…" Sasuke murmured in a whisper. He fell to the ground with a loud thud and fell to unconsciousness. The person picked him up and made some seals, and then they disappeared into nowhere. They have transported themselves to Itachi's hideout, which was at the southern part of Konoha's forest.
The person went inside the well-hidden hideout and went to the main hall of the house. At the main house, Itachi was sitting near the window, gazing at the view of the village of Konoha. The person removed its mask and its face was revealed.
"I see you come back with my little brother, Sachi!" Itachi exclaimed without looking at the person at his back.
"Yes, Itachi-sama! As you ordered me! I didn't kill him, he's just unconscious!" the unrevealed person explained.
Itachi turned around and eyed the person, grinning. "You're good!" he exclaimed happily. The person smirked.
The person in front of him was his right hand (Follower/ Comrade). It was a woman. The woman who Team 7 fought in Shikayo Temple. Her name was Sachi, a missing Nin of the sand country. She has long blond hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a black ninja outfit and her head protector placed at her waist. She was a cruel ninja with a very dark past. She kills anyone who comes to her way and their plan. She doesn't take considerations.
Sachi placed Sasuke on the ground. Itachi grinned, as he approached his unconscious little brother. Sachi smiled and look at Sasuke disgusted. "Do you want me to kill him, Itachi-sama?" Sachi asked. Itachi looked at her and smiled. "Sorry, I'll be the one, who must kill him" he replied. Both of them laughed devilish.
It was afternoon then…
Sakura immediately went to their meeting place. She saw Naruto, sitting at the end of the bridge. She gave him her most angelic smile. "Am I late?" she asked him, panting. "Nope! You're just in time!" he replied back. "Is Sasuke here already?" she asked him. Naruto shrugged his shoulder and said. "I haven't seen him since this morning…" he replied back.
Just then, a vision came up to Sakura. She was standing in front of a big old oak tree. A blue light blinded her and she saw Sasuke tied under a tree, with bleeding head and cut wrist. "NOOOO!" She yelled out aloud. "Sasuke-kun!" she shouted out his name, and then she came back to reality. She could hear the sound of Sasuke's dripping blood.
Naruto looked at her puzzled and worried. "What happened Sakura-Chan?" he asked her curiously. Sakura begun to cry. "Sasuke… it can't be… this vision, it happened twice" she said, sobbing between words. "What vision?" Naruto asked. Sakura looked up to Naruto's worried face and ran out the bridge and headed her way to Sasuke's house. Naruto followed her still confused of what's happening.
At Sasuke's house…
To Sakura's surprise, the door was wide opened. The lights of the house were on. She went inside the house and saw no one. "Sasuke-kun!" she called out his name. There was no response of him. She walked upstairs, but there isn't a single trace of Sasuke around.
Naruto arrived at the house, panting and sweating all over. "Sa…ku…ra- Cha..an…" he stammered. He walked inside the house and saw the letter lying on the floor. He read the letter and gasped in Horror. "A threat… from Itachi!" he exclaimed frightfully. Sakura went downstairs and saw Naruto with the letter and his hands were shaking. He dropped the letter on the floor. He looked at Sakura in horror.
"What happened Naruto-kun?" she asked him suspiciously. "Sakura… we need to find Sasuke fast!" he exclaimed horrified. "Why? What happen? What's the letter you are reading about?" she asked without a pause. "Just don't mind it… we need to find Sasuke fast!" he interrupted. "But where?" she asked impatiently. "To the place where Itachi's hideout is!" he told Sakura. "Itachi? Is Sasuke with his brother?" she asked him horrified. Naruto nodded and grabbed Sakura's hand. "Let's go… I know that place!" he told her. Sakura followed on.
They jumped on tree branches as fast as they could. Sakura was terrified and afraid. "Sasuke-kun… we're coming for you…" she exclaimed to herself. Naruto looked at her and frowned. "What the hell is Sasuke's problem… going on to meet up with his unbeatable, merciless brother!" he exclaimed to himself. The hideout was a few kilometers away.
"Sakura-Chan! Look out for traps!" he yelled out to Sakura. "Yeah!" she replied back.
They reached Itachi's hideout….
"I see that Sasuke's idiot teammates are here to get him… how heroic, but pathetic!" he exclaimed aloud. "I'll deal with them, Itachi-Sama!" Sachi said with devilish eyes. "No need Sachi! I'll deal with them later, after I kill Sasuke before them." He exclaimed and laughed hysterically. Sachi grinned.
Itachi grabbed the still unconscious Sasuke and transported himself to the entrance of the hideout, where Naruto and Sakura are.
"Shall we go now, Naruto-kun?" Sakura asked Naruto. "Yeah, let's go and look for that damn bastard!" he exclaimed angrily. Sakura eyed him and shouted. "Don't call him bastard!" "Okay! Temper please!" he joked.
Just then a familiar voice was heard at the entrance gate… it was Itachi; grinning and he was carrying his brother. "You're so noisy!"
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura gasped. "Hey you! Give us back Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, pointing a finger at him. "Don't you know that pointing a finger to someone is rude!" Itachi teased Naruto. "You don't care! You're not a respectable person!" Naruto replied angrily. "Hn!" exclaimed Itachi.
Itachi thrown 3 shurikens at the both of them. They both dodged it and jumped at a nearest tree branch. "Don't run away! Fight me, if you want to see him alive!" Itachi exclaimed coldly. "Just give him back to us!" Sakura yelled.
Itachi shook his head and grinned at Sakura. "I won't! even if you fight me and beg for him!" he told Sakura. She took out a kunai and thrown it straight at Itachi. "How weak!" he exclaimed. Then a shuriken blocked the kunai of Sakura. Sachi showed herself to them with an icy stare.
"I know her!" Sakura exclaimed. "Yeah! We met that woman before… I know! She's the ninja at the temple!" Naruto said horrified. "I see you remember me, kiddies!" she teased them "What did you call us!" Sakura bolted out. "I won't repeat it deaf one!" she exclaimed back to Sakura. Sakura's eyes twitched. "What a pig! You're dead meat!" she exclaimed furiously
Itachi took out a kunai and cut Sasuke's cheek. Sasuke didn't react. He was still in a deep unconsciousness. The blood flowed from his cheek and dropped at the muddy ground.
Sakura's eyes widened. "Why did you do that!" she yelled out. "I want him to feel the pain! But he can't feel it! He's still unconscious. How unfair!" Itachi replied. "You're such a cruel person!" Sakura yelled out furiously, with tears flowing from her jade eyes.
Sachi looked at Sakura and transported herself beside Itachi, smirking. "Fight me, if you want him!" Sachi said calmly. Naruto looked at her disgusted and made some seals. "Prepare yourself bitch!" he yelled out.
"You're on!" Sachi replied back. Naruto jumped to another tree branch and made some seals. "Bunshin technique!" he yelled. "Useless…" Sachi replied and attacked Naruto's clones. Sakura looked at the both of them, fighting for honor. "Naruto be careful!" she yelled to Naruto worriedly. "Don't worry, Sakura-chan I will not lose to her again!" he exclaimed back. "We'll see about that!" Sachi said.
Itachi dropped Sasuke on the floor and took out the kunai again. He thrown it to Sakura but she dodged it, as she was about to look at Itachi, he transported himself in front of her and hit Sakura on the neck with his left hand.. "No…" she whispered the word. She fell to unconsciousness.
Itachi grabbed Sakura's tiny body and jumped to where Sasuke's body was. He grabbed him too and shouted back to Sachi. "Do your task Sachi, I'll deal with this two!" Sachi nodded her head and eyed Naruto.
Naruto looked at Itachi, who was carrying his two friends. "Hey!" he called out to him. He was about to jump out to him, when Sachi blocked his way to Itachi. "You're just going to deal with me, fox kid!" she exclaimed at Naruto. Naruto jumped back and thrown a shuriken to the woman. She easily dodged it again. "You're on for a tough fight, Woman!" he shouted back to her. Sachi smirked and their tough fight begun.
Itachi grinned. "Good luck Sachi!" he whispered to himself. He transported himself, together with Sakura and Sasuke. He went inside a chamber room and tied them at separate posts. They were both still unconscious. Sakura's upper arm has a cut and was bleeding, while Sasuke's cheek is still dripping out blood.
Itachi looked at them disgusted and grinned devilish. "Have a nice rest!" he exclaimed "You'll need it!" and he disappeared into thin air.. He left them all alone in that room, while Naruto is still in a tough fight with Sachi and the both of them, still unconscious.
Will Naruto win against Sachi again? Or will he lose? What will happen to Sasuke and Sakura? And who will be the person who will rescue them from the enemies' hands?
-END OF CHAPTER 6-
"Open your eyes… and look outside the horizon… find the reasons why?… why are you rejected? Now you can't find it! But if you hold on to me… we'll find it together… stay by my side… till the end… for eternity!"
HEY EVERYONE! Thanks for the reviews! I totally appreciate it! Thanks minna san! Please review again! Chapter 7 will be updated this Saturday (July 2, 2005)… read and review!
-SEPTEMBER ANNE-