A/N: Sorry it took me so long to post this chapter, I've been very busy! (If you haven't seen Pirates of the Caribbean 3, I recommend it!) Any ways, I'm sorry if some of the information in this chapter is inaccurate, it just sounded better this way! Thank you to all of those people who reviewed on chapter two (two people hint, hint) I really do appreciate the feedback. Please read, enjoy and review!

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Chapter Three: In the Clutches of the Enemy!

Anko woke up to find that she couldn't see a thing. Have I gone blind? she thought to herself in panic. No! Okay, calm down. You are probably in a dungeon somewhere. This is no time to panic!

The door cracked open and Anko shielded her eyes to the bright light behind it.

"Comfortable?" asked the infuriatingly cool voice of Itachi Uchiha.

"You know, I really thought you had some imagination Maggot," Anko said tauntingly, hiding her fear. "I mean, isn't the whole 'lock-her-up-in-the-dungeon' idea, like, so five centuries ago?"

"You don't have to hide your fear with insults," Itachi said shrewdly. "You and I both know that you're scared out of your wits."

"Really?" Anko asked, angry with herself for not hiding her feelings better. "That shows how much you know-" Itachi had walked through the door and was standing inches from her. He was close enough to touch.

"Now Anko, let's stop throwing insults like children. I came in here to give you some information," said Itachi in what he clearly thought was a soothing tone. Anko on the other hand, took it as the most insulting thing he'd said yet. No one told Anko Mitarashi what to do-especially not rouge ninja who killed their entire clans!

"What information could you possibly have that would interest me, Maggot?" Anko asked scathingly. Her heart was still racing. She needed to find a way out of here.

"Ah, ah, ah," said Itachi, "First, we'll have to learn some manners." He walked over and chained her to the wall. "I wouldn't try to get out of these if I were you. They drain your chakra. If you try, you'll most likely collapse from exhaustion." He put a hand on her face, forcing her to look into his sharingan eyes. They seemed to mock her; daring her to fight back.

"You really are a maggot," Anko said, "You really expect me to be here for a long time don't you? Well let me set you straight. Even if I can't get out of this place myself, my team will come for me!"

"How touching, you believe in a copy-cat ninja, and two kids," Itachi said, more than a hint of amusement in his voice. "Well, we'll see." With one last look into her eyes that seemed to say 'you just try to defeat me,' he turned and walked through the door, leaving Anko to weep (which does not happen very often) in complete and total darkness.

Kakashi woke to the muffled sound of a scream. "Anko!" he said in a worried tone. He ran out of his tent to where he had left Anko only hours before. There was no sign of her.

"Naruto, Sakura!" Kakashi yelled desperately, "Wake up! Anko's missing."

"What?" asked Naruto, his voicing hinting that he had only just jerked himself awake.

"What do you mean she's 'gone missing'?" Sakura asked, her tone giving away how frightened she was.

"I heard a scream, and came to check on her," said Kakashi, trying to get his emotions under control, "When I got here she was gone!"

"Well, what are we waiting for, we have to go and find her!" Naruto yelled impatiently.

"Oh yeah? And where do you propose we look?" Kakashi asked, his voice holding a note of hysteria. Ordinarily, he would not break down like this. As a shinobi, he was to be calm, cool, emotionless; now he was anything but that.

"At least we know who took her," Sakura said quietly.

"Really?" asked Naruto cluelessly.

"Yeah-" Sakura started.

"Itachi," said Kakashi, his voice shaking with suppressed rage, "I'm going to kill you!"

When Kakashi Hatake promises to do something, it gets done; no matter what the consequences.

Sakura had suggested that they wait until morning to start searching for their captured teammate. If they started in the night, they would be lead by blind rage and a treacherous forest. So, Kakashi sat, alone in his tent, willing himself not to fall asleep-just in case Itachi decided to show his ugly face again.

How dare he attack her when she was least suspecting it. They were supposed to be hunting him, not the other way around!

"I have to save her, I have to keep my promise!"

-FLASH BACK-

Anko was seventeen years old; Kakashi was nineteen. She was stumbling into the village, after so many years, she was back. Kakashi could see that she was in pain. She seemed to be holding her neck, as if it were causing her great pain. She collapsed on the street.

"Anko!" Kakashi had yelled from his hiding place in the tree. When he got closer he could see a black curse mark etched into her neck. It was glowing purple.

"He just left me, he left me!" she sobbed into his shoulder.

"It's all right, Anko, your safe," Kakashi had said softly. She looked up at him, her disturbed eyes gleaming with tears. Kakashi saw her eyes take on a different emotion-longing.

"Please, I just want my old life back," she had whispered, "Help me to be who I was!"

"Don't worry Anko, I'm here for you," he had soothed, making a silent promise to himself to save her from this helpless state, to always be there for her, to protect her.

"I'm here."

-END FLASH BACK-

Kakashi shook himself awake. He hadn't had that dream in a long time, though it used to haunt him night after night. His sub-conscious seemed to be reminding him of his vow.

"I will get you back Anko," Kakashi promised, his voice choking over the words. Kakashi always seemed to have a great friendship with Anko. Maybe it was because they had had painful pasts? All he knew was that he needed Anko, as much as she needed him, and he was going to get her back.

"Even if it takes my life, I will get you back!"

A/N: I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! If I under or overplayed Itachi, during the first part of the fic, I would appreciate if someone could let me know! The next chapter really should be up soon so…don't worry! Please continue to read and review.

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