-Meltdown-

A/N- Two months? Damn that's a long while. On the bright side I got my diploma last week. 'One One Yeah Son!' We would chant. XD Well now I have time for this, forgive the wait. But hopefully you're a fan like me who waits years for an update, which has happened, but I bookmark my favorite stories. I feel pretty damn accomplished that my first fan-fiction ever has 200 reviews, that's just so awesome. I love you guys.

Anyways enough of my yammering, here is the sixth chapter to this sequel. Enjoy!

Ch.6

Water. She felt like water, flowing down a path made out for her in stone and dirt. Traveling in high speeds, grabbing wreckage in it's grasp. Flowing off a cliff, evaporating in the air to the sky. She felt helpless like water, easily being manipulated by any human. Unable to change her path, destiny, the only thing she could do was just flow on until the weather changed.

Sakura stood up from her seat on her couch, birds chirped explaining that it was morning. She had not slept that night, another dream scared her awake. Madara hadn't shown himself to her and it was finally getting to her physically. Sometimes she just wished that he would just appear so she could punch him out, she became so tempted recently to go find him herself. Of course she refrained from the action, Tsunade would have her in a padded room immediately, Itachi would give her one of his disappointed faces that broke her heart into two, Sasuke would yell at her in her face with a panicked Karin holding him back. Either way the consequences sucked, but that barely deterred her at all, more than she liked to believe.

She would give anything to see Itachi's face again, even if it was an upset one. She would give anything to kiss him one more time, hug him, inhale his deliciously soothing scent. It had been four months since she had seen her lover, no word came out of Tsunade as to where or what happened to him. She hated the woman for that. Working in the hospital did nothing for her anymore, it was so dull and training her assistant was beyond annoying now. She would have gotten rid of the girl if it weren't for her boss. The big blonde bimbo that also wouldn't tell her where her boyfriend was. Sakura held a permanent frown now, she missed him so much. Her hormones didn't help her situation, but seeing her stomach grow in front of her eyes gave her satisfaction and yet heartbreak all the same. She wanted to share the moment with Itachi, bask in the pride that she was helping the resurrection of the Uchiha clan with him. But no, she had to stare lovingly at her tummy alone because of her stupid bitch of a boss liked to keep vital information from her.

Sakura changed her clothes to casual jeans and a crew topped tee. It was a Saturday so she planned on relaxing before the hospital decided that they needed her expertise. Konoha stayed quiet until the late morning, dawn barely broke out so she enjoyed the silence. Birds chirped like the world was going to end at any moment, annoying yet cute all the same. The chilled air felt like sweet clarity on her skin, waking her up with a pleasant nip. She brushed her bubblegum pink hair behind an ear, it had gotten longer quick. It almost rivaled Tsunade's, she had wondered from time to time if she would cut it.

"Sakura-Chan!" A voice called out from behind her, she had turned with a startled expression to see Ino running up to her.

"Hey Pig." She smiled as sweet as she could have.

"What are you doing out here so early? You should be resting. Naruto was planning to pay you a visit later today." Ino stopped in front of her, her clothing wasn't normal. It was a a rich honey orange sun dress with white and cream flowers embroidered all over it, Sakura thought that it was very beautiful especially with her long hair completely down. Ino wore light makeup as well and cream high heels. What was the occasion?

"I wanted to go out for a walk, stretch my legs... whats with the outfit?" Sakura felt a little bummy with her faded skinny legged jeans and crew tee. She rubbed the toes of her old converse shoes together, Sakura debated if she would have looked a little bit better to herself if she wore her usual ninja garb instead... no she wouldn't have. Being reminded that she was a ninja by trade was a depressing thought and would only serve to remind herself of Itachi again.

Well crap. She depressed herself again.

"Oh this? I felt like getting dressed up for Shikamaru just because... oh! I haven't told you yet! Shikamaru proposed to me the other night!" Ino's eyes became close to sapphires when she spoke of her new fiance. The feeling of pride could be felt oozing out of her like some kind of chocolate fountain at a party. Sakura felt a little sick from it and more than a little envious for her. There she was, Ino Yamanaka soon to be Nara, marrying the love of her life. No worries in her life, just love of her family and friends, excelling at her profession, looking beautiful as ever. There was very little not to be jealous about with her, Sakura hated herself a little bit more for thinking about her best girl friend like that.

"I'm so happy for you!" Sakura lied and hugged her best friend, just now she noticed the huge rock of a ring on her finger.

"Thank you Sakura, I was wondering if you would be my maid of honor at the wedding. It would mean so much to me if you did." Ino took out a small tissue to dab her eyes, keeping her makeup in place.

"Sure." Her voice raised an octave and tears came rushing down her cheeks. Ino took that as tears of happiness but they weren't. Sakura was having a little meltdown in front of the woman.

"Thank you so much Sakura! I'll let you know what to do soon, but I have to go see Shikamaru's parents right now so I'll see you later." Ino hugged her friend one last time before she ran off in an opposite direction with those insanely high cream heels clattering the whole time.

This was a fried wanton and lemonade moment for her. She wanted to go find Naruto and clear out a buffet right now. Sakura started to stomp off towards his apartment.

-xxxxxx-

Mist was definitely nowhere near the happiest place on earth, Mist was a territory owned by a spawn of the devil. Blood lined the streets, corpses floated in the ocean, the civilians were either gone or dead on the ground. Itachi had been to many places like this, but the destruction was worse here. The numerous ninja battles had taken quite a toll on the land, almost irreparable. Death was a common occurrence daily, staying alive was an accomplishment.

Itachi was currently having a new injury tended to, a deep slash in his right arm. His blood spilled everywhere, soaking his white uniform. He had managed to kill the man that did this to him but not without further hurting himself. He had more slashes across his body, bruises, and contusions peppered his body like a fine dish. Hoshi had been tending to him for the last few hours, she had managed to stabilize him. All that was left was to stitch him back up and recommend a good nights sleep.

Hoshi set him in a cot, they were in a destroyed library. Other ninja rested with them, most nursing their wounds and looking for any kind of food that hadn't been picked over already. Rations were low, medical supplies even less were available, they needed more medics, food, forces. Madara's forces were beating them to a pulp, they had quantity over quality. Being outnumbered thirty to one everyday will brake you down quicker than you like, many of Konoha's finest had died recently in this village. It was only a matter of time before he became slaughtered by some unnamed ninja when his guard went down for a few seconds, being out here made him realize that he may never see the day to kill Madara, see Sakura and their child. Itachi cursed Tsunade, she didn't realize how serious the fighting over here had been. She had her head up her ass, repairing broken buildings and not sending out the proper amount of ninja for the war. The deaths of the elders must have shaken her up so much that she can't do anything to win the war. Someone had to take control before she killed us all.

Itachi leaned up from his cot and grabbed a pen and paper from his bag, writing a letter to Kakashi might help. He knew what was going on over here, he nearly died already. If anyone could help Konoha at the moment it would be him. Itachi wrote a few paragraphs to the man and sealed it into an envelope. A few hand signs later and a black crow appeared in a puff of smoke.

"Take this to Kakashi Hatake in Konoha." Itachi's voice mumbled to the bird.

"Sir!" It nodded and chirped, seconds later it flew out of the building.

"Where's Jun?" Itachi asked Hoshi.

"Fighting..." Hoshi looked up from her medical kit, her face cringed. "He seems to love fighting, always coming back a broken mess."

"His help is appreciated." Itachi coughed, blood left his mouth. Hoshi jumped to his side, opening his mouth to inspect the wound.

"Oh good, it's only a cut on the inside of your mouth." She grabbed some tissue from her kit. "Just put this in your mouth to stop the bleeding."

"Hn." Itachi did as she asked, it felt uncomfortable and dry. He needed to cough again.

"Just rest now, you will be good as new in a few days. Hopefully we will have reinforcements soon, people keep whispering that there will." Hoshi's sapphire eyes shown in the lamp light, they shined like precious jewels. Her optimism was refreshing in a dark dank place like this. He almost wanted to give her a smirk but he was in too much pain at the moment. She smiled at him and continued to pack her kit up.

It was obvious that she liked him, he knew. The only problem was that he didn't have the urge to snuff out her crush.

"Hey, I need a medic." Jun laughed a tired laugh, Hoshi ran to his side and set him in a cot next to Itachi.

"So I take it you won your battle." Hoshi began removing his shredded clothing, bruises and gashes littered his body. A few deep penetrating wounds needed to be taken care of immediately.

"Of course. I always win." He grinned and enjoyed the feel of a woman's touch, even though it was purely medical.

"That's good for us. How many did you kill?" Hoshi kept her eyes on the torn muscle and tendons in front of her, her hand glowed a green as she healed him.

"Uh... 'bout twenty or so. I can't remember. I just know that I made a new record today, I am the idiot killing king over here." Jun laughed and wiped his wet short black hair from his forehead.

"I'll bow to you when we get out of this hell hole... but I bet Itachi-Kun has more kills than you." Hoshi blushed when she mentioned Itachi's name, but smile teasingly to Jun to make him think she was being playful with him.

"I doubt it. I could beat him in a fight no problem. I kill more than him everyday, and besides he is all fucked up right now so that means he's weak." Jun frowned.

"How many men did you kill to sustain such injuries that you have now Itachi-Kun?" Hoshi asked him, he sighed and didn't want to tell them but did anyways.

"Thirty eight." He sighed and waited for Jun to start yelling, a headache already started to appear.

"WHAT?" Jun rose from his cot and made a move for the Uchiha, Hoshi thankfully got in between them and pressed a pressure point on Jun's neck. Jun fell backwards onto the cot and smacked his head against the wall. "Why..?"

"You're on our side you idiot... and besides that's why he is our captain. He is in all ways better than us." Hoshi continued to heal Jun that stayed pouting on the bed.

"I'll beat the captain you know, just you wait." Jun growled but shut up when Hoshi gave him a threatening look.

"Hn." Itachi closed his eyes, watching vivid green eyes and a bright angelic smile speak of sweet nothings in his ear. His body relaxed, he envisioned her sweet citrus scent, and warm firm body in his arms.

Oh how he missed her, four months gone. Five months from now and she'd be giving birth. He would never forgive himself if he missed that. There had to be a way to get out of this battle field. He couldn't take much of it anymore anyways...

"I love you Itachi-Kun."

His memories was what kept him sane, kept him strong, grounded him to reality. Itachi wanted to tell his memory of Sakura that he loved her too.

But her voice sounded a little too high from what he remembered.

-xxxxxxx-

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Pirates of the Caribbean and Oblivion.

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