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Chapter 3: Decisions

Itachi Uchiha looked murderous when he walked back to his room. His plan has been perfect. Well, he had spotted it when he, Kisame and Deidara were fighting against his foolish little brother's team and he had noticed the pink haired kunoichi. He knew that the kunoichi was his brother's team mate so she was also Naruto's team mate and probable his friend too. He had thought that Akatsuki could use her to get Naruto (and Kyuubi too) but a moment ago the kunoichi, named Sakura Haruno, had ruined his plans by telling that se was going to die in two months. She had also told that the Fifth Hogage wouldn't allow anybody to rescue her because she was going to die, no matter how hard they would try to save her. Why waste many good ninja for a woman who would die anyway?

Itachi arrived at his room's door, opened it, stepped inside and slammed it shut. Hard. Normally he wouldn't let himself get this angry and show it to everyone else but now he had more serious problems to handle than he's imago. He's plan wasn't going to work and now he had a useless kunoichi to take care of. Then he remembered his right arm and the pain with it (he had been so angry to kunoichi that he had forgot the pain temperately). The kunoichi, who he'd thought to be useless, had managed to break his arm with a kunai knife. (The arm was still broken but the pain was now easier to handle.) He had also seen how she had healed her team leader's stomach wound in seconds. The wound was done by Kisame's sword Samehada so it had to been an ugly wound to take care of. In any case she had healed it just before he had hit her unconscious and thrown to Kisame.

Maybe kunoichi wouldn't be as useless as he had first thought. It seems that she was a talented medic ninja with good fighting skills. Even though he tried to ignore the pain in his eyes it was clearly that he would become blind, soon, if someone wouldn't heal his eyes. He needed a medic to heal his broken arm too but his eyes were first on the list. Now he had a medic as his captive and maybe he couldn't use the ´killing part` to force her to heal his eyes, but for sure he could figure out something else which to threaten her with. Yes, something that would make her suffer before she was going to die, something which would make her cry and brake her before the final release. Itachi decided to do to Sakura something only a man could do to a woman.


Sakura woke up when the cold sensation ran through her spine and jumped out of her bed. She had a feeling that someone was thinking badly about her. Itachi was one of the possible persons on her list and first one who came to her mind. Sakura knew that she had ruined his plans, and was extremely happy for that to have happened, but still she was a little scared of what he would do to her now. She was almost totally useless to him now and the only useful thing she could do to him was healing his eyes. But what after that? She was aware of her short lifetime and she could feel how the seal in her left shoulder blade throbbed at the same time with her heart and every throb released minimal dosage of the poison in her body. Sakura knew that the end would be slow and painful because she was in pain already and her the day she would die wouldn't come until after two months.

I hope that if he's going to kill me the death would be quick and painless. Nah, what am I hoping for? My executioner is Itachi Uchiha and he's sadistic murder who likes to play with his victims before he brutally finishes them off. I can only hope that shishou will keep her promise and doesn't sent anyone to rescue me. Sakura started to walk in circle in her roomand rubbed her neck at the same time. Her neck was still sore because of Itachi's hit. After Deidara had unchained her legs and arms she had tried to get some rest but now she wanted to move her limbs. She had eaten the food they had given to her but still she felt hungry. When Itachi and the rest of the group had attacked in team seven camp she hadn't have time to eat breakfast and she hadn't eaten anything the night before, because the poison had turned her stomach upside down and eating something hadn't felt like a good idea. So here she was, kidnapped (thanks to Itachi), hungry (thanks to Itachi), her chakra system was harmed even more than before (thanks to Itachi), her neck was sore and she could feel how the headache was making home to her head thanks to that bastard Itachi Uchiha!

After walking her legs sore she sat to her bed, closed her emerald eyes and let her mind travel where ever it wanted. At first she saw Naruto's sad face in front of her closed eyes. She hoped she could reach her hands to wrap around his torso and hug him. I'm sorry for all those times I punched you without a good, or even acceptable, reason. I hope you know that you're still one of my best friends even if I told you otherwise in the tent. Please don't come to search me here, they will kill you so they can get the Kyuubi. I can't stand if you die because of me. Please Naruto, stay home, stay in Konoha and became the greatest Hogage ever. Please. Sakura felt how something wet started to fall down on her cheeks but she didn't care.

Her mind left Naruto behind and now she saw Kakashi reading one of his Icha Icha Paradise books. Sakura had always hated his orange books because she had had the feeling that Kakashi gave more attention to his books than his female pupil when they were training. Oh Kakashi-sensei, what happened to us and our team work? When I was twelve we were friends but after I turned fifteen you hardly notices me anymore. You wanted go to mission with Naruto and Sasuke but never with me. I missed you and our training lessons and I miss them even right now! Did I hurt your feelings so much when I asked Tsunade-sama if I could become her apprentice? I just wanted to become stronger so I could help Naruto to get Sasuke back. I thought that you would understand my feelings. Besides, you started to do Anbu missions after Naruto left with Jirayja. I was so angry to all of you gyus, all of you just left me alone in Konoha and didn't contact me over the two years. I become embittered and after you and Naruto came back I had lost almost all happy things in my life. Did you never notice that my smiles and laughs were fake ones? Did you see how empty and cold I had become inside? Dear Kakashi did you ever pay attention how strong and good medic I had become only in two years or how much I thirsted your company? Maybe not because you never said or ask anything personal from me and your company didn't reach me. Why? What happened? Sakura hid her face in her hands and cried ever more. She started to shake and lay down on her bed.

Sakura said good bye to her ex-sensei and his book and let her mind continue its journey. When she saw Sasuke's black `chicken-butt´ hair she buried her already reddish face to her pillow. In her mind Sasuke stood in front of her eyes but he had turned his back to her and was moving slowly away. Somewhere in deep of her mind Sakura could hear a whisper "weak". Mmm, yes, to you I was and will always be weak. Right Sasuke? I do apologise my behaviour when we were twelve but I think that you should too apologise for your behaviour. I know I was annoying and weak back then but you weren't perfect either. After you joined Orochimaru's group in the Sound I felt so miserable. You betrayed Konoha, Naruto, Kakashi and me. I gave you my love but you just hit it in the ground and walked over it. You know, my heart broke and it never healed completely. When you came back I thought that it would became whole again but it broke ever more. Do you know how hard it's living with a broken heart? Ah, but maybe you do know. Your heart has must have been broken too after your clans death. Only our pain was different. You know, right now I'm your big brother's prisoner and he's probably going to kill me before this poison inside my body will do it, but before I die I want to see Naruto, Kakashi and you, Sasuke. Maybe I don't love you anymore with as much passion as I did when we were Genings but I still love you. You were my first love and that love was so strong that it left eternal marks deep in my heart. I will always love you somehow. And because I love you and hope that you will be happy I'm asking you a little favour, please do not kill Itachi. You wouldn't feel any better even if you managed to kill him. Nothing can make your clan come back and besides he's your bother, a part of your family. Please Sasuke, don't hurt yourself anymore. You have suffered enough. Find yourself a good wife and revive the Uchiha clan with many little Sasuke's. Please, that's all I'm asking for.

Sakura's pillow was wet with her tears but she didn't care. She missed her boys so much it hurt her. She missed also her friends, Shizune, Tonton and her shishou Tsunade. She cried all night for the people she loved but before she fell asleep she made a decision. Sakura decided that she wouldn't give any information to Akatsuki about Konoha and she would write a letter to all her most important persons and tell them her thoughts for the last two months before her death.


Deidara and Kisame were in the kitchen and they were talking about Itachi's new prisoner.

"What do you think about that pink haired kunoichi, fish?" Deidara asked and tried to eat his noodles at the same time.

"Don't call me a fish. Hmm, she seems to have good healing skills because she healed their teacher's stomach wound in seconds. And the wound was made by me."

"Well, that doesn't prove anything, your so bad fighter that the wound couldn't be very serious, yeah"

"What the fuck are you saying bomb freak?! If that kunoichi hadn't healed that man he would be dead by now. Trust me, that wound was really bad."

"If you say so fish, but do you know why Itachi changed the plan? Leader-sama won't be happy when he hears this. The Kyuubi-boy was there so we should have taken him instead of that kunoichi. Hasn't Itachi had a whore in a long time or what is going on?" Deidara wasn't happy that the original plan had been changed. He had failed many missions before this one and it seemed that this mission was going to be also a flop. Thanks to Itachi who had been the leader of mission.

"Mmm, I have no idea how Itachi's sex life is going on, but I think that he will need that kunoichi to something else. Itachi isn't stupid enough to make mistakes like that. I have no idea why he changed the plan but I trust him so you should too." Even thought Kisame said he trusted the Sharingan master he didn't mean it. In reality he was also worried what leader-sama would do after hearing the changes of the plan.

"Hn, I won't ever trust that bastard as much as you, fish, yeah."

Deidara and Kisame both decided to leave this mess to Itachi to take care of.


In Konoha the future Hogage, Uzumaki Naruto was sitting on his bed and his head was on his hands. The floor under his legs was wet of his tears but he didn't notice it. Naruto had cried so much that his eyes were hurting but he couldn't make himself to stop. His mouth moved now and then and he repeat one name over and over, "Sakura-chan". After Tsunade had told them Sakura's secret they had left to her office and every one had went to their homes. Naruto had started crying in the Hogage tower and he had the feeling that he couldn't ever stop.

Why Sakura-chan? Why you didn't tell anyone of us that you were deathly ill? Did you think that we wouldn't care? I know that we were unfair towards you when we started to do three members missions without you, but we just tried to protect to you. You were, and you are still, very important to all of us and we didn't want you to get hurt on missions. Yes, I know it's hard to you believe it, but even Sasuke-teme cares about you. He just doesn't know how to show it. Maybe we all made a huge mistake when we left you alone here and insulted you, but we just wanted to protect you Sakura-Chan! Have you any idea how terrifying shock it was to us when Tsunade-baa-san told that you had taken the elite Anbu test without telling any of us? We wanted to make you feel weak so you would always be on a Chuning level and do easy missions. I never thought that you would go and take the elite Anbu test! Do you know how hard and difficult the missions on that level are? Or maybe you knew, after all you're the second smartest ninja of our ages. Only that lazy ass Shikamaru is smarter than you. I have no words to tell you how sorry I am Sakura-chan. I just hope that we could time travel to the time when we were Genings and make things different so we wouldn't suffer like we now do. Yes, I know that's not possible but I don't want to loose you. You're too precious to me.

Because Naruto was tired of all the crying his mind stopped thinking about Sakura and he fell asleep but he made a decision before that. Naruto decided to save Sakura no matter what and destroy Akatsuki so they wouldn't hurt his friends ever again.


Kakashi Hatake had a painful headache when he was walking towards his house. He walked slowly and tried to digest the information what Tsunade had given to him and his former male pupils. He just couldn't understand it. The screamer in the hospital had been his only female pupil Sakura and now she was going to die even if they somehow managed to save her from Akatsuki. He couldn't take it. Kakashi had lost his best friend, Obito, when they were on a mission many years ago and his another team mate has died only couple of years later. His sensei had died when he was saving Konoha and now his pupil was going to die and he couldn't help her.

Why me? Why almost every one I care about die before they should? Oh Sakura, I'm so sorry. I have made so many mistakes in my life but this one is the worst. You're going to die because of me, Naruto and Sasuke. We were so stupid when we thought that leaving you outside of our team could save you from the dangers of ninja life. Obviously we were wrong. I saw how much you had learned in only two years and how much better fighter you had become. I was surprised because two years is a short time to learn how to become professional medic and almost the best fighter in Konoha. If you hadn't been with us this morning I would have died to that wound. You saved my life and what have I done for you? When I noticed your skills couple of years ago I decided that we should insult you ever more so you would stay in here and do simple missions. I didn't like the idea that you were stronger than us because that would have meant you could take care of yourself and we couldn't protect you if you already did it for us. I remember when you were twelve and said that I'm probably one of the wisest shinobi in Konoha but you were wrong Sakura. As you can see I'm not wise at all. Because of me and my decisions you're in this situation. I'm so sorry.

When Kakashi arrived to his home door and was going to open it he made a decision. Kakashi decided to try save Sakura and tell her how sorry he was for everything.


Like his big brother Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha opened his home door, stepped inside the apartment and slammed the door shut. He was angry to everybody. He was angry to Tsunade for telling them Sakura's secret. He was angry to Naruto and Kakashi for making him insult Sakura even more than before. He was angry to Sakura for taking the elite Anbu test and getting deathly ill but most of all he was angry to himself. Sasuke walked to bathroom, undressed and stepped in to the shower. His back and chest were sore from Tsunade's hit earlier on that day and cold water make the most of the pain disappear. When he let the cold water drum his sore back his mind started to travel on Sakura and her situation.

Hn, so she's going to die. Even if she was annoying I didn't hope her to die. That bastard brother of mine will die a painful death if he's going to hurt Sakura even more. I couldn't believe how much she had changed when I came back to Konoha. She wasn't weak anymore and her healing skills were astonishing. She saved Kakashi's life this morning and none of us could save her from my brother. She saved me too when she jumped between Itachi and I. I know that Naruto wants to go and save her but even he should understand that it's no use. She will die no matter what and that's it. I feel sorry for her and our team will never be complete again even if Tsunade will order a new member to join of our team. After two months team seven will die indefinitely and that's it.

Sasuke shut the shower and dried his hair in a blue towel. Then he put the towel on his hips and stepped outside of bathroom. At the same time he made a decision. Sasuke decided to talk to Naruto and make it clear to him that he shouldn't go and try to save Sakura.


Konoha's fifth Hogage Lady Tsunade looked her village on her offices window and let her thoughts travel their own rounds.

I'm sorry Sakura. I told them your secret but I had to. Otherwise they would have left and tried to save you, or at least Naruto would have, but I know that you want them to stay here. I'm pretty sure we won't meet ever again and I'm sorry for that. You were good apprentice and a medic. I'm happy and proud that I had the honour to be your teacher. I'm also sorry for the fact that I wasn't able to save you from that poison. I have send one of my best shinobis to find the ninja who poisoned you and will try to develop an antidote so nobody else would have to suffer like you did Sakura. I can only hope that Itachi Uchiha will kill you before that poison, so your death would be a little painless. Sayonara Sakura and sorry for everything.

Tsunade closed her windows curtains, wiped tears away from her cheeks,opened the door and left her office behind. When she walked through the door opening she made a decision. Tsunade decided to keep rest members of team seven in Konoha and arrange a beautiful funeral for Sakura when the time would came for that.


Disclaimer I do not own Naruto

I'm sorry it takes this long to update and I hope you will like this chapter. I wanted to make every main characters' thoughts clear to you and I hope you try to understand how they feel. For example Itachi, he is almost despairing because his plan isn't going to work and the Leader-sama will be angry to him. That's why he's going to do something unforgivable to Sakura. And then Sasuke, he understands that there's no point to go and save Sakura because he thinks reasonable, unlike Naruto and Kakashi.

I'm also sorry for Sakura-chan and I have to tell you that there won't be any "magical healing process" in this story. So yes, Sakura is going do die in the end. But don't worry, there will still be romance too :3

Also I'm not sure when the next chapter will be ready but I'll try my best and be quick with it :D

Thank you and please revive!