Ok here is the final chapter of rebirth. I decided that I did not like the third. It had way too much that needed to be done to it, and so, I rewrote it into a final chapter. I don't plan on doing a sequal as there are many many other stories I am working on but in the review, I'd like you guys to tell me which story line you guys would like me to do next.

Here's the options, Pick a couple and a type (Cross types work such as modern assassination, ect):

ItaSaku- Assassination/Mercenary, Medival/Historical, Modern/Scifi

SasoSaku- Dark modern, Dark historical/Futuristic

Sakura- Romanace, general, military, School fic, Sci Fi, Adventure.

"The mission is this: extract the two tails when Hidan returns."

Itachi mentally swore… for he knew that Sakura would never be able to complete the task… not when it was held by Kiri. Staring at the Leader's retreating back, Itachi stared at stain glass window before him, of the Leaf village. And then he turned to return to his chambers, knowing that he would eventually have to wake his love. And that he would have to tell her.

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She stirred sleepily, her hair spread about her like a halo as she stretched. The emerald green eyes fluttered open as she smiled, turning to the man beside her. Her lips ghosted a kiss to his lips, but as she rose, two strong arms caught her about the waist, holding her captive. Listening to the possessive rumble behind her, she sighed, before allowing him to draw her back beside him.

Their relationship had grown through the past few months. There was no fear, no secrets. Each understood the others limitations, their faults, their loyalties. They knew where they could work out problems, and where one would have to concede. And they grew closer. But one issue had arisen that had not been solved. Sakura could not detatch herself from her friends; she was bound to them just as she was to him. Twice she had defied the leader's orders for her to remain at the base to heal one of them. And twice she had been severely punished because of it.

Recently, though, Itachi noted that the stipulations, the regulations against her were getting tighter. She could not obey her will and the Leaders. But she had signed her life away. The stoic Uchiha questioned if she was intended to fail, to die.

"Mmm it's already nine… we need to get to breakfast," she protested half heartedly as he nuzzled the back of her neck..

Planting kisses along her shoulder, Itachi smirked as she shuddered. "We can eat later. Pein has us on guard duty until Hidan gets back, and Tobi's out. We have the base to ourselves…" he whispered, sucking gently on her earlobe.

It was interesting how he could erase her mind with a simple touch of his fingers. Her skin burned slightly now and she could feel a blush rising on her cheeks. Struggling to focus, she asked,"What is Hidan's mission?"

There was a pause as he turned to look at her innocent green eyes. But there was no way to soften the words. Nor would he lie. "Hidan has been sent to recover the two tailed bijuu."

Sakura froze feeling a pit drop in her stomach as she stared at the man that had been her savior, her lover. It was as though she had stared into the jaws of hell, her body's muscles locked, tightened like springs coiled beneath her skin as the realization with in her registered. And then the springs snapped, two chakra wings exploding through the back of her shirt, rocketing her away.

Becoming a mere flash of movement, she flew through the halls. She took corners narrowly, faster than should have been possible as she used her feet to push off the walls stone surface. She knew where she was going and she was not going to be caught, by him or any. Her breathing became ragged as she forced her body to move to levels that it had forgotten in her captivity. Itachi's commanding tone rang through their mental link, but she ignored it, blocking him off with her chakra. The furious beats of her wings took her into the chapel and then to the rafters a place she could conceal herself beyond sensory.

Kneeling as she reached the center beam, Sakura pushed her wings out, wrapping them in a dome around her. Her Yakamichi bands glowed a brilliant rose as she closed her eyes, reaching up to touch the mark at her shoulder. The aoi seal. She had sworn to the Gondaime that it would only be used when she was protecting those around her. Saving Kiri would allow her oath to hold.

With a deep breath, Sakura formed seals, her eyes closing as she specifically sought out the black seal. Flinching as her charka touched the nibi's within Kiri's body, she opened her eyes to gaze through and see what the girl was seeing. She could feel panic beginning to overrun her mind, her eyes looking all around her as she sought for something. And then she saw the flash of red and black.

The weight in her stomach grew heavier as she felt the girl's mind racing, trying to find some plan, some hope that would allow her to survive. The girls eyes flashed to the four bodies around her, pain welling her body as she stared at the skeleton figure who now casually walked towards her. And then the pain became too much. With a feral scream of rage, Kiri broke the seal… and Nekomata's power consumed her. Kiri No! Sakura screamed into the connection, but the girl was too far gone, too far enraged to be called back as she attacked the Akatsuki member head on. Pain snapped through her abdomen, through her spine as Kiri suffered Hidan's scorn. Watching through the girl's eyes as she collapsed, unable to move, Sakura knew that she had precious little time.

Her fingers continued to weave seals until they finally froze on the maiden sign. And then Sakura forced her chakra through, ripping the Nibi out of the girl through their link, the Aoi seal. For this was its ability. It took the chakra of those it was connected to. But it was not free of repercussions. For as the two tails chakra met her own, a burning pain wracked her body. Her body lacked the will to support itself, twitching, breaking with the pain as the demons chakra ravaged her being.

It was as though a thousand claws, a thousand burning claws were being raked over her bare skin, scalding her flesh as the weight attempted to break her. Forcing her mind to focus, Sakura forced her immobile hands to form the last seal. Her fingers twitched, and then she had it. The chakra she had forced through the link now engulfed the Unholy Fire, the chakra of the demon and sealed it within the Aoi. As the pain slowly ebbed to that of a mere throb, Sakura exhaustedly felt Itachi's worry, his frantic need to find her radiating through their bond as he fought to take her chakra block from it. Without the energy to maintain it, Sakura turned her gaze to the doors as her wings splayed out, her body shaking from exertion. And then she blacked out.

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Dazedly opening her eyes as she felt someone frantically shaking her, Sakura blearily stared up at the coal eyes above her, her body aching. Conciousness was painful. The dark was comfortable. As the person persisted in shaking her, she weakly swatted at their hands. "Leave me alone…. I don't want to get up…"

"Sakura. You must stay with me." Itachi's voice commanded her from the darkness as she slowly registered that the black eyes were actually red.

"Itachi…." She reached up to stroke the cheek that seemed so far above her reach. Her fingers brushed his cheek tenderly as she leaned up to kiss him gently on the lips before leaning back down.

"You will be alright."

"Itachi…… I'm not going to be alright. I'm not going to tell you what I've done. I'm so sorry… I can't let him do this to her. So I did something before Pein could. I'm so sorry.. so sorry to leave you."

"Sakura!" the anguished, pleading words came from his being as he stared at her with the eyes of a condemned man, a man who was watching his lover burn to death.

Her lips tilted in a small, sad smile as she stared up at him. "I always knew. I always loved… you. Please… don't…. cry….. for me…… Now……kiri…can….li….v.."

Capturing her lips in a last kiss, Itachi watched as the green eyes glazed over and her body stilled. A howl of agony ripped through the base. And when the four gathered, the haunted eyes of the Uchiha said all. He had gained everything… to lose it in one night. She had lost everything, gained only a moment of happiness, and then given it up for another life. Tears trailed openly down his cheeks as he stood, picking up her limp body.

Laying her on the stone alter before the glass, Itachi felt something greater than anger, something more horrible than death stir within him as he turned to gaze at the white eyes of the Leader. "You… you knew she would do this. That is why you wanted the two tail." A snarl leapt from his lips as he met the Akatsuki's gaze, his body tensing as her red eyes spun in fury. The black and red world of night enveloped the room, pulsing with an uncontained fury that could not be halted. There was nothing that could sooth this. And now a thousand deaths were repaid upon the man who had reaped them. No one would have survived.

As the jutsu faded, Itachi turned to Yichi. She walked slowly to him and hugged him tightly, tears trailing down her eyes as she sobbed into his chest. He held her close, brotherly, as he buried his face in her hair allowing the greif to finally take hold.

"She will be buried with honor. The hunt for the Jinchuuiki will cease," Itachi commanded lowly, his voice clear though thick with grief. "We are the most powerful lords of the earth. We have destroyed everything that was dear, every evil that existed. And so we will be the ones who return the world to power, to glory. And it will be because of her."

Its sad isn't it? But that is the Aoi seal. A sacrificificial jutsu. R&R my lovely readers.