A/N: So how's the story? I guess it's good because it's gotten a lot of hits. Thanks for reading guys and I hope it's still interesting.

Kidnapping

Chapter 5

The early morning sun was starting to rise. Some birds were singing and all seemed peaceful. That is unless you happened to stumble across a certain shinobi camp. Much fighting and yelling had taken place. It kinda went like this:

"No that's not right! Move it to the left!"

"I am! You need to back up some idiot!"

"Don't call him an idiot!" Neji, Lee, and Ten Ten were trying to pack up the tents. The problem was it was still semi dark out. The squad had completed the mission and was ready to go home. Lee still hadn't told anyone about his encounter with Sakura and his teammates were concerned. After they had finally finished packing up a rabid squirrel attacked them. Lee insisted that they should leave it alone and while they argued about whether or not they should kill it the squirrel ran off with half their food. That caused Ten Ten to whack Lee across the head again.

"Ow, Ten Ten stop it! I am not a child!" Lee snapped.

"Oh really? Well you're a dork!" Ten Ten gave Lee a death glare.

"Just shut up!" Neji sighed.

"NO!" Ten Ten and Lee shouted in unison. They pretty much fought all the way back to Konoha. Once they arrived in the village the three walked off in different directions. Neji to his house, Ten Ten to the training grounds, and Lee to the Hokage's office. Even though he was a little mad at Sakura, Lee was going to tell Tsunade. He would respect Sakura's request.

Lee took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Tsunade sounded really bored. Hoping she was alone Lee pushed the door open. An awkward silence filled the room. Both of them clearly remembered the last visit.

"Did you want something?" Tsunade asked. Lee glanced around. Thankfully nobody was around.

"Yes. It's about Sakura." Tsunade sighed.

"I told you Lee, we're still looking for her but the odds are not good…." Lee walked closer to the desk.

"I spoke with Sakura. She is alive." Lee looked so serious Tsunade didn't even laugh.

"Are you sure? It could have been somebody else." Tsunade seemed doubtful. Lee told Tsunade about his meeting with her. Though Lee left out the kissing part. That was private.

"Where Lee? Tell me and we'll go get her now!" Tsunade was already up and preparing to gather ninja.

"I cannot say." Lee flinched as Tsunade yelled

"What? And why the heck not?" Lee thought Tsunade was very scary when she was angry.

"I tried to bring her home, but she said that Itachi needed her. Sakura promised that one day she will return." Lee refused to tell Tsunade where Sakura was. It was one of the hardest things he had ever done, since Tsunade didn't seem to understand the word 'no'. After much shouting and the cracking of wood, (Tsunade punched her desk and cracked it in half) Lee was allowed to return home. He felt miserable. When he got home he immediately got a shower. The water felt good and refreshing. After a hurried dinner Lee went to his room and tried to get some sleep. Little did he know Itachi was hiding in the shadows, watching and waiting.

Sakura was still asleep on the couch. A battle was going on inside her mind. Sakura found herself in a room. Everything was black. There was no furniture, just total blackness. At first she thought she was alone but already a figure was forming. Sakura squinted as the stranger came into focus. She gasped. There, in front of her, was herself. Or at least it was something that looked exactly like Sakura. This new 'other Sakura' started shouting

"What are you doing sleeping? Wake up and go save Lee! It's up to you-I mean us! Come on!" The normal Sakura stared.

"Are you my other half or something?" The other girl nodded.

"I am the inner Sakura. I wondered when I'd get to meet you inside of our head." Inner Sakura said in a normal tone of voice.

"Am I dead or something?" Sakura asked her inner self.

"No silly! That jerk Itachi put you asleep with the Sharingan and left to go and kill Lee! Now wake up and let's go save him!" Sakura's inner self was impatient.

"What do you mean, 'wake up'? I am awake, aren't I?" Sakura was confused.

"No you're asleep. And if you don't get up Itachi is gonna kill Lee!" Inner Sakura was back to shouting.

"O.k. o.k. Just hold on for a minute! Let me think…" Sakura closed her eyes and tried to wake herself up. Nothing happened.

"You're not trying hard enough! Your boyfriend's life is on the line here!" Sakura opened her eyes and glared at her inner self.

"Lee is not my boyfriend!" Inner Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, good luck trying to fool your inner self who knows everything about you." Sakura blushed.

"Well, he is really cool once you get to know him…." Inner Sakura squealed.

"Yay! You're finally going to admit it! Everyone thinks you two are cute together anyway. Now wake up!" Sakura closed her eyes again and tried to wake up. The thought of what Itachi could be doing really made Sakura mad. An odd tingling sensation seemed to fill Sakura up like a cup. When she opened her eyes she was laying on Itachi's couch.

"I did it! I beat the Sharingan!" Sakura jumped up and flew out the front door. Sakura ran with all her might to Konoha, her home. The time seemed to fly. To cover the distance from Itachi's hideout to Konoha it normally took several hours. Maybe Sakura forgot how fast she could run because she made it there in half the time. She felt her heart soar as the village gates came into view. She was finally home. But when she remembered why she was home Sakura's face had a look of worry on it. The odds of her beating Itachi Uchiha… well, Sakura didn't want to think about it. The only option she had was to go to Lee's house and find out what was going on. As she neared Lee's house Sakura thought she heard a muffled yell. Taking a deep breath she thrust the door open. There was Lee. He was lying on the ground. Itachi was standing over him, his face full of evil.

"Stop Itachi!" Sakura yelled. She ran and stood in between Lee and Itachi.

"Sakura how did you wake up? Well, no matter. Here lies your beloved friend. He is really weak you know that? I don't see how you can like a pathetic nobody like him." Sakura glared at Itachi and stared at his feet. She didn't want to be caught in Itachi's Sharingan.

"Nobody is perfect. And according to you, Lee is nobody. So don't talk down on him!" It took the Uchiha several long minutes to figure that one out. When he did Itachi said

"He is far from perfect. I would be a much better lover then him." Loud footsteps could be heard in the background.

"Ah, Sasuke." Itachi smirked.

Sasuke Uchiha was standing in the doorway. He had his Sharingan on.

"Sakura, grab Lee and get as far away from here as possible. Don't argue just go!" Sasuke stepped forward.

"No, Sasuke, wait!" Before Sakura could do anything else Sasuke and Itachi started fighting. All Sakura could do was pick up Lee and drag him into a corner. Lee stayed motionless the entire time.

"Lee, please wake up." Sakura was looking from Lee to the Uchiha battle and back again. Lee still didn't answer.

"Lee?" Sakura was forced to duck as a couple shurikens flew past her head. A single pink hair was cut from Sakura's head and fell to the floor.

"Alright, that's it!" Sakura yelled. Angrily she stood up and marched between the two brothers.

"Sasuke, Itachi, you two are brothers! You need to get along and stop cutting people's hair off with your evil death battles." Sakura glared at Itachi and Sasuke who were glaring at each other.

"He killed our clan! I won't forgive him until he dies!" Sasuke shouted.

"Foolish little brother." Itachi motioned for Sasuke to come closer. Cautiously Sasuke moved closer, but he moved so slowly that Sakura ended up pushing Sasuke towards his brother. Itachi reached up and jabbed Sasuke in the forehead.

"Hey!" Was all Sasuke had time to yell. Sakura pulled Sasuke to the floor as Itachi tried to punch him.

"Bad Itachi! Sit! Heel!" Sakura commanded. Itachi and Sasuke stared at her.

"Look at you two! This fighting has to stop!" Sakura looked at the boys.

"No can do Sakura, I'm sorry." Itachi shrugged. Sakura sighed in exasperation. Lee awoke and tried to stand up.

"Lee!" Sakura ran forward and helped him up. While her back was turned Sasuke and Itachi started fighting again.

"Sakura! What's going on here? Why is everyone in my house?" Lee asked.

"It's a long story." Sakura had to yell to be heard. Sasuke and Itachi's fight had become very loud. With a thud half of the wall nearest to Sakura and Lee caved in.

"My house is gonna go down!" Lee shouted. Itachi disappeared and Sasuke, Sakura, and Lee all ran outside. The little home that Lee had grown to love exploded behind them.

A/N: Poor Lee! Now he's gonna be homeless! I hope you guys are enjoying the story. The reviews have been great!