Hey guys! Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Hehehehe... I looooOOoOoOoveee reviews! You guys make me happy. If you guys didn't notice my mistake... I forgot Sai when I was mentioning people to go find Sakura... I'M SO SORRY! TwT Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! Let's just pretend that I did add him to that list... heh heh
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***************LET'S BEGIN*****************
"Sasuke!? What is he doing here? Is that his team? What is he doing here?" Sakura peeked through the window.
Sasuke glanced at the window and saw Sakura. In a blink of an eye he was in front of her.
"Sakura..." Sasuke said.
"Sasuke-kun... What are you doing here?" she gulped.
"Sakura... look at me..."
Sakura looked up and Sasuke's eyes were crimson and she stepped back startled. "W-what are yo-" Sakura stammered. Sasuke then punched her in the stomach and the felt a sharp pain in her lower back. Her eyes widened and she fell to the ground gasping in pain. She looked up and Sasuke took his katana out and-
Sakura sat up in her bed breathing heavily. She was sweating severely. Her eyes were wide and she was clenching her stomach. It looked to be in the middle of the night and Itachi was still fast asleep. She got up from her bed and went into the restroom.
Her hair was a mess and her dark circles were incredibly vivid. Her tank top strap was hanging off one shoulder and her pajama pants were wrinkled. She sighed in disapproval and walked back to her bed.
"You talk in your sleep." Itachi muttered.
"W-what?" Sakura asked.
"You. Talk. In. Your. Sleep. It woke me up..." He repeated.
"Oh...sorry..." She said. "W-what did I say...?"
"Hn...I don't know if you want to hear it..." He said.
"Tell me..." Sakura gulped.
"Fine. Sasuke-Kun, Sasuke-Kun! Stop! Sasuke...kun..." Itachi attempted to imitate her voice.
"...It's not what you think! Haha! And you're terrible at voices... You're deep voice is funny.." Sakura giggled.
"Whatever... go to sleep... It's 2 o'clock." Itachi shifted his body to a more comfortable spot.
"Fine..." Sakura laid back down and tried to sleep again.
*********Early in the morning with the Akatsuki(Sakura was still sleeping)*********
"How many of you want Sakura to be here?" Pain asked.
"I do! Finally a fucking girl here that I can hit on." Hidan smirked.
"I do too." Deidara raised his hand.
"Tobi likes new friends!" Tobi said.
"I'm okay with it" Kisame agreed.
"You already know I want her here." Konan mentioned.
"I could care less..." Kakuzu said.
"Yeah me too..." Sasori and Zetsu agreed.
"Itachi?" Pain asked.
"I don't trust her... She doesn't even have the skills to be apart of the Akatsuki anyway..."
"So...no?" Konan asked.
"I didn't say no. I just need some proof." Itachi answered.
"So it's settled. Itachi will be fight Sakura." Pain announced.
Itachi didn't object. He sort of liked the idea. Itachi wanted to see what this Kunoichi could do in combat.
Sakura woke up and wondered where was Itachi. She changed her clothed, brushed her teeth, and walked out to see where everyone was.
"Ahhh... good morning sleepy beauty!" Hidan said.
"Uh...morning... Where is everyone?" Sakura asked.
"Oh yeah, Pain wanted to talk to you." Hidan replied.
Sakura followed Hidan through a door and saw all the members sitting at one table.
"Ahh. Good morning Sakura. We were waiting for you." Pain exclaimed. "I'm sure you're wondering who your opponent will be."
"Uh...sure? Who is it?" She asked.
"Itachi is your opponent! You probably saw it coming." Konan said.
"...I was going to say that." Pain looked at Konan.
"I couldn't keep it in. Sorry babyy" Konan smiled.
"Well... okay... So tomorrow... I'm going to fight Itachi?" Sakura asked.
"Yup. That's the plan." Pain answered before Konan tried to answer.
"Itachi, Sakura you better prepare yourselves." Pain warned. "You guys are dismissed."
**********With Team Hebi**********
"So Sasuke... what's the plan now?" Suigetsu asked.
"Same plan... Go after Itachi. But at a different approach..."
"What kind of approach?" Karin asked.
"I need to talk to him... He needs some explaining to do." Sasuke sighed.
"So are we going to go back to the Akatsuki's hideout?" Jugo asked
"That's the plan." Sasuke smirked.
"When are we leaving?" Suigetsu sipped his water.
"Now" Sasuke stood up along with his team.
**********With the search team*******
"Kiba did you find her scent?" Shikamaru asked.
"Nope... I regret telling her how to mask her scent..." Kiba said while he kept sniffing.
"Sai you see anything?" Shikamaru pressed the button on his headset.
"No." Sai replied on his drawn bird.
"This is gonna be harder than I thought." Shikamaru sighed.
Naruto began to get really impatient. He was frustrated with himself. Questions kept repeating through his head. "What did I do to make her leave...? What did I do to make them leave?" Naruto's rage keeps building up inside of him. He just wants to find them both and bring them back. He needs his best friends.
"N-Naruto-Kun? Are you okay? Calm down... I know you're angry... We'll find her, don't worry" Hinata reassured him.
"Hinata...thanks. But I'll be happy when both Sasuke and Sakura are back in Konoha." Naruto grinned.
"We'll stay here for the night." Shikamaru ordered.
They all stopped and set up camp.
"Ino and Choji go set up the tents. TenTen and Neji set up some traps to protect our ground. Shino and Kiba help Neji and TenTen. Naruto and Hinata gather some firewood. Sai do a perimeter around to make sure it's safe here. Lee stay put." Shikamaru ordered.
"How come I can't do anything?" Lee complained.
"Stay put!" Shikamaru yelled.
"Hmph..." Lee sat down next to a tree.
'dooon dooon doon doon doooon'
"Hinata! Don't carry too much you'll hurt yourself!" Naruto grabbed some of the wood from Hinata.
"I got it. It's okay! I'm stronger now." Hinata smiled.
"You sure...?" Naruto tried to take another piece of wood but she turned around and dropped all the wooding and screamed 'ouch' grabbing her hand.
"I told you I got it! Hinata exclaimed. "I got a splinter now!"
"Hinata! Sorry! I didn't mean too! Are you okay?!" Naruto took her hand and started to look at it.
Hinata blushed furiously. "U-Uh. I'm fine!" She turned her head to the left so he didn't see her.
Naruto then yanked the piece of wood out of her finger. "OW! What the hell!?" Hinata shrieked.
"It had to come out! I'm sorry!" Naruto explained, "Don't get mad... I'm sorry! ….Your face is really red... d-do you need some water?" Touching her forehead.
"I'm o-okay!" Hinata gathered all the wood and ran back to camp.
The sun finally set and a new day came.
********AKATSUKI***********
"Get up. It's time" Itachi nudged Sakura's shoulder.
"It's so early..." Sakura pulled the her blanket over her face.
Itachi sighed and went to the foot of her bed and pulled the blanket off of her. "Up!I It's almost 11 o'clock. You're scared to fight me...no?" Itachi warned.
"Gah! What the hell?!" holding her shoulders, "And of course not! I'm ready!" She got up from her bed and ran into the bathroom to get ready.
"...This is gonna be a long day..." Itachi sighed...
'doooon dooon doon doooon doon doon'
They walk out to an open field near the hideout. It was extremely similar to where Sakura's first training grounds with team 7. Itachi was on one end of the field and Sakura was on the other. The members sat in the middle of the field away from the fight.
"Okay! The rules are simple. Fight each other until your opponent can't take it anymore!" Pain yelled.
"Got it!" Sakura readied her stance as did Itachi.
"GO!" Pain ordered.
Itachi waited for Sakura to make the first move but there really was no time to wait. Right after Pain said 'GO' she threw a chakra filled punch at the ground and it shattered to reach Itachi. Itachi fled to a nearby tree and sighed in relief.
Sakura then appeared in the tree he was sitting in and attempted to kick him but broke the whole branch. He was appalled at her speed. If it wasn't for his concentration he would have had some broken bones.
"Stop running away and fight you pussy!" Sakura crossed her arms as she fell gracefully on the ground.
Itachi smirked. "Fine. But you'll regret it."
He did hand seals at an incredible pace that could not be read with the naked eye and made a huge Katon justu. She winced at the heat and just barely dodged it. She jumped into the air and landed in a tree trying to predict his next move.
"Where are you...Sakura?" Itachi tried to locate her chakra.
Sakura came from behind him and attempted to kick between his shoulder blades. She barely made contact with his cloak. Itachi then countered her attack and punched her on her hip and 'poof' a shadow clone. Then the real Sakura came from the ground and knocked Itachi over, but recovered quickly. She shifted her body and grabbed Itachi's ankle and began to twist her body around.
Itachi felt a pain in his ankle. She had broken his left foot. He was angry. She was crouching by his foot panting. This time Itachi grabbed her leg and flung her at a boulder. She gasped for air as her back came in contact with the cold rock. She spat out blood and smirked.
"...Oh... now you've done it" She wiped the blood off her chin.
She remembered that Naruto had taught her how to be as quick as he was. She focused her chakra to her feet and ran straight towards Itachi. He flinched at how fast she was. She disappeared right when she got to him and kicked his side. He fell to the ground, his ankle could not hold up all of his weight.
His rage filled up and his eyes turned to crimson and was equally as fast as she was. He hid behind a large tree and began to do some small healing justus to recover. Sakura was getting frustrated and did the same.
"My money is on Sakura." Hidan said looking at them.
"Psh... Itachi will win." Kisame said. "Did you not see how he threw her into that rock.
"Big whoop. Sakura is excellent in her chakra control. My money is on Sakura." Konan high fived Hidan.
"This is gonna take longer than I thought. But the hand to hand combat wasn't for nothing..." Sakura thought to herself.
"Itachi appeared meters away from her and stared deeply into her eyes with his Sharingan. Sakura was startled and recalled the dream with Sasuke, which made her fall into his genjustu.
"Shit. She's fucked now." Hidan said while putting his money away.
"We'll see what's gonna happen." Pain included.
***In the genjustu***
"Give up, Sakura." Itachi warned.
"Hell no. It's been a while since I've had this much of a rush." Sakura replied.
"Suit yourself."
Itachi began his Tsukuyomi and tortured Sakura. It seemed as if Sakura was in a dream. She was in the woods but the trees were a peculiar purple color. She began to walk and a sharp pain in her right ankle stopped her in her tracks. Sakura looked down and saw several senbon in the muscle behind the bone. She gasped in pain. She needed to think of something quick.
Sakura remembered training with Kakashi and Kurenai, teaching her how to copy certain justus or even using it against them. An idea popped into her head and began to do the hand seals. The plan was to use Itachi's own genjustu against him. She learned this from Kurenai.
Itachi was confused what she was doing and began to use his next level of torture. He readied the katanas and surrounded Sakura with them and punctured the small Kunoichi. But something was awfully wrong. Instead of seeing her scream in pain. It was him. The shot of pain surrounded his body and his eyes widened and cancelled the justu, but he couldn't.
"You're in my genjustu now" Sakura said.
"H-How did you..." He winced.
"I'm just that good!" Sakura laughed.
Sakura discontinued the justu and were brought back to reality. Itachi fell to his knees panting, clenching his chest. He was pissed. He wanted to finish this. Now. Sakura was glaring at him 'It's time' She thought. Itachi stood up and switched his eyes to Mangekyou and the intensity was fierce. He stepped closer to her.
"We're finishing this." His eyes began to swirl but came to an immediate stop and he could feel his body was no longer his.
The air he breathed was no longer him controlling it. The blinking of his eyes no longer him controlling it. His eyes no longer belonged to him. His sharingan unlocked and returned to normal. 'What the hell?!' he thought. He(not really him) began moving toward her.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" Itachi yelled.
"You said that we're finishing this." Sakura replied while keeping her eyes on him.
"Wait, I'm confused... Itachi isn't in control of his body?" Deidara asked.
"That's what it looks like." Kisame said.
"Chakra strings?" Kakuzu asked.
"No... I don't see anything." Sasori replied.
"Shadow possession?" Tobi asked
"Nope. None of that." Konan replied.
"Whoa! Sakura broke out of Itachi's genjustu!?" Deidara was shocked.
"Zetsu go check out what's happening." Pain ordered.
"Yes Sir!" Zetsu said and dissolved into the earth.
"What the hell are you doing to me?!" Itachi began to panic.
"Calm down. I've only done this...once" Sakura replied.
"Tell me now!" Itachi was yelling.
"Fine. When I kicked you I left several chakra points on your body. The chakra dissolved into your blood which lets me control wherever your blood flows. I am in possession of your body as of now. If I lose my focus you could end up paralyzed... or even dead. But don't worry, I'm a medical nin. Don't be scared." Sakura smirked.
"...Drop this whatever your using!" Itachi is losing his patience.
"I see..." Zetsu said and returned back to the group.
"It's blood. She's controlling his blood." Zetsu explained.
"How?!" Sasori asked.
"She attached chakra points onto his body and the chakra dissolved with his blood."
"I don't care if Sakura loses. She'll be apart of the Akatsuki" Pain said.
Sakura made Itachi move closer to her and put him in a laying position. Sakura raised her leg up and thrusted it downward. The ground shattered puffed in to dust. All the members shielded their eyes from the force. When it had all cleared Itachi was still on the floor and Sakura crouched beside him.
"ZETSU! GO!" Pain ordered.
Zetsu was already there staring at what had happened.
"Give up?" Sakura smiled.
Itachi was panting. He was confused at what just happened. "Why didn't she do it?" He thought.
This is too much... I believe she wants to be part of the Akatsuki. Itachi nodded still kind of shaken by the event.
"Good!" Sakura grinned. She offered to help him up, but he got up himself and began limping back to his room.
She walked back to where the group was, but they were not there. So she walked behind Itachi back to the hideout.
Itachi and Sakura walked back into the room. Sakura sat on her bed in exhaustion and Itachi stood by her bed. His hands were in fists and she was startled.
"Congrats... You're in the Akatsuki." Itachi said sarcastically.
"Thanks..." She smiled
"You were right. I didn't tell you everything..." Sakura said out of nowhere.
"What are you talking about?" Itachi's eyes narrowed.
"I came here for you..." Sakura shrugged
"What the hell are you talking about?" Itachi glared at her with his dark eyes.
"I'll tell you when I'm working on healing you. Lie on your bed." Sakura ordered.
He did as he was told and took off his cloak and dropped it on the floor. Sakura sighed and picked it up and threw it on her bed. She was beside Itachi and began to work on his ankle. Her hands glowed a pale green color and her face was illuminating from the light. Her eyes were glimmering from the faint light. Itachi stared at her. He looked at her features. Itachi could tell that she has been through some hardships by the way her body language was. She made eye contact with him and she looked away from the slight awkward moment.
"I found your file in the Konoha records." Sakura mentioned.
"And?" Itachi asked closing his eyes.
"Why did the elders tell you to kill your clan?" She asked.
"H-how did you..?" Itachi looked at her shocked.
"Tell me... What exactly happened that night." She looked at him back
'doooon doooon doooon dooon doon dooon'
*****PREVIEW******
Team Hebi reached the Akatsuki hideout. They surveyed the land but it seemed awfully quiet.
"They must be all inside." Suigetsu guessed.
"Karin, are there any chakra signatures in there?" Jugo asked.
"The Akatsuki always keep their chakra masked. But there is a faint chakra in there. An unfamiliar one." Karin said adjusting her glasses.
They reached the entrance and broke the door down. Sasuke walked down to where the group usually hangs out and stopped. A woman with pink hair passed her shoulders and features that were amazingly familiar to him was sitting next to his brother in an Akatsuki uniform, staring at him.
"Sa-ku-ra?" Sasuke muttered.
********AN*******
FINALLY DONE! This was a long one... hope it didn't bore you guys... Finally its getting somewhere. Sorry it took so long... TwT