Title: Sinners' Devotion

Summary: What if Sasuke decided to save Itachi instead of letting him die? And they went back to Konoha together - although not consciously. With Akatsuki still after Naruto and now the Uchiha's too - what will happen? future ItaSasuNaru yaoi - rating may go up

Words: 4,539

Total: 6,357

Date: 12-30-09

Disclaimer: -reads from card in monotone voice while FBI agent is holding a gun to my head- I do not own Naruto in any way, shape, or form. –flips to next card- All rights belong to Kishimoto Masashi. –flips to next card- There will be no yaoi nor the resurrections of Jiraiya, Deidara, Hidan, Itach-FUCK THAT SHI-!!! -shot by agent-

End of Chapter 1

His frustration grew and grew when after another thirty or so minutes of looking throughout the whole area, under ever single pebble, he still could not find those fucking bodies.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY??!?!?!" He screamed out his frustration. He couldn't even search for their chakra signatures because they were too low from the fight and would blend in easily with the natural chakra of the plants and the residue chakra from their battle.

He growled again. "Zetsu! We're going back! NOW!" He needed to discuss this with Pein.

Chapter 2: Of Interruptions, Recoveries, and New Orders

Sakura bit her lip. What should I do? Her eyes glance at both of the Uchiha's, taking note of both of their injuries. Sasuke would be able to hold on longer. His Chakra isn't as low and his heart is beating at a faster pace than Itachi's. And he did ask… No, begged… She knew she couldn't take much longer otherwise they would both die. She made up her mind. Just hold on a bit longer Sasuke-kun!

She turned towards Itachi. "Hinata, will you please start on Sasuke-kun?" She made sure Hinata began working on Sasuke's wounds before starting on Itachi. She used her chakra to analyze his wounds even though Hinata already did it, she could do a more thorough check. Her eyes widened when she found out how much chakra he had left. It was amazing that he was even alive! He should be dead – that was how little chakra he had left.

She tried to give him some chakra, just enough to keep him alive, she needed the rest to heal their injuries. Her eyebrows scrunched in confusion when her chakra was repelled. She tried harder, only to feel a slight burning sensation in her hands. She stopped immediately before the sensation could get any worse. "Does anyone have any chakra pills? And blood replenishing pills?"

"I have blood pills." Kakashi reached into his pouch, pulling out a small bag with four or five red pills in it and handed them to Sakura.

She pulled out two, handing one to Hinata and the other she put in between Itachi's teeth, Hinata mimicking her with Sasuke. They pushed up under their jaws, making their teeth clench down on the pill, bursting it. Hinata and Sakura massaged their respective Uchihas' throat, making sure the pill went down. Sakura eyed Itachi's wounds, satisfied when the blood started to come out faster, meaning the pill was working its magic.

"I need two people to start bandaging up their wounds." Sakura dug into her medic pouch and pulled out two rolls of bandages.

Kiba and Shino nodded, grabbing a bandage roll each. Shino headed over to Sasuke, taking care of him while Kiba started on Itachi's wounds.

Sakura's eyes widened when Itachi's breathing got slower regardless of the blood pill, signifying he was getting even closer to death. "I need a chakra pill, now!"

"I don't think anyone has any Sakura-chan. I thought you could give your own chakra for that."

She shook her head at Naruto. "His body won't allow me to. He has some defense mechanism that will allow me to heal him, but not give him any more chakra. Probably to stop chakra poisoning." She bit her lip, at a loss of what to do. Itachi will die in the next ten or so minutes if she doesn't do something fast.

Naruto was quiet for a minute. "What if you insert his own chakra back into him?"

Sakura glared at him, frustrated. "That's stupid. That wouldn't serve any purpose other than wasting time. It wouldn't give him any more chakra just because you take it out, then put it back in. Besides, if we take out any chakra he will die. So that's completel-"

"No, I mean- ugh! Never mind, you wouldn't understand even if I try to explain it." Naruto cut off Sakura. "Is there any way you can wake him up?"

Sakura looked at him with a 'why-the-hell-would-I-want-to-do-that' face.

"Just-Just trust me, ok? Can you wake him?"

Sakura was quiet for a few seconds. She took a calming breath and look back at Itachi, placing her hands on his head, sending chakra to them. "Yeah. But if he kills us, I'm going to kick your ass all the way to Iwa, got it?" Naruto nodded, kneeling by Itachi's head.

Ughh… I feel like I just got run over by a train. I thought death was supposed to be peaceful and painless.

"Itachi-san."

Itachi's eyebrows twitched slightly in confusion. Naruto-kun? His eyes fluttered open, seeing the young man's and another's shadow above him. My eyesight is even worse. I can barely make out their forms. Wait… How… No… Why am I alive? "Naruto-kun?" His voice was slow, and even though he was in immense pain, he was able to keep his voice in the usual monotone.

"Itachi-san. You gave me some of your chakra, right? That's what the crow was, wasn't it?" Naruto ignored the looks of surprise and raised eyebrows.

Itachi looked at him with no expression on his face. Then he started to look around the camp, making out the forms through his darkening vision – due to the constant use of Sharingan. There were nine forms, and some sort animal, around him. One he suspected was Sasuke's since the body was laying down and being healed by another form. If I knew that I would I would survive, I would have used it less. He frowned slightly, though it wasn't noticeable to anyone. Well, this messes up my plans. I planned to die after that fight. He started to close his eyes, wanting to die like he planned. He knew he was close to death judging by how much chakra he had left. He wondered why the Konoha shinobi were trying to save him.

"Itachi-san." Naruto voice was more demanding and he shook Itachi's shoulder slightly to get his attention, making Itachi's lip curl slightly in pain. "Answer my question."

Itachi looked at Naruto again. Oh well, I'm going to die anyways. "Yes."

"How can I give it back to you?"

Itachi's face didn't change, didn't show his surprise. "It was a gift, Naruto-kun. You are intending to give back a gift? That is rude." His voice rasped slightly, unable to control it.

"Yes, I'm giving it back. How can I?" Itachi continued to stare at him in question. "You won't accept other people's chakra, so I need to give you back the chakra you gave me. Otherwise you'll die."

Itachi's lips twitched downwards. "And why are you trying to save me?"

Naruto's eyes glinted with determination. "Because Sasuke wanted us to." Itachi's eyes widened slightly in surprise. "He carried you here, already half dead on his own feet and begged us to save you. How could I not do everything in my power to help keep you alive?"

Itachi closed his eyes and chuckled slightly. Oh the irony. First he tried to kill me with everything he has, and then he goes and begs for my life? Itachi opened his eyes. "Do you remember where I put the chakra?" His breathing sped up, despite his attempts to keep it even, and his vision blurred even more for a moment before going back to normal.

Naruto's eyebrows scrunched up slightly. "The crow? It went into my mouth."

"Exactly." Naruto's eyebrows scrunched even closer together in confusion. Itachi explained, "It means that the only way to give me my chakra back it to give me an open mouthed kiss." Naruto immediately blushed the brightest shade of red he had ever seen and he heard gasps and snickers from the other shinobi. He had forgotten about them. His mind wasn't as clear anymore – he was getting closer and closer to death. His eyelids fluttered.

"Naruto. If you're going to do it you need to do it now." Sakura stated seriously. Even though she didn't want him to live, Sasuke did for some odd reason. So she would also do anything in her power to keep him alive as well.

"There's no other way?" Naruto squeaked out to a fading Itachi, not getting an answer in return. Itachi probably couldn't even understand him anymore, judging by the way his eyes were going in and out of focus. He glared at Kiba when he started to snicker. "Shut up." He growled, only making Kiba laugh harder as he finished bandaging Itachi's last wound, Shino having finished a few minutes ago.

"Naruto. You need to do it now." Sakura's voice was urgent, her hands glowing, trying to keep his heart pumping. Itachi's eyes started to close. "Now Naruto!"

Naruto clenched his eyes shut before slamming his lips over the Uchiha's and opened his mouth to Itachi's. His eyes snapped open, as did Itachi's, when they felt the transfer of chakra. Naruto gave out a strangled yelp, feeling the chakra pulling from his own painfully.

Sakura and the others watched as veins appeared on Naruto's face, showing the chakras path. [AN: think of when Rogue from X-Men kissed her first boyfriend (Cody Robbins)] Judging by his wide eyes and that strangled yell, it was extremely painful.

Naruto wanted to pull away, but found he couldn't when Itachi's hand encircled the back of his neck, pulling him closer. Itachi's tongue slid its way into his mouth, making his eyes widen even further. The wet muscle went in and out of his mouth, tasting every part of it. Naruto would have thought that he was giving him a passionate kiss if he didn't know that Itachi was taking away more chakra every time his tongue went back into his own mouth. Naruto noticed he couldn't breathe when Itachi started to move upwards, bringing him with him while still molesting his mouth. In fact, -he tried to move his arm- he couldn't control anything. He started to panic inwardly as his vision started to leave him.

Itachi slowly sat up, pulling Naruto with him, still trying to get his chakra back. Once his body had recognized it, he couldn't stop himself from trying to get it back as quick as possible – by his own tongue. He held Naruto face still, bringing his other hand up to cup Naruto's face, getting the last of the chakra back before letting Naruto go and sliding his tongue back into his own mouth, a trail of saliva connecting them for a second before it broke.

Naruto slumped to the side, his breathing harsh and eyes fluttering before they closed and he descended into oblivion. Sai immediately checked his vitals, making sure was ok, before moving him into a more comfortable position.

Itachi licked his own lips, tasting… Strawberries? Odd. He looked over to the medic –Sakura, was it?-. "Thank you." He made an attempt to stand up, only to be grabbed harshly by his arm and pulled to the ground on his back. He grit his teeth unnoticeably at the pain that irrupted in his body. He was glared at by the woman.

"Oh no. I don't think so. What happened to Naruto? And I still need to heal a few-"

"Naruto-kun only needs rest." He cut her off, ignoring the part where he still needed to be healed. He tried to sit up again, only for a hand to be put on his chest, pushing him back down. Normally he would be able to get up regardless, but in the condition he was currently in, he couldn't even try to go against the hand, even with the chakra Naruto gave back to him. He heard a groan to his left, his eyes snapping to the body that produced the sound. Faster than anyone could think, he was standing by Sasuke's body, looking down at him. His body screamed at him in pain, but he ignored it.

Sasuke's eye fluttered open, shutting immediately, due to the sun's brightness. He groaned at the pain in his body. Forcing his eyes open, he was Hinata's face above his. He was about to speak when Itachi's body appeared to his right, his face looking down at him. His Sharingan activated immediately on instinct and he rolled up to a defensive position, one knee on the ground. His body screeched at him, asking why he was forcing it to move while it was in such a shitty state.

No one moved, watching the Uchiha's stare each other down, Sasuke's Sharingan clashing against Itachi's onyx pools. Sasuke deactivated his Sharingan, and simply stared at the man he has been trying to kill his whole life, only to hesitate and save him instead. Just like with Naruto. I can't kill him. Sasuke sighed and blinked, stopping the staring contest. He plopped as gracefully as he could onto his butt, to tired to stand, completely letting his guard down regardless of who he was around.

"Why?" Itachi asked, making Sasuke look at him again. He didn't elaborate further, knowing that Sasuke would know exactly what he was asking. Itachi continued to stare at Sasuke's eyes, looking for the answer. He didn't move even though his body was begging him to relax and sit down.

"Because-"

"Sasuke-kun!" He was cut off by a screech by one of his own teammates, all three of them barreling into the clearing. Karin spotted him immediately. "Sasuke-kun! Thank goodness you're alright! I could barely find you; your chakra is so low! You won, huh?! -"

"Karin."

"-No one can beat my Sasuke-kun! After all-"

"Karin." He made his voice louder.

"-you're the best! Sex-On-Legs even!-"

"Karin!" She finally heard him.

"Yes, Sasuke-kun?"

"Shut up. Come here." He lifted out his hand as if wanting an item from her. His whole team came towards him, Suigetsu and Juugo looking at the other shinobi suspiciously. Karin pulled up her sleeve when she got next to him, knowing what he wanted, and placed her arm into his hand.

Ignoring the others, Sasuke bit her arm, adding to the numerous bit marks on it. He sucked, drawing out the chakra, only taking enough to give him the energy to walk around. Karin winced when his teeth bit into her skin, and gritted her teeth when he started sucking out some chakra. Thankfully he only took a little bit so it was long until he let her arm go.

Sakura watched as Sasuke took chakra from this woman, -I think he called her 'Karin'- by biting her arm and standing back up when he was done. Suddenly, she realized something. A vein appeared on her forehead. "What the hell do you two think you are doing?!" Everyone's attention snapped to her. "Sit down, right now! Both of you!" She glared at the two Uchiha's when they didn't make a move to sit down. She stood up, an evil aura surrounding her. "I said to sit. down. NOW."

Karin's eye twitched. "Who the hell do you think you are bossing around Sasuke-kun like that?! He can do whatever he wants! He doesn't have to listen to an ugly, old hag like you!"

Sakura's attention immediately went over to her, angry marks appearing on her forehead. She brought up her fist in a threatening way. "What did you call me you slut?!" Not only did she gain her medic skills and her super strength from her mentor, she also gained the hatred of being called old, even though she was far from it.

"Karin. Sakura. Stop." Sasuke's voice cut in. He glared at Karin, making her back down. He turned his glare to Sakura, only to meet another furious glare. He blinked in surprise when he saw her heading towards Itachi, who was closer to her than he was.

Sakura poked Itachi in the chest, glaring at him. "I don't care who the fuck," she poked him in the chest again, emphasizing on the word, "you think you are - you are sitting down. I'm not done treating your wounds." She turned her glare back to Sasuke. "And I don't care who the fuck you think you are, you are sitting down and letting Hinata continue her treatment on you."

Itachi grabbed Sakura's finger, which was still on his chest, and moved it off before letting go of her hand. He turned around and walked away. Ignoring the –crazy his mind supplied- medic girl. He didn't want the treatment and as far as he was concerned he didn't need it. He's had worse- He stopped suddenly. Shit. He thought. Not now. His eyes flickered over to Sasuke. Not in front of him. He turned back towards the group and a stunned Sakura. "My cloak?" He asked, though it sounded more like a statement with his monotone voice. He swallowed the blood that had risen up in his throat and suppressed the coughs that wanted to make itself known.

"Not here." Sasuke supplied. He narrowed his eyes. "Why?"

Itachi swore every single cuss word in every combination he could think of. He closed his eyes, swallowing another mouthful of blood. I won't be able to walk very far before I would start hacking up blood. It'd be better to stay here and concentrate on holding it back. He glanced at his Otouto's old teammate. I wouldn't be able to make it very far before she came after me either. He brought his right hand up just under his mouth, tapping the ring on his ring finger with his left hand. "Kisame. How fast can you get here?" The Konoha shinobi tensed. 'A minute or so at my fastest. Why?' "I lost my cloak." 'Ohhh… You havin' another episod-' "Get here." He cut off the connection by tapping the ring again. He walked over to the nearest tree and put his back against it, sitting down. He stretched out his left leg, bending his right and placing his arm on top, relaxing, before closing his eyes. "Do not worry. He will not harm anyone."

Everyone relaxed a little, but not all the way, still nervous. "Itachi-san-" Sakura began again.

"I do not require your assistance."

"Hn." Sasuke agreed in his own way. "Suigetsu, Karin, Juugo. We're leaving." He turned away.

"AM I FUCKING INVISIBLE?!?!?!?" Sakura exploded. She appeared in front of Sasuke, who was too low on energy to react, and grabbed his arm, pulling him back to the rest of the group. "Honestly! You Uchiha's are almost as stubborn as Naruto! You will be receiving my treatment, and you will be coming back to Konoha with us, Sasuke." She threw him on the ground, making him land on his rear roughly. Sakura cracked her knuckles threateningly. "And if you dare try to get away, I'll chop your dick off. Understand me, Uchiha?" Her eyes glinted with evil promise.

He 'tsk'ed in annoyance but stayed on the ground. He looked over to his shocked group. "We're staying." After all, there was no point in staying away from Konoha anymore, now that he doesn't really want to kill Itachi anymore. Plus if he came back without resistance, he might have a better chance at not getting the death penalty.

Suigetsu sighed. "This is all Karin's fault." He glared at Karin.

"And how the fuck is this my fault, huh?!" She swung her leg at his head. It exploded on contact. Hinata almost fainted and the other's –minus Itachi and Sasuke's team- eyes widened in shock. Suigetsu's head soon returned to normal.

"You know, just because it grows back doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. Just like when someone hits Sasuke's tiny dick. Just because it's small and barely there doesn't mean it doesn't hurt." He smirked when all the girls blushed and looked at Sasuke incredulously – they all thought he was packing. Sasuke ignored them all, his face never changing, not denying nor confirming Suigetsu's claim.

Karin was the only who blushed in anger. She began to pummel Suigetsu, water flying everywhere. "You're just jealous because Sasuke's bigger than you!" She froze, feeling KI burst into the air. Immediately, every conscious ninja had out weapons and were in a defensive stance – with the exception of Itachi, who was still trying to control his sickness, and Sasuke, who knew where it came from.

"Hm, which one? Which one? Boy? Girl? Which one should I kill first?" A demented voice came out from Sasuke's last team member, Juugo's, mouth.

"Juugo." He immediately looked over to Sasuke, eyes getting caught by Sasuke's Sharingan. "Calm down." The KI immediately disappeared as the markings receded from Juugo's body and his features softened. Sasuke closed his eyes, blood coming down his cheeks like tears. He snapped them back open glaring at his other two members. "Behave." He hissed out the word. Karin muttered an apology and Suigetsu 'tsk'ed and looked away.

"I-I'm sorry, Sasuke." Juugo looked down to the ground ashamed.

"Hn."

"Oh look! It's the Uchiha-chibi!" A grating voice made itself known and Kisame walked into the clearing. Sasuke growled and the name, glaring at the fish like man. The Konoha shinobi immediately surrounded the unconscious Naruto, weapons raised ready to fight. Kisame's eyes flashed over to them. "The Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, ne? Surprise, surprise." He reached for Samehada.

"Kisame." Oh right. The reason why he came - Itachi. He turned towards his partner. He was resting up against a tree. Ignoring the Konoha shinobi for a moment he headed over to the injured man. He crouched before Itachi.

"Maa, maa. You seem pretty beat up Itachi-san. I thought you planned to die today? But then again, plans never go accordingly." Itachi looked at him. "Ok, ok. Hold your horses." He straightened up. Reaching into his back pocket he pulled out a pack of pills. Just as he was about to give the pills to Itachi, Itachi couldn't hold back the coughs anymore.

Hurry, damnit. The coughs wanted to come out now. The back of his throat ached, and he couldn't breathe, the blood clotting in his throat, unwilling to go down no matter how much he swallowed. Just a little longer. Kisame was getting the pills from his back pocket. Fuck. He burst into coughs, curling in on himself. He held a hand up to his mouth, trying to keep the blood away from sight. He hacked, blood splattering onto his hand. Kisame hurriedly bent down, pulling out a pill. He pulled Itachi's hands away from his mouth and shoved it into his open mouth before putting his own hand over Itachi's mouth, closing it.

"Swallow."

Itachi barely managed to swallow the pill with all the blood that was in his throat. His coughs and the blood came to an immediate stop. He pulled Kisame's hand away with his own bloody one. He spat out the rest of the blood that was in his mouth. He stood up. "We're going back." He announced to Kisame.

"Wait." Sasuke's voice called out. Itachi immediately stopped, but he didn't turn back. "What was that?"

"I have no reason to answer you, Otouto."

Sasuke scowled. "Yes, you do." Itachi looked back at him and even though his face was completely blank, Sasuke could sense that "Oh? I do?" Itachi was directing at him. "As much as I loathe you, we're family." Sasuke frowned at his own words, realizing the truth behind them.

Itachi blinked surprised.

All of a sudden, there was a crackling noise from some type of radio. 'To all Akatsuki members: Uchiha Itachi is to be killed on sight. Find Uchiha Sasuke and bring him to me.' It crackled again before all was silent.

Soo… That was one long chapter… I uhh…. I'm sorry for making you read it all. A lot of people were interrupted many times, ne?

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