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: 3,448

Total: 9,805

Date: 3-8-10

Disclaimer: So, I was told that I have no rights over Naruto… (whispers) I think they are crazy.

End of Chapter 2

"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.

Chapter 3: Lets Go Home

No one moved. All was silent. Kisame locked eyes with Itachi. The only movement in the clearing was the tensing of bodies, getting ready for a fight. Kisame's eyes flashed over to Sasuke; Itachi moved. Bringing out his last kunai, he stabbed Kisame in the side. Kisame smirked, bursting into a puddle of water.

Mizu Bunshin. Itachi searched the clearing with his senses for Kisame. When he finally pin pointed him, he straightened out of his lunge. By now everyone was in a defensive position around Naruto and close enough to Sasuke to help if needed, their choice of weapon out; whether it be their fists, a kunai, or some type of sword. Mist quickly settled in the area, making everyone tighten their hold on their weapon, or in Sakura's case clench her fists. Kirigakure no jutsu. Itachi's mind automatically categorized the jutsu.

Kisame's laugh sounded throughout the clearing. "Why don't ya'll just hand over the brat? Leader-sama's orders. That way we won't have to fight and waste all our energy. Quick and easy. I won't even kill Itachi-san as a bonus. Ya'll can keep him. I'll tell Leader-sama he got away."

"There no way we're giving you Sasuke-kun! He's MINE DAM- oh! I mean… FUCK YOU!" Suigetsu sniggered at Karin despite the situation. Karin's eyebrow twitched.

Sasuke made a quick sweep of all the people near him. Deciding that there were enough people to protect him, he put away his sword and stood in a more comfortable position. Standing in a defensive put pressure on his wounds and was extremely painful, even if he didn't show it. He sat down and started to assess the damage done to his body that Karin couldn't heal, completely ignoring the immediate danger nearby.

Kisame was amazed at the gall this kid had. Kisame was after his person and the gaki had the balls to sit down, in a position that would take a few seconds to get out of and into a defensive one – more than enough time to knock out and capture him – and completely ignore him. "You're relaxing while there's an enemy around? Baka. You're nothing like Itachi-san. I can't see how you two can be related. Your personalities are completely different." Kisame's eye twitched when he was still ignored. "Oi-!"

The tree beneath him began to twist and wrap around his ankle. It pulled at him, dragging him off the tree branch he had been taking refuge in. His eyes widened as he was swung towards another tree, still going at top speed, seeming with no intention of slowing down. He had to think fast. The group saw water explode against a tree soaking the already semi-wet ground. Yamato cursed; his prey had gotten away.

"Phew! Ne, ne! That was a close one!" Kisame exclaimed, swinging his sword on the very person who had previously tried to smash him into the tree. Yamato didn't have a chance. He was still crouched with his hands preoccupied with the seal he had been using for his earlier jutsu.

Yamato's eyes widened hearing the voice behind him and the shadow towering over him. He released a breath he didn't know he had been holding when Kakashi and Sai stopped Samehada with kunai's and a Sai sword respectively. He jumped away from the enemy, landing on his feet a meter or so away.

Sakura, deciding that Kisame was too close to Sasuke and Naruto, ran towards him and punched the ground when she was a foot or so away. Everyone immediately evacuated the area. Hinata, being the closest to Naruto, picked him up and carried him away from the destruction the strawberry had just created.

Kisame cursed; he had sprained his ankle before he could jump away. He twisted his body in mid air, parrying the sword that was meant for chopping off his head with Samehada. He grit his teeth when his back crashed into the ground, the earth beneath him breaking slightly due to the pressure, causing the shards and pebbles to dig and tear into his back.

Suigetsu grinned down at Kisame, towering over him. He put more pressure on his Kubikiri Houcho – formerly Zabuza's – making it tear into the Samehada's bandages. "I'm going to kill you and take that sword from you." He chuckled slightly to himself before feeling himself being overpowered by Kisame despite the advantage gravity gave him. He hissed when Samehada burst out of its bandages, cutting into his hands.

Kisame swung his sword in an arch, cutting the man in front of him in half, only for it to explode into water. He expected as much. He quickly sat the rest of the way up and jumped from his spot, four kunai hitting his previous spot a few milliseconds later. He spotted Itachi, Yamato, Kakashi and Sai heading towards him, the rest staying behind to protect the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki and the younger Uchiha. He made a few hand seals. "Suiton: Taihoudan!" Water came from his mouth in a strong current, aiming it at the oncoming shinobi.

He created water without a nearby water source?! Kakashi thought as he dodged the jutsu, jumping to the right. Impossible!

Itachi landed beside him. "Kisame has large chakra reserves." He said loud enough for Sai and Yamato to hear before they had to jump again to avoid another onslaught of water.

Kakashi's and the others eyes widened. Large enough to create water out of it? That much chakra is inhuman! They all thought the same thing.

Kakashi glanced at the young shinobi. Pursing his lips, Kakashi made a split decision. "Kiba! Sakura! Sai! Hinata! Take Naruto out of here and guard him." Just in case. They wouldn't be much use against this monster anyways. They nodded, albeit Kiba and Sakura were more reluctant, and Sai took Naruto from Hinata's arms before they all ran out of the clearing.

"Juugo. Karin." Sasuke didn't look up from his inspection. Still, they both knew what he wanted. Karin opened her mouth to protest, but it caught in her throat as he looked at her with Sharingan eyes. Begrudgingly she followed Juugo out of the clearing after the Kyuubi brat.

Taking the opportunity given to him, Kisame slipped in between the distracted Konoha shinobi towards Sasuke at top speed, Samehada raised and ready to inflict some damage on his target. Sasuke's head shot up, but he knew he wouldn't have enough time to move out of the way. Just when Kisame was within swinging range, a black blur rammed into him from the side. The air rushed out of Kisame, Samehada slipping from his grip and flying off the side.

Kisame's back hit the ground, the momentum making him slide, rocks digging and sliding across his back causing further damage. When he skidded to a stop, he gasped, finally able to get some air into his lungs. The blue man 'oomphfed' as a hand pressed onto his chest, only just now noticing that the figure who crashed into him was still on top of him. His hands were quickly grasped and held above his head with one hand while the other made itself known on his neck, very harshly might I add. Kisame choked and coughed when the hand started to crush his windpipe. Finally opening eyes that he hadn't known he'd closed, he saw his attacker's face.

"Never," the brunette's voice was deathly quiet, "touch my Otouto." Itachi's Sharingan was spinning wildly, the only thing indicating that he was angry.

Kisame watched, entranced by the three tomoes spinning. They soon melded together into the Mangekyou, but Kisame could not look away, already caught by the powerful doujutsu. He heard the whispered word, "Tsukuyomi," before his world faded into pain.

No one moved, simply because after Kisame screamed and passed out, Itachi didn't move. But after a few minutes of nothing but staring at Itachi, Kakashi made to move forward. Sasuke also got up from his resting spot and made his way over to Itachi. Since the brunette's back was toward them, all they saw was Itachi straddling and restraining an unconscious Kisame.

Walking over to Itachi's side, Sasuke swung his foot out to hit Itachi in the arm. The older Uchiha's hand shot out from its previous position on Kisame's neck to Sasuke's ankle, gripping it with bruising force. The younger Uchiha cocked his head to the side in consideration before pulling his leg from his brother's grasp and stepping back. "He's unconscious." The other's frowned and made their way over.

Sasuke turned around, ready to leave but was stopped by a hand on his shoulder. He tilted his just enough to see who had grabbed him, only to jerk his shoulder out of the grip and continue walking. "I'm only going to get the others, Kakashi."

Kakashi frowned, not trusting Sasuke in the least. "Go with him Shino." Shino quietly nodded and followed after Sasuke. Kakashi watched until they were out of the clearing only for his head to snap to the right as he heard a yelp.

Suigetsu was standing over the Samehada, whose handle was now made of outwards spikes, cradling a reforming hand to his chest. Suigetsu glared at the weapon he so desperately wanted –And it's fuckin' right here in front of him up for grabs!-but he couldn't get at the moment.

Curiosity satisfied, Kakashi turned back towards the Akatsuki and EX-Akatsuki members. Yamato had –somehow- managed to get Itachi off of Kisame and they were now both lying on their backs, side-by-side. Kisame's eyes shot open. Before Kakashi could react, Kisame's foot was making itself known on his face, breaking his nose and making him fly off to the side. By the time Kakashi could regain his footing, Kisame was at the edge of the clearing with Samehada and Suigetsu was reforming himself.

"I'll be back for the brat later." Kisame wasn't in the best of conditions and he wouldn't stand a chance against the Konoha nins at the moment. He jumped back into the trees from the way he had come from, opposite from where the others had taken Naruto.

"Son of a BITCH! Cock-sucking mother-fucking bastard! You took my fucking Samehada get the FUCK back here!" Suigetsu called out, but he made no move to go after Kisame. Even if Kisame was worn out and probably easy to beat at the moment, Suigetsu was also worn out by the constant running-Non-fucking-stop for days man! All to find that bastards brother so he can kill him only for Sasuke to save him in the end! What the fuck?!- and regenerating.

"We'd better go to where the others are at." Kakashi and Suigetsu looked over to Yamato, who had Itachi hung over in his back piggy-back style. Kakashi nodded and followed after Yamato who was already jumping through the trees. Suigetsu frowned and looked back longingly to where Kisame had disappeared before 'tsking' and jumping after them.

"Kiba! Sakura! Sai! Hinata! Take Naruto out of here and guard him." Said person's nodded and-after Kiba took Naruto from Hinata-took to the trees, out of the clearing. After a few seconds of tree jumping, they heard rustling behind them, indicating that someone was following them. Hinata, Sai, and Sakura took up arms, only to see Karin and Juugo behind them. They relaxed slightly but made no move to put away their weapons nor slow down their tree-jumping.

When Karin and Juugo caught up, Karin narrowed her eyes at the slightly raised weapons. "Don't get your panties in bunch, obaa-san." Sakura's eyebrow twitched. "Sasuke sent us. We won't harm the Jinchuuriki." The Konoha shinobi frowned at the word. She was speaking as if Naruto wasn't a person, but an it.

They jumped down into a small clearing in between the trees. Hinata carefully took Naruto from Kiba's back and gently placed him on the ground face up. Sakura immediately scanned him with her chakra – just to make sure everything was alright. Just because Sasuke, who dedicated his whole life to finding and killing Itachi, asked them to help Itachi doesn't mean that she's going to trust him. She sighed in relief to herself when she was done. Itachi was correct; all Naruto would need is rest.

Sakura turned towards-and this brought a pang to her heart when she thought it-Sasuke's new team. They were standing about ten feet or so from them, making a noticeable, but invisible line between the Konoha shinobi and Team Falcon. The tension was palpable in the silence that had taken over the area.

After a few minutes of nothing but silence and nervous glances/twitches, they heard a twig snap from the direction of the fight. They all readied their weapons, only for Sasuke, closely followed by Shino, to walk into their little clearing.

Sasuke scanned the area only to stop on Sakura. He walked over and stopped right in front of her. Out of the corner of his eye he could see his former classmates tense, but he just kept on staring into Sakura's eyes. This went on for a few seconds before Sakura sighed and broke eye contact. She raised her hands over his chest, not quite touching it and green healing chakra came out of them.

"If you wanted me to heal you, you could've just asked instead of staring me down until I got it." She muttered, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear. The Konoha shinobi immediately relaxed, but still on edge with the notorious missing-nins in front of them. They were all quiet again, simply watching–with envy in Karin's case-Sakura heal Sasuke's wounds one by one. "There," Sakura patted Sasuke's chest, the glowing healing chakra no longer surrounding her hands, "all done."

"Hn." Sasuke walked back over to his team and sat against a tree. Karin immediately latched onto him, pushing her breasts against his arm.

"You know Sasuke-kun, I could've healed you." She pouted in a way that she thought was cute, but it just made Sasuke's lip curl. "And in more ways than one." Her pout turned into a lecherous smile and she trailed her finger down his bare chest, only for it to get slapped away. She pouted again.

"What's wrong with you Shino? You're pissed." Everyone's eyes shot to the bug user, not seeing any difference in Shino's blank face.

"Y-Yeah. Kiba-kun's ri-right. What's wrong Shi-Shino-kun?" Apparently Hinata could see what the other couldn't, too.

"Why am I angry? Because I didn't get to do anything."

Kiba grinned at his friend's misfortune. "None of us really did." He pointed out. Shino frowned but made no further comment.

"Yo!" Kakashi, Yamato, and an unconscious Itachi appeared in a 'puff!' of smoke, Suigetsu running into the clearing not a few seconds after.

"Where's Kisame?" Sakura inquired, noticing the missing Akatsuki member. Suigetsu's lip curled and he walked over to his team.

"He got away. But that doesn't really matter. We need to get back to Konoha about this new development." Kakashi's eyes darted to Itachi's prone form on Yamato's back then to Sasuke's team. "Itachi and Sasuke will go on trial for treason. Itachi will more than likely get a death sentence while Sasuke might get off the hook with chakra restraints for the rest of his life since he killed Orochimaru and in all reality brought Itachi back to Konoha. As for the rest, well I'm not sure."

"Who said I was going back to Konoha? Or that Itachi was?" Sasuke's voice was flat and he stood up, pushing Karin off his arm.

Kakashi's eye curved up into a smile. "Why Sasuke-kun!" Kakashi disappeared. "I did." Sasuke tensed as he heard the voice behind him. He moved to turn around, but due to chakra exhaustion and just plain old exhaustion, he wasn't able to block in time and was promptly knocked out by a sharp chop to the neck. Kakashi caught Sasuke on his arm and Shunshin'd back to the other side of the clearing where Sakura was.

"Oi! Give Sasuke-kun back!" Karin and Juugo immediately went on defense. Suigetsu shrugged.

"There's no point Karin. They've got," he did a quick head count, "seven people and we've got two, since I'm not willing to fight for the bastard. We've been traveling for days with little to no rest and aren't in the best of shape, while most of them are still in a good condition. Might as well go along. We could plead innocent as Orochimaru's experiments. Me and Juugo could probably get off the hook real quick since we were actually the experimenties. You, not so much." Suigetsu grinned in a feral way.

Karin glared back at him but saw his logic. She could make a break for it, she doubted they would come after her, but she couldn't leave her precious Sasuke-kun behind! She put the two kunai's she had in her hands back in her pouch and put her hands up in surrender, a sour look on her face. "When the hell did you become the voice of reason?" She asked as one of the Konoha ninja's tied her hands up with chakra restraints.

"Since Sasuke got targeted by my prey." Suigetsu answered as another did the same to him. He growled and snapped at the one that tried to take Kubikiri Houcho from his back. "Don't fucking touch the sword. I won't use it goddamnit. I was the one who originally agreed to come along."

Juugo shook his head at his teammates' antics. "I'm sorry. Karin and Suigetsu can be quite rowdy. Please forgive them." He flinched when the ropes where tied too tightly and pinched his skin.

"S-sorry."

Juugo looked down and the small girl with lavender who was tying up his hands so gently now that she had accidentally hurt him. It confused him. Why was she treating him so gently? "Don't worry about it."

Looking around, Kakashi saw everyone was ready. Sakura was standing beside Suigetsu, guarded him just in case; Hinata was with Juugo; Sai with Karin. Itachi was on Yamato's back, Sasuke on his, and Naruto on Kiba's. Shino was extra manpower if anyone needed it. Kakashi eye-smiled. "Everyone ready?" A collection of nods and glares replied. "Good! Let's move out!"

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