Well hello once more my faithful readers. Just to let you know that I'm on a 2 hour plane ride at the moment, and I'm feeling quite light headed, so forgive me if this chapter sounds a bit……uh on the, weird side.

Disclaimer: No seriously, if I did own Naruto, I would be extremely happy. Itachi and Sakura would be together and a lot of characters would be, well. Screwed.

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Tired of Trying,

Sick of Crying,

Yeah I'm Smiling,

But inside I'm Dying

-Unknown

If I gave into the temptation, that was getting up and walking around. My body would probably collapse on itself and I would fall into a heap on the ground.

Although, the thought of staying in this small, isolated room any longer made me cringe.

I had been in hospital rooms before, but this one had an eerie feel to it. The white walls just seemed to make it worse. I should really convince Tsunade-Sama to repaint.

The emptiness of the room, combined with my feeling that someone out there was watching me all this time, made it feel as if the room itself was slowly closing in on me.

Each breath I took felt like a dagger in my heart. Every pulse, resembled the beating of a drum. My stomach churned, I felt so sick.

I stood up and quickly raced out of the room. But as I came to the door my knees buckled. The room suddenly went black. The last thing I remember was the yells of nurses as the rushed over towards me.

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I sat down at my desk, shuffling through my many Hokage duties, that I defiantly wasn't fond of.

'Why do I have to be Hokage?'

I sighed as I leaned back on my chair. I glanced down at all the reports that I knew had to be filed.

I then averted my gaze up towards the ceiling, I gently rocked back and forth on my chair, the legs squeaked and I just knew something bad was going to happen.

I was right.

The legs of the chair slipped and I went hurtling to the floor. With a loud thump, I landed on my head causing me to let out a small groan.

Getting back on my feet, picking up the chair as I did so. I rubbed my head were it hurt the most.

'Why, why, why, why……….'

Through the whole commotion, I didn't even hear the young nurse rush into my office.

"Tsunade-Sama! Tsunade-Sama!"

I turned towards the trainee nurse that stood before me, and let out a quiet sigh.

"What is it?"

I said in one of those bored Shikamaru ways. I really wasn't in the mood for this.

"It's Sakura Tsunade-Sama, she just collapsed in the doorway of her room!"

"She what?!"

My mouth gaped open wide. But before the new nurse could repeat what she just said, I had already left my office and was rushing towards Sakura's bedside.

'Why would she get out of bed so early, she should know she needs to recover'

'I thought I had taught her better then this'

It was at that exact moment that I stopped and remembered what Sakura had said to me earlier. I frowned.

Maybe it had something to do with that presence she kept feeling.

That's got to be it.

Sakura isn't that stupid that she would get out of bed without a damn good reason. Maybe it scared her.

Continuing on, I came before her room. Room 401. Haruno Sakura.

Carefully opening the door, I peered inside, it looked normal enough to me.

I entered the room. Expecting to see a recently fainted Sakura lying n bed, pink bangs hung over her eyes, but, I gasped at what I saw next.

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We hung outside her window, hidden in the leaves of a large tree. Quite appropriate for the village we were in. I crouched next to the trunk of the tree, resting one hand on it delicately.

Kisame on the other hand was on the branch below me, his hand had made deep cuts in the lower part of the same trunk. He really wanted to kill something.

"Itachi, why can't we kill her now?"

He said this in one of those annoying tones little children use when they want something. It really irritated me.

"Shut up, you can kill something later"

I heard a quiet growl below me, but I didn't bother with a response.

I just stared into the hospital window, where the young medic sat on the edge of her bed. She looked…

Worried?

This interested me greatly, I don't know why, it just did.

She suddenly stood up and raced out of the room, well tried to, she collapsed on the floor before she could even make it out of the room.

Kisame chuckled, I let out a small chuckle as well, but it was so quiet that no ordinary shinobi would have been able to hear it. Or any type of fish for that matter.

After that dramatic scene, I watched as a few nurses rushed to her side. They tried to wake her up, but to no avail. So the weak humans picked her up and laid her back in bed.

But for some reason, none of them stayed. I found this quite odd. I thought at least one of them would, to keep an eye on her. I gave a slight smile.

This was our chance.

I leapt off the branch and into the open window, Kisame followed close behind. We slid silently into the room, and walked over to her bed.

I stared at her as she slept. What was so great about this girl? She was no older the my foolish little brother. I just didn't understand. Maybe, it was because of the fact she had trained directly under the current Hokage?

My questioning thoughts were soon interrupted by my brash comrade.

"Lets just grab her and go, I hate this village"

I nodded slightly as I picked her up bridal style. Her head hung back with her lips slightly parted, while her legs dangled lifelessly in the direction of the floor.

As a huge gust of wind came racing through the open window, we suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a few leaves, that were now scattered around the side of the bed.

I chuckled quietly. What a shock this would be to Tsunade.

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I stood there in shock, I couldn't move, my body froze.

The window was open wide, the wind rushed in quickly, allowing my hair to flow freely. I spotted the leaves that were spread across the floor.

Someone had been here.

My eyes went blank, no emotion except for worry was shown. But soon, the worry was replaced by anger.

'Sakura'

I clenched my fists, and my head hung low, I started to shake.

I had to do something about this.

As I sharply raised my head, my eyes narrowed, the rage boiled inside me. I would get to the bottom of this. I just have to.

I abruptly turned and walked out of the door. My fury was obvious to everyone and anyone I passed, they all gave me worried looks, they knew if I looked this angry, something was defiantly wrong.

Shizune noticed this.

"Tsunade-Sama, is something the matter?"

I barged through the door that led into my office, I walked rapidly over to my desk. Shizune tried desperately to keep up.

I picked up report after report, throwing them into the air. I needed to find what ANBU were not out on missions.

"Uh…..Tsunade-Sama, are you alright?"

"Round up every ANBU you can. Sakura has been kidnapped and we need to get her back!"

Shizune didn't hesitate and swiftly ran out of the room.

I sat down in the chair beside me, placing my head in my hands. I let out a sigh.

'Sakura, please be alright'

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After travelling for a few hours through the leaf village's forest, and making our way into rain country (A/N). We finally made it to a large metal door, that was imbedded in a big one-story concrete building.

The building had been overgrown with creeping vines, which had withered away with age. It blended in with the surroundings, creating the perfect camouflage.

This, was Akatsuki's base.

Kisame placed his scaly fingers on the door handle, and with a forceful push, he opened the door.

Both of us stepped quietly inside, and walked down the long narrow hallway. The ground was old worn-out floorboards, while the walls were solid concrete, just like outside.

We could here subtle footsteps from inside the doors that lined the passageway, making us aware of their presence.

Finally, we came to a tall wooden entrance on the left of the corridor that we had been walking down. Kisame stopped for a few moments before continuing onwards to his room.

I gave the door a light kick, and as it swung open, I entered.

The room was quite plain. All that was there was a single bed, a chair that had been placed carelessly in the corner and a bookcase, with a few books, scrolls and maps.

Like I said, plain.

It was my room after all.

I carefully placed the konoichi onto my bed and sat down in the chair on the other side of the room.

What was so special about her, she doesn't look or act like a top medic. I mean, a top medic wouldn't jump out of bed when they knew they couldn't walk, would they?

I shook my head and dismissed the thought. I then stood up and walked out of the room. Quietly shutting the door, and locking it behind me, I started towards the kitchen.

'Well if she trained under Tsunade, she must be good'

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I murmured in my sleep, as I tossed and turned. The bed I was in didn't feel the same, it was softer?

My eyes immediately opened as the dirty brown ceiling came into view. Now I know that I wasn't in the hospital anymore.

I sat up in the bed and took a look around. I defiantly hadn't been here before. I slid off to the side of the bed and placed my feet on the ground.

Pushing myself upwards and onto my feet, I tried to steady my body, but, once more, all of my weight was to much and I subsided onto the wooden ground.

I allowed a moan to escape my lips as I closed my eyes and placed my hands in front of me to stop myself from falling flat on my face. And that was when I heard a quiet chuckle.

I glanced up, and what I saw made me push up against the side of the bed.

"I…ta…chi"

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A/N: Ok, well I don't know where the Akatsuki are located so I just chose the rain country, but if anyone knows, please tell me.

Now everyone, please please review. Thank you.

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