Itachi/Sakura
Summary: With hope now lost Sakura takes on the mission of her life. Gone with the weak twelve year old Sakura and in with the new nineteen year old Sakura; Sakura takes the mission that only five people know about. She takes the mission to become a missing-nin.
Disclaimer: Read chapter one.
A/N Sorry it took so long. I hate school it's such a drag. Now that I vented on with the show
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When Sakura arrived back at her apartment; she stomped angrily to her room.
"I can't believe they still think I'm weak. I've grown stronger, I know I have." She thought angrily.
As she entered her room, she took notice of its appearance. The room was a complete mess. Her bed was not made, the covers hanging halfway on the bed and halfway on the floor. Her clothes lay strewn; covering the wooden floor. The alarm was embedded in to the wall where a hole was. There were drawings covering all the walls except for the lone white wall opposite her bed. It stood out looking so clean and untouched. "Pure." She thought; and with an aggravated sigh she picked up the can of dark red paint and tossed it at the wall.
The paint coming down on the wall dripping to the floor. It looked like blood being spilled instead of paint. Sakura smiled. It felt like she was feeling now. Bleeding on the inside with a shell on the outside of her former self. She was no longer the innocent twelve year old girl. She had seen the horrors of the world first hand at the hospital. She had been on the battle field and taken lives. She had been on missions where she seduces men and killed them before they had a chance to taint her. It was just the way of the ninja life.
Looking around her room she focused on the picture of team seven. Every time she looked at the picture a little more of her died on the inside. She noticed how much had changed and how all of them just drifted apart.
Sasuke was with the snake-teme. Naruto was being trained by Jaraiya. And she was training by Tsunade and by herself when she had the free time.
As she took her eyes off the hurt filled reminder reminded her that they were no longer a team, she looked at her room, at the walls. They all told a story about how she felt.
There was a picture she drew of inner Sakura punching her fist in the air. There was one of Naruto transformed in the kyuubi with four tails letting out a painful screeching sound that she could still remember from their mission in the grass country trying to gain information on Sasuke. There was a picture of Tsunade and Kakashi. Tsunade was drunk and Kakashi was reading Icha-Icha. There was a picture for all her friends, before the rift.
The one that stood out the most was a painting in black, and white. It was a picture of a little girl holding her knees with one arm and sobbing. The look of pure anguish was written clearly on the child's face. The tears were painted a blood red color trailing down her cheeks and dropping to the ground. The most disturbing part of the picture was the hand clutching a hole in her chest; right where her heart was carved out and left lying on the floor. The girl in the picture had pink hair.
As Sakura scanned her room for some clean clothes to pack and her drawing sketchbook, (Sai had gotten her into drawing) her eyes lingered on the picture of the little girl. Her hand unconsciously gripping the material on her chest where her heart rest. Turning around she finished packing and stepped out of her room without looking back.
Arriving at the Konoha gates she could make out the image of Naruto impatiently waiting for the other two to show. She greeted him with a nod of the head and she heard him heave a sigh, but decided not to comment on it. He knew as well as everyone else in the village how resigned Sakura became. It was almost impossible to start a conversation with her anymore, and he gave up awhile ago by trying to force her to talk.
They waited over an hour before Kakashi appeared. "I got lost on the path of life and then ran into a black cat so I had to take the long way." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
Sakura gave him a glare knowing he was lying, and Naruto snorted turning to walk out of the gates with Sakura following him.
Kakashi shuddered when Sakura gave him the glare. It was almost as cold as death. The look making him uneasy in her presence. While he sweat-dropped at Naruto's reaction. He would have to come up with some new lies.
As they ran out the gates Sakura couldn't help but feel as if something big was about to happen.
They ran for a little while. Sakura was in the lead so it looked like they were chasing her. Kakashi had his Sharingan out to make it look convincing and Naruto had tears in his eyes slowly trailing down his whiskered cheeks. His eyes flickering red every so often.
When they reached a clearing they all stopped; knowing what was about to begin. Sakura whipped around and threw a kunai at Kakashi, which he easily deflected. Naruto created a kage bushin and turned it into a huge shuriken sending it directly at Sakura.
She flipped in the air and made some hand seals. "Kokuangyou no Jutsu!" she shouted. Instantly Kakashi and Naruto couldn't see Sakura let alone anything else. Kakashi was shocked. He didn't know Sakura knew how to use the Nidaime's technique. He quickly got over it and formed seals to release the genjutsu. "Kai!" And the genjutsu was dispelled.
He sucked in a huge breath. "Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu" and let the breath out in a huge fireball.
Sakura knew she couldn't dodge it so she punched the ground and made a tiny crater. She laid flat down as the fire ball headed towards her. It past and she stood up only to be punched in the stomach by one of Naruto's bushins.
Sakura turned on her heel and sent the bushin flying before it disappeared all together in a poof of smoke.
She ran into the forest and jumped onto a tree limb running. The other two right behind her. She knew this was all pretend, but they were all good.
She turned around and just missed a shuriken flying at her. She turned running backwards and formed seals, "Kaze no Yaiba" and a blast of wind struck Naruto. Slicing him in half. He let out a gasp before he disappeared.
"A clone!" Sakura barely had time to think before she sensed Naruto behind her. Grabbing a kunai they clashed together before they were forced apart.
They landed about a five tree limbs apart from each other. "Please come back to the village Sakura-chan." Naruto shouted. He knew they were just faking, but he really didn't want her to go on this mission. He was afraid she would never come back, just like Sasuke. "No Sasuke will come back dattebayo!" He thought with renewed strength. He would make sure Sasuke came back.
"I'm not going back Naruto. So you and Kaka-sensei can just go back to the village and leave me alone. The village has nothing to offer me anymore." Though her voice was cold, it still pains her to say that. It reminded her so much of when Sasuke left her on the bench.
She also knew her words were force. Even though she barely spent time with her friends anymore, they were still her family, and she would protect her family no matter the cost. That's why she decided to take this mission in the first place.
"Sorry Sakura no can do. You are to be brought back to Konoha by order of the fifth hokage." Kakashi said sternly. He didn't know she had improved this much and he felt ashamed of himself. She had to learn this all by herself. Tsunade taught her medical skills and super strength, but she took all the extra time to learn these new techniques by herself.
"No!" Sakura screamed. She had to end this. She couldn't take it anymore. She had to get out of here before she got caught that this was all make believe. It felt too real and painful. With a deep calming breath Sakura exhaled. "I'm sorry." With that she made some hand seals "Doku Gasu" and a large haze of purple poison gas erupted from her mouth.
Kakashi and Naruto covered the nose and mouth and shut their eyes. When the smoke cleared and they looked around Sakura was no longer standing there.
In the cloak of the trees two figures stood watching. "Interesting." One of the cloaked figures thought. Within a second both figures were gone.
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Techniques
Kokuangyou no Jutsu- Bringer of Darkness
Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu- Fire element: grand fireball technique
Kaze no Yaiba- Wind Blade
Doku Gasu- Poison gas