I blinked and lifted my head. It swam with the pain. I groaned. I was lying on my stomach in the dirt. My one arm laid by my side and the other was outstretched. My fingers dug into the dirt as I felt my body stiffen. My body had gone numb but feeling was slowly returning. I whimpered as the pain hit me. I had blood covering me. My muscles all screamed and my head was pounding.

"Why did they betray me?" I sobbed into the ground.

'They betrayed you because you are weak and because they hate you.' The voice in my head chuckled. It was inner Sakura.

"I don't believe that." I whispered. "Naruto didn't hate me. Neither did Lee, or Tenten or Hinata, no one hated me."

'Oh but they did hate you. They just acted like they didn't so they could catch you, lure you.' Inner Sakura laughed.

"No." I said.

'Yes. Hate them, hate Sasuke, be angry, let the anger and hate loose, kill them.' She whispered to me.

"No. Hate will change me. I'll become dark, evil." I said.

'So? They think you are evil, show them how evil you can be.'

"No. I won't."

I stopped on the branch. I looked down in the clearing. A girl lay on the ground. She was covered in blood and seemed to be injured. I scowled softly as I saw her lips moving, as I saw her talking to herself. She somehow pulled herself to her knees. 'I might as well kill her. She won't last long like this.' I thought. I dropped from the tree and straightened. The girls head wiped up and she looked at me and I saw deep emerald eyes. She also had pink hair that fell to the middle of her back. She could easily be described as angelic. She looked at me a moment then stumbled to her feet. I was a bit surprised she could stand with all the blood she had lost. Her breathing was ragged and she slowly backed up.

"You won't live much longer." I said.

"Yes I will." She said.

I starred as her wounds started to slowly close up and heal. With in five minutes all her wounds had healed. She was still almost drained of chakara though.

"A kekkai genkai?" I asked.

She shook her head.

"There is no kekkai genkai like this that I know of." She said.

I watched her a moment. I advanced a step and she stepped farther back. Soon her back hit a tree.

"Don't come any closer." She said.

I took an extra step. We were about five feet away.

"I have no choice." She whispered.

I frowned. Suddenly pink and white light started to swirl around her. I watched with wide eyes as two large white wings slowly grew from her back. The light moved from swirling to grow the wings. I knew wings the wings were being made of the light that surrounded her. When the light stopped swirling she had two large, feathery white wings on her back. She watched me as she took a step forwards.

"What are you?" I asked.

"I'm half angel."

I opened my mouth and then shut it quickly.

"My mother was an angel and my father was human. They had me." She explained.

"You are a pure angel." I said.

"How do you know?" She asked.

I noticed she was slowly shifting into an offensive position.

"I studied about history and angels when I was younger. They were said to be extinct." I breathed.

She shook her head.

"I'm the last that I know of."

"Why are you injured?" I asked.

"My friends turned on me. Sasuke told them I was a dark angel. He is higher rank then them so when he told them to kill me they obeyed. I used the last of my chakara to escape."

I scowled.

"He was jealous of your power?" I asked.

She nodded. I smirked.

"Come with me then. You won't be wanted back there. Join Akatsuki."

She looked at me.

"I will come with you."

I smirked again.

"But I will not become a dark angel."

"You do not hate?"

She shook her head.

"I want to hate them but if I do I will become tainted, a dark angel."

I nodded. Dark angles controlled shadows and the dark energy and were a bit stronger then pure angels who controlled light, but evil. I held out a hand for her. She looked at it then slowly extended her own hand. I grasped it in my bigger one and looked at her a moment. She had very soft skin and a beautiful body. Her wings were beautiful too. I pulled her into my chest as I put my now free hands together and did the signs for the transportation jutsu. We fell into darkness a moment. Then we appeared in a clearing beside a large house. The angel blinked.

"What is your name?" I asked.

"Sakura."

"Ah, the girl who was partners with my brother."

She nodded. I saw that she was still tired and almost drained.

"It may be best to hide your wings."

She nodded and as I blinked the vanished.

"I just bent the light around them so no one can see them." She said.

I nodded and held out my hand again. She took it gently and I helped her into the base. As we walked slowly down the halls I could sense the other members in the kitchen, the living room, or their rooms. We walked to Leader's room without even meeting any other members. I knocked softly on the door and waited till I heard a reply before I opened the door and stepped in. Pein, who was behind his desk doing paper work looked up and blinked at Sakura.

"Yes Itachi?" He asked.

"This is Sakura, She wishes to join."

Pein looked her over.

"She seems like an ordinary weak kunoichi."

"She isn't ordinary, she's half angel."

Pein's eyes sharpened and he looked closer at Sakura. I looked down at her and she sighed. Her wings reappeared and Pein starred. Pein stood and walked over to us.

"May I?" He asked looking at the wings.

Sakura nodded and he reached out touching them. He fingered the feathers then stroked them. Sakura shifted her weight and the wing moved a bit. Pein took a step back.

"I will think about letting her join, but first I need to see her fighting skills. She seems tired. Let her rest till she is fully better then we will test her."

"Where will she stay?" I asked.

"Your room."

I stiffened but nodded. Sakura hid her wings again and I walked out the hall. We walked down the hall till we reach my door. I opened it to show my crimson room with black furniture. I stepped in and shut the door behind her. I pointed to the door leading to the bathroom.

"Wash the blood and dirt off first."

She nodded and walked to the room. When the door shut and I could hear the water running I walked to my drawers. I pulled out my smallest black pants and smallest black t-shirt. Then I dropped them inside the bathroom where Sakura would notice them. I finally sat down on my bed and waited. Sakura only took about ten minutes before the door opened. Sakura walked out in an oversized t-shirt, and pants that had the legs folded up. I snorted. She scowled slightly but sighed. I stood and motioned to the bed. She nodded then suddenly her wings reappeared. Her wings slowly disintegrated into small particles of light which faded away.

She blinked and then her eyes fell shut and she crumpled. I caught her before she hit the ground. I knew she had collapsed out of exhaustion. I sighed and lifted her, carrying her to the bed. I gently put her down and pulled the blankets up. I was glad she had made her wings go back into her again because she would have take up the whole bed if she had kept them out. I sighed and turned to the door. It was only noon, I wasn't about to stay in my room all day.

I felt the soft bed under me. I buried my face in deeper and curled up. I blinked slowly and opened my eyes. I remembered falling asleep after I had turned my wings back into light. I realized I was in Itachi's bed. I almost laughed. Who would have thought that Sasuke would try to kill me, and that his older brother would save me? I sighed softly. I wondered how long I had slept for. I felt much better. I felt down as I thought of my friends.

We had been sent on a mission as after we had completed it Sasuke had turned to me. He had told them I was a dark angel and I was plotting to bring the down fall of Kohona. I don't know how he found out I was an angel though. Well my friends had gasped and been in disbelief. But I couldn't lie and when they asked if I was an angel I had to say yes. They had jumped to conclusions thinking I was dark, they had attacked before I could prove I was innocent. Sasuke had grinned at me and watched in amusement as my friends tried to kill me.

I clenched my eyes shut at the thought. I finally tried to sit up. I only now noticed the arm looped over my waist. My breath caught as I recognized it as Itachi's. No matter how nice he had been earlier that didn't mean I wasn't scared of him or that I trusted him. I slowly slid forwards but just as I was almost free the arm tightened and pulled me back to Itachi.

"Where are you going little angel?" He asked.

"I was just getting up." I said quietly.

"Hn."

He didn't let go though. I turned my head around and saw him watching me. I started to feel nervous. He slowly let me go and I slid away from him. I stood up and I saw him do the same. He looked at me as I ran my fingers through my hair pulling out the knots. He watched me a second then motioned for me to follow him. I scurried after him out the door and down the hall.

We walked in silence till we reached a kitchen. We stepped in and I blinked. At the table sat a guy with blonde hair. Half the hair hung over one eye and some was in a pony tail. He looked like Ino's long lost brother. Beside him sat a guy with red hair and a bored look. I gasped at Sasori. They all looked at me as I gasped. Sasori was immediately standing and glaring at me. His hands were reaching for his weapon pouch as mine did the same.

"Stop." Itachi said.

I did but Sasori still slid his hand to his pouch.

"She is the one teamed up with Chiyo." Sasori said.

"She is the one who almost killed you, un?" The blonde asked looking at me.

"Yes." Sasori said.

"I thought I had killed you." I said softly.

"Almost but you just missed my vital spot."

I blinked and nodded slowly. Itachi was watching me.

"What do you want to eat?" Itachi asked.

"Do you have fruit?" I asked ignoring the other two.

Itachi pointed to a bowl of fruit on the table.

"Why is she here?" Sasori asked.

"She may become a new member."

"But she is an enemy. She seemed very loyal to Kohona when she tried to kill me." Sasori said.

His hand was no longer moving to his weapons and he seemed less tense. He sat down and got a curious look.

"Well they turned on her." Itachi said.

I nodded my head once. Itachi went to the counter and started to make himself some toast. Deidara was watching me closely. I sat down on the opposite side of Deidara and Sasori. I grabbed and apple and looked out the large window that let light in. I saw the sun was just above the horizon. It looked nice outside. I didn't see a cloud in the sky and the birds darted in and out of sight. I started to eat my apple as the two watched me closely.

"You look like an angel, un." Deidara said.

Sasori nodded in agreement.

"She is an angel." Itachi said.

The two blinked and looked confused.

"She is half angel. Her mother was an angel and her father was human."

The blinked then smiled softly.

"Good one, un."

"It's not a joke." Someone said.

We all looked up at Pein who walked into the kitchen.

"Show them your wings Sakura." He said.

I nodded and felt the pink and white light spiral around me as I continued to eat my apple. I felt and saw the light that had started to swirl around me slowly go to my back where my wings started to grow. Angel wings were made of light, except dark angel wings which were made of shadows and the darkness. When all the light surrounding me was gone I felt my wings. They tucked into me and I continued to eat my apple ignoring the stares of Sasori and Deidara.

"Wow, un." Deidara whispered.

Then he jumped up.

"Can I touch them, un?"

I nodded softly. He was beside me in an instant. He slowly extended a hand. I almost sighed happily as his hands pet my wings. My wings were as much of a part of me as my arms and it felt nice when someone stroked them. I shivered slightly as the mouth on his hand almost licked them. He pulled his hand back as soon as his mouth opened though. He grinned apologetically and reached back out stroking my soft feathers. I loved my wings. They were soft and the large feathers were almost fluffy. Deidara started to examine my wings closer. Itachi also set down his toast for a second and come for a closer look. I sighed and spread them out a bit for them to see.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE THOSE!?"

We looked to the door to see a silver haired man and a shark.

"They are angel wings, Hidan." Pein said.

"Angel wings?" Kisame asked.

"Yes, Sakura here is an angel, well half angel."

"They don't fucking exsist." Hidan snorted.

"The proof is right here." Itachi said.

Hidan walked up and grabbed a feather. He pulled quickly and the feather was pulled off. I yelped and jumped up glaring at him. I folded my feather and held it in my arms were I stroked the part he had ripped the feather from. He was starring slightly. Kisame had stepped up next to Itachi inspecting my other wing. I stroked the place where Hidan had ripped the feather from. My wings would rarely hurt except for when feathers were pulled out. I could take a sword through my wings and I would barely feel anything but pull a feather out and it was like poking me hard with a sharp object or stabbing me with a knife. When it felt better I let my wing spread out again. Deidara returned to stroking and inspecting it. Hidan starred at the feather in his hand. He set it on the table and started to inspect the wings but didn't touch them.

"An angel?" Someone asked.

We glanced at the half plant man.

"You know about angels, Zetsu?" Sasori asked.

Zetsu nodded.

"I always wondered if they tasted good."

I shivered slightly making my wings shiver too, which made my feathers puff out a bit. Deidara grinned and continued to stroke my wings. No one else stroked them. They just looked at them and fingered them. Suddenly I heard a squeal. Before I could look to see where it had come from I felt someone hugging my one wing, pulling me down a bit. The other members looked at the spiky black haired man with the orange hair and rolled their eyes. He hugged my wing and jumped up and down.

"Um… could you not squeeze so tight?" I asked.

"Okay! Tobi's name is Tobi, what is angel's name?" he asked

"My name is Sakura."

"Tobi likes your wings Sakura!"

"Thank you Tobi."

"Konan and Kakuzu are the only ones who haven't seen these yet, un." Deidara said.

Tobi slowly let go of my wings and started to stroke it like Deidara.

"They're so soft!" Tobi sang.

I nodded and almost purred as the two continued to stroke my feathers. I slowly closed my eyes and sighed in content. I heard a soft chuckle. I opened an eye and looked at Pein who sat across from me.

"That feels good?" He asked.

I smiled and nodded. Deidara grinned and Tobi started to hum.

"What are those?"

We turned and looked at a man in a mask and a woman with blue hair and a paper flower barrette.

"Angel wings!" Tobi laughed.

"Angel wings?" Konan asked.

"Yes. Sakura is half angel." Sasori said.

"And what are Tobi and Deidara doing?" Kakuzu asked.

"We were inspecting her wings but they're so soft you have to pet them, un."

"Besides Sakura likes it." Pein chuckled.

I nodded slightly. Konan walked up and looked at my wings she hesitantly reached out. She poked them with a finger. My feathers almost 'rippled' under her fingers. She smirked slightly and ran a hand down the front of the feathers. I sighed softly again. I couldn't help but smile. Konan glanced at me and did it again. She then moved closer to where my wings came from my back. She dragged a finger down the 'spine' of my feathers or the top of them. When she reached my back she looked at it closely.

"So are they a part of you or just for looks?" Konan asked.

"They are as much of a part of me as my arms. They are very useful in blocking attacks and giving me speed. They even let me fly."

"You can fly?" Pein asked.

I nodded.

"This I have to see." He said.

He stood and I followed his example. I folded my wings so I could move better. I lifted my wings up so the ends didn't drag on the ground either. We all followed Pein out a door I had noticed before. We stepped into the sun and my wings seemed to grow. I smiled. Sunlight made me stronger like darkness made dark angels stronger. I stepped lightly away from the others. When I was far enough away from them I reached my wings out. They spread out to each side and stretched as far as they could. They probably stretched about fifteen feet to each side, thirty feet in all.

They flapped once to warm up. Then I jumped up. My wings immediately snapped tight and grabbed the air. They stroked once and I shot up into the sky. I did three more flaps then turned and almost hovered in place. I looked down at the others and saw them watching. They seemed quite tiny from my view. I saw Tobi waving and waved back. Then I let my wings fold. I dived head first to the ground. About ten feet from the ground my wings snapped open catching the air. I saw Tobi gasped as I flew a circle around the house.

"Tobi wishes he had wings and could fly." The man said sighing dreamily.

I grinned and shot at him. I could swear I heard him squeak as I grabbed his wrists in my hands and shot up pulling him into the air. He started to laugh.

"Wow Tobi is flying!"

I giggled and shot up even higher then before. I let my wings fold again and we dived down hand in hand. He squealed in excitement. Just before I hit the ground I pulled up and let Tobi go. He dropped to the ground easily and started to clap and laugh.

"No fair un!" Deidara yelled.

"You want a turn?" I asked grinning.

He nodded savagely. I saw Leader drag a hand down his face.

"What are you, children? You fly on your bird all the time."

"So, un?"

Pein rolled his eyes. I sped at Deidara as he turned to me. I grabbed his arms and dragged him up into the sky. He grinned up at me. I flew as high as Tobi and let him go.

"HEY, un!" He yelled crossing his arms and pouting.

I dived down beside him and we fell together. I grabbed him and then spun slowing and dropping him. I laughed and touched down myself. Tobi started to skip around me and babble about birds, angels, and flying.

"Well that was quite impressive." Pein said.

I blinked slightly.

"Now can we test your fighting skills?" he asked.

I nodded. Pein looked at Deidara.

"Fight her. Weapons and Taijutsu only. You can use your bombs and she can use her wings."

He nodded. Tobi quieted and they all stepped back as Deidara took an offensive position. 'They change pace quite quickly.' Inner Sakura said. 'What do you want?' I asked her. 'Nothing, I just came to watch the fight.' I sighed and took a fighting position. When Pein signalled to begin Deidara whipped out some clay. He started to mould it as I shot in at him.

Sakura lunged at Deidara and our eyes all widened at her speed. She almost wasn't there. She lashed out with her foot. Deidara jumped back but her foot still touched him. He lost his air as he blew back and slammed into a tree.

"She was the Godaime's apprentice. She has the same inhuman strength." Akatsuki's spy, Zetsu said.

I nodded. Deidara leapt back up and took a deep breath of air. Then he threw two bombs at Sakura. They were fast and exploded less then a foot from Sakura. She was faster though and jumped back. She flapped her wings and the smoke cleared. She lunged in again and before Deidara could blink she had nailed him in the side with her foot. He flew to the side and into the tree. He didn't stand for a second as he seemed dazed. Finally he stumbled up and shook his head. He took another breath and whipped more bombs at Sakura. She grinned and flapped her wings blowing the bombs back at Deidara. He dived and rolled out of the way. Sakura vanished to appear behind Deidara. She tapped his neck and he crumpled unconscious.

"She is also a better medic then Tsunade." Zetsu said.

I nodded. Sakura healed Deidara who stood up and blinked looking a bit confused. I motioned him back and sent Kisame forwards. He grinned as I said use jutsus. He kept Samehade on his back as he watched Sakura. Then he started his hand signs. There was a river off to the side slightly in the trees. A large wave of water shot out and went for Sakura. I saw some of the water form sharks. Sakura jumped into the air just avoiding the water. She didn't dodge the snapping jaws of the water sharks though. They pulled her into the water. She took a breath as the water returned to the river pulling her with it.

We waited a second. Then she jumped from the water a minute later. She shook her head and fluffed out her wings. She looked soaked but that was it. She grinned at Kisame and clapped her hands together. She did hand signs to fast to see. Then she took a deep breath and started to spit fire balls at Kisame. His eyes widened as he dodged them. I saw that Itachi looked slightly startled too. I guess he would be since her attack was one that the Uchihas were creators of.

Kisame got his sleeve singed before Sakura ran out of breath. Kisame made more hand signs and a huge water dragon appeared. Sakura copied his hand signs and a second water dragon appeared. Kisame almost gaped. The two dragons crashed and fell back to the water. Sakura lunged at Kisame. He dodged her fists and jumped back. She lunged back. I saw she was pushing him back near the water. As soon as he was close Sakura did more hand signs. A huge sphere of water surrounded Kisame. We all winced. Kisame tried to do hand signs but the water restricted his movement. We saw bubbles come from him. He started to turn a deeper blue and gave the signal that he yielded. Sakura grinned and the water fell and splashed into the river bringing Kisame with it. He surfaced and dragged himself onto the land. He coiffed up some water and looked very much waterlogged. He grinned a bit and returned to us.

I signalled Itachi forwards. He stepped up and I instructed Genjutsu and taijutsu only. The two nodded and stood a bit apart. They just watched each other a moment. Then they both whipped out kuni. Itachi dodged Sakura's and she dodged his. They pulled out more kuni and lunged at one another. I could already see Itachi's mangekyou on. They locked kuni and jumped back. They started to throw weapons at one another. Then they lunged in exchanging blows. Itachi and Sakura seemed to have the same speed. Sakura threw a punch and Itachi caught it. Itachi threw a punch at the same time and Sakura caught it. They stayed locked like that. I heard Sakura curse as she looked into Itachi's eyes.

I smirked as she accidentally looked into my eyes. I immediately sucked her into my red and black world. Sakura was tied to a cross and I looked up at her. She still had wings. She looked at me and cursed. I smirked.

"Well, well, well. Sakura good to see you." Someone chuckled.

We both looked at the speaker. I almost gaped at the woman behind me. She looked exactly like Sakura but she had darker green eyes and black wings. I looked back at Sakura who cringed at the woman. It wasn't possible to have someone else in here.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"I'm inner Sakura."

"A separate personality." I whispered.

"Kind of. I'm Sakura's dark side. Each angel has two sides, dark and light. Most of the time light is in control. But if the light side gets filled with hate or starts to hate someone they start to turn dark. If Sakura turns dark she and I will merge, but dark will conquer light most likely. She will become a dark angel."

The woman/Sakura grinned.

"So you are the Sakura's dark side." I summed up.

She nodded. I looked at Sakura.

"And you have no hate in you, except her."

Good Sakura nodded. I looked at the dark Sakura as she sighed.

"She doesn't even have hate after her friends betrayed her."

I looked at the two. Then I made another cross shoot from the ground. The dark angel was tied to it to. She blinked and then scowled at me.

"Can you two merge and not be evil or good?" I asked.

"No and yes. If we merge we can be just evil or just pure but we wouldn't be neutral. We could also just switch between being good and bad all the time." Evil Sakura said.

"So you always hear her in your head?" I asked Good Sakura.

She nodded.

"So you always have the devil in your head. I'm surprised you haven't done anything yet." I smirked.

"Oh I've tried to get her to do something's but she wouldn't listen. Sometimes she did set up small traps but that was it." Evil Sakura sighed.

Good Sakura scowled at her and Evil Sakura grinned. The two stayed like this till I interrupted. The looked at me, as I cleared my throat.

"Well let's get to why I brought you here."

I pulled out a kuni and walked to Dark Sakura. She seemed to grin as I stabbed a kuni in her chest.

"She revels in pain." Good Sakura said.

I glanced at her and made a clone. The clone walked to Good Sakura and stabbed her too. She barely gasped. She had better pain tolerance then some ninja I had met. I stabbed them again and only got small expels of breath. I continued to stab them for an hour. They started to whimper after a while but Evil Sakura seemed to still like to see herself and good Sakura in pain. She seemed to be sadistic, kind of like me. For twenty four hours I continued to torture them. I didn't just stab them. I had done this so many times I had some very good torturing ways, and many ways to bring extreme pain. By the end they were both screaming with the pain. I decided to cut the session short and ended it after twenty four hours. As we left my world and returned to the outside real world Sakura fell to her knees whimpering in pain still.

"Wow Itachi, you must have gone easier on her, I have seen people come out screaming bloody murder, some come out almost dead, and most come out unconscious, in a coma, or insane." Kisame said.

I glanced at him.

"I did not go easy on her. I cut some of the time off so I only had her for twenty four hours but I tried some new methods of torture."

Kisame gulped and gave me a shaky grin. Sakura still whimpered but dragged herself to her feet. She stumbled back and didn't look at my eyes again. She took deep even breathes. I looked at her wings a moment then I turned and walked back to the others. Pein stepped forwards and motioned Sakura forwards. She stepped to him and he handed her a ring.

"Welcome to the group." He grinned.

Sakura smiled slightly, but shakily. Then she slipped the ring on.