Chaos Among the Clan

As soon as Izakura had taken off Itachi took off at full speed. He couldn't believe what his brother was telling him, there was no way it was true. Lady Tsunade had gone missing, her assistant, Shizune, had been found by none other than Sakura her self and yet despite her help the other healers were accusing her of kidnapping and harming the Lady. Shizune was currently stuck in a coma and so there was no one to prove Sakura's innocence. Lord Madara had promised to keep Sakura captive as a prisoner and so she was not to leave his sight until everything was taken care of or until Lady Tsunade appeared her self. As soon as he hit the compound Itachi picked up his pace, causing his brother to fall behind.

"Itachi! Wait up!" called Sasuke before suddenly appearing by his side. Sasuke was just as worried for the cherry blossom, they had taken classes together, his wife and her were the best of friends so of course he'd be close to her.

"When? When did all of this happen?" Itachi asked, his voice tight, fighting to hold back the anguish and pain that he felt. He had just gotten her back, had just discovered that he had a family and was currently, finally, in the middle of planning his wedding to the love of his life. So why? What had he done to deserve such misfortune.

"About an hour ago, Lord Madara wasn't summoned until after they found her and Sakura with Shizune's motionless body. When they asked her where Lady Tsunade was she burst into tears and shook her head. There was no calming her Itachi, she's so broken up." Sasuke said, his tone of voice soft, silent and most of all hurt.

"Hn." however was the only response that he gave his brother before Itachi took off at full pace yet again. "Sakuno." he called out, ready to protect her at all cost. Instantly the young wolf was by her masters side, her eyes glowing read and her power ready to fight. She could feel her masters distress, his worry and most of all his fear for his family.

"Hai master, I am ready." she said as she kept up with his pace. Sasuke had long since fallen behind and by the time Itachi and Sakuno arrived at the hall of he flew past all of the security and straight to where he not only knew where Sakura was but to where Lord Madra was. Upon walking in he took to his knees and bowed formally while Sakura was being looked over by Sakuno.

"What happened?" Itachi asked, voice tight while Lord Madra sighed and looked at the tense filled Itachi. This was the first time in ages since he had shown any form of emotion, since he had last seen any human reaction in him and that fact alone made him want to stop at nothing to help Itachi and Sakura keep their peace.

"She was found, we don't know much other than what the guards who found her have reported. She will speak to no one Itachi." he said, voice serious and worried.

"Is she injured?" he asked but before Lord Madara could answer him Sakuno appeared by her masters side, the barrier around Sakura still up and strong. Her eyes looked deadly, ready to kill if only looks could kill.

"Master we must speak with the Lord alone, I'm afraid what I've found will not be easy to heal." she said, her tone of voice so low that it was a miracle Lord Madara had heard it. As soon as Itachi met with Lord Madara's eyes the guards were out of the room and Saya was hold up a barrier around the entire room. Not only was it sound prof but no one was allowed to go in or out without her master permission.

"Speak Sakuno." Lord Madara instructed.

'Master?' she called out to him first and with a nod of a head she went into her findings. "Physically there is nothing with Lady Sakura-san, however a medical jutsu has been placed upon her. It traps the mind in a nightmare of sort with no way out, not unless the one who placed the jutsu on her is killed." she said, her voice calm yet anger was evident in ever word. The more Itachi heard the more his power rose, the more his rage consumed him and threatened to attack anything and anyone who had ever looked at her in any wrong way or sort.

"What can we do?" he asked, all the while keeping his eyes on Itachi. Lord Madara knew what it was like to lose your partner, the pain that came with having to watch them suffer so badly and he knew that in such a state of being, of mind there was no telling what one would or would not due.

"We have to options my Lord but neither are safe." Sakuno said, hesitant in sharing her findings.

"What are they Sakuno?" demanded Itachi, his voice showing how close to the breaking point he was.

"One is to use the mangekyou to counter the jutsu, if you can find her, save her form her own nightmare then in theory she will be able to heal her own mind, however there is no guarantee. The other is to turn her. Should she be turned into one of us, the immortal her mind will instantly heal its self." she said, her tone of voice calm at the end. Upon taking in his options Itachi fell to the floor. He had never been able to use the mangekyou on Sakura, the two had trained endlessly when they were younger, when they still happy and not living in hell. He had tried so hard and she had always taunted him, and secretly he had alway hoped that she would one day ask for him to turn her, to give her the gift of immortality so that she would be able to stand by his side forever. Yet now that that was so close, now that he had a ligament reason he had no idea if he could do it.

"Will this have any effect on Izakura?" Lord Madara asked, causing a whole new wave of emotions to over throw him. Izakura, his daughter, could he change her mother, could he take her once human mother and give her back as a member of the truly immortal, turn her into something she could never become.

"That is exactly why I say neither is safe. There is no way to be certain that it will or will not have any effect on her body let alone her power." As soon as Sakuno's words finished everything went quiet, still. No one knew what to do, no one wanted to hurt either one and yet Itachi was left to make the choice. Izakura was strong, she was a natural fighter and a natural leader even if she didn't know it yet. Sakura was strong in his eyes, she had always been and yet he knew that the right choice was to save the love of his life, the woman who had stolen his heart.

"No!!!!!!! Stop!!!!!!" Sakura started to scream over and over again, her tone of voice in pain, broken and scared. Instantly Itachi was standing, holding her in his arms and cooing her to sleep. She calmed some the instant his arms wrapped around her, and in turn the barrier around them grew stronger.

"It's clear you've made your choice, Saya?" Lord Madara called, causing the large tiger to appear before him while still holding the barrier.

"Hai?"

"Summon Hei and Izakura, I want them both here, watched. Have the akatsuki being her in."

"Hai my lord." and with that she was gone. Itachi stayed where he was at, he knew what he would have to do soon, and so he was cherishing the warmth of her skin for a while longer before her skin froze over, before her emerald green eyes were glazed over with a deep crimson color and her power explode.

Meanwhile

As soon as the order had been given Konan and her team were off. They knew Izakura's favorite spots and so weren't worried about taking long to find the young heiress. When the went to her favorite sakura tree and found she wasn't there they went to the coy pound where Izakura did most of her thinking. She had only ever joined the young heiress once, she was to guard her for the day and when Izakura took a seat by the edge of the water she had called out to her and offered her spot beside her. Thinking back to that day Konan smiled, it was the first time anyone other than Pein had been kind to her, had offered a friendship. Konan frowned when there girl was no where in site, her scent was days old.

"Sasori? Any luck?" she called out into her microphone.

"No, she's not with the Uzamaki's and Kinta said she was supposed to be training with Lord Itachi today." he informed her.

"Keep looking, expand your search." she said, giving them all their orders. With a sigh Konan took off at full speed. Where could she have possibly run off to? She went into the forest, through the compound gardens and was about to pass by their home when a strange scent caught her nose. Slowly she walked into the house, her kunai in hand an power ready to be used in a blink of an eye. Everything was quiet then, still and the faint smell of sweetened blood filled the air. Normally blood would smell sweet to all immortals but this sweet was different, it was tampered with and for a young vampire, a half breed none the less, would be difficult to tell the difference between the two. In a blink of an eye she called her team in and soon the house was over run with the akatsuki. Sasori was currently checking the blood, testing it for any poisons. Dedidara was looking around, using his sense to find hidden doors of some sort so as to gain any leads.

"Konan-san." Sasori called her over, using her title when working.

"What is it Sasori?" she said while walking over to him and setting down a picture of Izakura and her mother. The date was marked a month ago, it had been taken just before the two had returned to Konoha.

"The blood was tampered with. They used a slight poison, one that numbs the body then caused unconsciousness."

"What of Hei, her blood animal? Wouldn't he have been able to heal her?"

"Yes, normally, but whoever took the princess did it and made this poison keeping in mind that she had a blood animal. The instant Hei made contact with it hew as knocked out. There is no sign of him here, he may have been send back or taken as well."

"Konan-san!" suddenly called Dedidara before she could asked Sasori any more questions. Both akatsuki members turned and walked out to where he stood. He was in the large cooler, it was where they stored the blood.

"What is it Dedidara?" she asked, her tone of worried but controlled. No, she wouldn't give in, she wouldn't show emotion while at work. She'd push it all to the back of her mind and work like hell to get her back.

"The point of entry it back here, there's a secret compartment here." he said, face sad and unsure. A sigh escaped from all of their lips then. They all knew what it meant to sure up and give bad news to the parents of an heir, of an only heir and what was worse was when they had to do it to a family they liked, they cared about.

"Hai, then summon Kisame and continue to look over things. I'll also as Pein to send the others to help, meanwhile we'll let Lord Itachi, and Sakura-san know of the situation."

"Hai." both men said before going right back to work. Konan hadn't left until Kisame arrived and as soon as she had she used her power and appeared in front of Pein. He was sitting in his office, working on paper word when he looked up only to find a teary eyes Konan. Instantly Pein was on his feet, ready to fight, to protect what he kept close to him the most.

"Koan, what happened?" he asked, voice soft and worried. It was only in front of her that he ever showed emotion, that he allowed him self to look weak. Silent tears fell out of her eyes then before he wiped them away.

"They've taken her....oh god Pein...she's gone." Konan cried out, her voice soft, weak and most of all sad. Sad that the second person who had ever befriended her had been taken away, captured by god only knew who.

"Who?" Pein asked worriedly.

"Izakura, Pein I'm so sorry." she cried out. A sigh escaped his lips then while he moved her crying form to sit on the chair.

"When?"

"We don't know, they're still looking into it. Sakura isn't doing any better either Pein. Oh god Itachi, poor Itachi." she continued to cry out. Pein didn't like seeing her this and he knew what her having to tell Itachi of what had happened.

"Stay here, make sure the others report back to you and they they're still looking. I'll be back." and with that he was gone. Pein ran to where he knew Lord Madara would be. When he got to the compound her found everyone in an up roar. There were people surrounding Lord Madara's home, there were others running up and down the street, going and coming from here he knew Itachi's house was. When he got to the front door he was let in as if though he ran the clan. He had been ready to find Sakura on a hospital bed, moved to the compound from the hospital. However what met his eyes was something completely out of his world. Itachi was rocking, humming to Sakura while she tried not to scream. She was trapped in her mind, in an illusion, a jutsu of sort.

"Where is Izakura Pein?" Lord Madara demanded.

"She's been taken my Lord, my pardons Lord Itachi. The entire akatsuki are looking for her as we speak."

"What happened?" demanded Sakuno, speaking for her master then.

"There was a hidden door in the cooler where the blood was kept. The blood was slightly poisoned, it was given to her to knock not only her unconscious but Hei was well. Neither of them have been found." he said, giving his full report.

"Take a group of our men, assign them to help."

"Hai my lord." Pein said before turning to Itachi. He looked broke and unstable. "Itachi, I'm..."

"Go do what is needed Pein, and tell everyone to sense her."

"Itachi?"

"Just do it." he growled out while hugging Sakura tighter to him, she was screaming again, calling for him and begging for his help. In that instant Pein was out and tears fell out of Itachi's eyes. Lord Madara moved then.

"Itachi, I'll leave this hall to you. Do what you need to do, I promise you that nothing, no one will get in or out." he said while moving with Saya by his side. Sakuno bowed, thanking him for her master. She knew, she could feel how thankful he was for this but he couldn't seem to find his voice.

"No need." and with that he was gone. As soon as he was Sakuno made her way to her masters side and curled her self up around him and Sakura, he was still treasuring her while he could.

"Please forgive me Sakura, my love."