Confrontations

It turned out that I had not been locked up at the basement of my grandparents house. Instead I had no idea where the hell I was or how I had gotten there, though I had a pretty good guess as to the who and the how. Hei stayed at my side at all times, both of us using our power, our strengths to look around corners and keep track of who we were close to and who we were not. The place was large, huge even and despite the fact that I tried my best to map out the area I had already been through, there was no way of confirming how accurate it was.

'My lady, we are close. Will we grab Lady Tsunade and leave or will we remain in place until your parents arrive.'

'It depends on her condition Hei. If she's too injured to move there is no way we'll be able to travel with her. Ready?' I answered Hei's question, all the while keeping my guard up and making a note of how close Hei felt we were.

'Hai, she's just around the corner, the room to your left my lady.'

'I know, I can feel her too. You cover until I can finish healing her wounds.'

'I will not fail unless I am dead.' were the last words I heard before he and I were in the room and he was guarding the door. Meanwhile I was left speech less. Lady Tsunade was tied to a cross, similar to how I had been chained however instead of being bled out she had not only been cut but they had placed leeches on her wounds as well. Her skin was so pale, paler than anything I had ever seen on any immortal that I wasn't sure if she was still with us. Instantly I was by her side, untying her chains and setting her down.

'Anyone close Hei?'

'No my lady, they're still a good distance from us. However I fear we are running out of time.' He said, voice worried and anxious. I on the other hand only had time to make a mental note of it. As quickly as I could I began to heal her, allowing my energy to over flow, to surround not only my hands but the area around us. The leeches fell as soon as the power touched them and the instant they had her wounds healed. I knew she'd need blood but be fully healed but that was something we didn't have sadly. As soon as half of her wounds were healed color started to seep back into her skin and she slowly started to come around.

"Lady Tsunade, Lady Tsunade it's me..." I began to call out to her softly. "It's Izakura...are you alright?" I asked, all the while not stopping my healing power to over take her until I got a response. She moaned and groaned out of discomfort for a while before finally opening her eyes.

"Izakura....it's a trap.." she called out, causing me to smile. Even when she was near death she still fought to protect those closest to her.

"It's alright, I'm fine. You can say I'm better than ever." I said in a taunting tone of voice. Slowly she sat up to look at me, she could feel the massive amount of power in me and wanted to see it for her self.

"What happened to you?" she asked as soon as she took in my sight. I stood as the half breed I was, pale skin, sharigan glowing eyes with deep emerald glowing in them. My power was that of the immortal and yet she knew, she could feel how I was still connected to my mothers blood abilities as well.

"To be honest I'm not sure. I was about to lose Hei, I was about to lose my self when all of a sudden I started to change." I said my voice lower while standing up and suppressing my power. Now that she was healed there was no need to cause alarm, to let the enemy know where we were.

"Where are we?"

"I don't know, I was drugged and brought here before I changed. Hei."

"Hai my lady?"

"I want a barrier around this room, at least until I can sense my parents close by."

"Yes my lady." and with that he got to work. Meanwhile Lady Tsunade kept her eyes on me, not sure how much I could take before cracking. Smiling I shook my head, I may have been new to the power that I was suing but I had complete control over it, it had come naturally. It was as if the power I now possessed was the power I had always meant to wield.

"Izakura, your grandparents...they.."

"Hai, they're the one's who wee behind all of this but apparently their actions were based on false promises. Orochimaru had promised the that he'd turn me mortal for them, that he would rid me of my immortal blood and right what was wronged at my birth." I explained while helping her stand. She was a strong immortal and even without my help I was certain she would have healed faster than most however we were in an un-secure location with no back up. Yea, that wasn't the best situation to be in.

"What if Orochimaru now?" she asked, all the while taking in deep and slow breaths. It calmed her, and most of all allowed her to better sense what it is her sense's had missed and were having trouble sense while under so much pain and lack of blood.

"I don't know. I sensed you before I tried to leave and so sent my grandparents away, I asked them to call mom and Otou-san. They should be able to lead the way." I said before turning to Hei and petting his fur. He had just finished placing the barrier, nothing mortal or immortal would be able to get past it unless I or Hei willed it so.

"Izakura, what if it's a trap for them." she said, her voice tight and worried. I shook my head.

"No, when I set them free they were worried about me, they didn't want me staying behind alone. Mr. and Mrs. Haruno-san aren't bad people. They were just confused." I said while smiling down at Hei. He and I were bot prepared to wait, to stay put without any trouble until mom and dad had arrived but when the barrier flared both he and I hissed. I guess being able to get away and send grandmother and grandfather out for help was just too good to be true after all.

"Izakura, go." Lady Tsunade spoke while trying to get ready to fight. I shook my head, to hell if I was going to leave her on her own, and now of all times.

"No. I will protect you my lady." I said, easily slipping into the formalities of the immortal.

"Izakura." he tied again only to be met with an elemental barrier to be placed around her. Elemental barriers were the hardest for any immortal to break and if I was going to fight, to keep my ground and protect Lady Tsunade until back up arrived then I'd sure as hell wasn't going to think twice about what needed to be done or what I should listen to.

"My my, you are something little half breed, come out and play wont you." Orochimaru taunted out, causing the barrier to flare yet again. This man was not only vile and filled with malice but was completely mad as well.

"You shouldn't have underestimated me." I hissed, causing Hei to growl and the door to fly off the hinges. Izakura immediately stood face to face with Orochimaru and his vile assistant.

"My my, looks like your healing abilities match that of your mothers." Kabuto taunted as he looked over the lady with a gleam in his eyes. He was planning on touching her, scaring her as bad of if not worse than what he done earlier. Anger flared in me then and as much as I wanted to charge forward and strangle the life out of him I knew better than to move. It was always wise to watch, to learn about what your enemy was capable before rushing into anything. And so there was I was, left on a head to head confrontation and hoping my back up, my family were on their way.

Meanwhile

Sakura had just finally taken control over her power, had settled down and been convinced to wait for some sort of information, update that would not only lead her to her daughter faster but that would help. She and Itachi had been allowed to stay in the throne room while Lord Madara continued to take charge while the Lady was away. What could have happened? Sakura wondered, she had done everything to secure the place, to make sure that her parents wouldn't have access to her daughter without someone around, so what? Then, just as she was about to turn to Itachi, to ask him if he had noticed something she had failed to do Sakuno began to growl.

"What is it?" Itachi asked her, all the while keeping his guard up and looking at Sakura. She was still new to her power, and should she be forced to fight so soon he wasn't sure if she'd be more effective than not.

"They're here, and they smell of Hei and Izakura."

"Who?" cried Sakura out instantly, her power flaring. Itachi placed a calming hand on her shoulder before nodding.

"Your parents my lady.." she said through grinding teeth. As soon as that sentence left her mouth Sakura's anger flared. How dare they, how dare they take her and then suddenly show up acting as if thought they cared!

"Calm down, we will ask them first." was all Itachi had time to say before the two entered the throne room. Sakuno fought with herself not to lash out, not to jump the two that had caused her masters great pain.

"What is it?" Sakura hissed, wanting to get things over with. Both her parents however were left speechless. She was immortal, truly immortal and holding Silver Blossom in her hands.

"Sakura...what have you become?" her mother barely spoke while her father glared at Itachi. Itachi remained un-phased by the stare, so long as Sakura was fine, safe and untouched he did not care.

"Nothing I didn't want to be, now where is she?" she hissed yet again, this time reaching out to taking Itachi's hand. Control was getting harder and harder by the minute. When neither of her parents answered Sakuno released an ear shattering growl, causing the two to turn and focus on her.

"Answer my master or I shall be the once to retrieve the information we seek." she growled out, earning a look from Itachi. Control on her part had never been an issue, but seeing as to how she now needed to help keep two immortal's emotions in check it was all piling up on her too fast.

"Orochimaru has her, he was going to drain her, turn her mortal." Sakura's mother spoke first, hanging her head low. "He had promised he would be able to turn her into the mortal hunter she was meant to be." she said voice soft. Sakura hissed, anger evident in her eyes.

"How dare you turn her, hand her over to that snake!" she yelled, wanting nothing better than to slash out at them but knowing that it was best not do anything rash. As much as she might had disliked it, was disliking it she couldn't touch them. They were the only one's who knew how to get to Izakura.

"Go on." Itachi said, looking at her father that time. He sighed and then spoke.

"He said he would also need the lady's blood and so we took her as well. We thought Izakura would be dead for sure, that we'd die for her. He had chained her to a cross and began bleeding her. She looked so pale, so weak..." she described, causing Sakura to gasp. No, it couldn't be, there was no way her daughter was dead. Then almost as if reading her mind her mother spoke next.

"We thought we were dead for sure, Orochimaru was going to give our blood to her once he was done. He said he was going to use her blood and the lady's to rule. We almost lost Izakura, but then something happened." she said, tone of voice confused and uncertain again. How did you describe, explain something you weren't sure how to.

"What happened to Izakura! What about Hie?" asked Sakura, her tone of voice broken, sad and most of all ready to go, to fight for her daughter. Her mother shook her head then.

"I'm not sure what happened then but all of a sudden she started to scream out in pain, Hei appeared by her side a little after but he was immobile, he was in too much pain to help. Both of them were like that for a while, then when it all stopped her blood was seeping back into her body. It started to flow backwards and into where it belonged." she said, describing what had happened as best as she could without shocking her self into silence. Silence was one thing she knew she could not afford with her daughter at the moment.

"So she's fine? Where is she?" Sakura pressed, some how feeling like the worst was yet to come. Her father looked up then, honor and pride in his eyes then.

"She got her self lose before untying us. She was going to lead us out, to come straight to you when she felt Lady Tsunade close by. She was so angry then, she asked Hei whether or not we should be allowed to stay and help her but the tiger disagreed so she send us back. She teleported up just outside the compound." he said, unsure as to how it had all happened so quickly. Pride for her daughter ran through Sakura then, she had raised her right. Despite everything that her grandparents had done to her, had and were going to do to her she had saved them, send them away from harms way and went in alone to save the Lady. A tear escaped her eye before she shook her head and a serious face, serious eyes met her parents.

"Where is she, where did you hand her over to that snake?"

"A house just outside Konoha, its a good distance from here." her mother answered softly then, guild evident in her tone of voice.

"Pein!" Itachi called instantly, and in a blink of an eye he was there. He glared at Sakura's parents before turning his attention to who had called.

"Yes Lord Master Itachi?"

"Get everyone ready for battle, we know where Izakura is."

"Yes." and with that he was gone. Meanwhile Sakura was looking down at her sword, it had been ages since she had last killed with her blade, since she had last been force to use it in battle.

"Sakura..." her mother called out to her softly, unsure how to go on.

"What is it?" she asked, her tone of voice tired, sad and most of all serious.

"We.....can we join you?" she asked. Anger flared, coursed through Sakura's veins like molten lava. Was she serious? Has she really just asked to be allowed to assist, to follow with everyone else and help save the one person they had turned over to the enemy? Itachi froze as did Sakuno, even they had no words for what had just been asked.

"Are you serious?" she asked softly at first, trying hard to control her anger.

"Yes."

"Liar!" Sakura suddenly scram, giving in to her anger. "First you put her down, you want nothing to do with her then you take her from me, help that, that snake take her and put her life in danger and now your asking to help?! You have got to be kidding! If it weren't for you in the first blood place..."

"Sakura." Itachi called, stopping her from saying anything she might later regret. His worried eyes still Sakura's anger and caused her to sigh. He was right, she knew he was but her anger was just to much. They were supposed to be family, truly family and yet they had taken her daughter away from her, that had put her in danger and by the sounds of left had nearly caused her dead. Itachi looked over the two then.

"If you truly mean what you say, tell us. How is it that we can trust you after all that you've done?" he asked. All the while holding Sakura in his arms. Both her parents looked at each other then, thinking about a good answer before they suddenly bowed.

"We ask you Lord Master Itachi and Lady Sakura that you allow us to help what we have wronged." It took that small gesture, that small submitting gesture to make Sakura realize, believe that not only were her parents truly guilty but that they truly wanted to help save her daughter. With a silent nod the two stood and waited for the preparations to be done with before they, along side their daughter and soon to be son-in-law made their way to save Izakura.