Travel back in time Chapter 19: Sakura attacks Konoha!, a naruto fanfic

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Ch 21 Sakura Attacks Konoha.

3 Yrs have Passed

It has been a long time since Sakura has left the Village of Konoha. When Itachi had found out about her departure from his brother, his first initial instinct was to run and find her. Her timing however couldn't have come at a worst time, or best in her case. He was still stuck in the hospital with his injuries from fighting Orochimaru. In fact most of the Konoha shinobi were in the hospital and those who weren't were needed to protect and rebuild the village.

Now that Hiruzen Sarutobi has passed Itachi has stepped up to his position of Hokage and even though he was in the hospital that didn't stop him from giving out orders as Hokage.

One of the first orders of business was to put an end to the Uchiha seclusion act. Now any members of his clan could go and live wherever they wanted to in Konoha, they no longer were forced into a far corner to be watched over as if they were criminals.

He also ordered for the retrieval of 'Suki Uchiha'; forming a squad consisting of his brother, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Neji Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Naruto Uzumaki to go and find Sakura (who he still called Suki for the purposes of keeping her identity secret) and bring her back to the village.

The result of that mission ended in failure. They found absolutely no trace of her. The most Kiba could sniff out was that she had been at a bench near the entrance; from there out he had no clue in which direction she had gone. It was like she vanished into thin air.

Then there was the head doctor of the hospital who had somehow discovered 'Suki's' little murderous secret.

{Flashback}

"Lord Hokage I have most unfortuitous news"

Just with that one sentence Itachi already knew what she was going to say. He had suspected Sakura had used her advanced medical skills to heal him. It was of no surprise that she would be discovered among one of these hospital personnel. The case 6 years ago still baffles them today.

She had told him of her discovery. Suki Uchiha was the Medical Killer that murdered the elders 6 yrs ago.

"I see…"

"What are your instructions for this criminal, Lord Hokage"

"Your discovery will be dealt with Head Surgeon, for now carry on with your business as if you know nothing. We must keep this matter as covertly as possible if we wish to capture her."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

{End Flashback}

Originally Itachi believed Sakura was running away because she was afraid of what would happen to her; he would have pardoned her crimes and kept the matter as secret as possible. But over time Itachi had begun to hear disturbing rumors about Sakura. She had somehow taken control of Sound and had now joined forces with Rain and Akatsuki.

What are you doing Sakura, joining forces with the likes of Akatsuki?

Itachi was up in the Hokage tower tending to official business when it happened.

:BOOM!:

Huge explosions where set off just outside Konoha's gates.

"Good Deidra, they are scattering like bugs. Soon he will come to us." Sakura had the whole Akatsuki squad working on this organized attack. She remembers how the two man team system didn't work out too well the first time around, so she had them all working together.

"Fire off more explosions in the front. Make sure to avoid setting them off in the village."

"Hn. Worry about harming your friends?" he said in a mocking tone.

"No, I just don't want to deal with any unnecessary trouble." Sakura was flying alongside Deidra on top of her Hawk Owl summons.

"Stay here and keep attacking. I'm going to go help Kakuzu and Hidan look for the Jinchuriki"

Sure enough Konoha ninja started to come forward. Pein and Sasori were in charge of incapacitating them. Sasori was using his poisons to either paralyze or put to sleep any ninja that got too close and Pein was using his Six Paths of Pein to slightly injure or knock out any ninja that got past Sasori.

Sakura wasn't actually flying to find Naruto. Although that was one of her intentions, but her main goal was to find a certain Uchiha.

Just as she was getting close to the tower she was attacked. Three flying kunai were thrown in her direction.

"Looking for me" Sakura lifted her head to come face to face with exactly who she was looking for.

"Uchiha Itachi"

"You've done a lot of bad things over the years, Sakura"

:Smirk: "Miss me Itachi?"

"…" Itachi didn't respond he only attacked; engulfing Sakura in the Mangekyo Sharingan's Tsukuyomi.

{In Tsukuyomi}

The red world was over taking all of Sakura's senses.

"What are you going to do to me Itachi? Are you going to torture me?"

Itachi appeared from the shadows walking towards Sakura and standing right in front of her.

Then he answered with a simple "Yes."

Suddenly Sakura was thrown into one of his flashbacks.

It was of the Uchiha family she had stayed with. Sakura could clearly see them as if they were all in the dining room eating breakfast for the first time. Sakura was grabbing a breakfast bowl and filling it with eggs and cheese, while Itachi and Sasuke watched her every move. Fugaku was at the head of the table, while his wife Mikoto was pouring him some tea.

Then the happy scene changed into a more somber one. The Uchiha Family was once again in the dining room. Itachi had just come home from the hospital to tell his family of Sakura's permanent disappearance. Fugaku was holding Mikoto in his arms while she cried for the would be daughter she had just lost. Sasuke's head was turned away; silent tears were making their way down his face. Itachi's head turned down to the ground in sadness.

The scene kept changing showing different people Sakura had been friends or romantically linked to, but they were all basically the same. It change from Gaara happily chatting with her at the chunin exams to him holding his face in his hands from the anguish of losing his best friend, Naruto training with Sakura with a big smile on his face to him pounding his fist in the ground from his failure to retrieve his friend and finally one of the most heart wrenching ones of Neji holding Sakura safe in his arms after the incident with Ino to Neji with a hopeless look on his face. His clothes looked torn and ragged. He himself looked dead tired from searching for Sakura.

Then Itachi showed all of those people appearing before her as if they were an audience gathered around Sakura. They started chanting one phrase over and over "Come back". Some would whisper it others would yell it, but it would always be the same two words.

"Come back."

{Out of Tsukuyomi}

It had felt like Sakura had passed days in Itachi's Tsukuyomi. She could have broken out of it at anytime, but for some strange reason she had stayed. Now that she was out of it she realized she had tears in her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. Itachi had a look of sad longing on his face, but he immediately shook that look off and replaced it with one of his stoic ones.

:pant: "Nice blow to the heart" she said.

They just stood there for a few seconds staring into each other's eyes; thinking about various things.

Then Sakura made her move. She made as if she were going to activate her Mangekyo Sharingan. Itachi rushed at her like a lightning bolt wanting to stop her before she activated it. But she deceived him. Her actual motive was to strike Itachi with one of her sleeping needles. Itachi was only 4 feet away from Sakura when she activated a ton of needles to be shot in his direction. Even though he was really close Itachi managed to avoid being hit by most of them, but he couldn't avoid all of them.

Itachi was struck in the neck by one of Sakura's sleeping needles.

It only took seconds for its effects to kick in and then Itachi was knocked out.

Sakura flew her owl over to him and picked him up.

"I'm sorry Itachi..." she told the now sleeping Itachi as she carried him away.

Sakura flew back to the front line to find out that Hidan and Kakuzu had already found Naruto.

"We got him we're good to go!" Hidan shouted out to her.

"Great, rendezvous to the hideout and we'll start working on him" she shouted back.

Time to get serious.

Author's Note: Oh ye of little faith:

Hey guys I have uploaded a new picture on my profile so that you can see Sakura's new clothes, now that she is the Akatsuki leader.

Also I have decided on calling Sakura's team Hikari Himitsu (meaning Secret Light).

You like?

I know they weren't shown in this chapter, that's because they were left behind to protect the hideout in case there was an attack.

I'll update soon, but it looks like most people want Deidra or Sasori. I'll let you keep voting in the reviews maybe I'll upload a poll, so just giving you a heads up.

Let me know what you think and as always ideas are always welcome.

~Claja