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"Inner"

"Thoughts"

"Normal talking"

Recap for the last chapter

Kisame struggled at first, but he finally made it back up to where Itachi was standing. He turned to Itachi, and he said, "You know you are a di-"it was at that moment a shower of kunai heading towards them decided to interrupt him mid-sentence. "State your name, and what your purpose is here!" Kisame and Itachi turned to look in the direction of the feminine voice came from. Kisame said, "Ah, you saved us a lot of trouble coming here instead of us coming to find you."

To Sakura present time

A couple of trees in front of Itachi, Sakura stood with her still wet hair sticking to any piece of skin it can touch while the rest of it fluttered behind her in the light breezes. Her skin glistened as rays of sunshine broke through the canopy of leaves, her tight tank top and shorts desperately clung to her form due to her skin still being wet from her bath in the lake. Her petite feet exposed due to her lack of shoes, which she left back at her den in her rush to see what set off all her traps. Her emerald eyes seemed to glow in the shadows casted on her face as if she was some kind of fay looking in on the world of mortals.

"Damn! I didn't know Akatsuki were in the area, and why are they looking for me!" Sakura thought darkly to herself as she wondered what the chances were of the Akatsuki men mistaking her for someone else and leaving. Inner snorted loudly at this thought and said with a voice heavy with sarcasm, "Oh yeah because there are so many pink haired kunoichies running around in the area!" Sakura glared internally at Inner, and snarled, "You are not helping my case Inner!" "I wasn't trying to, and you might want to pay attention to the scary men that are ogling you at the moment." Inner replied. At that comment, Sakura focused on the two men standing before her, and she narrowed her eyes at them. Both men were looking her up and down as if they were judging her (which they were in a way). The man with silky black hair was way more subtle about it then the huge blue man, but they both made her extremely uncomfortable with their stares. She knew that they planned to get whatever they wanted from her whether she agreed to it or not, but she would be damned if she just handed it over.

To Itachi

Itachi couldn't help but think back on the little pink haired girl from his younger brother's team, and admire what a gorgeous woman she grew to be. It was no secret that in Sakura's youth, she was hopelessly in love with his little brother, and though she was very smart, she could hardly protect herself much less contribute to a fight. However, the woman's lean form revealed years of conditioning, training, and judging from the hardly noticeable scars covering her skin, several battles. He noticed her body developed quite nicely, and one thing that really caught his attention was her chest that used to be hardly noticeable A's are now hard to ignore D's. She was an enchanting woman to look at, and he being only a man enjoyed the view she made. "If I wasn't a member of the Akatsuki, I would have liked to meet her for a different reason. However, I am a member of the Akatsuki, and I have duties to fulfill." Itachi thought as he noticed her eyes narrowed. He glanced over to Kisame to see his partner still looking over the kunoichi, and he let out a sigh. "I already just want to turn back, and put this mission behind us. The longer we drag this out; I lose the opportunity to gather vital information for Jiraiya-sama, and I would rather just get this over with." He thought as he returned his attention to Sakura.

"Kunoichi we have been sent to retrieve you. Come with us quietly, and we will bring you no harm." He spoke only loud enough for his voice to carry over to her, but not so soft, that she might misunderstand him. Kisame threw him a dirty look when he told her that they would not harm her if she came peacefully. He knew Kisame was always eager for a fight, but Itachi personally did not want to bring harm to those that may not deserve it. He heard the girl snort, and say, "It seems your partner disagrees with you! What would you want me for anyway! I mean I am just a weak kunoichi that just happens to be passing by, so you must have mistaken me for someone else." Itachi resisted the urge to raise his eyebrow at her attempt to make them shift their attention from her, and he successfully kept his face neutral. He decided to humor her, and tell her, "I will take the responsibility of monitoring you, and protect you from threats such as my partner. Also, there are not many pink haired kunoichies that happen to be in the area, and you, Sakura Haruno, have some shall we say features that set you apart from them."

To Sakura at the moment

Inner was rolling around within Sakura's mind at Itachi's comment, and she was laughing extremely hard as she wheezed out, "I told. He he . you. Ha. Sooo! And look at this guy! He acts like just a moment ago he wasn't giving you the hungry eyes! Ha ha ha. I wonder if he would be able to keep that impassive face if we took away his big cloak that covers him!" With those comments out, Inner resumed rolling around in Sakura's mind with laughter. She was no longer capable of making words, much less sentences. Sakura ending up letting out a snort from trying to hold back her laughter at what face the Uchiha would make if he didn't have his cloak to hide the rest of him. Sakura tried to maintain a serious outlook on her situation, but it was getting hard with Inner laughing her ass off from inside her head. Sakura tried to talk to Inner, "Inner! This is serious! I have 2 S-rank criminals here to take me to den filled with other S-rank criminals! We need to find a way out of this!" However, what she got in response was, "If all else fails, Strip!" Sakura not liking this idea yelled back inside her head, "And how do you expect that to help me!" Inner being one filled with wisdom said, "It probably won't, but I want to see those bastards look like the dogs they are before they take us away!" Sakura face palmed, and said, "Why thank you so much for bestowing upon me what tiny bits of wisdom you own."

To the guys outside of Sakura's head

Itachi and Kisame watched a variety of emotions cross over Sakura's face, and at some point, she even snorted at something. They glanced at each other wondering what they should do with this situation in front of them. They could easily jump her now, and just bring her back to the base knocked out. However, the woman does not seem completely sane, and they both know very well the crazies can be dangerous regardless of being civilian or ninja. Kisame finally getting bored yelled up to her, "Hey pinky! Make up your mind are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way! If you want to do it the hard way I am all for it, but we are busy people." Sakura's head snapped up, and glared down at Kisame with such anger that if looks could kill, Kisame would have been tortured painfully before death as she said, "Shut up you damn shark! You think I am not a busy person? You were the ones to interrupt my bath, trip my traps, and ask me to come home with you like a freaking stray! I am a very busy person! Until recently, I have been practically living at the hospital with about a 5-hour break a day that is often times interrupted with an emergency call, and on my days off, I am still stuck in that damn office doing paperwork because we are under staffed! Don't you dare tell me about being busy!" After Sakura's very angry rant, she turned around, and ran in to the forest away from her secret paradise.

Itachi stared at Kisame with an unimpressed look for a few moments before he took off after Sakura to capture her. It was common knowledge that even as appreciated as medics were, not many people wanted to be medics. Medics were not to fight on the front lines in battle, so they aren't injured because they were needed to heal those that get wounded. In addition, it takes a lot of training, so this leaves a shortage of medics that often leads to each medic to always be training or working. They wanted Sakura Haruno because she was an extremely skilled medic, and the more skilled the medic the more they are worked into the ground. Kisame huffed, and set off after the angry pinkete.

To Sakura

"Inner we are going to give those jerks hell! What traps do we have in the area, where they are, and what damage will they cause?" Inner excited with the turn of events answered, "I can't wait! Well we have about 4 explosive traps in the area after shark face tripping a hefty amount. I suggest we lead them into each one, and unleash variations of jutsu and kunai when they lose their footing. If that doesn't work we take them to the c4 pit where we lined the trees c4 with the underground spike pit." Sakura thought on it, and decided it was a good plan due to these events happening suddenly. Knowing that Kisame and Itachi were catching up, she pushed chakra into her feet to speed up, and set off for her first trap.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! This will be my first time writing an action scene, so if you guys want to send suggestions, or advice, I am willing to look into it. See you the next chapter!