It had now been four and a half years since Sasuke had left the village to go train under Orochimaru. Sakura was now 16. Naruto and she had tried to bring Sasuke back once, half a year ago, but failed. There had been no news of him since. All that they knew was that he had killed Orochimaru and now was traveling with three people in a team they called Snake.
Sakura had trained everyday since Sasuke had left except for days when she had missions, which she rarely got since Tsunade had her working on her medical ninjutsu most of the time. She also trained less when Naruto returned from his training with Jiraya, but she resumed it shorly after. Sakura had risen in ranks emensly since she was 12. Sakura was now the captain of the 3rd anbu squad. Which consited of Hinata, Kiba, Sai, and herself. There were two other anbu squads which were Neji's team which included Lee, Tenten, Naruto, and Neji and Shikamaru's team which consited of Choji, Ino, Shino, and Shikamaru.
At the moment Sakura was on her way to the hokage's office. She had been told she had a arrived at the hokage's office and knocked.
"come in." said the hokage
"hello tsunade-shisou."
"good morning Sakura."
"As you know I have a mission for you and your team. This is what you will be doing. I want you and your team to retrieve an extremly important scroll from the Hidden Grass Village. Be careful though there have been reports of Akatsuki sightings in the area there.." Tsunade told sakura, caution in her voice as she spoke the last part.
"yes I understand." sakura answered calmly
"You all should be ready to head out in one hour."
"I understand. Bye Tsunade-shisou."
"Goodluck Sakura."
Sakura left the hokage's office and headed to her apartment to get her things ready. An hour later she and her team were at the gate preparing to head out.
"ok so whats the plan captain." said a male voice from behind an anbu mask.
"Our mission is to retrieve a scroll from the Hidden Grass Village." sakura said
"Thats sounds easy." said the male voice again
"well yes it does sound like it kiba and it probaly will be, but i want all of you to keep your guard up at all times. There have been Akatsuki sightings in that area and I dont want to get into any unnecissay fights, understand everyone." Sakura said with authority
"hai." the three other anbu said (hai mean yes in japanese)
"Alright Kiba, Akamaru i want you two in front. Your keen sense of smell will alert us if any enemies are approaching. I will follow behind while Sai follows behind me. Sai i want you to watch the left side while i watch the right. And finally Hinata I want you at back. Keep an eye on the area behind us with your byakugan. Sai your second in charge if something were to happen to me."
"alright is everyone ready?" sakura asked her team. She had definatly grown up since she was a genin.
"hai." everyone answered and with that they all headed out.
Sakura and her team were now heading back to the village. They had retrieved the scroll sucessfuly and had just sent word to the hokage.
"See i knew it. That mission was a piece of cake." kiba said
"well things have gone well so far." sai said calmly with his usual blank expression not that you could tell with his mask on.
"you dont have to be so negative. Its not like anything is going to happen." kiba said
"K-Kiba-kun y-you s-should k-keep y-your g-guard up." hinata said quietly.
"Everyone Stop." sakura yelled
Everyone froze where they were right in the middle of a clearing right now. Sakuras ears perked up as she listined for something. She was really consintrating.
"Captain, Akamaru senses three strong presences aprroaching fast they should be here in one minute." kiba said frantically
"hmph, alright everyone prepare yourselve for a fight. When we have a chance we run. get ready." sakrua said
Three figures dressed in black cloaks with red clouds appeared in the clearing about 30 feet recognized the Akatsuki members immediatly. Kisame was oblivious becasue of his blue skin and shark like features. The next one was Dedara. And last was none other that Itachi Uchiha, the man that ruined Sasukes life. The man that made Sasuke leave the village to gain power. If this man had never existed Sasuke would be happy.
"What do you want?" sakura asked calmly
"You have something we want." stated kisame with a smirk
"Which is." sakura said while feeling a little irritated but not showing it.
"The scroll you it over and we wont hurt you. Well maybe." kisame said with another smirk
"Im sorry but I cant do that." sakura stated
"Well then prepare yourselves." kisame said while lauching himslef sakura and her team.
"Sai you know what to do. Hinata and kiba take Kisame. Sai you take Dedara. Ive got the Uchiha. Remember what I told you earlier." sakura said while heading for Itachi.
Sakura aimed a punch at Itachi which he blocked easily. He tunred and sent a kick towards Sakura which she blocked with crossed arms. She knew she wasnt strong enoug to beat him but she would try. She had to protect her could hear the fight going on only 30 feet away.
Sakura sent a kick at Itachi. He went to block but wasnt expection so much force behind it. Sakura heard the bone crack in his arm. She had learned to infuse chakra with her kicks just like her quickly recover and started heading for sakura when all of the sudden he disssapeared. A second to late she relized he was behind her. With one hand he pined her wrist in back of her. then after a second he turned her around so she was looking into his Red crimson eyes. His sharringan was acctivated which was to be expected. Then Sakura relized what he was doing she would only have a few more seconds.
"Sai take everyone and get out of here. Run. Keep your teamates safe." sakura shouted right before she fell victom to the mangekyo sharringan's power.
Sakura looked around everything was so dark. all red,white and black. Then all of the sudden she was pinned to a cross. Someone then appeared before her, but it wasnt Itachi. It was Sasuke. He looked at her with a smirk. She just stared at him with her mouth hanging open. Then after a minute she relized this was just the work of the mangekyo sharringan.
"hmph Sakura your as weak as ever. Look at yourself." sasuke said as he pulled his sword out. He pointed it so the tip was just barly touching sakura neck. Then all of the suddne there were more sasukes. They all had swords. All of them sent their sowrds through Sakura one at a time.
"Ugh this isnt real. Your not real."
"Oh its very real Sakura. Your always going to be that same weak and annoying girl you always were. You will never change." sasuke said with disgust in his voice
"I Am Not Weak. Chaaaaaaaaaa." sakura yelled. all of the sudden the world began to fade and sakura found herself once again in reality. She then collapsed aginst Itachi.
Itachi just stared at her in shock. No one had ever broken through his tecnique. Who was this girl? What was she? Her team mates stared at her in amazment but then the one with black hair gave a command and they started running. Kisame and Dedara were ready to pursue them when Itachi reached into Sakura's pouch and pulled out the scroll.
"Lets go were leaving." Itachi said as he picked Sakura up.
Both Kisame and Dedara just look at him with suprise plain on there face. They just shrugged it off and started following Itachi. They knew better than to question him.
Sakura's head was hurting horribly as she woke up. She sat up and looked around. Where was she? And than she remebered what had happen. She had been kidnapped by the Akatsuki. Had her teamates gotten away. Then she seen something move from the corner of her eye. Sitting in a chair in the corner was Itachi Uchiha.
"So your awake." he said while staring at her intensly
"Why have you taken me and what happen to my teamates." sakura said
"To why your here I will not say but your teamates well they followed your orders." Itachi said while still watching her. Sakura let out a sigh. So they got away.
"Kunochi we know the scroll you were caring was a fake. Where is the real one." itachi said blankly
"hmph it was with Sai, one of my teamates." sakura said with a smirk
"hmm very clever kunoichi." Itachi said while standing up. He started heading towards Sakrua
Sakura was ready to jump up when Itachi spoke.
"im not going to hurt you,yet." Itachi said with a smirk
"Hmph you know thats not my name and I Know you know what it is Uchiha." sakura spat
"Sakura then. You will tell me what i ask." Itachi stated
"Make me." sakura growled
"im warning you now, im not a very patient person." Itachi warned
"neither am I."
"you know that mouth of your will get you killed one day." Itachi said darkly
"oh well." sakura said
"now your a medical ninja correct." itachi asked
"yes." sakura answed catiously
"You were the student of the godamie were you not."
"I was.' sakura answered calmly
"where is the kyubi."
"oh you save the best question for last huh?"
"where is he?" Itachi asked again
"i dont know."
"It dosnt matter if you dont tell me. We will find and capture him eventually anyways."
"you will never capture him. Narutos way too strong." sakura yelled
"hn. will just use you as bait then."
"huh? n-no Naruto wouldnt come." sakura said but you could tel that she didnt believe that.
"I guess we'll see/" Itachi said
"I guess your probaly hungry arnt you. I'll go get you some food." Itachi said as he stood and left the room
Did he just say he was going to get me food. Well yeah i guess he would have to if he wanted to keep me alive as bait. About ten minutes later Itachi returned with two plates of food. He handed her one and then sat at a small table and stated eating he was finished he went to the dresser and pulled something out and handed it to Sakura. It was Hi he handed it to her Sakura noticed his arm was broken. oh ya she had did that in their fight earlier. She couldnt help but smirk at her handy still the medic in her was urging to come out. Even if he was a Heartless killer she wanted to heal his arm..She knew that If he didnt set it, it wouldnt heal right.
"If you dont set your arm it wont heal right." sakura said softly
.
"Yes I relize that. I know the cloths will be to big but for now they will have to do. You can take a shower in the bathroom over ther if you like. I'll be back in about an hour so you better be done. Dont even think about trying anying becasue I'll kill you before you have a chance." Itachi said stoticly
"Yeah, Yeah." sakura said. Itachi left the room. Sakura got up and head for the bathroom.
Sakura leaned her head against the wall while she sat in the tub. It was very relaxing, not that she could relax while being held prisoner. Sakura soaked in the tub for about forty more minutes before she got out. She got dressed and then went and grabbed a brush from her bag. Itachi had taken all her wepons away. All that remained was her wallet,some jewelry,a picture album, her brush, some medicine, a medical pack, and her gloves.
When she finished getting ready she went and sat on the bed. She looked around the room. There wasnt much in here. There was a small table with two charis, a dresser, the bed, and a couch.
Sakura knew she had to think of a plan to excape, but how. She was going over different ideas when the door opened. Itachi walked in and took a quick look around and then turned towards sakura. Itachi started walking toward the bed where sakrua was at. Then he got on the bed and layed down in front of Sakura.
"w-what are you doing." sakura said confused
"Im going to sleep." Itachi and answed blankly
"here." sakura squeaked
"hn." Itachi said
"You know a gentlemen would let the women have the bed." sakura said
"well im not a gentlemen." Itachi answered cooly
"hmph, fine im sleeping on the couch then." Sakrua answered in a huff
"Do as you wish." Itachi said while closing his eyes
Sakura walked across the room and layed down on the couch. It was cold and she didnt have a blanket. She started shivering. All of the sudden something was thrown at her. She imediatly caught it. It was a blanket. Sakura merly pulled it around herself and closed her eyes.
"Dont even try excaping. Ill will kill you before you make a move." Itachi warned
"Whatever." sakura said. She then drifted off to sleep
Sakura woke the next morning feeling stiff. thats what happends when you sleep on the couch. Sakura looked around and noticed Itachi wasnt here. There was no breakfast anywhere either.
"Well if Itachi wont bring me food i guess ill have to go find my own." sakura thought
Sakura left the room and headed down the hall. She could see a light at the end of the hall. Sakura walked through the door to find Itachi drinking some tea and eating some toast. Itachi hardly payed her any attention until she spoke.
"Isnt there anyone else here?" sakura asked
"No they all left on missions."
"oh I see." sakura said. This could be the perfect time to excape. While the others were away she would have a better chance.
"theres food in the kitchen." itachi said. Sakura headed to the kitchen and then return with a peach and some milk.
"You do realize your going to have leaf ninja coming after you." sakura said while raising one of her eyebrows.
Itachi meerly looked up with a smirk and answered " Then Ill just have to dispose of them now wont I?"
"You'll never be able to beat all of them at once."
"Oh wont I.' Itachi said while raising an eybrow.
"hmph jerk." sakura muttered
"For and anbu captain you let your emotions out quite easily
"well I dont normaly." sakura said defensily
"oh? So why now then? Do I have that effect on you?" Itachi asked with a smirk
Sakura didnt know what to say. She just glared at him.
"Dont talk to me. I hate you." sakura spat at him.
"What have i done besides kidnapping you that could make you hate me" Itachi asked blankly but with curiousity bearly visible in his voice.
"What have you done! You kidnapped me, your trying to capture and eventually kill naruto, but worst of all you killed Sasuke-kuns entire clan. You ruined every chance he ever had at happyness. He left the village because of you. That is why hate you with every part of my being. You took Sasuke-kun away from me." Sakura yelled at him she just couldnt hold it in
"hmm so do you love my brohter." Itachi asked coldy
"You have no right to call him your brother."
"answer the question."
"Yes I do." sakura stated calmly
'What if he were to attack the village would you still love him." Itachi asked as if testing her
"Yes. I dont care what Sasuke-kun does I will always love him. Even if he were to kill me I would love him. I will always stand by his side."
"hn." Itachi said as he got up.
In konaha
Sai, Hinata, and Kiba burst into the hokages office without even knocking. Nejis and Shiakamrus anbu team were in there. They had both just gotten back from a mission and were reporting it to the hokage. Sai stepped forward and handed the scroll to tsunade.
"Lady Tsunade we have urgent news to report." sai said
"What is it." tsunade said she did like where this was going she also noticed sakura wasnt here.
"S-Sakura h-has b-been k-kidnapped b-by I-Itachi U-Uchiha." Hinata cried out
"What." everyone yelled at once
"What happend." tsunade demanded
"We has just retrieved the scroll and were heading back when we were anbushed by three Akatsuki members. Kisame, Dedara, and Itachi. Sakura was fighting Itachi when she ordered us to run. She then fell victom to the mangekyo sharrigan." Kiba said saidly
"you just left her there." neji exploded
"We had to that was the order she had given us. I was second in charge and i made the dession to complete the mission also. I didnt want to but there was nothing else we could do. There was no way we could win." sai answered blankly though y ou could tell it was an extremly hard dession on him.
"Tsunade-baachan we have to rescue Sakura-chan," naruto yelled.
"let me think for a second." tsunade answered sharply. Everyone fell silent and waited for her dession
"Alright here is whats going to happen. Shikamru and Nejis team will head out and go after Sakura. Hinata and kiba you two will go with Shikamaru team and Sai you will go with Nejis team. I want you to head out emidiately. Understood." tsunade said firmly
"Hai." everyone answered and left the hokages office.
"Alright lets head out everyone." Shikamaru said
"hai." everyone said
" dont worry Sakura-chan Ill save you." naruto whispered before heading out.
After she ate Sakura had looked aroung the place wasnt very big. There where two bedrooms, a kitchen, three bathrooms, and a living room. The other room must belong to kisame. Sakura head towards the living room and sat down on the couch. She closed her eyes and leaned her head against the back of the couch. She started going over different escape plans when she fell asleep.
Sakura woke up when she felt something shaking her arm. Her instincts kick in and she jumped up and grabbed the persons wrist. But then in a second she was being pinned to the couch. someone was on top of had her on her stomache
"You should becarful before you start attacking pople kunochi." Itachi whispered in sakuras ear.
"uhhh get off me." sakura groaned from underneith itachi. Itachi didnt move right away but then finaaly got off.
"What do you want?" sakura snapped
"I wanted to talk to you about something." Itachi answered
"Why do you think I would want to talk to you." skaura asked
"Too bad. I want to train you." he answered cooly
"What you want to train me."
"hn."
"Why what will you gain from that?" sakura asked suspiciously
"nothing I just think you have great potntial."
"um......." sakura paused trying to think. this was problay all some big trick. She couldnt trust this man.
"Its not a trap." itachi answered as if reading sakuras mind.
"fine." sakura agreed but only so she could learn all of his moves. This could be important information.
"alright we'll begin training at 6:00am everyday." itachi said as he got up and headed back to the bedroom
"uhhhh i better get to sleep then." sakura muttered to herself as she headed to the bedroom. When she got there she layed down on the couch and drifted off to sleep. Tomarrow would be very interesting.
Sakura woke up the next day when Itachi shook her awake.
"geez its to early." sakura said as she yawned
"quit complaining."
Itachi led sakura out a back door into a big training area. He then told her to her to get ready. A few minutes later they were fighting.
They kept it up until 12:00pm and then took a break.
"your fighting stance is almost perfect, but if you would move you left leg into the right a little it would be perfect." Itachi said
"Like this," sakura said as she adjusted her stance
"hn." Itachi and sakura then had lunch. When they were finished they started training again till 8:00pm. They then went in and ate dinner when they were done they headed to bed. When sakura walked in she was suprised to find Itachi lying on the couch.
"What are you doing." sakura asked confused
"you can have the bed. Youll need all the sleep you can get if you want to be able to train with me." Itachi said with a smirk
"Yeah whatever." sakura said as she climbed into the bed. She imeadiately fell asleep.
The next morning sakura yawned deeply and opened her eyes. What she saw suprised her. Laying next to her was Itachi and he was staring at her intensly. Sakura scooted back as far against the wall as far as she could and then sat up.
"What are you doing?" sakura asked
"The couch was uncomfortable." Itachi statled plainly
"so. That doesnt mean you can sleep with me." sakura said
"It my bed." he answered cooly
"FIne ill take the couch next time." sakura answered flutered
"hn." itachi said and then got up.
"Let go its time to train." he told her.
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