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Porcelain Sakura Doll
Chapter 5
~Akatsuki Medic~
I, ilovetimbits do not own Naruto
She was in the sound proof training room, her hair no longer black but pink her cloak to the side. Sakura was in a tank-top. Cleavage, arms and joints hidden under the fishnet that reached her hands like a glove. The puppet body was so life like her hand and head looked human, no lines. However the wrist and neck had the joint lines so she wore gloves and a scarf to hid them. Sakura had her black pants with the belt a pouch resting at the back, the black knee high's over top. She took position and started punching the dummy with her original strength destroying it. Sakura willed the Iron sand into a wall practising her strength. After half an hour she brought the sand back to her and brought some of it to her fist, adding chakra to it she looked to the ground.
The Akatsuki were minding their own. Counting money, getting a lap dance, brooding, working on a poison and chasing Tobi, when the base suddenly shook. They noticed Akura was missing so the few of them got up looking for her chakra signature.
"Akura-chan?" Sakura glanced over her shoulder from her crouched position. Sasori's eyes widened then narrowed she gave a last glance to the hole before turning around. She was suddenly pulled towards them by Pein whom glared into her eyes with his rinnegan, his hand holding her up by the neck.
"Why didn't you tell us who you were?"
Sakura looked to him expressionlessly. "You never asked," his eyes hardened she fixed her answer "I'm hiding from Konoha. You had your suspicions so I took the dye out and decided to reveal myself to you guys."
"You're lying." Pein accused narrowing his eyes.
Sakura shook her head. "They think I'm dead, I became anbu for the sole purpose of getting a mission that would be a believable cause to my death."
"You're different." She locked gaze with Sasori.
"My mission was an investigation and assassination, after we surveyed the area we found him. However, he killed my teammates and changed me. Because, my teammates bodies where never found they assumed us all KIA giving me much time to change. I killed him after so he wont change anyone else, Konoha doesn't know I'm alive and I don't want them to find out, not yet at least."
Sasori narrowed his eyes. "I don't believe you."
"After our match they believed I could have done a better job at protecting Chiyo, they started doubting me and keeping me off missions."
Sakura turned back to Pein since his hand was around her neck. She was thankful for the scarf hiding the connection line. She stared into the rinnegan eyes they were swirls or circles that where a greyish purple.
He let go of her and walked away, but glanced over his shoulder. "Betray us and you die." She just nodded.
"We killed the wrong core." Sakura stated to Sasori. He just watched her cautiously and nodded.
"You look like a fucking freak with that hair colour."
She looked to him. "Your eye's are pink."
"Purple, bitch!"
"Tobi thinks her hair is pretty! Is your name still Akura?!"
"Sakura." She answered.
Deidara was near the edge of the hole. "Damn yeah, so this is how she beat you Sasori no Danna." Sasori glared over at Deidara but didn't say anything.
Tobi skipped over to where Deidara was and peered over the edge. "That's a big circle."
Kisame turned to her and bent so he was in eye level his eyes narrowed. "Fight me."
Sakura looked to his beady eyes. "Not yet, I don't want to hold back when I fight you, nor do I want you."
He grinned eagerly. "I will wait for that pinky." She gave a slight nod signifying she heard. "You better not be getting my hopes up for nothing." Kisame added.
"You will not be disappointed." She replied. He ruffled her hair before walking off, she tried to fix it. Itachi left giving her one last cautious glance which she caught. Sasori turned to her just staring she glanced to him but walked away grabbing her cloak and walking away.
Tobi chased after her. "Sakura-chan! You never told Tobi you were from Konoha!"
Sakura looked to him. "You never asked, you asked all questions, but that."
"Oh, that's because Tobi forgot to ask that. Isn't saki-chan worried about her family and friends?"
"No." She entered the living room sitting herself down. The servant girl walked by looked at her and snorted, Sakura ignored her pulling out her book and pen. Hidan was in the living room looking at her, his eyes scanned her body boldly. Sakura placed her long black sweater over herself to avoid any chance's of him see something that would give away her puppetry.
Hidan snorted. "Sub-conscious bitch."
"You have a servant for that." She replied. She didn't trust Hidan, he was disrespectful and rude, she never met someone so disrespectful; even to his own leader who could end his life without a second thought who knows what he would and could do. Itachi was entering the room.
"Yeah well maybe I'd like a change." Hidan replied.
"I won't partake in your barbaric rituals."
He stood up enraged. "It's not barbaric you pansy!"
"You act barbaric." She stated in monotone.
"Look here bitch, I can do whatever I want and please"
"Come near me like that, and I'll send every piece of your body to different countries."
"Konoha bitch no one trusts you!"
"That's irrelevant is there anyone here you can trust? Despite your trust or not I still wouldn't allow you anywhere near me."
Hidan snorted glancing to Itachi whom was reading a book and walked off. He didn't trust her, and she was a woman, beneath him if she does take the wrong step and betray Akatsuki he will voluntarily dispose of her himself in his most painful of rituals.
Sakura stopped writing she was at the part where she helped the young girl, and the village taking her back. She looked at Itachi his sharigan could figure out her hand movements and copy it if he wanted to know what she was writing however his eyes were on his book. She closed her book the seals activated. She held it on her lap, she saw a strand of hair in front of her face.
'I let my hair get longer.' She remembered why she kept it short, to represent a change. That she did not care about looks, but about getting better for her team. That is what she's doing, now. All this, for her team and Konoha. She stood and left the room strand still in hand as she examined it she was walking the hall when Tobi literally ran into her falling to the ground she didn't feel anything still staring at her hair.
"Wait saki-chan!" She turned around facing him, wondering why he was on the ground. "Didn't you feel Tobi smack into you?"
She shook her head 'no'. "I was thinking" She helped him up.
"Are you sure you didn't feel anything?" Tobi enquired.
Sakura shook her head but thought of an quick explanation. "I cannot feel pain, the man messed with my body." She didn't like it but it was the only thing she could think of saying at the moment. Sakura wanted it vague but not enough to bring more questions.
"Oh. Leader-sama wants Sakura to go on a mission with Itachi-San." She nodded and left to retrieve her cloak.
Heading to the office she entered and Itachi was already standing waiting. "Your mission is to infiltrate Konoha to recover this scroll, Itachi will watch you." Pein spoke.
Sakura nodded, catching the scroll thrown to her. She looked to Itachi, he walked and she followed. They exited the base she followed him in silence thinking about her plans. Sakura couldn't kill him, Itachi was intelligent and wold know how to defeat her. She'd have to take the Akatsuki one on one bring them down from the inside out, send information to Konoha.
She knew exactly where the scroll requested was and where it was, but she was more interested in another, the scroll on the Uchiha massacre. Sakura had no idea where she would find it, or if she would find it, but they had to have some kind of information about it, something like that isn't just left by itself. She should check the council since they've been around, in fact the one councilmen who's name she knows is Danzo who has been around since the massacre. If anyone would know he would. Unlike Ino, Sakura had no way to get information off him so easily, she'd have to hope it was written down somewhere.
"Kunochi."
She turned to Itachi who had his eyes narrowed at her. "What do you think you're planning?"
She looked to him. "How to infiltrate without being caught and all the possible exits." He watched her still walking he turned his attention forward after not being able to read her.
' For once someone cannot read me.' Every time in Konoha people where able to know what she was thinking, an open book Yamato said once. However, when she was genin she was able to hid things easily. There was that one time, she had said Naruto's idea to take Kakashi's mask off was dumb however, she really actually wanted to. That second spirit, as Tsunadae explained helped her hide what she was really thinking. Kakashi said it helped her use Naruto's voice to escape Ino's jutsu. All that was who she really was on the inside, all the things she couldn't be on the outside, until she met Tsunadae that is.
The second spirit still remained within her hiding many thoughts from Konoha the man sealed it, in her forehead. If she could get it unsealed she would be able to-
She bumped into Itachi's back who glanced over his shoulder irritated at her, she looked past him feeling the chakra.
"Pay attention." He spoke sternly.
She nodded, "gomen, there is five signatures a mile ahead, and two to the west 150 feet, one is elevated at 40 degrees, they see us."
"Hn." He walked east. She glanced to the west where the chakras were then followed him silently.
After a few hours they stopped.
"We'll camp here." Sakura nodded and left to gather wood. When she came back she placed it and he used a small fire jutsu lighting it up. Sakura sat and crossed her legs staring at the fire. She watched the flicker of the fire thinking, she couldn't feel warmth whatsoever from that fire. Sakura was going to see Konoha, see how it has changed after a year and a half maybe check her family quick. She glanced to Itachi who was watching her, she closed her eyes uncaring and started meditating, he probably wont sleep not trusting her.
Sakura will let Sasuke kill Itachi. Kisame, Pein, Konan, Zetsu and even Tobi would be a problem she had no idea how they fought, not even Kisame, but his chakra is very high and he's a swordsmen much stronger than Zabuza ever was, the others could die slightly more effortless then the rest. Could she do it on her own? She thinks she could but how many of them are immortal and how would she get them one by one?
"What is sealed onto your forehead?"
Sakura still had her eyes closed answering. "Something I would never let out," she opened her eyes and looked west. "They followed us."
His gaze followed her's and he used a Genjutsu. She closed her eyes and went back to meditating. After six hours she stopped. She reopened her eyes to see Itachi's eyes closed the fire out.
She stood up and his eyes snapped open watching her cautiously.
"Gomen, there's four signature's headed for us from south," he stood up and released her arm she was looking to him being right beside him she was able to find that her forehead reached his nose meaning her height was adjusted as well.
"Hn," he released the Genjutsu and cleaned the camp removing the fireplace she looked to him and they continued east.
They were in distance of the gates when he spoke. "You have two days." With that he gave her the scroll that they got off the messenger she henged and used the chakra she stored to cover the rest. Itachi was just watching as she took the scroll and walked towards the gate with the Suna headgear on.
She walked in escorted by a genin to the Hokage tower, the kid was talking and trying to get her to talk asking curious questions about what it was like in Suna. She didn't respond just asking the kid to get her to the tower. He huffed and lead the way they walked up the tower stairs and the kid knocked on the door.
"Who the hell is it?!" The genin tear dropped she remained passive.
The genin opened the door and held it open for her. "Ah you made it," Sakura nodded her head in response walking forward and placed the scroll on the desk.
"Wait outside for our guest Hioki." The genin saluted and shut the door behind him.
Tsunadae opened the scroll and read it over she wrote something on a separate scroll she waited patiently as she signed it. There was a gentle knock at the door.
"Enter." Tsunadae spoke loud enough to be heard on the other side of the door. Sakura keep her attention forward.
"S-shizuune needs these signed, Gomen it's an emergence" Sakura recognized the voice and looked with the corner of her eye to see Hinata.
" Alright sorry, you'll need to hold for one second." Tsunadae said towards Sakura, who just nodded politely.
Hinata was standing beside her quietly Tsunadae was reading the scroll. Tsunadae signed the scroll, "I'll be there right after." Hinata nodded glanced at Sakura then walked away. Sakura was struggling to keep the henge up having to only use the chakra stolen from the Suna messenger she needed this to be quick.
"Alright, here tell the Kazekage that Konoha will supply them with their request." Sakura nodded and took the scroll from Tsunadae.
"By the way where is Temari? Usually she runs messages with Konoha." Tsunadae spoke, an suspicious look on her face.
Sakura cleared her throat her voice was deep an exact replica of the previous messenger. "I do not know, I'm usually sent to other villages. Our Kazekage does not disclose family business."
Tsunadae snorted. "Alright, have a safe trip."
Sakura gave a slight bow. "Yes mam." She exited to see the genin playing with a kunai slouched against the wall upon her presence the kid stood straight and lead the way. Sakura was walking behind the boy when she started a genjutsu placing her hand on the genin's shoulder, knocking him out. It was a fairly decent genjutsu and should work she slipped him into the closet and drained his chakra she summoned a clone that henge into the messenger and headed to the gates.
The clone wondered by itself past the gates henge as the genin she folded her arms behind her head heading towards and old woman's house, they would simply think she was a genin doing a 'D' ranked mission. The woman was a single living occupant so she knocked the woman out taking her clothing,chakra and henge herself. She laid the woman on her bed and locked the windows and doors heading out the door. She looked like the villager but now she had to get to the tower and under a better disguise.
She was in the village looking for fruit when she felt Naruto's chakra headed straight for her, she didn't react just continued to shop for fruit. As she did his chakra went right by.
Sai was close to Danzo he was one of Danzo's men at least, that is if he wasn't close. She's pretty sure he is, she never really trusted him before and still does not see reason to. She could probably get his personality to a 'T' and be emotionless if ever the need to. She bought the apples and walked on injecting an apple with the knock out serum that should last five day's considering Sai might be able to break it. The only thing to do is get Sai to eat it. She headed to the training grounds the same one team seven always goes to, the basket in her arm. She sat down and started to draw, though she couldn't draw if her life depended on it she did it anyway.
"Hey what are you doing!?" Sakura looked up to see Naruto.
She looked at her drawing and smiled. "Drawing! See?" she held it out for him to view.
Naruto squinted "What is that? A horse?"
She looked at the picture then down hurt in her voice. "It's a cat."
"Oh!" She saw him looking nervous and scratching his head. "Well, it's not that bad." He snapped his finger's she looked to him."I know! Sai could show you his artwork."
"Who?" She asked in an confused voice squinting her eyes.
"Sai!, come on!" He pulled her arm she stumbled keeping up with him as though she really was an old woman, he ran to a tree where Sai sat.
Sai looked up. "What dick-less?"
She turned to him in fake confusion, Naruto blushed red. "Stop saying that!"
"But it's true, I saw it."
Sakura pulled out an apple and started butting into it the apple pieces falling in her hallow body. Naruto's stomach grumbled she handed him an apple which he took eagerly.
"Can you show me your drawings young man?"
He looked at her. "why?"
She pulled out her notebook in fake pride. "I like to draw." she spoke in a cracky voice.
"Wow it's very ugly." Sai spoke in monotone a fake smile on his face.
Sakura narrowed her eyes. "Whatever, yours is probably stupid too." He turned the book around holding it for her to see. She gasped and took it from his grasp sitting on the floor looking at the drawing. "These are good"
"What is that?" Sai asked Naruto.
She glanced from the book to see Naruto confused. "These?"
Sai nodded in reply
"You don't know what an apple is!? Man!"
She fished the drugged apple out and tossed it to him. "Try it, their juicy off the tree." She turned back to look at his book in fake excitement. She flipped the pages looking through them at the different picture's she stopped at one there was him and another boy she's seen this picture before she still doesn't know whom it is. She then handed the booklet back needing to get the mission done with.
"Those are really good, I'll probably have to practice a lot."
"Or not do it at all." Sai commented.
She glared crossing her arms wrinkling her nose. "You're rude young man."
"Ignore him he always is."
"Dick-less." Sai was chewing on the apple.
She looked to the side. "Oh what time is it?"
Naruto looked at the sky. "Almost lunch, which reminds me I'm hungry, can I have one more."
She shook her head disdainfully. "I'm sorry but this is for a picnic which I'm late for, nice meeting you." She gave a slight bow walking off back to the villager's house. She got rid of the apples burning them she'll have to get Sai soon because the villager's chakra is running out. They've grown a lot from when she last saw them they must be eighteen, nineteen by now.
She headed to Sai's house hidden in the shadow's he was knocked out on the living room floor she carried him to his room on his bed and stole his chakra till it was nearly empty. She henge herself to look like him and used his chakra to hide the others within her. She headed to the Hokage tower unseen by anyone. She sneaked in, knowing the tower like the back of her hand she headed to get her mission scroll. She grabbed it switching it with the replacement scroll. She left that was easy but she now had to get to Danzo's quarter's. She saw the root anbu all over the place Sakura walked casually toward the office one guy stopped her.
"Where are you going?"
She looked to him expressionlessly her voice monotone and fake smiled. "He want's this scroll, I'm dropping it off."
The guy looked her up and down. "Give me the scroll and I'll give it in."
She gave a straight face. "he requested I do this alone and he wants this done now, you don't want him grumpy do you?" she copied Sai's fake smile with her eyes closed. The ROOT member glared staring at her suspiciously but nodded her in.
She walked in, Danzo wasn't in his office she headed to the back where there were a few scrolls. None of them mentioned the Uchiha massacre She looked around more and saw a sealed floor she examined the seal testing it, it looked very simple but that could also mean it's very elaborate. She finally figured the seal out and opened it where she saw the Uchiha symbol on a scroll she took it and replaced it with another identical one resealing the floor she put the scroll in her stomach. She left the office and past the suspicious ROOT anbu back to Sai's house.
She placed her hand on his forehead and casted a jutsu into his dream making him see that he dropped a scroll off. She headed to the grave sight to see if they made a grave for her, there was none but she stopped as she saw her parents names written down. How did they die? She knelt reading the tombstones 'Loving wife and proud mother to her Daughter' 'proud?' what were they proud off? She looked to her father's who also said something similar. She saw no tombstone for herself.
...Akatsuki border...
She read the scroll on the massacre Danzo had a bigger part in it then she expected. Danzo and the other council discovered the Uchiha's planning something. Itachi being ANBU had to spy on his own family where he learned many disturbing things. After another action from Itachi's father he was ordered to kill the family. Danzo offered him a deal to allow Sasuke his life. He left because the massacre was to seem like that, it was done by the son, not because the village ordered it. It was to save the villages name and the Uchiha's name. She put the scroll in her stomach, so why didn't Itachi tell Sasuke this? She left the village where she met up with Itachi she held out the mission scroll for him which he took they walked back towards the base. So he wasn't a cold blooded murder? He was protecting Konoha? They just kicked him out? The third knew does Tsunadae know the truth as well? Is he spying on Akatsuki? She remembered him when she was younger she always was jealous of Sasuke cause she didn't have a sibling and Itachi seemed nice and caring towards Sasuke whenever she saw them which was once or twice.
If Itachi loved his brother why not tell him the truth? Why let him become full of hate and hurt? Was it because he thought Sasuke wouldn't understand, or that he wasn't allowed too? All these questions and only Itachi could answer them. They were both so nice how could Konoha have the child of the family kill them? She remembers Sasuke when he was younger, when Itachi was around he seemed normal then after he never acted the same. However, she didn't think of the massacre how could she have dismissed that? Ignored that his family has been massacred by his own brother? She shook her head no wonder he did not like her, she had such a lack of awareness before. She never even took into consideration of Naruto's mistreatment, she just added to it and never understood why Sasuke disliked her.
She glanced to Itachi who was leading, the large hat obscuring his face. What was he? Enemy or ally?
"Itachi." He just grunted in response what would she ask first?
"Why?"
"Why what Kunochi?" He glared over his shoulder however it did not faze her.
"Why not tell him the truth?" His eye widened a fraction.
His sharigan spinning as though signifying his anger. "That is non of your business."
"He was my teammate, he was nicer when he was a kid, you were too. He left Konoha hurt and with hate in his heart. You left him blind."
His griped her collar locking his eyes with her. "Do not bring up my brother again." He released her and headed back towards the base giving her one last glare.
She followed him she wasn't going to give up if she has to fight him to figure it out she will but not in front of Akatsuki. If it's true that he's spying on Akatsuki she'd blow his cover and ruin everything. Will he, no he wouldn't kill his brother after leaving him alive, he wants Sasuke to come after him however, guilt? Guilt for murdering his whole clan? She could heal his eyes that is if he still is working for Konoha. He could tell Sasuke and they both could be happy again, then maybe Sasuke would go back to Konoha for Naruto.
They arrived to the base when Tobi ran towards her. "Saki-chan is alive still!"
"Lets go." she nodded following Itachi back to the office where he accepted the scroll and dismissed them. Itachi gave her a glance before leaving which she didn't return she walked into the living room when a large explosion was heard outside
"Katsu!"
"Shut up brat." Sasori walked in from the smoke filled entrance heading towards the office, "he lost his arms again" he stated before turning the hall.
"I didn't lose them un! I have them right here!" Deidara yelled from the entrance.
She looked at him walking up to him she grabbed his wrist pulling him to the medical room they made up for her.
"Hey! Stop yeah I'm not a child I'm fine!" He tugged and his arm came fully off he grunted in pain, she grabbed the front of his cloak pulling him with her to the medical room. She sat him down and sat across from him.
"Stop it, yeah."
She sat him straight looking at his face "you're going to bleed to death." He paled slightly and she healed his arm back. "I just fixed it, I said not to damage it"
"Whatever, hmm"
"I'm going to heal your left arm fully do not break it again."
Deidara narrowed his eyes at her. "You're not my mother yeah"
"No, I'm your medic." Sakura countered healing him. He was looking away glaring at the wall his cheeks slightly pink from what she assumed from anger. She healed replacing the rotting flesh with new flesh at his wrist. She got to his palm and held it in her hand the kekkei genkai was grinning she healed it while she did this Sakura was also able to study the kekkei was fine, but there was chakra build up and if he continues to damage it, it'll break she didn't tell him just continued to heal him. She tested his arm out tugging it and bending it after she looked at his other arm.
"I'll give that arm two days then I'll work on your other arm." He nodded getting up she grabbed his cloak she looked him in the eye.
"Don't break your arms"
He looked away pulling her hands off. "Whatever, yeah."
With that he walked off, she took the book out from her cloak and wrote in it about the chakra clots and damage she had a feeling he may not heed her words. At least she warned him the Akatsuki can't say anything to her if his kekkei genkai is beyond damaged due to his carelessness.
She was headed to the living room until Konan intercepted her. "leader-sama would like a word with you." she nodded following her to the office.
She just finished a mission so they wouldn't send her on another so soon after would they? She shouldn't doubt it, they are after all S ranked criminal's, they probably do missions with ease. That infiltration mission took too much chakra off her and a lot of work working her puppet body to it's limits, not to mention Deidara's arms.
She knocked on the large double doors that lead to Pein's office, when the usual 'Enter' was heard she walked in to see Konan standing by his desk.
"You are to assist the Ame hospital, a virus has broken out." He spoke.
Sakura nodded. "Hai, Leader-sama."
"Konan will be with you, you will report to her."
Konan walked past her and towards the door, Sakura followed her. They walked in silence to the village, upon entering she noticed the slight difference in the amount of people. Where there would be a few there was hardly any now. The village was very different from her's, the buildings where different and tall. Smoke filled the air and it was raining, it rained the other times she was here as well. Konan had an umbrella held over their heads as Sakura looked around.
Konan broke the silence. "The virus was reported yesterday, it has killed ten citizens already."
Could the Akatsuki have done this to the village? To test her, to test her loyalty and skill?
"Sakura."
She looked to Konan who much have been waiting for a response. "I'll figure it out."
"What are you thinking?" Konan asked.
Sakura looked to her. "I'm thinking it's very likely that the Akatsuki have used the village to test me."
Konan looked at her eyes narrowed so slightly Sakura could have missed it if she wasn't standing this close. "This village is important to us, we wouldn't bring it down for our own needs."
Sakura looked ahead. "I spoke the truth when I said I cannot return to my village, they do not know I'm alive. It was the first time I stepped into Konoha for two years, I found out my parents are dead, I also have a grave somewhere, other than that everyone was having a normal day."
Konan looked to find traces of emotion on the girl but found none. They continued on to the Hospital Sakura couldn't breathe or smell but she could see the smog in the air. The people were all over the place trying to help patients. Sakura saw the same little girl from days before on the bed, the same one who gave Konan the flowers. Konan had the attention of all the nurses and doctors who stopped, there was only five of them.
"Akura will assist you, she will lead, the rest of you follow" Konan then turned to Sakura, "tell me what herbs you will require and Zetsu will retrieve them to me, I will also assist with what I can."
Sakura saw slight worry in Konan's eyes. Sakura walked to the bed's looking at the paper's which gave no information she looked at the patient who was covered in sweat his breathing was rapid. There was about twenty people in this one room. She turned to the nurses and Konan.
"We need to air it out in here, and we need more water, I need a list of symptoms." The medic's complied working on her first instruction. Konan helped with fanning the air out, and shutting the windows. Water was brought in and each patient was given water, Sakura was holding the sheets of each paper it was all signs of a common cold or flu but Konan said it's been the cause of ten deaths. Sakura organized the room critical conditions closest to her desk which had the patient names on them.
"I need to scan each patient to see if I can find any similarities, and what distinguishes each." Konan nodded and watched as Sakura placed her hand over the chest, her other over the forehead as green chakra gathered around her hand. Her first patient was an elder woman, next was a middle aged man then a little girl. The ages and sex was a large bracket where as it would be easier if it was only contacted through a group. She turned to the other medics and Konan.
"This could be air born so you will need masks." The medics scrambled around getting masks and gloves Konan handed her one Sakura took it placing it over her mouth only to lower any sort of suspicion. Sakura was still searching through the fifth patient when she noticed something, so far each of them had a small disturbance in their anti-toxin, it wasn't damaged but lowered.
"Their anti-toxin has been tampered with."
All the medics and Konan looked at her with confusion. " It's a substance manufactured by the blood, which specifically neutralizes the poison/ toxin given off by particular germ." she explained, "I don't know how it's been lowered yet. Because of this whenever touching something unclean or eating the wrong food, their body is unable to fight against the germ and toxins given off from the particular action." They nodded.
"Those whom have are the lower cases, however two of them have been poisoned, if I cannot figure out by what and how all these people came to lose most of their anti-toxin, those two will die sooner than the others."
"So what do we need to do?" One medic asked.
Sakura looked to her and answered. "I need your help to find the cause whenever, injected, airborne or if someone intentionally injected them. Look for any needle holes, scar tissue along the bronchi and under the tongue as well, if it's ingested or breathed in there should be some evidence."
Konan was watching Sakura, she was the Sanin's student after all, they read up on her records and it was said she was second best to her mentor. The medic's got to work.
Sakura walked to Konan. "If this isn't caused by the Akatsuki I still have reason to believe they have intentionally been tampered with, as to seem as a natural death to the inexperienced medic, it's possible someone outside Akatsuki is attacking the village perhaps to get to you guys. This person would have to be another medic that has some experience in poisons due to the two patients Mai, and Harken whom have been poisoned. Unfortunately, The first name that comes to mind; due to the fact he's the only medic I've faced, I'd say Kabuto is a good suspect."
Konan's eyes widened the slightest at Sakura's assumption, she didn't say it was Kabuto just a high suspicion, plus the information they have received a month back pointed to suspicious activity with Orochimaru.
"Again, It'd could be a very good poisoner that knows how to keep low-key. Right now I need more to find."
Konan nodded "I'll Inform Pein." Sakura nodded as she left and she returned to the patients.
She had to work on the two critical patients, because their anti-toxin was low their ability to fight off this other poison is lowered. She'd need to deal with this poison first to remove it from their systems. She started the process asking the medics to hold the man down as she extracted the liquid placing it into a bowl, she did the same with the little girl Mai, extracting the poison and placing it into a bowl. Sakura had the white coat on with a hat hiding her hair the mask over her mouth and nose.
The medics got to work keeping the patients stabilized while a few more patients would enter. Sakura studied the poison to find they where both different, An other patient came in poisoned as well and she had to deal with that. Working quickly she studied the poisons and wrote down three separate lists of herbs she knew was in the green house a few she planted herself. When Konan arrived the Ame medic gave her the list and Konan gave it to Zetsu who came back with them.
Sakura saved the little girl Mai in time but the older man Harken didn't make it. She got the medic's to work on the antidotes, a medic told her that they found some substance under a patients throat. Sakura took a sample and studied it as the medic's worked on the antidote that she wrote instructions to. She studied the substance to find it was a liquid that has been ingested. There was traces of apple on this one but realized exactly what it was.
She went to Konan and explained to her giving her a new list of herbs "I found out that it's been a poison called Acetone that has been placed in food, an apple for example. It's a very simple poison that is supposed to reduce the Anti-toxin, this make's another poison's effects worsen, the poisoner whom done this wanted it to seem as a virus or bad sickness going around. If I have these herbs I could create something to counteract it increasing their anti-toxin the slightest and for the future patients"
Konan nodded taking the list making it into an origami bird that flew off to Akatsuki "Is there anything we can do for them now?" She asked.
Sakura shook her head. "No,they are however, stabilized. The pain taken away for the time being, the medics are having a break once I get back. Things should be fine within a week."
"That's very good, seems that your reputation as the second best medic is true."
Sakura just gave a nod. "I need to head back now." Konan dismissed her.
Returning to the hospital Sakura started working on the antidotes, dismissing the medics. Her cloak was off leaving her in the white coat that went mid thigh she wore the gloves mask and hat. Pink hair isn't common and she may again re dye it for that purpose, it was pointless to wash it out when she may have to return it to the black colour.
There was only three patients left everyone else in the village will be fine now they have the antidote. She made multiple antidotes. Once the poisoner figures out that an antidote has been created he will either leave them or increase the amount, if this is an skilled poisoner Sakura would have a challenge, something she hadn't had in a long time, her last challenge was three years ago against Sasori's poison. Sakura heard a sound, a small item drop on the ground, she continued as though she hadn't heard anything. She felt the chakra presence in the room and the person was behind her, they thrust a kunai through her left chest were her heart should be, her's however was on the right side.
She stood up and turned grabbing the shocked person, clad in black by the neck. She lifted them with ease the person clawed at her hand chocking. Her grasp tightened she pulled the hood back to see Kabuto she jumped out of the building speeding to the exit he managed to escape her grasp and landed away from her she remained standing.
"I'm guessing you're the new member." He spoke fixing his glasses.
She activated the magnetic field and tossed her five kunai into the air that hovered she let the two spike's come from her palm holding the handle as the wire was looped in close. She charged at him but he dodged. She jumped into the air and shot the spike out he dodged it, the spike was in the ground allowing Sakura to pull herself in landing fast to avoid his chakra scalpel. The five kunai shot at him fast cutting clothes as it missed him, but she controlled them to rebound after. Sakura charged him as he dodged the spike she shot the other and it wrapped around him. Sakura pulled him to her and whipped him against the ground. His body skidded but he got footing gripping the ground with chakra laced fingers.
She retracted the spike to return within her palm a hole in her medical gloves. Sakura still had the iron kunai's after him, one hit and he would be magnetized allowing her to internally damage him. The scroll inside her being used, the flame throwers came out of her her palms towards him. He dodged his best against the fire and iron kunai she was sure to avoid getting the kunai caught in the intense fire because they would singe into nothing. She made a circle of fire around him, he jumped as she expected. The kunai imbedded into him injecting him however the body turned into snakes, she called back her kunai and found his signature behind her she grabbed his neck.
She lifted him with ease and injected him with the same poison he was using she threw him into the ground still holding his neck two kunai imbedded themselves in his palms. Two hovered behind her and one hovered between his eyes the two hovering above her. She drained half his chakra.
"Why are you attacking Amegurke?" She asked with no tone it was her job to ask that question whenever or not she cared for the village. He freed his hand but her kunai reacted cutting off his hand. He turned to snakes and reformed away holding his wrist that was bloodied from what the kunai did to his shoulder. He was staring at her angered, She was able to feel the magnet within his blood. Sakura made him fall to his knee's his eyes wide she pulled the magnetic substance from him forcibly from his wound making him scream. The magnetic powder was in the air and returned to her going in the vial she had in her coat. He glared and was gone. She felt her cheek where he got a cut on her, she heard the small thump as her finger went over the dent she placed an gauge on it. It wouldn't bleed and Akatsuki would be suspicious that she can't. She tried to reach her back where he plunged the kunai into her intentions of hitting her heart. She couldn't feel pain and wasn't able to feel him get a mark on her face, that would be a downfall. Sakura would not know if anyone has planted anything on her or if she had something on her. Sakura couldn't reach the kunai unless she twisted her arm in a way no human could but she sensed Konan so she couldn't.
"Sakura."
She turned towards Konan's voice. "What happened?"
"Kabuto attacked. I questioned him, but he fought back and escaped."
"So Orochimaru was behind the attack?"
Sakura nodded. "Kabuto is a medic or at least has knowledge within medical jutsu."
"The medics will be fine now, we'll need to report to Pein." Konan spoke authoritatively.
...Akatsuki base...
The walked into the room where half the Akatsuki was. Zetsu was gone, and the 'Zombie Brothers' as Kisame dubs them.
Pein looked to Sakura. "It seems your reputation fits."
Konan nodded in agreement. "Kabuto attacked her while she was in the hospital, she lead him away and fought him however, he got away."
"Saki-chan!" Tobi yelled in shock. She looked to him expressionlessly. "You have a kunai in your back!" He continued.
"I cant reach to get it out." She explained. He ran over she stopped him. "I'll take it out later, you might damage something."
"Are you sure saki-chan?"
"I'm sure." She wasn't going to let him, if she did he will figure out that she doesn't bleed. Sakura even went as far as to putting small amount of Kabuto's blood on the bandage that's on her cheek and some on her back were the kunai is staining the white medic coat. Tobi stared at her face she didn't know where his gaze was directed but assumed the bandage on her cheek, concidering it was her first 'injury'. She turned her attention to him realizing that he didn't even seem to notice his own staring.
"That's lodged in there pretty good pinky isn't that hitting your heart?" Kisame asked walking up to examine it.
"Close but not enough." She replied her attention still on Tobi who looked away.
"Did you find out why he attacked Ame?" Pein asked.
She shook her head turning to Pein. "All I know is that he didn't want you to know it was an attack from Orochimaru, other than that he got away before I could get answers."
Pein dismissed her, and Sakura left to her room.
She took the small book out from her stomach and opened it writing in it about the antidote's and about Kabuto's attack being behind it. She bumped into someone but didn't fall over like many stereotypical bump ins, rather the other stumbled very slightly.
"Watch it bitch!"
"You still have your arm, calm down." She stated referring to last time.
He narrowed his eyes glaring hate at her. "Whatever." He tried to shove with his shoulder walking by her but failed cracking his arm Kakuzu snorted at his partner as Sakura walked on uncaring.
"You seem to dislike her a lot Hidan." Kakuzu observed.
"I don't trust her, the bitch is all fucking good with barbie boy. She's probably just using us, I hate being used."
"You hate everything." Kakuzu spoke disinterested.
They both entered the meeting room where the other member's are. "We got the fucking bastard like you wished." Hidan interrupted whatever they were discussing. Kakuzu whacked him over the head. "The fu-"
Kakuzu interrupted him. "The Idiot meant to say that the target has been dealt with however he did not hold the scroll we were looking for."
Pein nodded but gave Hidan a piercing stare. "Do not interrupt me again."
"Sure Leader-sama."
Pein chose to ignore Hidan's tone he had no time to deal with his stupidity. "Dismissed."
Sakura went to the living room then exited the base to collect lost chakra. When she went back inside everyone but Kisame and Itachi were gone.
"Where were you pinky?" Kisame asked from the couch as he drank a sake bottle.
"Went to get chakra, where's everyone else?"
"We are moving bases, destroying this one. You happened to join Akatsuki during the two months were you actually see the leader and others. I'm guessing it was all for us to get acquainted with you, from now on it's going back to how it was were there will be about three group's in each base at any time max. From now on we just report to Zetsu and he relays the message if you hear his voice in your head don't freak out," He glanced to her face to see no reaction. "He can communicate telepathically within a certain distance."
Sakura nodded in understanding. "Where's Tobi?"
"He's on mission with Zetsu, you should have waited," He got up samadae on his back as he walked to the door. "I enjoy chakra farming with you."
"You do?" She asked.
He looked over his shoulder a serious expression on his face. "I said no such thing." He grinned right after signifying a joke that she didn't understand. "Don't tell anyone, they'll think I'm soft."
"You lost arm wrestling to a small pink haired girl." She countered.
He looked shocked but grinned after. "We'll see about that in our fight pinky. Oh and by the way, good luck on healing Itachi's eyes." He left the base.
She was supposed to heal Itachi's eyes? She could. She'll do it, because she strongly feels that he still is with Konoha. She would not ask him questions, not while in any Akatsuki base, at least. She would not be surprised if the Leader had some way to keep tabs on the member's if Zetsu could telepathically speak to someone who else in Akatsuki could do things along the lines of spying?
She looked for his chakra signature and found it, it was hidden but she was able to pick up on the slightest amount of it. She walked to find him in his room she knocked on the door and waited there getting no answer. She knocked again.
"Itachi-San, I know you are in there." The door opened a glaring Uchiha at the door sharigan spinning he didn't understand did this girl have a death wish?. "Kisame said something about you eyes."
His glare intensified. "That is none of your business kunochi."
"I'm your medic, at least let me do one procedure." He opened the door she walked in, she took the chair from his desk and placed it in the middle of his room.
"You were my brother's teammate, how am I to know you will not kill me?"
"That is for him to do, I'm not just going to kill you after he betrayed Konoha and joined Orochimaru just for me to do it, that would be a waste. Also you are someone the Akatsuki wish to keep and I don't think it would be that easy to kill you anyways."
He watched with caution, sitting himself in the chair. She walked in front of him staring into his eyes she took a kunai out his hand gripped her wrist faster then her eyes could see his eyes narrowed. She continued to stare into his eyes guiding his hand to hold the kunai and placed the tip where her 'heart' should be but wasn't.
"You don't trust me, just stab if you feel pain. I will however need you to inactivate your sharigan, I'll work on your right eye, you'll have to shut it but your other could be open if you wish. You will experience pain, but it will not be greater than what you already feel."
Silently he glanced to the kunai then to her eyes his sharigan unactivated and his right eye closed. His eyes where very similar to Sasuke's but different, he looked like an older version of Sasuke, she pushed the thought aside and concentrated. Her left hand rested on his shoulder to show that it will not attack him and her right hand hovered over his right eye as she scanned it. The retina's were damaged and to fully fix everything would take a couple months on just the one eye. His eyes were worst than Kakashi's because he always used it and had it on, Kakashi had the mask over his eye and only used it a few times. He wasn't dumb so why destroy his own eyes to the point he can't see without the sharigan?
Sakura started the process she noticed his other hand clutching, she added soothing chakra healing his retina slightly she worked on it for an straight hour thanks to all the chakra she gathered. When Sakura finished she pulled her hand back, both his eyes were closed.
"Open them both in the same time slowly."
He did as told and blinked she covered his left eye she watched as his pupil adjusted to the light then look to her she watched it studying it. "Your right eye should now be equal to your left." He re activated his sharigan.
She wrote in the book. 'Considering you are smart, I doubt you do not, not know the consequences to using the sharigan too much. There must be a reason you damage your eye. I also Have a feeling you do not want Akatsuki to know the extent of damage you have done to your eye.' She showed it to him. His eye glanced to her and he gave a very slight smirk she barely noticed it. Sakura wrote more about his eye and the damage as well as an estimated guess on how long it would be to be healed. After showing him what she wrote she left to the living room, placing the book within her cloak and into her stomach compartment.