"The itsy bitsy spider walked up the water spout, down came the rain & washed the spider out, up came the sun & dried up all the rain, & the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again." Sakura sang as she swung in her cage, she was starving & she wasn't ashamed to admit it, she hadn't eaten a thing, & the last thing she had eaten was some sushi at the Haruno estate right before she began to get ready for the wedding.
"Hmmm...Kura-chan, I believe we're gonna have a near death experience while we're here." Naka said
"We're always getting ourselves into near death experiences what's so different about this time?" Sakura asked.
"That may be true but this time I feel Pein or whoever we usually get saved by wont be here to save us...or will be to late to." Naka said
"Like I said what's so different about this one? I'm sure we'll find a way out this time." Sakura replied
"Well someone's got there panties in a bunch." Naka said in a sing song voice.
"I wasn't wearing any panties when we got kidnapped...& I'm not wearing any now!" Sakura screamed
"Oh why not?" Naka asked
"Because I was hoping that after the wedding reception Pein would finally give me some, I mean I was waiting for nearly a year to actually get physical with him & then when i know there's a chance that he may give in I GET KIDNAPPED!" Sakura screamed.
"So your mad because he didn't screw you to the point you saw stars?" Naka asked
"Yes I'm mad because I didn't get screwed silly till I couldn't even walk." Sakura said as she sighed heavily
"...Right, I'm gonna go now." Naka said as she disappeared.
Sakura sighed, she was bored, never in her life had she been this bored, she always had someone to entertain her even if they didn't know they were themselves.
"Ahh." Sakura screamed as the cage fell a couple of inches. Now it was tearing on her "This just keeps getting better & better with each step." Sakura said to herself
"Your telling me." A male voice said.
Pein stared out at the black moon, he didn't have to be with the rest seeing as he was the only one who could use his chakra, so he was here, on the balcony of the tower. Although he looked like he had no thoughts, he did many about Sakura, & many about the future & the past. The future he was curious about, would Sakura be dead, or would she be alive. If she would be alive, would she continue to be by his side? or would she leave him , now that the Uchiha brat has probably realized his mistake?
Then there was the past, his parents had died in the civil war, the old lady with the stand had also died. Jiraiya was now dead, Yahiko was mentally dead. He was surrounded by death from his past, that it may have been the reason why his present was so screwed up. Why his future was so unclear to him.
Yet the only good thing that ever happened to him was Sakura, even if they got to her too late she was still someone that could make him realize how much worse his life could be. She may have not bowed down to him like others did, but that was what he liked about her, she was blunt honest, she didn't care what others thought of her, but she did at the same time. She was surrounded by just as much death as him, & yet she had managed to stay as innocent as she did for as long as she could, up until the Uchiha kid returned. she even stayed innocent after she was raped, not even Konan was innocent after that.
Pein sighed, past, present or future he knew for a fact that he would be surrounded by death, it was a life of a god, a life he bound himself to. Was a god capable of loving someone? there were few he head of that did, but many who didn't, was he in love with Sakura, perhaps he was, some would consider his feelings for her as love possibly. Was he in love with her enough to change his beliefs? No that he was sure of.
Sai watched as all of the Jounins & higher ups gathered in the Hokage tower, they were gathering to discuss the current situation that was going on. One there was a black moon that was blocking all of their chakras, two Sakura had been kidnapped ... again, & three they just found out about an even more dangerous organization that also wanted to take over the world, was he missing anything else?
'Nope.' Sai thought to himself.
"Hokage-sama I have a question." Sai said
Tsunade & the rest of the room turned to look at him. "What is it?" She asked in an almost tired voice. "How was it that the Akatsuki got in undetected?" He asked as his mind began to wonder a bit back to the reception ceremony.
Shizunes body twitched a bit, & it took all her will power to continue on biting her tongue, she made a blood vow never to tell a soul or her soul would be the price. Oh but how tempting it was, she wanted to see what their faces would look like if they found out that Sakura, the one they branded as a weak little girl, someone that wasn't worth anything was dating the Akatsuki leader. A man who controlled S-class criminals a man who won the civilwar with his on bare hands; Pein was interested in Sakura & it was obvious that he didn't wait to make his move. Oh how tempting it was.
"They were here to try & stop the elders from claiming me as the heir to the Uchiha Clan." Sasuke said
Shizune bit down hard enough that she whimpered in pain causing everyone to look her way. "What was that Shizune?" Tsunade asked
"...Ohhh...I don't believe that the Akatsuki came for something like that...it would be a waste of their time seeing as it is not part of their goal, I think they came for something else." Shizune said, Tsunade & the rest stared at her oddly for a while.
"It is true...but what could they possibly want other than Naruto that is here?" Tsunade asked
'Nice save Shizune' Anko thought as she dug her nails into her wrist, the pain was bearable but it was a reminder to keep her mouth shut. Yes she too knew about Sakuras lover, only because she was their when he & the Uchiha had arrived at the Haruno estate, both looked as though they had been through hell & back, & that was something she knew for a fact she would never see again. Seeing as both men were very prideful people & they obviously did not like it when people they were unfamiliar with saw them in their most vulnerable state, but she understood why, she herself felt the same way with strangers. No she & Itachi were no strangers to each other, but they never exactly talked at all either, he was an Uchiha & she wasn't. He was not allowed to have relations, whether sexual or not, they were never supposed to be outside of the clan, everyone knew that. God how she wanted to slap his arrogant smirk off his pretty face when Sakura asked her to leave the room, so she & them could talk in private.
- Flash Back -
"Oi Sakura what they hell are we doing here?" Anko asked as she ran to catch up to Sakura, the younger female was walking pretty fast as though she was in a hurry to find something, the reason she knew this was because over the years as the pink haired girl progressed in her trainings & got stronger she became a much lazier person, someone who actually like to take their time doing things, & even if others thought they were rushing it, to them they it was unhurried & boring.
Sakura said nothing as she walked down the concrete streets of the Haruno estates, but Anko could tell that the girl was itching to say something by the way she kept scratching her palm.
"...I thought I felt something." Sakura said.
Anko lifted an eyebrow at what was said "Like what?" She asked, she wasn't as sensitive when it came to chakras like Sakura & the red-head were. "I don't know but I guess we'll find out if we find it." Sakura replied
The busty brunette finally caught up to the pink haired girl. "Sakura what was it you fel- Oh my god tell me I'm seeing things!" Anko said as she froze in her spot, staring straight at two of the most deadly Akatsukis known to the shinobi nations.
Sakura said nothing as she ran past Anko & over to Pein, her hands glowed green as she came into contact with him, & Anko could only stare in shock at the betrayel that was playing out in front of her.
"S..s..s..s...Sa...k..k..k.ku..ra..ra w...w..wh...wha.what's..g..g.go...going on?" Anko stuttered out.
"Hime your beginning to get sloppy much to early in the game." Pein said as Sakura healed his wounds right there in the middle of the street.
"Anko I'll tell you everything when I'm done with them just please help me get them inside." Sakura said as she wrapped Peins arm around her shoulder helping him walk towards her house.
Anko slowly moved closer to Itachi & farther from her safety zone, Itachi looked like he was dying right there & he was so out of it that he said nothing as she wrapped his arm around her shoulder & helped him walk. During the walk to Sakuras parents home she said nothing, she couldn't say anything, the shock of Sakuras betrayal was frying her brain, but then when she looked up she could see the worry in Sakuras eyes as she talked to the orange haired man. She didn't know what they were talking about since they were whispering but she knew that whatever it was Sakura was about to go into a panic attack, just the way she was walking gave it away, her back was as stiff as a board & her aura was nothing but a mess, something no one other than her & Sai had ever seen.
Soon enough they were inside Sakuras old house, Sakura had gone somewhere down to the lower levels of the house with the deadly Akatsuki leaving her alone in the dinning room with Itachi laying on the table, he seemed like he was going to dye any minute. That was until Sakura walked into the room with the now cleaned up orange haired leader at her side, arguing, & not even trying to hide what they were arguing about.
"GOD DAMMIT PEIN!" Sakura yelled at him & it was that one scream, that made the man stiffen for a second on hand before he relaxed again, he must of done something to piss her off considerably, seeing as she herself had never heard her raise her voice like that.
"Sakura...how about this, we'll make her sign a blood vow just like Jiraiya & Hatake did, & if I feel that I still can't trust her then I'll take care of the problem from there." Pein said through gritted teeth.
Sakura said nothing for a little while but her arms dropped considerably as her posture relaxed, "Hand me the scroll when I finish up healing Itachi then." And with that the girl moved over to Itachi & took him off the table & placed him over the shoulder leaving her with Pein alone, with nothing to protect her from the man.
His hands moved into handseals & in a puff of smoke there was a small scroll in his hands. He threw the scroll at her & she caught it staring at it for the longest before he spoke.
"Chikai tamashi." The man said
And her eyes widened, she knew of the scroll, everyone knew of the scroll, but none had ever seen the scroll. It was a scroll that was said to be a myth since you were signing over your soul, which was why they named it that, it was exactly that, it was a soul vow. Once you signed it your soul belonged to another person, whether it was Kami-sama himself, or Kamin no Shi.
"It is either this or death, & I probably won't be allowed to touch you, Sakura wouldn't allow it & she'd end up having to do it herself." He continued.
"What's the pro's & cons?" Anko asked
"You follow whatever Sakura says, all my men have one of these so they can keep their recruits in their rightful places, if she believes she can trust you all she has to do it give you back your name, if she no longer does trust she, she only needs to erase it, I've already explained this to her though, & she understands completely." Pein explained
"All I have to do is follow Sakuras orders...no one elses right?" Anko asked
"Well not only Sakura but mine, & two others as well, but mostly only Sakuras, since you are here in Konoha & not Amegakure." Pein replied.
She shakily unscrolled it, looking at the bloody signatures that were already in it, only two, but two of the most major betrayels in Konoha were made, she bit her thumb, & began to sign her name, when she finished she threw the scroll back at Pein & watched as he put it into his cloak.
"It's a good thing you signed, if you didn't then Sakura would of had had to kill you, & then she'd be a mess of emotions which I could not handle." Pein said lazily.
"...you scare me..." Anko said
"I've heard that many times already." Pein replied
...Two hours later...
Sakura walked into the dining room she was a bit sweaty, & had a good amount of blood on her hands. "He's in stable condition, but he needs to rest so I put him in one of the guest rooms for now." Sakura said
She sighed as she looked around the room boredly before her eyes landed onto Anko. "...Pein could you leave us alone for a bit I need to talk to Anko alone." Sakura said
Pein merely nodded as he brushed passed the pink haired kunoichi handing the scroll over to her. " Anko...-
"-Sakura what do you think your doing?! I thought you said you loved Naruto, I thought you said you'd do anything to keep him out of harms way!" Anko yelled
"...I am doing anything, I became a spy for Akatsuki to help him, Pein gave allowed Naruto to live for five years, & I've been researching everything I can on how to save him, Anko you have to believe me, you know me, I could never hurt Naruto, you know I don't do things without a logical explanation." Sakura said in a hurried whisper
Anko stared at her, the girl was right, she always did have an explanation for everything, & the girl was much to lazy to lie about a god damn thing. "...I..I be..believe you." Anko stuttered out, she was to much in shock from the truthful confession to actually speak right. Sakura sighed. "Yeah you know me to god damn well not too, just don't tell Pein that I'm trying to save Naruto, he'll go ballistic & kill me." Sakura said
"Oh okay." Anko replied
Pein walked back into the room."Sakura, we've been summoned." He said as he leaned against the frame.
Sakura turned back around with a sad smile adorning her pretty face. "I thought he was the leader." Anko whispered.
"...He is, we're being summoned by the other members." Sakura replied
"Oh."
"Gomen nasai Anko but you must go, I'll talk to you tomorrow & tell you more." Sakura said as she all but pushed anko to the front door.
- End Flash Back-
"Perhaps it has something to do with Haruno-san?" Jugo asked
"Sakura?! what would they want her for? she already raised there deceased members from the dead, & Uchiha Itachi probably already told them everything about Konoha." Naruto said.
"We know this Baka...but still he has a point Sakura fits into this somehow, I just don't know how, Pein could have easily caught you right at the reception seeing as he had his chakra & you didn't, but he didn't even try to & you were right there." Sasuke said
"The boys got a point Hokage-sama." Ibiki said
"If they came after Sakura why didn't Nagato try to capture her then when they revealed themselves. He had the perfect opportunity to." Kakashi said
"Another good point, but then that would mean that he wasn't here for Sakura." Sai said
"THEN WHAT THE HELL WAS HE HERE FOR!" Tsunade yelled as he punched her desk causing everyone other than Naruto to jump.
"Kami-sama only knows." Anko said
Hey sorry for my very late updates but I'm very busy on this side of the screen, & then I'm grounded & only allowed on the comp. when I earn good points on my groundation, Uhh I'm sorry is all I have to say & if you lovely people forgive me then I'll write as much as I can when I get off of groundation which is on Sunday, but since my brother is staying in my room during the weekend I wont be able to use the comp. til monday but I will keep my promise to you all.
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