Disclaimer: I have never owned, nor will I ever own Naruto.

Theme: 17. Blood

Number of words: Exactly 100

Pairing: Itachi x Sakura

Rating: T

Warnings: none


She dug deeper into her comforter. Today was her day off and Itachi was venturing sometime soon.

Someone knocked on her door frantically. "Team One's returned! They're in the ECU right now."

Twenty minutes later she's elbow deep in an ANBU's chest cavity, pulling out inhaled pieces of shrapnel. The ANBU is barely stitched up before she's dragged to the next one.

No one's seen her fiancée.

It's 72 hours later and they've lost three men, Itachi's still MIA and Sakura's bone tired.

"Sakura-hime!" An intern yells. "We've found Uchiha-taichou! He's still breathing!"

Sakura breathes out a sigh of relief.