"Sasuke..!" Sakura calls, holding Raito in her arms and dressed in her more frumpy, casual clothes as she runs into the Uchiha's room a few weeks later, Mitsuki and Naruto at her back.

Blinking and turning to Sakura, Sasuke raises his brows at her hurried gait. "What is it?"

"Mitsuki's butterflies saw Itachi!" She calls worriedly, holding the child to herself.

His face falling, Sasuke nods as he stands. "It's time to enact our plan, then." Looking between Naruto and Mitsuki he then asks openly. "Someone find Daisuke. Mitsuki, where did you see him?"

"Outside the north gate." The black haired girl replies as Sakura runs into the main of the house, finding Seiji and Kazuya and placing the baby down.

"Seiji, watch the kids just for a minute! I'm going to go find Daisuke and I'll be right back, okay? I promise I won't leave you alone for long."

"What's going on? Who's Itachi? Why're you guys freakin' out?" Seiji asks in confusion while Naruto gives him a quick run-down.

"He's Sasuke's brother. We don't know exactly what to think about him yet. Look, if you see a guy in a black and red robe with red eyes, just run and try to hide somewhere, kay?"

Blinking a few times, Seiji's brows shoot up before he nods nervously. "Should… we hide now?"

"Nah. We'll probably be able to stop him before he actually gets too far into Konoha!" Jabbing a fist he just grins. "Don't worry about it-ttebayo!" After this, he rushes to follow Sakura back through the house.

Several minutes later, a group of young ninja and several older scouts lie in wait. Sasuke had wanted to avoid their assistance, but they had done their part and their jobs for the village, but had agreed it was best to let Sasuke handle his sibling.

"You left Orochimaru… and came back here…" Itachi utters as he and Sasuke face each other. "Did you leave with enough power to defeat me?"

"Itachi… What really happened that day?" Sasuke states bluntly, knowingly, making his brother frown.

"Why is it so hard for you to believe suddenly?" Itachi frowns deeply, putting on his façade as usual as he stares into his brother's sharingan.

"Because I've been given reason to doubt!" Sasuke shoots back.

"There is no other explanation. It is exactly as I showed you. Now, prepare yourself." Itachi's mangekyou sharingan opens suddenly, drawing Sasuke in.

"…What do we do…?" Daisuke asks Neji who watches the two with his own doujutsu.

"Their energies are still fluxuating. It's as if the entire battle is taking place between their eyes, and not their bodies… and yet…"

Within several minutes, Itachi stumbles forward and coughs blood into his brother's face before falling to his knees.

"Did he go too far…?" Naruto mutters worriedly as he lies in wait while one of the scouts grips a triumphant fist.

"Yeah… he did it..!"

Our fight wasn't that intense… why is he…? Wiping the blood from his eye, Sasuke frowns down at Itachi. Is he …already wounded?

"Sorry… Sasuke, this is it…" Itachi offers weakly, while giving his brother a typical smile.

"Sakura! Kiyoko! Now!" Sasuke calls out suddenly, the two medic nin jump from their hiding spots, both of them quickly taking to a healing jutsu.

"Wait.. What is Sasuke doing?" One of the scouts asks in confusion. As Naruto crosses his fingers and several shadow clones explode into being. They all jump from the trees to hold Itachi down.

Daisuke takes his cue to release his chained kunai from their scrolls. The rolled paper lies along the ground, covered in dirt to disguise it. These chains rip through Naruto's clones and wrap around Itachi, pinning him to the trees around them.

Now on a final act, Neji drops down in front of the Uchiha and uses his fingers to shut down Itachi's chakra flow to his eyes, as well as his hands and arms.

"S-Sasuke… wh- why … what….?" Itachi coughs weakly, spilling more blood onto the ground while Kiyoko says worriedly.

"I don't think the jutsu's working! It's more than injuries."

"…He must be sick… We should take him to the Hokage palace medics…" Senka offers, crossing her arms. "I was here to help fight if need be, but…it looks like he's barely a threat to anyone now…"

"…Wait, I'm confused." A chunin scout asks as he reveals himself. "Isn't this man a dangerous criminal? If he's going to die, then…"

"No." Sasuke states before nodding to Senka.

"Somebody should go and get the medics and bring them here… At this rate, he'll need us to constantly pump our chakra and… I don't know about Sakura, but… I can't keep it up like that." Kiyoko explains, shaking her head.

"…We need to at least give him enough chakra to last for a minute, or he'll die." But with that, Senka blinks before leaning towards the man, seeming considerate. "…You planned this. You wanted it this way all along. You wanted Sasuke to think you'd killed your family, when it was really that other Uchiha guy… You wanted him to take out his revenge on you instead, because that other guy's too strong, and you didn't want him to die… You came now because…you were already dying…and it'd be an easier fight for you to lose…" Suddenly seeming sad, the young woman turns to Sasuke worriedly.

"…You don't… unders-stand… none of… y-you… just stop and… let me die…" Itachi finally breaks, tears leaking down his eyes to mix with his blood. "He…. He's more powerful than… any of you… kn-know…."

"Itachi…" Sasuke states urgently. "Who was it? Who was it that gave you that order? Was it Danzo?"

"I can tell you that…" A voice states and when all those except the frightened Mitsuki turn, they straighten suddenly and stand with wide eyes as Tobi removes his mask unveiling the face of Madara Uchiha. As he approaches Sasuke, Itachi yells.

"N-no…!" Before hacking and coughing more blood onto the ground, sagging and passing into unconsciousness without Kiyoko or Sakura's chakra flow. However, from Sasuke's eye erupts a black flame that shoots forth toward Madara; the form of Amaterasu, but the older Uchiha dodges it easily and closes in on Sasuke once more.

"It was the elders and Danzo that gave Itachi his orders to kill Fugaku Uchiha. This entire village of Konoha has been against us from the beginning, Sasuke."

Stumbling back and holding his eye in shock, Sasuke slowly pulls it down revealing his own six point mangekyou sharingan. "What!"

"They feared a revolt from the Uchiha clan, and so Itachi served as a go-between; a double agent. When he learned of your father's betrayal, he had no choice but to carry out his orders, or be killed himself."

"..y-you're manipulating him..! Stop it!" Mitsuki calls, gripping her fists as she makes a set of hand signs before sending out a set of five butterflies. "We all already know that….I-it was you that did it, wasn't it! And Itachi wanted Sasuke to hate and kill him instead of you so he wouldn't die..! You're a liar!"

Reaching into a pouch on his side, Madara then flings out his hand; a set of shiruken spiral off to cut through Mitsuki's chakra scouts causing her to flinch and double over for a moment, leaving him enough time to dash forward and grasp her hair. Then swinging a leg out he kicks her to her knees and turns to Sasuke. "The clan was weak. Join me, Sasuke, and we'll make it strong again."

"…strength…isn't worth…damning…your soul…sasuke… …you can…be strong…in a better way…" Mitsuki struggles to utter, holding her stomach tightly.

Gritting his teeth, staring at Madara, Sasuke then narrows his eyes. …. No, I can't believe him! "You called… them weak…? They were still my family! They cared about me, and you destroyed that!"

Watching Sasuke a moment, Madara raises a kunai and then flings it.

His eyes widening, Sasuke moves forward quickly and then grunts, taking the blow in his stomach between the elder Uchiha and his dying brother. As he falls to his hands and knees, Madara scoffs and shoves the young kunoichi away from him.

"Weak… all the same… Very well, Sasuke."

"Stop!" A familiar voice calls from at his back as he starts to walk away, and when he puts his mask back on and turns as everyone else comes out of his genjutsu, Rin stands at the ready, scowling deeply. "You can't just walk away!"

Looking around the situation, and seeming at a loss for a moment, Madara then points. "Those two brothers are going to die soon unless you help them. We'll talk later." I'm glad for that distraction, otherwise… Now turning he rushes off quickly, blanking his mind to the thoughts that say otherwise.

"He's been diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis." Shizune explains to Sasuke and Sakura not long later. "It looks like he's been sustaining himself off of these drugs, and his own will. We'll try to offer him better help, but effective TB treatment is difficult, due to the unusual structure and chemical composition of the mycobacterial cell wall. What that means, is that it's difficult for medicine to break through and kill the bacteria. It could take anywhere from six months, to two years and a lot of that will depend on him."

"I see…" Sasuke nods and sighs before uttering to the pink haired girl next to him. "It's just like Senka thought; he came now when he was already dying. Which means I'm still no where near as strong as he was."

"..Do you know…the real reason Naruto is stronger than you…?" Sakura asks, turning up to him worriedly.

Blinking at her suddenly, Sasuke says nothing, but stares expectantly. What?

"…He cares a lot about the people around him… He lets himself love them all… He did that even when we all treated him really badly… The love he feels urges him on while he trains to push him to new heights. …You have to let your love in more before you can be stronger… Everyone has their own natural potential; but there's two ways to go after it. …Itachi's love for you made him so strong, too…" She explains, wrapping her arms around one of his.

Sighing, and closing his eyes, Sasuke then states simply. "I no longer question why, or the how, Sakura. The problem becomes this person; Madara Uchiha… There is only one other place that I've heard that name before… The crater, where I faced Naruto and nearly killed him… The being that told me that name was the Kyuubi inside Naruto. Itachi, even with his love, was not able to stop Madara from destroying our clan. And I still don't honestly know who's potential is higher…"

"…You might have to swallow a little of your pride and let those that love you help." She states with a sly grin.

Frowning gently, Sasuke then shakes his head. "If anyone dies on my account, I'll never be able to forgive myself. I've already got so much…"

"…think about it this way… Is it better for you to die against him alone and him to be Hokage? To rule us and make us do horrible things, killing us if we refuse?" Sakura urges with a soft frown.

"No, but…" Sasuke sighs as he looks down. "Neither is it to be the sole survivor… Or even just losing you… would be as bad…"

Blinking and blushing deeply, Sakura shivers slightly, gripping his thigh tightly with one hand before biting her bottom lip and trying to force the feeling away. This is so~ not the right time..! We just found out his brother is really sick, and…

"I'm going to figure out something." Sasuke utters with a sigh. "…We might as well go, I'm sure they'll call if anything changes…"

"Y-yeah..!" Sakura answers shyly, putting a hand to her flushed face to hide it from view. …He really loves me…doesn't he…? …I'm so…hot now… This is…really bad timing…

After they return home, Sasuke escorts Sakura to his room, rather than relieve Daisuke or Seiji from watching the children. He was mostly quiet on the way home, and still is as he steps in close and cups her cheek before kissing her deeply.

Blinking her eyes wide as a shot of electricity strikes her most sensitive spot, the pink haired young woman lets out a heated moan, gripping Sasuke's robes between her fingers tightly.

Resting his hand against her lower back, the raven haired teen breaks their kiss. Still panting softly from the heat he murmurs somewhat shyly. "…I don't want to… live or die with regrets anymore…"

"..Sasuke…" Sakura coos, her hands moving his robes aside slightly, as well as the under robes, gripping his shoulders and caressing his flesh sensually. "…I love you…so much…"

"I.. love you, too…" He murmurs back as the bandage across his stomach comes into view. One hand caresses down her body while the other raises up and under her shirt. His fingers move over her bare stomach as his head tilts and his lips find the side of her neck.

Whimpering as she pushes his rubes off, Sakura admits, a line of liquid slowly trickling down her leg from the inside of her denim skirt. "…I-I'm…so wet right now…Sasuke… I-it's…dripping… So hot… I've never felt this way before…"

Blinking a bit, Sasuke swallows softly before inhaling deeply and quickly pushing her shirt up. His hands wrap around her petite breasts as he kisses her deeply once more and presses his body tightly against hers; the solid hardness of his rod jabbing softly against her pelvis.

Closing her eyes and turning her head aside, Sakura trembles as she leans back against a wall, letting out a loud moan as her knees quake back and forth. She puts her arms up against the wall, panting as she whines helplessly. "Sasuke…! Oh please… I can't stand this…!"

Pushing her more firmly against the wall, Sasuke's hands travel down from her chest to her hips and lift her skirt hurriedly. One of his hands slides dexterously into her panties while the other reaches down to free his aching member from inside his pants. Leaning down, the Uchiha male's mouth finds her pert nipple and begins suckling and nibbling heatedly.

"Sasuke! Ahh~!" She cries out, her extra sensitive hole tensing around his finger, her wetness coating his fingers and making them slick. "D-Deeper, Sasu-kun..! Please!"

Pulling back his fingers, seeming surprised, Sasuke then smirks alittle before pushing Sakura's panties down and lifting her legs up and around his waist. Balancing her back against the wall, he pushes forward quickly; burying his rod into her willing hole.

Screaming out in pleasure, the young woman bucks her hips wildly, her wetness sloshing and splashing onto their clothes and thighs. "…I…I can't help myself..! So good.. I want…it deeper..! Fill me, Sasuke!" ..He'll think I'm a whore…making so much noise…and I'm so wet… At her thoughts, she whimpers and tears up slightly, though continues to leak her juices continuously.

Groaning deeply, Sasuke pumps wildly and heatedly into Sakura's body as he kisses and nibbles her neck passionately. This is making my stomach hurt but… it just feels so good, and… I want her so badly right now…

Crying out as her hole tightens, Sakura grips her nails into his shoulders as her love juices squirt forth from her hole, coating his rod as she throws her head back. "Sasuke!" I came so fast..! It feels so good… But I want more..! I'm burning up… My pussy is…so hot..!

Raising his brows in surprise, Sasuke licks his lips as he comments. "…You came… really fast, Sakura…" While he continues to thrust away inside of her, his eyes squinting in slight pain. She's so hot… so wet… it's so good…

"It's just…so good! I never knew sex could feel like this… I feel crazy! And so~ hot… M-My pussy… it's burning for you, Sasuke..!" The green eyed kunoichi cries, her small breasts bouncing from his motions.

"We've barely started, Sakura…" Sasuke cautions with a soft chuckle, informing in a smooth tone. "We're going to make love… until we're both too tired to see straight…" Backing up from the wall, he carefully lets her down and turns her so she now faces that same wall. Then gripping her wrists he bends her down and thrusts back into her once more; his cock forcing deeper than before.

Calling out once more as she throws her head back, Sakura's hole squishes from his thrust before she begins pushing back against him, her hole tightening around his girth. "Sasuke..! Yes! So good… So good!"

Groaning deeply, his eyes closing tightly, Sasuke pants as his sweat begins to bead and cling to his bangs. He shivers deeply and groans again out loud. "Sakura… so tight… I'm… cumming inside you…!"

"Fill me, Sasuke..! Give me your seed…! I…I want…it…inside me… deep inside me, Sasuke..!" The shorter ninja croons, begging for his release.

Pushing deep into his lover's body, Sasuke grunts out loud, closing his eyes tight as his rod jumps and throbs before shooting a heavy load of thick white seed into her. "S-Sakura…!" He clutches her tightly though his legs tremble and he falls back into a seated position, panting heavily.

Falling back against him on an over exuberant thrust, Sakura blushes as she sits on his lap, shyly moving to try and sit up.

Rubbing his stomach alittle, Sasuke sighs gently. "My muscles are still a little sore…" He explains while letting her sit up, but then wrapping an arm around her waist. "But… I don't want to stop yet…"

Blinking at his inference, the smaller female flushes deeper, asking as she chews her bottom lip. "…I was worried…you'd think I was a whore…or something… The way I was moaning and…moving… a-and now, I'm getting ready to…ride you…" She adds the last, blushing deeper still as she turns her eyes away.

"I wouldn't ever think that." Sasuke assures her before reaching up his hands to fondle her chest. "I want… all of your love, Sakura.."

Swallowing as her mind wanders, Sakura then nods shyly, shifting herself on top of the Uchiha male before flinching when she feels the head of his member butt up against her asshole. I hope this is kind of what he meant..

Blinking alittle in surprise, Sasuke then bites the inside of his cheek. Er… well, alright… Starting to blush, he watches as the head of his cock grinds against her lower hole and starts to ease it open. Licking his lips he murmurs subconsciously. "It's… going in, Sakura…"

Calling softly, hints of pain are over ridden by her excitement and heated emotions before she slowly sits upon his lap, wincing against the odd feeling. "…S-Sasu-kun…is…inside…my butt…" She murmurs, almost in revelation before her cheeks flush deeply.

Only nodding as he watches in surprise, he groans and pushes carefully. It's so tight… "Uhn… Sakura…" His hands reach up once more, wrapping around her breasts to grasp her nipples between his fingers.

Staying up on her feet and crouching lowly, Sakura whimpers and pants softly, shifting to begin turning to face away from him, leaning forward and yelping softly. "..it…hurts…Sasu-kun…"

Seeming thoughtful over this, he asks carefully. "Do you… want to stop…?"

"..n-no…please…Sasu-kun, I…want to love…doing this with you…!" She cries out, bowing her head against the pain before she lifts her eyes and turns to him with an honestly aroused and happy smile. "I'm just…so happy…to be here with you…! A-And to feel you…so deep inside my every hole… I want this…! ..Help me get used to it, Sasu-kun… I never want another man to touch me… I never have…!"

Closing his eyes and groaning, he carefully begins thrusting up against her, sliding deeper into her body as he murmurs her name heatedly. "Sakura….. Mmm….!"

Shuttering and panting still as she moves with him, a trickle of the pink haired girl's blood drips down the Uchiha's member. But even through the pain, the blood lubes their motions and the kunoichi lets out a shaky moan.

Oblivious to this, Sasuke's brows furrow deeply as he continues to grope and fondle her breasts while she rides him. He moans repeatedly as he returns her movements. It's going in so deep…

Her pussy tightens up, causing the same to happen to her ass as Sakura tilts her head back as her pert, hardened nipples respond to his menstruations "Sasu-kun..! Sasu-kun! Ahh! So…deep…inside me..!"

Gasping deeply, and closing his eyes tighter, Sasuke groans out his response. "I'm… going to cum again… Sakura…!"

"..P-Pull it out and…i-in my p-…pussy, Sasuke..!" Sakura suggest, turning with him still within her to face him, now exposing her ruby liquid to him.

Blinking a bit, his brows raise but then he just dismisses it as he slides from within one hole, and pushes quickly into the other; shooting another jet of sperm into her body. "Ahh..! Sakura..!" She's… bleeding, but I guess that's to be expected, like it was the first time.

Calling out and gripping his shoulders, Sakura leans over the taller male as she pants and trembles; his white seed oozing out and over filling her. "…sasu-kun…s-…sasu-kun….sasu-…kun…"

Panting and relaxing as his eyes slowly open, he looks up at her and reaches up a hand to run through her hair, offering softly. "I… love you…"

Smiling weakly as her pale green eyes tear up happily, the female ninja murmurs thoughtlessly. "…hearing you say that…now…after everything…I could die happy in your arms…"

"..Don't say that…" He urges bluntly, closing his eyes and shaking his head.