I do not own Naruto. If I did Sakura and Sasuke would be together by now and Sasuke wouldn't be such an ice cube.

Thank you to my readers for being patient with me. Sorry im posting so late Had to work a second shift for a coworker

Last Time on The Fine Line!

. "I came here to get stronger. I need to train and learn new Jutsus and I think I should start with him since Deidara was no challenge. I can do this!" Kisame and Sakura started at one another for a long moment. Deidara watched Sakura, smirking. "Time to see how strong I am and go from there!"

Chapter 9: Sakura's Second Fight!

Kisame looked down at the pink haired kunoichi. "Well since you made me lunch, it's the least I can do to pay you back. I assume you already know where the training quarters are?" He asked, looking at her dust ridden clothing and Deidaras shoulder, where blood splattered around the material. Sakura nodded. "Yes." She answered. Kisame and Deidara moved out of the room and back to the living quarters where the special bookcase lay, Sakura hot on their heels. Deidara pulled the book that triggered the bookcase to split in half, allowing them access to the long flight of stairs. As they reached the bottom of the stair and started to walk down the same dark hallway containing the same prisoners Sakura and Deidara had encountered some hours ago, she noticed the screams of terror and scurrying of feet they echoed throughout the hallway as they walked past each cell. It seemed that Kisame was more feared down here than Deidara. She couldn't blame them. When she first saw Kisame she was scared out of her mind. Not that she showed it.

Kisame, Deidara and Sakura reached the training ground a few moments later and Sakura wasted no time. She got into a fighting stance and waiting for Kisame to reach the other side of the training room and make his first move. He smiled, than grabbed his huge bandaged sword from his back and lunged at her. "Wo! He's fast!" she thought as she quickly grabbed a kunai from her holster and blocked his attack that was aimed for her head. She kept the sword blocked inches from her head with no effort. "Good thing Tsunade-sensei taught her inhuman strength." Serenity prayed. Sakura said nothing, focused on keeping Kisames sword from chopping her in half. Suddenly, darkish grey spikes protruded from his sword, breaking Sakura's kunai and breaking her balance. Kisame took advantage of that moment to swing his sword down towards Sakura's head once more. "Sakura! Now is the time to equip you kekei genkai!" Serenity commanded. Sakura closed her eyes, feeling power stir within her. "Toragan!" She commanded. She shot her eyes open, her normal green eyes swirling to a bright yellow and her round pupil slimming down to tight slits. She saw the attack coming and threw her arm in front of her face.

The spikes came down on her arm, slashing her forearm in one long stripe that quickly filled with blood. Sakura jumped back and grabbed her arm tight. "Sakura-chan are you alright?" Serenity said, concern laced in her tone. Sakura didn't answer, instead focusing on her wound to check the severity of it. She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized it wasn't as deep as she originally feared. It still hurt like hell though. She brought her attention back to Kisame and Deidara, who were both looking at her curiously. "Wonder what type of eyes she has." They both thought. Sakura smirked in Kisame's direction. "Looks like you didn't hurt me as bad as you were hoping." She said in a sing song voice. Kisame smiled, showing all his sharp teeth. "Your funny. I like you already. But I'm not going to hold back this time." Sakura closed her wound with her healing jutsu and looked back up at him. Sakura didn't have any time to react as Kisame made hand signs and thrust his arm out yelling, "Water Style: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu!" a large amount of water came together from his arm in the shape of a large shark and shot at Sakura.

Sakura dodged the shark and flew to her left. The shark hit the wall with great force knocking down a large chunk from it. It then turned towards her and went for round two. Sakura was about to get ready to punch the shark back when she had a flash. She saw a woman with pink hair in a large area behind what looked like a mansion, biting her thumb to draw blood and slide it down her arm. She then used the summoning jutsu to produce a large Bengal tiger. Sakura came back to herself just in time to mimic the justu. A poof sounded and a white haze filled part of the training center. Out came a Jaguar bearing its teeth at the large shark. Sakura could only stare as the Jaguar engaged the shark, Jumping on its back and biting down heard on the neck of the water shark. The Shark opened its mouth wide and exploded into a small stream of water, as the Jaguar gracefully landed on the small puddle and watched Kisame intently. Kisame threw up his hands. "Alright, Alright call off your disgusting cat!" He said scrunching his face, obviously disliking felines.

The jaguar looked back at Sakura, than poofed away. Sakura watched where the Jaguar was than looked at a clock on the wall and inwardly groaned at the time. She turned back to Deidara and Kisame. "Looks like its almost time for my mission. Why don't we call this a draw?" She said walking past him hand in the air towards the exit. Kisame withdrew his sword and followed her with Deidara to his right, ignoring the whimpering cries of the frightened prisoners. They came back up to the living quarters where Sakura excused herself and went back up to her room to gather supplies for the trip to the hidden waterfall village. When she finished she waved goodbye to Deidara who was heading for his room and walked to the outside of the front of the base. She looked to her right after closing the door behind her to find Itachi waiting for her, watching the woods silently. Sakura watched him for a moment, taking in the fact that she was standing in front of Itachi Uchiha. Murderer of the Uchiha clan, and older brother to Sasuke. "I cant believe I am standing next to Itachi. I wonder what Sasuke would think." She thought. as though Itachi sensed Sakura watching him, he turned to her with a dark intense gaze. "Stop staring, lets go." He said without any emotion. Sakura stiffened. "What a cold hearted.." "Sakura-chan!" Serenity interjected sternly, clearly disapproving. "Sorry Serenity." She thought. "Sorry, yes lets head out." She said aloud to Itachi. He watched her a moment longer, than jumped into the trees, Sakura not far behind.

~~~~END FLASHBACK~~~~~~

She was still steamed from that moment. "Holding a grudge is bad for you Sakura-Chan." Serenity scolded. Sakura pouted. "I am not." She thought. "Any way I wonder why when I summoned the jaguar, it didn't talk at all?" She wondered. If Serenity said anything, she didn't hear because she suddenly stopped on a branch and looked behind her. She could have sworn a moment ago she felt multiple chakra presences close behind them. She turned back to Itachi only to find him on the branch close by, staring where she had looked Mangekyo Sharringan in place. "Looks like I wasn't the only one who noticed the chakra's." She observed. Sakura couldn't help but feel that the chakra presences felt familiar somehow. Just as she realized why she knew they felt familiar, she saw Itachi move out of the corner of her eyes towards the bushes she intercepted him, arms outstretched. "NO!"

Well that's all I got this time folks! Sorry for the cliff hanger! Will be posting my next chapter by this Sunday so look forward to it! And please remember no flames please! If you don't like my story don't read it.

~Hilaryxkai1234