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Chapter 11: Bomb's Away!
-Team 7 and Guy-
"If Sasuke keeps pacing like that, there will be no more grass left." Kakashi watched his student
pace not far from him and the others. He looked lost in thought, hands in his pockets and eyes firmly on the ground as if all of his problems were staring at him though the dirt. Kakashi turned his attention to his other student. Naruto looked lost in shock. He stood in the same spot they had been hiding in when the commotion with Itachi and Sakura happened. He looked to the left of Naruto to find Tenten, Neji, and Lee conversing about who knows what. But by the way they would glance over every once in a while to look at Naruto or Sasuke he could tell it had something to do with them. That's when he noticed Guy next to him. He glanced over to his "rival". "Eh Kakashi it doesn't look like your students are in good shape after that little incident." Guy looked over to Sasuke especially. "Especially Sasuke, seeing his brother again must have put him in a bad mood. And because Sakura-san was with him must have been a shock." Kakashi looked from Guy to Sasuke. "Somehow shock is not the only reaction I think Sasuke had when seeing Sakura again. It almost seemed like... No that cant be Sasuke was never interested in her like that." But then again Kakashi wondered. He looked back over to Naruto who was now joined by Tenten, Lee, and Neji. They were trying to cheer him up and though it seemed like it was working, he could still see distance between them as Naruto was still lost partly in thought. Kakashi sighed and spoke to everyone. "Alright, everyone listen up." Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the shinobi. "It is too dangerous to follow those two right now. I have no doubt if we follow them they would notice our presence again and next time we might not be as lucky." "And a few words from Sakura might not be enough to stop Itachi again." He thought.
Sasuke looked away from the Kakashi and back down at the ground. He barely heard Guy tell everyone that they would take the longer way to the village hidden in the waterfall to keep from being detected from Sakura and Itachi again. "Itachi." He balled his fists so hard they shook, his face full of rage. Now that Orochimaru was out of the way he could focus on the problem that had him run to Orochimaru in the first place. And to think that Sakura was his partner hurt him in ways he didn't' know existed. He had to get Sakura away from him as soon as possible. If Itachi knew what Sakura was to him he could use her to hurt him. The thought made him tighten his fists to the point that they turned white. He had once thought Sakura was just a fan girl and sort of annoying. But when she started proving her strength and focused less on him he began to have some feelings for her. Especially during the Chunnin exams, he was impressed. Still he kept his distance. He needed to keep training and getting stronger or have the chance to have someone see that he cared for her and her get hurt because of it. "Sasuke-teme!" He looked up surprised and noticed Naruto right in front of him, waving his hand in front of his face. Sasuke slapped the hand away. "Geez Teme I was calling your name for three minuets, you were really spaced out there, believe it." Naruto put his hands behind his head and smiled. Sasuke glowered at him, about to throw out a smart remark when Tenten called them from a ways away. "Lets go slow pokes, Sakura awaits!" The two boys looked her way and saw everyone else behind her, waiting for them. Sasuke walked their way but not before slapping Naruto on the back and looking back at him, "Lets go dobe." He jumped to where everyone else, Naruto right behind him. He didn'tt notice behind him that Naruto's smile widened at Sasuke's words. "Its good to have him back." They went left of where Sakura and Itachi disappeared, headed to the village.
The group had finally reached the entrance to the hidden village six hours later. Walking into the village Sasuke and Naruto mentally cringed. The last time they were here it wasn't the best time of their lives, that's for sure. Everyone had their eyes peeled, looking for long cloaks with red clouds on them. They stopped in front of a hotel, unknowing to them Sakura and Itachi inhabited. They all gathered around. " I think we should split into teams to cover more ground." Guy looked around to each face as they nodded their agreement. "OK so then I will take my team and Kakashi can take his. We can meet back here in", A big explosion boomed overhead. Everyone one shielded themselves from the debris of the hotel as part of the building walls collapsed around them. When the dust cleared Kakashi looked around to see if everyone was alright. "Everyone in one piece?!" He called. One by one the others answered with a grunt or yes. Kakashi looked at the now ruined hotel and noticed movement within the remaining of the hotel. One no maybe three figure moving though the rubble. Looking around he noticed the others had noticed as well. He made signals to them to move towards the movement carefully. In his gut he had a bad feeling.
-Sakura, Itachi and mysterious figure-
"Bombs!" Sakura sprang into action, equipping the Toragan and tracking the bombs movement. But before she had a chance to move, and heard Itachi's door open and him grabbing her around the waist and jumping back several feet, missing the last bomb explosion by a hair. Itachi put Sakura to the side and released her waist. He noticed her feline like eyes, somewhat startled for a brief second before the man in question jumped a few feet from them. The jump made him loose his hood to reveal the very man they were hunting. "Hosame Kinamero." Sakura thought. "I knew the Akatsuki would eventually come looking for me after what I did. I just had to bide my time. You two aren't that smart thought are you? Not even trying to hide the fact that you are from the Akatsuki, I followed you and waited for you to let your guard down. Now I got you two right where I want you." Hosame smirked a twisted look to his face. Itachi and Sakura readied themselves, "Leader said take him alive if possible for questioning later but it doesn't look like that's going to happen, so he must be eliminated" Itachi talked to her in a low voice so he couldn't hear over what he was saying. Sakura gave a nod but focused on her surroundings. She noticed the rubble having a wet substance melting it. "Acid. He is using acid filled bombs, be careful Sakura-san." Serenity warned. Sakura relayed the information to Itachi who nodded but kept his eyes on the target.
Hosame pulled out shirikin in between each finger and threw them at both ninja. They both blocked them with kunai. Suddenly Itachi grabbed his left shoulder wincing in pain. Hosame laughed. "Uh oh looks like someone didn't dodge all my poison shirikin." "poison?!" She quickly turned to Itachi who had become very pale, holding on to his shoulder for dear life and grimacing in pain. Sakura didn't know what kind of poison it was but she knew she had to end this fight quick if she had any chance of saving Itachi, poison spreads fast. Hosame charged, heading towards Itachi most likely to finish him off. Sakura acted fast using her Toragan she flashed in front of Itachi and ran towards Hisame. She read his movements and blocked the first right punch he threw at her and threw one of her own, landing a blow to his abdomen and sending him flying back into the rubble hard. The building shook under them. "Sakura-san the building is collapsing. You need to get out of here before it comes down on us." Serenity's voice was full of worry and fear. Sakura knew she had to end this quick. She saw Hosame slowly try to get up from the ground. She took the slow opportunity to take a kunai from her bag and charge him to end it. She didn't like killing people but this was necessary. He got up just in time to grab two poison laced kunai and block her killing blow to his throat. Sakura saw the other kunai swing towards her head and ducked her body balancing on the balls of her feet. That's when she felt the chakra presences behind Hosame who seemed to noticed it as well. They turned as the seven shinobi jumped into the shaking building and landed a few feet away. If Sakura's eyes could have widened any more they would have fallen out of her head. There before here was her old team. Sasuke included. But how?
Sakura mentally slapped her self. Focus! She had to finish her mission and get Itachi out of here. She took the brief moment of Hosame's confused nature to kick out her leg and trip him up. Hosame landed with a heavy thunk on his back. The building shook with terrifying force. Sakura paid no mind to those around her who were saying her name or the building. She quickly brought her kunai up with her right hand, loomed over Hosame and plunged her kunai into his heart. He was dead in an instant. Everyone stared at her dumbfounded. Sakura left the kunai in the body and got to her feet. She had blood splattered on her face and clothes and stared down her former comrades. "Sakura-chan." She turned to the blond haired boy. Naruto. How he had grown. She noticed Kakashi as well. "So he finally returns after so long. What a coincidence. And Sasuke as well. My god but Sasuke was handsome. Not that he wasn't always handsome." "Naruto." She answered. Naruto seemed to get over his shock. "Sakura-chan we came to get you.The note you left is not true right? You cant really be leaving. You are not weak. Tsunade ba told us everything. Come back! We can be a team again. Look even Sasuke has come back and.." "No." Everyone turned from Naruto back to Sakura. Naruto looked confused. No? "Tsunade told you everything did she?" Sakura's Toragan eyes held a fury to match her angry and hurt voice. " Why was I not told when it was my family, my true heritage that everyone was keeping from me?!" Sasuke watched her yell and it reminded him of himself when he was small and so full of hate. She had the same expression.
He was about to comfort her somehow when their was suddenly a grunt of pain behind her. They turned to see Itachi on the ground holding his shoulder, looking at him. He forgot everything else. He grabbed the sword from his back and channeled his chidori through it. He screamed his rage and ran towards his older brother, ignoring the pleas from his Kakashi and Naruto to stop. Sakura panicked inside. "I have to stop him. Itachi is running out of time. I'm sorry Sasuke." She used her Toragan to pinpoint the exact time to intercept him and punch him back without harming herself in the process. She intercepted Sasuke with deadly speed and infused a small amount of chakra in her left fist, landing a low blow to his stomach. Sasuke kept his balance but slid back several feet back from her, holding his stomach and doubling over in pain. "Sakura.." He looked at her with a pain filled gaze. Kakashi and the others ran over to him, accessing the damage she inflicted. Naruto looked at Sakura, hurt filling his boyish features. "Sakura, why?" "Sakura don't do this. You will have really become a missing ninja and we will have to hunt you down." Kakashi took a step towards her. A warning. Sakura looked sadly at her old teacher. Than back to Sasuke. "I'm sorry." She said to both. She jumped back to Itachi. She knew she couldn't outrun or outfight all of them. Especially with Itachi in his state. She heard the building loose another wall. That's when she got an idea. She punched a chakra infused punch to the ground towards Naruto and the gang. The building around them collapsed. Everyone in the area she punched lost their footing and fell down the half of the building. Sakura looked down at the rubble that was once a hotel.
She knew the fall or rubble wouldn't kill them but it also wouldn't keep them down for long. She quickly but carefully draped Itachi over her shoulder and jumped out of the side of the ruined hotel. "The ninja from this village will likely investigate this. You need to leave the village now." Serenity warned her. She knew that but where could she go. She couldn't go all the way back to the base, Itachi wouldn't make it. She ran from the village a little ways into the dark part of the forest. She looked and looked for a good place to hide. She landed on a large rock. In front of her was a cave surrounded by a small lake and trees. No one would think to look here. "Sakura-san hurry! He is fading!" Sakura wasted no time, headed for the cave. With luck, she wouldn't be too late to save him.
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