Hey guys…sorry for the long long long long long wait .

Disclaimer: (cries) Naruto... is not created by me. I am not a manga artist…sadly…I have no artistic talent. The end.

IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTE: Yes, I am up to date with Naruto and know that there is another Akatsuki member that is a girl…and I know the Akatsuki’s leader’s name. For the sake of my story however, Sakura will be the only Akatsuki GIRL member so the blue haired female that shows up in the manga will NOT be mentioned here.

Thanks for all those reviewers out there! I LOVE YOU GUYS!! While I should be doing my English and Spanish project…I decided to update! Yay for procrastination!

Today is the big day! Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other and nodded their approval. Shino just stood there, as if he were a tree in the background. While the stoic Uchiha didn’t want to show it, he was actually very excited about going on the mission to bring Sakura back.

Naruto looked at Sasuke and sighed. He finally has him by his side again and yet, they were still incomplete. He wished that this story could have a happy ending in which Team 7 could be reunited together forever at last.

“We should start going now. Aburame, your insects grab her trail yet?” Shino closed his eyes in concentration, not that the other two shinobi would know that thanks to his sunglasses.

After a few seconds, Aburame opened his eyes and furrowed his eyebrows.

“This is strange.” He remarked.

Naruto and Sasuke looked at one another in confusion and the back at Shino.

“What do you mean? What’s so strange? Your bugs didn’t pick up her scent or what?” Naruto burst out.

Shino looked at Naruto and shook his head.

“That’s the thing. My friends say that she is just outside of Konoha. She is very close, too close.” Both Sasuke and Naruto looked taken aback.

“You mean to say that Sakura is headed towards here as we speak?” Sasuke questioned.

Shino shook his head again.

“No. She’s not moving from her spot. The other two Akatsuki members are with her. The problem is, why is she so close to the Village Hidden in the Leaves? If she knows that they are looking for her, why would she risk being caught?”

Sasuke sighed.

“Whatever the reason, we should take this as an opportunity. We can get her faster.” Sasuke remarked.

“What if it’s a trap?” Shino questioned.

“Then we’ll just have to figure our way out if it! Sakura-chan needs us! It’s our job to rescue her!” Naruto threw his fist in the air while the other two shinobi sweat dropped.

“If I remember correctly Naruto, she left Konoha to hang around in Akatsuki. Why would she even want us rescuing her?”

“That’s easy Shino! It’s cause Sakura-chan loves us! She wants us to save her! They probably black mailed her or something!”

Sasuke sighed once again.

“Let’s just get a move on.” With that said, all three shinobis started jumping off out of the outskirts of Konoha following Shino’s bugs/insects.

“What are you doing pinky?” Sakura swirled around to find Kisame staring intently at what she had in her hands.

“Um…I was getting supplies to go and get us…food.” She said nervously. God, she sucked at lying.

The truth is that Sakura was trying to get as much supplies as possible and get her ass out of there and warn Konoha of the approaching danger. How was she going to tell them to hide Uchiha Sasuke because later on in the day she was going to come back to kill him?

She thought that now would be the best time because Itachi was out in the river taking a shower and she didn’t think Kisame would even bother caring about what she was up to. Guess she was wrong about that part.

“How stupid do you think I am? You are definitely lying.” Sakura gulped.

“He he…you caught me…so um…what do you want fishy?”

“I want to know where you were planning to go with all those supplies in your hands.”

Sakura darted her eyes to the side.

“You see, I was just getting everything fixed. I know we are going to go on that mission and that I might have to end up killing Sasuke after all. You might not know this Kisame, but the truth is I can’t kill him.” She looked down at the floor, and started playing with her feet nervously. Kisame raised an eyebrow.

“Why can’t ya kill him?” Sakura sighed.

“You wouldn’t be able to understand. Just trust me. I can’t kill him even if it depends on me surviving. I can’t touch a single hair on his head if it’s with purpose of hurting it. When he’s in pain, I’m in pain.”

“Well then, what are you going to do about Akatsuki. You gotta kill this guy if you still want to stick around with us. You heard what Itachi said. Those are orders straight from the leader.”

“Yes I know!” She burst out and fell to the ground. “I just don’t know what I’m going to do!” With that, Sakura started sobbing until it came out into a full blown tear fest.

Kisame not knowing what to do in these types of situations just patted her back with one of his hands.

“It’s alright. I’m sure you’ll think of something.” Sakura looked back at him and smiled.

“Thanks Kisame.” He grunted.

“Whatever.”

He was just coming back from showering in the river when he saw Sakura talking to Kisame. Itachi watched the touching moment with disgust from behind a tree. How could she grovel on the ground and start to cry that way for such a stupid reason? Sasuke never appreciated her, why the hell was she still crying over him?

It made him grow frustrated. He hated the idea of Sakura feeling that way for his little otouto. In truth, when they were childhood friends the idiot was still completely unaware of Sakura’s feelings. When Itachi erased Sasuke’s memories of Sakura before the massacre, he was actually doing all of them a favor.

He should’ve erased Sakura’s memories too. Now it’s too late though. He wasn’t going to do it now. Although he really could and then Sasuke would never get her back…if he still did care, of course.

Maybe it’s the best for all of them if he rid her of her misery and of Sasuke’s haunting presence. He smirked. Then he would really be completely in control of Sakura.

He thought about this many times before but he never actually decided to do it because he didn’t want it to be this way. He was hoping that Sakura would get over Sasuke after she found out that he didn’t care about her and he didn’t even know who she was.

If only either of them knew, the reason why Itachi killed the Uchiha clan.

Maybe Sasuke would start to hate Sakura if he found out. Maybe Sakura would start to hate everyone, including herself too. He smirked.

The day before the Uchiha Massacre was a day that Itachi could never forget. It was what made him decide to kill them all.

Yes. I left you a cliffhanger! Don’t hurt me!! Please!! Anyway, the next update will be up faster though so no worries. Because the next update will most likely be on…SHIKAMARU’S or MY BIRTHDAY. Depending which day sounds better to me. The 22 or 24 xD