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Let Me In	By : emeraldfire84 Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1567 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Is it just me or do there not seem to be a lot of updates in the Naruto sections of the site lately? Keep writing people! I enjoy a good smut filled fic as much as the next pervert. It�s no fun if I�m the one writing all of them. Anyways, here�s another addition to the story that people have been waiting for (or at least, I HOPE they have been waiting for it.) enjoy!

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Let Me In

Sasuke cursed under his breath at the log he was suddenly slicing after a puff of smoke erupted in his face. Even though Itachi had not been a Konoha ninja for years, he apparently still remembered the village�s trademark substitution jutsu. More than that, he knew how to use it WELL. Sasuke could have swore he had felt his kunai tear through the tender flesh of his brother�s throat and felt blood coat his hands. Looking down at them now he saw they were clean and unstained. He should have known killing an Akatsuki member wouldn�t be so easy.

The younger sibling tossed the log aside and searched he landscape for any trace of his brother�s chakra. He wasn�t surprised when he found none; Itachi was keeping his tell-tale signature carefully hidden. Every rock and tree was now a potential hiding place and Sasuke kept his guard up, wishing not for the first time that he had the Byakugan technique that the Hyuuga family so proudly carried.

The attack came without warning and Sasuke barely had enough time to dodge, turning his body and whipping around the arm that held the kunai. Somehow he managed to graze Itachi�s cheek with the knife�s tip as the older man followed through with the punch that had been aimed at Sasuke�s head.

The brothers now stood several meters apart, Sasuke poised and waiting to strike with his kunai at the ready. Itachi let his tongue snake out and lick at the blood trickling down his face from the shallow cut inflicted on his cheek.

�Impressive. I didn�t think you�d be able to even scratch me before I ended your pitiful little life.�

�I�m not as weak as I once was brother.� Sasuke growled menacingly as the two began to circle each other.

�You could grow a hundred times stronger and still not be a match for me.� the elder sibling sneered. �It would be in your best interest for you to accept that fact and die quietly.�

�Do you really think I�m going to hand myself over to you?� the younger Uchiha practically snarled.

�No,� Itachi smirked. �And I am glad. Your resistance makes things far more interesting.

Sasuke cried out in anger and threw all of his weight into a kick aimed for his brother�s chest. Itachi caught his foot easily in one hand and used the momentum to flip his body while keeping the foot firmly in his grasp. The younger man grunted as his leg twisted painfully and his brother smirked, allowing him to pull his leg free.

Sasuke tried to ignore the pain that was shooting up his leg. His ankle and probably his knee were twisted out of alignment but he couldn�t let that stop him now. Just the sight of his brother standing there coolly, waiting for the next attack was enough to flare his anger and dull the pain, but he couldn�t let his control slip. He had to use his anger to his advantage and not let it blind him.

Itachi apparently became bored waiting for his brother to strike and was suddenly sending a series of kicks and punches in his direction. Sasuke blocked them all effectively but couldn�t help but notice that his brother was sticking to frontal attacks, keeping his rhythm steady and fairly predictable. The older man was just playing with him at this point. Was he trying to wear him down? Or perhaps he was now the mouse that the cat leisurely played to death.

�Fight me seriously you arrogant piece of shit!� Sasuke yelled, blocking one of Itachi�s fists in one hand and sending the other towards his brother�s gut. His punch was stopped easily by Itachi�s broad palm and Sasuke tried to keep from wincing as his fingers closed around the fist tight enough to grind the bones in his hand together painfully.

�You wouldn�t last a second if I were to fight you with all my power.� He rasped darkly. �It is you who is arrogant for even thinking you could ever keep up with me.�

Sasuke went to pull away but Itachi�s grip on him wouldn�t loosen. Suddenly, his brother�s knee shot up, connecting solidly with his gut and caused Sasuke to hunch forward, spit and blood flying from his mouth from the force of the blow. Not giving his younger sibling time to recover, Itachi swung his brother around by the arms and let go, sending him crashing into the nearest pile of rocks. Sasuke fell to the ground limply but almost immediately began to crawl to his feet. Itachi didn�t give him the chance and instead hauled him up by a fistful of his thick dark hair and slammed his head back into the rocks forcefully, causing a sea of stars to burst in front of Sasuke�s vision.

�What�s the matter little brother? Why don�t you fight back?� Itachi mocked, proceeding to lift Sasuke off the ground by his firm grip in his hair.

The younger man could feel blood running down his neck, no doubt from a cut caused by being thrown against the pile of stones.

�Go to hell.� he muttered thickly before spitting a combination of blood and saliva into his brother�s face.

Instead of growing angry, Itachi only smirked. �Hmm, the last person who did that to me was a helpless woman, right before I killed her. I see the similarities in you two.� He said, wiping his face with his free hand. �But you know what, your sweet little Sakura didn�t even try and resist when I took her. Not once did she tell me to stop.�

�You�re lying!� Sasuke growled as he began to visibly tremble with rage at his brother�s words. �Sakura would never willingly give herself to you.�

�Oh but that�s where you�re wrong.� Itachi chuckled cruelly. �Not only did she not resist, she practically begged for it. I had her screaming my name for hours on end and sometimes it still wasn�t enough for her.�

Sasuke began to struggle in blind rage, amusing his captor even more. Sandwiching the young man�s body between his own and the hard rocks, he forced him to be still and leaned to whisper in his ear.

�She WANTED it Sasuke. She wanted me to fuck her, and I did, over and over and over until she was raw inside.�

His words caused something to snap inside Sasuke. The thought of Sakura helplessly begging for Itachi to fulfill her because he had brainwashed her to do so was so revolting, so infuriating, that Sasuke lost control of himself as pure hate took over.

With a piercing scream, he pushed his brother off of him with chakra infused hands, causing him to let go of his hair and stumble back a few steps, surprised at his younger sibling�s sudden display of strength.

Instantly Sasuke began to gather energy in his hand and soon the crackling of his powerful chakra filled the air with the sound of birds. The enraged man lunged at his brother, intent on sending his ball of energy right through the S-class criminal�s chest, but the older man gracefully dodged and connected a powerful hit to his attackers head, sending him face first into the dirt.

The younger Uchiha rolled to the side, narrowly missing the crushing blow of Itachi�s boot as it landed right where his head had previously been. In a split second Sasuke pushed himself to his feet and lashed out angrily at his brother in a flurry of kicks and punches. His anger made him erratic and hard to predict and if it wasn�t for his sharingan, Itachi might have had trouble following his brother�s movements. Instead, the runaway ninja was quite pleased with the result of his taunting. The speed of Sasuke�s attacks proved to be a slight challenge and made the battle a little more interesting. However, although his rage gave Sasuke speed and strength, it also made him careless and sloppy. He was leaving himself open for attack far too often and it would be too easy to land a critical hit on him with his poor defense.

Itachi used the next opening in his brother�s attack to land a solid blow to his jaw. He could have easily shattered the bone but purposely held back a little. He didn�t want the fun to be over so soon.

The force of Itachi�s punch sent Sasuke rocketing backwards but he was able to recover before he hit the pale cluster of rocks behind him. He shifted his body in midair and pushed off of them with his feet to land safely on the ground in a crouch. Although his jaw hurt like hell and was already starting to swell, Sasuke was thankful his brother had literally knocked some sense into him. He couldn�t keep fighting his brother like this. He needed to get organized if he hoped to win this fight.

Instantly the younger Uchiha flickered out of sight with a teleportation jutsu, leaving Itachi chuckling in his wake.

�Come out little brother. It�s inevitable that you meet your end at my hands. Hiding won�t do you any good.�

�Who said I was hiding?!� came a cry from above and Itachi looked up just in time to see Sasuke form familiar hands seals before inhaling deeply with his fingers to his lips. If the older man hadn�t utilized his lightening-quick reflexes and dodged out of the way, he would have gotten a face full of flames. As it was his shoulder had been scorched bad enough to where the skin was starting to bubble.

�Interesting.� Itachi said, seemingly unphased by his injury. �It seems you aren�t quite as pathetic as I thought. I�ll have to actually TRY to fight you.�

The arrogance dripping from his brother�s voice had Sasuke seeing red all over again. He lunged at Itachi with kunai drawn but the man disappeared before he could reach him, no doubt using the same jutsu Sasuke had just used. Instantly the younger man felt his brother�s murderous presence behind him. He spun around to fight him and found himself staring into the crimson depths of his brother�s eyes, the Mangekyou sharingan spinning lazily and pulling him towards it like a moth to a flame. Sasuke tried to look away but it was as if he were hypnotized, powerless to do anything but fall into his brother�s jutsu, fall to a place where death was preferable and hell looked appealing.

Red turned to gray and gray turned to black and soon the outside world had melted away, leaving Sasuke in a place where time didn�t matter and Itachi was in control.

Yes, hell would indeed be preferable.

~~~~~

Naruto was walking down darkened halls in a place that was strangely familiar. It felt as if this were a place he had seen before in his dreams, and even now he wasn�t sure if he was sleeping or awake. His feet dragged as he stumbled down corridor after corridor towards a destination that his feet seemed to know but his mind did not. Everything was hazy, his vision faded in and out and he felt weaker now than he had felt in ages and several times he was sure he would fall to the ground and not be able to get up.. Yet somehow, he managed to make his way around the last corner to find himself in front of a gate that towered far above him, closing him off from the deep darkness that lay beyond.

The rapidly weakening boy knew what was beyond these bars, knew of the monster that lay inside. There had been times when he had desperately tried to keep it under control, keep it subdued, but now, he had no choice but to ask it for help. He needed its help and its power or Naruto was going to die.

With the last of his strength, the man clutched a thick metal bar in ear fist and hung his head as he sunk to the floor, silently pleading the creature within to come to his aid since he no longer had the will to even speak.

Sudden a low growl rumbled from deep within the darkness. Naruto lifted his head to see two glowing eyes emerge out of the blackness, ablaze with sinister light that was terrifying. Yet Naruto knew he had to give in to this beast and temporarily relinquish control or he would die right here, trapped within the subconscious of his own mind. Naruto closed his eyes and released the barrier within him, unlocking the gate that held the monster captive. The last thing he remembered was a blaze of light as the 9-tailed fox sprung free of its prison and took over Naruto�s mind.

~~~~~

Sakura had drained nearly all of the blonde haired man�s life energy. She was just about to pull her hands away before she killed him when she felt something strange. Until now his chakra levels had been steadily decreasing as she drank in all his power but suddenly a new pulse of energy stirred within him, a deeper, stronger energy.

Intrigued, she continued to drain his chakra, hoping to absorb some of this newly tapped energy to better analyze its properties but soon it became apparent that something was very odd. This power was increasing far too rapidly for someone who was on the edge of death. It was bubbling to the surface from somewhere deep within. Sakura shifted her weight nervously, still straddling the whiskered man�s prone form.

She looked into his seemingly serene face, looking for a clue to this strange power and watched in horror as his eyes snapped open, revealing glowing orange eyes and cat-like pupils. In that instant, all of Sakura�s questions were immediately answered.

�Shit.�

She tried to scramble off of him but his fingers locked around her slender wrists, forcing her hands to remain pressed to his naked chest. Naruto�s lips split in a smile that was far too cruel to come from anything other than the fox demon inside of him.

Sakura knew she had made a big mistake. Although she was far stronger than before, she wasn�t prepared to take on her former team mate while he was being controlled by the Kyuubi no Youko within him. His grip on her wrists was crushing and left her no chance of escape. To make matters worse, the power within him was still steadily rising.

A bright red glow suddenly emanated from the man�s body, his chakra now so powerful and plentiful that it was clearly visible. The pink haired girl tried to pull her hands away from his chest but his grip held her fast and she let out a scream of pain as his powerful energy burned her palms.

Naruto easily flipped them over so her smaller form was pinned beneath his and leaned down to whisper in her ear in a voice that was rough and low and very unlike the one Sakura knew.

�Now who is the one who�s pathetic?�

She could feel his claw-like finger nails digging into her skin, no doubt drawing blood and his vertical pupils were dilated to thin slits, burning into her brain as they stared at her. The helpless girl whimpered softly, all of Itachi�s training useless to her now.

Something in that soft sound made Naruto pause. That sound wasn�t tainted with arrogance or cruelty like her other words had been. That sound could have come from Sakura, the REAL Sakura buried beneath Itachi�s carefully constructed alto ego of her.

From deep within himself Naruto called the fox demon back and reclaimed control of his body. His red aura dissipated and his eyes faded back to blue. He looked down at the girl under him, genuine fear in his eyes and noted the blood running down her forearms from where his claws had punctured her skin.

Keeping her arms pinned to the ground he began to speak to her, trying to draw the real girl inside out.

�Sakura, I know you�re in there. Come back to me. You are too strong and too stubborn to let someone else take over your body for long.�

Seeing that the man had returned to normal, Sakura sneered once again. �Too weak to actually kill me Naruto? You�re a fool. The old Sakura is never coming back.�

The whiskered man just stared into those beautiful jade eyes, now dull and hard with contempt and continued to speak, not to her, but the girl inside.

�Sakura, when we get you back to Konoha, the three of us can train again together like we used to. We�ll eat Ramen at Ichiraku�s and plot to get Kakashi to take off his mask. Remember last time we tried? We were all so frustrated by the end of the day because NOTHING we did ever worked.�

Naruto wasn�t sure, but he thought he saw something soften in Sakura�s eyes. Her mouth, however, was far harsher.

�Your sentiment means nothing to me. Get off of me you demonic son of a bitch!�

Undeterred, Naruto continued.

�I know Tsunade will be happy to have you home. Don�t tell her I told you this but she really respects you and how much you�ve grown. She thinks of you as the daughter she never had Sakura. You mean far more than just an apprentice to her, and you�re far more than just a team mate to me�and to Sasuke. We��

�Shut up god dammit! Just SHUT UP!�

Sakura began to struggle violently beneath the body pinning her to the ground. Her teeth were bared in an animalistic snarl and Naruto imagined that if she was able to get free, she might lunge at his neck and try and tear out his jugular. However, his words were having at least SOME effect, although good or bad he wasn�t sure. Raising his voice to be heard over her cursing, he kept speaking to her gently.

�We both care about you so much Sakura. That�s why we are here, we came to save you, to take you home. You belong with us in Konoha with your friends and family. You don�t deserve the life of a criminal and that�s all Itachi can offer you. But we can offer something he can�t. We can love you Sakura.�

�STOP IT!�

Sakura was thrashing s violently that she actually managed to throw the blonde man off of her. She scuttled backwards against the nearest tree, eyes wide like a terrified animal now that her implanted logic was crumbling around her.

�You�re lying.� She hissed venomously as Naruto picked himself off the ground and stood before her.

�Then what are you so afraid? Lies have no merit, but you know my words do.�

�No!� Sakura grabbed her head in her hands, either trying to block out Naruto�s voice or keep Itachi�s teachings in. She was shuddering and whimpering incoherent words, trying to convince herself that she wasn�t in the wrong for turning on her friends.

�Come back to us Sakura. Please��

Deep within the pink haired woman�s mind, a subconscious was beating hard on the weakening door that had sealed her away. She could hear Naruto speaking to her, the love and sincerity audible in his voice. Every word gave her strength while simultaneously weakening the imposter�s resolve. She had to get out, she had to remind her outer self of who she was.

�I�m not leaving here without you��

Sakura looked up at him, eyes wild and crazed. �You won�t be leaving here at all. It is Itachi�s wish to have you alive, but I am going to kill you.�

Her voice was unsteady yet detached, as if killing was something to be talked about casually. She pushed herself off the ground onto wobbly legs but quickly regained her balance. She fixated delirious eyes on the blonde shinobi before her, no longer cold and cruel but no closer to be being the real Sakura.

In fact, Naruto was fairly certain this woman had just gone insane.

~~~~~

Sasuke was helpless as vision upon vision flashed before his eyes. Even when he closed them, they still found a way into his mind. Trapped inside his brother�s powerful jutsu, he was powerless to stop Itachi from forcing upon him images of what he had done to Sakura�or supposedly done. His older sibling could be spinning a web of half truths or even complete lies, but Sasuke couldn�t tell the difference. Instead, he had to endure the feeling of his heart being torn in two and an overwhelming nausea rising in his stomach as the sick and twisted motion picture commenced.

Sakura on her back, naked from head to toe and face contorted in pleasure as his brother knelt between her legs, his head positioned at the apex of her thighs. The picture grew even more graphic as the sounds of her moans could be heard and Sasuke could actually see Itachi�s tongue running over her delicate pink folds, now glistening with moisture.

Suddenly, the image had change and Sakura was now on her knees, bobbing her head up and down as she sucked on Itachi�s member, the older Uchiha�s hands buried forcefully in her pink hair, urging her to take him deeper into her mouth.

�Stop, no more!� Sasuke groaned, barely able to speak through the sickness wracking his body.

The next scene was even worse. Itachi had Sakura on her back with her legs over his shoulders, thrusting into her violently. Their act was devoid of all love and his brother was simply using her to fill his animalistic needs. However, that didn�t stop her from crying out his name in a fit of lustful passion as he rammed into her over and over.

Now she was on her hands and knees. Then astride his hips. Against the wall. On her back again. The moving images just kept coming and coming. All of them showing his team mate in utter rapture, screaming in pleasure as Itachi screwed her senseless.

�No�no more.� Sasuke was nearly blinded by the nausea he felt. The only thing keeping him from emptying his stomach�s contents was the anger boiling within him. Swallowing the bile that kept rising, Sasuke fought against his illness until it was merely a queasiness within him. He wondered if vomiting was even possible inside the world of the Mangekyou sharingan but would rather not find out.

The images kept coming but they seemed to bleed together into a blur of grotesque erotica that Sasuke did his best to block. He felt his chakra levels begin to deplete after having his own sharingan activated for so long but to stop using it now would be the end of him. He had to find away to break out of this mental prison if that was at all possible, but his train of thought was suddenly interrupted by his brother�s voice echoing around him.

�He�s selfish and only wants power. You cannot offer him this and are of no use to him Sakura. He doesn�t need you.�

The image in his head currently showed Sakura tied to a bed, his brother hovering over her whispering these words of corruption to her in a soft, seductive tone. So this was how he had brainwashed her?

�Sasuke has never cared for anyone but himself and he never will. You deserve better than that Sakura and Sasuke deserves to be punished hurting you all these years.�

Sasuke felt his anger rise further. Yes it was true he had been less than friendly to Sakura at times during their training together as Team 7 and it was a fact that he was beginning to regret his every waking moment, but for Itachi to use this against her, to corrupt her innocent mind, that was unforgivable.

�Don�t be embarrassed Sakura. I want to make you feel pleasure. Sasuke could never do this for you but I can, and I can do so much more if you stay. Stay and learn how to make him pay for what he�s done. Stay with me Sakura.�

Disgusting. Demeaning. Repulsive.

�You like what I�m doing, don�t you Sakura?�

The fucking bastard.

�You like how it feels when I�m inside you, when I�m stretching you. You like it when I take charge and force you to submit to me. You want me to take you, to make you mine.�

Sasuke couldn�t take it, couldn�t listen to his brother�s sickening words another second. He revolted against Itachi with every fiber of his being, mentally screaming in protest as he forced his brother from his mind.

The younger Uchiha suddenly found himself back in the real world under the bright light of the sun, away from the dark colors of black red and gray. His knees buckled under him and he crumpled to the ground in an undignified heap, his sharingan dispelled as he fought to catch his breath. Sasuke saw that across from him, his brother too looked shaken, although not from exhaustion but from shock.

�How the hell did you do that? Nobody has ever been able to break that jutsu!� Itachi demanded, closing the distance between Sasuke and himself with a few long strides.

�I guess you pushed me too far brother. What you did to Sakura is unforgivable. Even burning in hell for an eternity isn�t a suitably painful end for you.�

Itachi smirked cruelly. �And I suppose you think that you�re the one who is going to send me there? Think again little brother.�

The older man cuffed Sasuke on the side of the head, sending him face first into the dirt once again. With nearly all his chakra depleted, the younger sibling was sluggish to react as he tried to push himself onto his knees, only to collapse to the ground again when Itachi placed a foot in the center of his back and ground it painfully into his spine.

�I told Sakura that once she was done beating Naruto unconscious, I would let her finish you.� The S-ranked criminal sneered. �But of course we both know that she is no match for either Naruto or for you, although you�re so weak now that even she could probably finish you.�

Sasuke struggled weakly but the boot held him firmly against the ground.

�If your blonde haired little friend doesn�t finish her first, I�ll have to dispose of her, just like I�m going to dispose of you. It�s such a pity too. I doubt I�ll ever find a sex toy again half as good as your little whore of an admirer.�

Sasuke growled menacingly and struggled harder but he only succeeded in drawing a few chuckles from his brother. The foot on his back continued to press down with increased pressure and would have surly broken a vertebra or two if it had not been for the thump behind them that drew the attention of both men.

Sasuke�s heart sank when he saw a bloodied Sakura dump an even bloodier Naruto at her feet, the blonde seemingly unconscious because he fell to the ground like a rock.

�Well well,� Itachi mused, taking in the scene of the heavily breathing Sakura and her fallen opponent. �I wasn�t expecting you to have beaten him so fast.�

�He was as stupid as ever.� Sakura spat, crossing her arms over her chest and looking at the man at her feet as if he were an insect. �He was so convinced that he could �save� me that he was afraid of hurting me and held back.�

Sasuke mentally shook his head. That sounded like Naruto alright. He was always giving people the benefit of the doubt, but this time, it had caught up with him.

�Come here.� Itachi commanded, still not taking his foot off his brother�s back. Sakura obeyed and stepped over the motionless body to stand next to the older Uchiha. �You have done well Sakura, as your reward, I�ll let you watch dear Sasuke�s death.�

�I thought you said that I could kill him.�

�There�s been a change of plans. Just be thankful you can watch the show.�

Itachi pulled her close to him and studied her face, observing her numerous cuts and bruises including a split lip that was still oozing blood. �My, he certainly put up a good fight didn�t he?� The older sibling dipped his head and let his tongue wander over the injury, lapping up the blood that ran down her chin before moving in to claim her mouth with his.

He stopped when he noticed the way she stiffened when his tongue probed her lips. �What is it?� he asked, pulling away to look at her once more. There was something different about her, something he couldn�t put his finger on. His mind was so preoccupied with searching her face for the change that he failed to notice her hands alight with gathered energy until they gripped each of his biceps firmly in an attack.

�What are you�what the hell! Sakura?�

Itachi tried to grab her but he found that both arms were now completely useless and unresponsive to his will. She had efficiently scrambled the neural pathways from the muscles to his brain and no amount of chakra would reverse it until the jutsu had run its course. That�s what had been different about her. That defiant spark had come back into her eyes. Somehow, she had recovered from his brain washing again. He should have killed this troublesome girl when he had the chane.

Realizing what had happened, Itachi lunged at the woman with a snarl but Sakura dodged and delivered a kick to his chest, sending him reeling backwards and tripping over Sasuke who was pulling himself to his feet.

�THAT was for touching me.� Sakura said in a tone of pure disgust that Sasuke had never heard before.

�You bitch!� Itachi growled. �You�re supposed to be under MY control. I own you! Obey me!�

�I would rather die than follow a single order from you ever again.� Sakura said, wiping her tainted lips with the back of her hand.

Sasuke was so busy watching Sakura with a mixture of awe, joy and confusion, that he didn�t notice Naruto until the blonde put a hand on his shoulder.

�Are you all right?� The blue-eyed shinobi asked with concern.

�Naruto? I thought you were�didn�t she�?�

�Oh that?� he said, jerking his head towards the spot where he had laid just a few seconds ago. �I was just playing possum. I had you fooled didn�t I?�

Sasuke shook his head in disbelief. He was sure that both of his team members were as good as dead, but now with this sudden turn of events, they had the upper hand. They had to use this chance to their full advantage.

�Naruto listen, just because Itachi can�t use his hands doesn�t mean he�s defenseless. He can�t use hand seals but he still has the sharingan. Whatever you do, don�t look him in the eye.�

The blonde gave a short nod of understanding and sunk into a fighting crouch. �Can you use the Chidori?�

�Yes, but I only have one time left so make it count.�

�When I hit him with Rasengan, you hit him with Chidori, got it?�

Sasuke didn�t have to reply, he was already filling his hand with the crackling blue energy as Naruto summoned a clone to help him gather chakra into his own palm. Sakura meanwhile, was trying to keep Itachi on the defensive before the boys were ready to attack.

�So, I guess even sick minded missing nin need a girl every now and then don�t they?� Sakura said disdainfully, kicking the fallen ninja in the side as hard as she could. She nearly fell when her foot connected with nothing but air but was able to right herself before hit the ground.
�How could I resist such a tempting catch, especially when you were so easy to seduce?�

Itachi�s breath was hot on the shell of her ear. How the hell had he gotten behind her? Sakura knew she was no match for Itachi but it was becoming painfully obvious just how far in over her head she was. She hoped Sasuke and Naruto were working fast because she wasn�t sure how much more time she could buy them.

Itachi dropped into a crouch and kicked his opponent�s feet out from under her before she even had time to turn around. She hit the ground but used the momentum to roll to her feet and spring at him head on. What she hadn�t accounted for however was the sharingan spinning lazily, boring its way into her brain once again. She stopped mid-attack and collapsed to the ground, eyes vacant and empty as the jutsu worked to instantaneously break down her mind beyond repair.

�Sakura!� Sasuke screamed, seeing Itachi prepare his attack and knowing how devastating its effects would be.

�Shit!� Naruto cursed, his clone disappearing in a cloud of smoke. �Sasuke, we have to attack NOW!�

Simultaneously the two charged Itachi who had not yet turned around. Their concentrated attacks both hit Itachi squarely in the back and immediately exploded outwards through his chest as the energy of the Chidori came in contact with that of the Rasengan. The elder Uchiha watched in morbid fascination as his chest opened up and pieces of his fractured ribcage burst through the skin, tearing through until nothing was left but a gaping hole.

�No� this is�impossible.� He murmured as his own blood painted the ground crimson. He couldn�t die this way. He was practically immortal and far too powerful for a trio of low class ninjas to defeat him. How had this happened? How? How?! He had thought it would b so easy to kill his brother and return with the Kyuubi container intact, but now, somehow, it was he who was bleeding to death on the battlefield. He had thought his plan was perfect. Where had everything gone wrong? The S-ranked criminal was still thinking these thoughts as he sunk to his knees and breathed his last breath with lungs that no longer existed.

Naruto watched as the famed Itachi Uchiha lay on the brink of death, sent there by his own hands. Now the deaths of the entire Uchiha clan, plus the harm done to Sakura were finally avenged. Oh shit, Sakura!

The blonde�s head snapped over to where she had fallen and saw that Sasuke was already kneeling at her side. His fearful expression told him that the situation was not a good one. He took a step towards them but something wrapped around his ankle and stopped him. Naruto looked down to see what had restrained him and found himself staring into swirling black and red eyes. Itachi apparently was determined to take someone with him as he passed into the next world. Pain instantly erupted inside Naruto�s skull as the dying man�s attack tore at his mind. The whiskered man was nearly brought to his knees with the intensity of the throbbing in his head as he tried to break his gaze with the Uchiha but was somehow being held there as if under hypnosis.

Itachi opened his mouth to speak but only made a faint wheezing sound, his lungs not available to draw in breath. Just when Naruto thought his head would explode, the sharingan stopped spinning and deactivated, their owner�s chakra spent and life extinguished.

Naruto shook his head and rose to meet Sasuke who had Sakura cradled against him in a scene so tender and tragic, that Naruto felt tears spring to his eyes and wondered if indeed this was the same Sasuke he had known only a few weeks before. The affection the Uchiha felt for the woman laying limp in his arms was all too obvious now and he hoped to god that Sakura would be alive to see it, to see that there really was a good person deep inside Sasuke Uchiha after all, a loving, caring human being that needed more than just revenge and power, or at least he hoped so. Now that he had exacted his revenge, he was going to need something to fill that big hole in his life.

�Sasuke. Is she alive?� The blonde asked fearfully, seeing that Sakura was still unconscious.

�She has a pulse, but it�s faint. We have to get back to Konoha as soon as we can.�

Naruto nodded as Sasuke hoisted the woman over his shoulder. Naruto prepared to depart but instead staggered as if dizzy.

�Hey, what�s the matter with you? What�s wrong?�

�Saw sharingan�head hurts bad��

�Itachi used the sharingan on you?�

Naruto nodded weakly.

�Shit.�

Sasuke knew the dangers of being affected by the Uchiha blood limit. It could drive a person insane or leave them a mindless vegetable. Frankly, Naruto was lucky he could even still speak. If Itachi�s attack had been at full potency, that certainly would not have been the case. Regardless, it was now even more important to make haste to Konoha.

But first there was something he had to do.

Still carrying Sakura over his shoulder, Sasuke walked up to his brother�s lifeless body and made a few quick hand seals. Inhaling deeply, he spewed fire from his lips until the corpse was fully engulfed. The sharingan was a massive weapon of destruction and could be devastating in the wrong hands. He wanted to make sure all of the Mangekyou sharingan�s secrets were destroyed.
Satisfied the corpse was beyond recognition, the dark haired man turned to his comrade.

�Naruto, are you ready to go?�

He was greeted only with silence, for his comrade had collapsed and lay motionless on the ground.

�Son of a bitch.� Sasuke cursed, repositioning Naruto onto his shoulder and scooping Sakura into his arms, cradling her lighter body against his chest. He now had two seriously wounded comrades and was at least three days from Konoha with nothing but forest between here and home. Sasuke hoped his ankle, still throbbing from being twisted by Itachi, and his strength would last at least long enough to get them home safely.

�Please let them live. Please let them live. Please�� he chanted over and over softly as he bounded from tree to tree in the direction of home, never in his life feeling as scared as he did at that particular moment.

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OMG it�s another chapter done at last! This one took me SO long to write. Once again it�s probably because of the lack of lemons but I�m sorry! It can�t be about sex ALL the time. I really hope you liked it because I really had to wrack my brains to write this thing. I think I chapter or two more should finish this story up. Aren�t you excited! Oh, and for those of you following my other stories, I�ve started the next chapter of �Some Light Reading� so more Kaka/Saku smut is on the way, though I may be taking a break for Christmas. Happy Holidays everyone and keep reviewing! (Think of it as your present to me!)

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