Chapter 24: Revenge

“Iie….Chidori Nagashi” she stated in a low tone. Itachi was ready, sword in hand and ready to fight for his life. Sasuke’s palm filled with Chakra the slowly his whole body. Sakura witnessed the sight; it was like when Naruto when he had turned into the nine-tailed demon that rested in him.

Itachi’s eyes witnessed the scene his eyes were bored. “I see…so that’s what you’re doing” Sasuke could tell that his plan was doomed to succeed. He didn’t have the slightest chance of winning in this condition. A grunt was heard from the younger Uchiha as he stood up, his body being shrouded in his Chidori Nagashi. Itachi raised an eyebrow as he observed his brother’s what he thought pathetic actions.

Itachi was now concern on what this battle between Sasuke and him was truly meant to prove, was his little brother trying to prove that he could avenge the Uchiha clan or did he lose sight of that goal and concentrated his thoughts on that one girl? Sakura?
Sasuke became more enraged by the minute, Itachi saw the sight of his pitiful brother, Sasuke glared at the brother he knew, his hands now hanged on his side, his fists clenched up in anger. Sasuke has his head tilted down while the Chidori Nagashi surrounded his body.   The elder took this as his chance, he ran towards the nearest tree, focusing Chakra to his foot ran himself over to the tree that was situated behind his younger brother. His katana still in hand. Crimson eyes still activated, and the will to kill his brother. As his foot left the tree bark, he directed the Katana towards his younger brother. The minute the metal had gotten close Sasuke had disappeared. Itachi’s red crimson eyes widen at the sight. Sakura looked around trying to find a hint of Sasuke.
“Where is he?” she told herself in a small whisper. Sasuke re-appeared behind Itachi, his hands completely full and loaded with a Chidori that he had been saving up. The screeching of a thousand birds ran the air. Itachi tried dodging the attack but was caught of guard when Sasuke had lurched the Chidori forward ripping his flesh and bruising it. Itachi could feel it, he dropped his brother’s katana with a clang and landed near a tree, his back resting on the bark. Sasuke was over the other side of the battleground watching his brother in his hopefully dying state.  The numbness started to form; Itachi’s hands were shaking in fear.
“What are you afraid of?” Sasuke asked. “You aren’t afraid of death aren’t you?” Sasuke took one more sight from his elder brother he could see the damage that he had done. His brother’s face was covered in blood on one side his mouth was spitting up blood every once in a while that they had talked. The wound that Sasuke had caused had stained his Akatsuki shirt. Sasuke clenched his wound again, that he had received earlier on, staring at his brother.
“Sasuke tell me” Sakura stared  

Kakashi and his group of nin-dogs were now at the Akatsuki basement. Resting up in a tree as they spoke quietly to each other. Each dog was focused to find Sasuke’s and Sakura’s scents.
“Find anything?” Kakashi asked minutes later. A tiny nod came from the littlest member of the pack. “Where?”
“Just up north…not to far away from here”
“Good” Kakashi nodded. Pakkun jumped off the biggest dog, as the rest disappeared in a puff of white smoke leaving the Jounin and his small companion to continue the rest of the journey on finding the missing students. “Let’s go” Earning an agreed look from his dog he started to move once more to where his students were likely to be fighting.
“There’re not alone” Pakkun started as the landed on a tree on by one.
“What do you mean?”  Kakashi asked to get more accurate answers from the dog.
“Another one….”
“Another one?”
“Another one…..Another person is there”
“Can you pick up their scents?” Kakashi asked once more from the dog. Pakkun closed his eyes as he tried to get the scent. Pakkun detected the smell as he spoke back to Kakashi.
“Who do you think it is?” Pakkun asked.
“Someone working for Akatsuki possibly”
“Who would Sasuke chase right now that’s in Akatsuki?”
“Uchiha Itachi?”  A small nod. “Itachi is no joke; he’s an S-classed criminal”
“Typical Sasuke putting revenge first”

“Tell me Sasuke” Itachi asked, his breathing becoming deeper and deeper by the minute. Sasuke watched his brother in his dying state, emotionlessly. Sakura watched from up above, as she slowly came down from the tree, making her way over to Sasuke, and embracing him. Sasuke embraced her back as he eyed his brother again. “During this whole fight……what where you fighting for?” A cough of blood spatted on the ground near him. Kakashi had appeared, situating himself on a tree unseen by anyone. Sasuke closed his crimson red eyes, opening them again as they faded into a black shade again.
“You really want to know?” Sasuke said. “I’ve realized that revenge wasn’t the answer to everything” Kakashi gave a small smirk under his mask. A small faint mutter from Pakkun was heard.
“He finally realized?” Kakashi stayed silent as he wanted to know the answer that would come out of the Uchiha. A likely answer that he knew.
“All this time….I wasn’t fighting for myself” Sakura stared at him, thinking that she knew the answer that he was searching for. Itachi gazed at his brother, awaiting his answer. Sasuke took a glanced at the pendant that hanged from his neck then back at Sakura. “All this time….I’ve been fighting for one thing in my life….” Itachi adverted his eyes to where Sasuke was looking. He managed to pull a small smirk, in his dying state.
“You…were fighting…for her?” Itachi asked, taking breaths between each word that he pronounced. A small nod came from the younger one. “Sasuke….seems to me that….you have…improved over the last few years….” Sasuke continued to stare at his brother in his dying state. The pool of blood surrounding the tree that Itachi was resting against as Itachi stared at his brother giving a smirk as he went. The sun disappeared completely, as Sasuke tilted his head up so see where the light had disappeared too. Sakura adverted her eyes to the sky, feeling a droplet of water hit her on the side of the cheek. A downpour soon started to occur. Itachi gave one last smirk at his brother before saying his last few words.
“Sasuke…..you have made the Uchihas proud” He closed his red crimson eyes as he drifted of to a deep sleep. Sasuke gave a little smirk at what his elder brother had told him.

Chapter 25: Fulfilled

Kakashi gave a small smile under his mask. Sasuke could hear the little movements that Kakashi made. “You can come down now Sensei” Kakashi, as ordered by the Uchiha came down followed by his dog. “Long time no see”
“Same to you too Sasuke” Kakashi spoke back. “Anyway let’s get back” His black eye adverted to the Cherry behind Sasuke. “Tsunade’s been worried about you Sakura….are you okay?” Taking a look at the scars that had appeared on her; the dirt smudges stained on her face, her clothes, all ripped and covered in dirt. A small nod came from the kunochi.
“Alright then let’s get back” Pakkun announced “Everyone has been worried about you two”  Kakashi gave a slight nod in indication that the canine was telling the truth. Sasuke gave a slight smirk.
“Then we should go back to Konoha then shouldn’t we?” Kakashi nodded.
“You guys follow me” Kakashi indicated as he started to walk off with his dog, leaving the kunochi and the Uchiha alone.

“Sasuke” she tried starting a conversation between them. “Thank you….for saving me” She could see his eyes gazing upon his dead deceased brother on the ground covered by the pool of blood. “Sasuke?” She tried calling out to him only receiving a slight nod. Sasuke adverted his gaze back at Sakura. With a small nod he walked ahead of the kunochi. Sakura stopped him in his tracks. “Sasuke” she called to him again.
“What” he gave her an answer this time. His wound from before was still dripping with blood. He tried to not to show the reaction of anxiety. Trying to be cool and calm. Sakura looked at him with determination.
“Stop trying to hide things Sasuke” She stated
“Nothing is wrong” he stated back hastily staring at her with his cold obsidian orbs.
“There you go again” She hovered her hand over the wound forcing a bit of Chakra that Sasuke had given to her before to the wound that had been made by Itachi. A small grunt of pain came from the Uchiha.

Kakashi stopped mid way when he realized that two of his students hadn’t been following him. Making his way back to the starting ground with his dog and himself. Stopping at a halt he saw both of his students. A small grin came to his lips. He hid behind a tree and observed their movements quietly and patiently.

Sakura finished the Chakra flow as she looked back at the Uchiha with emerald eyes, showing how much she had been through just this one mission. Sasuke started to caress her cheek in affection, Sakura’s eyes became watery she wanted to cry, but she held it in. Sasuke gave a smirk at the sight of the kunochi; he could see that she was on the verge of tears.

Kakashi’s black wandering eye looked at his two students, adverting his gaze above them he saw the moon, glittering in the night sky like a pearl that had been stashed in a pile of other black pearls.

Sasuke’s dark obsidian eyes were gazing at Sakura with delight. He realized that he still had the kunochi’s pendant. Taking off his chain he looked at Sakura his eyes telling all, he took her hand and gave back what was rightfully hers.
“Here…you dropped it” he stated blankly. Sakura gave a small smile.
“Thank you” she said back to him, embracing him again. Sasuke wrapped his arms around her, embracing her back, Sakura took one look at the pendant in her hand.
‘Maybe what Tsunade said was true…it does bring luck….in love…..’ she thought to herself. Sasuke was now looking at her with affection, He then pressed his lips against hers, Sakura blushed madly at what the Uchiha was doing, though she paid no attention to it, her mind was telling her to reject the kiss but her heart was telling her that this was the right path, her arms were now around his neck, surrendering to the kiss. The moon hovered over the two lovers, it seemed like a sign that they had been destined for each other the day they met.


The End! ^.^