Chapter 22: Details

Blood dripped from his now opened wound as it landed on the ground below him. Sasuke gave a slight grunt of pain. Sakura tired getting closer to him. Watching him closely. “Sasuke-kun?”  She tired getting to him. Placing a warm hand on his wound. Sasuke pushed her away in anger. Sakura’s back made contact with the tree bark behind her. Sasuke saw the sight of the girl, as he moved closer to her still clenching his opened wound as he spoke to her.
“I’m sorry” Sasuke apologised. Sakura’s eyes widen in amazement. Did he just apologize to her? This was a first. Sasuke slowly moved away from Sakura as he stared back down at his brother waiting at the bottom of the tree. One look at Sakura then another look at the pendant he hopped down from the branch. Landing on the forest floor.

“Let’s get this over with” Sasuke demanded.
“So eager to die brother?”  Itachi insulted him. Making sure that Sasuke was up to the challenge that could make him possibly lose himself forever.
“No I’m eager to kill you” Sasuke restated back to his brother. Itachi gave a slight smirk, still holding Sasuke’s katana.
“Is that so?” Itachi tried convincing his brother. “We all know that when this battle ends there will be only one that will be standing….the other will lose themselves forever”
“And you suspect me to worry about that?” Sasuke asked him getting ready in his fighting pose.

Tsunade slammed her hands on the table as she heard the words of each detail on what had happened on the recent mission. Neji was staring at her with cold eyes watching her ever move.
“Is this true?”
“All of it” Neji replied back to her. Giving a nod as indication to the Hokage. Tsunade sat back down in her chair as she turned it over to the window that viewed Konoha.
“No wonder” Neji looked at her with a confuse look.
“What do you mean? Tsunade-sama?” Neji asked trying to get an answer out of her.
“When he gave me the mission details….he didn’t tell me all of the details that were necessary” The blond Hokage tried to explain, hoping that the Hyuuga got the idea.
“I see” Neji replied back.  Tsunade turned around to face the prodigy again.
“Sasuke and Sakura are still out there right?” Tsunade asked, resting her hand on her palm this time and asking the Hyuuga in a broadly manner. “I see……send all anbu there”
“Where?” Neji asked her, he knew that the Hokage didn’t have details to everything. “Do you even know where to start looking?”  A small silence ran in between them. “Well do you?” Neji repeated again. A slight chuckle came from the blonde kunochi.
“I don’t but Kakashi does”
“Kakashi?” Neji echoed. “Why him?”
“Kakashi has one time with Sakura, Naruto and an elder from the Sand village has found the Akatsuki hideout”
“And what about it?”
“It’s possible that it’s still there….Now go and tell all anbu including Kakashi to come” Neji nodded as he ran out of the room and down the streets of Konoha trying to find Kakashi.

A few dreading minutes had passed. Sakura watched anxiously from the tree above the Uchiha brother’s battleground. Itachi lurched forward holding the katana out hoping to stab his brother in the heart. Sasuke dodged it in time as he kept clenching his previous wound.
“Is this how your going to fight me?” Itachi asked his brother. “Not that much excitement” Itachi announced. Sasuke stared at his brother in a deathly manner. His wound still dripping full of blood.