Deceitful (A Naruto Fanfic)

Ch.27 :Sakura

I suddenly felt another presence.

'Well Neji isn't the best at genjutsu.' My concious shrugged.

"Hello again Sakura." A voice said.

"Hey Kabuto." I tried not to lose it and be polite.. For now.

"My Lord wants you and judging by your performance during the Chunin exams, you are indeed ready." He grinned.

I felt another prescence.

"Sakura, I've been waiting." Orochimaru stated creepily, suddenly making the beautiful meadow seem very menacing.

He walked towards me.

"You are very useful to us." He continued while tucking a lock of my hair behind my ear.

I stiffened at his touch.

"I won't soothe your pain." I gestured to his useless arms.

"I won't ease your strain." I continued, looking at his face that was o the brink of becoming an expression of pain.

"You'll be waiting in vain," I said indifferently.

"And finally, I've got nothing for you to gain." I whispered.

""Anything else to say?" Kabuto asked.

"I'm taking it slow, feeding my Will of Fire. I'll be shuffling the cards in your little game. And just in time, in the right place, suddenly I will play my ace." I murmured.

"Oh really, is that so?" Orochimaru inquired.

They both fell into fighting stances.

I took out a kunai and mentally cursed.

I had only one left.

As they both charged I closed my eyes.

I felt someone bite me.

My eyes flew open.

Orochimaru appeared behind me and bit me.

I held in the urge to scream.

He re-appeared in front of me with an evil look in his eye.

"Sorry, but we're going to have take you away for a while."

There was a large poof and I saw two people standing between me and Orochimaru.

Samantha and Itachi.

"Sa-amantha?" I stammered.

Her eyes widened when she saw me clutching my neck.

"I'll seek you out and flay you alive." Samantha growled.

"One more word and you won't survive." She nodded to Kabuto.

"And I'm not scared of your stolen power. I'd see right through you any hour." Samantha directed towards Orochimaru.

Orochimaru chuckled.

"Well well well, hello Samantha." Orochimaru smiled menacingly.

"Hi." Samantha replied with a steel edge in her voice.

The wind blew, bringing a mind numbing silence with it.

Orochimaru turned to Itachi, eyeing him cautiously, not meeting his eyes.

"Eyes on fire with your Sharingan, your whole being ablazed with the blood of Uchihas. You fell any foe with your gaze. And just in time, in the right place, you steadily emerge with grace, am I right?" Orochimaru finished.

"Exactly." Itachi said emotionlessly.

I couldn't take the fiery pain from my old injuries and new one. 

I felt my legs give way.

The ground was coming closer so I closed my eyes.

"Sakura!" Samantha exclaimed.

I felt someone catch my head.

Too bad this person wasn't kind enough to catch the rest of me too.

I heard my ribs make an audible 'Crack!' sound.

My eyes fluttered as I saw Itachi Uchiha cradling my head on his stomach.

My vision blurring, I saw Samantha standing protectively in front of us.

"Hey Itachi," I murmured.

"Yes?" He spoke.

"People like you are the reason I need special medication." I groaned as I rubbed my temples.

"Hm?" He turned towards me.

"You confuse me so much! First you hate me now you're saving me? I'll never understand the damn Uchiha clan." I muttered.

His face had a hint of a smile.

I almost smiled back but I grimaced when I felt the mark burn.

"Gah!" I screamed.

I writhed in agony.

It felt like it was burning my body.

Out of no-where, wounds appeared on my body, drawing blood.

"Looks like she won't survive this." Orochimaru smirked.

"It was too bad, she would've made an excellent vessel due to her lineage." Orochimaru sighed.

"Shut up before I kill you and your precious Kabuto." Samantha spat.

"That's it! Kabuto's going down first then its you!" Samantha roared.

Samantha looked in my direction and engaged in a battle with the both of them.

Well, one of them.

Kabuto was fighting while Orochimaru was staring at me.

His piercing gaze made my body feel as if it was being pricked with thousands of senbon needles.

I saw my vision clouding and relaxed completely.

"Sakura?" Itachi whispered.

I sighed inwardly as everything darkened and I felt myself slip and fall from the cliff of life.

Looks like I'm dead.

Just perfect.