Dance with the Devil
Here I stand, helpless and left for dead.
Sakura
lay still on the bench, unconscious, Sasuke looked at her sadly
before turning and walking away, just like that he had turned his
back on his village, his team, his friends.
Close
your eyes, so many days go by.
Sakura
sat on the same bench years down the track waiting for Naruto, he was
on a mission to bring back Sasuke, he'd promised her that he would
bring back Sasuke, and Naruto never went back on his word
Easy
to find what's wrong, harder to find what's right.
there
was a cheer from the streets and Sakura looked up, expectantly, there
they where, Naruto and Sasuke standing side by side, leaping up she
raced over and threw her arms around them both
"Thank
you" she whispered catching the irony in those words, his last
words to her, her first words to him
I
believe in you, I can show you that I can see right through all your
empty lies.
"Sakura?"
asked Sasuke softly and she looked at him, his eyes where cold and
emotionless, never before had she been unable to read him, Naruto
frowned faintly seeing trouble
"You're
alive" she replied softly a single tear running down her face
I
won't stay long, in this world so wrong.
"Hn,
your still weak" he said and pushed past her leaving her growing
angrier by the second
"How would you know? You left me here and just expect me to be the same, I could be stronger then you for all you know!" Sasuke turned around and looked at her
"your
annoying" he said furious beyond belief she channeled chakra into
her foot and kicked the ground sending cracks towards him jumping
sideways he didn't see the wall and crashed into it. Spinning
around she vanished into the surrounding trees.
Say
goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight.
"stupid-boys-think-there-so-so-great-show-them" Sakura panted as she kicked at the large wooden stumps shattering them with a blow, she was so focused on her training she didn't even notice the strange chakra behind her until a blade pressed between her shoulders
"don't
make a sound" hissed a voice in her ear and Sakura froze, before
gritting her teeth and spinning around to kick her attacker in the
head, he caught her foot easily and there eye's met
Don't
you dare look at him in the eye, as we dance with the devil tonight.
The Sharingan swirled dangerously and Sakura felt her heart stop, looking down she saw the black cloak decorated in red clouds
"Crap" she whispered, Itachi Uchiha smirked as there eyes met again
"Indeed"
he said softly his tone free of emotion, as Sakura's world spiraled
into darkness
Trembling,
crawling across my skin.
Sakura
opened her eyes shivering, Itachi sat cross legged studding her form,
he was no longer wearing his cloak, his toned chest showing through
his fishnet shirt and the black pants complementing his skin tone,
his face was so similar to his brothers and yet not, black hair fell
across his face bringing out his eyes still dancing with the
sharingan
Feeling
your cold dead eyes, stealing the life of mine.
"Join us" he said softly having noted she was awake there eyes locked and Sakura could once again feel herself falling into there bloody depths.
"I can't betray them" he raised a single eyebrow Sakura marveled at how much control he had over his emotions
"Them?
A boy who left you unconscious on a bench seat, only to return and
call you weak? Or the fox demon, determined to become hokage and then
where will you be? A medic-nin, healing all the people you once
called friends, then they pay and leave. Not much of a life"
I
believe in you, I can show you that I can see right through all your
empty lies.
"What can you give me? It will be the same thing if I go with you" Itachi smirked faintly his sharingan spinning
"If you come with us, we can give you more power; make you stronger then my foolish brother. All we ask is that you heal us, in return we will teach you things you never thought possible" Sakura laughed bitterly
"You are a hardened killer" she started but was cut off by Itachi
"As
are you, you kill because you are paid to kill; we kill because we
are paid to kill. It's that simple" Sakura stood and looked at
him
I
won't last long, in this world so wrong.
"That's what we are, isn't it? Hired assassins we are no different" Itachi looked at her
"That is the life of the shinobi" Sakura smiled at his words
"But
with us you can be stronger, then if my foolish brother comes looking
for you. You can prove that you're stronger" Sakura smiled and
stood up from the bed
Say
goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight.
Taking
his hand he pulled her closer and neat and sure drew a scratch
through the mark on her forehead protector, Sakura studied him, he
was staring deep into his eyes, but unlike Sasuke she could see
honest emotion behind them proof he was human something Sasuke had
lost.
Don't
you dare look at him in the eye, as we dance with the devil tonight.
There
eyes met and Sakura once again felt herself being drawn into the
sharingan's piercing look, her hands grasped tightly at his shirt,
she felt like she was falling and clung to him as though she where
drowning, and then the feeling was gone. Itachi's eyes faded to a
blue black more breathtaking then his brothers
Hold
on, hold on.
"Hold on" said Itachi softly wrapping his arms around her waist he performed several hands signs and the two vanished into smoke. When then they arrived at there destination Sakura was surprised to see her village before her
"Why are we here?" Itachi turned and looked at her clothes
"go,
pack your things, say your good-byes. I will return tomorrow night
and we will leave" Sakura nodded and raced into the town
Say
goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight.
"hey Naruto," said Sakura softly spotting her two former team mates sitting on a bench, she shot Sasuke a glare, "Sasuke" both teen's nodded not really hearing her as they watched several girls walk past, a single tear pricked at Sakura's eye which she shook off
"Well,
good-bye" she said even softer. They didn't even look at her.
turning back to her house she packed and wrote a letter to the hokage
to say she was sorry
Don't
you dare look at him in the eye, as we dance with the devil tonight.
"are
you ready?" asked a gentle voice as Sakura stood looking back at
her village, Itachi stood behind her and offered her a cloak with the
pattern of red clouds on it. Pulling it on she looked once more over
her shoulder before meeting Itachi's eyes and pulling her hat
on
Hold
on, hold on.
"I'm ready, Itachi" she said softly in reply he smirked at her and once again performed some hand seals so that they vanished. Sakura opened her eyes and looked at the Aktuski base. This was it. her knew home. Itachi stepped towards the door and looked back at her once. taking a deep breath she stepped across the threshold and embraced her darker side.