Chapter 10

Blossom: I don't own Naruto. Please review or I shall quit this story.

Sasuke's grip on 'Sakura's' shoulders loosened. He stared at her with complete and utter shock and disbelief etched into his face.

"Wha-What?" He asked, removing his hands completely.

"I have a crush on Itachi." Fake Sakura mumbled.

"He's married." Sasuke stated, clenching his fists.

"I can wait."

Sasuke lowered his head, shadowing his eyes. He began to walk away until 'she' grabbed his wrist. Sasuke yanked it away from her and said coldly, "Don't touch me."

He slowly retreated into the darkness leaving a smirking 'Sakura' behind. A 'poof' sound could be heard and a puff of smoke appeared. It was no longer Sakura, but now Itachi.

"Heh, my mission is complete." He muttered, rubbing his hands together evilly.

Sakura was stealthily sneaking into the green base. She spotted something peculiar sitting in the middle of the ground. She squinted her eyes to see what it was, something purple and red. They were bound and gagged.

"Hinata!" Sakura shrieked, as she hurried over to her side.

"Moo Makuma mooo!" (Noo Sakura don't ) She mumbled inside the gag.

Sakura, of course, didn't understand the immobile Hinata, because she ran over there anyways.

Naruto and Sasori were standing behind a few pillars with their guns locked and loaded.

"Heh, she took the bait after all. " Naruto snickered.

"Of course, my plans always work." Sasori congratulated himself.

Sakura removed the ropes from around Hinata's arms and legs, allowing Hinata to removed the gag.

"Oh Hinata! Are you okay?" Sakura asked as she helped the petite girl sit up.

"RUN! SAKURA! THEY ARE OUT TO GET YOU!" She yelled, pushing the girl out of the way, getting shot by a green laser in the process.

"Damn it Hinata! Your supposed to play along!" Sasori scolded as he came out of hiding, dodging the red shots of light that were spewing from Sakura's gun.

"Stay still puppet boy!" She shrieked, as she rolled on the ground, grabbing Hinata in the process.

"Hinata, wheres your gun?" She asked, as they hid behind some pillars, oblivious to their enemies.

"At their base, if your going there be careful Sakura, the blonde kid is there." Hinata warned, standing up.

"Okay, here, take my gun, you will need it." Sakura said, handing Hinata the gun.

"But what about you?"

"I can handle it, just start to shoot them from behind the pillar, they will think its me, while I run off to get your gun."

"But what if you get shot!" Hinata argued, causing Sakura to cover her mouth with her hand.

"Then I'll miss you."

With that said, Sakura got up from her position and stalked towards the darkness, away from the three individuals. Hinata began to shoot at them, hiding her identity.

Sakura was sneaking her way towards the green base. Whenever she thought she would hear something suspicious, she would crawl into the black corners and wait for the sound to stop. She was about to turn the corner, and it was a good thing she didn't. There in the open, were Ino and Neji standing in front of one another, glaring. Confused, she watched the two with slight amusement, that is, until Neji heard one of her stifled laughs.

"Who's there?" Neji asked, not removing his aim from Ino.

Sakura stopped laughing and nervously gulped. She had been caught, well, at least one of her comrades was there.

"Nobody." She replied, slapping herself in the forehead for answering him.

"Okay, anyways, prepare to feel my wrath Yamanaka!" Neji yelled, bombarding Ino with shots of green.

"Are you serious!Sakura thought as She watched the Hyuuga and blonde battle. Surprisingly Ino was fairly good at dodging.

"Who knew Neji was so dense.."

She quickly snaked through the battle towards the other side, which was the entrance into the green base.

"This is too easy."

"Your right about that pinky!" Kisame yelled, running out of his hiding place towards the pink haired girl who was currently unarmed.

"Okay, Okay! I surrender!" Sakura squealed, getting onto her knees and putting her hands behind her head.

"Hmm, She doesn't look dangerous, She's unarmed."Kisame thought as he lowered his guard.

"Bad Idea" Sakura thought as she drop kicked the shark man and ran infiltrated the base, hiding behind various pillars and walls.

"Oh my god, stop looking already!" Sai screamed, quickly covering his mouth. Idiot, "Idiot, Idiot!"He thought as Tenten looked around, with her gun in shooting stance.

"I know its you Sai so come on out so I can freeze you!" Tenten proudly exclaimed, an evil expression painted into her features.

"Mommy.." Sai whispered, as he inched backwards, knowing what the girl can do.

"Ohh Saii!" She sang, rounding a corner closer towards him.

"What do I do, what do I do!" Sai panicked, as he started to tug at his hair.

"Where are you Sai!" Tenten shouted, about to turn the corner where Sai was.

"Act Natural!"

"Oh my god Sai! What are you doing!" Tenten asked, closing her eyes and turning around.

"Well, I couldn't find the bathroom..heheh." Sai chuckled, having Tenten run away in disgust.

"Uhm, one bottle of water and a burger." Shikamaru said, handing the cashier a 10.

"Here you go!" She exclaimed, handing him his bag of lunch.

He mumbled a thanks and walked back towards the laser tag arena. He pulled his bottle of water out from the bag and uncapped it, taking a swig of the refreshing liquid. Shikamaru pushed the 'exit' door and entered the arena, to see darkness and Sasuke? "Is that Sasuke?"Shikamaru thought.

"Uh, Sasuke?" He whispered, just loud enough for the person to hear,

"hn."

" yup, its Sasuke.""What are you doing sitting on the floor like that for?"

"I don't feel like playing any more." He stated, pulling his knees further to his chest.

"I see."

The two sat there in silence. The only sound that you could hear was the occasional munching of Shikamaru.

"So what happened?" Shikamaru asked, as he offered some of his lunch to Sasuke, who refused.

"Nothing."

"Something happened." Shikamaru sighed, setting his food down on his bag.

"Sakura likes...Itachi." Sasuke exclaimed, looking towards the problem solver.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, she told me and she obviously found it amusing because she was smirking!" Sasuke said/yelled.

"Hmm, that is strange..."

"Whats strange?" Sasuke questioned.

"Sakura never smirks when shes telling someone something unless she means it in a joking way."

"Well obviously thats not true."

Shikamaru sat back against the wall once again and began to ponder about the latest events that occurred when he went to get some lunch.

Ayama was impatiently waiting at the core for some kind of action.

"I expected the girls to be better than this, I should have gotten some kind of encounter."

"Encounter? Are you itching for a fight?" Itachi smirked as he walked up towards his wife with his gun drawn.

"Itachi..." Ayama stated, pointing her gun at her husband.

They stood like that for quite a while until Ayama broke the silence that she was taking part in.

"Well aren't you going to shoot me or go for the core?" She asked, the curiosity getting the better of her.

"I cant shoot a girl." Itachi exclaimed, as he began to fire rounds at the core button sending it into a series of attacks.

"GAH! YOU TRICKED ME!" Ayama shouted as she shot Itachi causing him to be frozen for 10 seconds.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Someone screamed, frightening the duo.

"What was that?"