Hey! This is just something I did in one night but I really liked the idea. If you like it then please review and let me know, if you don't, please review and tell me what you thought was wrong. i DON'T OWN NARUTO. As usual:

This is normal talk.

This is Sakura's thoughts.

This is Inner Sakura's Thoughts.

There has got to be a good way to handle this. Sakura thought as she was halted on her way home from a mission. She was helping to catch an assassin in the Lightning country who was very good with poisons. No match for Sakura, but well enough to kill a few feudal lords before Konoha was called in to help. It took a few days to track him down, but his poison was useless in a head-to-head battle. He was taken care of.

"How nice of you to cross paths with me," Itachi Uchiha commented in a polite tone.

"…" Sakura said nothing. I can't say anything, I can't provoke him, and I should not fight him. Yes you should! You should beat his ass!The pinkette reasoned in her head, ignoring her inner self, as she stood in a clearing about ten yards from a man whose only link to her was hurting her two teammates.

Of all enemies to Konoha, and of all enemies to her friends, Sakura hated Itachi Uchiha the most. Slaughterer of the family of her love, hunter of her best friend, the hardest part of facing him was holding her tongue. It would be best that he didn't know how much she resented him.

"Will you say nothing?" The Uchiha asked calmly.

Hold your tongue…Sakura thought to herself. Where is Kisame? The ugly blue guy? They are usually together. Also, what is his reason for stopping me? Who cares? He could have easily caught me off guard had he wanted to capture or kill me. You're thinking too hard. That's what's kept us alive all these years. So? So stop complaining! Sakura tried to figure his methods out as she stared hard at his feet, avoiding his face.

"I find it hard to believe that you have nothing to say to me," He taunted.

"I have plenty to say," Sakura spat at him. Idiot! What happened to keeping our mouth shut! I know, I shouldn't have said that. Itachi gave a small chuckled, reading the conflict on her face. "What do you want?" She asked, figuring out by now that he probably wanted information and wanting to keep their confrontation in conversation.

"I want very few things," He spoke just as calm as before, "But it is remarkable how much you seem to coincide with everything that I need,"

Uh oh. That's not a promising sign. I wish he never noticed, but it doesn't take a genius to see the connections.

Sakura began thinking out how to handle this situation but before she came to any conclusion, she felt it. That chakra. The sense pierced her heart like nothing else, even quieting Inner Sakura. It was coming from behind Itachi and he probably couldn't sense it yet; no one could control chakra like Sakura. This also meant that she could sense chakra before anyone else. Thoughts of her own safety were suddenly thrown out the window as her tactic changed to encompass how to distract Itachi.

Time, she had precious little time before the chakra would become sensible to Itachi. They changed. Sakura noticed in her peripheral vision. Mangekyo sharingan. I can make this work. A few seconds in this world that Itachi would be helpless. As well as a large drain of his chakra is needed to perform it. I just need to time it right. You mean WE do, I'm with you on this one. Thanks Inner, it's gonna be tough.

The plan could work wonders. Timed correctly, Sakura theorized that it would keep Itachi in the dark for the few seconds long enough before he could notice the chakra coming and for it to get here. It would also put a large strain on Itachi's corneas leaving him unable to use complicated genjustus, not to mention the large amount of chakra lost to performing Tsukuyomi.

Ten seconds. Five, four, three, two, one! Sakura turned her eyes upward, meeting Itachi's Mangekyo sharingan just before Sasuke's chakra would come into Itachi's sensing range.

"Ugnn…" Sakura groan as she found herself awaking in a red world with flat land that went on forever in every direction she could see. I wonder if it always looks the same. … Inner? Sakura paused in her confusion at her missing inner self when she noticed Itachi coming towards her. She glared at him, no use avoiding his eyes now.

"Sakura. Your anger led you astray," He commented lightly before the ground began to rumble.

Sakura bent her knees to steady herself but it made no difference because ropes shot out of the ground at her wrists. "Ah!" She gasped in surprise and began tugging on the ropes. They pulled tighter and began dragging her across the ground backwards. "Agh!" The medic struggled. Then she turned her head and saw where she was going.

A large cross was stuck in the ground, the ropes attached to it still pulling her to it. Sakura dug her feet into the ground to get a grip in the dirt but the ropes continued to pull her. Reaching the cross, Sakura cried out in frustration as she was lifted off the ground and her arms were tied down. The earth settled as Sakura tried to level her harsh breathing.

Itachi walked closer with an impassive face, pulling out a katana once he reached her.

"That is interesting," He spoke with a smirk, "Most victims are found already tied up, and yet I had to do it myself,"

"You're a bastard! You're evil! And you'll get what's coming to you! Mark my words!" She yelled at him, steeling her nerves and eating her fear. This isn't even real, I can feel pain, but it's not real!

"You have mighty words now, I challenge you to keep them," Itachi chuckled as he wielded his katana.

"AGGH!" Sakura screamed as he ran his sword into her gut. I need to work up my adrenaline to help keep the pain away. Inner? Where are you?

Itachi pulled out the katana and swiftly shoved it through Sakura's shoulder. Tears gathered in her eyes. I can handle this! Kakashi could take it! So can I! The katana was left in her shoulder as Itachi retreated to choose a new weapon.

Keep screaming Sakura! I'll find you! As long as you keep getting louder I know I'm going the right way. Hold on! I'm coming!

It's so painful! How is this not real? I don't understand! Sakura thought as she tried without success to block out the pain radiating from her body. The katana was out of her shoulder, but now it was in her thigh. Senbons and shriuken were peppering her skin.

"Now might be a good time to bring up Konoha," Itachi spoke for the first time in what seemed like hours. "Is there anything useful you would like to tell me?" his monotone voice drew out.

"Never." Sakura breathed. I will never betray my friends, no matter the salvation he promises.

"If I like what you tell me, I may be able to shorten you're visit here," He offered.

"Like I could trust you," Sakura wheezed. Her throat was so dry, Itachi noticed.

"Or I could give you water," He spoke as he raised his hand to reveal a tall glass of water. Sakura swallowed, wondering if it was really true what she read once. Can you really swallow your own tongue? Itachi raised the glass to his lips, gulping the liquid down fast enough to let some of it slosh out the sides, darkening the ground. Sakura averted her eyes, feeling her anger rise.

"Offer me anything, I will never betray Konoha!" Sakura shouted at him. Itachi's face never wavered from its unrevealing expression.

"So be it," He said before he threw a kunai.

"AAAAGGGHH!" The scream sounded out, filling the air.

"SAKURA! HOLD ON!" I'm getting so much closer! I have to be! She sounds so close!

Hours. It feels like it's been hours. But has it? Sakura thought as Itachi was pulling his kunai's from their hold on her skin. A few days. Will I get tired? Can I die in here?

Itachi moved back a ways away and began what seemed to be target practice once more.

"Ugn," She flinched as one hit her forearm. I don't feel woozy from blood loss… Sakura looked down at herself, turned her head to look at both of her arms. The red of the atmosphere made it more difficult, but the tinting and the wetness told her that, yes, she was losing blood in an alarming amount. So does that mean I can't die here? Or that I just can't die from blood loss here? He does seem to be avoiding my heart…Sakura managed to get through what was probably another hour without too much sound by pondering in depth the extent of the effect of Tsukuyomi on the body. But eventually began confusing herself and she decided to try something else.

"Why did you do it?" She asked, pushing for a tone of voice that was more curious than full of malice.

"Do what?" Itachi asked without true question in his voice.

"Kill your family, why would you do that?" Sakura asked directly. It something she often wondered, now seemed like a good time to ask.

"Experience, I wanted to test myself," He spoke with a smirk. Sakura was quiet, watching him and wincing when a shriuken hit her; turning over his answer in her head again and again.

"Why leave Sasuke alive?" She shot another question out, her voice at a normal level.

"I will fight him someday, as another test to my skills," He explained with a hint of sinister to his voice. Sakura took this answer in also.

"…" She was quiet, thinking over everything she knew about Itachi. A test? As in, like an ultimate sparring match? To kill those above you to know you can do it. It's logical in evil terms I suppose. But…

"I don't believe you," Sakura said with no infliction in her tone. This made Itachi stop throwing his weapons.

"And why would that be?" He nearly sneered. Sakura stared at him, watching his expressions.

"If I were to believe that you have a trend tokill others more experienced than you to test your skills, I would expect a trend. You don't have a trend. If you were to have this trend in your actions you should have searched out the Akatsuki not to join them, but to challenge them. You should not follow the orders of those above you in an organization, but to strike out and challenge those famous ninjas in each country. You don't follow the pattern you say you have. So I don't believe you," Sakura concluded.

"You have a much stretched theory," Itachi said before throwing another kunai.

"AH!" Sakura cried out as it stuck itself into her gut. She grit her teeth, "Well it fits better than yours,"

"AH!"

Sakura! I'm almost there! I can see you in the distance now! You look so far away! But I won't stop! A little bit longer! Just a little bit longer!

Just one more chapter. Its got a bit more than this one. Review to let me know what you think. Thanks!

-Nexa