Sakura back in time ❦ (Naruto BIT fanfic)

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It started with an old woman. Madara sliced her jugular with a kunai and didn't stop to watch her die with a confused look on her face. He just kept on stabbing the life out of every person he saw. Itachi killed several people at once with his perfectly aimed shuriken and didn't even blink at the sight of the blood of his family staining his hands and face. Sakura, however, could not do it as easily. Every time she killed one of the Uchiha, she took her weapons back and she silently apologized to each one as she ran off.
Then, she came across Uchiha Sakumo, who she had the pleasure of decapitating with her katana. "Thanks for the fun times," she said over the Uchiha's dead body, then ran off to finish off the rest of the clan.

When the trio made it to the final house, the main household, Itachi took out his katana while Fugaku stood before his eldest son, sheltering his wife behind him.

The two didn't bother to ask why their eldest son was committing such a cruel, sadistic act; they must've known what he was thinking.

Sakura couldn't help but cringe at the sight of Mikoto's tears. Her eyes showed no fear, however; they seemed, more than anything, regretful. What did she regret, though? From what Sakura had seen, she was a great mother.

"I-Itachi," she said, her voice thick with tears. "I am so sorry. I-we should have treated you better."

Itachi raised his katana, ready to kill the only parents he was ever going to have. Sakura shut her eyes, but Madara took hold of her shoulder and shook her slightly.

"Don't look away," he told her. "You must get accustomed to this lifestyle and embrace it... This is the life you've chosen, so live it the way one of the Akatsuki would."

So, she watched as Itachi killed Fugaku. Mikoto flinched as she heard her husband's blood spill on the floor and she choked back a sob. Then, he raised his blood-stained katana once again to slaughter his mother.

"Don't do it," she breathed.

Before he lowered the weapon again, he hesitated. He looked to Sakura then to his mother, then to Madara. His once emotionless face turned to one of shock and horror.

"Itachi...?" she asked, worried and confused.

"S-Sakura, what are you... did I just-what have we done?" he asked, staring at his blood-stained hands. "Why did we...?"

"It was you who wanted to," she told him.

"I-I... When did I..."

"Shut up and do it, Itachi!" Madara snapped. "Kill her!"

He turned to Madara and scowled. "It was you, wasn't it? You brainwashed me! You used your goddamn Mangekyou to brainwash me, you bastard!"

Madara returned his scowl and said, "You're crazy."

"Am I?" Itachi asked, his voice raising as he gestured toward his father's dead body laying at his feet, "Am I?!"

Sakura could hear the hatred and sorrow in Itachi's voice and could tell he wasn't lying or acting like he'd done with those three Uchiha.

Madara didn't say a thing to defend himself anymore. Sakura couldn't believe it. All this time, while Itachi was planning the massacre, he was being brainwashed?

"Sakura," Itachi said, not taking his eyes off of Madara. "Tend to Tou-san. See what you can do and if you can save him, okay?"

She nodded and headed to get to Fugaku, but was stopped by Madara taking her arm and pulling her back to him. As soon as her back was pressed firmly against the man's chest, she felt cold steel press against the bare skin on her throat, feeling a little drop of blood run down her neck. She did her best not to swallow or speak, she barely breathed.

"Take even a step and I will slit her throat!" Madara exclaimed, his voice giving away is amusement and his insanity...

Itachi seemed to tense and Sakura knew he wasn't going to attack Madara with her in front of him. She wanted to tell him to forget about her and to kill Madara to save his mother, but the blade at her throat made it impossible for her to breathe, let alone speak.

By the look in Itachi's eyes, she could see he was thinking, trying to find a way to get her away. Then, faster than it took Sakura to blink, Itachi was gone and the blade that had been pressed to her neck was gone, as well.

She looked around for Itachi, but the room was too dark to see anything. Then, she heard the sound of metal clashing with metal and narrowed her eyes in the general direction the sound had come from to see Itachi and Madara, fighting one another.

"Sakura," Itachi growled, glaring at his opponent. "Get Kaa-san out of here, it's too late for Tou-san."

Sakura ran to Mikoto and helped her up. The two started to run out of the room when they heard Madara yell, "You won't get away so easily!"

Then, Itachi yelled, "Sakura! Hurry!"

But it was too late. Sakura felt a stabbing pain in her back and she cried out in pain, falling to the floor.

"Sakura-san!" cried Mikoto, trying to help her up.

Sakura reach over her back and pulled out the kunai that had planted itself there and she forced herself up to her feet and took Mikoto's hand as they ran out of the house. It wasn't until they got just outside the border that Sakura collapsed from blood-loss.