ItaSaku Wanted No More Chapter 3

Chapter 3 - Decisions

"Uchiha." said Sakura as she closed the door to her room after entering. He was there reading a small book. She looked at him for a moment as he didn't answer when she called him. He didn't have his cloak on, just the usual attire. His eyes were following the lines in the book silently before he closed it and put it on the small table beside the bed. He looked up at her his eyes revealing everything but emotions. He studied her as she got closer to the window.

"Your brother...Do you hate me that I killed him?" she finally said.

"What were your reasons for doing so? I was the one supposed to kill him. He had to become stronger in order to fight me in the future." he said still sitting on the chair looking at her. Sakura was looking over the window as she spoke.

"He was an idiot. There was a time when I liked him very much. Just the thought that he could disappear hurt. But he didn't return my feelings."

"Is that your reason for killing him? I thought more of you Haruno." Itachi stood and started to walk to where she was until he was 2 meters ahead of her leaning on the wall.

"No." he looked away. "In the end I gave up. I finally understood that Sasuke was not the kind of person to give love. We just both walked away in different directions. But I couldn't forgive him for one thing."

"Hn?" he mumbled.

"He took away from me the most important thing." she looked at him straight in the eyes. "My life."

"Drop the jokes. There's no need for them." he glanced at her.

"I wouldn't tell you these if they were jokes Uchiha. I'm telling you this to know what kind of person your little brother is. But don't know why I'm even bothering. You brothers are both the same. Now I see where he got all that attitude of his from."

"When you say your life what do you mean?" he asked.

"That's all you need to know. Your brother took a part of his revenge on me and I gave you a dose of his own medicine." Sakura walked to the mirror and watched her reflection.

"Haruno that's not an answer." He appeared behind her back with a kunai at her throat. Any second he was ready to slice it and let her die there. But he didn't do anything. He just waited for her reply looking in the mirror.

"He killed...two people very important to me Uchiha. Now we're even. Now get that thing off my neck." Itachi returned to his place by the window.

"Where is he?" he looked over the window as if trying to find someone.

"What do you mean?"

"Where is his body? I hope at least you had the common sense to bury his dead body."

"From what I heard the shinobi from the Leaf took his body and brought it in the village. That's all I know. They betrayed me.

You've got your answers now, so get out of my room." she turned to face him.

"Hm? Don't talk to me like that. You'd better be grateful that I didn't kill you a second ago. Beware of me Haruno. You never know when something strikes you from behind." saying these he left her room.

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"I wish I..." Sakura laid on her bed looking at the ceiling in darkness. Her thoughts began flowing in and out of her head in the end letting her falling asleep. She slept all night long and as always she was having the same nightmare. The one when she got cut on her thigh.

"Sakura...dinner is ready. You can co..." Konan enter Sakura's room and saw that she was asleep and watched her for a couple of seconds. "You suffered a lot in the past didn't you? Your screams can be heard on the entire floor." she whispered to herself.

"Mayu...ri...Sasu...ke..." Konan left her room and went downstairs.

"What's wrong Konan?" asked Pein as he hugged his lover. All the Akatsuki members were present in the kitchen. Including Itachi, who saw the pained expression on Konan's face.

"It's Sakura...She...I think she suffered a lot in the past. Every night she keeps having nightmares, which I guess it's the same, as she calls some names..."

"Huh? Sakura-san having nightmares? Well it's to be expected after what she's done."

"No. It's not like that. There are only 2 names that she's saying...Sasuke and Mayuri." Konan looked at Itachi. "Do you know something by chance Uchiha-san? He was your brother and..."

"Ever since I have left the village I never spoke to Sasuke. He was my little brother but we were never close. Does she say anything else beside names?" he asked.

"No. I'll try talking to her about this one of these days. I don't think it's appropiate to ask her now. And Uchiha-san I don't think at all that she's a little girl." she looked at Pein.

"I agree with you. Let's eat for now and leave her alone. By the way where is Yasuo?"

"He's in our room sleeping. You want me to bring him here?" she asked.

"Yes. I think he should eat something."

"Ok. I'll be right back with the little angel." saying these she sat from her seat and went upstairs. She opened the door to their room only to find that Yasuo was not there. Konan grasped and began looking for him everywhere: under the bed, the table; she searched the entire room but nothing.

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"PEIN !!" she yelled her voice still could be heard downstairs. As they heard her they all went upstairs to see what was wrong.

Konan was there crying on the floor. Pein went to help her to the bed and listened to what she had to say. The others were waiting at their door listening too.

"I CAN'T FIND YASUO!" she cried out. "I left him on his bed sleeping when I came downstairs and now he isn't there. Where could he be? What are we going to do if we don't find him? What if he...."

"Sh. Calm down Konan. We'll find him. Everyone let's look for him. He couldn't have gotten far."  

Everyone kept looking for him everywhere but couldn't find him. Konan couldn't stop her emotions anymore as she was going crazy. Itachi pulled her by the left arm in a room. "I think I know where he is."

"HUH? Do you? W-Where?" then she figured it out. "O-Of course. Why didn't I think about that? Pein. I know where he is. I swear if she hurts him in any way...." Konan pulled Pein upstairs and stopped in front of Sakura's room.

"Let me open the door. Maybe Sakura's still sleeping. She saw him right? She wouldn't hurt him."

"She told me she doesn't hurt kids. If she did something..." Pein consoled her and opened the door afterwards. Sakura was in her bed still sleeping but the little baby couldn't be found anywhere. "Let me get close to see." said Itachi and entered the room. He got close to Sakura's bed and stopped. There, in her embrace was Yasuo sleeping soundly. Sakura mumbled something in her sleep and Itachi bent over her to hear. "Mayu..." this is all she said as she was hugging the little boy. She smiled a little in her sleep and Itachi decided it's better not to wake them up. He went outside where the others where.

"So? Is he alright Uchiha-san?" asked frantically Konan.

"Yes. He sleeping soundly by her side. He must have heard her when talking and went there. After all I think he really likes her."

said Itachi. They all entered Sakura's room and were shocked. Yasuo was resting at her chest playing in his sleep with her hair. He chuckled for a bit and smiled.

"Why don't we let him sleep here tonight dear?" said Pein to Konan.

"O-Ok. Thank god she didn't do anything to him. I was right to trust her. I think she'll make a good member of this organization. Am I right Tobi?"

"Yes. Even though she killed those people she still has a heart. Let's go for now and let her rest." replied Konan.

"Go ahead. I'll stay a little bit longer here." Itachi looked back at them watching them closing the door.

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"Darkness." mumbled Itachi looking around the room. For a minute the time seemed to stop for him as he kept looking at the woman resting with a baby by her side. "That's right. She's not the girl that I've seen 10 years ago. She's a woman now." he thought.

"But she's still the one who killed my brother. It wasn't time for him to die yet."

"Sasu...ke..." Sakura mumbled. Itachi stared at her for a few seconds. "Either way you love or hate him...he still appears in your dreams..." Itachi grasped the handle and opened the door. He took one more look at her and wanted to leave when he heard whispers.

"I'm sorry...Itachi...Forgive me." Itachi froze for a minute in the same place about to leave the room. He closed the door and left into his room. "Sorry? Forgive her?" Itachi kept thinking about Sakura's last whispers. "Was she refering to Sasuke?" he laid on his bed on the side and fell asleep still thinking.

A few days passed by as Sakura went in a mission with Deidara and Hidan. It took exactly 5 days. When they came back the only people present at the hideout were Konan, Pein and Yasuo. Konan was playing with Yasuo on the grass, while Pein was looking silently at them.

"Hey there. We're back." said Hidan spinning his weapon above his head.

"Are you done with the mission?" asked Konan.

"Yes. You won't believe it." yelled Deidara. "The girl here is so awesome. She did the entire work by herself. We just stayed on the side and watch. You should have seen..." as Deidara kept emphasizing the events Konan looked at Sakura and saw that she was full of dirt.

"Um Sakura-san..." interupted Konan. "Would you like to take a bath together in the pond?" Sakura looked at her and afterwards looked at her clothes. "Yeah. I would really like one. Rather I need one." she smiled leaving the men stunned.

"I didn't know he could smile like that. During the mission she was like a stone." whispered Deidara.

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"Isn't that Kisame with Itachi? Where were they?" Hearing their names Sakura turned around to look at the two guys who were coming towards them. "What the hell happened to Itachi? He's full of wounds and blood." Deidara ran towards the two men and helped Kisame carry Itachi as he was unconscious.

"What happened?" asked Konan frantically.

"Nothing. Just had to deal with an angry Bijuu. The Seven-Tails." Sakura stood in the same place watching the scene and Itachi. What scared her was not the wounds but the fact that he was unconscious. "Uchiha!" called Pein but in vain. He couldn't hear a thing. "The blood is flowing everywhere." pannicked Konan.

"Don't touch him. And spread farther away." yelled Sakura. "If the wounds keep bleeding it means he was poisoned."

"I remember that guy used something but I didn't see. It might have happened that time." said Kisame.

"Konan. Bring me some bandages and a bowl with sake. He's going to need it." Sakura decided to help him. After all they were now comrades. "You can heal him, Haruno-san?" asked Pein. "I'm Tsunade's apprentice, a medical nin. Did you forget?" Sakura kneeled by Itachi's left side and began using her skills in order to stop the bleeding and help him regain his consciousness. A green light of chakra came out of her hand as she was moving it across his entire body from head to toe. The bleeding stopped in the end. What was left was for him to wake up.

"Here's the bowl and the bandages." said Konan. "Alright. Help me to bandage him. Kisame and Pein, please hold him down well." What I'm going to do now it's going to hurt. I need him awake to extract the poison out. Ready?"

"When you are." replied Kisame.

"Alright." Sakura moved the bowl under Itachi's nose so that he can smell the alcohol. Itachi blinked at the smell which meant he was starting to wake up. "Ok. Hold him." Sakura began to extract the poison and as she was doing this Itachi was hurting like hell. She put the poison extracted in the bowl and it began to disolve. As if it was being burned by the sake. "Ok two to go and we're done." She did the same thing twice and afterwards Itachi fainted from the pain. He was hurting however he clenched his teeth and didn't let one sound escape him. They brought him into his room and laid him on his bed to rest.

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Hehe. Chapter 3 guys. Hope you liked it Please comment for the next one