Fanfiction Title: You Should Be Here

Author:MsILoveAnime

Rating:T

Summary: All he wanted was for her to come back to him,so everything could go back to normal.

Character Pairing: Uchiha Itachi & Haruno Sakura

Date Started:December 20,2015

Here is a quick little two-shot while I'm brainstorming ideas for Chapter Six of Interlude

Uchiha,Itachi was a man that never backed down from a fight. it was coming from the most powerful ninja that was the head of this village or if they were just now coming out of the academy,but when it came to Sakura Haruno,He would be quick to throw in the white towel because he knew that she was the type to play those dirty tricks that she undoubtedly had learned from the none other than the fifth Hokage herself. Though their little fighting session would end up with the sprawled on the forest floor,making out very heavily. Itachi quickly concluded that he would never the less stop training with the medic unless they were both absolutely positively sure that they were both being serious.

A low but soft sigh passed through Itachi's lips as he walked up the stairs to the apartment that they had been sharing over the last couple of years. Reaching into the various pockets of his jounin jacket to retrieve his house keys. It took him a good minute to actually find his keys before he slid it into the lock and with a slight turn of his wrist,He listened as the lock gave away and allowed him entry into their humble abode. As he stepped over the threshold of the door,Itachi noticed that it looked as if every single light in the apartment was on.

"Sakura"Itachi called out as he slid off his shoes and began making his way further into the apartment. Looking in the living room,He noticed that it was completely empty. Glancing over to one of the couches he noticed her white medical jacket threw carelessly across the back of it.

"She's here but where"Itachi muttered before he heard the slight clattering of something,as it came from the kitchen. Pivoting on the balls of his feet,Itachi made a bee-line for the kitchen. Once he spotted the medic,He froze on the spot. There sitting at their dining room table sat Sakura with her head pressed on the table with several bottles of sake on the table and one under the poor medic's death grip.

"Sakura"

Itachi listened as what sound like an incomprehensible grunt escaped the medic's muffled mouth. Exhaling deeply,Itachi walked over to Sakura and didn't even have to inhale deeply to smell the highly expensive sake,that she had undoubtedly gotten from Lady Tsunade as a wedding gift, that seemed to leak from both the bottle and from Sakura. The glimmer of something caught Itachi's eye as he looked up and noticed that Sakura's wedding ring was sitting on the table and not on her finger.

"Sakura why do you have your ring off"

"I'm tired of you Itachi"

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes,Itachi reached down and went to pull the medic int a sitting position when he felt her chakra waver slightly with a Get away or else message fully intact. Choosing to ignore the medic,Itachi did it once again and found that she wasn't going to give up without a fight.

"Sakura,final warning"

Sakura did nothing but waived Itachi off before his footsteps could be hear as he retreated from the intoxicated medic before the sound of pots clattering and water began to run and when she heard his footsteps get closer and closer to her she waived him off again before a large rush of cold water came pouring down her head causing Sakura to sit up uprightly in the chair and swing widly in his direction and while Itachi easily dodged the attack,he could feel the slightest bit of chakra into her hands as they retreated back to her side.

"Get up Sakura"

"No"Sakura muttered as she lifted the bottle up to her mouth again only to have Itachi intervene yet again and this time Sakura's fist caught the wrist of Itachi and broke it in several places. Glassy emerald eyes looked up as Itachi stepped back from her,touching his wrist softly.

"I told you to stay away Itachi"Sakura slurred slight as the chair dragged across the floor and she got to her feet.

"Sakura bathe and go to bed"

"You don't tell me what to do Itachi"Sakura spat as she approached him before poking him violently in the chest. "Ever"

Itachi's glare met Sakura's glassy ones as they stayed staring at each other before Sakura cursed out loud and made her way towards the bathroom,Itachi threw his head back slightly as he sent out a short and silent prayer before scooping up her wedding ring and following her into the bathroom.

"I don't need your help Uchiha" Sakura scoffed as she began discarding her clothes very slowly. Maneuvering pass her,Itachi quickly turned on the water and quickly switched it over to the shower head and soon enough steam quickly began to fill the room. Turning back towards Itachi held his hand out,to help her into the tub but she smacked his hand away before deciding to do it on her own. Sakura braced herself on the wall as she lifted up her legs,which felt like a ton and tried to get into the tub before missing the rim and went tumbling into the tub,Thankfully for Itachi's fast reflexes he had grabbed her just before she hit her head on the hard tile surrounding the bathtub. Shaking his head slightly,Itachi used his other hand and quickly made a clone and watched on as it grabbed a hold of Sakura as he went to get his wrist tended to.

When Itachi arrived back home fifteen minutes later,He found Sakura wandering around the house,naked as the day she came out of her mother's womb spouting nothing but hateful words and any idiot could realize that she was ranting about her husband. Sighing yet again,Itachi made his way and latched onto the top left part of Sakura's arm before steering her towards their bedroom.

"Bed" Itachi spoke as he helped her to sit on the bed. Luckily Itachi had showered before he left before delivering a stack of papers to Ibiki, that way he knew that he wouldn't have to leave her alone again knowing that there was nothing that the medic couldn't do to hurt herself or probably anyone around her. Itachi slowly began to make his way over to their bed as he stripped out of his pants and shirt as safe as he could without aggravating the cast surrounding his wrist. Onyx eyes looked to the left and saw Sakura still sitting on the edge of the bed staring intently at the wall.

"Sakura"

"It's not fair Itachi" Sakura muttered before getting up and making it to her side of the bed and turning her back towards him.

Onyx eyes soften as he realized what she was talking about,Reaching out towards her,Sakura shook his hand off as she scooted slightly away from him.

"It's just not" She muttered again before a soft sob escaped from her lips before it became slightly louder. He could feel his heart harden at her words but he knew that there was nothing that he could do at the moment,All he could do was listen to her as she repeated those words over and over again until she had cried herself to sleep.

Itachi was currently sitting in the living-room with a book in his lap when a loud knock pulled the elder Uchiha out of whatever little moment he was having. Placing the scroll aside Itachi stood up and went to answer the door only to find none other than Shisui standing at his front door with a small plastered on his face.

"I was pretty sure that you were going into work today"Shisui spoke as he bypassed his cousin and mad e his way inside of the married couples home. Onyx eyes followed Shisui's retreating form before he was completely out of sight. Itachi shook his head already knowing that he wasn't going to get anything done with his cousin lingering around,Following the sound of Shisui's footsteps,Itachi quickly found him in their kitchen rummaging through their cabinets for food.

"I'm taking a personal day"Itachi spoke up as he took a seat at the table and watched as Shisui searched on,Itachi was somewhat grateful that he and Sakura hadn't had the chance to go grocery shopping. Hopefully Shisui would take that as a cue to leave.

"You guys need to go grocery shopping" Shisui spoke up snatching an apple out of the fruit basket and taking a seat across from Itachi.

"Hn"

As Shisui started to open his mouth,Sakura came in the kitchen clad in one of Itachi's shirt with her pink locks sitting messily around her head.

"Nice bedhead" Shisui snickered as Sakura flipped him the bird before grabbing the leftover sake bottles from last night and an apple.

"Whoa Sakura,It's only ten in the morning" Shisui smiled as Sakura completely ignored him and made her way towards their bedroom. Shisui turned his head back towards Itachi,who was watching Sakura's retreating form.

"What's with her" Shisui asked as his smile completely disappeared

"She's still coping with the loss" Itachi muttered before turning his attention back towards Shisui

"So that must be why you're wrist is in that small cast"

Itachi nodded

"Maybe you should get her some help Itachi,I don't think I've ever seen her like this"

"I have. She just won't listen to anyone,Not me,Tsunade,Naruto,Sasuke or even her parents"

"Hn. You have to try something Itachi,I don't like Sakura like this"

Me either

After Shisui had bid his cousin goodbye,Itachi made his way back towards their bedroom and found Sakura sitting in the middle of the floor staring at the sake bottle.

"What do you want" She asked never looking back and looking at him

"Get dressed"

"I'm not going anywhere with someone who can't protect me"She huffed

"Sakura"

"No Itachi!" Sakura snapped as she turned towards him "You don't get to play hero"

"Pretend like you're the only one grieving Sakura"Itachi snapped,finally allowing his anger to bubble over and spill out "Pretend like you have to drown you're sorrows in alcohol and hurt those trying to help you. I'm done" He spoke before collecting himself and leaving the room and eventually the house. Once the loud slam of the front door reached Sakura's ears,The tears that she didn't know she was holding in came rushing out as if a dam had burst before she slowly slid onto the cold carpet and laid there as fresh tears flowed down her face.

Itachi knew that he needed to get out of this village and he needed to get out of their now,so it was no surprise when he found himself standing in-front of the Hokage,who was looking out of the window overlooking the village.

"How can I help you Itachi"

"I want-need a mission" Itachi spoke

Naruto turned back towards Itachi and frowned slightly "Is there something wrong"

Itachi shook his head "No sir"

Naruto nodded before walking over to desk and quickly scanning the various amount of papers on his desk. "Ah ha" Naruto picked up the piece of paper and handed it to Itachi.

"The only thing I have worthy of your skill level is a recon and extract mission"

"Who is the target"

"Kumogakure, We have reason to believe that they are plotting to attack Konoha and could be using some of the ninjas, on that list for information regarding this village. I need you to collect as much information as you can and free our allied ninjas if they have the mean to be saved"

Itachi nodded "How long will this mission take"

"A couple of months"

Perfect Itachi nodded

"I assume you can assemble a four man squad,including a medic of your choice"

Itachi nodded again

"Good"Naruto nodded. Itachi turned to leave the room when Naruto stopped him

"Itachi,How is she"

"Still the same"

Naruto sighed deeply before dismissing Itachi.

Itachi had arrived home late that same evening,after meeting with the small team that was going to assist him on the recon and extract,which consisted of himself,Shisui,Neji and Ino. He found Sakura sitting up against the headboard of their bed staring out of the window. As he packed his bag,He could feel as her eyes bore holes in the back of his head as he walked back and forth in the room calculating just what all he needed for the mission.

"W-Where are you going"She asked as he voice cracked,evidence of her crying for a good bit of time.

"Mission"

Pink eyebrows creased slightly "I thought you were taking a break from the field"

"I was but I see that we need some time apart from each other so that's what I'm doing"

"H-How long will you be gone then"

"A couple months at the most"

Sakura's head fell slightly "Oh"

"Yeah" Itachi muttered before closing the bags,sealing them off and stuffing them into one of the various pouches on his waist. Walking over to her,Itachi placed a kiss on her forehead before walking out of the bedroom.

"Be safe Itachi" She called out, as he used a nod as an answer to her statement before walking out of their bedroom and out of their home.

Not knowing that this was their final goodbye.

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