OK, so this is my first story thingy. And I'm not ever sure I like it myself, but I was like hey, I gotta give it a chance. Okay, it's a Sakura and Itachi pairing, you don't like it, and then click the back bottom. If you're as big a fan as I am, please read and tell me what you think, I wanna know EVERYTHING, good or bad. Yeah, this is rated M, because I do plan on making some 'adult' scenes later on. Mmhm, I'm not very sure when, but they'll show up sooner or later. Enjoy.

Disclaimer::: I do NOT, or have ever owned Naruto. And I don't plan on making any money off of this, it just for fun!! :)

Thought/ Inner Sakura/ Dream speaking

"......" Speaking

As the sun of the afternoon sky started to fad into the ground, a sliver of a moon started to come out from behind the clouds as the winds slowly died down. All the sounds in the world were now silent; the whole world seemed at peace. But near the border of Konoha was a young shinobi. A young woman stood with her back against a dead tree, taking deep breathes. Feeling her eyes sting, her pink hair had covered her face. Anyone that had come by and seen her, it would have looked as if she was crying.

But the eyes of the young shinobi stayed dry, Sakura, wasn't sad, she was filled with hatred. The beautiful cherry blossom everyone knew, and loved was a hollow shell was what she once was. Her bright jade eyes were now dull and dark, her bubbly personality was now unknown and unwanted. Something in the little kunoichi was eating at her. Her village could say she was still mooring over her lost love, or she was still dealing with the grief from her dead teammate. She was the only one that knew what it was; hatred. Plain and simple, hatred. Sakura's pure heart was now as black was night, and as cold as winter. She had become the thing that she had tried to stay away from; her mind was clouded with nothing by pictures of killing the one that had betrayed her and the village she loved so much.

She was remembering the good times with her former team. She missed Naruto, the knuckleheaded blonde ninja who annoyed her, but she loved him like a brother and she truly missed him. She couldn't say how much she missed the blonde hair boy, but she could say she'd do anything and everything to make sure his death wasn't a waste. Sakura remember his last day, it was horrible and it would never be forgotten by the young girl. His blood was forever stained onto her hands, and she could always feel it, even when her hands were dry. That day was burned into her memory; she could still see Naruto limping back to Konoha. He was bleeding; she could see the blood from where she was standing. Sakura ran towards her friend, he was dieing. And she knew it. He had deep wounds to his chest and a hole through his gut. And when the wounded ninja fell to the ground she knew that all too well that he was going to die in her presents. Her heart turned in that moment, this point in her life broke her completely.

"Naruto!" Sakura could still feel her throat burn from screaming. It felt as if someone had set her throat aflame, air rushed out with such force it felt as if her lungs would burst.

She could write every small detail about that day. What she had eaten for lunch, what times she went to the bathroom; everything. Down to the smallest detail, which was sad because she wanted to forget, but wouldn't because the hate from remembering the last day she would ever have with her dearest friend, just fueled the fire in her heart to kill the one that started all the pain for her.

"Hey Sakura, what's up?" Naruto asked, looking up hazily at the pink haired ninja. His eyes still had the fire they normally had, but it was now a dull flame. His face was caked with dirt and blood. His head was on her lap, and Sakura was whipping away the blood. It was ruining his handsome face.

"What happened? Please tell me, Naruto." Sakura begged. Her tears were not streaming down her face, and they slowly fell onto Naruto's cheeks.

"Another bet with Sasuke, you know," he smiled, "I can't back down with him always trying to beat me. I gotta show him I'm gonna be the next hokage. And prove everyone wrong."

Sakura shook her head, and lifted her eyes to meet red swirls of raven and cinnamon; Sharingan. The first thing that came to her head was that Sasuke had finally come back to Leaf. But the thought was quickly replaced with fear, as she saw the form of a male coming of the darkness. As the dark shape came out of the shadows, the first thing that caught her eyes was the long black cloak with red clouds; Akatsuki. That word brought the young shinobi out her thoughts and into reality.

"Uchiha Itachi." The malice in her voice was unearthly, like it wasn't even her own. She didn't know why the name came out so harsh, maybe it was because of the younger brother. Maybe he was the reason she hated the name of the almost extricated clan.

"Kunoichi." The missing-nin said back, his voice was more emotionless then she remembered.

Sakura felt her hand moving towards the small kunai pouch on her thigh, "What brings you to Leaf?"

He didn't answer; he was eyeing the small kunoichi, sizing her up. She was scared, the fear was just rolling off of her in huge waves, and he could feel it. Her fear was intoxicating, he loved it. It felt amazing to know someone feared you this much. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end, and her nerves were like someone had set them aflame.

"You're scared of me, aren't you?" Itachi stated, she was indeed scared, and it did show.

"Answer me, what are you doing in Leaf!" Sakura said more forcefully, her heart was pounding in her chest, and it felt like it was going to explode out of her ribs.

Her years of training with Tsunade had paid off; she knew if Itachi had come to fight, she would give him a run for his money. She wasn't the same little girl trying to play ninja to impress the boy she had a crush on. No, she was now a shinobi, trained by the hokage herself. And maybe if she held him off long enough and made enough noise that someone would came and aid her.

"I have an offer; you might be interested in it." Itachi said, and he smirked when he saw the dumbfounded look on the young woman's face. He knew that look was coming.

Offer, what could he offer us? Nothing, that's what, I'm sure he's just trying to buy time for another Akatsuki member so they sneak up from behind. Inner Sakura thought, Keep going, see what he's up to It's gotta be worth listening to..

"Offer you say," Sakura raised an eyebrow, "And what might that be?" Her voice was now normal; it wasn't filled with fear anymore.

Itachi started for the little kunoichi, as he ate up the space between them, Sakura could see that he was a good foot and a half taller then her, and he was very well built. She wounded why he would hide his body under a heavy cloak

"What would you do for the death of the other Uchiha?" Itachi finally said, he was a meet feet away from Sakura.

"Sasuke," Sakura gasped, her heads started to sweat and she didn't know if she could hold onto the kunai. She was scared she would drop it, and before she knew what she was saying, she blurted out "Anything!"

"Anything? Now that's and interesting answer, could you only be saying that as a reaction?" Itachi asked, he knew what he was doing. One way or another, the small kunoichi was going to accept his offer, rather she liked it or not.

"Um... err." She was stuck in a battle of what she wanted, and what was right. She couldn't answer; it felt like the words were stuck in her throat.

"Answer kunoichi; I don't have time to waste." He waited for a good minute, Sakura stood there saying nothing. "It seems that you have made up your mind." And he turned to leave.

"No, wait!" Sakura said, she reached her hand out, and ended up grabbing the cloth of his cloak. He turned with great speed, and before he could say anything about the action, Sakura started, "Yes, I'll do anything."

"Anything, for my brother's life?" Itachi said and Sakura shook her head, he smirked. "Follow."

It was a simple command, and she did. This shocked Itachi, he thought she would have been harder to convince, but then again, she wasn't the same small girl dressed up in ninja clothing. She wanted revenge, and at any cost. She was blinded by her hatred, and that would be her total downfall. But breaking the strong kunoichi would be most amusing to the greater Uchiha. As they walked, Sakura wondered if she was doing the right thing, she was didn't know what had come over her. She knew the old Sakura would have never done that, but she wasn't the old Sakura. She wasn't the carefree girl everyone knew and loved, she wasn't the weak little ninja anymore.

No, she was the new Sakura. This one was cold, and heartless. She wanted revenge, and she took the first opportunity that came to her. It might not have been the best choice, but she didn't care. She wanted to prove that she wasn't the same child playing games; she was now a strong shinobi and could take care of herself. She no longer needed someone to protect her.

Can I really kill Sasuke? Am I strong enough? Those thoughts kept popping into her head; they didn't want to leave her mind, even for a second. Am I really going to go through with this? What if Sasuke….

What are you talking about?! Of course you can kill that bastard! Who are you, Haruno Sakura, that's who! Your not the same little thirteen year old, that couldn't do anything, you're a shinobi, so start acting like one! Quit with the second guessing yourself damn it! This isn't you, now quit acting like it. Inner Sakura started to voice her own opinions. It was easy to see that that part of her wasn't gone.

Itachi silently watched the little shinobi; she was truly something else. He knew that the woman was having a battle inside herself, it was easy to see that much. Her expressions changed every now and then. From confused, to confident, scared, happy, and sad. She really was thinking about the choice she just made with the S class criminal. They had been walking through the surrounding forest about Konoha, and they were now in a small town. The moon was now in the middle of the sky, telling both Sakura and Itachi that they had been walking more then half of the night. They needed to stop and rest for the night, a motel would help. They both walked into a cheap motel, and up to the front desk. There was a small bell placed neatly on the counter, Itachi hit it once. And an older female voice rang throughout the room.

"How can I help you, sir?" the elderly woman looked at Itachi, then to Sakura.

"One room, for one night." Itachi said.

One room? Really now, of course he's joking, there's no way in hell he's just getting one room. Inner Sakura repeated, No way in hell is that gonna happen.

"Excuse me, two rooms, please." Sakura said, and both Itachi and the elder woman looked at her, the older woman looked like she had grown a second head, but Itachi looked blank. Of course, he always looked like that, Sakura said to herself.

"Unless you have money and are willing to pay for additional room, you will have to deal with just one." Itachi said, and Sakura frowned.

They waited in silence for a few seconds, before the old woman finally said something, "Well." she looked at Sakura, "What's it going to be, miss?" Tapping her finger on the countertop.

Sakura sighed, "One room."

Itachi paid the old woman, and she gave him a key to a room. They both walked towards the room that they were given. When they finally reached it Itachi opened the door, and stood aside. Like he was holding it for Sakura, and she walked in.

"I never took you as a gentleman." Sakura said looking at the room. One queen sized bed, television, a single chair placed by the window and dresser.

"Don't get use to it kunoichi." He said, taking his cloak off, and placing in on the chair as he walked past Sakura.

"Umm..." Sakura started to say, but then stopped. There was only one bed. She was not sleeping in the same bed as him. "There's only one bed..."

"Excellent observation kunoichi." Itachi smirked, and Sakura crossed her arms over her chest.

"I am not sleeping in the same bed as you." Sakura said and looked away.

Itachi almost laughed at that, "That is fine, more room for myself."

Sakura almost fell on the floor, so far for being a gentleman. What a jerk! Inner Sakura shouted. This guy wasn't being serious about sleeping in the bed, and making her sleep on the floor. But she knew he was being all too serious because when he plopped himself on the bed, and placed his arms behind his head. Her face got a tint of red, but then she took a deep breath, she wouldn't sleep on the floor. She sat on the end of the bed and pulled off her shoes then laid back.

"I thought you weren't sleeping in the same bed as me?" Itachi pointed out. He wanted to smile, because he knew that he had won.

"Shut up, I'll sleep in the bed. Just don't try anything, got that?" Sakura said and looked at the small dresser.

"Don't flatter yourself," Itachi said, and turned off the light next to the bed. He felt the weigh of the bed shift as she crawled up to the front and pulled the covers off and then back onto herself.

She couldn't believe she was sleeping in the same bed and the murderous Uchiha Itachi. Sakura mentally beat herself for hours, just waiting for the older Uchiha to fall asleep, she couldn't tell if he was sleeping, or waiting. Either way she still didn't feel comfortable fall asleep. As much as she wanted to sleep, she was somewhat scared to. Sakura had no idea of what would happen if she did. It was a mystery, ever to Sakura, that she fell asleep. But she did.

As the night passed, and the day started to return the little kunoichi awoken to a warm pair of arms being wrapped around her waist. They felt nice, like they fit perfectly around her. Sakura still had her eyes closed, and didn't know who was so close to her. But she quickly gasped when the strong arms pulled her closer into whoever was holding her. Sakura panicked and started to fight who was holding her. And quickly she found herself on the floor looking at the man that was holding her.

She glared up at Itachi, and he looked confused. But what puzzled her was how she ended up on the other side of the bed, and why she was sleeping with his arms wrapped around her.

"I thought I told you to keep your hands to yourself!" Sakura jumped up and pointed her finger in his face.

He rolled his eyes, and grabbed her hand and pulled her hard into his chest. "If I do remember last night, kunoichi, you told me not to try anything, and I didn't. You moved closer muttering something."

Sakura pulled her sight away from him and looked at the wall. This was stupid, why was she even with this bastard? Other then the fact he knew where Sasuke was, that was it. Maybe she could kill Itachi after she killed his younger brother. That would be a wonderful plan; Inner Sakura did a small victory dance.

"Humph..." Sakura huffed, and sat back on the floor.

"Get ready to leave, I will not wait. I am leaving whether you are with me or not." Itachi said, and for the first time Sakura noticed that he wasn't wearing a shirt. Her face turned a tint of red, and Itachi saw it. And he couldn't help but think it made her look sweet and innocent, maybe even a little cute.

Yes, the little kunoichi was cute, maybe even beautiful. They way she looked was truly different, he had never come across a ninja with pink hair, and this woman was different. Everything about her wasn't normal, but not in a bad way. She was beautiful, but strong. Itachi would have lectured Sasuke about losing a woman like this. But he ended his thought when he saw her getting ready to leave; like he had told her.

Sakura got up and grabbed her sandals and slipped them on, then she ran her fingers through her hair to remove the big tangles, the smaller ones would have to wait until she found a brush.

"Well…" Sakura said, and put her hand on her hips. And she could have sworn that he gave a small smirk, but only briefly thought about it, because he walked out the door with her hot on his trails.

Before they walked out of the front door, Itachi tossed the room key onto the front desk. The sun was just now hitting the middle of the sky, and Itachi mentally told himself that the little cherry blossom he now had was going to have to run by his rules and by his time, or they would never find Sasuke.

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked, they had been walking well over an hour. And they were using the trees and landscape as a way to stay out of sight.

"......." Itachi said nothing; he just lightly glanced at Sakura. And that told her she needed to keep to herself, and not speak.

Whoa, let's not ask him anything for along while. He seems pissed! Inner Sakura voiced herself for the first time that day, and Sakura agreed to that. It didn't make sense, he seemed willing to talk this morning, but now he was different. Maybe this was a reason he so was dangerous, other then the fact that he was a killer.

As the minutes of silence passed into hours, Itachi hadn't said a word. And it was driving Sakura crazy. She didn't know how anyone could stay this quiet, it was madness! She felt as if he was trying to torture her, and he was doing a damn good job. Sakura sighed, and Itachi glanced at her from the side, she seemed impatient. And annoyed. Sakura wanted to pull out her hear, this man was really driving her crazy, and it was only by keeping quiet. This was unbearable, it was ridiculous.

"Why aren't you talking? I mean we've been walking for hours, and not one word." Sakura said, and didn't even look at her. It seemed as if he was just trying to ignore her, "Hello? You know I'm here, I don't even know why you're being stubborn. And I'm not even sure how you're not crazy from not saying anything. Please tell me your just not talking because of me, I mean anyone else would have gone completely insane."

Itachi turned his head and looked at Sakura, "Finished?"

Sakura looked dumbfounded, "Um... err." She was at a lose of words, and soon she found herself feeling embarrassed. She turned her head to look away from him, and they went back to the silent walking.

"....." Itachi was grateful for the silence again. He gave a small smirk, but didn't show it off. Or let Sakura know he was pleased with her being quiet. She was very outspoken, but whatever God that was out there, he thanked for the girl being quiet.

The hours passed, and Sakura started to feel the night air starting to touch her limbs. The Sky was still a blue color, but more or less it was faded. She knew that there were no towns near, and they would end up spending the night under the stars. Although she felt more comfortable outside, and not in a cheap motel. But she wouldn't tell Itachi that, just because she felt better outside, didn't mean that it was nicer to sleep in a warm bed.

With his warm arms wrapped about you, Inner Sakura said out of nowhere. He smelled great, didn't he?

Sakura mentally beat herself for thinking about Itachi in that way; she would rather be tortured then be with the murderous older Uchiha. She would never be with any Uchiha, not after the hurt both of them put her through. Itachi was the Sasuke wanted to have power; at any cost, and Sasuke was the reason Naruto was dead.

At the thought of Naruto, Sakura let out a small groan. Her heart was heavy for the lost of her dear friend. She hadn't always proved that she liked the boy, but they both knew they were great friends. Sakura wanted revenge for him, for her village. And herself. And Itachi seemed to be a blessing in disguise, as much as it pained her to say it. She was right; he was her only chance to get to the younger brother. Itachi would willingly give Sasuke to Sakura, and in returned she would do anything for him. And that's what scared her most, the anything. Would that mean rebuilding the Uchiha clan? With Itachi? How, and why her, she wasn't that special. Yes, she was very strong, and very intelligent. But why her? She didn't know, and she certainly did not want to think about it. Maybe she could ask him, or maybe she could get a kunai right in the forehead. Itachi would never answer a question like that. Would he?

Her head buzzed with many new questions, and other things that could happen. But Itachi stopped, and Sakura almost bumped into him. He was looking around; this area seemed like a pleasant place to rest for the night.

"Kunoichi stay here," Itachi said while he walked away. She sighed and thought this man was truly getting to be a pain in her side.

Sakura waited, this man was taking his sweet time with whatever he was doing. She stood for another hand full of minutes, and then moved towards a tree. She now sat at the base of the tree, and moved her knees towards her chest and laid her head down. She waited.... and waited….. And yes, waited. This was boring, and she wasn't sure if Itachi was going to come back anytime soon. So Sakura took that he wasn't going to come back until later on in the night, and started a fire. It was her safety blanket, warm, and also kept anything out in the world away from her. She had time with her thoughts, wondering if the older Uchiha would come back anytime soon. But that thought led to why he left, which led to why she was waiting. Things kept popping into her head, and then too many things didn't add up. It was all too confusing to her, and she wished Itachi would finally come back. It felt very uneasy without being with someone in a part of land she did not know personally.

"Ugh…" Sakura sighed, and lay on the ground with her hand tucked behind her head, "Stupid Uchiha's." The grass and dirt shaped to her body, and somehow conferred her in one then one way.

She waited longer for Itachi to finally return, but after an hour or so of waiting, she finally let her eyes close. But kept her senses alert. The night air kept the small kunoichi half awake, and still half asleep. It was weird, yes she was use to being in the open, camping. But not like this, she didn't know where she was, or where she was going to end up. It was so different, she felt like she was on a mission, but didn't know any of the details of it. As she fell farther into sleep she didn't sense the older Uchiha make his way back to her.

"Hmm." Itachi said as he eyed the girl. She was sleeping. That was a good sign; he didn't want to hear her asking where he had been, of what he was doing. Even if he wouldn't tell her, it was still be annoying to hear her voice over and over asking questions that were useless to her. Maybe the girl could be of more use then he put her out to be.

He deactivated his Sharingan, and the world was dark and blurry. Itachi sat with his back to a tree, across from Sakura. Even if he couldn't see perfectly, the pink glair was her, he knew that. This girl would heal his eyes, but as of now that was it. Soon the older Uchiha found himself wanting to sleep. He knew a few hours wouldn't hurt; they would help more then anything. Soon he let his eyes close and he drifted into sleep.

While Sakura was asleep, her small body turned and twisted. After all the years not thinking of Sasuke, he violated her dreams.

Sakura was running, her breath hitched in her throat. And sweat dripped from her forehead.

"Please! Leave me alone, please!" Sakura begged, she kept running. Her legs just kept moving, but it didn't seem like she was going anywhere. Trees moving past her, but she knew she could get away.

"Sakura," His warm voice was in her ear, "Why run, you can't get away, don't play game with someone who can play them better"

Sakura shook her head, "NO! PLEASE GET AWAY FROM ME!" Her legs carried her until she felt safe, and she hit under a throne bush. Her clothes were ripped, and her breathing was harsh. Sakura clamped her hands over her mouth to keep herself from crying, her heart was pounding.

She prayed he couldn't find her, she prayed to any God out there; he wasn't going to hurt her. But her worst fears came to life, "Sakura..." His warm tongue licked the back of her neck.

Sakura fought the urge to moan, this is what she wanted. For years this is who she wanted, she wanted nothing more by for her love to rip her clothing off and make love to her for hours.

"No, please don't. Sasuke, don't." Sakura begged, all she could see was Sharingan eyes, the swirls of red danced in front of her face.

"Sasuke, what a fool." What? Why would Sasuke be talking in third person, can't he just said 'me' or 'I'?

"Please." Sakura begged once more. She was now on her back, hands above her head. She still couldn't see his face was dark; the only think she knew was that whoever this man was, it was some with Uchiha blood; because of the Sharingan.

She felt his hot, wet tongue run down the felt side of her face. Sakura sucked in a sharp breath, and moved her head away from the man she thought was Sasuke. She was crying, the air around them smelt of salt and fear, the man kissed her neck. He gently bit and sucked in different places. Sakura couldn't help but moan, and her body arched into the Uchiha member.

Sakura felt him moving her hands into one of his, and used his now free hand to grab her breast. He started to move the kisses up towards his mouth, and Sakura wanted to kiss whoever it was. She felt like she needed it, but she couldn't stop crying. Finally she felt his teeth tugging at her bottom lip. Sakura whimpered.

"Why so scared?" The man's voice was so familiar, she knew this man. But it wasn't Sasuke. His face was now inches away, and Sakura could now see, she felt her head skip a beat. She thought it was going to stop right then and there.

"Itachi…"

Sakura bolted right up, her hair stuck to her face. She pulled it away, with one hand and looked around. She was still in the same spot she had fallen asleep in. But she was warmer, she grabbed at whatever fabric was covering her. It smelt like musk, rain, and a hint of blood. She tried to remember how she got wrapped in whatever warm cloth this was, but she remembered falling asleep close to the fire for warmth.

"Kunoichi," that voice again, please don't be another dream, she thought.

"Y-Yy-Yes." Sakura asked into the darkness. She prayed that this time she was awake.

"Time to leave," Itachi's said, and Sakura was ready to leave. She wanted to get away from reality but knew that that wasn't going to be easy.

She got up and noticed that she had been wrapped in Itachi's Akatsuki cloak, why would she be sleeping with this? She didn't fall asleep with it on, Itachi must have covered me last night, but she didn't know why.

"Thank you," Sakura said, and handed the cloth back to the older Uchiha.

He didn't say anything back, his mind was puzzled. He saw the young kunoichi moving in her sleep, she was muttering something. He wasn't sure, he was sure she was just cold and the moving girl was annoying him so he had covered her with this cloak. Itachi was confused when they girl didn't stop shacking, until he saw tears fall from her closed eyes. Then he heard it, his name. Very quiet, but very seductive. It was like she had just moaned it out of nowhere.

He took the clothing from her hand, and placed it over his shoulder, and they continued walking. Both of their minds placed on the same thing.

What was that dream about? Both of their minds thought at the same time.

A/N: Okay, so far I think I did pretty well. I mean, it could have been better, but then again it could have been worse. Any who, I really want to know what anyone thinks about it, it'd be nice to see who loves it the way it is, or if someone wants to give their two cents to help me out a little. I'm big girl; I can handle the truth XD

Well... Chao for now my darlings. I love you, but I am very tired :/ and plus I do need to spend sometime with people that are near and dear towards me. So I will leave you with this, next chapter up within a week of so.