Sakura Uchiha was her name. At the age of 20 she had married her lifelong love Sasuke Uchiha. Sakura was the happiest girl alive at the time, it was her dream come true. It was everything she ever wanted, right? That's what she thought at least. She thought that maybe if she stuck around long enough and helped Sasuke cope with his demons he would open up to her, but she was wrong. Because no one could help Sasuke; not even Sasuke could help Sasuke.

Sakura's wedding was beautiful in her opinion, it really was. Everyone in the Uchiha family was there, all of her friends. Everyone that mattered, but she will never forget the moment right before she walked down the aisle and her only father figure in her life; Kakashi looked at her and asked "Are you sure about this "With a wrinkled forehead and down casted eyes. And she replied to him with a big smile and reassured him that this was the only thing in her life that she was 100 percent sure of.

But she was wrong, she ignored his mistakes his faults and blamed it all on his closed off personality. She knew who he really was and chose to ignore all of that for love. That was of course until she couldn't take it anymore.

On that particular day Sakura woke with a sigh and looked to her right and found the other half of her bed empty. As always. She didn't expect much but she looked every morning out of habit. She dragged her feet over to the body length mirror and looked at herself over once. She was dead on the inside, Completely and utterly dead. Her long pink hair reached her waist with split ends tangled beyond belief. Her waist itself was so thin it was scary to look at. Her face was pale as the color of her white walls. And her eyes, once a vibrant shade of emerald green filled with happiness, was now a dark shade of green with nothing but a blank stare. She was dead on the inside and out, and she couldn't bring herself to care. She once cared a lot about how she looked, she once was so concerned with the way people viewed her. But not after he had broken her, not after he had taken away everything that made her happy. Because Sakura was dead from the inside out.

That morning, Sakura dressed in her Anbu uniform. Long stretchy black pants with a thick strapped tank top that came down to mid stomach and a Medic band wrapped around her upper right arm and a thigh strap around her thigh with her weapons and other necessary ninja gear. She gave herself a once over in the mirror again and lazily put her messy pink locks in a ponytail. She walked out of her 'home' and made her way to the gates of the Uchiha compound waving at everyone as she passed them. Stopping to make small talk with a plastic smile on her face. As Sakura made her way to the Anbu headquarters she passed a lot of her colleagues who greeted her with respect. As she greeted everyone who greeted her back she made her way to her office. She sat in her large office chair with a sigh. She hated this, she didn't know how much more she could take of this life.

As the day went on, Sakura's job consisted of her asses the injuries of the anbu that came in and out from missions. It was the job Sasuke suggested to her because he didn't want his wife on the battlefield. Her being as obedient as ever listened because she mistook his dominant personality for love and care. But she knew better now, she knew Sasuke didn't actually care for anybody but himself and the greater good for his all so prideful clan. But she didn't care enough to fight back his 'request' because she loved him. Right?

As Sakura was deep in thought she was suddenly interrupted by Ino her head nurse who rushed in saying a member of Anbu Team one needed emergency medical assistance. As Sakura quickly grabbed her doctors coat and rushed out of her office to where a member of Anbu team one was being prepped for surgery. She made eye contact with the other three members of team one and quickly went over to the scrubbing station to prepare for surgery. As Sakura was washing her hands violently. She looked over at Ino and watched as her friend with long blonder hair was speaking to the captain of Team One trying to figure out what happened.

Sakura ignoring the words being exchanged between Ino and team one began to think. Team one is made up of 4 of the strongest shinobi in all of Konoha. Shikamaru Nara was seated with his head in his hands probably asleep from the stress, she quickly assessed his injuries ripped shirt, bleeding arm didn't seem all that injured. She looked over two seats away from Shikamaru sat Neji Hyuga, with his eyes closed, arms crossed and head laid back against the wall with no visual injuries. She then moved her calculated eyes over to the captain of Team one, Itachi Uchiha also known as her Brother in law stood with a strong stance and arms crossed, speaking to Ino. Her skilled medical eyes observed him from head to toe to make sure he was also not injured. Satisfied with her analyses she quickly made her way into the operating room.

As Sakura looked down at the last member of Team One Shisui Uchiha with worried eyes. She recalled his bubbly nature and his annoying tendencies to flirt with her. She wouldn't let him die and that was her last thought as she dove into her work to save his life.

After 5 hours of a grueling operation Sakura emerged from the operating room. She saw Shikamaru and Neji rise to their feet and Itachi make eye contact with her. She gave them a strong head nod. As she passed them she left Ino to explain what had happened and Shisui's recovery time.

As Sakura made her way to her office she felt someone following her but didn't care enough to turn around. As she walked into her office said person also followed suit.

"Itachi-san" Sakura said without turning around as she placed her doctors coat around her chair, and seated herself before looking up at her brother in law.

"Sakura-san" Replied Itachi as he stared at her with a stoic face. She knew why he was there he was thanking her in the only way Uchiha's knew how, without words. She sighed and nodded her head again in understanding. She was used to the Uchiha's being so silent. Thinking Itachi was done she moved her eyes down to her desk and began filling out post op notes on Shisui's surgery, expecting Itachi to leave. Sakura looked up at Itachi again and raised an eyebrow in a questioning manner. With Itachi not giving her a reply Sakura disregarded his presence and began working on the report once again.

About thirty minutes later Sakura finished her report and stood up, Itachi still standing in the far corner of her office with his eyes closed and arms crossed opened them as she moved. She began to pack up her things for the night deciding to head home early so she could focus without Itachi breathing down her neck, and made her way out of her office. Itachi following behind her. Sakura once again lifted her eyebrow at him and his strange behavior, Itachi and Sakura were never close. He was her superior and her brother in law so she regarded him with respect. But she didn't understand why he was following her. Before she could continue her thought process Itachi interrupted her.

"I need to speak with my otouto" Itachi said with his ever-stoic face. Sakura understood, Sasuke didn't really speak to his brother much. He chose to ignore him, so the only way for Itachi to speak to his brother was to go out of his way to speak to him. Sakura once again began to walk forward. And slowly made her way to the Uchiha compound to her mansion in which she lived with Sasuke. As she walked the streets of the compound it was night so no one was out at that time. Itachi was walking side by side with Sakura as they made their way to the front door. As they reached the door Sakura froze and stared at the front door. As Sakura stood there for what seemed like forever she finally made a decision she knew was something she could never take back. She reached for the door and before she could touch the door knob Itachi caught her wrist and Sakura turned her eyes to look up at him.

Itachi POV

The day my otouto got married I sat in the front row and observed his face as my mother was gushing about how handsome he looked. I looked at my otouto and couldn't help but feel bad, not for him. But for the woman he was marrying, As I everted my gaze to the opening of the doors as my otouto's bride came down the aisle with the biggest smile on her face as her Sensei accompanied her. I looked at her from head to toe, shiny pink hair curled and loose. Healthy ivory skin and Bright naïve emerald eyes. She truly was beautiful and any man in that place would agree. I looked over at my otouto's face and felt the darkness. He would shatter her from the inside out. And how Itachi wished he was wrong.

From that day on Itachi observed as Sakura once bright personality dulled over the 5 years her and his otouto was married. She was already anbu at the time they married, active anbu on the battle field with team 7. But he watched as she took a back seat and became head of medicine at anbu headquarters which was a good job but the fire in her eyes disappeared over the years. She wasn't made to sit behind a desk and perform surgery all day, she was exceptionally good at it. But Sakura was not made for that. And that was the first step my otouto took in destroying the once beautiful Sakura Haruno. Because the day she become an Uchiha was the day her life was ruined forever.

On that day I made my way back from a mission with team one, when we were ambushed and Shisui was severely injured. As I rushed Shisui to Anbu headquarters I watched as Sakura stood back analyzing all of us as she scrubbed for surgery. I watched her cold calculated eyes do a once over on all of us before making her way into surgery. I knew she would save Shisui because she was the best, everyone knew she was the best.

When Sakura made her way out of surgery she gave us a nod, we all knew what it meant. I followed her to her office as she disregarded my presence. She was a highly skilled kunoichi she knew I was there. She just didn't care enough to turn around. As I stood in her office waiting for her to finish so I could accompany her to visit my dear otouto I began to assess the Sakura 'Uchiha' of today and compare her to the Sakura Haruno from five years ago. She lost he innocence from before and the once beautiful women I once silently admire like any other man was sickly skinny and looked drained of all the happiness she once had.

As we made our way to the Uchiha compound I everted my eyes over to Sakura to try and read her emotions. She needed to escape this life before it killed her. But that was her decision to make no one else's. As we drew closer to the front door of 'her' home I sensed Sasuke's presence from the inside of the house, the concerning part was the second Chakra from the inside. I watched Sakura's face for any sign of emotion. But she displayed non, we stood there for about 5 minutes before Sakura reached for the door Knob. I don't know what came over me as I grabbed her wrist. I knew she knew what was going on behind those closed doors. But I wanted to spare her the pain that would come from facing her own demons. But that's when I saw it, the fire in her eyes.

Regular POV

As Sakura and Itachi made their way inside the house Sakura silently made her way up the stairs, Sakura could hear the animalistic sounds coming from the other side of the door to her bedroom. Sakura once again stood in front of this door, this was it. It was time to take back her life.

Before Sakura opened the door, she thought to herself where she went wrong. She tried everything in her power to make Sasuke happy. She cooked for him, she cleaned for him, she dedicated her life to taking care of him and all his needs emotionally, physically, and sexually. She did everything she could as wife and a woman. She knew he was angry when no matter what they did she couldn't get pregnant. But other than that, she had done nothing wrong even her inability to produce an heir wasn't her fault. It just didn't make sense, but now wasn't the time to think now was the time to act before she coward away.

Sakura felt her hand automatically got to the door knob and twisted it, as she opened the door she was met with a sight that would never erase itself from her memory. Her Husband was mid thrust into a black hair women also known as his team mate when Sakura stood at the door and Itachi stood off to the side out of Sasuke's view.

As Sasuke and the women he was having sex with looked at Sakura with surprised eyes, Sakura took in the room around her with stoic eyes. As Sasuke quickly pulled up his pants and stood it left the women he was sleeping with exposed and quickly shuffling to cover herself.

"Sakura" Said Sasuke with a cold voice but surprised eyes. He waited for her to react, he watched her expression for any sign of life. Instead Sakura looked at him in the eyes with her dead dark green eyes and said simply.

"Your Aniki is here to see you" With that, she exited the room and made her way out of the house. As she walked out Sasuke saw his brother walk pasted the door but before he could follow after Sakura he looked at Sasuke and said.

"When you have composed yourself I need to see you at Anbu headquarters tomorrow morning foolish little brother" With that said Itachi walked away without saying anything else. Leaving Sasuke to drown in silence.

"Get out" Sasuke said to his teammate as her eyes wield up with tears and gathered her clothes before saying.

"I love you Sasuke-kun" Said his black-haired teammate and left. Sasuke completely ignored her and sat on the bed with his head in his head. He knew Sakura knew about his affair, he sensed her many times coming home and leaving as soon as she felt the second chakra in the house. She never came in, he knew she knew but he continued with it anyways. He watched the once bright and shiny Sakura Haruno become dead and cold Sakura Uchiha, he knew what he was doing to her but he couldn't bring himself to stop. He needed to fill that void in his life that loneliness and he thought she understood that. But watching Sakura catch him in the act. Watching as she didn't scream or fight or react at all. Sasuke knew that he had destroyed Sakura and she had endured it and nothing would change she would always endure it because she loved him

At least that's what Sasuke thought as he took a shower and went to sleep that night ignoring the guilt eating away at him. Waking up in the morning and gathering his things to meet with his brother. As he made his way down to the kitchen there was papers sitting on the table. As he drew closer to the table he lifted the offending object and read it over. DIVORCE PAPERS in big letters, Sasuke was filled with rage and set the paper on fire. How dare she, who did Sakura think she was. As he stormed out of his house he went to the only place he thought she would be.

Itachi's POV

After Sakura, had walked away I followed her, she walked to the Uchiha garden and sat down near the large fountain in the middle. As I stared at her, I was surprised by her reaction, she didn't seem upset at all. Unable to form words I looked at her waiting for her to do something or say something. I placed my hand on her shoulder from behind and that's when she looked at me with the biggest smile, the same smile I saw on her face the day she married Sasuke. She looked at me and said.

"I'm free"