I Love You No More Than Your Brother

Summary:Just when Sasuke was finally falling for Sakura, Itachi kidnaps Sakura and they eventually fall in love… and when Sasuke finds out Itachi kidnapped Sakura, he wants to take revenge and rescue Sakura—but only to find out that Sakura's heart has already been taken.

Pairing:Itachi and Sakura

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Sakura remembered how weird Sasuke has been acting. Especially since he has come back from Orochimaru's capture. Just like the other day when:

Sakura was just walking in the streets of Konoha when she bumped into Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun!? I'm sorry. Are you alright?"

Sasuke fixed himself and said, "I'm okay. Are you fine?"

Sakura suddenly blushed. "I-I'm okay…"

So now, Sakura intended to go to a picnic with Sasuke. But he was always busy training in order to beat Naruto. But Naruto thinks he can take Sasuke easily so he doesn't train much. But Sakura still wants to try to get Sasuke to go to a picnic with her alone.

So Sakura approaches Sasuke in the training field and talks to him. Sasuke stops and stares at her. "S-Sasuke," Sakura stammered, "D-do you have time later?"

"Sakura, you know I do." Sasuke said. "Why?"

Sakura's face went red. "How about… for a picnic? Is that okay?"

Sasuke looked up to the sky and said, "Tell ya what. How about if we go now?"

"Sasuke! Really!?"

'Is this true? Sasuke is finally going out with me?' Sakura thought. 'I thought he was busy training to beat Naruto!? And now, when he's busy, he finally goes with me! Is this true?'

"Sakura!!!" Sakura heard another familiar voice calling her from afar. "Hey, Sakura!" Sakura turned to the direction of the voice—Naruto's voice. When Naruto was close enough, he said, "Sakura, Tsunade wants you in her office. NOW!"

Sakura immediately took off with a wave to Sasuke. Sasuke smiled at Sakura sweetly—for the first time! Sakura's face went redder as she ran away. She headed for the office.

When she got there, she saw a mountain of paper works, an angry Hokage, and Shizune and three more men, who were helping with the work, being shouted at by Tsunade. She eventually stopped when she saw Sakura by the door. "Come in, Sakura."

Sakura walked in and closed the door. She walked up to the Hokage's table. "I need you to deliver this to the Council of the Sand Village." Tsunade said as she handed Sakura a scroll. "This scroll is very important. Don't lose it."

"What's in it?" Sakura asked curiously.

"Inside it is written a very powerful antidote that can heal all current sickness and disabilities a person has if he or she drinks it." Tsunade explained, "The people in the Sand Village need it—especially the children. I expect that you have already heard of the virus spreading throughout the Wind country. Hopefully, that virus hasn't reached the Fire Country yet."

"So, you want me to give this to Gaara-sama?" Sakura asked.

"Yes. And you'll be showing that to his older siblings too. The three of them are the only ones who can see what's inside that. Now go there and give it to them."

Sakura nodded. As she opened the door, Tsunade warned her, "Oh, and Sakura, be careful on your way. You might be affected by the virus too. Don't get too close to people. Bye."

Sakura nodded again and went to her house to get ready. She packed kunais and shurikens in her pouch. She also got some money, just incase. And with a bit of luck, she had enough sleep and energy for the short journey.

When she arrived at the gates, Naruto came running to her with Sasuke at his heels. Naruto was yelling out, "Hey, Sakura!"

When they got to her, Naruto asked, "Where are you going, Sakura?"

"Um, I got a special mission from the Hokage. I'm going to the Sand Village and give a scroll to Gaara and his siblings." Sakura said. "You guys can't come unless you get Hokage's permission. And it's dangerous because of that virus coming around."

"Oh, if that's the case, I'll ask Tsunade for permission. I'll catch up with 'ya. See ya!" Naruto said, then he ran as fast as the wind to the Hokage's office.

"So… let's just have that picnic after you get back then." Sasuke said when Naruto was out of earshot. "I'll be coming with you, too."

"I'll go ahead. You guys get permission from the Hokage. I'll be seeing you there. Bye, Sasuke." Then Sakura headed out into the forest then to the desert sands. She was getting a close to the Sand Village. She saw the main entrance to the village. And it was hot… it was getting hotter as she got close. Somehow, she just started running to the gates.

She told the guards about the special mission and she eventually got through. She headed immediately for the biggest building she saw. It also had a big red name on its middle- Wind.

She took off to Gaara's office. When she was just outside his door, she knocked and heard a soft "Come in" from inside. When she came in, she saw Gaara behind his desk and Kankaoru and Temari both standing behind Gaara. They were all waiting for her.

She stepped inside and gave them the scroll. After they had all read and memorized it, Gaara gave Sakura the scroll back—which Sakura refused to get back. So Gaara told Temari to deep it instead.

By some means, Temari let Sakura stay in one of the most expensive hotels they had in the Sand Village—which the Kazekage said, himself, was for free. Sakura finally got a chance to take a bath. She rested in her bed for a moment then Sakura went to some spots in the Sand Village.

Finally, night came but Sakura still hadn't seen Naruto or Sasuke anywhere. So she hit the sack. Before she did, she wished on the only star on the night sky that Sasuke and Naruto were okay right now—even though if they weren't permitted to go.

But, in the middle of the night, Sakura heard sounds and cracks in her hotel room. She opened her eyes and saw two red Sharingans above her. Sakura was alarmed. 'Wha?' she thought.

She tried to stand up or sit straight but her feet and hands were all tied. 'Great! Why didn't I feel anything? If only I weren't much of a heavy sleeper!' Sakura thought. She moved and even tried to scream but her mouth was taped. So she tried to not stay still because she saw Itachi's Sharingans go round and round. She shut her eyes tight. But she felt two hands tightly grabbing her arms. She looked away but Itachi has pinned her to the wall.

Soon, his hand was already pinning her neck to the wall and her heels could no longer touch the bed. She was on her toes in order to keep breathing. "Give me the scroll," Itachi said coolly. "before I end your life."

Sakura kicked him away. While Itachi was still recovering, Sakura caught her breathe and cut away the ropes using the kunai she hid under her mattress.

She ran out the window, but half way out, she felt a hand grab her left foot. She tried to land on the window pane with her right foot only but the hand was pulling her back inside her room. Itachi threw her against the door.

She hit the door with a loud crash. Sakura hit the hard corridor wall right in front of her door with blocks and blisters of wood all around her. She saw a couple of heads poke out of their own hotels rooms.

Sakura ran down the corridor to the emergency stairs. She stopped before a gray emergency exit door. Sakura opened the door and jumped into the air while she took off the tape around her mouth. Sakura heard a crashing sound behind her.

Above her, Itachi was already into the air too. 'Damn it! He wants the scroll. Then he'll kill me.' Sakura thought. 'I won't let him have me to use to threat the Kazekage to hand over the scroll! And those windows would cost me, too!'

Sakura landed on top of a house of sand. Then she jumped down it and kept on running. 'If I have to run all the way to Konoha just to lose this guy, I'll do it!' So Sakura kept on running around houses. When Itachi was far away, Sakura hid behind a house. She caught her breathe there and rested her tired feet.

She saw a shadow approaching her direction. Then she saw a group of shadows shouting and screaming, running after Itachi. She ducked low behind that house. She leaned on her back which hurt a lot from that hit on the wall.

Suddenly, she felt two hands wrap around her. Sakura was suddenly being lift up from the ground. She looked at the person who got her. It was Itachi with his red eyes staring at her. "Let me… GO!" Sakura screamed at him. "WHAT'S WITH YOU!?"

Sakura stared at Itachi's eyes and saw three black comas rotate. She felt a little dizzy and she eventually went into a restless sleep. Itachi carried her by her back and legs (like the marriage style) and went away with her in the darkness of the desert.

After Itachi got out of sight of the Sand Village and its villagers, he walked to the Akatsuki hideout which was miles away from the Wind Country.

When Sakura woke up, she found herself being carried by her legs—which she is very sensitive with. She saw the blue sky and a shadow of a man. Sakura looked around and saw sand everywhere. She realized that she was being carried by Itachi… in the hot desert.

She quickly jumped off him and said, "You've got some nerve! You… pervert!"

"Pervert? I didn't even do anything to you…" Itachi said, "yet."

"Why you!" Sakura was raising her fist in the air. "Rrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" Sakura charged at him. She threw an amazing punch but it was a near miss. She got Itachi alright. But she didn't hit him all whole and strong yet. She tried to take another punch. But instead, she saw a blurry figure rushing towards her; next thing she knew was that she felt a terrible pain in her middle.

Itachi had hit her in the stomach. Sakura fell to her knees down the warm desert sand and soothed down the dreadful pain. Sakura looked up at Itachi who was just staring down at her with a blank expression on his face. "Y-you… heartless…"

Sakura couldn't finish her sentence because she fell onto the warm sand and went weak. She closed her eyes. 'What happened?! What did he do to me?! What is this terrible pain?!' Sakura thought. 'That can't be…'

Sakura felt two hands behind her and under her legs. He was carrying her again. She opened one eye and looked up at him. She couldn't see much of his face because the sun was shining down to her face. So she decided to rest on his arms.

About two hours later, Sakura had recovered a little. But it hurt when she'd bend down or run. So, Itachi let her walk. And Sakura couldn't escape because they were in a desert and she can't run yet.

Although Sakura tried many times to escape him, she'd always end up being caught or hurt. And yet sooner, Sakura and Itachi were both tired of walking. They decided to rest under a shade of a big cactus. She gave him the cold shoulder, but Itachi acted as if he didn't know her or anything. He just keeps bossing her around.

They started walking again after a few minutes. Sakura soon felt a little weak again. She fell on the warm sand. Itachi stopped and looked back at her. He just stared at her from where he stopped. "I-I feel a little dizzy…" Sakura said.

'Damn! The drug is fading away from her body.' Itachi thought. 'I have to get her there fast.'

Sakura was taken by surprise when Itachi suddenly knelt down beside her. "Come on. I'll carry you there."

"No. Never mind me. I can still walk anyway." Sakura said coldly.

"Fine. Have it you way, then." Itachi said. For a few minutes, Sakura still got to walk alone, but after 5 minutes, she needed support. Itachi helped her walk. Somehow, Sakura was getting heavier by the moment. And she was beginning to lose her consciousness. So Itachi carried her again, but this time, he hanged her by her middle on his shoulder. Sakura grunted as Itachi ran. Sakura felt a hand on the back of her waist as Itachi sped out in the desert.

Itachi stopped a few minutes later. He knelt down and let go of Sakura. Sakura got off him. She sat down on the warm sand again. He turned his back to her and beckoning her to ride his back. Sakura got on his back. He stood up holding her legs to his sides. She leaned onto him. And she held on tight. Itachi walked a few more miles, then he started running again.

'I have to get her to the hideout fast!' he thought, 'the drug I injected to her earlier is fading fast. I need more or else she's gonna get back to her strength and chakra. They told me her strength is very dangerous—especially if she gets mad'

"Itachi," he heard Sakura said behind him, "why are you running?"

"Hn." Itachi said, "It's none of your business."

'Sheesh. He's so cold—even to a girl.' Sakura thought.

Itachi just kept running. Then he felt something. The earth was trembling underneath them. He looked ahead and saw a sandstorm coming their way. He ran to the lowest part of the sand hill and hid there with Sakura hanging onto him. He pulled out a handkerchief and gave it to her. "Here." He said panting. "Cover your mouth with this."

"Fine." Sakura said coldly too.

In a little while, the sandstorm came. Sakura's hair went in all directions. Itachi had his hand over the high collar which was covering his nose and mouth. Sakura suddenly felt like there were pins in her eyes. She lowered her head and closed her eyes tightly. Sakura heard Itachi grunt as more sand passed by them. She tried to take a glance at him but the sands were persistent. They stayed there for about 10 minutes before the whole sandstorm came through.

Itachi stood up and cleaned himself up. Sakura blinked several times to clear her eyes from the sands. Then she looked around. The desert was just as hot as it was before. Sakura stood up and cleared up the little specks of sands on her too. She looked at Itachi. He was still busy clearing out sand around him. 'I didn't notice that I wasn't holding onto him anymore…' Sakura thought.

When their eyes met, Sakura felt just like how she felt when she first saw Sasuke. Somehow, his stare had something with it, but Sakura can't figure out what it is yet. She saw him blink then his eyes turned dark gray. She looked away and pretended to shake off more sand from her shoulders.

When Itachi was done shaking off the sand on him, he came closer to Sakura, which she noticed at once. He held his hands up, then he held her arms tight. He looked into her eyes with his Sharingan. Sakura looked away from his eyes. She knew that it might be the Mangekyou.

But Sakura saw another Itachi behind her. 'A clone?' She thought. She struggled from the grasp of Itachi in front of her. While she did this, she kept her eyes closed so that she won't meet his eyes.

Sakura couldn't speak at the moment. She didn't know why she didn't… she felt confused and angry and scared at the same time. Suddenly, Sakura felt two warm hands on her cheeks. She opened her eyes a bit and noticed that Itachi's face was very close to hers.

Sakura closed her eyes again and tried to get him away from her. She moved her head up, down, left, right and back but he held her tight. When Sakura stopped, his grip loosened.

Sakura did another rough move. Itachi still had his face close to hers, 'H-how?' Sakura thought. 'Why can't I speak or at least make a sound?! What's he doing to me?'

Sakura moved more roughly this time. Then a split-second later, Sakura felt something warm on her lips. She opened her eyes to see Itachi, with closed eyes, kissing her. Sakura thought that this was an illusion. She tried to stop her chakra flow but nothing changed.

Sakura felt blood rushing to her face very swiftly. She felt herself being released by the Itachi in front of her. But she didn't move a muscle. She didn't do anything for a short period of time. Then she felt Itachi put down his hands and put them around her waist.

Sakura moved her body to align with her head. She put her hands on his chest and pushed him hard. She wiped her mouth and saw Itachi on the ground. "That's what you get for doing that to me! You think I'm gonna bite into your little kissing bait, huh?!" Sakura screamed at him. "Well, for your information, I AM NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL!!!"

Itachi just smirked and got up. He walked closer to her. Sakura suddenly felt like all the power inside her was fading away. 'Poison? Was poison in his mouth? Hell!' Sakura thought as she collapsed on the sand.

Later, Sakura woke up and found herself in a room she isn't familiar with. There were no windows. She was on a bed. She was in a small room that she guessed, has not been used for years. She stood up and checked for her kunai pouch. But it wasn't there.

She ran to the door, which was at the far corner of the room, and banged it hard several times. "Hey! Get me out of here now!!!" Sakura yelled.

She waited for a couple of seconds. She tried to get sounds from outside. "Hey! Are you listening?! Get me out of here… NOW!" Sakura yelled more irritated. She fell on the floor with her knees and starting to cry. 'I-I'm trapped, kidnapped. Kidnapped by Akatsuki… who knows what they'll do to me now…' Sakura thought.

Meanwhile, Itachi was outside, listening to Sakura as she cried. 'Hn. That should get her to shut up for a while.' He thought coldly. Then he walked away quietly.

'Naruto, Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke…' Sakura thought. 'they're probably looking for me now… Or maybe, they have… forgotten me.'

MEANWHILE…

Sasuke was jumping from tree to tree with Naruto, Kakashi, and Ino. They were assigned to find Sakura. They just came from the Sand Village and they were informed that there were already teams from the Sand who were tracking down Sakura and Itachi.

'Sakura-chan, where are you?' Ino thought worried.

'Itachi, you bastard. I'm gonna make you pay for what you've done. For everything you've done!' Sasuke thought angrily.

'Sakura-chan… are you fine? Hang on. We're on our way!' Naruto thought.

'I wonder where Itachi dragged Sakura into.' Kakashi thought, 'Where did I put my Icha Icha book anyway? I think I have misplaced it and left it at home.'

Soon, the sky turned dark and they decided to camp out in the forest. "Hey, I found some fish by that river over there." Naruto said as he gave each of his colleagues a mackerel.

"All we need to do is get some sleep, then find Sakura and then fight Itachi…" Sasuke said.

"What do you think they are doing to her over there? I hope she's alright." Ino said trying to sound reassuring.

'Could it be that they are just holding Sakura captive to get the Kyuubi from Naruto?' Kakashi thought as he quietly read a new version of Icha Icha Chaos on a tree branch nearby.

"How about you, Kakashi-sensei? What do you know about Sakura's capture?" Ino asked from below.

"Oh. I think… Itachi is just using Sakura to get Na- I mean, Sasuke to fight him… But there's only one thing we can do for Sakura right now," Kakashi said, "and that's to pray that she's okay."

And they all looked up at the starry skies.