Heaven

Chapter Two; Kiss Of Judas


There was a story once, about a man so holy. He was a loyal angel. But he betrayed Heaven, his true home. No one saw his soul turn dark and demented. His name was Judas. Judas was led by temptation, and temptation only leads to sin.


Sakura followed silently behind the four Akatsuki members. She couldn't believe she was willingly following those she hated. The Akatsuki killed innocent people – human and vampire alike. She longed to run away and continue her blissful life in Konohagakure. Alas, her dreams were short-lived. They always were.

The snow fell quickly around them. It would've been as beautiful as it was before, if she wasn't with four murderers. Was she seriously going to go through with it and become like them?

"Let's stop here for tonight, hn." Deidara said suddenly. They were passing through a small town with a decent looking inn. "We should contact Leader and rest up a bit."

Sakura very much wanted to ask why they needed to 'rest up'. They hadn't done anything physically tiring. It was rare if a pure-blood needed sleep, let alone rest.

Itachi's blood red eyes studied the girl's expression. He felt as if knew her, a long time ago. It seemed absurd to even think like that, he reminded himself constantly. Yet she held his attention time and time again.

Sakura returned his glance. Her emerald eyes studied his eyes. They weren't the eyes of hunger or anger. They had a black ring in the middle. She had vaguely heard of the Sharingan before. Whatever is really was, she couldn't tear her eyes away from his.

"Itachi, are you comin'?" His sharp companion asked, which broke the uneasy concentration between him and the pinkette.

"I suppose." He replied coolly, following his partner inside of the small inn. Sakura realized that Sasori had went ahead, as well. She was left alone with Deidara.

"Sorry about earlier." He apologized. His cerulean eyes shared his words.

Sakura was at a loss. An Akatsuki member just apologized to her. Was it possible? "It's okay..." She replied breathlessly.

"I saw you admiring the snow." Deidara noted.

The pinkette practically gawked at him. That's when she noticed how beautiful his really was. He wasn't like anything from a Bingo Book, but rather from a tragic love novel. His cerulean eyes were much brighter than Naruto's and his long blonde hair was a pale yet peaceful yellow. He looked like he had been through Hell and back.

Deidara noticed her hesitation to speak, so he suggested, "Let's catch up to them, hn."

She nodded while she let him lead her inside of the inn.


Itachi lay spread across on his cheap bed. He wasn't restless whatsoever, but he closed his eyes. Kisame had left to feed not too long ago, so it left Itachi alone with his thoughts. The first thought that came to mind was that little pure-blood girl. Her pastel pink hair that cascaded down her back that oddly matched her vibrant jade eyes. She was petite and seemed harmless, like an actual cherry blossom. The Uchiha couldn't shake off the feeling that she was a lot more dangerous – that she wasn't any regular pure-blood. Sasori had informed him earlier that she possessed the heavenly gift, but she couldn't control it if blood was near. She had also committed the most horrible sin by drinking Sasori's blood. Who was she, exactly?

A soft knock came from the door that led into his and Kisame's shared room. Itachi opened his charcoal black eyes, not even bothering to activate his gift.

"Come in." He answered quietly. Sakura stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. Itachi sat up when he realized she had been the one to visit him.

She stared at him awkwardly. She then pushed her bangs away from her face with annoyance and proceeded to look at the Uchiha.

"What is your business with me?" Itachi asked formally.

"Can I examine your eyes?" The girl asked quickly, then averted her eyes away from his face in fear of his response.

He was surprised, but didn't show it. He was interested in what this girl wanted to find out. He could examine her, as well. "I suppose."

The girl lifted her head up with a small grin fitting on her lips. Really, she looked so young.

Itachi couldn't help himself from asking, "How old are you?"

"Nineteen."

Itachi hid his surprise again. It seemed this girl beat many expectations.

Sakura approached Itachi slowly, almost like a frightened animal. It was evident that she feared the older male but was too intrigued with his gift. Itachi's body went stiff when her small hands touched his temples on each side of his face.

"Can you activate it?" He did as she asked, the Sharingan's bloody red replacing his normal black irises. She bit her lower lip while she pushed the gift's green light into the man's temples.

Itachi had to admit, his eyes had never been so clear in his whole life. "So this the Heavenly Gift."

Sakura nodded as she continued her process. "It's a curse, as well."

"I was informed about your blood-lusting."

"It's not just that." Sakura began to explain, "If I'm angry enough, this healing power becomes evil. It has a dark green aura and I can kill someone with the touch of my finger."

Itachi had heard of a dark side-effect of this gift. It was a rare gift, afterall. The legend has it, if the person isn't pure enough to control Heaven's Gift, they will become corrupt and never be allowed into the pearly white gates of Heaven.

"Do not become corrupt." Itachi warned her carefully. "You are the type that suits Heaven."

"I'm not sure if I believe in Heaven." She told him sadly. "If there is a Heaven, I'm defected."

"You have yet to hurt your enemies. And you still possess Heaven's Gift. How is that defected?"

"Because I have the chance to kill you right now and I'm not." Itachi studied the girl carefully. It was true, she despised the Akatsuki, but had no intentions of harm or distrust. She continued, "I don't know why I have such a change of heart, honestly."

Itachi smirked without any emotion behind it. Not only was she examining his blood-line limit, but she was also healing the years of damage.

"You killed your whole clan, right?" Sakura asked in a hushed whisper.

"I did."

"Why did you do it?"

"Have you heard the story about Judas?" He asked, changing the subject.

"That has nothing to do with this." Sakura replied blatantly.

Itachi continued anyways, "It is said that he was led by temptation. The temptation was enough to cause the most painful betrayal.

"He was an Apostle to Heaven. 'Why would someone so pure like he do such a thing?' Many asked. He had help with his betrayal, however. Someone so devious and cruel helped complete his goal, even if he despised it somewhere in his pure heart. In the end, he died from guilt. He let his own sins devour his soul."

Sakura pulled her hands away from Itachi's face. She glared at him, "What does this have to do with anything?"

Itachi stood up gracefully and walked towards the door. Before he left her alone with her thoughts, he added, "Consider me Judas."


Sakura was alone in her single-person room. The dark enveloped her, almost invitingly. Her small hands were clenching her throat, her eyes were blood-red, and tears made of blood cascaded down her pain-stricken face. Her body was shaking terribly. If she didn't have blood soon...

The door to her room flung open. Light was released into her black abyss. "Sakura we're leaving." Deidara's voice told her.

"Go...away.." The girl managed to choke the words out. Her hands tightened around her throat more. It was painful to even speak two small words.

The blonde shut the door behind him quickly and rushed towards her side. When his eyes adjusted to the pitch darkness of the room, he noticed the blood that stained her face. He noticed the redness of her eyes; he noticed her hands basically strangling her throat with her gift.

"You're lusting again." He stated. "Shit."

"Deida..ra." She whispered hoarsely.

The blonde knew the last thing she wanted to do was sin twice in a row. But at this point, she hadn't any other choice.

"Bite me."

Sakura's blood red eyes opened wide with desire, and then disgust.

Deidara told her again, "Bite me."

She shook her head 'no'. "If you don't bite me, you'll end up killing many innocent people." He informed her. This convinced her.

Sakura's strength pulled the blonde closer.

'Temptation is sin.'

She opened her lips to show her sharp fangs.

'Consider me Judas.'

Her lips were touching Deidara's cold neck. His body was painfully stiff. He hadn't expected her to go straight for his neck. Her sharp teeth sank into his pale skin. Warmth and honey filled her system. It was exhilerating, moreso than with Sasori's blood. It was like an addicting electric shock that resided within her whole body.

Deidara bit his lips hard enough to put a large black bruise on them. He had never been bitten before – but it was fucking amazing. It didn't feel painful, nor did it feel like she was draining him. It felt like pure Heaven. It was giving him pleasure, just as it was her.

The pinkette forced herself to pull away, much to their dismay. Deidara got up quickly and bolted for the door.

What had just happened?

"Hurry up and get washed up. We'll wait outside."

She shook her head, still in an electric daydream. Deidara shut the door, practically slammed it, and slid against it. His bright blue eyes were filled with confusion. His hand flew to his neck, where her lips had been moments ago. The bite marks were gone, thankfully. But the feeling was still there. He had never felt anything like this before. He had never even felt before.

Sasori stood infront of the delusional blonde. "What are you doing just sitting there? Where's the dumb brat?"

"I.. in there."

"We told you to get her ten minutes ago." He informed impatiently. Then he noticed the state Deidara was in. "What's gotten into you?"

"When she drank your blood, how did it feel?"

"Like nothing." Sasori answered bitterly. "Why would you ask such a stupid question?"

Deidara pushed himself off the door and stood up. "She'll be out shortly." The blonde mumbled as he walked past the impatient red-head.


Her trembling hands held a moist towel to her face, attempting to erase the red stains on her face. Once she did, she backed away and examined herself in the low-lit bathroom mirror. Her eyes were a deep emerald, her pink locks cascading over her small form.

"How can I look so pure," She asked herself, "When all I do is sin?"

Her cherry-blossom image in the mirror mocked her. She opened her mouth to examine her fangs. The tiny daggers that punctured a Pure-Blood's skin.

"I wish I was human."

"Well, you aren't." An arrogant voice answered. She turned her head and met the eyes of Akasuna No Sasori.

"Doesn't anyone have the courtesy to knock?" She asked with a glare.

Sasori stepped closer to her, trapping her inside of the small, run-down bathroom. "You aren't very smart, are you, brat?"

His cloaked arms trapped her frame against the wooden wall. "You talk of courtesy when you drink Deidara's blood out of mere lust?"

"It wasn't intentional." She argued silently.

"You tell yourself that," He said, "But you don't honestly believe it.

"What is your true intention, brat? I felt the same thing that Deidara felt. Are you out to get our blood?"

"Why would I do such a stupid thing?" She spat hatefully.

"It wasn't so stupid when you drained him, now was it?"

Sakura's usually bright emerald eyes turned a dark green. She balled a tight fist in each hand.

"My, my." He taunted. "You're persistent. You're going to hit me with your bare fists?" He let out a cynical laugh.

Dark green light surrounded both of her fists. "People like you disgust me." She stated through her teeth. "You make up these damn lies to get amusement." She brought her fist to his face quickly, but he dodged effortlessly. Sakura sent another one, then another. Sasori dodged them all with ease.

Sasori held out his left hand and light-blue glow surrounded each fingertip. Sakura's body became immobile, no matter how much she struggled.

"How could you even try to hurt me, when I can control every single movement you make?"

Sasori balled his hand into a fist and forced the pinkette to move closer to him. Their noses were touching, lips only an inch apart. "I'm truly evil, brat." He reminded her darkly, then pulled her closer. Their lips met.

Sasori bit her lower lip as hard as he could, which filled his mouth with blood. He could tell she was resisting, but none of that mattered. He had her under his devious control.

"No!" She screamed against his hard lips. The blood-red tears fell down from her dark green eyes. Her first kiss, her last piece of innocence, was ruined by a demon. White light surrounded the girl as she broke free of the puppet-master's hold.

Sasori stood back, bewildered. The light was warm and pure, much too pure for a sinner like her. She also managed to break free of his strong hold, which is impossible.

Sakura stared up at the red-head with a half smirk. The green aura still at each of her hands. "Now, do you understand who you're messing with?"

"I'll be damned." Sasori breathed.

The light around her dispersed, as well as the dark green aura. The pinkette's green eyes fluttered closed and she collapsed onto her knees. Sasori had taken too much blood away from her, and she had usen to much strength. Sakura didn't want to reopen her eyes. If she did, she'd have to witness her own death. Sasori would kill her and she couldn't do anything about it now.

It was over.


Notes: The Kiss of Judas represents Judas's betrayal to god. In this story, however, I have made the 'Kiss' being bitten. Also, in this chapter, Itachi basically tells Sakura why he killed his clan by explaining the story of Judas and the ideals of temptation. This chapter shows the truth behind most of the Akatsuki's feelings.

I used Judas for an example because his story is very well known. I will not be using 'God', and if I do it will not be frequently. I do not believe I should involve too much religion in my fanfict. My story is revolved around Heaven, sins, and many other things. But it is a representation of many other things.

I am also keeping some information about the characters true. Even if this AU, I believe that I should not alter their personalities too much for my sake.

Enjoy. :)