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Finally!

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Well I hope you enjoy this chapter I kept deleting and retyping just to make Itachi....more Itachi like.....

Hopefuly he's not out of character...

Forget Me Then, Remember Me Now

Chapter 2

"Hey, you let me out right this instance!" Screamed Ino, after they had been put on an elegant looking ship, the men had locked them up in what looked like a cell.

Weren't cells for prisoners?

"Oh, give up Ino, no matter how many times you scream, with that god awful voice, might I add, they won't come." Sakura thought Ino would have noticed that by the 2 hours she had used for her shrieking.

"Well excuse me for trying, unlike you who decided to hide in that dirty corner" said Ino, rolling her eyes, while taking deep breathes, the screaming did take a lot out of her.

"I won't waste my voice; I'm saving it for that dumb Sasuke and his captain." Said Sakura, fuming in her corner, wondering how Sasuke had possibly ended up in this, occupation, if that's even what you could call it.

"Who does that? Who just kidnaps two young respectable ladies? Well, one respectable lady anyway…"

"What was it you just said Ino?"

"Oh nothing, nothing at all my friend" said Ino with an innocent smile gracing her face.

Sakura rolled her eyes, as she tried to make herself comfortable. Who indeed did lock up two ladies in a cell? Than again, what did they know about pirates? For all she knew they could be plotting the best way to rape them…

"This is all Neji's fault, if I die; I want you to tell him it was his entire fault, and that he should be ashamed of himself!"

Ino gave out an exasperated sigh. They were locked up in a cell, probably going to be tortured, which might count as a life threatening situation, and all she could think about was an impossible childhood love! Why had she ever –or rather how- had she ever befriended such a person as Sakura? Whatever it was, it better be a damn good quality, if not she was going to demand they kill Sakura first!

"How in the bloody hell did Sasuke of all people end up kidnapping us?" Asked Ino, wondering if she had mistaken his identity, maybe he wasn't Sasuke Uchiha…

"Shh, I hear someone coming, quick play dead!" Said Sakura, and although it sounded pretty damn stupid to Ino she took her advice and did it anyway, everyone knew they weren't the best actresses though…

"What are you doing?" Sakura and Ino heard that replica of Sasuke's voice once more.

"You're not Sasuke!" Screamed Ino, pointing her finger at Sasuke, all the while glaring at him, he looked at her with a raised brow, his eyes showed a carefree spirit.

"Oh? Then who do you think I am?" Asked Sasuke, with quite a bored tone, seriously they were exactly like he remembered them to be, annoying.

"A pirate," Sakura decided to take part in the argument; it sounded as though she was playing charades.

Guess who this Sasuke is!

Sasuke sighed rubbing his temples, Sakura hadn't always been one to keep quite, and then again, neither had Ino. Sakura looked behind Sasuke to see no one else; she silently wondered why he had come down.

"Ladies, if you'd please shut up, then I could get you the hell out of those cells, I'm sure they're not fit for you two graceful ladies" said Sasuke. He had a mocking smile, and decided to stress the word 'graceful' to a sarcastic note.

Ino huffed crossing her hands as she stood up off the dirty floor, Sakura fallowed close behind.

"Now you listen to me Uchiha, we are to be taken off this ship, and back to Konoha immediately!" Yelled Ino, she had enough of this man's games, and was pretty sure if this continued on she'd do something far from lady-like, for example kicking the cells doors; oh how her legs itched for it.

"Now you listen to me Yamanaka, this ship is not for you to order around, and I sure as hell don't wish to have someone as low as you yell at me, you will do as I say, and if you struggle against it, I'll be forced to use force." Sasuke had grown entirely serious and they suddenly remembered the little six year old Sasuke, the one who had gotten so angry after Sakura and Ino accidently threw his favorite book in the mud.

Who reads a book at the age of six anyway?

An Uchiha...

Sakura could see Ino's eyes almost turn red from her anger; she put a hand on the blonde's shoulder, willing her to calm down. How were they to get out when they didn't obey, at least for a little while?

"Fine then Uchiha, is there any way you can have us dropped off at Konoha?" Asked Sakura, it took all the self control Sakura had to ask nicely, and she was never known to have much of it.

"You'll have to talk to the captain about that; I think you'll both be ecstatic about seeing him" Sasuke held a sarcastic tone as he said his words. Sakura inwardly sighed, this was going to be a long nerve racking day.

Without saying much of anything else, Sasuke reached for some keys in his pocket a prepared to open the door.

"If you girls try anything, there'll be hell to pay, and I assure you I am far stronger and more experienced than you." Sasuke said one last time as he opened the cell door.

Ino clenched her fists but none the less played a nice lady's role, as did Sakura, as she even managed a fake smile towards Sasuke.

"Fallow me" Sasuke said as if he was some war lord, talking about a life and death situation to his soldiers.

Sakura and Ino fallowed him, not straying far from his side. When they reached the top deck-they presumed-about 10 men stopped what they were doing and looked their way, all had hungry expressions filling their eyes. Sakura clung to Ino, not used to these sorts of things. Ino squeezed her hand as she kept close to Sasuke, giving every one of the men a good long glare, they seemed unfazed however, and some even whistled and laughed. Ino huffed one last time before looking away angered, feeling like squeezing Sasuke's head right off after seeing him smiling mischievously, oh yes, it sure was entertaining wasn't it? Ino felt like growling, but how would that sound coming out of her mouth? Sakura seemed to know what Ino was thinking because she erupted into a few nifty giggles. Sasuke's smile only seemed to widen as they reached a big elegant looking door. Sakura had to admit for a pirate's ship they sure had everything nice and polished, the air around her even smelled of exotic berries. Sasuke knocked on the door, waiting for an answer, which he got after a smooth 'enter' was called from beyond the door.

"I brought the girls" said Sasuke as he moved to turn the knob.

"Oh my, this is…"

"I-"

"Who are these idiotic women?"

"He's-"

"I know"

"Here I thought you'd be sure to remember them"

It seemed only Sasuke and the captain's sentences were ever left complete. The two girls stood stunned to their places, no shrieks no screaming, just a surprised expression and eyes that looked as if they were ready to pop out from their heads.

"And who exactly is it I'm supposed to remember? I've never seen these women in my life, and if I have they must have showed no importance because I don't remember them." Said the man, strikingly similar to Sasuke, Sakura's patience was running thin.

"Well then maybe it is best you just dropped us off at Konoha and carry on with your sad life!" Said Sakura, her face showed an angry woman, forgotten too many times for one day. Ino winced, knowing Sakura would have popped again.

"Now, Sakura don't get carried away, it's normal, I mean we've not seen each other for at least 5 years now." Said Ino, trying to talk some sense into Sakura, she wouldn't feel too nice if she had gone around not being noticed by her childhood friends, fortunately for her at least Neji remembered her.

"Ah, Sakura, what could possibly bring you to my ship?" Said the man raising his brow, he didn't seem to care much about seeing them. It wasn't like he cared much for the people that had been in his life.

"And I presume you to be Ino?" Inquired the man looking toward Ino, the same annoying girls who used to run around his brother all the time, oh how his head had ached from the times he had to look after them.

"You presume right, Itachi" said Ino, smiling.

Sakura sighed from beside her, of course Ino would be smitten with Sasuke's older brother, and she had to admit though, who wouldn't be? He had a nice long face, with high cheek bones, and his hair looked silky smooth wrapped in a ribbon to the back, his eyes held the same mysterious glint as Sasuke's onyx ones, yet his also held a cold distance. They were so alike, yet he, Itachi, he had that something about him that could attract anyone, even Sakura who was so frustrated with him right now. Even his body, which was quite visible through the white shirt he wore, was perfectly chiseled and flawless, minus one tiny scar Sakura could spot on his shoulder, almost right below his neck line. Sakura mentally shook her head, happy Itachi's attention wasn't on her for the time being.

"So, Sakura, I see you've changed, still crushing on my little brother hm?" Asked Itachi, teasingly, it wasn't a playful one either; he wanted to purposely embarrass her.

Sakura growled inwardly, and to think she had been looking at every detail of his body just a few seconds ago. Sasuke looked a little embarrassed as he looked away with a blush on his cheeks; he persistently massaged the back of his neck. The glare toward Itachi didn't go unnoticed though, and Ino huffed.

"I think it's the other way around" mumbled Ino, who got a well deserved hit on the shoulder from Sasuke, and a glare to top that off.

"Well little brother if you want her you can have her, both of them even, they are after all hostages are they not?" Asked Itachi entirely serious now.

"Itachi" Ino gasped, shocked at Itachi's words, she had never known him to be a ruthless man.

"Well, what did you expect? He's a pig!" Maybe if she had known Itachi just a little bit better, she wouldn't have said that. Sasuke looked at her as if she was crazy, Ino seemed to get a little nervous though why, she didn't know, maybe it was the immense violent vibe she was getting from right in front of her, oh yes the older Uchiha's direction.

"Great going Sakura" mumbled Ino, how were they supposed to get out of this one?

Sakura silently prepared her leg to kick any sort of body part it could reach. She found she would probably need to since she could see Itachi stand from where he was sitting and walk toward her. Was it just her or did she feel herself shrink back? No it was Ino and Sasuke who seemed to shrink back behind her; some friends they were. When Itachi was finally at least one foot from Sakura he stopped, his icy eyes looking straight into hers.

"Sakura darling, do you know who you're talking to?"

Gulp

"Itachi Uchiha?"

"Konoha you said? How bout we just drop you off at Rain? I'm sure you'll have no problem walking yourself right up to Konoha."

Was he insane?! Rain was the most dangerous place a lady like her could be! Rapists everywhere, not to mention thieves and murderers, good god, what was this man thinking? Could he really just leave a poor and defenseless woman like her there to die?!The look in his eyes didn't let give her much assurance he wouldn't.

"So, what, you're just going to keep us on this ship? Let us rot and die in your cells?" Asked Sakura, with a leap of courage, if she were to go, she rather do it with style, not cowering away in some cell.

"You try my patience Sakura. Then again you always were a heap of annoyance." He almost made it sound like a fact instead of an insult, the nerve of him!

"Well at least I wasn't brooding over every single thing" said Sakura looking down; she was really starting to get too tired to argue.

"Take her down to the cell, and Ino will have the room with you, it's the biggest" said Itachi as he went back to sit at his desk and look at some documents.

"What! But I can't! You can't just leave Sakura in a cell!" Ino objected, she looked over to Sasuke to notice he didn't like the idea any better than she did.

"Itachi, you know Sakura, at least let them bunk together in a spare room, you'll never hear the end of it if you don't." said Sasuke looking over toward Ino and Sakura.

"Would you like to share the cell with her, little brother?"

Sakura and Ino looked at Itachi shocked beyond words. How had the loving Itachi turned into such a ruthless jerk! I mean sure Sakura had heard the million fights he'd have with his father about god knows what. But he'd always been so kind to Sasuke and them though, maybe a few scolding every now and then, but they were all deserved.

"How awful can you be? Don't talk like that to Sasuke! You have no right to, he's your brother!" yelled Sakura, as angry as a cat straight from hell. Sasuke and Ino smiled as they were reminded of the six year old girl who'd always protect her beloved Sasuke, even if it meant she'd have to fight Ino to do so. Itachi didn't find it in the least bit amusing.

"If you don't want your beloved Sakura swimming with the sharks I recommend you take her to the cell, now" Itachi growled, as he glared at Sakura. She could see his jaws flex as he ground his teeth, and couldn't help but think how much more good looking he was when he was mad.

"Sakura, please" Sasuke whispered as he took hold of her elbow. Sakura gave Itachi one last glare as she walked out with Sasuke and Ino, holding her head high.

"Now look what you've done! Do you have any idea who you were talking to, Itachi! Said Sasuke as they walked out and closed the door behind them.

"I couldn't help it! And since when did your brother turn into such a preposterous man!" Sakura seemed more to state it than ask.

"Itachi's had his hard times, he's not a bad person, not as bad as he wants people to perceive him as" said Sasuke looking toward Itachi's door.

"Oh I'm sure! Did you see the way he talked to him Ino? Tell me that was nice!" Sakura dared Ino, but Ino just shook her head.

"I have to say Sasuke Itachi really has changed, what happened to him?" asked Ino.

"I'm no the one you should ask, though I don't recommend asking him either." said Sasuke as he led the way to the cells. Sakura recognized the one she'd been held in, she obediently walked in and sat on the floor. Ino tried to fallow her moves not wanting to leave her dear friend, but Sasuke caught her elbow.

"You're staying with me; the last thing I want is to go against the captain's orders." Said Sasuke as he dragged Ino out of the cell, and locked it with his keys. Ino looked toward Sakura with sympathy; Sakura smiled back trying to reassure her friend she'd be fine.

"Don't worry as long as I don't see a rat I should be fine" said Sakura as she tried to add humor to her misery.

With that Sasuke had to half drag the hesitant Ino. Ino promised to bring a cot to at least make her stay a little better and disappeared. Sakura could hear Sasuke grumble something before hearing Ino shriek not too far off from her. She then sighed as no other sound came, just the sound of the waves crashing on the ship and the weak creaks it gave off as it stayed afloat.

Hope you enjoyed =]

Sorry but this is all I could do right now, I've been only updating on I'm With Him, so I decided it was time to get a hold of my other stories, besides I had my ItachixSakura thing going today =]

And yes it might not have had much of Itachi and Sakura fluff thing, but I don't want to rush it you know?

Maybe by the 4th chapter it'll get there... =]

Also I'm not good with Lemons so don't count on one...Or maybe there will be, I don't know I have yet to decide, it would help if you guys told me if I should or not....

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