Chapter 3

Sakura slowly opened her eyes, letting them gradually focus on the surroundings. For a brief moment she couldn't quite recall where she was, but it all soon came rushing back. Finally finding the hideout and creeping inside, getting caught in itachi's genjutzu, mistaking him for sasuke and almost kissing him.

Sitting up, she realised that some time during the night she must have fallen asleep. Her encounter with itachi must have taken more out of her than she expected. Flexing her muscles and stretching her arms she was glad to see that she was almost a full strength again. Good, if she was going to have any chance of beating itachi and escaping she needed to be at full power.

Looking around she noticed that it wasn't quite as dark in the room as when she had first arrived. There was light coming in from somewhere, which meant to things. One that a whole night had passed and it was morning, from the looks of it, early morning. And two, that there may be a way out of this room.

With a little more light sakura could see that her assessment of the room last night had been pretty accurate. The only furniture being the small cot and what looked to be a small dresser or cabinet. Walking over sakura knelt down and gave it a once over, nothing special just two outward opening doors. Grabbing the handles she gently pulled them open. Just as she thought nothing inside.

Standing up she stretched out her stiff legs and looked around the room once more. Not a bedroom after all. But a guest room and one that hadn't been use very often. That meant that itachi had know she was coming even before she had set foot inside this house. She must have triggered some silent warning system on her way in. Itachi had lured her straight into this room. She had been so carless; she was better than this. And to have mistaken him for sasuke!

'Right, no time for beating yourself up. She would not be making that mistake again. Now was the time to come up with some sort of escape plan, u need to get yourself out of this. It was stupid to think that you could take itachi all be yourself. Your priority now is to escape and return to the leaf village'

Looking up at the ceiling she noticed that one side of the room was glowing slightly. That must be the side of the house and the light must be coming in from up under the eaves.

Pulling the bed over she scrambled a top to get a better look. There seemed to be a thin crack that ran right under the beam connected to the eaves. Reaching up to get a better look she squinted through the crack. Just vaguely she could make out surround trees and scrub around the house. Perhaps if she used enough force she could break the wall without expending too much chakra. If she was to escape she was going to need as much of it as she could get, and her super strength used up way too much. Still if she was concentrated hard enough the amount needed to smash through should be minimal, hopefully leaving enough for her to fend off itachi and possibly kisame of they were to follow.

Stepping off the bed she glanced over the wall, trying to find its weakest point. There! Got it! Throwing a kunai knife and marking the spot she started to Concentrate she moving a small amount of chakra into her right hand, reaching back slightly she readied for the punch.

"I don't think that is a very good idea sakura"

What! Not releasing the chakra she turned around and looked directly into a pair of onyx eyes.

"How long have you been in here" she asked

No reply

"How long!" she asked again her voice rising slightly with anger

"Since just before you woke up, I suppose."

"How is it that I couldn't sense you? That I didn't realise you were here?"

"Well, easy. Because I didn't want you to."

"So what, you just spy on innocent girls while they are sleeping is that it? You really are a freak you know that?"

"Come now sakura we both know that you are far from innocent, it was only last night that you come here with the full intent of murdering me."

She could see the slight smirk on his face. "Come away from the wall and out from under the shadow so that I can see you properly."

"I don't take orders from you sakura." But he did as she asked "right so you can see me what do you plan to do now sakura?"

Damn she wished he'd stop saying her name! It was causing her stomach to do small flips.

Looking behind her sakura noticed the kunai sticking out of the wall, realising that she was still within reach sakura readied her arm. But would she be able to out run him?

"I already told you that is not a good idea sakura. You will do nothing but waste chakra and I will be forced to stop you!"

He hadn't moved a muscle he just stood there waiting for her to make her move "let's see you try!" moving as fast as she could not taking her eyes off itachi sakura slammed her fist into the wall behind however just as she was about to make contact she suddenly felt a strong hand grasp her wrist stopping the blow.

Looking down sakura couldn't believe it! Itachi had brush off her blow as if it was nothing, she hadn't put all of her strength into it, but still! It was impressive.

"You have such slender wrists sakura. I like that."

Glancing up she realised just how close itachi was. Although he was touching nothing else but her wrist his closeness was very overwhelming. And to make matters worse her stomach flutters had gone into overdrive. What was wrong with her? There was no illusion this time, sakura new that it was itachi that held her. So why was her heart racing like a little school girl?

Trying to pull her hand away his grip tightened slightly.

"Don't fight me sakura... Please."

Slowly she watched as he brought her wrist up to his mouth. What was wrong with her why didn't she pull away? She couldn't possibly like this could she?

Itachi paused and turned her hand over so that the inside of her wrist was facing his lips. Sakura could feel his warm breath brushing against her skin. She had never felt anything like this in her entire life and he hadn't even done anything yet.

Leaning forward slightly itachi brushed his lips gently against the soft skin on the inside of her wrist. Tingles rushed through sakura from her wrist and down her spine right to the bottom of her toes. This feeling, it was unbelievable. All thoughts of escaping gone. The only thing sakura could think of was what it would be like to feel those lips pressed against her own.

"Breath sakura..." he whispered against her skin.

Taking a deep breath she watched as he traced his lips over her palm and to the tips of her fingers kissing each one in turn until all that was left was her thumb.

This he took great care with. Gently running it across his bottom lips and encircling it in his mouth, mimicking the action that sakura had done to his own.

Sakura was almost lost; she wanted to feel those lips all over her body. Running over her skin, sending waves of pleasure throughout her. She imagined what it would feel like to have those lips kissing and sucking her nipple just like he was doing to her thumb. If this was what he could do with just his mouth imagine what his hand could do, she thought.

'No! Stop thinking like this you need to get a hold of yourself. Get control of this situation.' 'But it feels so good' part of her wanted to say

"Stop... please" she whispered

"Why? Doesn't this feel good?" he replied stopping and looking into her eyes

Sakura wanted to say no but she knew he would know she was lying.

"Don't bother lying to me sakura I can tell that it does, your body gives you away." His eyes travelling towards her chest

Following the direction of his eyes looked down. He was right, her nipples were clearly visible. Her rapid breathing forcing her breasts to strain against the fabric of her shirt. She could feel the need starting to rise inside her; she wanted to feel what itachi's hands would be like.

Looking up she could see the same desire in his eyes, she could see that he was imagining exactly what it would be like to reach out and run his hands over her breast.

"Is that what you want? Sakura!" he asked huskily his need to feel her skin catching in the throat "do you want to feel my hands all over your body?"

She needed to stop this before it went too far. What are talking about its already gone too far she corrected herself.

An idea suddenly came to her, forcing her attention away from those thoughts she focus on speaking "no! It's not what I want! The only hands that I want to feel on my body are sasuke's!"

That grip on her hand tightened, no longer gentle, but hard hurting her. "You will come to regret those words sakura! It was not wise for you to set such a challenge. Before our time is over I will make you forgot all about my silly little brother. You will come to want me so badly that you will beg me to take you, and when you do I will refuse you. You will never feel the pleasure that I can give!"

Sakura didn't see the blow that came from behind but before the darkness could consume her, her last thought was 'what have I gotten myself into'