Fallen Cherry Blossoms
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 4: Against my Pain
Warning: There may be some mature content. But not too much.
Just to say...I had many doubts about posting this chapter up. Someone reviewed me horrible saying "YOUR STORY IS FRIGGIN MESSED UP" and it really hurt me. I was about to delete this story until I gained some confidence. Some things in Chapter 1 and 2 may not have been so logical, but I needed things in place for later chapters.
From anime.character.in.disguise, thank you so much for giving me the confidence I needed. They told me that being a good writer takes all horrible comments, even though they may have just flamed for the fun of it. I disagreed with a few things they have said -Check Reviews from chapter 2- if you want to know. Ifyou likethis story, pleasethank anime.character.in.disguise as well. Or thisstorymay have not been continued at all.
Sakura shivered as she looked at Itachi's wound. Suddenly, she saw Itachi stir. The young girl looked into him as he opened his eyes and saw the girl. Of all people, Itachi never realized that she would be the one he would risk his life for. He sat up straight and felt the wound on his shoulder. A trickle of blood had fallen down… There was a piercing pain within his own eyes.
"Let's get out of here…" breathed Itachi.
"Where?" the kunoichi asked.
"C'mon, help me," said Itachi.
He got up from the grass but nearly fell again. Itachi's body was becoming weak, and Sakura saw this. She took Itachi's hand and put it around herself and helped him walk to the entrance of the cave. Itachi managed to build a series of seals and opened the cave. A password…thought the kunoichi. The boulder phased into nothing as they walked inside.
"Scared?" the Sharingan master laughed.
"A bit…" the girl admitted.
"Don't worry, you won't get killed here."
Itachi laughed at the girl. Sakura pouted at him and led him to the back of the cave. Itachi pressed his ring into the solid rock. Sakura could barely see anything in the dark, not even the hold for the Akatsuki ring. The wall of rock moved away and the two continued into the cave. On the walls, were small torches giving a small trace of light where ever they walked to.
"Where are we going?" asked the kunoichi.
"To where I stay," answered Itachi plainly.
After a series of turns, Sakura and Itachi finally met a dimly lit heavy door. Sakura was sure that even with her inhumane strength, she would not be able to knock the door. Itachi shone his Sharingan darkly and the door opened automatically. Is it censored? By activating Sharingan? Wow, Itachi sure is amazing. thought Sakura in her mind.
"We need to treat you right now, Itachi! You could die!" screamed Sakura.
"Ouch, keep your voice down. It'll mean trouble," warned Itachi.
Itachi then lay on top of his bed. Then without much effort, he fell asleep as his eyes closed almost instantly. Sakura looked at his sleeping form and gently kissed his forehead. Then, a fire burned in her eyes and she was prepared to heal Itachi. The poison was still circulating within his body and slowly killing the Sharingan master.
Sakura created a green healing fire encircle her hands and she placed them on top of his chest feeling his body. The kunoichi still couldn't believe she was helping a S-wanted criminal. The pink haired girl still also couldn't believe she was looking at his magnificent body. She nearly melted at the sight of Itachi's muscular body. Still, Sakura gathered her courage together and gave him a single kiss before she began to remove the poison…
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"The Akatsuki!" exclaimed an exuberant blonde.
"Yeah," said Sasuke painfully. "Orochimaru too."
"I hate those bastards…" said Naruto through clenched teeth.
Sasuke was lying in the hospital with Naruto at his bedside. Both shinobis were well respected throughout the village now and Naruto was happy to have his friend saved from Orochimaru. Now, these two have become the strongest friends ever seen in Konoha.
"And… Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto.
"Went with him," replied Sasuke sadly. "I'm sorry Naruto. I should not have been so hard on her. But I wasn't ready… I shouldn't have let her go with Itachi."
"It's not your fault Sasuke. Though you could have let her down a bit easier. Yosh! It's decided, we'll go after the Akatsuki and rescue Sakura-chan once you get better!" shouted Naruto.
Sasuke smiled… It was a while since the smile was seen. And once Naruto saw it, he immediately beamed and laughed. Sasuke and Naruto were the closet friends ever…
"Uchiha Sasuke, you aren't allowed to leave. You either Naruto," said a voice.
"Tsunade obaachan," whispered Naruto to Sasuke.
Konoha's Hokage walked into the room. She wore a smile on her face. She looked around and saw other familiar faces crowding Sasuke's bed. Sai, Ino, Shikamaru, Temari, Neji, Tenten, Naruto, and Hinata. Tsunade laughed at the love within the new shinobis of Konoha. Everyone was just so concerned about Sasuke…
"Sorry, but we have to prepare for an attack from Orochimaru. Sasuke, we are sure that he is still after the Sharingan and you mustn't leave. And Naruto, the Akatsuki is still after the Kyuubi inside you," explained the Hokage.
"Ehhh?" Naruto sadly bluntly. "No thanks! We're going after Sakura-chan."
"I thought you might say that," said Tsunade with a smile on her face. "Sakura will turn up here soon enough. I promise. In the mean time, I want everyone to make sure they are in the best shape possible. We will have a war with the Sound ninjas soon enough," explained Tsunade.
Everyone there nodded their heads in agreement. Even Naruto, slowly moved his head down and up. He knew now, that Tsunade entrusted that Sakura will come back, all she needed was encouragement. Naruto believed strongly that Sakura was powerful enough to take care of herself and fight for what she believed in. She was no burden… Unfortunately, as everyone prepared for the attack on Konoha, no one knew that Sakura had willingly went with Itachi herself.
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Sakura fell exhausted onto a nearby chair. She had just spent hours of her life trying to remove the poison in Itachi's body. She successfully removed all of it and spent the last hours prepping an antidote for the rest left within his body. Sakura looked happily at how she saved his life, but knew hers was over. Konoha would never accept her for…loving Uchiha Itachi. She knew this now. She was in love with the Sharingan master.
"Sa-sakura…" said a voice heavily.
"Eh?" she asked suddenly.
Itachi painfully sat up and looked at his own body. He felt the soft, white bandages all around his rib's and around his arm. Sakura rushed over to him and began to change them. He was bleeding through his arm's wound. Itachi chuckled to himself seeing as how this kunoichi had troubled herself within his matters. Although, the pain within his eyes had still been collecting and he knew that she could not cure that so simply.
"You're the medical ninja that Sasori complained about," laughed Itachi.
"Sasori? He's still alive?" asked Sakura startled.
"Yeah. Chiyo missed his critical point by very little," said Itachi.
"Oh well… I've been meaning to ask, did you come to Konoha to attack?" asked Sakura.
"No, we only went to kill Orochimaru," answered the Sharingan master. "Orochimaru is trying to kill me, Sakura. He wants my body for the Sharingan. In order to survive, I must destroy him."
"Oh, I see. Seems he still hasn't given up on you?"
"It appears not."
"I'm sorry, Itachi…" Sakura blurted out. "I don't know why I healed you, but I did! Please… it didn't mean anything!"
"No it didn't…" Itachi said confidently. "It meant everything. To you and to me. You needed to heal me and I couldn't even explain why you did it. But it's okay now."
"But-"
Itachi had taken his chance and while the girl was leaning into him, he lifted up her chin and kissed her deeply. Sakura's eyes widened and then slowly and softly closed gently. Then she brought her hands up to his cheeks and leaned into him even more. Itachi could feel her warm gentle hands on his face and the warmth they brought to him. The two still did not part as they could feel their souls joining together. Finally, Sakura brought her lips away.
"Wow…you're really good," she said cheerfully.
"You are too," Itachi said with a distant smile.
"But, you're in the Akatsuki-" started Sakura.
"Yes."
"But you just can't-"
She was interrupted by another kiss from Itachi and this time, she did not resist at all and fell into his spell. She brought her hands to his chest and felt his tense muscles relaxing. Sakura (with the much energy she has) pushed Itachi over and then joined his lips once again. His eyes widened at first and then slowly relaxed as he began to really see this girl in a new light. The pink haired girl pushed him into his back and then started to kiss him deeply from on top. Itachi could feel her warmth going to his body and he felt so happy and relaxed…
I think I am falling for him! Sakura screamed in her mind.
The night had crept on and the two ninjas were still in love. Itachi had returned his strong hard kisses back to the kunoichi who smothered him in love and thought. Somehow, this got to the point where Sakura had taken off her clothes and so had Itachi. Of course, Itachi was human, and he liked what he had seen. Finally, the two had fallen to a deep sleep with each other. Sakura's arm was on top of Itachi's chest as they dove off into the deep sleep.
That was Itachi's hours in heaven. That was Sakura's hours in heaven. With each other.
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The dark haired Sharingan master woke up at the crisp morning air and looked at the girl beside him. She was snuggled so deeply into him, that he could barely get out without waking her. But before he would, he looked at her and kissed her sleeping form. Her jade green eyes had closed, though his Sharingan eyes were filled with gentleness and kindness. Itachi saw the smile on the girl's face and he then he turned his face into happiness.
Finally, Itachi managed to get out of the bed without waking the sleeping form of Sakura. He looked into his closet and wore his old Uchiha clothing. He felt that he had to… The high collared black Uchiha shirt felt good against his skin and he looked over to the window. He heard a bird sing so beautifully… Nothing had looked so beautiful to him before.
"Itachi?" asked a voice.
"Hm?" the Sharingan master answered.
"Arigatou yo…" Sakura said kindly. Thank you
Sakura grabbed Itachi's Akatsuki jacket and wore it. It was nice and warm, so the girl smiled as she walked over to the shower and turned on the faucet. The cool water poured down her face and tears streamed down her eyes. Although they were tears of joy, not sadness. Sakura smiled and laughed, never thinking she could ever fall for this powerful Uchiha.
Itachi heard the doorbell rang and he walked over to the door. He opened it and saw the giant monster of the Mist village. It was his partner, Kisame. Itachi looked surprised at him and invited him inside. The shark man came inside coming to report something to his partner.
"Itachi, Konoha is siding with us on this one. They want Orochimaru gone as well," reported Kisame.
"Well done. But, I'm not sure that their forces are enough," said Itachi.
"Who is in the shower?" asked Kisame.
"No one, I just turned on the water. So what does the leader want us to do?" asked Itachi.
"He only wants to kill Orochimaru but make no mistake to tell Konoha that we are not siding with them. We will have to leave for Konoha tonight. We will still be after the Kyuubi later on. Why'd you turn on the water?"
"All right. The water helps me think," answered Itachi.
At that time, the pink haired girl came out of the shower and in front of Itachi with only a towel on. Sakura's hair was wet and dripping and she almost screamed when she saw the blue monster of the Mist. Itachi slapped his head and looked disapprovingly at the ground.
"What's he doing here!" exclaimed Sakura.
"What's she doing here!" exclaimed Kisame.
"Uh, Sakura meet Kisame, my partner in the Akatsuki. Kisame meet Sakura, kunoichi of Konoha," said Itachi desperately.
"Sasori will be mad at you," warned Kisame. "We are all supposed to meet in a few minutes."
Kisame left Itachi's room and Sakura stood there dumbfounded. She was not used to seeing a monster pop in and scare the heck out of her like that. Itachi just laughed to himself about it. Sakura then quickly got dressed and followed Itachi out of the door.
As they were about to enter another chamber, Itachi led the way destroying nearby traps as well. Sakura marveled at his ability to sense things with not only his eyes but every sense he had. The Uchiha genius really was powerful… Finally the two came across a door and Itachi bowed down for Sakura and led her inside. Sakura was flushed and lucky that it was so dark that the color was barely noticeable. She put her hand on top of Itachi's and squeezed his. She was afraid of going somewhere dark and mysterious without anyone to guide her.
"I won't let you get killed," said Itachi reassuringly.
"Last night…" the kunoichi started.
"Sorry for bringing you into it," apologized the Sharingan master. He was sure that a beautiful girl like her would never have slept with him if he had not kissed her in the beginning. He knew that he had ended her life like that for she couldn't return to Konoha anymore which was not his intention.
"No, Itachi. I wanted…no, I needed it…" said Sakura warmly.
"Have I destroyed your dreams with it?" asked Itachi.
A shooting pain was collecting within his eyes. His eye sight was deteriorating and he knew that he would be blinded soon enough. The pain had began to grow to a point where it was just too unbearable. Itachi stood firmly and Sakura barely noticed the waves of pain affecting him. He knew that he would not be able to see her anymore… soon. Itachi then looked into her beautiful jade eyes and waited for her answer.
"Without meeting you, my dreams were over from the start," she answered brightly.
She went up and kissed him on the cheek and Itachi could feel himself growing hot. Her kisses were light and crisp, but warm as well. Itachi blushed deeply and still noticed the tight grip she still had on his hand. She was still worried.
"Itachi get down!" shouted a voice.
A sudden kunai was shot out at Sakura. It was Sasori and his new puppet. The master puppeteer rebuilt his puppets including Hiruko. He shot a deadly poisoned kunai at the girl that had nearly killed him before…
Sakura watched within the kunai her past, present, and death within it. The kunai gleamed with a dark purple poison just waiting to strike and kill her.
Author's Note: Please review! I hope everyone liked the love scenes with Itachi and Sakura. I sure did. Well, writing them anyway. I hoped I captured it really well. But I liked this cliffy, Sasori is back! Let's just screw Tobi, since I don't know anything about him. Cast your vote!
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