Moroha Katana (Double-Edged Blade)
Story # 0001
by Kaline Reine
Author's Note: This is the very first Naruto fanfiction story that I ever planned out. It came to me one day when I first started watching the show, and I was really bored. Over time, I have added many ideas to this one. It's really important to me, and I will try very hard not to mess it up. I know some of you don't like Sakura but this story involves her in the plot. It also has Sasuke, Itachi, and other important people. So deal.
WARNINGS: I have no idea what this story may contain. It may include, but is not limited to, sex violence, rape, abuse, angst, and just suffering in general. There is craziness and a really wild plot. So bear with me. Main pairing is ItachiXSakura.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto series, or any of the related characters or setting. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I just like to write about them.
Chapter 7:
He approached the river, and was stunned to see someone being washed down the river. Itachi wasn't all that concerned about it, until he caught a glimpse of a tuft of pink hair floating amidst the rough, choppy water. It was hard to see to see anything at all, through the haze of the fog that surrounded this area. That color... It reminded him of something. And she was in the area.
Without thinking, he dove into the water to get her. Purposefully, he pulled the girl onto the river bank. Itachi checked her pulse. She wasn't breathing!
'How could they let this happen to her?! Those imbeciles...'
He had to act fast. His lips pressed into hers, and tried his best to focus on the task at hand. He had to save her.
'She can't die on me now!' His thoughts were frantic, as he tried to breathe life back into her. 'Sakura, don't leave me here alone!'
"Breathe..." He whispered, holding her as close as he could. He tried again, not ready to give up.
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Sakura's head was killing her. She coughed up a substantial amount of water, getting the front of her shirt wet again. She counted herself lucky to be alive at this point. She'd been beaten and battered by the waves. She could feel that her chakra was almost depleted.
'I'm so... tired,' She squinted, trying to make her eyes focus on what was in front of her. It was dark because of the mist, and the wooded area she was provided shade, making it look almost as dark as night. "Is someone there?" She felt eyes upon her.
It was almost like they were burning her... Someone was near. She could feel it. 'But who?'
She looked up, and noticed that the sky was a dark blue color, almost black. The light was fading... It was night.
She groaned, turning over, and holding her side. It hurt. "How long have I been asleep?" She wondered out loud.
"For about half a day," The tall, handsome stranger that loomed over her muttered.
'...Wait! What tall handsome stranger?!'
It took her mind a long while to process the information. Sakura's eyes were just adjusting to the vision of perfection that was before them. There was Uchiha Itachi, gazing down at her as if nothing were wrong, as if it were perfectly okay; as if everything were just flawless and right with the world!
"What the hell?!" She screamed for help. "Someone, help!" She was going to need backup. This was an S-class criminal.
'Then why don't I feel threatened?'
She ignored the feeling of strange calmness that washed over her, as she gazed into his hypnotic eyes. They were so beautiful, like two dazzling rubies... They glistening in the fading light, as the sun went down.
"You've been here all day, Kunoichi," He told her all that he felt like telling her, sticking to one subject for now.
Sakura only noticed her fatal error when it was too late. She'd looked into his eyes. For all she knew, she could be in a Genjutsu right now! She looked around her. There was the river, and some trees... The fog was still there, and it was getting heavier as night approached. Had she really been asleep for a whole day. She tried to sit up, but she was too weak. Her arms and legs shook with the effort of moving. She was trembling.
Itachi smirked. He'd never seen anyone look so pitiful; so helpless. "Sakura-chan-"
"Don't call me that!" She quickly corrected him. Pink strands were clinging to her face, not only from the dampness of the mist that surrounded them, but also from the sweat that was forming on her clammy skin. "You have no right... You don't even know me anymore!"
"...But I'd like to." He admitted.
"What is wrong with me?"
Sakura kept trying to get up, only to realize that her efforts were futile. She scowled at him when he chuckled at her feeble attempts to run.
"You may have noticed by now that your chakra is depleted," He was talking just like some of the medical students back in Konoha did. The ones who knew it all, and thought that she knew nothing. His smug smile was what gave it away.
"What did you do to me?!"
Itachi smiled, and helped her up, so that she sat against a nearby tree. She had a more clear vantage point that way, and with something solid against her back, she felt somehow safer.
"I have perfected a way to drain a Shinobi's chakra with my Sharingan. You should be thanking me. I saved you from drowning."
Sakura glared at her savior, her captor. "I wish you had let me drown!" She spat. But her eyes told a different story. She marveled at the way he had been able to do such a thing, so easily. 'Is there anything those eyes cannot do?'
This didn't seem to phase the stoic Uchiha. "I still care."
It was only three words. Something which took so little effort to say. But there was emotional weight behind them, that Sakura couldn't just ignore them. Why would he say such a thing? A thousand questions ran through her mind, in that one instant, following his statement. No, his declaration.
'How long has he been... waiting for this?'
"How long, Itachi? How long have you been watching me?"
He didn't answer. He couldn't. Not without giving something away. And Itachi never was one to give anyone an advantage over him. He wouldn't even admit to having watched her in the first place. But Sakura knew better. She could sense the tension from the moment she'd voiced her well-placed question.
She no longer saw Itachi, when she saw this man. He was a dangerous, wanted criminal. An S-rank missing-Nin, and an Akatsuki. She no longer remembered the sweet and gentle boy that she used to know. He was now an entirely different person. They had both changed; both gotten stronger. But she couldn't help but wonder who's will would outlast that of the other?
Teal eyes blinked in surprise, when he lowered himself to her level. It was something that an enemy would never risk.
'But why drain my chakra at all if he isn't planning on killing me?' The thought had flickered through her mind several times since she had awoken. 'Why do this at all? What is he trying to prove?' Her throat grew tight, and her cheeks flushed when she made a startling realization. 'I would much rather die at his hands, than fighting along Sasuke's side... Is that... wrong? Is it twisted that I could think of no death more honorable than to die by those perfect, smooth hands? Painted nails...'
She looked then, at his hands. The nails were painted a very dark purple shade, and it made her wonder why. She wouldn't ask him. Not now, at least. Maybe those would be her last words... She hoped not. Her eyes followed the movements of those hands, as one of them came to rest near her. The other hand touched her. Just her shoulder.
"Are you injured?"
"No."
It was a lie. But he didn't know that. Itachi slid his fingers gently over her skin. It was such a simple act, but for him it should have been a sin. Both of their heartbeats sped up when his fingertips trailed gently over her soft skin, down to her forearm, where he lifted her up.
As soon as Sakura put her weight on one leg, it collapsed beneath her, and pain shot through her. It really hurt. It was like someone twisting a rusty dagger right where her ankle joined.
"It's broken," Her eyes widened in horror. She looked to the Uchiha. "You did this!"
"I didn't. It was already broken when I pulled you from the river. I could tell by looking at it that it had been twisted. But believe what you want. It doesn't matter. The point is... You can't go anywhere, Sakura."
She looked at him, seeing only evil. All she saw was the wickedness that had overtaken him. ...And she wasn't entirely sure how she felt about that. In one way, she was terrified of the man. Not of Itachi but of who he had become. Yet she found herself taking comfort in the small things about him; the things she could focus on without remembering he was an S-class criminal who was probably about to kill her.
Determined to walk away from the evil man, Sakura took a deep breath, and tried walking on the injured leg anyway. That didn't go well. One moment she was standing upright, the next she found herself falling awkwardly against him, hating herself for it.
'But he's nice and soft...' Her hazy mind concluded, when he held her there. 'And he smells like Sasuke, which kind of sickens me, but in a good way. No! I can't think like this... He's Sasuke's evil insane older brother who killed their whole clan!' She had to remind herself.
His twisted smile seemed to say that it didn't really matter either way. He wrapped his arms around her, and held her tight. He moved his face closer to hers, wanting to kiss her. But he was afraid to. He opted to pin her slight frame against a tree instead.
Sakura cringed, and tried to slide away from him, but she knew it was useless. She wanted to run, but her leg was injured and she knew it was no use to try and run away from him. He was Itachi Uchiha, after all. But his face was so close to hers, and she was weak at the moment. She felt even weaker, when she felt his lips pressing firmly into hers, with such passion and force!
Itachi was scared of what he was allowing himself to do. He had never kissed anyone before, but he had always wanted his first kiss to be with her. He had dreamt of this from the first day he saw her, but she had been much too young then. His tongue slipped erotically over her bottom lip, asking for entrance. But he knew she was in no position to deny him the kiss; not with her leg in the shape it was, and her chakra all gone. She was helpless, and vulnerable.
"Itachi..." She panted. "What are you doing?"
"You, if you're lucky," He growled sexily, and held her gently in his arms.
The thing he was doing to her, and what he was saying did not match at all. These words struck her with fear, and she struggled against him, trying to get away. Even if he was currently driving her crazy, she could not allow herself to give in to the enemy. Especially not like this! What would the others think if they ever knew?
Yet she moaned in spite of herself, when the older Uchiha slipped his tongue past her lips, teasingly. He was baiting her, tempting her to give in to the lust that was building between them. It had been building ever since they were kids, and now it had come to this. There was no stopping this undeniable, unreachable, impossible thing. He moved over the helpless Kunoichi, holding onto her, as they slid onto the ground together. Sakura's legs trembled. He was on top of her in an instant, stealing her breath away with his powerful dominance. The only sound was their labored breathing, mingling together in the dark mist.
Finally, Itachi pulled away to catch his breath. "It's going to be okay. You can rest here... until you heal yourself."
'Hadn't he just been ready to jump me a few minutes ago?' She wondered to herself. 'Why is he holding back?'
Almost as if reading her thoughts, he came back for more, hungrily diving into her mouth with such force... It was the most erotic thing she'd ever experienced.
"St-stop it!" Sakura found the strength, somewhere within her, to refuse him. She tried to push him away. "I'll scream!"
"You're not going anywhere until your chakra has time to replenish itself. So what's the hurry?" He glared at her darkly.
The Uchiha knew this game all too well. The poor girl. She was trying so hard not to show it. But the reality of the situation was clear. She was afraid of him. Not just of him being a dangerous missing-nin, or even a murderer. No. She was frightened of the fact that he was a virile, potent male, who currently had his sights set on her.
Like a predator going in for the kill, he bent down to lick her neck, following her jugular vein up to her ear. "How is Sasuke?"
She shivered when he bit her ear, not even trying to answer him.
He smirked. "Hn. That's okay. Don't tell me. But I'm just wondering..." He paused only long enough to nibble along her neck lightly, making her want more of his sinful touches. "What was it like to share a sleeping bag with him?"
Sakura's eyes snapped open in surprise. "You- You've been watching me! You planned this! Itachi-san, let me go... Please." She was close to being hysterical now. What would he do with her if no one came to get her?
Itachi brushed his cheek against her own. "Mhmm, you smell nice, cherry blossom..." He purred.
'I may not be able to use my leg,' She thought. 'But I can still use my hands to keep him away! I won't... I can't let this continue!'
Putting all her strength into it, she gave him a hard shove. Itachi looked disheveled for only a moment, as he was thrown somewhere near the river. Sakura dearly wished that he had fallen in. That would have made things so much easier for her.
Smirking, his voice a low growl, he took his place on top of her once more. His legs straddled her thighs. "Sakura... Are you scared of me?" He brushed her hair out of her face.
Here, in the clouded moonlight, Sakura couldn't help but think how much he looked like Sasuke right now.
He kissed her again, and it was even more intense than the previous two. A thousand jolts of hot, electric sex poured into her through those lips. Itachi groaned into the kiss, though it came out as more of a growl. ...He didn't want to leave her.
"I'll be watching you..."
It wasn't until the words were whispered in her ear, and she felt somehow hollow as his presence was lifted from her, that Sakura realized it had been a goodbye kiss.
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A/N: And finally, we have the long-awaited ItaSaku action I've been promising! I know it took a while to lead up to it. I hope I did good job capturing their emotions accurately. I tried so hard... Well, I am making a real effort with this one, so please take time to review if you're reading. I always read and answer my reviews. If there is anything wrong with my writing, I'd like to know it. You should notice that I have better spelling and less errors now. Thanks.
-Kaline Reine