A/N: Hi my loves, how are you guys? I won't be able to update as much since I just got hired recently. I'll be updating every Friday at midnight from now on. Hope that's okay! Please keep supporting me and giving me ur luv 3


"Why do you keep on staring at me..." Sakura asked Sasuke, who was staring intently at her from across her room.

She then glanced over at Itachi who was sitting on the opposite side from Sasuke. Itachi remained silent and didn't meet her eyes.

"What's going on?" she asked, crossing her arms.

"Nothing," Sasuke said.

"Riiiiight..." Sakura rolled her eyes and got out of bed. "Didn't think I'd wake up to see two guys in my room now."

Itachi looked at Sasuke and glared at him.

"What do you think you're doing?" Itachi growled.

"Protecting her."

"That's what I'm here for."

Sasuke scoffed. "Doing a grand job of that aren't ya?"

"Hello?! I'm in the room, just in case you've forgotten," Sakura snapped.

Sasuke and Itachi looked at Sakura then at each other before heaving deep sighs.

There was a knock on the door and Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Come in," she said loudly.

The door opened and in came Naruto.

"Sakura!" he said happily. "I haven't seen you in forever!"

"Where have you been?" she asked him curiously.

"Nowhere!"

"With his girlfriend, I'm assuming," Sasuke said quietly.

Sakura's jaw dropped. "Girlfriend?!"

Naruto's face turned red in embarrassment and he grinned sheepishly. "Not really...just someone I'm seeing hehe."

"Might as well make her your girlfriend already," Sasuke grumbled.

"It's not like that, Sasuke!" Naruto said, getting annoyed.

"Well, not that it's any of my business. Why are you here?" she asked. She then looked at all there of them. How weird seeing them all here together in my room, she thought.

"Oh, Madara was asking for you and Itachi."

Itachi and Sasuke froze. Sakura and Naruto didn't notice their reaction and Sakura only groaned.

"What does that man want with me and Itachi?"

"No clue. Sounded serious. He wants you to eat breakfast with him in the dining hall."

"You can't." Sasuke said, standing up from the floor.

Itachi looked at Sasuke and shook his head. "Let us eat together."

"Are you fucking serious?"

"You've already ruined last night by barging in here and sleeping here. You're just making it worse."

Naruto looked at them and tilted his head in confusion. "Ruined last night?"

"It's nothing," Sasuke said quietly.

Sakura looked at all the men in her room and glared at them. "I'm going to change. So if you don't mind." She then pointed at the door.

"Sakura-sama..." Itachi said quietly. "You're going to eat with him?"

"Well, I can't ignore him. He's a relative now I guess. It must be important if he wants to have breakfast with me considering the fact that he despises me and my people."

After getting changed and getting ready, Sakura went on her way towards the dining hall with the three men still following after her.

"You know, you guys don't have to come with me." Sakura told them.

"I'll wait outside," Naruto said.

"I'm your husband, I should be there."

"Sakura-sama...I'll just stand by and watch."

Sakura looked at all of them and groaned, walking into the dining room. Madara was sitting at the end of the long table and he had one of the most mischievous grins she had ever seen. It was eerily uncomfortable and disturbing. Sasuke and Itachi followed behind her and Madara's expression changed into an angry glare.

Sasuke gulped and Itachi didn't say anything. Sakura sat down on one of the seats on the side. She looked at her food and then at Madara.

"Good morning, general."

"Your highness..." he said quietly. He then glanced at Itachi and crossed his fingers over his mouth. "Sleep well?"

"As a log."

Madara furrowed his brows and looked at the two men who were behind Sakura suspiciously. Itachi pointed at Sasuke and Sasuke raised his middle finger as Madara clicked his tongue under his breath.

"Well, thank you for joining me for breakfast," Madara said quietly. "I was hoping that we'd meet under different circumstances to talk about future plans...but it seems that that's not the case today."

Sakura raised a brow at him. "What? Future plans?"

"Never mind," Madara said. "You two should sit down." He raised a hand towards Sasuke and Itachi and motioned them to sit down. Itachi and Sasuke followed suit and did so. The atmosphere grew awkward and tense.

As they ate, Sakura found it extremely odd that Madara didn't talk much despite him being the one to invite her and Itachi. The whole time it seemed that Madara was upset about something.

"Sakura, if you don't mind. I'd like to speak to Sasuke alone," Madara said, finishing up his food and patting the corners of his mouth. Sasuke rolled his eyes and slouched in his seat.

Sakura responded by looking at Sasuke, concerned.

"There's no time to waste, it's an important matter," he said sternly.

Sakura sighed and looked at Itachi who looked oddly uncomfortable. "Um...Itachi? Let's go?"

"...Yeah."

As soon as the both of them left, Madara crossed his fingers over his mouth and rested his elbows on the table and looked at Sasuke angrily. "What the hell happened? Did you interfere?"

"I can't help it if I get a little jealous over someone else having sex with my wife."

"Sasuke."

"Plus, it can wait anyways, we're not in a rush or anything."

"Sasuke!"

Sasuke furrowed his brows and looked away as Madara groaned and ran his hands through his hair in frustration.

"Sasuke. You're going to ruin everything we've worked for up until now. If you do any more than this and get in the way, I will ruin Sakura before Itachi can even get his hands on her."

Sasuke furrowed his brows and smirked. "Really uncle? You really think you're going to do that?"

"You want to test me?"

In that moment, Sasuke knew that he had to stop the conversation there. There was something off-putting about the way Madara was handling things. He was too absorbed in getting rid of Linshore. There was no way of knowing if there was something else he was planning up his sleeve. Either way, if he tried to escape with Sakura now, it'd be hard to find a way out. This palace was slowly becoming a prison.

"Sorry if I screwed up the plans for just one night, sheesh."

"Tonight will be the night Sasuke. I swear that if you get in the way again, it will be over for you and her. The only reason why you're up and walking right now is because you're my nephew. There's no more time for screw ups."

Sasuke rolled his eyes and got up from his seat and walked towards the exit of the dining hall. "Got it, got it."

"You haven't actually fallen for her, have you?"

Sasuke thought for a moment and turned around to look at Madara. "Who'd love that crazy woman?"

Madara glared at Sasuke's back and muttered under his breath. "As the older son...I will take back what is rightfully mine."

As Sasuke exited the hall, he found Sakura waiting for him and she quickly ran up to him.

"Are you okay? Seemed like he was really pissed off about something..."

"It's nothing," Sasuke said, glancing over at Itachi. Naruto saw the mere glance but decided not to say anything. "Sakura...will you come with me for a moment?"

"I can't let you do that," Itachi said.

"It's just a conversation. Why do you always butt in into our marital affairs?"

Itachi glared at Sasuke. "Don't be stupid." To Sasuke, that wasn't just any old warning. He furrowed his brows and looked at him in a confused expression. Just whose side was Itachi really on? Last night just made him even more confused.

"Are you serious..."

Itachi looked at him with a soft smile and left, leaving Sasuke dumbfounded.

Sakura, who was in her room, was sleeping soundly; unaware of what was about to come, that her hell was only just beginning.

"You won't do it," Sasuke told Itachi. Itachi stopped at the doorway and looked at his little brother with a smirk.

"Oh yeah? What makes you think that?"

"Because I won't let you!" Sasuke snapped, walking into the room with him. He sat on a chair and Itachi followed inside hastily, grabbing Sasuke's shirt and pulling him towards him.

"Do you know what you're doing, you fucking idiot?!" he asked quietly, trying not to wake Sakura up.

"I'm not letting you touch her!" Sasuke whispered back.

"If uncle finds out you're doing this, we're all dead meat."

"He needs us! He won't get rid of us just for screwing up this one night!"

Itachi clicked him tongue and pushed Sasuke away from his grip. He then shut the door and sat on the opposite side of the room, still glaring at Sasuke.

"This is okay with you? Me staying here?" Sasuke asked, in a normal voice this time so Itachi could hear.

"Shut up or you'll wake her up."

Throughout the rest of the day, Sasuke unconsciously stuck himself onto Sakura so Itachi wouldn't get a second with her alone.

"I've never seen you act like this," Sakura told Sasuke who was walking beside her. Naruto, who was with them, stayed towards the back of the group and watched silently.

"Sorry if I want to get to know my wife a little better," Sasuke answered.

Sakura then glanced at Itachi who walked on the opposite side of her, looking completely and utterly annoyed.

"Itachi...are you alright?"

"Just dandy, Sakura-sama."

Sakura felt tense and rubbed her temples with a big sigh. Itachi never says dandy.

"Dinner was quite good, wasn't it?" Sasuke asked, trying to make conversation.

"Yes...it was."

Itachi finally had enough of the pointless conversations and clicked his tongue, grabbing onto Sakura's hand and making a run for it.

Sakura ran, almost tripping before yelling loudly. "Wha-?! Itachi?!"

"Wha-HEY!" Sasuke snapped, chasing after them.

Naruto who was behind then couldn't' take the weird situation anymore and stopped Sasuke from chasing after them.

"Stop, Sasuke."

"Naruto! What the hell are you doing?!"

"Care to explain why you've been acting so weird?"

Sasuke whipped his head towards Itachi and Sakura and they were long gone.

"Damn! I lost them."

Sasuke then heard a metallic sound and slowly turned his head as he felt a cold instrument against his neck. All he saw was Naruto holding up a gun against his skin.

"I'd use my sword, but using this one would alert everyone better."

Sasuke's eyes widened. "Naruto...?"

"What are you planning, Sasuke?"

As Itachi and Sakura kept on running, she immediately put herself to a stop and pulled on Itachi's arm.

"Wait, dammit!"

Itachi panted quietly and turned his head to look at Sakura. "Sakura-sama. Let's go to your room, right now."

Sakura's face grew red and she nodded. When they arrived to her room, Itachi suddenly started unbuttoning his dress shirt.

"Whoa!" Sakura covered her eyes and she turned and walked towards her bed. "Look, Itachi. If you're pent up, go to a brothel...or something."

She felt his hands on her shoulders as he turned her around. Itachi's eyes widened as he saw her face turn bright red.

"Itachi, I'm going to fucking hit you if you do anything. If Sasuke finds out-"

"Who cares about him? It's not like you care about him. The one you care about...is me, right?"

Sakura's mouth opened in the slightest in shock as she tried to back away from him. "Itachi...please..."

"Sakura-sama..." Itachi said under his breath, leaning into her.

"Stop! I can't do this!" she snapped, pulling away. Itachi didn't think she'd reject him so strongly and as if taking advantage of his distraction, Sakura slapped a hand across his face. "How dare you! You know how the royal family of Linshore works. I'm not okay with this!"

Itachi, whose face was still facing the ground because of the slap, turned to look at her. Sakura almost felt her knees buckle at the sight. His eyes were red and there were black insignia on them. He reached his hands out towards her and she slowly stepped backwards, terrified.

"Your eyes..."

"I'm sorry, Sakura-sama...I'm glad you stuck to your Linshore word," he said quietly, reaching a hand out towards her.

Sakura was too caught up in the moment to react and she fell backwards onto her bed, not realizing that she had been walking backwards the whole time. "You're...you're an-?"

"I'm sorry," he said, he placed a hand on her head and looked into her eyes.

"What are you doing to me?!" Sakura said, trying to pull away, but she was already caught in his grip.

An expression of grief and pain swept across his face as he leaned into her face. At that moment, Sakura felt a kind warmth press against her lips and everything went pitch black.