Sweetest Sin

A/N: Thanks again for all the reviews! I feel so grateful for all of my faithful readers! XOXO's for all of you! Thanks Evee9109 for beta reading this and putting up with my insanity! XD This chapter was interesting to write. And I decided that there might be lemons in this story. I'll let you all know ahead of time for those not comfortable reading them. There might probably be more than one lemon scene or chapter but not all of those will be SasuSaku (they are the main characters but not the only couple I'm planning.) Secondary couples SuiKar, KakRin, ItaOC (Kisara) and etc. I have to rewrite the summary now. Any ideas? Gotta make Sasuke suffer just a bit (narrowly dodges a fireball and Chidori). Phew that was close. :3 Well anyways there a few thing I have to go over. Idk much about Karin's past so I made parts up. I wanted to make things more dramatic for that scene. Hope you like and review. This is a filler chapter of sorts. I time skipped just a bit.

Disclaimer: Naruto is © by Masashi Kishimoto. I do not own anything except the plot was my idea. Kisara is not even mine, she's an OC from the person who won the contest for Seducing Sasuke.

Chapter 7

Kisara had the sensation that she had been unconscious for a long time or at least that's how she felt. Her eye lids felt heavy as she struggled to wake up. Her head was aching.

She managed to sit up and slowly opened her eyes. She was in a room and it was dark. She thought that she was in her own room but immediately realized that she was not.

She was in Itachi's room. There was no mistaking it. She could recognize the room and his scent.

"You're awake." Itachi said. He was sitting in the chair next to the bed, his eyes were closed.

"Yeah, I am. Itachi what happened?" she asked as she used her chakra to soothe her head. "Oh my head hurts."

"Jugo attacked you." He responded. "Sasuke said that Jugo sometimes goes into violent rampages which he cannot control. He has some sort of condition. Orochimaru used him to create his curse marks."

"That's awful. I can't imagine living like that." Kisara whispers. "Wait, why am in your room?"

"I brought you here after Sakura healed you. Well, I took you to your room but there were books strewn everywhere. I'm assuming medical texts?" He said.

"Yeah...I've been researching and trying to figure out how to reverse blindness. I found a few things but I have to ask Sakura. She's a better medic than I am. We'll find a way to give you back your vision, Itachi." She said.

"Hn." he said. Truth be told, he didn't care if he ever regained his eyesight or not. Perhaps this blindness was what he deserved for all the harm he caused. It was a suitable punishment for his sins. Besides, he had given his chakra and his powers to Sasuke. To prevent his brother from losing his eyesight.

"Itachi, you act as if you didn't care if you ever regain your sight again?" Kisara noted. She could tell that he always seemed distant when she or Sakura talked about methods to fix his eyes. From what she knew he had lost his sight due to the extensive use of his Magenkyo Sharingan. And the illness he suffered from for years without proper medical treatment only contributed to the deterioration of his vision.

"I have gotten accustomed to the possibility. It doesn't matter to me if I can or can't see." Itachi replied truthfully. Because he really did feel that way. His blindness had taught him to utilize his other senses. That was how he was able to protect Kisara when Jugo attacked her. It was his instincts as well as his heightened senses that saved her life. At least that is what he told himself. What he wanted to make himself believe. But then again, he was only lying to himself.

There was something about Kisara that made him feel different, made him feel almost human again. She made him feel like as if he wasn't a monster. A murderer.

She was different than most women he met in his lifetime. Sakura was also different but she did not make him feel what Kisara did. For the pink haired medic, he felt gratitude and respect. Kisara was a whole other story. Although he wouldn't admit it, he cared about her.

"How can you say that? How can you just give up so easily?" Kisara asked. Please help me understand because frankly I don't get it."

"There is nothing to get, Kisara. This blindness is my punishment for what I've done." He replied "I deserve living in this darkness."

Kisara got up and faced him. She couldn't believe that he was resigned to his life. Sure he did many bad things in his life but still he deserves a second chance. From what he had told her, he didn't seem like an evil person. Quite the opposite. Everything he had done was to protect his brother and his village. "No, you don't. You're a good person. I can see that and I've always been a good judge of character."

"You're wrong this time." He said. "I'm not good. I'm a monster. I've murdered many innocent people."

"Yes, but that's a part of being a ninja. Sometimes we are forced to do things we don't like and that includes killing." She said trying to help him. She didn't like seeing him like this. It felt wrong. She liked seeing him smile although that rarely occurred but when it did it made her heart do somersaults in her chest. "I know you might think that you're a monster but you're not. You are human."

Itachi remained silent. He wanted to believe that what Kisara said was true but it was difficult. He had spent years seeing himself a monster. While it was true that the path of the ninja was not easy, that didn't matter to him.

"So you're just going to give up without even trying? You're just going to let your guilt take over your life? What happened to the strong ninja that I know you are?" Kisara said trying to talk sense into him. She was angry and frustrated that Itachi would just give up. "Where is your so called Uchiha pride? Did it die when you killed your clan?" Kisara knew that was a low blow but she had to say it. She had to get a response out of him.

"Don't ever say that again?" Itachi warned. It was one thing to insult him but to bring his clan into this was another. "You don't know anything about how I feel. About..."

"No, I don't because I never had a real family. Isn't that what you meant to say?" Kisara snapped. "I don't know my father and my mother has been in a coma since I was a born. That's 19 years." Her voice softened as she felt tears forming in her eyes. Her heart ached but not for her pain but his. She was already used to not having parents. She just had the Mizuki's who were like grandparents to her. "I know your life hasn't been easy but that doesn't mean you have to give up. You're 24 years old. You can start over whether it's in Konoha or any other place. Don't you want to get married...Have children of your own?"

Itachi said nothing. Kisara just looked away. She didn't know what else to say or do to make him see reason. He seemed to be set on staying the way he was.

"So, you are just going to stay like that forever. Having someone else take care of you because you're invalid." Kisara said. She shook her head as a single tear escaped her eyes. It was a sad life that Itachi was sentencing himself to. He was setting himself for eternal loneliness and it broke Kisara's heart. She was next to him, holding his hands which were rough and calloused from years of ninja training. "Is that what you really want?"

Itachi stilled by Kisara's closeness. He felt her warm hands in his own. She was so close that he could feel her breath. He didn't know what to say. He just wanted to be left alone yet the thought of Kisara leaving was unbearable. Could it be that without knowing, without planning it, he had fallen in love with her? All these years that he had spent with her in seclusion had changed him. But how was it possible? How could this girl have changed him so much in so little time.

Without realizing what he was doing, Itachi wiped her eyes of the tears, his fingers tracing her face. Kisara froze at this unsure if she should pull away or stay where she was. She gazed at him intently. Her heart beat rapidly as his lips descended on hers. He pulled her closer until she was practically sitting on his lap. Their kiss was soft and sweet and Itachi was surprised by Kisara who instead of pulling away kissed him back, her hands weaving in his long, jet black locks.

The door opened and Suigetsu stuck his head in, startling Kisara. She pulled away from Itachi, her face blushing as

she realized that Suigetsu had seen them.

"Taking advantage of a blind man, Kisara? That is definitely a no-no." Suigetsu teased "I'm pretty sure that's against medic code."

"I wasn't...What are you doing here, Suigetsu?" Kisara asked changing the subject. She was still a little stunned by her kiss with Itachi. He had literally taken her breath away by just one kiss. But kami it was one amazing, wondrous kiss. Her lips where still tingling.

"Sakura asked me to check to see if you were okay but I see that you're better than okay." Suigetsu jeered. "Jugo was worried that he hurt you badly."

"As you can see, she's alright. Is there anything else you wanted?" Itachi said in a tone that expressed his annoyance at having been interrupted.

"No, that's all. I'll leave you two alone." Suigetsu said. He could tell that he was clearly not needed anymore and he left. "I'll tell Jugo you're fine."

When he was gone, Itachi smirked but didn't move. Although he didn't like that he was interrupted he was slightly glad. His mind was whirring. He was wondering what could possibly be going on in Kisara's mind? Was she feeling the same thing as he was? Did she feel some sort of electric current coursing through her body as he kissed her?

"I should go...I have to report back to Gaara now that Sakura is here." Kisara said as she was about to go. She was trying to go before Itachi said anything about what had happened just now. Perhaps she wanted to evade having to talk about what happened? She wasn't sure what to say. She just couldn't tell Itachi that she loved him as she had almost since she had met him. How could she not? He was unlike any man she had ever met. He was mysterious and alluring. Not to mention that he was so hot with his long black hair, obsidian eyes and muscled body.

But she hadn't fallen for him for his good looks. She wasn't vain about physical appearances. She had fallen for his expressions, for the way he was. When she first time she saw, him she didn't see him like the monster everyone said he was. He seemed like any other shinobi. Sure, he was an s-ranked rogue ninja but she didn't see him as that. She wasn't afraid of him like others would have been. Instead she acted naturally around him. She enjoyed his company and occasionally the conversations they had. He was intelligent and as she learned new things about him, she had fallen for him but never said anything. One could say that she was afraid of rejection.

"Why do you wish to run away?" Itachi asked. "Am I really that repulsive that you want to be nowhere near me? Are you afraid of me?"

Kisara shook her head. "No, of course not. I'm not running away. And no, I'm not afraid of you. It's late so I thought you should rest." She was lying of course. Not about running away or bring afraid but of the last part.

Itachi caught on easily. "You're lying. You're running away because you're afraid of that kiss. Am I right?" He knew he was right even before she said anything.

"Yes...you're right." Kisara confessed. She took a deep breath before continuing. It was now or never. She had to tell him how she felt or at least give him an idea of her feelings. "I just don't want to talk about it because I don't want to think that it meant nothing to you. I don't want my heart broken."

"Why would you think that?" Itachi asked. It bothered him that she would think that their kiss meant nothing to him. After all he wasn't the type of man that kissed a woman for no reason. He may be a murderer but he still had his principles. And one of those was to treat woken with respect. Which was sort of ironic since he had mercilessly killed his mother and all the women of his clan?

"I don't know. I just know that I don't want to know that I mean nothing to you. That I'm just another kunoichi in your list of conquests." Kisara answered.

Itachi was silent for a moment. "Kisara, I am not that type of man. I can assure you that. I don't make a habit of kissing women for no reason."

"Then why...why did you kiss me?" Kisara asked. She needed to know why he'd kissed her. Not that she complaining but that had been an amazing kiss. Itachi was gifted not only with shinobi skills.

"I don't really know. I've never experienced these emotions before. Not for any woman." He confessed. It wasn't easy for him coming to terms with his feelings, especially when they involve another person.

Kisara was shocked. In not so many words, he had cared about her. Itachi Uchiha loved her. "I...I don't know what to say?"

Itachi nodded believing that she didn't return his feelings. "Hn." He looked indifferent on the outside but inside it was a whole other story.

Kisara understood and realized that he thought that she didn't feel anything towards him. Well he was wrong about that. This time it was she who initiated things and she kissed him. Rather than telling him she was showing him her feelings.

This kiss lasted a few seconds before they pulled apart. "Itachi...I love you." she said barely above a whisper. She had finally said the words. Itachi smirked. He rather enjoyed hearing that. He didn't need to tell her that he loved her because she already knew.

"Does this mean you'll let us heal your eyes? " Kisara asked. Was she enough motivation for him to want to see again?

"If that makes you happy, then of course." He said as he gently kissed her forehead. Kisara frowned. She wanted him to want to see again. She didn't want him to let Sakura and her fix his eyes just to please her. He had to want it too.

"So what does all this mean? I mean what are we?" Kisara asked. She was wondering what they were now that they had told each other what they felt for each other.

"You are my girlfriend. If that's fine with you." Itachi said. Kisara smiled. Itachi's girlfriend? She definitely liked the sound of that.

"It's fine by me." Kisara said. She was happy and no one or nothing could change that.

xxx

Sakura was studying in her room, completely engrossed in her medical texts. A couple of days had passed since the incident with Jugo and Kisara and things had been relatively calm since then.

She had figured out a way to completely cure Jugo of the curse mark by isolating the enzyme that caused his violent tendencies and extracted it. It had been a tough, painful process that took hours to complete but it had been successful. It had taken the combined strength of Sasuke, Suigetsu, Karin and even Itachi to hold Jugo down while she and Kisara had done the extraction.

Now she was busy working to find a way to heal not only Itachi's eyes but Sasuke's as well. Though Sasuke still had his eyesight, it was slowly deteriorating. The ninjutsu that Itachi had performed on Sasuke had only held off the progression of the blindness for a few years but sooner or later he too would lose his vision.

Being the medic that she was, she wouldn't allow that to happen even if the patient in question was her former teammate and the man that had broken her heart many times. She was a dedicated medic after all. She would heal his eyes but keeping her feelings separate from her responsibilities.

A knock on her door alerted her to a visitor. "Come in." she yelled without looking up to see who it was. When she was this absorbed in her work it was hard to get her away.

"Hey, Sakura." Kisara said as she walked in.

"Hey, Kisara." she replied without looking up. "What's up?"

"I got a reply from Gaara-sama." the girl informed the pinkette. "I have it here if you'd like to see it."

Sakura looked up. Kisara was holding a scroll with the Sand insignia. A few days after her arrival, she had asked the Sand kunoichi to send a letter to the Kazekage explaining her situation. She had asked the Kazekage to allow her and Taka to remain here for a time. She had also petitioned that he ask send a letter to Danzo asking to send Kakashi to Suna on the pretense of a mission so she could talk to her former sensei without danger of compromising anyone. "What did Gaara say?"

"He agreed and that he would send for Kakashi immediately. He should be arriving at Suna in the next few days." Kisara answered. "Gaara also agreed to allow Taka to remain here but they must not leave under any circumstances while remain here. It is safer for everyone that way. If they were to be found by Sand nin then that would not be good. He'd have no choice but incarcerate them if caught."

"Thanks, Kisara." she said. "Have you told them about this? Sasuke should prepare himself when Kakashi comes. Hopefully Gaara will have explained the situation to him."

"Yes, I did. Sasuke didn't say anything though." she said. Kisara looked at the open texts. "Sakura, there is something else you should know?"

The tone in which Kisara spoke made Sakura look up. "What is it Kisara?" she asked.

Kisara bit her lip. "Gaara sent me this along with his reply. It's a wanted poster...Of you."

"What?" she said taking the poster that Kisara handed her. There on the poster was her picture of when she became Jonin. It had her name and said that she was a kunoichi of the Leaf wanted for affiliating herself with the dangerous S-class rogue and former shinobi of the Leaf, Sasuke Uchiha and his team Taka and she was now considered a rogue herself. There was a high reward for her capture. All her data was stated in the poster.

Wanted

Name: Sakura Haruno

Birthdate: March 28

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Blood type: O

Classification: Medical kunoichi

Affiliation: Konohagkure

Ninja Rank: Jonin

Ninja Registration: 012601

"This is unbelievable. I knew Danzo was a bastard but this is just ridiculous. He can't possibly know that I'm with Sasuke. Kami this is not good."

"Gaara said that you shouldn't worry too much. As long as you are here you'll be fine. He's not going to let Danzo get to you." Kisara said.

"I know. Kami I hope that Kakashi-sensei gets here soon. I need to talk to him."

"He'll be here soon, don't fret." Kisara assured her. "You know...I've heard so much about your sensei but I've never met him. Does he really posses a Sharingan eye? He's legendary in Suna. I know a few who idolize him and see him like a role model."

"Yes, he does. He lost his eye during the Third Shinobi World War and one of his teammates, an Uchiha died but before then he gave Kakashi his eye."

Sakura said as she told Kisara, Kakashi's story. She snorted. "I wouldn't call him a role model. He's lazy, always tardy and reads perverted books. But he's also a dedicated ninja."

"Sounds like you respect him a lot." Kisara said.

"Yeah, I do. He's a good man and I admire him a lot. He's like a father to me." She said.

"Well, I should leave you. I have to a few things I have to do. And I have to see if I can find anything that can help restore Itachi's eyes." Kisara said with determination. Sakura raised her eyebrow noting the change in her friend. Kisara looked happier for some reason and Sakura made a mental note to ask her later. For now, she had to continue her studying and keep herself worry-free. At least until her sensei got here.

xxx

If there was ever a time that Itachi or Sasuke were ever afraid of anything it would be now. They were both lying on their backs on makeshift hospital beds in the dining room where Sakura and Kisara were getting ready to heal Itachi's eyes and repair Sasuke's. It was a risky procedure that had never been attempted before and had no guarantees of success. So of course they were worried.

"Ready?" Sakura asked as she examined their vital signs. She had researched for days and she finally found a possibility. It was not much to go by but if this worked then not only would Itachi regain his sight but Sasuke would keep his. If it failed, losing their sight permanently was the least of their worries. But both brothers seemed to be willing to risk it.

The procedure consisted of using their own stem cells to repair the damage to the optic nerves. It wouldn't be easy but they had to try.

"Hn." Sasuke said not looking at her. He was starting to grate on her nerves. Seriously this Hn business got too old too fast.

"You still have time to say no and we'll stop." Sakura warned. She had to tell them the risk of this operation. The worst case scenario was that they lose all mobility of their bodies or die.

"I'm sure. I've got nothing else to lose." Itachi said. He was acting mysteriously. Sasuke didn't know what to make of his brother's attitude.

"What about you, Sasuke? Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Sakura asked. She had to have both their consent before she and Kisara started. Karin, Suigetsu and Jugo were standing by to help just in case.

"I'm not going to back out now." Sasuke answered simply. Sakura nodded and prepared all the necessary items. Kisara was out placing a genjustu around the whole mountain. They would be using massive amounts of chakra and they didn't want to be detected by any ninja traveling the desert.

Back inside, Kisara tied her long hair in a bun and put on her medical apron over her clothes. She took a deep breath as she walked towards the dining room. She would be working on Sasuke since it would just be healing his optic nerves while Sakura, who was the more experienced medic would be with Itachi. She was nervous but she knew that she had to stay strong.

"Are you ready for this, Kisara?" Sakura asked looking at her fellow medic. She sensed her distress so she had to be sure that Kisara was capable of following through.

"Yes, I am." Kisara replied firmly. She had to be firm in her resolve. She had to believe in herself and in her own abilities as a medic. Sakura just nodded and walked towards Itachi. Karin and Jugo would be assisting her while Suigetsu would help with Sasuke.

Kisara looked over at Itachi's unconscious body one last time before she started operating on Sasuke. She didn't know how she did it but somehow she had managed to keep her mind focused on Sasuke who lay before her as she worked. He just looked so much like his brother yet the two were so different.

Hours passed by slowly as the two medics worked simultaneously to help the two brothers. It took a total of 12 hours for the operations. Now all they had to do was wait to see the results.

A/N: Okay so that's the last of the chapter. I really don't know if I like the whole last part—with the operation. I did some research for blindness and such and I heard of the stem cell research. Idk if how I described it is true or not. I am not a doctor. I'm just making it seem like it's risky. Okay, so anyways I had this little idea going about in my mind to write a side story about Kisara (i.e. about her parents, her birth, being raised in Suna, etc.). What do you guys think? Good idea? Bad idea? Let me know in your reviews or PM's. Also, I need ideas on how to make Sasuke suffer a little bit more. Sakura won't just forgive him so easily. He has to suffer for what he did to her. (laughs evilly). I am also thinking of having a little art contest for this story. I am not so good at art so I was hoping that some of you would submit some artwork for this story or even for Seducing Sasuke (i.e. from a scene, characters, etc) Well, you get the idea. If you decide to do so, just send me the link to your piece via PM and I'll post them on my profile for people to vote on their faves. I haven't decided on the prize yet (an OC in another story, maybe). I really hope you guys submit something (kneels on the ground begging) Please! If you'd like to draw Kisara, she has red violet hair and gray eyes (the Magician of Faith from Yu-Gi-Oh! The original series is the closest I can think of for her hair). She is supposed to resemble her mother (Rin) a lot more than her father (Kakashi). Let me know if you're thinking of entering or will enter so I can get a general idea. Xoxo Cherry Blossoms 1991