"Sakura, come along, and quit dawdling." Tsunade said as she led her apprentice through the woods. The time had finally come for Sakura to leave her and go to live with the Akatsuki, and Sakura was a little nervous. She hadn't seen Itachi in two and a half years, she hadn't seen anyone other than Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton. Itachi said that he wanted to be with her when he left, but did he really mean that? They hadn't seen each other in so long, what if he found someone else?

Tsunade had become the Hokage not long after Itachi left, and Naruto had come along with Jiraiya to find her, Sakura watched from a distance, and she could still see the heartbreak on his face, and not long after that Sasuke left. Sakura had done something stupid then.

Flashback . . .

Sakura had seen them fighting on the roof tops, and she was afraid that they were going to kill each other, but then Kakashi jumped in, and she was somewhat relieved but there was something about Sasuke that made her worry. That night, she had been training on the hill outside the village when she saw him. He had a bag and it looked like he was leaving. Sakura rushed over to him, and when he saw her, he was a little shocked.

"Sakura?"

"Sasuke, I can't explain, but what are you doing?" she asked

Sasuke looked down and his fists clenched. "You can't be real." He said. Sakura just watched. "I'm sorry, I've been a jerk, I've been hiding my feelings, and now . . . I've lost you." He looked up at her and smiled. Sasuke actually smiled. "Sakura I will get you back from Itachi, I promise, Orochimaru is going to give me power, then I can defeat Itachi and save you."

"Sasuke, Orochimaru doesn't want to give you power, he wants to take over your body!" Sakura shouted. Sasuke was scaring her. "You're so stupid, why wont you get past this revenge thing? And who said I wanted to be saved?" she asked. "Maybe I like being with Itachi!"

"You don't mean that Sakura, you cant, you're just my imagination." And with that Sasuke left into the night. Sakura ran back and told Tsunade what had happened, but she had to stay in her hiding place, and watch the pain wash over Naruto as he learned that he had lost yet another teammate. She watched as he left with Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Neji to go get Sasuke, as Lee left the village, as Kakashi went out to find them. Konoha was falling apart and there was nothing she could do about it.

About half a year after she had been taken, Naruto set out with Jiraiya to train. They were gong to be back in two years so they could rescue her and Sasuke. She just hoped that they never found her.

End Flashback . . .

Now in the dead of night they were going back to the hill on the outside of the village to meet Itachi. They were standing there, in their cloaks. Itachi and the man with the blue skin, Kisame, the one who had tried to rape her were standing at the far end of the field, as they approached. "Sakura this is where we stop." Tsunade said. Sakura looked up at her and she could see the slight pain on her face. Tsunade looked down at Sakura and gave her a smile. "You know I love you like a daughter, so be careful okay?" she asked. Sakura hugged her and nodded. She didn't say anything, because goodbyes were always the hardest.

She walked over to the far end of the field and without a word from either man they took off at lightning speed. She didn't know what to say to Itachi, it had been so long. She kept staring at the back of his head, willing him to stop and look at her, just once, but he never did. They traveled almost all night before they came to a very large house, it was HUGE! It had to be at least four stories, and have at least twenty rooms. No said anything as they walked inside until Itachi and Sakura were alone. Kisame walked in and left.

"You're looking good." He finally said. What the hell was that supposed to mean? She asked herself. She was about to voice her question when Itachi started walking. "Your room is down here," he said as the walked, "only you will have a key, and it's waiting beside your bed along with a uniform, and some new weapons." Itachi led her down a hall and up the stairs, all of the stairs. All the way up to the fourth level. There was only one door, at the very top of the stairs. Itachi opened it up, and moved aside so Sakura could walk in.

The room took up the whole top floor, and the roof was pure glass. There was a large queen sized bed in the middle of the wall on her left, that held her clothes, and key, and beside that was a table with a lamp, and the weapons. Across the room from the bed was another door that was opened enough for Sakura to see a bathtub, meaning that was the bathroom. The carpet was a dark red, and the walls were a light cream color. She was breathless. Across from her was a closet, and on either side of her was a TV, a stereo, a Piano, and a small art station.

"Itachi this place is amazing!" she said looking around, trying to make her brain process the beauty, and the face that this was all hers.

"I'm glad you like it." Itachi said. Sakura turned to look at him, he was leaning casually against the door frame with his arms crossed, and a smirk on his face. "Deidara will come by once a day to give you art lessons, and Sasori will probably try to help," me mumbled something about them not getting along when it came to art, "And I'll see you to teach you the genjutsu training that was interrupted."

Sakura nodded processing everything he said, when she remembered something. "Oh! Tsunade asked me to give this to you." She said handing him a small scroll. Itachi took it, pocketed it and looked up at the sky.

"You should get some sleep, it's late, and tomorrow you have to start training early." He turned to leave and before he closed the door he looked over his shoulder. "Good night Sakura."

Itachi walked out of the cherry blossom's room and walked into the kitchen. He sighed as he sat in the chair. He placed his head in his hands and tried to get some other scent in her head, some other image behind his eyes. He had gotten along miserably without the girl, everyday he was miserable because he couldn't see her, and he couldn't smell her, and now that she was here he was going crazy, because he didn't know how much things had changed in the past two years.

"And what has the Sharingan in a mess now?" Itachi didn't look up at his blond friend. "So the blossom is here un?" he asked.

"She is, she's sleeping." Itachi said. "You will be giving her art lessons tomorrow then?" he asked.

"Yeah."

Itachi nodded and walked to his room. He didn't know how long he was laying there just thinking about the blossom but soon he fell asleep with images of the flower.

Sakura woke up to a soft knocking on her door. She stood up, still clothed in yesterday's clothes and walked to the door. "Yes?" she asked.

"Sakura san, it's Deidara and Sasori, we're here for your art lessons, are you ready?" a voice asked.

"One minuet, let me get dressed." Sakura said waling away from the door. She walked over to the closet and noticed that all of the clothes were black, red, or purple. She decided on a paid of black pants and a red tank top. She combed through her hair and opened the door for the men to walk through. "Good morning Sasori sama, Deidara Sama." She said with a smile as they walked through.

"Good morning Sakura san, and you can drop the sama, we're your equals here." Sasori said with a small smile. Sakura nodded and watched as they set up the easels. Sakura actually had fun with the lessons, Sasori and Deidara argued a lot, but it was fun enough. But all too soon they left and Sakura was with Itachi on her bed as they began her genjutsu training. Itachi would tell her the technique and Sakura would try to create it, sometimes it was too powerful, sometimes it wasn't strong enough.

"Sakura, did Tsunade ever find a blood line limit for you?" Itachi asked when they were finished. Sakura was out of breath from the training. Sakura shook her head, too exhausted to speak. "Sakura, can I take a look?" he asked. Sakura nodded, unaware of what he was going to do. Itachi looked her in the eyes and went into her mind with the Sharingans. Sakura's mind was vivid with swirls with black and red as Itachi looked around. He was trying to find something, some sort of foreign chakra, but he didn't find anything until he heard someone crying. He began to look around and saw Sakura, slumped in the corner of her mind, crying.

Slowly Itachi walked up to her and placed his hand on her back. "Sakura? What's wrong?" he asked.

"It hurts." She said. Itachi looked at her and saw that she was gripping her chest where her heart was.

"Hey, get away from her!" a voice called. Itachi looked up and saw another Sakura. In shock he backed away and watched as the second Sakura pulled the first one onto her lap. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"It hurts." Sakura wailed again.

"What hurts baby girl?"

"My heart." She said.

"I know, mine too, but we can make it through this, trust me." The second Sakura began to rock the first one. "Look we have someone now, we can forget about this pain, we can get a new heart, a better one."

"No, I don't want to, he'll break it again, just like he did last time."

Itachi had seen enough he pulled out of Sakura's mind and fell back into his own. He heard Sakura take a deep breath when she came back into her own body, and start gasping for air.

"What did you do?" she asked.

"Sakura I think we found your blood line limit." Itachi said. Sakura looked up at him and gave him a smile.