Chapter ten:
Thoughts' / 'Outer Sakura'
'Inner Sakura'
'Flashback'
A scream.
He opened his eyes and looked around, confused. Where the hell am I? Soon after the thought, he held his head in his hands. He felt a throbbing pain and the scream echoed in his head. Did I scream?... No, that would be ridiculous. I never scream, but even so... He took another look around. White walls, white furniture, definitely a hospital. Suddenly he felt a movement at his left side. Slowly he turned his head. A black cloaked figure moved out of the shadows, an arrogant smirk graced the lips.
"Good night, there." He bowed in a tauntingly manner. "I came here to assassinate Akio, but instead I find the Uchiha Itachi himself..." He laughed. Itachis eyes narrowed. This guy annoyed him. He didn't fear for his life, of course not, but he was utterly confused. Why was he in a hospital? He remembered running through the forest... "Go back where you came from. I don't have time to fool around." He merely answered and with one swift movement he slid out of his bed.
The cloaked man growled. He was one of Sound's best Shinobi! How dared this Uchiha to ignore him?
What happened next, happened too fast for a normal humans eye.
The cloaked man jumped over the bed, right at Itachis back, a Kunai in his hand, but when he touched the floor with his feet, Itachi was at his side and had kicked him into the wall. Crimson Sharingan bored into blue ones. They were blue like a flawless sky at a summer day. Itachi sunk to his knees. Suddenly a picture of the Kyuubi popped into his head. On the training grounds, he was fighting him, but...Just for fun? His head again throbbed in pain. He didn't understand...
The man stood up, coughing some blood up. "Bastard..." He whispered and when he saw Itachi on the floor, he smirked. Now, that's a chance... I will defeat the infamous older Uchiha! He imagined himself walking to his Master, with the corpse of Itachi. All the praise he would get...
He walked to his prey and kneeled down beside him. "So..." He whispered, his heart beating faster with every second. "This is the end of Uchiha Itachi." He raised his hand over his head, the Kunai shone in the moonlight.
A gurgling sound from his throat and his arm slumped down at his side. A Kunai stuck in his neck. Sharingan fixed on the persons behind the dead assassin. Two cloaked people stood there, black cloaks, with red clouds.
Itachi relaxed a little. "Nice to see you're yourself again." The blond greeted. "Hn. Explain this, Deidara." Itachi ordered. Deidara chuckled. How rude... But at last he's himself again, yeah. "You were on your way back from a mission, when you and Kisame got under attack and you came up with the genius idea to split up." Deidara started, while Kisame passed a cloak to his partner. "To make it short, you went missing and we found you here." Itachi remembered things so far.
"Where is here?" "Konoha, hospital." Kisame answered. "How long?" Oh how we all missed the orders, the short answers and questions or even the short conservations, yeah... Deidara thought sarcastically. "Tomorrow you are two weeks in Konoha, yeah." This surprised Itachi. One or two days, maybe three, but two weeks and he was still alive? Again a picture of a person floated in his mind, as if to answer his question. A female this time with big jade eyes and long pink hair. Pink hair? But she seems familiar...Didn't Sasuke have a pink-haired team mate?
Half an hour later three Akatsuki stood on the roof of the hospital. "You haven't forgotten anything?" His blue-skinned partner asked. Itachi wanted to shake his head 'no', but again the image of the pink haired woman popped into his head. Who is it? Was she the one keeping me alive?
Itachi hated unanswered questions. "I faintly remember a girl with pink hair..." He tried to sound as bored as he could, not wanting to show how much she haunted him. Kisame gave him an odd glance and Deidara started laughing. Itachi stood there waiting for an answer. "You mean this Sakura girl?" Kisame asked finally and by hearing her name the memories of the weeks returned. And his bored façade shattered into pieces. Merely a shocked expression was plastered on his face, causing Deidara to laugh harder and Kisame to grin. Itachi fast recovered and looked again bored, as if the small moment never existed.
Kisame and Deidara straightened themselves up, waiting for their almost deaths, for laughing and annoying Itachi. But he turned his back to them. "We will capture that girl." "W-Why?" They asked surprised. "She's a medic. She can heal my eyes and after that we will use her as bait for the Kyuubi." With that he made his way towards her house. Yeah, sure. Your eyes, huh? Both Akatsuki were thinking the same as they followed Itachi into the night.
Sakura sighed loud. She had been working till the early morning and just went to bed. But she couldn't sleep.
So what's wrong, Saku-Chan? Her inner asked in a motherly voice.
Sakura chuckled lightly. You should know...We are one remember?
Yeah, yeah. Just spit it out. Talking may help.
You know, Itachi is behaving strange lately. He says he dreams, but never tells me what...He's totally excluding me from his problems, but I want to help...
Now her Inner was chuckling. He's an Uchiha, never forget that!
But still I'm worried. What if... But she was cut off.
No, Saku-Chan! Quit this 'what-if-thinking'! Shishou told you already that he will sooner or later remember and that you should be more careful with your feelings towards him!
Sakura sighed again. She has had that conversation with her teacher more than one time. Yeah, I know. Time will show...
There was a thud and Sakura jumped out of her bed, grabbing a bathrobe from her chair. She stepped out of her room and heard steps on the stair. She stifled a yelp of surprise and hid behind a potted plant. Thanks grandma, for this huge plant. She remembered being less happy about it when her grandmother arrived with it, but now she definitely was.
"So where's her room, yeah?" When Sakura recognized the voice,she felt as if her heart stopped beating. And when she heard the voice of Itachi answer, her little world shattered. "Straight ahead."
A silent tear slid down her face. No, don't cry Saku-Chan! We have to be strong and fight! B-B-Bu-But... Sakura couldn't think. Everything screamed BETRAYAL! in her head.
We will show them, why it's better not to mess with us! Her inner growled. Sakura shook her head. There is no way I could take out three Akatsuki... ...Yeah, right...But we should make a run for it. NOW! The Akatsuki came out of her room, silently arguing whether or not she was in her house. Sakura quickly masked her chakra and made her way into the bathroom. She slowly opened the door and winced at the sound. Quickly she turned around to see if they noticed, but she had luck. Sakura slipped into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. She leaned against the door, closing her eyes and grinned, she was save now.
Yeah, as if.
"Hello, Sakura. Trying to escape?" An amused voice asked her. Her eyes snapped open. On the edge of the bathtub he sat, watching her like a cat would watch a mouse. Better like a thick, fat rat. Sakura gulped. "Maybe...?" Itachi chuckled. He stood up and and walked towards her. Now I'm dead. Yes, very, very dead! Sakura panicked. Itachi was closing more and more space between them and the only way out of this was through the door – and she remembered the Akatsuki on her stair – or through the window – and this time Itachi stood in the way. Now Itachi was standing in front of her. Sakura closed her eyes, but nothing bad happened...
Itachi stood in front of her, watching her. He saw her closing her jade eyes and her pink hair. He took a strand of her hair into his hand. It's real...This girl has really pink hair, how interesting... He shook his head in disbelieve. That wasn't like him thinking such foolish things! He lifted her chin with his big hand. "Look at me Blossom." His soft voice demanded. Sakura opened her eyes, a wary expression in them. She didn't trust him any more. "What?" She snapped. She got an amused smirk as answer. "You will come with us."
Sakura shook her head. "No." She answered. Itachi chuckled, but less amused.
"I very well remember that you are probably the reason I am still breathing, so I would like you to come with me, so I don't have to hurt you." This got Sakura off guard.
Hm...If I read between the lines, I guess he just asked you... Inner Sakura remarked.
Again, you're not helping much, but what chance do I stand against three of them?
"Why do you want to capture me?" She asked, while she tried to think of a way to escape. "I need a medic to heal my eyes." Sakura smirked. "So just because of your eyes, huh?" She asked. "No personal...interests, hm?" Itachi smirked. "Do you want me to have personal interest in you, Sakura?" Sakura couldn't help it, she blushed. "N-no."
Really, it sounded more like a 'yes'...
Itachi looked out of the window. "I'm sorry, I have to pause our conversation. The sun is rising and we need to leave." With a fast movement he hit her pressure point and she slumped against his chest.
In the morning sun, four people left Konoha, not even glancing back. One of them, a petite female, had silent tears running down her face.
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