Hey guys! Back with another chapter, but it seems that i am not getting a lot of response on this story... so idk if i shoudl continue it or not? I am slightly losing interest due to the lack of response about it .

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'It had been far too long, she should have been back by now.' This was the only thought racing through an irritated Uchiha. His footsteps as he paced back and forth, made soft thuds on the fresh earth. The smell wafting up from the russled dirt, the eldest Uchiha had become accustomed to the scent. It had always been slightly comforting to him, knowing there was solid ground beneath his feet. Now, however, it did nothing for him as his pace continued back and forth. After leaving the Kunoichi with her former teammates Itachi thought it best to return to a familiar area, she would know where to go. The trees were heavy with deep gashes, dirt was replaced where grass should be growing. It was the place he had taken her. It was the place where his heart had given a thud for the first time in almost forever.

He had ignored it at first, but as he held the Sakuras' small frame on his way back to the hideout, it was hard to fight his mind from wondering to it.

"Hmmph." Itachi gave a grunt of irritation as he stopped his movement.

"Neh Itachi-san, shouldn't she have been here by now?" This statement came from the blonde haired bomb expert. He leaned casually against a tree, messing with his clay. Itachi chose to ignore the boy, being too annoyed to answer. Deidara was used to this treatment from the man, he ignored most of what anyone said. "We should have just done it ourselves ya?"

The Uchiha remained stotic, while the blonde babbled on. That wasn't part of the plan though.. in order to hurt his younger brother even more SHE had to do it. She was his weakness, even if Sasuke did not know it. It had been so obvious before. Itachi was much more observant than others, and on his many trips tailing his younger brother he had noticed it. That was when his plan was put into action. He tailed the young pink haired girl as well, made plans to bring her out into the open where he could take her. Make her obediant.

In that he was completely successful. She was a fighter and had taken much longer than he wanted, but it was done.

"Let's head out." His monotone voice echoed out to noone in particular. Deidara nodded lazily as they rushed up to the trees. He was stuck with an annoyed Uchiha, this should be a treat. Unfortunately, the others were sent out on some other business while he was left to deal with this guy. This one, irrtated, on-the-brink of murdering anyone nearby Uchiha, all because his precious cherry blossom was late. 'Damn her yeahh.'

As Deidara scilently cursed Sakura, Itachi softly landed on a branch right above where he had left the girl. The ground was scuffed up, trees scarred and a long cavern like hole in the ground. The work of the kunoichi he assumed.

"She's not here yeah. You think she went in pursuit?" The question fell short as, once again, Itachi ignored the blonde.

'If they had over powered her then she sure put up a fight..' Itachi surveyed the area, taking his steps slow. He quickly found a trail. Only two sets..

"She was captured." Just that small statement made Itachi that much more annoyed. The very thought of Sasukes' hands on the girl sent a rage through out his body. He growled to himself. Why should he care? She was expendable if the one mission she was trained for failed. There was no need for a weak girl who couldn't hold her own against Konoha ninja.

"Let's go." The Uchiha glared, for no particular reason, at the blonde as he turned back the way they both had came.

Deidara sweatdropped. 'Whats up his ass yeah?'

Giving one last glance at the area that was previously a battleground, Deidara followed the man. He had slight trouble catching up to him, as Itachi was going from branch to branch with anger.

The feeling of uncontrolable anger was an unsettling one for Itachi. He knew that the girl would be rid of sooner or later, yet the knot in his stomach would not subside. It was true that he could have just made his younger brother suffer on his own, but what is the fun in that? Once he had figured out Sasukes' ultimate weakness, before even the boy himself found out, it set what little joy Itachi could muster up throughout his mind. Not only could he finally be rid of that pest of a brother, but he could mentally torture him as well. And not just with the Mangekyō Sharingan, once again, where was the fun in that method?

'Where ever she is, I do hope she is making his life hell.' The brooding Uchiha thought to himself. Each step he took that lead farther away from Sakura was almost a regret. Almost.

He had spent too long not giving into his emotions, there was no starting now.

The path leading up to the Akatsuki hideout was a congested one. Trees thriving with life covered the sky, the grass had grown wildly removing whatever path was once there some lifetimes ago. Day had fallen victim to night by the time the two cloaked men made their way to this part of the forest like path.

Feet stopped short between a few bushels of large brush with mixed leaves, vines and twigs. Only with a slight movement of Itachis' hand on the curtain of vines, what once seemed like an impossible passage was now clear. This part was always difficult for anyone to find, even if they knew where to look for it and even Itachi had some trouble at times. That was the pure beauty of a hideout though, right?

Ebony hair fell into blood red eyes as Itachi scanned the area, being completely diligent in his making sure the place was clear. He waved his hand behind himself, signaling to the other that it was now okay to proceed. Deidara never understood why they had to do this everytime, there was never anyone around anyways! Yet, for the sake of not getting on the Uchihas' bad side, he said nothing when they came to the entrance.

Blonde hair trailed behind as he followed Itachi into the wall of vegitation, disappearing into it.

"I always hate that part yeah." He picked leaves off of his shoulders one at a time as they closed in on an abandoned looking cottage. The place had a creepy vibe to it, which was nice because if another happened upon it somehow then they sure stayed clear of it. There were no lights coming from any of the windows as they mostly stayed in the dugout tunnels and basement. Extra cautious is what you would call them.

They both walked in silence as they rounded the small hut to the back. Deidara clicking his tounge at the dark vibe the area gave off. Once they cleared the front of the house and came upon the back, the two headed straight for a cellar door that was located not too far from another entrance, which led into the actual cottage.

Once Itachi grasped the cold handle and pulled open the wooden door with a loud creak, he realized that the others were already back. Quiet chatter could be heard as they decended the stairs.

"Itachi." Said man looked around the softly lit room.

"Hiden." He refered to the tall silver haired man sitting on the other end of the room. His long sythe gently rested against the chair he occupied.

"Where's the girl?" He asked with a dull voice, no actual interest present.

"Nevermind that, why have you returned so soon? Where is Kisame?" Before Hiden could answer the annoying questions the shark like man stepped into the room, joining the others.

"Here here. Don't get your panties in a bundle Itachi." He waved a dull grey hand towards the man.

"Why have you returned so soon?" Repeating himself was something of great irritation and happened too often around this lot. As the others rambled on about their small adventure, the red eyed man took his leave. There was nothing more he needed to hear, and frankly he was too irritated to assure anyone in that room would survive his wrath had he stayed.

"Tch. How rude yeah?" Deidara eyed where Itachi had made his exit. "He's been in an even more foul mood today yeah."

This perked Kisames' interest, slightly however. "Maybe he got his period."

"No yeah. Ever since we figured out that pink haired harlet was taken by the Konoha ninja."

The other two men looked at each other, Hiden with complete disinterest in Itachis' personal feelings and Kisame with a shit eating smirk plastered acrossed his face. Sharp teeth poking out.

"You don't say?"

Itachi Uchiha had made he was back to the current location he called his 'room'. It always seemed so damp due to being underground, this, he was not a fan of. But there was that fresh dirt smell that he was comforted by, and that was good enough.

Throwing his cloak across a dirty chair that sat in the corner, he gazed at the small uncomfortable bed. How he loathed that damn bed. He put up with it for the time being, as they never stayed in one place and would be leaving soon. Shame really. This was an almost perfect place for them to hide out, yet he knew, if you stayed in one place for too long.. they always found you.

Konoha had sent many a ninja looking for Sakura. Her friends, people she considered family and highly skilled Anbu. Yet they never once came close to her. Itachi scoffed. Sending out useful Anbu in search of a little weak girl? No wonder Konoha was doomed to fall. Couldn't even let one kunoichi go. Laying his firm body down on the bed caused it to creak and moan as if it was in pain. Itachi ran his hand through his hair, sighing with exasperation.

Why did he feel like this? He was Uchiha Itachi, strong. Powerful. Feared by all. Yet he could not help this feeling of doom come over him as he lay thinking about the young girl he brainwashed to obey him. He remembered the first time he saw a change in his prisoner. She looked at him with her green eyes, filled with admiration. He could tell she fought the feeling that first time, yet when he said her name she melted away. As if that was the magic password to break her.

The first hints of change were quite a fantastic sight, but nothing could compair to the next time he let her out of her mind.

Itachi closed his eyes remembering every detail. She had looked up at him, eyes only seeing him. Her face so delicate. Her lips as she formed the one thing that sent shivers all over his body. Itachi.

Oh, it came out with such a velvet sweet voice he couldn't help but be taken back by it. He had stood there staring at the girl as she said his name over and over. Watching her mouth form it over... and over.

"Itachi?"

Eyes snapped open as he was pulled from his memory. It took him a minute before he realized there was someone on the other side of the door calling out to him.

"What?" It came out forceful and urgant. This was when another realization hit him. His hand was now located on the lower portion of his body, like it had a mind of its own, rubbing his member through the fabric of his pants.

"Oh nevermind then grump yeah?" Deidara removed himself from the corridor that belonged to Itachi.

The man had stopped his hand in shock, his breath came out rugged and in short bursts. Was he just... touching himself to Sakura. The thought sent a shiver to his lower reigion as he had to stop himself from letting a small grunt through his lips. Before Itachi had knew it, he had unzipped his pants and shoved his hand down. Grasping himself he let out a breathy moan. It had been quite some time since he had done the act and there was no shame in doing it now. Maybe it would help his mood?

Once his member was free of the restraints, his hand begain to move up and down it. Slowly at first and then more urgant as the familiar feeling rose in the pit of his stomach. Parting his lips in a scilent scream of pleasure as Itachi finished himself.

The release made his body feel so much lighter, yet it yerned for the touch of Sakura.

Removing himself from the torturous bed, Itachi made his way to the bathroom. It was small and ment for anything other than a daily use. But it worked well enough. He cleaned himself, he was right. His mood was much better, yet... much worse. Because now, more than ever, he wanted to see the girls face. Hear her whisper his name in the silk like way she would.

His mind made up and hand slamming upon the counter, Itachi raced from the convined space. They needed a plan, and soon. Before..

'Before HE gets through to her.'

Passing the discarded cloak and through the old door, the Uchiha slipped from hallway to hallway. Making his way to where the others were.

Some odd hours had passed, discussion led to discussion. Itachi rubbed his temples returning to his room. He was careful to wiggle around the true reason he wanted, so badly, to get the pink head back. Yet it was seemingly easy to convince the others that he wanted her back simply because it would be a waste for all his work to go to nothing. Letting her stay in Konoha would undo everything he worked for and, as an Uchiha, he would not accept a that lose. She will be much more valuable to them than to let her former love take her back.

Once again his dark hair spread across a white pillow. The bed creaking the same way as always, reminding him of how horrid it truely was. Itachi covered his eyes with the back of his hand. It was going to be alot of trouble, alot of work and tiresome to get her back from them. He knew all too well that they will put up a great fight. More and more ideas came to him as his mind slowly melted into darkness, leaving him blank. Sleep had overtaken him.

Too long. It had taken too long to make a plan and exicute it, but finally here they were. On the outskirts of Konoha. Itachi slowed his pace to a walk, then finally stopping all together. Eyes closed he felt for the one they came for. 'Where could she be..? Ah..' Pushing his eyes open, a smirk appeared. 'There you are dear Sakura and... Sasuke. How fun.'

"Shall we go then yeah?" Deidara followed the others as they sprinted towards the front gates. The gaurds stationed outside would be handled easy enough. Itachi flew past them as the others took care of them in no time.

"Deidara." Red eyes never looked at the blonde as he called out to him like a comand.

"Yeah yeah. Lets have some fuunn yeaah?" The blonde dug into his pouch, eyeing several shinobi running towards them. "Well, they sure figured it out fast yeah." Itach, along with the other two disappeared, leaving Deidara to deal with the current situation.

The Uchiha ran towards her faint chakra signature, that was before his path was blocked by another annoying blonde.

"Kisame. Hiden." With there names out he left Naruto to them. Explosions could be heard, and felt, coming from Deidaras' postition not far from Itachi himself. His feet landed softly with no audible sound infront of the back entrance to the Hokage Tower. They were keeping her down there huh? 'Must have done something to deserve that.' He inwardly scoffed with amusment. Going at a slow pace, he took his time reaching for the handle. The knob jingled but refused to move. "Hmph."

"Let me yeah." Deidara showed up behind the man, basically untouched by any signs of battle. Only moving slightly as a sign to do as he pleases Itachi waited. With a loud bang the door went flying in, the walls crumbled abit. Sending dirt up into the air. "After you yeah"

His foot on the ground inside he came to a humorous sight. His younger brother had been flown acrossed from a cell, and Sakura just slightly thrown to the ground. Pathetic little brother.

"Sakura." It had felt so good to say her name out loud, and even better to hear her voice.

"Itachi!" She ran to him, her bare feet making small thuds on the earth. What a sight to see it was. "I knew you would come." Her voice but a whisper. Strong arms wrapped themselves under her legs and bacl, cradling her like a child.

"Put her down." Now that wasn't his Sakuras' sweet voice. Ignored. "Now...Itachi!" Annoyed and ready to get away from this damned village, said boy turned to face his younger brother. Enough of this. She was his now, not Sasukes.

"I don't believe she wants to be put down... do you?" Itachi noted how the joy surge through him at the dumbfounded look his little brother gave him."Ah, jealous i see." He let a smirk escape from him as he took Sakura away.

The weight of the girl in his arms was a wonderful feeling. It was all too easy to get her back, yet you would hear no complaints from Itachi.

"Stop." A monotone voice called out to the man mere feet from the front gates. Oh how Itachi was sick of hearing people tell him to leave the girl. Turning ever so slowly to a dark haired boy.

"Hmm."

"Leave her. She is not for you to take, Itachi-san." The boy slowly reached into his bag, pulling out a few items that uninterested Itachi. His red eyes looked down at the girl who had, at some point, gone limp in his arms. She looked so content in his arms, and that pleased him deeply. His gaze went back to the man who was now in a battle stance.

"I will give you the girl. Only if you do as i say." This had peaked the boys interest. "And not a moment soon than what i ask is done."

The boy before Itachi eased out of his stance, not enthralled by the Uchihas' proposal. "... What would you have me do."

Itachi was slightly taken back by how easy it seemed to get the young man on board. Over all he had no intention of giving him Sakura, but if he was willing... why not play? A smirk played its way across Itachis' face.

"What shall i call you boy?"

"...Sai."

BAM done. :) I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! R&R loves!

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