xxKaaat here, sorry for this chapter being shorter than normal. I was rushing to get this out for you. I know there's a lot being thrown out in this, but it'll all play out in the end. Thank you!

Another Cliche Band Fic ; An xxKaaat Original

Chapter Ten

"Tell me you made a mistake!" Sasuke's voice roared throughout the basement.

From beneath him, Sakura's tears did nothing but make her feel weak. Almost instantly the pinkette felt a hard smack upon her sensitive body. "I made a mistake sir!" Her voice was pained and broken.

"What did you do Sakura? What mistake did you make?" A slight bit of content hinted through Sasuke's voice as he took a step away from Sakura's now welting skin.

A long breath escaped Sakura's mouth as she found the strength to pull herself back up. "I left you sir for Itachi. That was my mistake sir. I should have never left you sir. Itachi is bad sir." She choked on her last sentence.

"Tell me what you want Sakura." Sasuke's voice was a near growl.

At once the pinkette's head fell. A wave of shame fell over her as she felt Sasuke's cold stare cut through her. Here she stood naked in a room with Sasuke. She was held up by chains and a small wooden stool that resided under her stomach. The stance Sakura held forced her to bend over, but she didn't fight it. She didn't have the strength or the will to fight it anymore. If it wasn't for the stool, she wouldn't even be able to stand.

Another whipping. "Tell me what you fucking want Sakura." His voice was much more harsh.

With strain Sakura replied, "I want you to fuck me sir. Please penetrate me. I want you sir." Tears fell harder down the pinkette's face. At this point, she could no longer even hold her head up. Her whole body hurt from the beatings.

At last a gentle hand made it's way down Sakura's backside. "You're so weak Sakura." The voice was soothing. "It's almost pitiful to watch you go through this." A finger entered Sakura's sex. This time, Sakura didn't even flinch. "Tell me Sakura. Tell me what you want."

"I want you inside me sir." The girls voice was quiet.

"Sakura." A bit harsher.

"Please sir, I love you. I want you inside me, now. Have me, do with me what you want. Please sir." There was no life in her voice. At once the pinkette closed her eyes.

Already knowing, Sakura lunged forward as Sasuke pushed his hard length into her. A pained cry found it's way to her lips, but immediately subsided when a hard slap landed upon her back. "Make another sound and I'll make sure it hurts." With that, Sakura bit her lip.

She had no hope left, and her prayers over the course of the week had done nothing. She was disgusting filth now. She was Sasuke's whore and there was nothing she could do about that.

ACBF

"Itachi, you can't hide this from your parents forever." Aki's voice was small. She scoped a large map that sat upon the table with small push pins in various places. She sighed, rubbing a hand along her neck. "She's going to be so hurt."

"Mom." Pein's voice was stern.

"No, Pein... She's right." Itachi sighed and dropped his head. He stood across the table from Aki. "We won't get anywhere without police help or detectives. Mom will have some ideas, she always did. But, she won't take it easy. Sasuke's had everyone fooled for so long..." He stopped and choked back on his words.

"Tsunade and I have contacted every scout and contact we have. Wherever he's at, he's got no intentions of being found. Besides Itachi, we can't keep this hidden for much longer. He hasn't been at the headquarters for over a week. He's missed appointments and meetings. The dogs are gonna start asking questions." Jiraiya's voice was calm but concerned.

"The last fucking thing we want is for the paparazzi to interfere. That would only cause trouble for everyone." Pein snapped but quickly drew back, catching Jiraiya's gaze. At once Pein turned to Itachi. "When are you gonna tell them? Your dad's business is at stake now too."

"We have no choice but to tell them. From that point on, everyone will know. The whole general public will be notified, the news stations, the police and detectives. Until they're found we'll all be bothered constantly..." Itachi finally looked up to find that all eyes were on him. "Sasori will be home soon. When he comes, I'll call mom. Get Tsunade here too Jiraiya. We have to face this sooner or later." Without anymore words, Itachi turned and headed toward the back door.

The small crowd gathered in the kitchen watched as Itachi lit a cigarette and began a long walk down to the beach.

ACBF

Temari stood in the kitchen, chopping carrots for the dinner she was preparing. The house was silent, the only sound was of that knife, hitting the cutting board. Silence wasn't an everyday option for the Nara household. It was different, unsettling. There wasn't a minute that passed when Temari and Shikamaru weren't talking, or the couples close friends weren't residing in the living room. It had been four days since Itachi and Pein had come to break the news to Shikamaru. Every night since then, Shikamaru had slept on the couch. Conversations were short and cold.

With a long sigh, Temari closed her eyes and she slowly sat the knife in her hand down. Pondering what to say, she made her way toward the living room doorway. Just inside the blonde woman stopped and leaned against the frame.

There on the couch sat Shikamaru on the couch with a cigarette in his mouth. He was reading the paper, wearing a black v-neck and a dirty pair of blue jeans. He was barefoot and one leg was over the other. Wordlessly he raised his head and dead eyes settled upon Temari's frame.

"Since when do you smoke in the house?" The feminine voice was small.

"You never said no to. It just went outside in respect of the house." His voice was complete monotone.

A pause. "Is this how it's going to be now? You're going to ignore me, not sleep with me, make me feel like shit? You're my fiancee Shikamaru, we work out our problems. You're supposed to understand me." Anger began to rise in Temari's voice.

A grim expression crossed Shikamaru's face as he stared straight ahead of him at the blank television. He sighed, refolded the paper and set his cigarette in the ashtray beside him on the table. Finally he scooted toward the edge of the couch and perfected his posture. "You expect me to understand why you encouraged a crazy man to kill someone and then kidnap someone else? And before you try to tell me that you didn't know, you did Temari. You fucking did. You watched Sasuke deteriorate just like I did. You had no right, no fucking right to help him. Now you know what? I'm engaged to someone who helped plan that. How in the hell do you expect me to understand that?" Temari gaped at the man.

Instantly she took a step toward him. "Because he wasn't happy with Ino. I didn't except him to actually do it Shikamaru! I just gave him the support he needed while he sat back and watched his brother get the girl again. He loves her Shikamaru! Sakura is better off with Sasuke, not Itachi. How did I know he'd kidnap her? Sakura's so back and forth between them that she could have left freely."

Shikamaru stood up. "Sasuke's body guard fucking kicked Sasori's ass Temari. How in the fuck do you put that in the equation? What, Sakura and Sasuke planned to off Sasori so that she could leave with him? No. That's not how it works and that's not how Sakura is. Do you forget that I was the one who knew Sakura before any of you? Sure, I was friends with both Sasuke and Sakura but I knew her first. I've known her since we were kids. We grew up together. I'm pretty sure I know that girl better than you. Sakura loves Itachi, it's obvious. And he loves her."

"You knowing her before Sasuke has nothing to do with it Shikamaru." Tears pricked at Temari's eyes. "People change and love dies."

"Just like you Temari. When I met you, you were always so upbeat and happy. I've tried and tried but it's always something else with you." Before Shikamaru could process what he said the words were already gone. "You've changed."

That's when it hit her and the tears fell. "Because all you care about is work and smoking. It's never just me and you, it's your friends too! When was the last time we were alone?"

"That doesn't have anything to do with this! I work because you don't. You sit at home on your ass and do nothing. The only time you want to go out is if Sasuke's there.." With instant realization Shikamaru's face went blank. "Why didn't you tell me you talked to him?"

Temari took a step back, pondering her response. She knew what Shikamaru was hinting at and she knew he was right. "I-I didn't think you'd care... S-Sasuke and I have been close for awhile now, we always talk."

Shikamaru backed away, his voice quiet. "You told me you never talked to him and you didn't care for him. You told Itachi and Pein you didn't talk to him.. you're lying.. Temari..." Shikamaru choked on his words as a pained expression filled his face. "Tell me the truth Temari.."

The blonde put a hand on her hip and looked away, her tears falling harder. Taking a deep breath she turned back to Shikamaru. "S-Shikamaru.." The blonde closed her eyes trying to find the will to speak. "I-I slept with Sasuke before Sakura came along." The blonde woman shook. "You were never home Shikamaru, it was always work and you were never there for me. I needed you. When Sakura came along we finally stopped seeing each other.. We didn't talk, but he needed someone to talk to about his problems and he came to me.." Temari was pale. "I'm so sorry Shikamaru."

Shikamaru had turned away sometime during Temari's speech, but when he faced her once more she understood why. The man had a tear streaked face and his eyes were red. "I was always at work so that we could move out of this place and get out there on our own. With you not working, it was hard. You were always spending money on nothing. But instead of buying a house, I bought that fucking engagement ring. To know that you were cheating on me... Temari..." Slowly Shikamaru turned away and walked toward the door.

Temari wailed. "Please don't leave me Shikamaru... Please don't go." She took off toward the door but with the light headed feelings she was facing, she gently dropped to the ground listening as the front door slammed shut and the car outside started it's engine. Only mere seconds after it started, it was gone. Shikamaru was gone.

ACBF

With a living room full of family, Itachi turned toward his parents who sat hand in hand on the couch. The two were bubbly and happy, but a bit taken back by the grim faces the group around them held. At last Itachi spoke, "Mom, we've got to talk about something." His voice was stern.

Mrs. Uchiha gave a small smile and nodded her head. "Of course Itachi, what's going on?"

Slowly the group watched as Itachi went to the kitchen and pulled in a chair. He sat it in front of his mom and reached out for her hands. The older woman gave an odd look, but peered into Itachi's questionable gaze. He sighed and softly spoke, "Sasuke is in a lot of trouble right now."

The woman gave an odd look. At once his father cut in. "Itachi, what's happened? What's going on?"

After another tension filled silence Itachi swallowed. "Sasuke had a play in Ino Yamanaka's death. He planned the car crash with her inside. But that's not everything." The man turned to his mother then father. "Sasuke's kidnapped Sakura and they've been missing for a week now. Sasuke's bodyguard messed up Sasori and he was just released from the hospital today. We went to Shikamaru's house and Temari told us that he told her about the plan to off Ino and take Sakura. So, we're notifying the police now. Grandpa's already contacted people all over the place and no one has seen him. He's nowhere to be found."

Mr. Uchiha's face was blank. He stood up and paced the room, taking in everyone there. The one person to catch his gaze was Sasori. The man was bandaged in multiple places and his arm was in a cast. After staring for nearly thirty seconds, he looked away and squatted on the ground, taking in deep breaths. Mrs. Uchiha simply stared down at Itachi's hands. It took nearly three minutes for what Itachi said to sink in. When he realized it, small tears fell upon his skin. Instantly he leaned in and caught his mother in a hug as she began to sob.

"My baby.. he was.. so well..." As Mrs. Uchiha sobbed, nearly every person in the room looked away. No one could bear to watch her fall apart at the news just delivered.

"I know mom, I know." Itachi closed his eyes as he rubbed circles into the woman's back. "He's had us all fooled for so long. He's been bad ever since everything happened... therapy wasn't going to fix that."

"Son." Itachi turned his head to make eye contact with his father. Mr. Uchiha was pale and his forehead was beaded with sweat. Before he could manage any more words he started swaying.

"Shit!" Pein's voice was loud as he lunged toward his uncle, catching him before he could hit the ground.