Author's Note: So I was already in the writing zone and that is why you have another chapter so quickly. I hope it turned out okay. I mean, I sort of had this idea, but I'm not entirely sure what direction I was going in. So, we'll see. Sorry for the uncertainty. :P By the way, we are finally in the double digits! :D number 10, yeah! you guys excited? I hope so. Enjoy the chapter. read and review 3

Thanks shizukana313, I really appreciated your long winded, words of wisdom. I don't mean that in a mean way. I really did appreciate it. I agree: the weight did come off my shoulders. My friends told me the same thing as he could have been really mean about it, but he wasn't. He tried to make light of the situation and kindly reject me. He kept smiling at me apologetically and asking if I would be okay as if he didn't want me to be too hurt by it. I was glad. So thanks again. It's nice to hear advice and comforting words from somebody with more experience. :) I hope you enjoy my story, Lisa-chan (I hope you don't mind, I looked to see your name on your profile. Your stories are so good, by the way).

Chapter 10 (Sasuke's POV)

"Do you understand?" I asked after I had just finished explaining the plan to her a second time. She quickly nodded and offered me a reassuring smile. It was around 5:45 right now, and we were walking into the Uchiha mansion. The inside was quiet except for the echoing sound of the TV playing loudly. I gave Sakura a nod before walking ahead of her and sitting on the couch next to Sasori.

"Hey, man," I greeted as I lazily threw my arms behind me, allowing one arm to sling over his shoulders. He eyed my hand on his shoulder with an eyebrow raised before turning to me. Instead of complaining about it, he instead gave me an awkward smile before giving me a nod.

"Hey," he answered back. I casually looked over my shoulder when his attention went back to the TV. I noticed Sakura retreating up the stairs as planned. I quickly turned back around and glanced at my friend beside me.

"So how are you and your girlfriend?" I tried to make conversation. He nodded once again before looking at me.

"We are better, actually, believe it or not," he almost sounded shocked at the news, even though I was the one who had just found out.

"Is that so?"

"Mhmmm," he shrugged. "I was texting that girl I hooked up with to get her jealous, and she noticed it. We got into an argument, which she ended up breaking down crying after. We embraced, kissed and decided to never fight again."

"Decided? Did you guys actually implement this decision?" I eyed him oddly, questioning my elder's wisdom.

"Believe it or not. We go on dates more frequently and have really opened up. Our conversations are pleasant, for once," he laughed at the end, thinking about how their conversations used to be.

"You guys are a strange couple," I shook my head disapprovingly at him. He shrugged, knowing I was only teasing and fully supported his happiness and decisions.

"So what about you and Pinky?" he questioned in a hushed tone, not wanting me to get in trouble with Itachi. This time, I shrugged.

"We are getting there."

"Oh?" he perked up at the sudden thought of a drama revealing before his eyes. He loved watching and reading all those romance, drama stuff. I question his manhood.

"What does your girl see in you?" I playfully teased him.

"Just continue the story," he smiled softly to me. I nodded before continuing.

"She loves me," I summed up the drama into one sentence. He glared at me for not giving him details which I simply smirked at.

"Continue," he growled through his teeth. I shook my head before smiling like a giddy child. "You tease."

"But you still love me," I stated, knowing full well this assumption was true.

"What about Itachi?" he asked more seriously, genuinely curious and worried about the situation. I let out a painfully long, slow sigh before shaking my head.

"We are still working on that."

"… do… do you need help?" he hesitated to give assistance. I peered into his eyes to see remorse and sadness which gave me reassurance.

"I love Itachi. I know that he did all this with good intentions, I hope. So if I am going to runaway and betray him, please stay by his side. I don't want to hurt him to severely, as I do not really want to hurt him at all," I explained and instructed to him, giving him a soft smile to show that I would be okay. He slyly slipped an arm around my torso and threw the other arm to completely have hold of me. He cuddled into my chest, nuzzling his head into my neck. My hand behind his neck stroked his hair gently while the arm around swung around to pull him in closer.

"I love you, bro," he said shyly, pretending to be a schoolgirl confessing to her crush. I softly hit his head before quickly rubbing the inflicted spot.

"You are an idiot," I said softly, quoting Sakura's signature insult.

Sakura's POV:

After I watched Sasuke approach Sasori, I retreated up the stairs quickly, turning to Itachi's room once up. I took in a deep breath with my eyes closed, keeping in mind Sasuke and I's plan. My eyes snapped open as my composure became serious. I gently knocked on the door and waited patiently for a response. I heard Itachi grumble a barely audible "come in" which I quickly obliged to. My thin fingers wrapped around the cold doorknob and twisted it, pushing lightly to open the door. I peeked my head in, not taking a step into the room for I wanted to make sure my presence was alright with him. Itachi was sitting slumped over on his bed in the dark. I moved my hand to the light switch, but his voice cut me off.

"Don't. Just enter already," he sighed as I watched him run a hand through his hair. I nodded before closing the door and scampering over to his side. I sat beside him and tried to look into his eyes, but it was really hard to see as it was too dark.

"Hi," I cheerfully greeted him, even though in reality I was a little saddened.

"What is it?" he questioned me sudden appearance seeing as I came to him willingly and on my own accord.

"I… I wanted to talk to you about something," I eyed his expressions, checking to make sure he didn't blow his top.

"Very well," he sighed before lying down, trying to get comfortable.

"Well, you had told me that you would… release Naruto soon," I tried my best not to seem anxious as I explained myself.

"This is true," he nonchalantly answered.

"When… when is soon?"

"When I decide," he sounded a little more agitated this time.

"But-" he cut me off by pulling me down onto his chest. He let out a grunt at the collision, but quickly adjusted as he wrapped his arms around his waist.

"Please stop trying to make me jealous," he whispered seductively into my ear. A shiver ran down my spine when I felt his hot breath against my skin. His lips moved over and kissed along my cheek. He made a trail from my ear down to my cheek and towards my lips. When he kissed the edge of my mouth, I turned away.

"No, please don't," I struggled out of his grip. Now that I knew my true feelings for Sasuke, I can't keep doing this with him. Itachi, however, didn't back down and gripped my chin with one of his hands. He pulled me to face him and rough placed his lips against mine. My hands pushed against his chest and lifted me away from him slightly. I gasped for air as my lips finally were removed from his.

"Sakura," he moaned out my name as he moved to grab my chin again.

"No!" I cried as I punched his chest, trying to get out of his grasp. This isn't working. If he doesn't allow me to see Naruto, I can't follow through with Sasuke and I's plan. How am I supposed to tell Naruto the plan now?

"If you kiss me, I'll let you see Naruto," Itachi bargained with me. I reduced my struggles and looked into his eyes.

"Really?" I asked, hoping he was sincere. He smirked evilly at me before capturing my lips for another kiss. "Mmm!" He forcefully shoved his tongue into my mouth and tasted around, leaving no spot untouched. His tongue went under mine and forced it dance with his. His body moved off the bed to hover over mine as he pinned my hands down. I felt a few tears spill out of my eyes as I tried not to moan from Itachi's indecent actions. He pulled away slowly, allowing a single thread of saliva to keep our lips technically connected.

"No," Itachi licked his lips after answering my question prior to the sensual kiss. He noticed my tears, and his lustful gaze softened into one of remorse. To make amends, he leaned down and licked them away, tasting the salty liquid.

"Don't cry," he pleaded in a whisper. He nuzzled his head into my slightly damp neck and inhaled my scent. Tears continued to fall and drenched his face, but he didn't seem to care. This was what I hate most about Itachi. His personality changes to often. I don't know who he is… and I don't think he knows either.

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After about thirty minutes of Itachi cuddling with me and whispering reassuring sweet nothings, he ended up falling asleep on top of me. I managed to wiggle out from under him without waking him up and exiting the room. I trudged down the stairs and was greeted by the sight of Sasuke cuddling with Sasori. Oh, now I guess I won't feel as bad when I tell him what happened. I mean, I cuddled with somebody else and so did he.

"Sasuke," I called out to him, deciding to finally break up his little bromance. He immediately pushed Sasori off of his chest, who ended up fumbling off the couch and hitting his head against the coffee table.

"Damn it, Sasuke!" Sasori cried out as he rubbed the back off his head. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him, but didn't even offer any help. Sasori pouted at him before reaching out, grabbing Sasuke's hand and pulled him down towards him.

"Comfort me, you jerk," Sasori scolded Sasuke as he led his hand to caress the back of his head. Sasuke sighed before going along with Sasori's weirdness. He gently stroked against his hair and frowned softly at Sasori.

"You okay?" he asked worriedly. My eyes widened at the sudden change of Sasuke's personality yet again. Damn, this kid is a good actor. Sasori shook his head and let a single tear roll down his cheek.

"No," Sasori cried as he fisted some of Sasuke's shirt. Sasuke leaned forward and kissed Sasori's forehead lightly.

"I'm sorry, baby," Sasuke cooed as he held Sasori tightly against his chest. At this point, I couldn't take it anymore. I fell to the ground and started laughing so hard, my lungs hurt. Sasuke and Sasori looked at me like I was a weirdo as I slapped the ground a couple of times before cradling my now aching stomach.

"You guys are freaks," I continued to laugh. They both rolled their eyes at me and shook their heads disapprovingly.

"She doesn't understand," they decided together. I finally managed to calm myself down after a while and got off the ground. Sasuke had now abandoned Sasori and came over to me. He wrapped his arm around my waist and began to take me to the garage.

"Bye, babe," Sasuke joked as he called out to Sasori.

"I love you!" Sasori announced cheerily before waving us off. Once we got into the car, Sasuke turned to me seriously.

"What happened?"

"He said 'no', ravaged my lips twice, and cuddled with me until passing out," I sighed as I gave him the main gist of what happened. His eyes widened when he heard the words 'ravaged' and 'lips' really close together and almost shocked out of anger. I shook my head at him as I gently pat the top of his spiky head. "Sorry."

"That asshole!" Sasuke cursed. Good thing we weren't driving yet because Sasuke decided to throw his hands up the air for emphasis.

"I'm sorry," I apologized yet again, giving him a pout and remorseful look. Even though I tried to stop him and hated every second of it, I actually considered kissing Itachi in order for the place to follow through.

"Forget it," Sasuke sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair. "I am just saddened."

"I'm sorry!" I now whined, trying to get him to stop pulling the guilt trick on me. Sasuke just laughed at my childishness and started the car. We drove out of the garage and to my apartment.

"So new plan?" I asked him, glancing over to see his face. He focused on the road and had a very serious look on.

"Thinking," he assured me as his hands griped tighter onto the steering wheel.

"I have an idea, but you might get jealous."

"Shoot."

"I invite Itachi out on a date…" I started off slowly, but Sasuke didn't even seem to fidget. "… then I don't show up and you and I steal Naruto away."

"So we really aren't leaving him behind, huh?" he laughed,

"You may believe in him, but I am sure as hell not leaving that goof alone. He'd probably try to act like his own hero and beat up everybody in his path, but will end up losing really badly."

"Come on, that – that actually sounds really accurate, actually," he awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck upon defeat. I laughed before unbuckling my seatbelt. We had just arrived at my apartment once again, and we quickly entered my room. Together, we laid upon the bed and cuddled together.

"Should we change?" Sasuke questioned. I shook my head against his chest and mumbled a 'no'. "When does this new plan go into action?"

"Soon," I grumbled before going to sleep.

Author's Note: this chapter is just basically more nonsense. If you are trying what this has to do with the story, it is just to give the couple strength and faith in each other, I guess. They are definitely getting closer as you can, hopefully, see. I had a bunch of ideas on how to end this story and just figured it out. I decided to put in a fake plan to throw you guys off. The real plan has now been revealed. This plan shall go into action either next chapter or the chapter after that. I am done writing for a while. I have this huge project going on so let me get that done. :P I've procrastinated enough on it anyways. See y'all in like… a week or two. Hope you guys enjoyed the double update. 3 Review

In case y'all didn't understand what the original plan was, it was to get Naruto into the loop on the plan and play with Itachi's feelings to get him to release Naruto willingly. Obviously, however, that was never going to work. I'm so disappointed that the pair hadn't realized that before. :P haha. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Thanks to everybody, or two people, who read my spiel in the last chapter and gave me advice. I appreciate it. 3