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The Thirty-Eighth Hour: Nightmare

He watched as she stirred in her sleep.

He listened as she moaned painfully in the midst of her nightmare.

And he sighed when she woke up with a start.

Sakura was panting heavily, forehead drenched in sweat. Soundlessly, he crouched down beside her. "Are you alright?" he asked, tone soft.

"I'm fine," she said, startled that he would even ask.

"What did you dream of?"

She looked down, looking awfully traumatized. "I…I had a dream where…you were a girl and you were prettier than me."

What made Itachi want to spill blood was the fact that she wasn't even ashamed of admitting such a thing.


The Thirty-Ninth Hour: Time

"How much longer do I have to stay here?" she questions, a sharp tone in her voice.

Though secretly, she wants to ask, "How much longer do I have with you?"

He answers her spoken question with a question of his own. "Do you dislike staying here with me?"

Right away, she replies, "No! It's not that! I just…seventy-two hours is a really long time."

At that, he comments dryly, "It is better spent relaxing like this than enduring torture. Wouldn't you agree?"

Without thinking, she snaps at him. "You keep mentioning that. If you feel like you're not doing your part as the evil villain, then torture me all you want," she pouts with the stubbornness of a child.

Oh, she really shouldn't have said that.


The Fortieth Hour: Privacy

"Are you regretting it already, Sakura?" he teases as the vines start crawling across her waist, lifting her up. They swirl around her wrists and ankles, pulling her back to the stake. As the vines fasten her onto the big cross, she gulps.

"I'm your prisoner for these 'seventy-two hours'. My regretting this won't affect your decision," she swallows out. "Besides, I already told you. I've been ready for this ever since I accepted the mission."

"And what exactly is this mission of yours?" he taunts, his smirk leading on to something more.

Does he know? She thinks he does know what her mission is, but scoffs at him anyway.

"It's none of your business."


The Forty-First Hour: Torture

She watches intently as he takes out a kunai, but to her surprise, he does not use it right away. "What are you planning on doing with that weapon, Itachi?" she jeers.

He smiles slyly. "I have other plans first." With a swift movement, he is right in front of her. Before she could say his name in surprise, he has her lips captured.

She responds right away, as opposed to the first time. It seems as though her body has already accepted him, already gotten used to his quick yet passionate kisses.

Now, he couldn't have that, could he?

He wants her to be taken by surprise every time, to not be able to anticipate a thing, because that was what excited him the most.

Letting his breath fan across her cheek, he pulled back. She was squirming uncomfortably, wanting to be rid of the restraints holding her back from feeling his body under her touch. She was desperate.

"This is where the real torture lies," he reveals to her wickedly.


The Forty-Second Hour: Fetish

As he observes the frantic girl trapped in his little genjutsu, he relishes on how bitterly beautiful she is. He loves the stark contrast between her blood and her skin, yet he detests how it must feel for the rosette. He loves the desperate lust in her eyes, yet he detests how he cannot fully please her.

He thinks it is a fetish of his, to bound her up with vines and let her writhe uncontrollably.

He hasn't really realized it until today, but Uchiha Itachi definitely has a thing for bondage.

But only if the recipient of said bondage is Sakura.


A/N: I don't think I've ever seen the written form of such large numbers before. I swear twenty is like...the highest I've ever gone. LOL. Anyway, thanks for reading! Hoping to read more of your wonderful reviews! :)