HEY GUYS SRY BUT I FORGOT TODAY WAS SUNDAY AND SO I HAD CHURCH [HOW COULD I FORGET THAT?] TODAY'S ALSO MY PARENTS ANNIVERSARY AND SO THEY ABANDONED ME AND MY BROTHER BUT HE'S STUDYING FOR HIS EXAMS STILL [HA I LAUGH AT HIM *EVIL SMIRK*]
AND SO I WAS KIDNAPPED BY MY COUSINS AND MANAGED TO STEAL MY COUSIN'S LAPTOP SO I CAN UPDATE NOW YAY! :]
ANYWAYS, HERE'S CHAPTER 11!!!-^^-
A Love Never Meant To Be
Chapter 11
Sakura was getting bored of waiting because her gardener had left before she went onto her balcony and more importantly, Itachi hadn't arrived yet, whether he was coming or not.
She sighed as she stared out to the town again. She sighed and looked to the moon before looking down,
"We should have agreed on a time. This is so boring, but I can't afford to miss this meeting with him because pretty soon I'll end up moving into that eyebrow-freak's palace and I'll never see him again…"
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Itachi started walking to the door, "Oi! Itachi! Where d'ya think you're going?" a voice shouted out from the crowd of thugs and thieves in the enormous bar.
Itachi turned and looked at the man with cold eyes and said, "Out." Before turning to the door once more.
"Eh? Got yourself a girl Itachi? I didn't think you'd ever find the right one!" another voice less deep spoke up.
Itachi sighed and turned to the group, "If you guys intend to be so noisy, I have a meeting with a client now so I'm heading out."
"I knew it was something like that." Said yet another unknown voice, slightly drunk, "Itachi could never have a girl, well, not one at least. He's too cool. Us thieves don't settle for the normal family thing, we go solo."
Itachi gripped the door and muttered under his breath, "Don't compare me to yourselves!" "What was that Itachi?" the deep voice asked, "Nothing." He replied closing the door and leaving grateful for the cool air against his face.
He felt less angry the closer he got to the palace.
"I wonder what she's doing now. Probably still squealing over that ring [sigh], all women love jewelry…why does she make me feel this way? It's as if, when I'm with her, I'm a different person…well, anyone one had those goons as friends would be happy to leave anyways."
He easily sneaked past the guards and jumped up her sakura tree [ninja style of course] but was surprised to see her there, waiting. He smirked to himself, "She looks just like a damsel in distress, waiting for her prince."
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Sakura sighed, "This is so boring…"
"Really?" a voice came from behind her and she quickly turned around to see a figure emerge from the shadows of the wall by her balcony door and who was none other than Itachi, smiling his same smile that made her blush.
"What took you so lon-!" Sakura quickly covered her mouth seeing him raise an eyebrow and his smirk grow, "What? I can't believe you waited on me this entire time princess! Have I really enchanted you so?" he said holding her chin and raising her face to his.
Her blush grew and she quickly pushed him off, "O-of course not! I was just, enjoying the view from my balcony and I just happened to remember you agreeing to meet me here tonight and that it was getting pretty late. I was not waiting for you! I have this nice view to enchant myself with." She said non-convincingly turning to the view slightly.
"But you said it was so boring?" he replied and Sakura froze, "How long was he there?!"
"Well…that's because…" she started.
"It was! I was getting bored too! I was wondering when you'd come! How dare you make Sakura wait so long!" said a voice jokingly and they both looked to the side to see, on the neighboring balcony, the queen, looking quite fine with seeing a rogue beside her daughter.
"Mom!?!" Sakura shouted so freaked out at her mother's random appearance and normal behavior to the situation.
"!!!" Itachi quickly started stepping back about to leave when the queen stopped him, "No wait! Don't worry! I won't tell a soul I promise. Just do me a favor and not kidnap my daughter, okay?"
Itachi nodded, his face showing he wasn't sure what to do, having never been in such a situation before.
The queen got up from her leaning position, "Okay! Now that that's out of the way, I want to thank you for your proposal to my daughter and I am extremely happy that she has chosen you now that I have seen you I know I will get wonderful grandchildren!" she finished, beaming.
"Mother!" Sakura shouted her face extremely red. Itachi laughed but it was more like one of those what-the-fudge-is-going-on-this-lady-is-so-weird-she's-really-freaking-me-out-i-wonder-if-i-can-trust-her laughs. ^^"
The queen laughed and turned, walking slowly to her bedroom, "Okay, okay! I'm going! Oh by the way, you have a great jewelry sense Itachi-dear!" and she closed her door leaving the two in dead silence.
AWKWARD SILENCE
"So…um, ignore her, she's crazy!" Sakura said laughing nervously, "Oh my God I cannot believe she said that to him is she crazy!?! I really hope he doesn't talk about it and forgets all about everything she said! !! Mom I can't believe you!!"
"Ah…"Itachi said a little suspiciously which made Sakura uncomfortable and her mind create more crazy thoughts.
He spoke up breaking the short silence and relieving Sakura's mind of unnecessary stress,
"So I see you've taken a liking to my gift princess."
"Oh! Yes I- wait," she replied confusing the man.
"Yes?" he said looking at her wondering what she was trying to say.
"Did you…buy this ring intentionally?" she said carefully choosing her words.
"Yes, why?" he said still puzzled at her sudden mood change.
"So, you do know what you're asking me, right?" she said again avoiding eye contact, her cheeks red like cherries.
Itachi on the other hand was clueless, "What is this girl getting at? All I did was buy a ring I thought she'd like! What is she talking about?"
"Um, no, not really. What am I asking you?" he said slowly and looking at her suspiciously.
Her eyes widened and she looked at him with a shocked and slightly upset face, "What do you mean you don't know!?! Isn't this an engagement ring!?" she said a bit loudly and holding up her left hand, the back of it facing him.
He looked at her hand and saw that the ring fit perfectly on her married finger, "Engagement ring?! Whoa! Wait a minute! All I did was buy some random ring! Why of all ten fingers does it fit that one? But still, that guy did ask me if I was buying it for my girl and I did say something like that…but he doesn't even know her size!"
Itachi on the inside was freaking out but on the outside he looked down so his hair covered his face and Sakura only saw him smile after a while.
He then looked up at her and took her left hand in his, placing his other hand around her waist and pulling her to him saying softly,
"I didn't do it intentionally, but, if that's what you want…" he trailed off leaning in to kiss her but she pushed him off and he staggered staring at her in disbelief.
"It's not!?" she said, again a bit loudly but quickly quieted down when he reminded her he wasn't supposed to be here.
Sakura sighed and ran her hands through her hair, "Oh my God" she said showing stress in her voice.
"Umm, what's wrong? Did I do something? Did you really want an engagement ring? Were you hoping for one? Because if you were-", "No, no it's okay, it's fine. Really."
Itachi nodded but still stared at her concerned. She looked at him, and then sighed once more exhaustedly, "Okay, it's not."
Itachi nodded to himself and leaned against the balcony ledge, crossing his arms over his chest and facing her.
"I am a princess, and being a princess I have to marry at a certain age, right?" she said and he nodded again.
"And I am now at that certain age; well, in a few weeks I will be anyways. And so, I must have a fiancé before I am of the age so I may marry when I am." She said walking around the balcony and Itachi followed her with his eyes.
"So, I am currently engaged to the Prince of Prongel-", "What?!" the rogue said standing straight.
"You mean to tell me that you've been flirting with me when you're already engaged to someone else!?"
"Wait, it's not like I chose-" she started but stopped when Itachi sighed loudly, telling her he didn't want to hear it. She waited for him to say something.
He soon spoke up. Running a hand through his hair he closed his eyes and mumbled to himself, "I can't believe I've been fooling around with a girl who's already engaged."
Sakura, however, heard him and spoke up, "Itachi-"but he cut her off again, "No Sakura, you don't get it. You don't mess around with someone else's woman. It's just not done. At least I'm not like that. I would never want that to happen to my girl and so I don't do it to other men's girls."
"I can't believe you! I mean, I was…I was…" he trailed off and then turned around sighing.
"You were what?" she said softly after some time.
He turned around and said looking at her with hurt eyes, "I was falling in love with you Sakura."
Her eyes widened and her cheeks were light pink, "I can't believe it. I didn't think he was actually serious. I mean, I've always hoped but, I just thought, he was a ladies man, and he wasn't serious about love and I'd have to comfort myself through it when he ended this whole thing…why does it have to be like this!?"
The princess looked down at the floor. She looked up at him, her eyes glassy, "I was falling in love with you too Itachi. Actually, I always was. From the first night I met you, I wasn't sure, I've never truly loved someone before."
Itachi just stared at her, trying to understand what she was saying. She knew he wouldn't let go of the fact that she was engaged, so she made that part clear as well,
"I just want you to know, that I don't want to get married to that prince."
He looked at her with another confused face. He thought he had figured everything out. She continued,
"I don't love that man. Our marriage was arranged by my father and for some reason everyone but me knew about it and didn't even ask me. I'm currently being forced to marry him!" she looked at him hoping he would understand but his eyes were cold.
So she continued, "I don't want to marry him! I don't even like him as a person! He's rude and snobby and such a pushover! He just sucks up to my dad constantly and infront of my parents he acts all nice to me and pretends he loves me, but whenever no one of royalty's around, he says that I must act in such a way to keep him entertained and that I should start treating him better, because my country needs this marriage, not his, and that he'll do just fine without me, even better!"
She finished looking at him again, but he gave her the cold shoulder, "Well then, I guess you're perfect for him, a liar." He turned to leave.
"No! Itachi! I never lied to you! Not once did I ever lie to you!", "But when were you planning to tell me that you were already taken!?"
"I wasn't because I was hoping you'd-!" she stopped herself. She almost spoke her mind to the man before her who was waiting for her to continue.
"You were hoping I would what?" he asked with no emotion, irritation if any. Sakura just looked at him. She was so hurt. How could he be so cold? Tears started to fall down her cheeks, but he just stared at her, "Well?" he asked, leaning against the ledge once more.
Sakura looked down and hid her face behind her hair; "I was hoping…that you would propose to me so I could cancel the engagement with that man…and when you gave me the ring…" she trailed off and sniffed.
Itachi pushed off the ledge and started walking back to her, "Sakura-" but she cut him off this time and quickly brought back up her head, her hair flipping behind her. Her nose was red and she spoke and she wiped off her tears,
"No, no! It's fine! I mean, like you said! What kind of person am I to keep such things from you! I mean, I know it was a fantasy [sniff] but still, a girl can hope right? It was just like; here comes Itachi to the rescue! My prince! Now I can rest assured, right?"
Itachi walked closer to her but she stepped back the same amount of steps, "Don't come any closer! After you leave, I'll just tell my father that you had attempted to kidnap me and he'll call Lee and have everything arranged for me to move to Prongel and live with him! After all, that was the plan, if they [guards etc.] caught you here again or if something happened like a robbery, I'm supposed to move to Prongel!" she said
wiping her tears that kept falling and pretending to sound fine. "What are you talking about? When was this organized? And why didn't you tell me about this instead of asking me to visit you tonight since you knew about this?" he said a bit loudly for a change, forgetting his place.
"I said don't worry about it Itachi! Besides, you can't be with me remember? So just…just forget me, okay? This love is…A Love Never Meant To Be." She said.
Itachi just stared at her. He loved her. He knew he did, but she was taken. And all this time she was waiting for him to make a move and he didn't know. He thought he had all the time in the world, and she'd always wait for him. And, he didn't want her to go,
"Sakura-",
"Oh! You want your gift back right? The ring…here I'll give you." She said trying to take off the ring. The piece of jewelry fit on her finger tightly but comfortably and so she had to use some strength to take it off.
But right now, she didn't have that strength. Right now, she was in fact very weak, and on the verge of breaking down. She couldn't pretend to sound happy anymore. And her tears wouldn't stop falling for the whole time. They were only making it worse.
And as they fell on her hands, her hands started to shake slightly, "Why wont…it…come off…!" she said softly to herself as she pulled on her ring. It was as if she was meant to have it.
Soon her whole body started to tremble and her nose started to run.
"Sakura-"
"No! I'll get it off soon! Don't worry! I know you probably have somewhere else to go to and I'm sorry! But, if you could just, wait a little longer!" she said.
Her knees gave way and she fell to the floor, her hands on the ground.
"Sakura!" he said and ran to her side, crouching beside her.
She looked up at him before saying, "Sorry. Guess I don't have enough strength to do it. You take it off." She gave him her left hand.
He held her hand in both of his and said, "You keep it, princess."
"Oh I could never! Lee would definitely say that I'm cheating on him and call off the wedding. Then all of Rovella would suffer because of me! I could never allow such a thing. It's a pretty ring, but, it's not meant for me. It's meant for your girl."
She took her hand from his and stood up. He followed. "Yosh!" she said and yanked the ring off her finger, "I wonder where that came from?" she said smiling at Itachi who just looked at her, his eyes still showing that he knew she was pretending.
"Here you go!" she said as chirpily as she could. "I'm sorry this meeting wasn't exactly the way you planned. I didn't want it to go this way either, but, I don't want to keep secrets from you so, now everything's been said!" she took Itachi's hand put the ring in it, closed it and put it down, because he refused to move it himself.
"Sakura.", "Yes? Oh, don't worry; I'll wait until you're far before I tell my dad. Don't worry." She said pushing him to the ledge. Her tears had stopped falling.
He reached the ledge reluctantly and stepped up with one leg, looking back at the first and probably last girl he'd ever fall in love with.
"Now Shoo!" she said jokingly, using a happy mask her mother always used showing their relation.
Itachi's face still showed hurt, but it was for Sakura more than for him. He looked to the town and paused.
"Well? What are you waiting for? Hurry before the coast is clear-!" the rogue quickly turned around and kissed her wrapping his arms around her and looking at her shocked face, "she looked exactly the same way that night I first kissed her. I'll miss her…damnit!"
He resisted her efforts to push him off but soon he pulled away, their passionate kiss broken, because he felt his cheek was wet. He looked at her and she was crying once more.
"You idiot!" she shouted the tears falling uncontrollably, "I had finally stopped crying and you made me start again!" she said smiling slightly. She knew she would miss him. He also knew that she would miss him. He would miss her as well. He was about to speak when,
"Hey! Who's up there! State your name! What are you doing with the princess! Hey guys! It's that thief again! He's after the princess again!" a guard shouted from the garden.
The two looked down at the same time and saw the guard run to get other soldiers. The palace lights started to turn on one after the other.
Itachi cursed under his breath and Sakura attempted to push him off her balcony, "That's why I said hurry and go when the coast is clear! But no! Hurry and leave! I'll buy you some time!"
Itachi turned to her once more, "Wait!" he said grabbing her hand and making her turn around, "What?" she asked him, her tears slowing stopping.
"Will I every see you again?" he asked sincerely trying to avoid the irony but still hoping she'd remember. She stood and faced him, "I…I, I don't know. Its better if we don't though, isn't it? Then you can forget all about me and find a girl for yourself. One that's not taken. My advice, don't get involved with royalty. Now go!" She said smiling and gestured him to jump.
"Wait," he said taking her left hand in his and putting the ring back on it, "I want you to keep it for me."
"…"Sakura didn't know what to say. Her eyes were starting to swell. He kissed her on the cheek and jumped off, "See ya! Sakura!" the exact same lines he said the first time.
She ran to the ledge and peered over but didn't see him, even though he had just jumped, "Just like the first time, huh?" she said smiling to herself.
"It's a shame though; tomorrow, would have officially been two weeks."
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The guards burst through the princess' room, the King leading, "Where is he Sakura? I've been anxiously waiting for the devil! I knew he'd show up! I just knew it! Now, where is he?!"
"He's gone." The girl replied, her back to them. She looked to the moon, "He's gone."
"Uh, are you ok Sakura dear? You're not hiding him or anything?" the King asked.
"No! Why would I hide him? He's a thief, remember?" she said turning around. Everyone gasped softly [but since they all did it together it was still loud] seeing the tears streaming down her cheeks non-stop.
The Queen pushed through the crowd, "Sakura! Sakura, are you okay? What happened? Everything was fine when I left? What's wrong?"
Sakura held up her hands to signal everyone to stop and all was still. Instead of shouting, she paused and listened to the cicadas and the crickets as they sang the midnight metronome of peaceful dreams [they make noise while people sleep guys] and spoke up,
"I don't really want to talk about it now you guys. If you'll excuse me now, I need to get some sleep, because, due to the rogue's late night visit, I must now move to Prongel to live with my fiancé, am I correct.
The King and Queen looked at each other and then at their daughter. "Okay dear." Her mother said and shooed everyone out and said goodnight before closing the door.
Sakura turned to the moon again, "I'll miss you…Itachi."
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"I'll miss you...Sakura."
BAM IT'S DONE CHAPTER 11 WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE CONTINUATION OF CHAPTER 10 IS COMPLETE! WOO HOO! XD!
I'm sorry guys, it wasn't really supposed to turn out this way. There wasn't supposed to be an argument but as I just finished this today, a lot of stuff got changed [I only had the main things in my head anyway] so sorry if it didn't turn out the way we all planned and please read and review.
I am now currently clueless of how Itachi and Sakura will end up together, even for a little while in this story now and if you have any ideas PLEASE TELL ME IT WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. I really wanted to update this at least today and I'm sorry I wasn't able to get it up until now but I just want to tank you all who have supported my story up till now and I look forward to reading you reviews!...SO READ AND REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!X3!!!!!!!!!!...Chu~~
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