Chapter Eleven
Author's note: If updates keep getting even slower than they are now, its because I have lots of homework. With that said, enjoy the story.
A few minutes later Deidara and Sasori came back and the four of us kept walking back to the headquarters, despite that fact that I didn't want to go back there.
While we were walking through the thick pine forest, I thought I saw something move, and by the looks of it, so did everyone else.
"What was that, hm?" asked Deidara. Sasori glared up at him.
"Quiet, it'll hear us," he said from inside that ugly puppet of his. Itachi stood there silently, and then he aimed his kunai at me.
"What are you-" The kunai went flying and hit something next to me.
"Well, I suppose you can come out now that your cover is blown," said Itachi. The lump behind the bushes got up, and to my horror, became four sound ninja.
"What do you freaks want now, hm?" asked Deidara taking out a few kunai from under his cloak.
"Hmph. For your information; this doesn't concern you," said the first one. "We're here for the girl."
"So, Orochimaru still wants me to become his henchmen," I said smirking at them. "Well, I have to admit it was nice of him to offer, but I'm still not interested."
I slammed my fists into the ground and the entire area crumbled under their feet. They all jumped away in time, and one of them had set off a wire trap to try and catch me. I managed to get away.
"You'll have to do better than that if you want to catch me!" I shouted from below.
The third sound ninja jumped down and attacked me, but since he was so large his size gave him a disadvantage over me, since I was a lot faster. The others attacked Itachi, but within seconds he was caught in one of his own webs.
"Next time, choose your battles more wisely," said Itachi smirking up at him.
"Get me out of here now you no good dirty-"
"Shut up! I'll take care of him," said the fourth. He summoned several large demons who tried to capture me, but Deidara stopped them with one of his clay bombs, and Sasori used his scorpion tail to trap him.
"You're going to pay for that!" He and the others got loose and surrounded us. They were about to attack us when someone appeared out of the clearing and stepped between us.
"Sasuke!" Sasuke appeared out of nowhere and glared at his fellow henchmen with his sharingan, and they canceled their attacks.
"I told you not to harm her," said Sasuke. "Lord Orochimaru wants her alive." They apologized to him quickly and then Sasuke turned around.
"Sakura, I'm sorry," he said with regret. "But you have to come with me now."
"So you've using me the whole time?" I shouted. Sasuke clenched his fists.
"I did it because... I want power. Orochimaru said he would help me become stronger if I captured you..."
"Sasuke...I can't believe you would do something horrible like this...and to think...I believed everything you told me!" I felt a tear fall from my eye, but I quickly wiped it away. Itachi, Sasori and Deidara watched with amusement as we continued to argue.
"Sakura...I had another reason..."
"What? Did you think you were going to get lucky too?" I said with anger in my voice.
"No...I did it because...I felt guilty for leaving you. After a few years of being gone, I began to feel guilty for betraying you and Naruto like I did. I couldn't get you out of my head. You had been in front of me all those years, and all I ever did was push you away..."
"What's your point?" I said getting impatient. Sasuke walked closer to me and I started to get nervous. He put his hand on my shoulder and looked into my eyes.
"Sakura, I realized that after all these years...that I..." Sasuke looked a bit nervous, but he hid it before Itachi noticed.
"Sakura, I love you." I felt several warm tears escape from my eyes, and I hugged him tightly.
"Sasuke! I've been waiting so long for you to say those words!" I said as he hugged me back.
"Well, despite how entertaining watching you two fight was, your not the only one she's in love with," said Itachi. We let go of each other and Sasuke glared at him with nothing but pure hatred in his eyes for his older brother.
"That's right. She's in love with me as well." Sasuke looked over at me and I turned away from him.
The guilt was settling in. He made me look at him, and wouldn't let me turn away from him.
"Tell me this isn't true! Please tell me that you're not in love with that creep!" he shouted.
"I wish I could...but its true. I love you, but I love Itachi just as much," I said with sadness in my eyes.
Sasuke pushed me away and took out his sword. Itachi did the same and they slowly began to approach each other.
"I promise this time that I won't go easy on you little brother," said Itachi.
"Likewise," said Sasuke. Both Uchihas lifted up their swords high above their heads and they clashed loudly.
"Only one of us is walking away alive this time," said Sasuke. "And I'll make sure that its me!"
"Foolish little brother...you think that just because you joined a snake sannin that he will make you stronger? Orochimaru doesn't keep his promises."
"My, my, how insulting," said a voice. Orochimaru and Kabuto came out the shadows and began walking towards the two Uchiha brothers.
"Well, I see that you found Sakura; good work. But I didn't expect you to find so many Akatsuki members in one place as well," he said licking his lips with his disgusting snake tongue.
Itachi and Sasuke stopped fighting and Sasuke went over and stood by Orochimaru.
"Sakura, you don't have to go with that monster," said Itachi. "Come with me instead. Besides, did you really believe all of Sasuke's lies? He's just using you."
"You're wrong about him," I said walking away from him.
"Don't you dare walk away from me like that," he said standing in front of me.
"I can, and I will. It is true that I do have feelings for you, but I can't forgive you for hitting me!"
"Sakura-"
"And another thing, you're way to possessive." For once, Itachi couldn't think of a comeback.
"Fine, if you want to go with Sasuke...go ahead. But just remember this; just because he said he loves you doesn't mean that he isn't capable of betraying you again."
He pulled me close to him and whispered in my ear,
"I have one last request before you go," he said. I looked up at him, ready to listen to what he had to say.
"Promise me that you'll get rid of Orochimaru and free Sasuke from the curse mark," he said in a serious tone. I nodded and to my surprise he kissed me gently on the lips. Itachi let me go and I walked away.
"You've made the right decision," said Orochimaru. Then he looked at his followers."It is time that we depart," then he turned to Itachi, Deidara and Sasori.
"You were lucky this time, but next time we meet, I will see to it that you are each killed by me personally."
His henchmen tied my arms so they were behind my back and we vanished leaving Itachi, Deidara and Sasori no choice except to go back to headquarters empty handed.
I followed Orochimaru and his henchmen for several hours until we disappeared into a deep tunnel underground. When we came back up, we were inside a huge mansion.
"Welcome to your new home," said Orochimaru turning around to face me. I glared at him.
"I'll be out of here before you know it. If I can escape the Akatsuki headquarters, then getting out of this dump won't be much of a challenge."
"You insolent girl! How dare you defy me?"
"Shut up old man! I'm not going to let you control me like a puppet like the rest of these freaks!" I shouted.
Orochimaru glared at me and had his henchmen tie me up to a chair.
"Now that that's out of the way, now we can perform the ritual." Sasuke glared at him.
"What are you going to do to her?" Orochimaru smiled maliciously and started to laugh horrifically.
"Ignorant boy, I'm not going to harm her. No." Then he turned to me. "She's going to be my bride!"
I screamed at the sound of those very words and gave Orochimaru a death glare as he walked closer.
"You are going to be my bride and you have no say in the matter what so ever." He grabbed my left hand that was sticking out of the bottom of the ropes that tied me up and took out a ring.
"You will accept this ring, and then we will begin the ceremony!" he said out loud to everyone in the room.
"I'm not marrying an old ugly snake like you!" I said. I spat in his face and kicked him with both of my legs.
"I told you morons to tie up her legs!" he shouted at his henchmen.
"Sorry, Orochimaru-sama," said Kabuto. He took out a thick rope and tied my legs to the chair and managed to get them tied after I kept kicking him so many times.
As soon as he finished tying me, Orochimaru stood right in front of me and looked down at me.
Why are you doing this?" I asked.
"Glad you asked Sakura. You see, not only do I need a new vessel for my immortality jutsu, but I also need...a partner, if you will. I need someone to bear a child for me incase the immortality jutsu doesn't work, and you my dear, are a fine choice."
"You're sick! You are fucking sick thinking I'll marry you and have your children!"
"It's not sick, my dear. It's ingenious!" Then he turned to Kabuto and Sasuke.
"Take Sakura down to the dungeons," he said. They untied me from the chair and tied my arms behind my back and took me downstairs to the dungeons.
Kabuto opened up the door to a room and chained my arms to the wall.
"You will stay here until Orochimaru-sama says otherwise," he said. "Let's go Sasuke." Sasuke looked at me with regret and followed Kabuto out of the room.
'Well, now what? Orochimaru wants to marry me and I have no way of escaping from this place.'
Then I closed my eyes and the first thing that came to my mind was Sasuke. But then he quickly left my mind and Itachi took over completely:
"You talk too much," he whispered. 'What was he doing? I thought he hated me? But what if...no! He doesn't like me!
But he did tell me I had nice eyes...but then again, everyone says I have nice eyes.' I began to grow nervous as Itachi's face got closer to mine until we were just a few inches apart. I was about to speak, but he wouldn't let me.
"Don't speak," he said seductively. I knew what he was going to do, so I closed my eyes. Then I felt his lips gently meet with mine. As soon as he pulled away, I opened my eyes. He got off me and left the room. I was still lying there on the floor, tracing around my lips where he kissed me.
I still remembered my first kiss with Itachi so clearly in my mind, almost too clear.
"Why Itachi? Why do you make me feel this way?" I opened my eyes and looked at the shackles that held me to the wall. I knew that I had to get out of here, and since I made that promise to Itachi:
"I have one last request before you go," he said. I looked up at him, ready to listen to what he had to say.
"Promise me that you'll get rid of Orochimaru and free Sasuke from the curse mark," he said in a serious tone.
I nodded and to my surprise he kissed me gently on the lips.
Can Sakura escape the evil hell hole that is Orochimaru's hideout? Will Itachii rescue her, or does Sasuke have some sort of crazy plan? Find out next time!