To all my reviewers I love you all so much. But you arent making my life any easier for me are you! Everytime I think I know who I will pair Sakura up with, my mind changes! I am literally living on a mental rollercoster here!

I will definitely think about writing two separate endings. You guys are really passionate about your pairings and I wouldn't want to disappoint any of one.

Since I'm the one writing my own story it probably just looks like I pick what I want - but it's not true. I really do consider each individual character and decide using thatbackground information rather than following a random thought it my head. I care about all of them!

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'Sakura.' He rasped against her mouth. Her fingers were trailing all over his body setting his skin on fire. He wanted to touch her back so badly, his fingers were twitching. 'Stop.' She kept pressing her lips to his lips; too wrapped up in the moment to listen to Itachi's words, until he broke away from her.

'It's enough Sakura.'

First confusion waved over her then came her fury. 'You were kissing me back! Now you're telling me to stop!' She slammed her hands down onto the bed and got off his bed.

'Stop sending me mixed messages!' She screamed while slamming the down shut.

He groaned internally while thinking about how everyone in the house must have heard.

Why didn't Itachi love her the same way she loved him? It wasn't fair. She would do absolutely anything for him, he should have seen that. It wasn't like he had a girlfriend or another romantic interest in his life. She knew he liked her back too, so why was he being so stupid! Was he some kind of prude or something?

I like him and he likes me! So why does he keep rejecting me?

She could hear his footsteps. He actually followed her? But he was injured! He shouldn't be moving in that condition.

'Itachi go back to bed. You shouldn't be moving.' She wouldn't look at him in eye.

'We need to talk.' His voice was as calm as always.

'It's fine. There is nothing to say.' She was sitting down on a chair bent down with her head in between her legs. She knew what he would say; she was being silly or something around those lines.

'I know you Sakura. You do foolish things when you are angry.'

'Then don't make me angry if I'm so foolish!' Her head snapped up from looking at the floor to looking at Itachi. After everything he still thought of her as person he needed to protect. Will he ever take me seriously?

There was a pause of silence before Itachi finally spoke 'You are not mine to belong to.'

What is does that mean? What the fuck does that mean!

'I don't care! I don't care anymore!' She felt as if she was on the brink of madness. 'If loving you is so wrong… then I don't want to be right!'

Within a split second Itachi had pushed her onto the kitchen counter kissing her passionately. What was it about her that made him react like this? He spent years of his life controlling his emotions, pushing them aside for his goals. Yet this little pink hair beauty came and destroyed all the barriers he spent so long to create. He wanted her. He wanted to devour all of her. But this time he didn't have a second thought about Sasuke.

He was grinding himself up against her while kissing her burying his hands in her hair. In between kisses, Sakura heard him say. 'No matter what, I will always protect you.' Was Sakura Happy? No, happy wasn't a good enough word. Was she in absolute bliss? Yes.

Months had passed since Sakura had arrived at Akatsuki. They had stayed at the same house since she had awoken from her accident; it had felt like home to her. A half almost demolished shell of a house, but it was still her home nevertheless. Sasori, Deidara and Kisame all felt like family to her now. Itachi, well he was the love of her life. It was a strange relationship but one she accepted, Itachi made her happy. But despite her happiness sometimes a creeping feeling would kick in at night, a voice telling her something wasn't right.

'There are no two ways about it.' Sakura was staring at herself in the mirror poking her stomach with one of her fingers, she let out a loud depressive sigh. 'I am definitely fat.'

'You're not fat. You're pregnant.' He was staring at Sakura staring at herself.

'I'm not stupid Itachi! I know that. But why, why does my belly have to be so big?' She pulled a sad face.

For the first time in her life she could hear the sound of Itachi's laughter fill the room. Never once did he laugh for a long period of time. She was slightly embarrassed but the sound of his laughter made her happy too. She started to laugh with him.

'I guess it was a silly thing to say.' She rubbed the back of her head.

'Not at all.' Itachi kissed her forehead.

If only these happy months could last forever...

Jugo and Suigetsu both had noticed how these last couple of months had changed Sasuke. The erratic emotionally unstable youth had almost disappeared completely. For the most part he was able to sleep without waking up screaming, it looked like his nightmares had almost stopped. Every now and again they would see him in a corner with a depressed and tired expression on his face unable to sleep. The months spent searching for Sakura had made him much more sharper and more logical. Most importantly for them it had made him much more easier to be around.

It had been around 7 to 8 months before Sakura had been taken. Even though they were searching for her, Sasuke never openly spoke about her unless they had brought the subject up. Most of the time they tried to avoid it because he would get touchy. But everyone was thinking the same thing - Sakura would be having the baby soon, time had almost run out.

Would Sasuke ever see her again? Would Sasuke ever see his own child?

'Sasuke!' Jugo had run into the tent out of breath. 'I've got a lead. Someone matching Sakura's description has been frequently spotted in the next town to the north.'

Sasuke shot up from his sitting position.

Finally. It's about time…

Sakura was sitting underneath a tree in the garden; she enjoyed the coolness of the shade but preferred to be out in nature rather than stuck in the house. The guys didn't really like the garden much, so in a way it was like her personal space. Whenever she needed to think about things, she would always go to the garden. Sometimes Sasori would be out here but she couldn't spot him now. She needed some alone time and now was the perfect opportunity to reflect on things.

Itachi…

They had a very weird sexual relationship. Every single time she was the one who would initiate it. That wasn't the strangest thing of all, but it was the fact that not even once had they done penetrative sex. Itachi was a gentle lover who knew where to touch all the right places. But she would literally have to beg him for attention; sometimes he would even reject her telling her to sleep. True be told he made her feel like a doll, he would only ever use his fingers. It felt amazing and she would always organism but sometimes she felt uncomfortable having those piercing eyes look deep into her soul while she was reaching her peak. At times she wondered if he even had a sex drive but she knew he did, she had felt his hardness many times while she was pressed up against him. It was why it was so odd. Why didn't he have sex with her, if he so obviously wanted to? She had thought it was something to do with the fact she was pregnant, maybe he thought he would hurt the baby? But something inside her told her that wasn't the reason.

Who knows what lurks in that mind of his! But for a change I'm going to surprise him!

She smirked as she thought of a surprise for him.

Sasori had surprised Itachi by cornering him in his room. He never was a forceful kind of man, but here he was deliberately blocking Itachi's exit out of the room.

He seems serious...

'Itachi. Your recent behaviour concerns me. Ever since Sakura as arrived you have greatly changed, everyone has noticed.'

'Is that so?' Itachi really wasn't in the mood for this. He had other matters on his mind than to listen to one of Sasori's lectures.

'I thought you was looking after her for your brother until you had dealt with Orochimaru. But you - ' Sasori paused for a moment to carefully choose his next set of words. He bit his lip and whispered forcefully 'Your sleeping with her!'

Itachi chuckled. Oh, this is why he has been acting strange.

'Sasori, what I do or what I do not do in my time outside missions does not concern you.'

'You're compromising yourself. I have always respected your decisions and thought of you as a wise individual. However, the way you have been behaving... Do I need to spell out the obvious! She is pregnant with your brother's child! She is your brother's mate!'

'Indeed. I am fully aware.' Sasori was getting angrier and angrier at Itachis sarcasm and inability to deal with the issue.

'It was obvious she held feelings for you. But you, I never thought you would act on it! I thought such a thing would be beyond you.' He held his hand to his face as if he was in pain. 'Everyday I have to deal with Deidara's outbursts of anger. I have no idea what he will do next!'

The energy around Itachi turned dark. 'I will deal with Deidara if it is necessary. I will deal with anyone if it is necessary.' Sasori could hear the underlying threat in Itachi's voice. Sometimes that man could be truly cold as ice.

Sasori sighed and stepped to the side giving room for Itachi to exit the room. While Itachi walked past him he said 'This will end badly. For everyone.'

I'm going to surprise him! I'll cook him his favourite chicken dish! But why does it have such a hard find ingredient to find, stupid mushroom… I've already been to six stores already. Sakura began to get a bit disheartened about her plan; she really wanted to make Itachi his favourite dinner. It seemed his food taste was similar to his personality – difficult. Her effort didn't match the results yet. But she wouldn't give up, not after she ran out of the house alone to make it a big surprise for everybody.

Thinking about it, I don't think I've been alone for a very long time. How strange! I suppose it feels a bit lonely not having anyone else around…

After weeks of constant searching Sasuke had finally found her. The first time he saw her, he completely froze up. How will she react to me? It was so normal it seemed unreal; there she was alone shopping for food ingredients at the local town. He had expected it to much more difficult than this. There she was standing in front of him talking to a women selling food at a stall. Was this real?

Sasuke had to step back and watch her for a moment. She looked almost … glowing. Beautiful. Her pink hair had grown much longer and he could clearly see her rounded stomach. My child… She looked so happy a part of him didn't want to come in and interrupt her happiness. But he hadn't searched for her this long to give up now.

'Sakura.' She turned around to see a beautiful but very serious looking young man.

'Hello?' Strange. The one thing Sasuke wasn't expecting was no reaction at all. I thought things would turn violent at least…

'I've come to take you back with me. I-'

'I'm sorry.' Looking straight into his eyes, she spoke. 'Who are you?'

He didn't realise such a tiny question had the ability to break his heart into tiny pieces.

Why is he is looking at me with sad eyes?

For a moment there was a tense silence, she could feel the wind softly blow across her face.

Finally the man spoke. 'I'm Sasuke. Sasuke Uchiha.'

She let out a big smile 'Oh! Wow! Another Uchiha!' She began to stare at him, why didn't she see it before? This man definitely resembled Itachi; they both possessed the same handsome dark features. I wonder if they are related?

'Are you alone?' Sakura wondered if she should be answering any of his questions. Everyone after all had told her to keep a low profile plus she did leave without telling anyone, so she really was alone to fend for herself. What if this man was dangerous? Would he attempt to attack her?

'Maybe.' It was a weak answer and she knew it.

'Come with me.' Sasuke had taken Sakura hand and was leading her into a tea house.

She sure did feel lucky being swept off her feet by a gorgeous young guy. He had even taken her to a tea house and paid for everything! This is the type of treatment I could get used to. She couldn't hide her surprise when he had come over holding her favourite type of tea and dango.

'Those are my favourite!' She couldn't help but smile.

'I know.' Came the stoic response.

He knows? A creepy thought dawned on her. Has this guy been stalking me? Following me around? Maybe it was slightly foolish of her to go into a tea house with a man she had only just met. I wonder what Itachi would say…

'Konoha?' No response.

'Team Seven?' Again no response.

'Naruto?'Absolutely nothing.

He kept pestering with her with all of these words while watching her. What the hell is this? This person is weird!

'What about your child? The father?' He bluntly stated.

What a rude question to ask! Here she had just met this person and he was already asking such personal questions. But despite his rudeness, he did have a point; she had seemed to have forgotten who the father of her child was. This is embarrassing. Her cheeks began to flush red. 'I-well-' She must know who it was, right? It was her child after all! She scanned across her thoughts trying to piece a picture together. Kisame calls me the Uchiha princess… but I'm not an Uchiha… so… Ah! It was obvious, how could she forget. Sure Itachi had never stated he was the father but who did things like that anyway? It was her fault for forgetting.

Don't Sakura, don't say-

She smiled at him. 'Itachi Uchiha.'

'You said that you was an Uchiha right? Maybe you have heard of him?' She noticed how hard his left hand was squeezing on his trousers. His knuckles were ghostly white.

Sasuke had travelled thousands of miles to find her. But now he was here, physically sitting next to her but in truth she couldn't have been anymore further away from him. Genjutsu… Its genjutsu… It was obvious Itachi had cast some kind of illusion over her. But this was no ordinary type; it was so effective because it had been built up slowly over time. As much as he wanted to just take Sakura away and tell her the truth, he knew he couldn't. If he was unable to break the jutsu her mind would break – she would become a walking zombie. How could he have been so foolish? Itachi would have never left her so unguarded; he would always have some kind of plan in place.

'Are you sleeping with him?' He couldn't the get image of Sakura and Itachi out of his mind. He wanted to destroy everything around him. It wasn't enough for Itachi to just kill his clan but now he is sleeping with his pregnant partner too? As long as Itachi was alive in this world, Sasuke would never know peace. Itachi had put his filthy hands all over his pure innocent Sakura.

'Do you like it?' His voice was getting more and more aggressive. He knew it wasn't Sakura's fault. But there was a part of him which wanted to slowly strangle her to death. If it had been a few months ago, he definitely would have done it.

This guy is too strange. I don't feel safe. I need to get out of here. 'I'm sorry but I have things-' Sakura got up to leave. He quickly grabbed hold of her arm.

'I won't leave you like this. I swear.' There was an intense look in his eyes. 'Don't trust Itachi. He lies to people. He will take advantage of your emotions at your weakest.'

He let go of her arm while saying 'Be careful Sakura.'

As she left the tea house she could hear the sound of porcelain breaking. From the sound you could tell someone purposely had smashed a couple of glasses and plates.

No guesses who is breaking stuff! Glad I got out of there safely! Maybe I shouldn't go places without Itachi after all.

The story will become more and more darker from this point! Sorry Sakura-chan!

For any of my eagle eyed reviewers can you guess why Itachi doesn't have sex with her?

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