A/N: Okay, I'm sorry for not being able to update as often as I'd like to, but I'm taking classes for people two years older than me, and, as you can imagine, they keep me really busy. Supposedly, I'm smart enough to take THREE grade levels ahead of my age, but I refused. Even still, I'm stuck with tons of homework whose colossal amounts you wouldn't even be able to imagine! Anyway, on with the story!
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A Cat's Goth-Blood
By: Goth-VampireNinja
Chapter Fourteen: Tortures
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Sakura screamed and kicked, but no matter what she did, Itachi was undoubtedly stronger than her. "Let go of me you son of a—" Itachi stopped abruptly and pushed her hard against a tree, pinning her hands on either side of her.
"Listen, girl, I have a lot of patience, but your unceasing ranting is getting on my nerves. So either shut up or I'll use the sleeping potion I'm carrying on you." He smirked. "And you never know what might happen when you're not in the right state of mind," he hinted, signaling with his head at the males that surrounded them. Sakura blushed and growled. He winked at her and then slung her over his shoulder and took off again. Sakura stayed quiet, but alert, the rest of the way.
"Itachi?" Sakura called casually, she wanted to show him that she wasn't afraid of him.
"What?" he asked briskly.
"My name is Sakura. Sa-ku-ra, not 'girl,' okay?" she said impatiently. He didn't answer, so she got bored. She was so bored, in fact, that she started tracing patterns on his back.
"What are you doing?" he asked, glaring at her over his shoulder. He sighed when she just ignored him. "What are you doing, Sakura?"
"I'm tracing random patterns on your back. You know, you can let me down now, I won't run away. Not that I could anyway, because I'm hungry, but if it makes you feel any better: I promise I won't run away. Now will you please put me down?" Sakura begged. Her stomach was complaining at her to get something to eat, and her abdomen hurt from supporting all her weight while it rested on Itachi's shoulder…for nearly two hours now. She wondered briefly how he could stand carrying her on his shoulder for that long without shifting her somewhere else.
Itachi sighed and put her down. "If you try to escape, I'll bind your arms and legs," he threatened. Sakura glared at him and took off after the others, Itachi close at her heels. Then she remembered Gaara's necklace and thought with all her being, 'Gaara, please help me. I don't know where we are, but please try to find me…'
"What are you doing?!" Sakura's eyes snapped open and noticed that while she had been holding her necklace and calling to Gaara, the charm had started to glow. She gasped and quickly stuffed it inside her shirt. Itachi grabbed her arm and pushed her roughly against a tree once more.
"Ow…" Sakura moaned as bark dug into her back. "I didn't run away, so what is it?"
"Don't play dumb. What was that? Hand over that thing," Itachi hissed. He leaned down close to her ear and whispered, "Tell me, how do you feel about my brother? We saw every move he made towards you. Even when he…touched you…kissed you," Itachi whispered huskily as he let his hand roam, brushing her arm lightly. He smirked when he heard her gasp and felt her skin radiate more heat than usual. But she stayed quiet.
Itachi pulled away and looked at her flushed face. He nearly gasped. She was so beautiful: Her ears were pressed flat against her head in embarrassment, her tail twitched lightly, her face was red, and her eyes stared at him defiantly. "I…I..." no words seemed to form in her mouth. Then she yelled, "I HATE YOU, YOU STUPID PERVERT!!!" Her voice echoed through a large part of the endless forest, and somewhere not too far away, Gaara smirked and quickened his pace; and he thought, 'That's my Sakura.'
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I know the chapter is short, but bear with me for a while! It's not my fault! Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
GVN-out-