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You're a life saver ~ 3

"No. I won't settle for any less!" Sakura's stubborn voice filled the empty family room, besides Itachi and his little brother, who watched the banter between his best friend and his aniki with an amused face.

"I won't marry you, until I achieve my dream and have a proper job for myself WITHOUT any of your connections or Uchiha related connections. You won't treat me like I'm a vulnerable, fragile damsel in distress. I absolutely refuse bodyguards or any ANBU or whatever they are. Not now and absolutely freaking never in the future!" she hit the table with one of her hands.

"But you do realize that after the ceremony you're practically my wife, the bearer of my future CHILDREN, the next Uchiha Matriach, and definitely the next Queen. You need to be pampered, full protection wherever you go, and you definitely don't need any job to prove yourself." Itachi argued back, slight irritation evident in his normally cold and monotone voice.

"HELL NO. Are you implying that my job is to be your baby machine? Fuck no! That's your answer, right! I don't want to waste my education just because I'm a freaking crown princess now, and I don't want to be pampered! I'm one hell of an independent woman and it'll stay like that until the day I die." Sakura huffed as she sat down again with her hands crossed on her chest.

Itachi just face palmed as he pinched his nose bridge. Sasuke practically held out his laughter by now. It's not everyday you see Itachi fighting a losing battle in an argument. A hot argument too, you could just feel the tense atmosphere. A hot fiery red fire from Sakura and another hot yet calm, collected blue fire from Itachi. Suddenly the door opened, revealing Mikoto and her husband, walking towards Sasuke. Of course it went unnoticed by the arguing lovebirds. Or maybe just Sakura in this case(coz we know that Itachi can't not detect his own parents).

"What's going on?" Mikoto softly whispered, as she stared at her son and daughter in law with such a quizzical face.

"They were waiting for you both before, I don't know how it started, but Sakura started talking about her so called rights and Itachi started arguing against it. And now it practically a battlefield." Sasuke answered amusedly.

"And what are you doing here, son?" Fugaku arched his eyebrow at his youngest son.

"It's far more interesting to watch Itachi fighting a losing battle with Sakura rather than my Xbox." Sasuke answered smoothly.

Fugaku just chuckled. "It seems that our daughter in law is on par with our son. She can definitely be quite a strong queen in the future.''

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"Of course. It's OUR daughter in law after all. What do you expect?" Mikoto haughtily said, as she watched the argument with interest.

"Do you realize how many enemies will go after you to make a bargain out of you? I know you're independent, and that's one of the many traits that I love about you, but can't you allow a man to spoil his woman?" Itachi asked stubbornly.

"Not really in my case." Sakura snorted. "And are you implying that you can't protect me then? That you won't go rescue me in the worst case scenario?" Sakura threw her trumph card.

Itachi sighed deeply. "Fine, you have your point. But I demand that you take two months off your study and your spare job at the hospital, no bachelor party whatsoever in any damn club. You'll use my money for your daily needs and definitely use the facilities that are served for the Uchiha and I, if you don't want any guards then you'll go everywhere and anywhere with me or Sasuke, and no less than that," Itachi empasized when Sakura was going to argue back. "I'll agree to your term of legal marriage, but from the ceremony on, you'll be my fiancee. I'll let you finish your study and even take a proper job for a period before I intercept." Itachi finished his long speech.

"And it's final. Take it or lose it." Itachi added as he took the hot tea in front of him and drank it quietly.

"And if I lose it?" Sakura challenged.

"You'll simply follow my consent without yours at all." Itachi stated calmly. A light tap of a ceramic could be heard as he put the tea back on the table.

"You wouldn't dare."

"In a matter of a fact, I would. I certainly don't mind having you tied up on my bed post if it's needed." Itachi smirked despite the gagging sound from his brother and the faint squeal from his mother.

"Pervert." Sakura grumbled under her breath. The clock kept ticking for a long time as Mikoto held her breath; waiting for her daughter-in-law's answer.

"Fine." Sakura huffed and crossed her hand in front of her chest. He smirked.

"Have a good show, ototou?" Itachi turned his head to Sasuke. Itachi then nodded to both of his parents.

"Very." Sasuke smirked.

"M-Mikoto-okaa-san, Fugaku-san. I'm sorry, I didn't realize your presence." Sakura stood quickly and bowed.

"Ah, no worries, Sakura-chan." Mikoto waved her hand in a dismissed gesture.

"Shall we?" Itachi suddenly stood beside Sakura and gestured his hand to the chair across them.

Mikoto and Fugaku took the seat, as Sasuke left the room for his precious Xbox, since what was left was his mother's long boring talk of the preparation.

"So, let's start, shall we?" Mikoto cheerily said. Sakura just mentally cursed.

'Let's get this shit over.' her inner gulped.

'Agreed.' Sakura said mentally as she prepared herself for the most troublesome arrangements in her life, thanks to Mikoto.

Three hours later (Mahh, I don't want to be a spoiler. .3.)

"So, that's all for today, Sakura-chan. You'll only have to choose everything from now on. I'll take care of the most parts." Mikoto said happily as she stared at the couple in front of her.

"So," she took a glance at the clock, "Will you have dinner here or no? I'll can ask for the maids to make something since I and Fu-chan," Fugaku twitched, "are going to a small gathering with Minato-kun." Mikoto said, oblivious to the irritated and annoyed aura emitted from her husband.

"We'll eat outside, Okaa-san." Itachi replied before Sakura could reply.

"Okay, we'll see you tomorrow, Sakura-chan, Tachi-kun." Mikoto smiled and took her husband's hand and dragged him out of the room.

"And oh, before I forgot, also reconsider a few places you want to have your honeymoon, Sakura-chan. Ja." Mikoto winked knowingly before completely disappeared with her husband, leaving the blushing girl with Itachi.

"Well, if it isn't the blushing bride to be." Itachi mocked slightly as he felt amused by his mother and lover's antics.

"Just shut up.'' Sakura groaned as she hid her face with her hands.

Friday 09.00 AM

"So today is going to be the last day you're here, then?" Ino asked, as she propped her arms on the table. Shikamaru, Naruto, and Neji were there along with their mates except Sasuke.

"Yeah, he barely even let me go this morning." Sakura groaned as she face palmed. "Really, I never thought in my childhood that I'd have this kind of man as my groom…"

"T-take it easy, Sakura-chan." Hinata rubbed Sakura's back.

"Uhh, Hinata-chan, you're not the one who's going to marry a perverted arrogant jerk in less than three weeks." Sakura moaned. "Which reminds me, does that mean all of you have gone through this ceremony thing?" Sakura questioned as she straightened her back and accepted a glass of iced espresso from Ten-Ten.

"Of course not. We still need the legal age to do that, Sakura-chan." Ten-Ten answered.

"And when is that?" Sakura asked.

"When the male is over 20 years old." Sasuke answered as he texted someone.

"I see… Wait, does it mean that I'm the last to have a mate yet the first to get properly "married"?" Sakura shot her eyes open.

"As troublesome it is, yeah. And Sasuke, I heard that Itachi is going to fund some research in Sakura's major, is that true?" Shikamaru nudged Sasuke.

"What?" Sakura shot Sasuke a look.

"Yeah. Tsunade wants it as some compensation for Sakura's absence in the hospital and her study as well. That woman surely knows how to play her cards."

"That-that… How COULD he do THAT? Just look at what he does! How the hell could I not get irritated with him if he keeps continuing his methods!"

"Just take it as your fortune, Forehead. You're definitely the only woman who gets annoyed when her boyfriend does that." Ino shook her head.

"And you're facing a losing battle if you think that you can make Itachi change his mind about you." Sasuke said lazily, as he stared at his soon to be sister-in-law.

"No need to remind me." Sakura groaned.

"So, what are your plans for today, Sakura-chan?" Hinata softly asked, beside Naruto who was as usual eating his dear ramen.

"Hmm.. I don't really know.. Mikoto-san is still searching for kimonos for me, and she said she'd handle most of it... I'm free I think." Sakura said as she checked her agenda on her phone. "Hey, I gotta go to the restroom. All of you have classes right after this, right?" Sakura asked as she packed her belongings.

"Yeah. Now that you mentioned it, we gotta go now. See you later, Sakura-chan." Ten-Ten said as she stood and walked to her class, followed by a certain Hyuuga. Neji just nodded his head to Sakura and Hinata. "I'll see you later, Uchiha." Neji said monotonely.

"Hn. I'll be going too. Ja." Sasuke waved his hand and slugged his pack on his shoulder before walking to his class.

"I'm going to skip with Shikamaru, so Ja-ne, Sakura-chan!" Ino waved happily as Shikamaru muttered troublesome, yet complied to his mates tug to the rooftop.

"And how about you, Hinata-chan?" Sakura turned her head.

"I don't have any class after this." Hinata said gently.

"But, she'll have a date with me today." Naruto cheekily said, as he tugged Hinata into his chest, making her blush.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then." Sakura said. "Ja." She waved her hand before she also walked out from the cafeteria and went to the restroom.

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She had just turned the knob of her toilet's door, when the restroom's door opened, and the excited squeal from two girls filled the room.

"You''re so lucky, Mai! I never thought that your research would be funded by Itachi-sama himself!" a girl said.

"So do I! I heard that Shiraya-chan's, Kururi-san's and a human girl's research will also be funded by Itachi-sama too! Ah, I get to see him more often!" the girl named Mai squealed in a high pitch tone.

"Nee? You're a damn lucky girl ! Itachi-sama … " the girl sighed dreamily.

"With his aristocratic face, lean but strong body, perfect lips, kyaaa! I bet he's a perfect lover in bed! Oh, I'd do anything to be his bedmate, even if I'm just going to be another notch on his bed post~" Mai squealed.

Sakura couldn't help but twitch in annoyance as she heard them. 'Another notch on his bedpost? Really.. this girls are so pathetic.' Sakura thought as a vein throbbed on her forehead.

"Talking about that, did you hear? He has his mate now. I can't believe it!"

"What! I thought it was just a rumor?"

"No one knows. All the girls from the ball recently refused to say anything!"

"And I heard that she's a human girl! How could Itachi-sama have a weak, pathetic human girl as his mate? I thought at least that that Makoto succubus or Shira-sama would be his mate. Scratch Makoto, Shira-sama definitely looks best with him! Her red hair complimented Itachi-sama's long silky black hair."

"Shira-sama ? Is it the girl who-"

"Yes! Did you see how both of them danced together at the recent ball we had? They're the best pairing, ever. She's very strong too. Definitely great for Itachi-sama."

"Yeah! Oh crap, I have a meeting with him in twenty minutes !" She said as both of their steps echoed in the restroom. The door opened and closed quickly.

Sakura weakly sat on the toilet once more. Past doubts filling her mind again.

"She's strong… And me ? I'm still a half-ling. She's a pure vampire.. And me ?" Sakura sighed deeply. "Damn it." She put her right hand on her eyes.

"Do I even love him ? How could I agreed on marrying him? I-", before Sakura could continued her ramblings, her phone buzzed.

Ignoring the caller ID, she received the call and yet, before she could say anything, the caller cut her.

"Meeting room on the third floor. Now." And the one way call ended.

"What the- ?" Sakura said incredulously as she read the caller ID.

Itachi U.

"That annoying bastard. What is he doing here? Oh wait, the meeting. He's the last person I wanted to see right now, damn it!" Sakura thought sullenly as she quickly exited the restroom and went to the third floor. With a left and right turns here and there, she finally arrived.

With an annoyed look on her face, she opened the door, to be met by a smug filled Itachi, who sat at the front of the table like a boss. He had his head leaning into his left hand and his right hand on the table, making the scene so unholy hot.

"You're on time, Blossom." He said as he smirked.

"What the hell are you doing here ? Can't you leave me alone, Itachi?" Sakura said sulkily; irritation was clear in her voice.

"Can't I meet my woman ?" Itachi said easily as he stood and leisurely made his way to her.

"Don't. Move. Any. Closer." Sakura said, emphasizing each word.

Itachi just hummed and went past Sakura. He closed the door and locked it.

"Now, no one can bother us." Itachi said.

Sakura POV

Uh. Oh.

My irritation vanished quickly. My face paled as realization dawned on my mind.

"Wh-what are you thinking? We're in a damn college Itachi! Not your house!"" I half yelled.

"Don't care." he said shortly before his warmth embraced me fully. He french kissed me in front of the glass door, where anyone could have seen us together. Well it's a tinted glass, but still!"Ita-" he claimed my lips in a possessive manner again. "Itach-" I tried again. "Itachi!" I yelled his name as I shoved him away with my hands. He finally pulled himself off of me and gave both of us some distance from each other. Well, half of my arm length distance with our hips and legs touching.

"Seriously, what's up with you? Are you insane or something? Somebody could have just seen us!" I yelled at him at the same time, struggling as he tried to cage me.

"Hn. It's about time I need to feed on you anyway." Itachi said nonchalantly.

"Feed? But I'm not-" the words stuck in my throat as I felt myself feeling desperate for his blood. What the hell?

"Thought so." He said with a smug smirk.

"But-But I certainly didn't feel anything before you came here. You bastard, you must have done something, right?" I tried to think logically.

He snorted. "It's a common thing. You'll need my blood supply every five to six hours or so for one or two weeks. Or you'll feel really thirsty and weak. Now, drink."

"But.." I hesitated. But another stern look from Itachi left my mouth closed tightly.

"Fine." I sighed, defeated. He smirked, again. I swore someday I'd wipe off that annoying smirk off his face.

"Let's have a more comfortable position." He whispered sensually on my ear, all of the sudden. And before I could comprehend, he took my body with both arms holding to my waist. And I instinctly, wrapped my legs around him to maintain my stability, to my utter mortification. Then he walked to his seat from earlier and sat, which left me no option but to straddle him.

"My, aren't you an eager one?" he mocked playfully.

"Just get this over with." I snapped, irritation painted all over my face. "Open your shirt, Itachi." I demanded.

"Feisty, but it's your job. You want my blood? Then take it by yourself." He said with glint of mischief and amusement in his dark orbs. This man, is officially a jerk.

"No."

"Yes. Beside, it'd give you some practice for the future, right ?" he whispered huskily. No no no no, don't use that tone!

I blushed really hard at the meaning of "practice for the future". Damn him!

"You're unbelievable, you know that. I refuse to do it." I huffed.

"But you want my blood. My rich, warm blood. How my blood will slid into you throat, how its taste will spoil your taste buds, thick as wine, warm yet cool-" and he kept persuading me.

2 minutes later.

I'm so going to have a revenge. I thought sullenly as I fumbled with untying his tie. Once the task done, I began to unbutton his shirt, which revealed his skin more and more. After four buttons, I purposefully put my hands on his chest and rubbed his chest so that his shirt wouldn't be in the way. He responded with a low groan.

"Stop being a tease." He growled.

"Am I?" I asked in an innocent voice as I dipped down my head and bit him.

After I finished, I licked his wounds. When I averted my eyes to his eyes, all I could see was a glimpse of need in his eyes. Oh yeah, he hasn't had my blood since that damned ball…

"Do you want my blood?" I offered, forgetting my earlier tantrum.

He shook his head. "It's okay. You're still recovering."

I shook my head. "Really, I'm not a freaking china doll, Itachi. Stop being stubborn and just take it." I said as I zipped down the zipper of my hoodie a bit.

He, albeit grudgingly, complied. He licked my neck before his fags finally sank.

I hugged him closer as he drank. Well, wasn't this a turn out of events?

And suddenly, the knob twisted. But of course, whoever is it, couldn't go in. Thank God Itachi decided to lock it, if not, well, what would people think about a young woman in the lap of a famous CEO, with the CEO's shirt half opened and the young woman's clothes crumpled here and there?

"U-Uchiha-san, it's us, the people who you gave your fund to." A sound of the young girl's voice echoed outside the room. Wait a sec, that's the girl from earlier.

"Come on Itachi, let me go." I said and he complied. I quickly zipped up my hoodie and took a few tissues and wiped the blood from my shoulder and mouth, as he buttoned his shirt and fixed his appearance.

"Uchiha! Open the damn door!" Tsunade barked.

However, he paid it no mind. After he ensured that I was ready, he unlocked the door and opened it.

Tsunade barged in, but as her eyes caught my figure in the room, realization dawned upon her. "Oh. I see. Long time no see, Sakura." She walked to me and gave me a motherly hug.

"Tsunade-sama." I replied as she let go of her hug and turned to her guests.

"Well, take a seat, ladies. You too, Sakura." Tsunade ordered as she took the seat on the opposites of Itachi.

Before I could take a seat beside one of the girls, Itachi silently commanded me to sit beside him with his unending stare. Mentally smacking myself for being this obedient, I complied and sat to the seat right next to him. And I couldn't ignore the hate waves that coming from the girls.

Damn, I think I made a few more enemies….

"That's totally unnecessary." I broke the silence between us. We're on the way to somewhere I don't

even know right after the meeting. And I was giving him the silent treatment as soon as that cursed meeting was over until now.

Do you know what happened? He, in typical Uchiha way, practically told all the girls that I'm his by the way he circled his arm around my waist or –which I realized much much too late- raked my hair out from my shoulder, which revealed his angry red mark on my neck.

"I apologize if it disturbed you." He said with no sincerity in it.

I waved my hand. "Just forget it. You'd do it again anyway." I brooded. And he smirked at my reply.

"Anyway, where are we going ?" I asked as I stared at the unfamiliar scenery.

"You'll see." He only said mysteriously. "Why don't you take a nap for a while?" he offered.

"Okay. Wake me up if we're almost there." I said as I cuddled my self to find a comfortable position.

And not too long after, the comforting blackness drowned me.

"Uhh.." I lazily opened my eyes. My blurry vision sharpened and my senses came back. "Where are we?" I asked as I stretched my stiff limb from my comfortable position. When I looked around, it felt like almost four PM. "Itachi, what time is it?" I asked incredulously.

"Half past four." Itachi said easily.

"And you didn't wake me up? It was barely twelve when we last talked!"

"You looked really comfortable so I waited." He shrugged.

I face palmed. "You're unbelievable, you know that ?"

"So I've been told." He smirked. "Come on." He said. He quickly got out from the car and being the

gentleman he was, opened my door.

"Thank you. So, what's the surprise?" I asked him as I put my hand on my hip.

"Turn around."

When I did, a gasp left my mouth for the nth time that day.

In front of my very eyes, there stood a big white house with gardens and so on. Talk about luxury.

"What.. is this?"

"It's our house, if it isn't obvious enough, princess." He mocked.

"I know that, thank you very much, Mr. Butler." I snorted. "But really?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Why don't we venture inside it to quench your curiosity ?" he offered his right hand to me.

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It's amazing. One word couldn't even describe it.

The house, or should I say, mansion, was really modern, yet it still had the touch of a cozy feeling, simple yet elegant, not the too-much-luxuries kind of mansion. The house itself, is surrounded by gardens, parking place, and there's big empty spaces behind the house. It's a two story mansion, with most of the basic rooms on the first floor, while the second would be –ahem- our bedroom, some empty rooms, and in the middle of it, a private family room with comfortable sofas, big LCD tv, home theater, and to my surprise, Xbox and PS3 were laying innocently near the tv. The first floor already finished with furniture, but on the second floor…

"Why is the furniture only on the first floor?" I asked him.

"I figured out you'd love it better if you decorate the second floor by yourself. What do you think about the first floor ? I've tried to make it fit to your taste, but you can change it if you wish to do so. Do you like it? If not we can always renovated it into you-"

I, touched by his consideration, noticed he was trying to make this house to my liking, whereas not even my real family back then, did. I couldn't take it anymore. I quickly ran to Itachi and hugged him from the front. He was slightly surprised but still embraced me as tightly nonetheless.

"Thank you so much." I said gently as I buried my head in his chest.

"Anything for you, Sakura." He whispered lovingly as he rubbed the back of my head and my back in a comforting manner.

It has been a week from the day I was taken into our supposedly new house. Itachi would've taken me to buy furniture on the first day, but I was kidnapped by Mikoto and Ino along with my girl friends to buy the kimono. So on, the third day, I was dead asleep from morning to evening (thanks to Mikoto and my over-excited friends), the fourth day, the furniture arrived so I and Itachi came back to the house and arranged the place. The fifth I was kidnapped again, by Ino, who forced me to buy some new clothes (if some is equal to some dozens, yes it is) and may kami help her; lingerie and some new revealing underwear. I was so embarrassed when Itachi came to pick me up.

And the sixth day, that's the day I began to worry.

They may think I'm oblivious to it, but I'm not. I realized that there are a lot more guards around the Uchiha mansion. Either Sasuke, Itachi or Mikoto were always around me, be it in the mansion, or the outside. Even when I was kidnapped by Ino, I always had some feeling that ANBUs were around us, disguised as civilians, perhaps. Another thing, even though Itachi declared that I'm his mate, none of the vampires' actually know who I am. And that night, when I slept in Itachi's bedroom, around midnight or so, Itachi suddenly had a nightmare. A nasty one, I think with the amount of pants and sweats he produced. He thrashing quietly for a while before I decided to wake him up. A name escaped his mouth before he finally awoke.

Madara.

Who is that?

Yet, before I could say a single word, he attached himself to me. He wrapped my body around with his; his right hand buried deep within my hair while the other wrapped itself from my shoulder until

it reached my lower waist, and legs tangled up. He kept whispering don't go, stay, or you're here or something like that for some time. After a while he regained his control and started to let go of my body. But I wasn't buying that tough act when I could see his hands still shaking a bit.

I quickly pulled his head to my chest and comforted him. A bit hesitant, he wrapped his hand around my body again. He managed to fall asleep again that night, but I was still curious about that name.

When I asked him in the morning, he just "Hn-ed" and left me. When I asked Sasuke, he just turned his head away from me and diverted the conversation to another thing. I tried to search something from the books in the library, but I found none except a small fact that he's the founder of Uchiha's Clan.

But that's like, billions of years ago. He couldn't live in this era, right?

Then, what's wrong? What's the connection between me and him?

R&R, guys?

*dodging tomatoes and rocks*

I know I know! I'm an awful author! But could you blame me I've limited time and my grades were dropping again. Then I have final exams (and may God help me), I'm now scared shitless if I can't pass …

Pray for me, guys?

And there may be no review for this poor girl, but I've tried my best. Especially in this kind of mood lately.. Do you realize that I'm poppin' out angst mood stories lately?

Well, reviews guys, believe me, that's my will to write. I'm just afraid that no one will give a review, and my depression, it can become quite a horrible combination.

So yeah, I really thank you guys for all your supports to me. :D

And good news, I'll continue Leia, right after I updated another chapter of this. I've prepared the next chapter. So I'm sure it won't take a long time.

Ja.