Next chapter is finally up! Sorry about the lateness. I will never give up on this story, so don't be worried every time the next chapter is really late... haha

I hope you enjoy it!!!

Sakura entered the nearly empty kitchen and made a bee-line for the refrigerator. She decided on a big sandwich, some chips, and an apple for her lunch. She prepared it all and sat down across from the only other occupant in the room, Kisame. She almost smiled when he looked up and gave her a half-assed glare.

"Don't know why you're so mad at me. I did nothing wrong." She said, giving him an innocent look and bit into her sandwich.

"Whatever you say, pinkie."

"What did you call me?" She demanded through a mouthful of chips. He smirked.

"I said pinkie. Got a problem?"

"Yeah, actually I do... Fish face." He snorted in his sandwich.

"Stupid."

"Fat ass."

"Whore."

"Jerk!"

"Skank!"

"Shit head!!"

"Bitch!!"

"Big...b-blueberry... thing!" Kisame stared at her, eyes wide. Suddenly, they both burst out laughing. He shook his head at the stupid insult that Sakura had quickly come up with.

"Haha! Blueberry? Is that the best you could come up with, girly? Ya know what? I like you. You're probably the only one I could actually do that to and not get totally fucked up by someone." Sakura thought about it for a moment, half eaten apple forgotten in her hand. He was right. Itachi would go all Sharingan on him(A/N:LAWL! ...sorry. But its true right? XD), Deidara would either cry or blow him up, Tobi would definitely cry, Hidan would never stop, Zetsu might eat him, and the others...She wasn't quite sure.

"I see your point. Although, if I was in a bad mood, I'd probably punch you through a wall and would make sure you flew a couple hundred feet. I couldn't possibly be the only one around here who could take a joke..."

"No, you aren't the only one. It depends on the mood. Konan and Deidara are usually pretty good about jokes like that. Remember, we're all S-class criminals. We aren't exactly comedians." Sakura shrugged and resumed eating her lunch. After lunch, she decided to go down to the library to see if there were any good books to read. Sure enough, the towering shelves were all completely filled with thousands of books, all categorized by genre. Grinning a grin that could have rivaled the Cheshire cat, she took off down to the other side of the massive room.

Finding what she was looking for, her eyes widened at the amount of books there actually were on Medical and bloodline research. She took out a couple of books on Bloodlines and another couple on jutsu complications and how to heal them. Happy, she sat down in one of the super comfortable arm chairs and began reading. So absorbed in her reading, she didn't notice Pein come in and stand behind her. He cleared his throat softly and watched in mild amusement as she jumped up from the chair.

"Y-yes Pein-sama?" She said, flustered at being caught off guard.

"I see you have found the library. That's good. Now, as you may or may not know, Itachi's eyesight is rapidly deteriorating due to the prolonged use of his Sharingan. My question to you is this: As a medic, is it possible to heal his eyes so that he can see clearly again." Sakura thought hard for a few minutes. She remembered Tsunade saying something about the strain the Sharingan had on Kakashi.

"There is a way to fix it. His eyesight can never go back to the way it was, but I can heal it enough to be able to see clearly. I'll need a few weeks to gather information on the Sharingan. I'll also need to borrow Tsunade's notes on Kakashi's eye examinations. But that can wait until later. You already have plenty of books that I can work from here. Did you talk to him about this before you came to me?"

"No. He doesn't know anything about this. He doesn't even know that I know about his deteriorating eyesight. I'm upset that he didn't tell me about it, but I can understand."

"Stupid Uchiha pride..." Sakura mumbled.

"Exactly. Now, I'll give you four months to get as much as you can from what we have here. If you are still in need of those documents after that, I will allow you to go and retrieve them. Until that point, no one is to know about this. I don't need Itachi mad at me for going over his head. I can't have his bad eyesight get in the way of future missions." Sakura gave a small bow.

"I understand. Now I have a question for you, sir. Does Konoha know that I have joined Akatsuki?" Pein stared at her, a small grin on his face.

"Nope. From what I understand, Tsunade does not know you are here. She has sent a team out to search for clues as to your whereabouts. It's quite funny if you think about it." Sakura gave him a look of confusion.

"How so?" Pein shrugged his shoulders.

"It's just that you are supposedly her prized apprentice. How could she loose something that valuable? It's stupid if you ask me. I think that once she finds out you're in the wrong hands this soon, she's going to tighten security ten fold. Then it'll be virtually impossible to get in there." Sakura nodded her head.

"And it'll all be because of some 'weak' pink -haired girl." Pein laughed and exited the room.

Sakura closed the book and got up, stretching out her stiff muscles. Looking out one of the windows, she decided to go to the kitchen to see if they needed any help with making dinner.

"I think this is the way to the Kitchen..." She glanced down a hallway and noticed Itachi walking towards her. She continued to stand there as he brushed past her silently and disappeared through a doorway. Sakura cursed under her breath and headed through the doorway that Itachi went through only to find out that it was In fact the Kitchen. She saw Konan chopping some vegetables.

"Do you need some help, Konan?" Said woman turned around and sighed in relief.

"Yes I could. You know, it isn't easy being the only one who knows how to make real food. Now that you are here, things will be a little easier." Sakura nodded her head and started to work on the soba noodles.

"So, feel like going shopping tomorrow? I have a lot of things I still need to get and I figure, why not get it done before my first mission comes up." Konan popped up beside her and threw all the vegetables in a pan.

"Yes! I have been dying to go shopping but no one wants to go with me. Another plus of having you around! We'll leave tomorrow after breakfast. Would you start on the chicken please?" Sakura grabbed the thing of chicken and threw it in the pan to start cooking. She also added in some random spices and a good helping of teriyaki sauce to make it taste better.

"Itachi! Since you're just sitting there doing absolutely nothing, you can set the table." Konan grinned when she saw the look Itachi gave her.

"Whatever." Was his monotone answer. Sakura, who was busy cooking the chicken, didn't notice Itachi come up behind her.

"W-what the hell??" Sakura exclaimed as she felt someones body lean up against hers.

"You were in the way of the dishes; don't move." He whispered as he leaned closer so he could reach the top cabinet.

'He's so close!'

"He's only doing this to piss us off."

'Well, it's working.' Her eye twitched when she felt his free hand brush her ass. As soon as he moved away, she turned and sent him a nasty glare. Konan, who had seen the whole thing, laughed at the glaring pink-haired Akatsuki member.

"Calm down woman. Maybe he, ya know, likes you." She said the last part in a hushed whisper by Sakura's ear.

"Bull! He's only doing it to piss me off. Think of it as revenge for rooming in his room, courtesy of Pein-sama..." Sakura replied harshly before returning to the food, effectively cutting of the conversation. Konan shook her head and copied Sakura.

Dinner went by smoothly, or as smooth as a group of S-class Akatsuki members at the same table can go. Deidara, of course, had to tell the story of what happened between Kisame and Sakura. That ended up with a very unconscious Deidara, a fuming Sakura, and a purple-faced Kisame. Pein glared at Kisame for hitting Deidara and then made Sakura heal Deidara.

Once Sakura healed him, however, he got smacked by Sakura. Needless to say, he was quiet for the rest of dinner. When dinner was over, Sakura helped with the dishes. She bid goodnight to Konan and returned to the library. She grabbed the books she was reading and brought them to her, well Itachi's room.

'Might as well do some note-taking. It's not like I can talk to Itachi...' She managed to successfully find Itachi's room and entered it. Happy to see that he wasn't there, she smiled and sat down on the couch.

"No distractions." She said to herself. Sakura pulled out her notebook and immediately set to work. She ignored Itachi as he came in the room about an hour later. She felt him glance at her for a moment before going into the bathroom. She heard the water turn on.

"I so cannot wait for my own room. They'd better hurry up." Sakura grumbled. She eventually put her notebook away and waited for Itachi to come out. As she waited, she pulled out a pair of shorts and a tank top to change into. Minutes later the door opened. She promptly stood up and made her way to it. At the sight of Itachi, she stopped and nearly dropped everything she was holding. There stood a half naked Itachi, his hair down and slightly dripping.

He smirked and ran a hand threw his hair.

"Need to use the bathroom, Sa-ku-ra?" He said quietly, emphasizing each syllable of her name. Sakura 'humphed' in annoyance and tried to push past Itachi. He leaned into the doorway, effectively blocking her way in.

"Could you please move Itachi? I need to get changed." She tried, asking nicely. She averted her eyes. She didn't want to give him the satisfaction of her gaping at his muscular chest. But somehow, she couldn't help it. Her eyes kept wandering to his nicely sculpted body.

'Must...not look...Do not... like Itachi........UGH!!!!!!!!!'

"..." Inner Sakura was just a drooling mess in the back of Sakura's mind.

'So much for help from you... So....HOT!'

Itachi's smirk only widened as he noticed her inner battle. He leaned in, his hair brushing up against her cheek.

"Like what you see, Sa-ku-ra?" He mumbled seductively. Sakura did the only thing she could thing of...

"Yes I do! Now get out of my way!" She yelled and pushed him out of the way. She slammed the door in his slightly stunned face and locked it. She turned to the door, mouth wide open.

'I-I did not just say what I think I said.'

"Yeah, you did. You just totally agreed with him."

'Noooooooo' Sakura groaned in frustration and threw what she was holding at the door. As she stared at the clothes, an idea popped into her head. Sakura grinned and picked her stuff up off the ground and headed towards the sink to brush her teeth. Sakura pulled on her conveniently short shorts and her tank top and looked in the mirror. The tank top showed off all the right curves and the shorts showed off her long, creamy legs. Sakura quickly but thoroughly brushed her teeth and exited the bathroom.

Itachi, who was laying on the bed, looked up when she exited. She walked over to the couch and started to put all her things away. She gasped when she felt arms wrap around her waist and toss her onto Itachi's bed.

Sakura flailed to an upright position to yell at him, but was faced with two smoldering onyx eyes, and an infamous Uchiha face glowing in porcelain beauty.

"Wh-what?" Sakura asked, inwardly cursing up a storm for stuttering like an infatuated school girl. A tint rose to her face as her mind whirled like a hurricane as she tried to figure out what was going on. His head lowered dangerously close to hers, his lips brushed against hers. Sakura tried to push him away but he swung his leg over to the other side of her body, effectively trapping her in place.

Before a sound could even come out of her mouth, Itachi's lips crashed into hers with brute passion. Sakura's eyes went wide and she tried to pull away but Itachi wouldn't let her. Sakura continued to struggle until finally, she gave in to her desires and started to kiss him back.

He smirked.

She felt his tongue glide along her lip, begging for entrance. Sakura willingly complied. She felt his tongue familiarize itself with the inside of her mouth. Sakura moaned as he moved down to her neck, lightly sucking on her pulse. She wrapped her arms around Itachi and pulled him closer. Sakura gasped as she felt Itachi move his head up and run his tongue along the shell of her ear. He nibbled lightly on it, then gently pulling the lobe into his mouth and sucking on it.

He trailed hot, wet kisses down her flushed neck and into the valley between her pert breasts. Sakura ran her hands through Itachi's damp hair and down his muscular back. Itachi moved to take her shirt off but stopped and looked down at Sakura. She stared back up at him through half-lidded eyes.

"What?" Sakura asked quietly. Itachi leaned down and gave her a light kiss on the lips.

"Not tonight. It's late and I have a mission in the morning." Without even getting up, Itachi managed to get the covers over the two of them. He rolled off her and pulled her close. She felt his hot breath fan over her Shoulder.

"You're mine." Was the last thing she heard before drifting out of consciousness.

So yeah, hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I put in some yummy Itasaku moments so don't yell at me!

The real deal probably won't happen for another couple chapters. Until next time, later!