sorry it's short, but hey, it's a chapter. plus, it has what it needs to

Sasuke pressed his hands to his ears to block out the ear-piercing screams coming from the woman before him, who was pulling against her restraints.

"SAKURA!" he screamed. "SHUT UP!"

He was no fool. He knew screaming at her to stop would do nothing, but he couldn't find anything else to do until he found a way to cover her mouth.

It was then that, if possible, a light bulb would have appeared above his head.

With his ears still covered, he walked to where she lay, the horrible sound she was producing seeping past his hands' barriers the closer he got, and he leant down towards her, closing his mouth over hers.

It worked! She finally stopped!

He didn't know what it was, but he really enjoyed the feeling of Sakura, no matter what part of her, he just knew he only wanted more, and he took this chance to feel more of her, as much as humanly possible.

He brought his arm up to her waist and wound it around her, moaning into her mouth all the while. Well, until he was thrown across the room by an unknown source.

Unknown… until his eyes were back in focus and he wished his ears weren't, as said unknown force had allowed for Sakura's screaming to continue by pulling him away.

The threat tore his eyes from the beautiful woman that had, moments ago, been sexually harassed by his otouto, unbeknownst to her though, and screamed at the younger Uchiha.

"What did you do to her?" he roared over his lover's screams.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed at his brother's form hovering over Sakura's, as though he were checking her body for any signs as to why she could possibly be acting this way.

"I did what had to be done to purge her of the sickness within!"

They both knew Sasuke was talking about Sakura's feelings for the elder Uchiha brother and, in calling it a 'sickness' merely grated Itachi's last nerves together, producing a sound much like a growl.

It was at that moment his brother's partner walked in on Itachi actually growling at his younger brother.

"I gave her no such thing! It was you who plagued her, and for years at that!"

"I had no intention of troubling her mind with thoughts of myself…" Itachi cut him off.

"Neither did I, but at least I didn't try to kill her! You truly are an Uchiha, Sasuke," even though it was barely there, the other two members of the room heard the sorrow Itachi had voiced with just that simple truth.

"So what, are you going to kill me like you did the rest of our family?"

Itachi forced his hardened eyes from Sakura's unconscious body to stare his brother down.

"If I must."

It was a simple statement, but Sasuke would never admit that the truth of those words frightened him.

Sasuke flinched when the door burst open once more, revealing two more Akatsuki members. The other blue-haired member, heading straight for the pinkette, and another Sharingan user, who remained in the doorway, leaving Sasuke open-mouthed in astonishment.

"What? You thought your brother would have enough power to even think of harming me?" were his debut words, causing Sasuke's jaw to drop even more in surprise at the man before him.

"But… how?"

"Because he's ancient and far superior to anything you've ever come across," this Uchiha must truly be powerful, if even the great Uchiha-slayer was saying such things about him.

But what was he doing here? Was he working with Itachi? That couldn't be. This man let off an evil aura and, as evil as he knew his aniki was, he knew these two would never work together as it seemed they were.

However, his thoughts were cut off at the apparent ancient's words.

"Itachi, would you do something about that horrid sound?" his eyes clenched shut, as though that would, in any way, assist in blocking the noise out.

"It's not my fault she's like this, it's his doing!" he nodded his head in his brother's direction, forcing the unknown Uchiha's menacing Sharingan upon himself, causing a shiver to run the course of his body.

He let out a sound of acknowledgment.

"I see you've finally taken my teachings on board then."

All eyes turned to Madara in that moment.

"'Teachings'?" it was the woman to speak, though it seemed Itachi knew exactly what the ancient was talking about for, as soon as the shock settled in, his gaze turned back to his otoutou and, if it were possible, Sasuke could feel his brother's stare drilling holes through his body.

"What have you done, Sasuke!" it wasn't a question, but more so Itachi stating he knew exactly what was going on.

However, Sasuke chose to ignore the lesser Akatsuki members and answered the near-forgotten question, standing proud as he did so.

"Yes, Shishou."

WOOH! so, that's the newest chapter so far. gotta get my butt into gear to finish this... anyway, what did you think?

if you like my style of writing (or just my works overall), may i suggest reading my other fic? though it is a peinsaku, there is a bit of itachi in there (though not WITH sakura, he's just an akatsuki member)