The Tattoo

Hello everyone! the title really says it all so I don't have to explain it. I just wan to tell you all that I have two new stories in the making. That was really what this little note was about. I don't know what character I want to write about, so if you have any ideas please let me know, okay, enjoy the chapter.

Chase struggled to hold up her arms as Itachi pulled the shirt over her head. Tess knew that there were bruises on her back from the forceful thrust of her being thrown against the wall so she asked Itachi if he could help chase while she got dressed to go, and he reluctantly obliged.

"Well, this is an awkward turn of events." chase said as she put her hands down, trying to break the silence. Itachi inwardly smirked; this is indeed ass backwards if he really thought about it.

As the Uchiha helped Chase into her jeans, the fear manipulator observed him. He seemed...different somehow. For one his Sharingan was deactivated, which was wild to her. Chase had never seen the true color of Itachi's eyes before today, though there had been times that she had asked. The second was that he seemed more... soft. He was very attentive to her. Chase feels the reason why he is like this is because Tess would be this way if she were helping her change.

Realization hit.

He was doing this for Tess. Not in the sense as a favor, but to show her how he can be. He must really like her...or...

Chase tried not to gasp loudly, but Itachi heard it anyway. he narrowed his eyes as he stood, towering over her. "What?" he questioned.

Chase smiled, shrugging her shoulders "It's nothing, could you get me those shoes please?" She said, laughter begging to be let out as she pointed to a pair of red pumps. Itachi didn't buy that it was nothing.

"Chase."

"What? It's nothing; I just... really need my shoes!" This time laughter made an appearance.

'She obviously wants to be thrown against another wall' the Uchiha thought grimly as he stepped closer, causing her to sit down, effectively hurting herself in the process to his satisfaction.

Chase's laughter slowed to giggles as she looked up into the glaring red eyes of Itachi. She gave him a bored look. "Now you should that those crazy eyes don't work on me. Have you forgotten I'm immune?" she waited for Itachi's eyes to go back to black to tell him what was so funny.

"I was just thinking about how smitten you were with Tess, you happy?"

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Tess had finished dressing in record time so she could go and check on chase. Deidara had really done a number on her back and she didn't want to see for fear that her friend may become acquainted with her foot again.

After fluffing her hair in the mirror, Tess made her way to Chase's room. As soon as she was about to turn the knob she heard chase and Itachi talking about her.

"I was just thinking about how smitten you were with Tess, you happy?"

Deciding not to open the door immediately, Tess stood at the door.

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"When did you come up with that?" Itachi asked, sitting on the bed next to her. Chase turned to him, smiling as she did.

"I can see it. Though the both of you may not be able to, i am an expert in looking into people and seeing what they really are. And you, my dear, are falling for this girl."

Itachi was silent. He had almost opened his mouth to disagree but shut it again actually not wanting to argue this. He couldn't say he was smitten, but he could say that he was drawn to her in a unique way. He knew that it wasn't her physical appearance...well, not anymore. It's something else...he just couldn't put his finger on it yet.

"I...don't know what it is about her." he answered honestly. 'it is not just one thing either. There are multiple reasons why I...why I like her."

Chase stopped smiling, looking at her friend with astonishment. She fully expected for him to stay silent, which was how he handled things in the past. Well, that and choking the hell out of everyone.

'What did she do to you?' she thought to herself. As Itachi continued. "I cannot name just her physical attributes. Anyone can see that she is a beautiful girl. Maybe it is her personality...or maybe the way she smiles, or the way she talks. I don't know what it is...but I do not plan on leaving until I find out."

Chase pouted her lip, trying to hold back a sweet smile. "I don't know what she did, or how she did it, but I can't say that I care. I may think I know what it is...but I'll let you find out for yourself. And when you do find out what it is, try not to fuck it up, okay? Because from the looks of it, I think she's drawn to you too."

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Tess covered her mouth, trying to hold back the smile that threatened to surface as she listened to the conversation. to say his honestly shocked her was an understatement. Yes, she knew he liked her, she liked him a great deal as well, but she didn't think he liked her as much as he did.

'I don't plan on leaving either.' she thought, finally letting her smile surface before knocking on Chase's door, twisting her and letting herself in Chase's room.

"So you ready Chase?" Tess said as she closed the door behind her. Itachi grabbed her hand, helping chase off of the bed.

"Eh, as ready as I'll ever be, I guess." she smiled, looking over at Itachi one last time before going downstairs. "I'll wait for you in the kitchen, Tess."

Tess nodded. "Oh, and can you tell the guys that we're going to a tattoo parlor. thanks." chase narrowed her eyes, not really sure why Tess had picked that destination, but she would smiled and nodded anyway.

After she was sure that chase was gone, Tess looked over to the elder Uchiha, with a smile.

"Did you mean it?"

Itachi knew exactly what she was talking about. "Of course."

Tess' smile grew bigger as she walked up to him. "You knew I was there didn't you?"

Itachi smirked. "I knew you would eavesdrop."

When Tess got close enough, she swung her arms around his neck, who in turn felt his hands encircle her waist.

"I won't leave if you won't leave." the elemental whispered as she pulled him closer to her. Itachi dipped his head until their lips were only centimeters apart. "deal." and with that, they sealed their promise with a kiss.

The kiss only lasted a minute or two, but it said something to both of them about their relationship. The kiss lingered on Tess' lips after they broke.

"We have to talk about something when I come back." she whispered to him. Itachi narrowed his eyes a moment, wanting to question her, but ultimately decided to wait for her to return.

"alright." was his simple answer before Tess slid her hands off his neck and they both left the room.

After leaving their separate ways, Tess found everyone in the kitchen, sitting around, doing nothing as usual.

"So, who's gonna show me where the nearest tattoo parlor is?"

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The group made it to the tattoo parlor in record time. Everyone, but Sasori, who unfortunately cannot get one since he has what chase secretly called 'Pinocchio syndrome', were all a buzz on what tattoo they were going to get. Tess knew exactly what she wanted, she had thought about this particular tattoo for a long time, and she actually did a little research.

As if reading her mind, Kisame bumped Tess with his elbow, taking her out of her thoughts. "So minx, what're you gonna get?"

Tess smiled. "It's a surprise. Sasori is the only one that's going to see before everyone, since he's not getting one."

Kisame shrugged his shoulders, "what are you gonna get?"

"A girl." he said simply, a toothy grin plastered on his face.

As soon as they got into the parlor, the group went their separate ways, some looking through books of the many tattoos that they could get while Tess was the first to be called. A woman with tattoos riddled all over her arms and neck peaked her head out of the curtain that blocked her room and called to the elemental, gesturing for her to come with her. Tess looked to Sasori, holding out her hand for him to take as they went into the small room.

Tess sat on the chair and Sasori pulled his seat next to hers as the woman prepared to make Tess' tattoo.

"So what do you want?" she asked, not facing the elemental for a moment. Tess smiled to herself, thinking of what a cool tattoo this was going to be.

"Well, I want flowers. But there not just any flowers I want five specific orchids." the woman narrowed her eyes sitting down as she let Tess continue. "You see I researched my friends' birthdays I want to get the flowers of their zodiac signs." Tess smiled over at Sasori, who was confused.

"So let me get this straight." Tess waited. "You are you to get me...as a flower?"

"But you don't even know what flower it is."

"I don't have to know, my dear. What I do know is that I don't want to be a flower."

Tess sat up, pouting at her friend. "Can I at least tell you what it means before you make judgments?" Sasori sighed, sitting back it his chair before Tess explained.

"Fine."

"Okay. I found out that your birthday is on November 8, which makes you a Scorpio, right?"

"Yes."

"You're zodiac flower popped up. I looked up every one's and yours is a chrysanthemum. Now I know what you're trying to say. But this really describes you. It says that the chrysanthemum is the most artful of all the flowers." Tess made sure to whisper the last sentence; for fear that Deidara might come in and argue with her. And it had effectively caught Sasori's interest. Most artful, huh? Well maybe this flower thing isn't the worst thing in the world.

"Okay...you can get it."

Tess narrowed her eyes. "I was going to get it anyway; I just didn't want you to be upset when I did." Tess smiled over at Sasori, who smirked back, silently telling her that she could get the flower. Tess explained exactly how she wanted the tattoo to look and where she wanted it to be. And with that, the tatted woman went to work.

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Sasori was sure that if he flexed his hand muscle it would probably fall off. He was surprised that he didn't hear her curse while she got this enormous tattoo on her right side; she had no expression on her face as well.

The whole tattoo had taken a total of five and a half hours, and he had to admit, after she explained all of the flowers to him it was really nice. His flower had taken place on her side right above her hip, along with Kisame's, who was a water lily, which amused him. Tess had made sure that Itachi's flower, which was a iris, and Deidara's flower, which was a tiger lily, were away from each other. Chase's flower was last to go. Hers was a freesia that went right next to the side of her breast, effectively taking up the entire side of Tess' hip and waist.

"Well, we're all done here, you're friends are waiting outside and you can pay the cashier while your out."

"Thank you very much." Tess said as Sasori helped her off of the chair and outside. After paying for her tattoo, Tess got on Sasori's back and headed to the hideout.

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After getting back to the hideout, Tess went upstairs to her room, not surprised when she saw the Uchiha sitting on her bed, reading something.

"I locked this door when I left here." Tess said as she went towards the bed. Itachi closed his book and looked to the woman before him.

"If you break my lock Itachi, I'm seriously moving into your room. And I'm gonna girl it up. I mean I'm gonna put Barbie and hello kitty as your wallpaper."

Ignoring her rant, Itachi sat up on the bed. "What did you decide on getting?"

Tess smiled, excited as she hiked up her shirt, wincing slightly since her skin was still tender. Itachi peeled back the plastic that held the ink intact, careful not to hurt her anymore than she is.

"Flowers?" he asked.

"Sasori said the same thing. Let me explain it to you. i got every one's birth flower. You're a Gemini, right?"

"I guess."

"What do you mean you guess when is your birthday."

Itachi smirked. "You should know. You got my birth flower, didn't you?" he sighed as Tess glared at him. "June ninth." he stated.

Tess held her chest. "Whew, I thought I was wrong for a moment. Anyway, this is your flower." Tess delicately pointed to the iris. She had gotten it red and black, which he thought was a nice touch.

"And I know how you and Dei don't get along, so I got his on the opposite side." Tess said as she circled around the yellow and blue tiger lily. Hm, even better. Itachi knows that this is silly, but he didn't want his flower anywhere near Deidara's.

"He had like two other flowers, and I would've gotten them, but there is only so much waist and hip as you can see."

Tess slowly pulled the shirt back down, wincing as she did before sitting next to the Uchiha.

"What did you want to talk about?" Itachi asked. He thought about what she could possibly have to talk about now?

"It's about...you know, what i promised you." that had effectively caught Itachi's attention. Well there was always time to talk about this. "yes." he said.

"Well, I've been thinking, since I'm leaving soon, I want my first time not to be rushed, so I wanna spend tomorrow with you."

"The whole day? You want to spend your day with me?" he asked. Tess narrowed her eyes." yeah, I want to spend my last day with you. Not like these nights aren't cool, but I want you for the whole day. Can I have you for a day?"

"okay." he said. He didn't want to put up much of an argument, he said he liked her, and he wants to spend some time with her before she leaves. So, why not?

Tess smiled, kissing him on the cheek. "You are the sweetest. Now..." she yawned. "Let's go to bed... We have one last trip to make before I have to go..." and with that Tess lied next to the elder Uchiha and fell asleep.