I'm back with a new chapter! I love the fact that so many people are enjoying my story! Special love to my adders!

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I am glad you enjoyed my story enough to want more. Without further ado. We move onto the next chapter. Still, don't own Naruto.

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Sakura was flung into her cell summarily and without any care. She flipped and caught herself against a wall. The cold bit into her back and she looked at the men who had escorted her back from the worst experience she had ever had in her life. She had watched as those who were closest to her were threatened. The men simply stood there and looked at her. She could see the hunger in their eyes and yet they made no move.

"Are you simply going to stand there?" Sakura asked them.

"We are here to make sure you behave as well as to make sure there are no rescue attempts. Sit down and shut up. Itachi is having a house built to contain you at his side. We won't hurt you unless prompted to. Don't do anything stupid and you won't have anything to fear from us. Understand?" Sasori said as he sat on the bench outside of her cell.

"Fine. I'm hungry though. I haven't eaten in literal days." Sakura said as she sat on the bed. "And is there any way I can get some medical texts in here? I got a feeling I am going to be stuck here for a while and I hate being bored. It would be even better if I could get the medical files from my desk. I've got a crap ton of work to do."

"I'll ask Itachi on the files and books. The food though will be a problem. I've got a few food pills you can have." Kisame said as he tossed her the box half full with a few pills.

"Why will that be a problem?" Sakura asked as she snacked down the pills that tasted like death.

"Neither of us knows how to cook and there are no restaurants open at the moment." Sasori chimed in as he polished his puppets.

"fine. How about this? You take me to a kitchen; I will cook the food. I will even make enough for both of you. Deal?" Sakura said as she got up.

"I'm sorry but no. Eat those pills for now. Then I would settle down for the night. Your right about being here for a long time." Sasori answered as he settled in.

"He right Pinkie. Your done making choices. Now you belong to the Akatsuki and we make the rules." Kisame agreed.

Sakura sat back down on the bed and sighed. She would not be getting any food tonight. She would have to ride it out like normal. Except for this time, she did not have anything to put her mind at ease so it would be a long rest of the night. Who knows when the Akatsuki would wake and even when they would get around to her? She laid back down and fell asleep within minutes.

Several hours passed while she slept. She was so tired.

"Yo Pinkie! Up! Itachi has called for you." Kisame's shrill voice cut through her sleep.

She felt hands grab her roughly and shake her awake. Her arms flew up and she knocked Kisame aside. Next thing she knew, she was against the wall and Sasori was holding her up by her neck.

"I would not have done that if I were you. You need to submit. Do you understand?" Sasori said as he slammed her into the wall a second time.

The rough abrasiveness of the wall cut into her skin and left patches of blood on the wall as she slid down it. She was dazed and her head now hurt.

"I know. I'm sorry. Look. I am just not a morning person. I'm up." She said as she gripped her head.

"Good. Get moving."

Sakura picked herself up from the ground and stumbled out of her cell. She was led by the two men who were then joined by four others. She was taken through her village. The daylight making it easy to see the carnage of what was left. Buildings in ruin and blood filling the streets. Bodies lay here and there, covered hastily with sheets of every color, also stained with blood. The smell of it was overpowering and it choked Sakura to her very core. She was led through the streets, streets that she had roamed freely as early as yesterday on her way home. Now she was a prisoner in her village. With no power of her own. She was led up the steps of the Hokage tower and into an office that she had been in her whole career as a medic-nin and even before that. Itachi sat at the desk. Papers piled high.

"Sakura. I'm glad you're here. I need help going over these documents to best place my new assets. You're the best person for the job." Itachi gestured to the load of mission scrolls and the pile of papers next to him.

"No. I refuse to help you." Sakura spat venomously.

"Sakura. You have two choices in my world. Do you know what they are?" Itachi said as he stood up and walked around the desk. "You can either be my assistant," he said as he grabbed her chin and held it in his grasp. Pulling her face up to his, " You can be my whore."

Sakura's eyes widened at the phrase. There is no way he would.

"Do not tempt me, girl. I will just as soon bed you over that desk and screw you till your raw as I would using your brain to place your comrades in safer. It's your choice. Now. What will it be?" Itachi's cold voice cut through her.

There was no emotion other than placidity. No hint of anything to make her think he wouldn't do it. The threat was real. She swallowed her pride and sat at her desk and began to look through the scrolls. They were all relatively easy missions. She easily assigned the best ninja to a mission and closed the scrolls. Most of the day had passed with relative silence. Other than the occasional beckoning and the occasional need to move the assigned scrolls to another location as they piled up. Soon enough it was evening, and Sakura had now gone a full 3 days without eating much of anything. She popped the last of the food pills given to her and continued her work.

"Sakura." Itachi's voice cut like a knife making her jump and drop the scroll she was reading, it landing with a resounding thunk.

"What." She said crankily.

"How long has it been since you last ate?"

"A few days. I've gone longer without food. As many times as Tsunade- Shisu has gotten behind in the paperwork, I've gone weeks without." Sakura replied as she picked up the scroll.

"Hm." Was his only reply as he went back to his work.

A few more hours later greeted the working couple with a light knock. Kakashi stuck his head into the office and silently walked to stand in front of the desk that held Sakura. He was motioned away by Itachi who held out a scroll to him.

"Your next mission. Also, bring us something to eat. We have been here all day and will likely be here all night." Itachi ordered the silvered hair ninja.

"Sakura? Anything in particular?" Kakashi asked.

"Hibachi sounds good right now. Bring me the Naruto sized one?" She asked as she dropped another scroll into the finished pile.

"Yeah. Will do. I'll be back soon."

And with that, he was gone.

"Sakura. Come here."

She got up and walked over to him. Without warning, he swooped his arm underneath her legs and pulled into his lap. His breath tickling her ear as she landed.

"Don't let that happen again. Remember. I make the rules. You follow them." He said as he continued to work with her there on his lap.

"Put me down…." She started to shout, a look from Itachi breaking her focus "…. Please?"

"For now, you stay."

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That's all for now! Have a great rest of November and remember, Halloween is just around the corner!