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Thank you so much and I hope to please you again with this new chapter. This story has helped with the writer's block I have with the day the world stood still. Major plot point happened and I just didn't know how to come back from it. It was so hard to write a new chapter. Without further ado, On to the story!
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When Kakashi came back, he was startled to see Sakura on Itachi's lap. Working over scrolls as he held her. Kakashi coughed and they both looked up. He could see that Sakura was none too pleased with her predicament. He also noticed how Itachi's arm had caged her into him more as soon as Kakashi had opened the door. Itachi had made it impossible for her to even move away from him. Clearly, he wanted her there. He wanted to show off his power to the one-man Sakura had trusted entirely. Make sure that Kakashi knew that Sakura was no longer part of his team.
"Yes, Kakashi?" Itachi said as he looked back at the work at hand.
"I uh…. I brought your food." He said as he held it up.
"Put it over there. You're free to go. Take the top three scrolls with you. They are missions for you and Naruto. Two are yours. You have been re-instated to Anbu Captain as of today. You leave tomorrow." Itachi said as he finished up on his current scroll.
"I've been out of the game for years. I don't think I am the right guy for this." Kakashi said as he grabbed said scrolls.
"Sakura picked you for the mission. Now that Akatsuki has Konoha. Things are running a little different, I let her decide who would be best for this because it was a dangerous mission. Assassination. Take them home and read it over." Itachi said as he stood up, Sakura flying off his lap.
Kakashi's eyes widened and flew to Sakura's Face. Her eyes were downcast. He could tell that she wasn't happy with the choice she had made. She was biting her lower lip. He grabbed the scrolls and started to walk toward her, intent on comforting the girl. He stopped when Itachi's head swung at him, sharingon blazing. He could see that if he kept on his current path that he was likely to get massacred. He stopped and looked at Sakura. She looked scared. He slowly turned and left.
"Sakura. Take a break and eat." Itachi said as he handed her a bento box full of food.
Sakura took it, grateful for her first meal in days and dug in. It was one of the best meals of her life. She had been so hungry. She continued to work over scroll after scroll as she ate. Soon the sun had finished setting and it was long into the night. She was in the middle of one of the last scrolls being assigned as she felt her eyes drop. Not sleeping well and then gorging herself into oblivion had put her into a food coma. She fell asleep over the work she had been tasked to complete. Itachi looked over at her and summoned a clone to take her back to her cell. The room she would be staying in when she moved in with him would be ready in a week until then she would have to stay in her cell when she wasn't working. He had several people working to make something that would help him control her so he wouldn't have to keep her chained up. Letting her run free while still having to serve him would easily make demoralizing the rest of the village less of a task. She is one of their brightest lights, next to Naruto. That is why he chose her, that and she at least was pleasing to look at now. She had grown from when he had last seen her. He smirked, maybe he would do both.
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The next time Sakura woke, she was back in her cell. She sat up and found that there were a few books on a table beside her, she could see they were texts from her home. She grabbed one and pulled it open, now kept occupied by the texts she barely registered that someone had entered her cell.
"Sakura, time to work. Itachi let you sleep in. Donno why. He had a clone carry you back here. Guess you were tired cause you slept for like 13 hours. Anyway, get up, time to go." Deidara said as he grabbed her by the arm.
"I can walk myself. Let me put the book down and ill be along in a second. Don't worry, I can't go anywhere. Ya know, cell and all." Sakura said as she ripped her arm from his grasp.
She put the book down and washed her face in the sink she had been given. She patted it down with a corner of her blanket and walked out of her cell. Following Deidara and Sasori back to work with Itachi. This day's load had much less to do since they had done the brunt of it all yesterday. They worked in silence for the most part until Itachi's voice cut through the silence.
"Sakura. Come here."
"Give me a sec, I'm just about finished." She replied to him.
"Now."
She got up in a huff and walked over to him. He was looking at her with anger in his eyes.
"What have I told you about not following my directions?" Itachi snarked.
"Look. I'm here. Working on whatever you want me to. I am in no way happy to be here. I am forced here, by you and the others of the organization. I have my own will." Sakura said as she sat across from him.
"You do understand that you can only have two options for working in this village. Which would you rather?" Itachi said as he stood over her.
"I am here, aren't I? I have assigned people missions. I have done everything you asked of me." Sakura said as she got out of the chair, backing away from him.
"Perhaps. I am not happy with your attitude though. It seems to need an adjustment." He said as he followed her track.
She backed away from him as fast as she could. Her back hitting the wall as she ran out of the room. She could see that Itachi was not going to stop.
"Itachi." She panicked.
"Turn around. Hands-on the wall." Itachi ordered.
He watched as she looked at him, eyes wide with fear. He noted that she made no move to follow his orders.
"Turn. You can either do as I tell you and this ends easier for you, or I can really let go. I've been holding back quite a bit. Make your choice." Itachi's cold, and cruel voice cut into her.
He watched as she slowly turned and faced the wall, he hands on it at the side of her head.
"Good girl. Hold them there." Itachi ordered as he grabbed the belt from around his waist.
He heard her whimper and smiled. Knowing he would send her back to her cell in pain, he let it fly. Her cry's as he hit her rear were so satisfying. She had been doing nothing but irritating him since she first walked into his life. He had a specific path for his brother and she was endangering that path. He would break her down so that she was unrecognizable as the powerhouse she once was. She had damn near killed Sasori, a feat that had put her back on his radar. He would break her down till she was nothing but a woman who would be at his beck and call. He let the belt fly until it had cut through the clothing that held her in and he saw a line of red. She had remained in place through it all. He finally stopped when there was enough red that he was satisfied and called for Sasori.
"Sakura, sit on the desk. Sasori, get me some of that poultice that you use when one of us gets hurt." Itachi ordered as he helped her onto his desk. He sat next to her and pulled into his lap; she was incoherent. Barely registering what was happening to her. He pulled what was left of her shorts off and grabbed a rag that Sasori handed him and took it, using the warm moist rag to clean the blood up. Welts covered her rear, blood still flowing freely, he pressed down to stop the blood flow and applied the poultice. He wrapped her up and created a clone.
"Sasori, go to her house and get some clothes for her. Tomorrow is a rest day for her, she will need to bathe and I will be taking her to the hot springs to do so. After you grab the clothes, take this and rent out the bathhouse for a few days." Itachi said as he handed Sasori a pouch of money.
"You're being soft on her."
"No, I'm not. I'm hoping that I can break her mind with a hot-cold strategy. She's strong. We could use her on our side. I am just doing what I need to, to get her on our side. I don't care what I need to do, as long as she follows my orders." Itachi picked Sakura up and tossed her over his shoulder.
He didn't care about the girl he held in his arms, only what she could do for him.
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Somewhere unknown, behind a waterfall sat a figure. Watching out with their eyes, a hawk flew behind the water fountain and landed next to them. A small scroll attached to the leg. The figure reached up and took the scroll, unrolling it as they brought it down to eye level.
"The village has been infiltrated. Your brother has taken over. Come home. She needs your help."
Eyes red as blood flew open with rage and the paper burned up, the light providing just enough to see a face contorted with rage and eyes that changed to worry.
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That's all for now! Let me hear about all about what you think will happen next. I have a very clear line of where I want this story to go, however, I may have a reward in store for anyone who guesses the plot correctly. BYE!
