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" ...text" present/dialogue
' ...text' past/thoughts/dream/flashback
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Equilibrium
Three
Cold. Frozen.
" Hmph. You better keep your word, Itachi."
Her heart rebelled against her rib cage viciously. It was not to her ability to control it any longer.
Itachi? Uchiha Itachi? THE Uchiha Itachi who demolished his own clan?
Impossible!
" Ah!" Her rigid body shot up like a bullet as if the surface where her body was placed had been hot iron. Sleep surrendered to consciousness completely when she felt the warm fingers of the bright morning sunlight caress her smooth cheeks. The female let out a soft breath of relief, bringing a hand before her chest to calm her nerves.
" Phew. IT was only a bad dream..."
" So, you've awaken..."
That voice... The same voice her ears caught in her dream...
HUH?
In a blink of an eye, her head had been whipped towards the direction of the source of the masculine tone.
Jade depths saw red copy wheel orbs identical to the ones that her dearest had inherited from birth.
Her breath stopped at her throat.
Uchiha Itachi?
' Impossible...'
Across from where she sat, those pools of ruby met emeralds that he equated with the greenery of the season spring.
He drew in a soundless breath.
' Keen as a kunai... Yet elegant as a porcelain doll.'
For a moment, the two stayed that way, each scrutinizing the other.
He was busy admiring the sight of her. She was occupied with shock.
It was then that she began realizing the change in her environment. The spacy roomthe king-sized bed covered in midnight sheets, the exquisite taste in furniture, and he who stood leaning against the door frame, clothed in nothing but traditional Shinobi fishnet top and black pants.
She would surely be drowning in a sea of drool if he had been exposed to the rest of the female population on earth.
Warmth rushed to her face as the speed of her blood circulation increased greatly.
Shaking off such inane thoughts, the palm of her hands launched themselves at her flaming cheeks.
Slap!
This would dismiss whatever genjitsu that was cast upon her, causing her to witness the sight of the destructor of the Uchiha clan right before her eyes.
" Ow..." Her pain was real. Blink. So was he.
Okay, so pigs can fly.
...Nah, maybe she was hallucinating.
The corners of his lips lifted slightly at her vain attempts of proving him as a part of her imagination.
Sakura.
Cherry Blossom.
That name fit her well. Innocent and naive.
" I am no illusion. I am Itachi. Uchiha Itachi."
So she wasn't hallucinating after all... Yet, she still had her doubts about him being the real Uchiha Itachi.
This was the man who murdered his own people.
She should fear him.
Strangely, she didn't.
Perhaps she was currently too shocked to fear... or her calm ninja instincts had kicked in at the right time... or maybe she was too angry at the way his eyes shamelessly preyed upon her figure.
Chilling breeze climbed through the window and ambushed the exposed skin of her arms, snapping her back to reality.
She had forgotten about the thin sleeveless pajama shirt she wore bed last night. Quickly using the opaque blankets to her advantage, she wrapped herself within its warm embrace, preventing view from wandering eyes.
" Look, I don't care if you're Itachi or not. But you tell me where I am right now, right this minute! And what have you done to Sasuke-kun?!" Itachi or no Itachi, she had to show him not to mess with a Kunoichi...even when she did look awfully ridiculous demanding something from a criminal while wrapped into a tight bundle.
A crescent brow rose above his left eye.
" As much as I admire your guts, I think you may be a little confused at the one in charge here." But of course, he would not allow himself to be pushed around by anyone (especially not a girl five years younger than him).
Her captor vanished right in front of her eyes. Before she could let her observant pools of green search the entire area, he reappeared before her, back hunched, index finger and thumb gripping her chin, and face hanging dangerously close to her own.
The concept of breathing was immediately forgotten by the most intelligent female Shinobi of Konoha.
She began trembling like a willow in the wind.
Fear ate away all anger inside her heart.
" Since you are currently stationed as a guest here in my house, do well to follow the rules when you're here." His mouth approached her ear, tickling the tender skin with each word he breathed, sending unpleasant shivers down her spine. " First, I do no wish to hear you address another man in such intimate manner before me. Second, don't ask so many questions. You're guaranteed an enjoyable stay if you remember these two important laws."
He drew away from her, the indifferent countenance still worn upon his face.
She let out the breath she was unaware of holding at her wind pipe. Tension in her system was instantly released when her nostrils tasted the fresh air around her.
At the sound of wood collisions and brief shuffling, a lavender pile of satin was launched at her direction, becoming a small pool of purple when it hit the surface of the mattress.
It was the only decency he could find in wardrobe. Strangely, he could not recognize where the material had come from.
Confusion resurfaced in her eyes when she glanced at it.
" Get dressed. We're going outside." Retreating from the closet, he silently pushed the doors shut, and headed for the exit to grant her some privacy.
" Hey! Where're we going?" She called after him.
" On a tour."
" But-..."
Thud!
The closing of the door to her quarters discontinued their short-lived conversation.
Author's Crap:
Phew, that took long... sorta...
I hope I didn't make Itachi too OOC here... I really don't know how he acts since I haven't seen him in the anime! Man, I'm so getting Naruto DVD for Christmas!
Well, you've probably seen this a lot of times before. So, vote for your ending couple!!!
THANKS, EVERYONE!!