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A/N: Finally back from a long vacation... School has already started...(sigh) It's gonna be another tough year... BUT, I am so excited! Naruto is officially on Toonami! Don't miss the fun and action (of dubbing) people! Anyway, I shall work my hardest this year! Those who have supported me in the past, please continue to support me! Thank you! I will update as much as possible!

This chapter is dedicated to Elegant Destruction. Thank you for snapping me back here, and for being the 50th reviewer!

WARNING: Hint of lime.

'...text' thoughts/past/quote

"...text" dialogue/present

" It will take luck for us to survive time... But it will take a miracle for us to survive the others..."

Three

He was an S-Ranked criminal and a traitor to his village.

She was the best kunoichi and the top medical-nin in her village.

He killed millions. She saved millions. He was a devil. She was a saint.

They were opposites. And like other opposites, they were attracted to one another. It was the wonderful thing that made the world go around.

But, in this case, they were doomed for they were so different.

He knew.

Maybe she didn't, but he did.

Fate was cruel. And Fate wanted them to play Romeo and Juliet.

" He's back, you know?" She blurts out one day. Trees and bushes tall and short harbored them in their shadows.

" ..." They both perceived the "he" she was talking about.

" He's grown stronger too..." Her soft voice muttered, almost only to herself. " He came back after he wiped out Orochimaru and the rest of Sound Village."

" ..." He chose to remain silent. A strange shimmer was already stirring in his ruby depths.

" With his power now... He can surely kill you without a doubt..." The female turned to him, waiting for him to give a reply.

None came.

He was quieter than usual, she observed. Perhaps his gears had turned beforehand and supplied him with a plan.

The thought soothed her heart somewhat, yet it was not enough to free her of uncertainties. If therewas only a way to get inside his mind.

" Itachi, what are-"

He made a move. The damage done, and her lips were sealed.

" ..." Securing both eyelids, she let her body relax and released the rough band of tension trapped inside her muscles and bones.

Damn him for being so wicked, she cursed him in the back of her head.

A sudden breeze blew past her.

When she opened her eyes again, the recognizable black sky flooded with red clouds had disappeared out of sight.

" Rumor has it that Uchiha Itachi is in town."

She tensed ever so slightly in her work, tilting her head forward to allow her pink locks to consume her emerald orbs.

Concentrate on the bandages, she told herself.

" This time, I'll finally live up to my dream of killing him."

She felt a firm grip under her chin, pulling her out from the shadows.

Her stoic mask slipped into place immediately when a pair of detached onyx showered her with attention.

She noticed the fire in his eyes. More than that, she noticed his physical growth. His raven hair had not lost its gravity defying qualities over the few years. His appearance still held its coolness and lack of emotion. Time brought away his slender frame and replaced it with a more muscular one.

He looked almost like his older brother, the Uchiha prodigy.

But Uchiha Sasuke could never be Uchiha Itachi, she decided. For her heart did not race for him anymore.

" And when I do...Sakura. I'll be back to claim you as mine." It was no statement. It was a promise.

His lips met hers in a bruising kiss.

There was much agony, so much tenderness, pain, fierceness, and energy—all held within one lip-lock.

She experienced everything he had gone through ever since their time of separation.

This would lead to something more, she told herself, but made no move to stop him.

Resistance to an Uchiha was impossible.

The rule book said so, and she followed it.

" ...You're not a virgin."

She looked away, remaining silent.

He disliked that and brought her to face him with his hand.

" Tell me," obsidian depths gleamed dangerously, " who is it?"

Silence.

" You promised to wait for me only."

She summoned up enough courage to counter with her own statement.

" You sound jealous."

" I am." His dry comeback took her by surprise. " Now tell me who it is."

Slender hands pushed against his toned chest as she slipped out from below him to sit on the edge of his bed.

" It's not for me to tell you."

" You did not tell him."

" He'll find out soon enough."

" His hatred for me would have grown if you chose to tell him. Then he will have more motivation to kill me."

She shifted uncomfortably on the soft mattress, throwing herself against him and tucking her head under his chin.

He didn't push her away. She was playing the spoiled child. He knew and was amused.

" I don't want to be a tool you use in your game of vengeance. I'm Haruno Sakura. I'm only a girl."

And indeed, she was. He caged her in his warmth with one arm.

She closed her eyes to savor the familiar feeling as she muttered a small prayer.

' Kami... Give us more time.'

Her hand stroke unconsciously at the flatness of her navel.

She felt a slow pulse of life between her fingers.

Author's Crap:

Nyak Nyak Nyak! Did anyone get the last sentence? Take a guess if you didn't... But I dun have prizes to reward (LOL)...

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