This chapter is lil bit pointless, so sorry if you dun enjoy this chappie much...

Once again, I DON'T receive any flames about PAIRING! Feels free to flame me about my way in writing, but NOT about pairing.

If you forget to eat or do your homework, dun flame me, okay? XD

Just skip this nonetheless, READ!

Chapter 3

"Sorry, Tsunade-baa-chan. We failed assassinate him. We even lost Sakura." Naruto and Sasuke were already in Hokage's office. Naruto chewed his lips nervously. Sasuke just stared to the ground, as if the ground was the most interesting things in the world.

"What!" Tsunade shouted. She just in the half way to explode but looking at her ninjas, she didn't want to add weight on their shoulder. She sighed and closed her eyes. "Has she died?" Sakura was her precious apprentice. It broke her heart if she died.

"No, Tsunade-baa-chan, Uchiha Itachi brought her with him. Then… I don't know how she is now. Whether she's already die in his hand or not. She tried to protect me…" Naruto said weakly. "It's my entire fault… I should know what Akatsuki up to… I was the one who should be blamed."

Tsunade opened her eyes. "Then it would be better if you two come after her. Why didn't you do that?" Tsunade asked.

"Itachi performed a ninjutsu. After he touched her, they disappear." Sasuke answered quietly. Naruto continued, "Then she asked me to promise her not to come after her… because she knew that he wanted the Kyuubi."

"Then it was better than if you the one he kidnapped." She inhaled deeply. "I'll look this for later; I don't know how to search her… Maybe I'll send ANBU to search her. Ah…!" She stared Sasuke hopefully. "Sasuke, do you want to search her?"

"No." He turned back to go out from the office. Both Naruto and Tsunade were too shocked by his answer.

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Sakura found herself deep in the forest with the Akatsuki mukenin. Her thought was busy with the thought that she maybe couldn't meet the Uchiha heir again. A tear fell from her emerald-green orb.

She wiped the tear before Itachi knew that she was crying. Before I have a chance to say thousands of words, the tears already running down, she thoughtShe glanced back at him.

"So?" she asked; her voice was blank. Completely different with her true feeling.

"So what?" he replied her question with question, made her little bit annoyed.

"So what will you do to me, then?" she asked again, her voice no more so blank. Angry started to seep in her voice.

"You should come with me until Naruto-kun come for you. But I guess you won't do it willingly?" He said mockingly. I guess it'll be fun to fight her… She looks strong… Even stronger than my little brother, I guess…

"Un… I have no intent of fighting… nor I want to follow you…," she said, "I'd rather like to die. But if you order me to choose, I choose the second one. Besides, Naruto isn't someone that likes to break any promise he had."

Itachi's face didn't seem to show any changes yet he was surprised with Sakura's answer. He'd very willingly to have some fun with this delicate little flower.

"So? Where should I go now? Or you just want to kill me because you don't trust me?" Sakura asked, completely uncaring with her own life.

"Hum… I don't want to kill you but… would you eat this pill?" Itachi offered her a red pill.

Sakura took that pill and observed it. She smiled emptily. "I will lose my consciousness right after I swallow this pill, right? You don't trust me at all. Make sense." She laughed. It was the same as her previous smile, empty.

"No wonder. You're such a great medical ninja." Itachi smirked. Suddenly, she did something Itachi didn't expect after hearing her statement. Sakura brought her hand up and swallow the pill. Less than a second, her vision was blurring. And then, she fell limply into his arms.

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"Teme! What do you mean by saying 'no'?" That was the first sentences Naruto have said when he caught up Sasuke.

"Don't you see that I'm still not strong enough to defeat Itachi? I want to train more to defeat him."

"But it might be too late for Sakura. She could die before you're strong enough to kick his ass!" Naruto shouted angrily.

"So? I don't see how's that any of my business. She means nothing to me." His voice was empty and cold. After saying that, Sasuke left the shocked Naruto there. After shook his head a bit in purpose to get out the too-much-bad thoughts out from his head, he ran towards Sasuke.

"What did you say, teme? She's your friend after all. She loves you!"

"But I don't love her. As I've said before, she means nothing to me." Naruto's face seemed hurt. "What did you say? Although you not love her, is she really means nothing to you? Not even friend?"

The answer of his question was just silence. Naruto's face came redder with anger. "She gives you her heart. All of her love just dedicated to you! And look, how you've repay her. Denied her and betrayed her."

Silence. "Sasuke, don't you know what you have said? You've gone and cut her dead…" His voice went weak.

Silence once again answered Naruto. Without a word, Sasuke walked towards his home, Uchiha Mansion.

No, not home, he thought, mansion. Home was a place where a family waiting for him, and smile for him. He used to have all of it. But Itachi erased everything he once had with his hands. His eyes narrowed.

I'll kill you… Uchiha Itachi.

A picture of Sakura's face flashed in his mind. He tried to ignore it.

Sakura found herself tied to the bedpost. At first, she confused, she seemed forgot what was happening before this. Her vision was still blurring.

'Huh? Why is my bedroom so dark?' she asked herself.

"Good morning, little flower." A dark, low voice, snapped her from her own thought. She saw a familiar raven hair when she glanced towards the voice's owner.

"Eh…? Sasuke? What are you doing in—" Her eyes widened when she realized the man. As soon as she out from her shock, she said, "Oh… It's you. Sorry."

Since when does Sasuke start to call me 'little flower'? Bah! How stupid of me…

"Don't think about running away, because that pill also sucks up your chakra. Hungry?" Itachi asked while bringing a tray of food for her. Sakura remembered how hungry she was. But her pride not allowed her to eat in her enemy's house.

"I already know about that pill. I'm not became a medic-nin for nothing. I'm starving. But I don't want to eat." She refused to see his eyes.

Itachi smirked. "You're stubborn. Exactly the same as my little brother does."

Sakura shrugged. "I don't want to be the same as your little brother."

"Heh. So, eat this before became cold. Or I'll force it to your mouth." He brought the spoon closer to her mouth. She stared straight to his crimson eyes. Finally, she opened her mouth to let the food in and swallow it. Pretty hard to eat when you're lay down, she thought.

"Good girl." I'm not your pet, asshole, she thought.

She really wanted to say that. But instead, she kept silent. Itachi said, "You're very different. Other people usually catch back their consciousness after a week or more. You just need a day for do so."

She didn't reply. After she finished eating, he went for a while—she thought it must be kitchen—and back again to the room. He sat on the bed.

"What else? It's not like you to talk so much. Where's my Konohagakure hitai-ate?"

"I took it. How do you know it's not like me?"

"You and Sasuke grew in the same family. It's explaining much. Besides, you two have oh-so-expressionless face." Her eyes were blank for two seconds, wondering what happened to the younger Uchiha. This wasn't let go unnoticed by the Uchiha prodigy.

"You love him, don't you?" This question made her froze. The she calmed down. Her gaze shifted to his eyes, which stared at her from the beginning. A small smile played across her pink lips.

"Is that so obvious?" Her voice was soft. Different from the cold voice she had when talking with him. For a second, Itachi stunned for both the voice and the sea-green eyes. In that moment, he felt like being drawn to the sea in her eyes.

"Who are you?" Itachi asked. Sakura frowned. "I already told you. Haruno Sakura, a medic-nin from Konohagakure. No more."

"No. Tell me who are you exactly. From the beginning. To be fair, I'll tell you mine as well after you do so." Sakura understand.

"So? What do you think I am? I'm just an ordinary girl." She paused. "I have been born from an unknown uterus. Never know why and how being born to this world which full of wars' smoke."

Silence.

"You? Guess what. You're a prodigy who born from a special uterus. You grew with the strict rules as an Uchiha… yet so spoiled." Itachi smirked.

"That's true. You're a smart girl."

She continued. "People said I'm weak and ugly. A big-foreheaded bitch that just became a pathetic little burden in every single moment. No one cares about me. No one wants me. From the past until now."

He replied. "People always said I'm lucky and strong. A prodigy who was a proud for Uchiha clan. Everyone wanted to be like me. Everyone respected me. Everyone envied me because my ability. Yet no one knew me. No one would care that I got that with hard training. Not with Uchiha blood."

"In the beginning, I cried. I never wanted to receive the fact. They're true. Even though I know exactly that I never disturb their life." The pink-haired ANBU spoke.

"In the beginning, I receive it with happiness." The older Uchiha said.

"But then, times and times again I've said that I don't care." The petal-haired girl replied calmly.

"I don't want to be lied to. I'm not a robot. Clan, clan, clan. I was bored! I'm Itachi. Not Uchiha." He released his emotion. Sakura knew exactly that he detained it for long.

"I'm searching for power. Yet I never get it. I always wanted to be a good ninja. Despite I never am."

Silence.

Sakura was the first who broke the silence. "Hey. How does it feel to be lonely?"

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