Nyahahaha… the characters here going even weirder and weirder. Actually, I just take those plots from my discarded plot in my own comic. Because I thought that would eliminate the main character's role, I eliminated it. And about three months ago I found it again, and use that for fanfic. Kay? This chapter is kinda shit too, but the fun parts began on chapter 6. Why did I let Itachi rape Sakura? In chapter 6 that will be answered.

Kay. Now, take the most comfortable position, don't forget about snack, and read this. Don't turn on your cell phone because it will disturb you on reading.

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Chapter 5

I can't remember when I ever felt this comfortable…

That little flower, for some reason, always makes me comfortable; finally a smile could appear in my usually stoic face.

But more comfortable I am, the more afraid I get. Afraid that I will be addicted to her, and also afraid that I will lose her.

"Welcome home."

Without my awareness, I always wanted to hear those words. I always wanted someone to love me, wait for me in the home, and someone to trust.

And I now have it. This is the 'home' that I have yearned for.

That little flower is mine. And mine alone…

But I'm afraid. I think this is the time I must bring her back to her village. Being with me will make her suffer…

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"Yo, welcome home, Itachi-san. Any wounds you want me to heal?" she asked without even bothering to raise her head from the book she just read.

"No. You know, little flower? I will bring you back to Konoha. I think you were right. The Jinchuuriki boy won't come here. It has been a month."

"…whatever." When she said so, her mind was racing fiercely.

"You're annoying."

…I had nowhere to go…

"Ok, I will bring you—," his sentence was interrupted with her embrace. Her arms curled around his neck and her chin was resting on his shoulder.

"Don't," she whispered to his ear, "Don't bring me back there. I don't have any place there. Please… please let me stay here. Or if you don't want me to be here, just kill me."

Involuntary, he curled his arm to her slender waist, while the other went to her nape. He inhaled, "if you're here with me, you'll suffer. Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." She said softly, "and now I'm here with you—no second thoughts. I've decided…"

Decided…

"Okay. I'll let you stay here… What do you want to do?" She released her embrace from his neck. "Say thank you, of course." She kissed his right cheek softly. "Thank you. Don't worry about everything. Don't disturb me now; I can see the answer, till next evening this morning life is fine…"

"What do you want to do? This day is so bright. Don't you want to go out?" She asked.

"Nope."

She suddenly became silent, "Because it's so bright. Because outside is so full of light. You'll see everything clearly." She said quietly without putting a gaze to his figure.

"What's the connection?" he asked, confused.

"Coz the light will bring you to see the truth. And the truth isn't what you want to see… In the dark it is easier to pretend…" She mumbled. She knew exactly that was the true reason. Even if the owner didn't realize it, she knew exactly…

She herself loved being in the dark these days…

The silence that lingered there was too thick for both to bear. She said, "But sometimes, behind the darkness, the truth will appear clearer… Clearer than we could imagine."

"Sakura…" It was his first time he voiced her name.

"Always hoping that I'd be a good ninja. I knew that I would make it if I tried… but a weakling is always… weak."

"You're not that weak," he said truthfully. But her face told him that she didn't trust him at all.

"Sorry. You don't have to keep that in mind. I… just remembered… something that I don't want to remember…" Silence once again filled the small room.

"Hey! Cheer up!" She smiled, trying to make the situation more comfortable. "Anyway, I want to train for a while. My body needs to be stretched. May I?"

"Yes… sure." She stepped out and gathered chakra to her whole body. Chakra was radiating fiercely from her body. If Itachi didn't use the Sharingan, he wouldn't know how three trees fell at once without her body even moving.

He frowned. Is that what she calls 'weak'?

After three hours, she sat beside him. Her breath was steady, no hint of tiredness there.

"Hh… It's so satisfying to have my body move freely again…" she sighed after sipping her drink.

"…you need much more exercise…" he lied.

Somehow, her face went a little bit sad. "…I know I'm weak. But Itachi… I'm still a kunoichi." Her face hardened. "Have you ever dared to think that you were just as weak as me, this little pathetic weakling, but secretly yearning for power, secretly…"

Secretly…

She then remembered. She had said to Sasuke almost the same sentences.

They were both still remembering. Their first meeting.

A little girl, leaning against a tree, hugging her knees, curled into a ball, sobbed uncontrollably. Thousands of minds were racing in her thoughts.

She raised her gaze when she heard the sound of footsteps. Dirty lines of tears painted her cheeks. She saw a boy.

They boy walked towards her. She knew him, of course, even if she never met him before. Hell, who didn't know the infamous Uchiha clan?

The boy stared straight at her emerald green orbs. Somehow, she felt that gaze was underestimating her.

"What, Uchiha? Wanna make fun of my super-sized forehead? I thought you would, thinking of that beautiful face of yours." She said spitefully.

The Uchiha boy startled a bit. "No… I don't think that you're ugly either… I don't think that your forehead is good to make fun of…" he answered.

"Bah! Is it possible to think like that? How if you're in my position? Fuck, have you ever imagined if you have this ugly face? I always said that I don't care… yet…"

He kept silent. As if he were encouraging her to say more.

"Yet this loathing gargoyle, which was born like a beast but secretly yearns for beauty… secretly…"

She sobbed again, curled into a ball. But suddenly, she felt a warm hand caressing her head softly.

She stopped crying and raised her face. He didn't say anything. After that, he just left.

Slowly, she brought her hand to her head which was just caressed. Her face was in flames. She smiled.

That was the first time Sakura fell for Sasuke.

She stared at the ground when remembering the moment. Involuntary, she smiled and whispered softly, "Sasuke…"

The soft voice didn't miss the Uchiha prodigy's ears. For the first time, he felt defeated from his little brother.

Miles from there, a boy with raven hair remembered the same things in a light slumber.

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"Oww…" he fell from the trees he was resting on. He fell asleep there, as usual in the middle of day, and the branch was his usual spot. And it seemed the branch was already bored with his body.

He reached his hand out, waiting for something to grab onto. Yet…

He raised his gaze. No one there to help him stand up. He reached his hand just to find no one there for him. He closed his eyes.

"Are you okay?"

Those words always rang when he fell down. But no one was there to say those words, no one was there to help him. He just realized that he was addicted to her more than he could imagine. He didn't ever think that he would miss her. And he knew exactly that she was alive. Somehow… he knew.

And when he searched for her, he found nothing but empty air.

He held his head. Frustrated. Frustrated that he just realized that her presence meant more than he ever thought it would. Frustrated at the fact that he missed her so much that he couldn't bear it. And this damned situation made him even more frustrated. This situation tortured him mercilessly until he couldn't bear with it.

He managed to stand up. He opened his closed eyelids. He already made a decision.

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