Disclaimer: I don't own any Naruto characters, but if you dare to touch MY Imachi, you'll be ripped to pieces.

A/N: So Hi… No new reviews for Chapitre 6 – what a shame. But enjoy this chapter and feel free to suggest something more or less to the story! I'll be trying to fulfil everyone's wishes! Also, I'm working on a new story, not based on any stories. I thought that I would write something… original. Well, thank you still and enjoy!

Chapitre 7: Next time we meet, you'll never...

Itachi sat on the floor. He felt once again something. It was just like back then. A weird and frustrating feeling that bothered him just like back then. The feeling that made him saves Sasuke. Why did he do that? He was strong. His brother had a long way to catch up and now he had settled down and had his own child. Last time they were gathering information, he had seen Karasu. He had the same Uchiha face as he and Sasuke had. Though Karasu seemed to have a split personality, which seemed to refer to that wench of Haruno. Sasuke had chosen that wench over someone powerful? But this time he had killed someone that he worked with ... No, it was still Imachi who had killed Sasori and Deidara. Now he couldn't return (not like that would keep him away to be a terrorist) there, when Boss and Zetsu were still alive. He had no reason to be guilty. No matter if they were a group, they were still inviduals. So, if one wanted to take over, he HAD to kill everyone he could and if he managed to defeat anyone, he was the leader and he had to get the new members. But he was planning to work alone. So, there couldn't be no betrayal and no losses. Because then we would know for sure that the whole world would be against him and he didn't have to spend his time doubting if someone's death would suit him or not. That was Uchiha Itachi's method and personality. But now, he had worked against his methods. ALL of his methods. He had thought that it wouldn't suit him if she died; he had thought if it would be a loss if she died, he thought that she would never betray him; he thought that she wasn't against him. And on top of it all, he had kissed her. At that moment ,he had forgot all that happened outside ,all that he was planning ... And now ,she was probably either hurt or frustrated of it. He had kissed her and then, the next second; he was back of his ice-cold himself. And it was his first kiss. He felt completely nothing; it was not as he thought. He was told back then that the first kiss was a thing that gave you the power to live and the power to "rule". All he felt was that he was ... home? He felt warm and he wanted to stay that way. Even his Sharingan got deactivated when it happened. Against all his intentions, he had let his guard down; no matter he tried to fight back. Still, he didn't feel unpleasant being so vulnerable and he trusted her. He had a feeling inside him that she couldn't kill him. She had told him everything that had pressured her heart and he didn't even say a single cold comment about it. He had listened to it just for his own entertainment or his own free will. Now he was feeling that he missed something. He tried to touch everywhere himself, looking for a spot that didn't feel right or proper. When he touched the left side of his bare chest, he felt a tingle. 'So this was it ... My heart, right? ' He stood up, zipped his cloak and tightened his ponytail. He was planning to use his key ... Now. All this time, he had been keeping a low profile, walking in the city and planning. He walked past a couple of musicians … They were playing somehow a sad melody and the vocalist's voice was trembling, but still beautiful. The words made his heart skip. "Don't let your heart sink down … You have never another chance …" His pace increased and soon, he jumped to the roofs and ran as fast as he could.

Imachi was damn bored. What had she done so that she had to spend the whole day with these slowpokes? They were still eating and she was already ready to go to sleep, but … no! Of course they had to eat their meals and NOT allow her to use the key yet … She was boiling and she had scolded everyone because she was tired, both physically and mentally, so she wanted to rest, rest, rest! She decided to take in some fresh air and she headed towards the reception.

She saw that the clerk was the same from before, so he must know her too. She leaned on the desk and said: "Excuse me, but is there a special place where I can be alone?" The clerk seemed to be quite surprised by her sudden action, but answered very politely: "I'm afraid that there is not. Miss Ichiha wishes to meet you at the Jardin d'eau ... The second door on the left ... There's a sign 'reserved' on the door." She was confused. Miss Ichiha was referring too much to Itachi ... She nodded and said:" Very well then ..." At least then Itachi would let her be quiet and not argue. And no one else could disturb them. She walked a little too fast for a standard human and when she saw the sign, she didn't hesitate for the slightest moment and opened the door. She gasped of surprise when she saw how beautiful this 'Jardin d'eau' was ... It was full of little, decorative ponds. The ponds were covered with blooming lotus and there were also some fine and little Chinese traditional lamps giving the light to see where the ponds would be. There were also lovely sakura trees and the whole area was fenced. The fence was made of cherry tree, but it was painted with shades of blue and white, like a full moon night. And like that wouldn't be suitable enough, the real moon was full too. She smiled a little and then she saw it. The only bench in the whole garden. It was really meant for two people only and it had pillows and even silk topping. It was really made for COUPLES. Then she started to scan the area for traces of Itachi, but when she sensed no one, she let out a little happy voice and walked to the nearest pond. She gasped once again. There were pretty GOLDEN fish on the pond. She played with the water for a little while and then sat down to dip her toes to the water, like back then when she was a child. "It has been twelve years since I've seen a place as beautiful as this is!"

"You seem to enjoy it, Imachi. Twelve years is a long time."

She turned her head and saw his face. His face for the first time, so that she actually liked it. She nodded and stood up. She said then: "Itachi-san ... thank you for reserving such a beautiful place! This place is a true treasure -" He had pulled her against him, he was HUGGING her. She gasped and went bright red, silently saying: "Ita-san? Are you okay?" He whispered to her ear: "Not Itachi-san ... You call me just Itachi-kun." Her sweat dropped a little and said:" Actually, don't you think sempai is a better honorific for you?" He sighed a little and let go of her: "AS you wish, Imachi." There was a little silence between them, before Itachi spoke: "The reason why I invited you here is that I want to tell you something ..." Her heart got stuck to her throat and she stuttered:" A-Ano ... Itachi ... Kun? I-I ..." He chuckled a little (and in a mysterious and scary tone) and said: "Don't get so flustered over it. I was just telling you that I will not allow ..."He came more close to her and she tried to back away, but he held her hand. She was feeling that this conversation was going to the bad side and she said: "Yes, I know! Just let go of my hand now, will you?" He shook his head and said: "I can't let go until you have said it straight and clear to me. You will not marry anyone else." She was already freaked out; he had already activated his Sharingan. Then she collected all the pieces of courage she had left and said: "I will NOT marry anyone else than you." She noticed too late that she had really said it and she covered her mouth with her hand. She was crimson red and she turned her face away. He hadn't let go of her hand yet, but she noticed he loosened hid grip a little bit. Then she heard him laughing: "That's good. Now I feel relieved enough." She forgot about her embrocating acts and said: "How can you laugh when someone accidentally confessed something like THAT to you? You have ANY social experience?" She playfully tried to slap him, thinking that of course he would dodge it with no hesitation. But he didn't and she got flustered once again: "Aww C'Mon! Why didn't you dodge it?" He was silent and staring to the space again, then he whispered silently: "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. Please forgive me." She almost fell down and she yelled: "Don't take it so seriously, stupid! I was just kidding!" She was going to say something more, but he pulled her close from her hand (he had been holding it since ancient times and her hand must be blue now) and kissed her. He could feel her warm breath and mumbling behind their kiss. She tried to tremble free, but he held her tight. When he finally let go, she yelled at his face:" Damn you!" She sucked in air and continued, panting: "You … huff … almost choked me!" He chuckled. His hand on his jaw, he said: "I thought that you were a tough one … Did I get excited for nothing?" She glared at him and said: "Who are YOU to talk? I thought you would never get excited, over all." He tilted his head a little and said: "Did I get it right? You were waiting for me to get excited over you?" She stared at him, tilted her head a little and said: "Well … umm …" Before she could finish her sentence, someone knocked on the door. She got all flustered and yelled at the door, shoving Itachi away from the light. "Who's there? I'm sorry but I'm not ready yet! Arigato! " But Itachi wasn't so agreeable and he leaned against her and caused her to whine. "Are you okay, Imachi? Did something happen?" She recognized the voice. "Aww shit! That's Kakashi! Quick, Ita-kun! Go there! Now! " She shoved him forcefully to the nearest pond and she jumped after him. Then, she yelled: "I'm okay! I was just being a klutz again!" She rose up from the pond, all her clothing wet and opened the door. She saw Kakashi's unmasked face and she smiled. "I fell to a pond, that's all!" Kakashi sighed and said: "Okay. I just came to check you are okay… That name was just so suspicious, Ichiha Utachi … Reminded too much of him." She let out a little 'meep' before saying: "I was the one who reserved this, I wanted to be alone, but I reserved it after a name like that so you would check here and know I am here alright …" He stared at her puzzled for a little while, before saying: "Well, if you're okay, I shall leave you into your own solitary moment then." She nodded nervously and laughed a bit (nervously though …) and he left. She sighed of relief, but right after that, she let out once again a little meep. "Eek! Itachi, you're freezing cold!" He frowned a little and said: "That's what you get from throwing me into cold water… Now I'm all cold after being so hot." Her face twisted a little and she said: "Hot? Geez, where do you come up with these perverted sentences!" He petted her hair and said: "Maybe it's because of a beautiful woman?" She smiled and said: "Maybe so …" Then she shivered a little and he noticed it immediately (Ha! What else to except from an evil genius pervert Akatsuki as he is? ) and said: "Are you feeling cold or is it just me freaking you out?" She shook her head and said: "Maybe I could've skipped the idea of the freezing cold pond, don't you think?" He nodded and said: "Then, we will not let you get a cold… Let's introduce ourselves to them." She gulped and turned her head enough to see him speed past her and take her hand. She yelped and said: "You – You don't mean we're going to…? NO!" He nodded and said: "The best way to avoid problems is to tell the truth before the lie gets too big." She feared what Itachi would say to them … After all he was pretty blunt person and she doubted if he would even tell the exact truth. He would maybe get a swelled head (this is impossible, with that personality … Geez!) because he found her first and tell things … too detailed. Or maybe they try to kill him before he even gets a turn to talk – the most possible choice of them all. She prayed silently in her mind before they entered the dining room. He scanned the whole room for anyone of her guardians, but found none. She finally got the chance to talk and she said: "They're all in the room 4, waiting for me to arrive." He looked at her and then whispered: "So … then the plan is this, listen carefully – the exact way you have to say things is …"

The door of the room 4 opened. They saw Imachi and Kakashi mentioned quickly that she was fortunately dry again and she nodded quickly. She seemed to be unpleasantly formal and she sat down to 'seiza' position (seiza a traditional sitting position in Japan, popular among women on tea ceremony) and said with a very formal tone: "I have something to announce and I hope that it will suite everyone's purposes to rescue me from my kidnapper." She saw that Sasuke and Kakashi both sensed that this was friggin' serious and they changed their sitting positions to more aware. She continued: "So, now as you all silently agree to listen to me, I want to introduce you to my fiancé." Everyone gasped of amazement and Genma yelled: "B-But … How? We weren't told anything about a …" She shook her hand, stood up and opened the door. Everyone's breath stopped and Kakashi stuttered: "B-But … Itachi!"

They both sat down like it's a little thing and she continued: "This is my fiancé, Uchiha Itachi, the oldest member of Uchiha family." Sasuke had stood up and yelled: "You can't be engaged to that – that … THING!" She lifted her gaze a little and said, paying no attention to his statement: "I hope you accept our engagement and that detail that an engaged pair will sleep alone. We have rented the room 5." Everyone else in the room got flustered or furious. Kakashi and Genma said: "Imachi, are you under an illusion technique? Dispel!" Nothing happened and she said: "I am not under any mental corruption; this is my pure and free will to marry this man." Sasuke attacked against her, but he was stopped by Itachi. He growled and snarled: "You – you … what did you do to her? You don't even know what such thing as love is!" Itachi smirked and said: "How do you know, little brother? You were separated from me for so long and I never loved any of you … but I love her and that's it." Imachi stood up and Itachi let immediately go of Sasuke and followed her out of the room. Before leaving, Imachi said: "I'm sorry I couldn't tell you about this earlier. Even the kidnapping was a part of the plan and I promise that you will not get killed because of it. Take care; we'll see you in the morning." Then she closed the door and they could hear Itachi's comment: "Would it make no difference if we would not appear on the breakfast or not?" Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi were fuming, but Genma and Neji said: "She is right. We have no right to tuck our noses to her business. It would be against the law if we force them to divorce. Let's see how things work out …" Even Kiba said: "Yeah. He can't be that bad if he dared to meet us face-to-face and tell it straight, full and clean." "Oh … Shut up, Kiba." He shoved his hands to his pockets and said: "Well, when you come up with a better thing to say, inform me too." He shot the one final glare at Kiba and then shrugged his shoulders. "What can I do? She'll kill us if we touch him. And Hokage will kill us if we don't touch him. " Shikamaru lay down and said: "I told you once that she's a troublesome one … and I'm not taking back my words." Kakashi's nerve snapped and he yelled at their faces: "DAMN YOU ALL SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Everyone backed off a little and Genma said Neji next to him, almost whispering: "See, he hates losing so much he never admits it and never lets anyone else admit it neither…" Neji shrugged his shoulders and eyed to their direction. His sweat dropped when he saw Kakashi humiliating Naruto and went between them, trying to calm them down. Genma sighed and said to himself: 'Never ever trust a woman. Never ..." next he kicked Kakashi to the left back and slapped Naruto and Neji to the faces (they were fighting over who would win Kakashi) and said: "You all shut your mouths… at the moment there's nothing we can do. So please bear with it and go to sleep so you can stalk your precious Imachi so that there would be any chance that she'll do something too close with him…" Lee tucked his nose to the situation and said: "That's one thing they forgot to worry about. Good job, Genma-san…" He shoved his face to his hands and murmured: "Shut the fuck up, Lee." Then Shino decided that the argument got too severe and he let out bugs. Each bug bit the arguing shinobi's and soon they fell asleep. He sighed satisfied and laid down himself too.

Imachi was all silent. She never guessed that they would take it so loose. She sighed for the hundredth time that night and Itachi said: "You really weren't accepting them to be so calm? And that Genma … he gave up right after he heard you're not under any hypnosis. I wonder if they knew." She shook her head and said: "If they would have known, you would be dead by now… Their method is to kill the threat before it's a big threat." An awkward silence was over them when they got to the room 5. When Itachi opened the door with his key, she was standing in one place for a few seconds and then walked in like she was saying the one last goodbye to the outside world. Then she looked at the room. It wasn't too big, but it was still pleasantly little. There was a door to outside and a little patio, a large table in the centre of the room, sakura petals … and then … the huge double bed. She stared at the bed for a while and blushed. 'I cannot sleep next to him… We are not really engaged, right?' Then she saw him undressing. He took off his shirt and she had hard time to cover her face so her blushing wouldn't be seen. His muscles were so well-trained and still he had scars on him. 'Help me, God! I'm going to melt!' Finally she got the words out: "Where am I going to sleep?" He turned to her and said matter-of-factly: "On the bed of course." She gulped and said: "I can sleep on the sofa!" He turned his face away from her and said: "I was planning to sleep on the sofa, so that you could sleep on the bed…" She said just: "Oh." and walked outside, saying: "I'll change here so we both can have our own security…" He was already shuffling the dresser and found a dry yukata, but it seemed that he didn't quite like it. He did a little trick and coloured it black. She frowned a little, while tying her yukata's belt. She was fine with the aqua colour. She murmured to herself while tying her sandal straps: "Someone's a friggin' perfectionist…" Suddenly she was about to fall, but he had grabbed her arm. "Oww… That hurts!" He sighed a little and said: "This friggin' perfectionist, like you said, can't help it that you're awfully clumsy." She frowned and stood up, saying:"Oh shut up…"

"Is that a right way to talk to your fiancé, Imachi?" Itachi asked her, a playful tone in his voice.

"If I decide so, it is." She answered and she was a little surprised of his tone. She would never accept him to say such thing and with that tone, but still, she felt glad of it and smiled to him, despite that she had no reason for it.

"What did you decide then?"

"It's fine. As a payback, you can say things to me in any tone you decide to."

"What's there left me to decide?" His lips were having an amused smirk on them and she was getting a bit uneasy about his tone. That's why she decided to ask him about something that she would regret later.

"What are you trying to gain with that?" She had her hands on her hips and she came closer to him, having a straight eye contact with him. She tried to look aware of the consequences of what she's going to do, but Itachi laughed. Laughed, of all the things he could have done to her. She sounded hurt, when she said: "You're supposed to answer straight and direct to your fiancée, Itachi!" He tilted his head, his laughter already dead, and he said: "Yeah, I am. But maybe there are no words to tell what I'm trying to gain." She sighed and said silently: "It's about the flashbacks, right?" He shook head and said: "The most powerful part of the demon inside you is already deactivated. A part of it died, when you fought Orochimaru. I did some research work and found a scroll about demon using in jutsus… And it said that you can't gain the full power back, but you can still learn all the techniques that the demon accomplished while fighting." Her face grew and her eyes were wide as … well, they were wide. "Really? B-But… then those assholes has been ignoring me for no good reason!" He nodded. He was hideously glad that it was him who told her that. Of all the people, she was the only one that wasn't doubting the truth of his feelings … Not that she was useful alone, she was pretty talented for a young adult ninja and she was … also beautiful and her personality was unique. She was currently bouncing happy around the room, a while after she was hugging Itachi, saying that he was an angel to tell her that and she told him that she felt relieved that she wasn't a demon like she was being told time by time.

Then, all of a sudden, she stopped by her steps and yawned. He turned to look at her and said: "What's the matter? It's barely evening yet." She shook her head and said: "Yeah, but you forget now that I was being awake for 29 hours for now… Just because I had to separately escape from your grasp…" He shrugged and said: "That's true. But I've been awake for 48 hours now. And I don't even feel tired." She stared at him and she was getting concerned. The situation between them was … unusual. She never remembered him to be sleeping and now, if his physic would lack, he would die to her pursuers' hands. She walked closer to him, almost against him and she whispered to his ear, laying her head on his shoulder: "Please… go to sleep. You know that if you are even the slightest bit weaker than usual, it's enough for them to take care of you…" He turned his head so that he reached to kiss her hair and said: "Look at you… You're starting to sound like my wife already…" She chuckled and whispered to him: "And you don't seem to be disappointed or bothered by it…" He shook his head and said: "Maybe I should go to sleep… It would be the first time in this week…" She nodded and said: "Good boy… I'm going to-" "Oh no you're not. You stay here with me, Imachi. They would try to turn your head forcefully. You can rely on it. We're lucky enough that Sasuke hadn't hurt anyone yet."

"You know he couldn't hurt me when Hokage isn't informed about this yet. And I'm not touched yet. So there are still good chances to survive." She knew well that Sasuke could hurt her if she had gone too far with Itachi.

"What do you mean by not touched? Look at your neck and tell me again…" A wide smirk crossed his face.

She walked in front of the mirror and he could see her expression reflecting from the mirror. At first, she was touching the little bruise on her neck and then she turned her head. Her face wasn't even moving a single muscle and she stared at him. Then she picked up a pillow and threw it behind all of her powers, yelling: "Of all the things, you bastard, YOU SUCK ME SO BADLY THAT I GOT A BRUISE!" He shrugged his shoulders (he dodged the pillow-bomb a la Imachi) and said: "That's just the mark that you're someone else's already… And no one can deny that… " Then he faked Imachi's previous emotionless-killer-expression and picked up a new pillow and threw it with all his powers, yelling back: "You called me a bastard, you damn kitty." She got shocked by the last phrase and she froze, which of course caused her to take the hit. He chuckled and said: "You're so easy to please..." She finally snapped and said: "You begged for this, damn animal!" She smirked and took two pillows. She started to play with her chakra and the pillows took a human's form. Then there were … a kunai? He smirked and said: "So you can play with the puppets also? You really can do anything… but the difference is that can you use all of them A-ranked?" She smiled slyly and said: "Stop underestimating me, Itachi. You don't know even the half." She smirked and set her fingers to the fighting position. Then she pulled of all the strings and the dolls attacked him with an incredible speed. He dodged them, but he had no chance to try an attack. He made a replication technique and she yelled: "That won't work, dolls are clean and silent to use indoors, but your bombs or fire are not allowed here…" He smirked and said: "I don't think so." Imachi attacked one of the replications, who were already attacking her, and managed to slash one with a kunai.

There were a little 'splash' and the replication was gone. She cursed and moved on to the other. Although she fought well, she didn't notice that the water from the clone, it was forming to something. That's when Itachi noticed that he didn't make any more than one clone and yelled: "Imachi! Watch out! One of these clones isn't mine!" She turned to look at him, but too late. Itachi tried to save her from the reformed water behind, but too late. There was one staunched scream and she was gone. He cursed and examined the water left from the clone. He sensed the same chakra he had been thinking dead. 'How the hell did you get here…?' He quickly dressed up to his usual gear, packed a little and left to the darkening night. Now it was too risky for him to save her. He shoved his face to his hands and whispered to himself: "God, I'm pathetic. I need help…" They had a pillow fight shinobi style and the outcome was a kidnap. And since when had they come so close to each other?

They came close to each other since Imachi had not regretted kissing him.