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I hope you all enjoy the new chapter! Sorry if Itachi is a bit OOC, but I am trying my best honest!

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"Inner Sakura"

"thoughts"

memory/flashback

"speech"

Chapter 2

Sakura felt something warm on her cheek. Thinking it was only her cat which Sasuke had bought for her when they started going out. Sakura lifted a hand to scratch it behind its ear. But she did not feel the soft fur she was expecting.

Opening her eyes rapidly she saw Itachi was laying on top of the bed covers fully dressed blowing on her cheek. Itachi placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her from moving. Sakura growled frustrated.

"What do you want with me!" she seethed.

Itachi raised an eyebrow, surprised, that knowing who he is she still spoke with that tone to him. Seeing his surprised expression Sakura continued, this time speaking though her tone still held unusually large amounts of anger.

"I don't care if you dislike my tone and want to kill me, go ahead. I have nothing to lose anymore!"

Itachi stopped her from continuing, by engaging her mouth in a passionate kiss. Sakura wriggled under him before a moment, before responding to his kiss.

"I shouldn't be doing this."

"Why not? Sasuke's dead, you have had feelings for his brother ever since that night you lost yourself with him, and now he is giving you his love!"

"But, this is his brother who made his life unhappy?"

"Oh, shut up! You know you've secretly longed for this, and besides do you think he's going to let you go? Yes, ok, he made Sasuke-kun miserable, but what about YOU? He makes YOU happy so just go with him."

Itachi made to pull away from her believing he had made his point, and got up to leave her alone for a while. Smirking at t he feeling of power he felt over her.

"Where are you going?"

Itachi turned from where he stood in the doorway, to answer her.

"Kitchen to get some food."

Sakura nodded, and stood up. Itachi raised his eyebrow in response. Sakura shrugged.

"I doubt you have had a nice meal in a while, so……………. I'll cook for us."

Itachi grunted, and lead the way to the kitchen. Sakura followed him obediently, putting all thoughts of Sasuke who was probably turning in his grave, and tried to focus on Itachi, and the present.

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Itachi watched her pick up the plates, and walk out of the room, presumably to the kitchen. Only then did he let his "tough guy" attitude disappear, and allow himself to admit that he had thoroughly enjoyed the dinner Sakura had made, and the quiet silence that she had maintained, contrary to his belief that after she would demurely attempt to poison the food, or feed him, and then demand that he let her go.

Itachi's thoughts were interrupted, by Sakura walking back into the room, and sitting in front of him, her head bowed. Sakura looked up when he didn't say anything to her, and gasped in surprise, as she felt his chakra behind her. Itachi placed his hands one hand on her waist and another on her cheek, and bent to nibble on her neck.

Sakura closed her eyes at the sensations he was creating in her body, and a small moan escaped her lips. Itachi heard the moan, and shuddered in delight, glad that he was able to pleasure the beautiful kunoichi.

"Do you feel what you do to me kunoichi?" he whispered.

Sakura turned her head to look at him, their lips brushing and meeting, for the second time that day. Itachi was about to pull away before he lost control of himself, when Sakura grabbed his mesh shirt and pulled him closer in towards her.

"not wondering about poor Sasuke-kun, now are we!"

"No, I decided you were right. He's dead and Itachi's alive….. I have wanted to feel close to someone like this for years, so if he wants me, then he gets the whole me."

Sakura suddenly felt herself being swept off her feet as, Itachi lifted her up, and carried her bridal style towards the bedroom she had woken up in, which she assumed by the plain shelves filled with jutsu scrolls, was his.

Itachi set her down softly before kissing her on the forehead, and making to turn away.

"Wait! Where are you going?"

Itachi hesitated before answering her.

"I am not going to take you when it is something you do not desire."

Sakura grabbed his arm almost slapping him.

"I'm giving myself to you!"

Itachi softly untangled his arm from the grasp, and made his way to the door.

"Please," he heard her soft voice. "Don't leave me."

Itachi smirked unable to resist the pure, fragile, cherry blossom in front of him. Shutting the door, Itachi walked back over to her, and kissed her passionately, while undoing the buttons on her blouse, and pulling it away from her body.

Sakura pushed him, with more ferocity than he had expected was in her, and straddled him, pulling his mesh shirt off, before Itachi rolled them over so he was on top, looking into her emerald green eyes.

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Sakura sighed feeling nice and warm. Damn that tea she drank last night!

"I should have remembered it makes you want to pee, with all that damned caffeine!"

Opening her eyes a little, Sakura tried to sit up when she realized she was being held down. Sakura opened her eyes fully.

She was laying half on top of someone, their legs entwined, one of his arms draped possessively around her waist. It was then that she realised her head was resting on Itachi's chest….. Itachi's bare chest.

Sakura propped herself up on her elbows and looked at his face as he slept. He looked so peaceful, a small smile on his lips, his forehead smooth instead of covered with his usual furrows of annoyance, and his long hair loose about him.

Sakura's heart jumped as he slowly opened his eyes, and looked at her, above him. Using his other arm, which was not around her waist he lifted his hand to caress her cheek. Sakura's eyes closed dreamily at the feeling of the soft caresses.

"I love you."

Sakura's eyes opened in a heart beat. Itachi was simple and straight to the point with his words, there was no doubting it, but, Sakura was stunned by his sincerity.

Itachi pulled her naked body down till she was once more resting against him, before doing something that shocked her yet more….

"Stay with me?"

That's it for this time!

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