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Joining Akatsuki- Chapter 3:

Sai watched as Itachi picked up the girl with envy in his eyes. Everyone was already filing out of the room, grumbling about being brought from more important things just for this.

He had stayed silent after his little...encounter...with the pink haired kunoichi. He could still taste the innocence of her along with the metalic taste of his own blood. This was going

to be fun.

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Itachi carefully picked Sakura up bridal style and quickly took her to his quarters. The halls were cold so he held her close to keep her warm. Her's and Sai's kiss still played before

his eyes.

'How dare that bastard! He knows what this girl means to me,' he inwardly yelled.

A moan from Sakura brought him form his thoughts.

"How are you feeling?" he asked as her eyes fluttered open.

"Shitty," she mumbled.

"That's normal. Things will get easier as time goes by."

He could feel her slump in his arms. "Itachi," she whispered, "I'm not sure if I did the right thing." There was a slight pause. "It's not that I don't love you, I do, it's just..."

"You're not sure if leaving your friends and family behind was the best of ideas?" he finnished for her.

She nodded silently, clutching at his cloak.

He felt her need for him to tell her everything was going to be alright but couldn't lie to her.

"Sakura, it will be hard. You're probably not going to have to do some things you don't want to but believe me when I say I'll be there for you every step of the way."

She leaned her head against his shoulder in contentment. "Thank you Itachi," she said quietly before slipping back into a deep sleep.

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Sakura woke on a big bed covered in soft black blankets. She sat up.

"Itachi?" she whispered, looking all around.

Everything was silent and dark.

'What time is it?" she thought.

A click was heard to her right. Wipping a kunai out of it's holster on her hip she faced the direction of the sound.

A door was open and Itachi stood with his hands up, signaling he was unarmed.

She scowled. "Don't try to pull off the harmless look. With you it'll never work.''

He smirked. "True, but when you point sharp objects at me i have a tendancy end up bleeding."

"Bullshit. You dodge everything i throw at you," she mumbled.

He chuckled and sat on the bed next to her.

Sakura yawned and ran a hand through her messy hair. Throwing the blankets off of her she started to get out of the bed.

He laid a hand on her shoulder. "Are you sure you wanna get up already?"

She nodded, still trying to get up. "If I show weakness this early how will I survive?"

He nodded in understanding.

When she was up, legs slightly wobbly, she looked around again. It was a relatively plain place. The walls were bare stone, the bed didn't have any headboard or anything, just the black sheets and blood-red pillows. There was no dresser but the closet was on the opposite side of the room. A couch sat on one wall and beside it, a mahogony table held a set of katana and a few scrolls.

"Itachi, you desperatly need to decorate this room. It's...dreary..."

He 'Hn'ed.

She turned back to him, the strength back in her body. "Will I have my own room?"

He nodded. "It's connected to mine through a hidden door."

She smiled mischiviously. "Good, cause I didn't want to share a room with your lazy ass anyways.''

In the blink of an eye she was pinned up against the stone with her arms above her head, his knee between her legs to keep her from getting away. He nuzzled the junction between her shoulder and neck. "Now that isn't true, my little cherry blossom. Just because you have your own room doesn't mean that I'll let you stay in it.''

Letting her chakra go to her wrists she jerked her arms free, then jumped up. Using her chakra she clung to the cieling and just lay there.

"I do love you Itachi but that won't stop me from trying to kick your ass," she said. The force of it was taken away from the smile on her face.

A sudden jerk on her waist pulled her down quickly. Catching her in his arms he brought her close.

She wrapped her arms around his neck. "You know Itachi, for being an all-powerful-missing-nin you sure are gentle when you'r around me." she said.

He smirked. "I have my reasons."

"O really?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

He took a breath to say something but a knock on the door made him hiss in anoyance.

"What?" he barked.

"Um... Itachi-sama? Is the girl in there?" came a frightened voice.

Sakura jumped out of his arms and ran to the door before Itachi could get there. Throwing it open she smiled at the younger boy. "I'm here.''

He gave a light grin but it wavered a little when he saw Itachi glaring over her shoulder. "Eh... I'm supposed to take you to a meeting. It's only for you,'' the boy added when he saw Itachi ready to leave with her.

A low growl came from deep in his throat making the boys hands shake in fear but his face stayed still.

'He's doing well at hiding his fear of Itachi,' Sakura thought.

"Do I get to know who sent you?" she asked.

He shook his head. "I'm to keep the identity secret until you are there."

Another growl from Itachi.

Sakura looked back at him and rolled her eyes. "I'll be right out," she said before shutting the door.

"I don't want you to go," Itachi said as soon as the door closed.

She sighed. "Do I have a choice. I'm new. As of now everyone's my supirior untill I prove how strong I really am.''

He wanted to scream. Did she even know what could happen to her if she went around without knowing anything about... anything?

Seeing the question in his eyes, she walked up to him and wraped her arms around his waist.

"Don't worry. I can take care of myself."

He nodded. Of course he wasn't ok with it but what choice did he have? If he tried to stop her from doing what she wanted then all that would do was invoke the terror called her wrath.

"If anything funny starts up get the hell out."

She nodded then walked back to the door. "Show me the way!'' she said cheerfully to the boy who was now leaning against the wall on the other side of the hall.

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If the boy haden't been there to make sure she got there Sakura was sure she would have been lost within minutes. She tried remembering where and when they turned but after a while she gave up. It was pointless.

"You must have impressed them somehow," the boy said suddenly.

She blinked at him. "What do you mean?"

He looked over at her. "I heard about the tests they gave you. They wern't that bad. They all could have done so much worse but they took it easy on you."

She thought about it. He was right. They were all akatsuki and they chose things that wern't all that hard to succed in at all.

Sighing, she ran a hand through her pink hair.

"I don't know. This all is still kind of confusing to me but other then being in a new place and considered a traitor by my friends and family, it's just like home... except I'm the only girl."

The boy chuckled. "That will be a problem for you."

She rolled her eyes. "Tipical boy," she mumbled so low he didn't hear.

When he looked back questioningly she shook her head. "So what's your name?"

He smiled. It looked genuine but with akatsuki you never know. "I am called Kashi as of now. It changes when it suits my purpose."

"Well I'm Sakura. It'll always be Sakura so it's easy to remember."

He laughed, his face now showing how young he really was.

After several minutes they came upon a dark green door.

"Here you go. He's waiting inside," Kashi said, stepping to the side.

She looked over at him and smiled. "It was nice meeting you Kashi. I hope we get to see each other again. Maybe next time we can get a chance to spar."

He had a confused look on his face. "Someone that is in the lower ranks like me wouldn't even think about sparing with someone like you," he almost whispered.

She sighed. "So is that an ok or am I gunna have to hunt you down and order you to have fun?''

He smiled again. "Ok. But if anyone askes, you did order me."

She laughed as she opened the door.

"Good luck," Kashi whispered as she closed the door. Bad idea for as soon as the door was closed she was plunged into complete darkness.

'Shit,' she inwardly cursed.

Thinking quickly she made a small ball of chakra above her hand and heated it to the point of a light glow. Now she could see things a little better.

It was much more elaborate then Itachi's room. This one had black cloth covering the stone walls and all the furnature was made of a dark, almost black, mahogony wood. It seemed empty but she senced someone's chakra so she knew she wasn't alone.

"Hello?" she said, still looking for the hidden presence.

It stayed silent and dark for several minutes.

Then...

"Hello Sakura," came a familiar voice.

A light flared on making Sakura blink a few times.

She looked up to see the man she met at her testing.

"You!'' she said, remembering the kiss.

He shrugged his shoulders, smiling. "Yup, me."

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Neo- welllll it's short but I updated...

Sai- Why do I have to be in Akatsuki?

Neo- Because I just got to the part in the manga where you come in so shut up!

Itachi- stupid...

Neo- who are you calling stupid!

Gaara- You.

Neo- Panda-san you're not even in this story so far... what are you doing here?

Gaara- I felt like bugging the hell outta Sai... what a girly guy.

Neo- /laughing/ I know right! I've never seen a guy wear belly shirts...

Sakura- leave Sai-san alone!

Sai- I don't want Ugly to stand up for me!

Sakura- /glares/ Die!

Sai running with Sakura right on his heels

Itachi- I'm not acting like myself in this...

Neo- DUH! It's a fanfiction not an origional...

Gaara- I still say you're stupid.

Neo- QUIT INSULTING MY MUFFIN!

Sai- HEEEELLLPPP! This crazy kid's gunna kill me!

Sakura- Get your girly ass back here so I can kill you!

Neo- /sweatdrops/ Don't kill him. Just put him into a full shirt.

Itachi- Review before she goes on...

Neo- Yes! REVIEW! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!