Stand by Me
Author: MsILoveAnime
Summary: No matter what the outcome would be and what consequences that would follow. She would remain by his side through it all. (Non-Massacre)
Rated: M
Slowly coming to a complete stop, from spinning in her office chair, Sakura released a deep sigh as her emerald-colored eyes slowly scanned around her now empty office as she wallowed in the clearly unwanted silence. Her gaze flickered down to her now cleared desk, the troublesome paperwork had been finished and properly filed away and with the influx of nurses that they had in the hospital, it left her mostly bored. So that left her with trying to come up with any kind of solution to help lift Itachi's spirits along with trying to figure out what their next step in this whole ordeal would be.
With them only being weeks into Itachi's suspension, pending the investigation into Genma's death, he had been forced to dedicate his time in other ways such as training and finding other things to do. So Itachi, did what he does best and that was helping wherever it was needed as long as it didn't pertain to any current or upcoming missions.
A soft knock, on her office door, pulled her out of her wandering thoughts, as she lifted her head and pulled her attention towards the door.
"Come in." She called out as the door slowly opened, only for her gaze to suddenly land on Itachi's form as he strolled into her office. Dressed in a dark grey t-shirt and black pants, and his hair tied securely in a neat and low ponytail, she gave him a small smile.
"How's your crusade of being a helping hand working out for you?" She asked, the smile still gracing her lips.
"Tedious" He frowned as he stepped further into her office "but I'll admit that it's keeping me busy, how has your shift been going?"
"So so, I've been just making rounds, but honestly it's been kind of slow."
"Hm." Itachi mused softly "Care to step away from your busy schedule and join me for lunch?"
She nodded "I think I can squeeze you in." Pushing the chair away from her desk and getting up. Sakura easily adjusted her shirt, rounded the desk, and made her way towards him. Standing toe to toe with each other, She easily reached up, grabbing his shirt and pulled him towards her as she kissed him softly.
"Or better yet, how about we skip lunch altogether and indulge in a bit of dessert instead." She muttered against his lips.
He pecked her lips "I'm tempted to take you up on that offer but- He mused softly.
"But what?" She hummed
"There's something that I've been meaning to show you for a while, but with me being preoccupied with missions after missions, I had to keep putting it off but I think now this is the perfect opportunity for me to show you."
"And what would that be?"
He gave her another kiss as the corners of his lips turned upwards "You'll have to wait just a bit to see."
"You know how I feel about surprises Itachi."
He gave her one last kiss as his lips hovered near hers "You'll love it, I promise."
"You know I love anything that you do for me-Her emerald eyes darkened a bit- especially when I get to return the favor." She teased him as she watched as he hovered over her. Watching as he studied her, she smirked.
"What are you thinking about?
"Nothing too concerning, I've noticed that you've been a lot more receptive lately."
She shrugged slightly "I can't help it. Once this thing has blown over and you're back running missions, I'm sure it'll be a while before we can get to have moments like this."
Musing quietly to himself, "When you put it like that," He licked his bottom lip "Now that you brought it up, I am a bit more inclined to take you up on your offer and indulge in a bit of sweetness before lunch." He stepped back from her and swiftly closed her door before locking it and turning it back towards her.
The corners of Sakura's lips turned up as she met him halfway before he effortlessly lifted her, her legs immediately latching themselves around his waist as his lips found hers again. Leading them over to her couch, Sakura could feel the tip of Itachi's tongue against hers before the fight of dominance began easily urging Sakura's grip around Itachi's neck to tighten as she felt herself becoming a bit more aroused as they continued.
Itachi easy maneuvered over towards her couch and sat down, with her now straddling him. As they continued on, Sakura could feel Itachi's hand run them themselves along the curves of her body before he stopped at the hem of her shirt. Drawing back from him, Sakura could see the lust written inside Itachi's eyes as never took her eyes off of him as she placed her hands on top of his and slowly eased out of the shirt before tossing it onto the floor. Itachi wasted no time, burying his face into the crook of her neck and latching his mouth onto her neck.
"Itachi." She breathed out as her grip on his neck tightened
Jumping nearly out of her skin, as the coolness of Itachi's touch against her back. She could feel his hands making a beeline for the clasp of her bra before easily undoing them, freeing her breast from the confines. Easing out of the bra, Sakura easily discarded it, as Itachi leaned back, his hardened gaze landed on her now uncovered breast before leaning down and latching his mouth on one her swollen nipples.
She meowed as a jolt of pleasure washed over her as Itachi's teeth gently clamped down on said nipple. As Itachi's skillful tongue worked wonders on her nipples, she could feel the warm sensation filling her body grow as he bit down on her nipple again, forcing another low moan to escape her lips. Lifting her gaze up to the ceiling, Sakura found her hands in Itachi's hair, knowing full well that she would be a wreck if Itachi continued, knowing full well that she was the most turned on when it came to this kind of foreplay.
"Itachi." She moaned out again as she found her hand, trailing towards the top of her skirt, only for Itachi to stop her hand. Her glazed emerald eyes looked at him.
"What are you doing?" He bit out huskily
"Let me." She moaned out softly as she kissed him on the lips before looking back at him.
"No."
Biting back the inward smirk, she just pouted at him.
It was no secret, to the either of them, that Sakura loved to touch herself but she knew that when Itachi was home, she'd sometimes do it just to slightly pissed him, enough so that he'd be rougher and more dominant than he'd normally be when they were intimate and it was something about the way that her body just reacted on its on at the anticipation of all of the things that Itachi would do her.
"You know how you can stop me." She spoke softly "I want you inside of me now."
"What's the magic word?"
"Now." She moaned
He bit down on her nipple again, sending a jolt of pleasure down her spine "What's the magic word Sakura?"
"Now." She moaned
Reluctantly pulling back from her, Itachi's onyx eyes fell onto the flustered medic, who had a slight frown on her face.
"Why did you stop?" She whined softly
"That's not it, what's the magic word Sakura?"
"P-Please."
"I didn't hear you Sakura, what did you say?"
"I said Please." She groaned "I want you inside of me right now Itachi, please." She begged.
"Good girl."
Itachi easily helped her back to her feet as she reached for the hem of her skirt and pulled it, along with her underwear down just as Itachi freed himself from the confines of his pants. Gazing upon his erection, as it stood at full attention. Biting down softly on her bottom lip, she felt her vagina throbbed in anticipation of him being buried deep inside her, as she silently hoped that he would take her in every way that she hoped.
Stepping towards him, Sakura braced her hands upon both of his knees, as glanced up at him and then down at his erection before she ran her tongue across her lips. Making the notion to drop to her knees, Itachi's hand suddenly reached out and stopped her. Her emerald gaze flickered back onto his face and simply just frowned at him as he slowly turned her around to let her sit in his lap.
"I hope this is going in the direction that I want." She breathed as she pulled her hair to the side and leaned back against his chest. Already feeling his penis pressing up against her vagina, she reached down and softly grabbed ahold of it and slowly began to stroke it.
"If not, I can always torture you until you give in." She cooed and before Sakura could even get another stroke in, Itachi's quickly coaxed his fingers with her wetness before a lone finger flicked over the budding nerves, causing Sakura's stomach to inadvertently crunch together in pleasure.
"You'll do what." He breathed into her ear as he placed a soft kiss against her neck. "Now tell me where you want me again?"
"In me." She moaned out softly, only to gasp softly as Itachi's fingers slowly crept inside of her before he slowly removed them, as he readied her other entrance.
"Is this where you want me?" He breathed into her ear
"Yes, please."
Turning her head, she grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him towards her and just as she leaned down to catch his lips again, a thunderous knock on her office door easily rooted the couple in place. She easily let go of Itachi's neck as the both of their gaze suddenly shifted towards the door. Seeing that Itachi wasn't making any kind of indication that he was going to move, she easily braced herself against his knees to get up only for him to stop her.
"Itachi." She hissed softly as she smacked his knee softly
"Sakura." Ibiki's voice boomed on the other side of the door, causing her to nearly jump out of her skin, just as he knocked again.
She smacked his knee again as she turned towards him "Let me up."
"No"
Dropping his hand from her arm, she eyed him as he effortlessly made a clone of himself before her gaze flickered from him, to his clone and then back to him. Watching as the clone shuffled towards the door, unlocked it and opening it.
"Itachi have you seen Sakura?" She could hear Ibiki ask
"She had to run back home for some work files."
"Good, You and I need to talk in private." She could hear Ibiki say before there was a brief pause as Itachi's clone stepped outside, closing the door behind him. Sakura turned back towards Itachi, his gaze staring into nothing as his eyebrows furrowed and after a few moments of silence, Itachi pulled his gaze back towards her.
"What did he want?" She whispered
"Nothing."
"Itachi" She warned
"You're focusing on the wrong thing Sakura," Itachi muttered before grabbing ahold of her hips and lifting her. Wrapping his arm around her waist, He used his other hand to position himself at her entrance before lowering her on him earning a soft gasp from her as she fully engulfed him, her vagina clamping tightly around him in the process.
"Sakura." He groaned as he gave her a good smack on the ass, earning a sharp gasp from her which prompted him to do it again before cupping it. Reaching out and bracing her hands on the top of the couch. Sakura's eyes found Itachi's as the corners of her lips turned up as she leaned closer to reclaim his lips again.
Emerging from her office an hour and a half later, Sakura and Itachi found themselves strolling along the hospital's corridor, chatting amicably about Itachi's latest helpful venture. This time he had been helping his grandparents with their spring cleaning and as Itachi spoke, Sakura couldn't help but catch the sideway glances that they were getting from the nurses and fellow doctors. She could feel the slight frown on her lips, she was almost certain that Itachi had caught onto them staring but chose to completely ignore them.
What could they do about any of this anyway?
It was bad enough that the news of Itachi's suspension had spread throughout the village, like a rouge wildfire but it was something about the stares that they would get while they were out and about really bothered her.
It was no secret that she was already use to people staring at her on the numerous occasions of her battering Naruto up and down the village, but it was just something about the look of disappointed that marred their faces as if he had let them down. Flicking her gaze towards Itachi, her emerald eyes softened as she thought about how Itachi was dealing with all of this, especially with all the criticism and scolding that was coming from within the Uchiha clan.
Her shoulders suddenly dropped as a deep sigh made its way past her lips as she suddenly recalled the day, when the news had finally reached them. Sakura had already made plan to visit Mikoto, who had fallen ill, with a bout of food poisoning, after trying out a new restaurant. While making their way down the hallway, where Mikoto was resting, they found Fugaku leaning against a wall in the hallway, near the bedroom with his arms across his chest and a stern look that he was infamously known to wear in public, on his face. She could remember Itachi telling her to tell his mother that he would be by in a bit just as his father pushed himself off of the wall.
Flashing Fugaku a small smile, she could've sworn that his frowned deepened as she quickly retreated into the confines of their room just as Itachi followed his father. As she made sure that Mikoto was comfortable for the moment, she managed to slip away to retrieve some medicine for her, and when she came back, she was met with Itachi, standing at the home's entrance with his hands dug deep into his pocket with an uncommon look of annoyance written all over his normally impassive facial features.
She wanted to ask if there was anything that she could do but her concerns were almost confirmed when he informed her that the elder clan members had called a last-minute meeting and the he was forced to attend, when she asked about Mikoto, he told her that his mother was resting at the moment and that he would check on her before he came home and that she could head home but being as stubborn as she was, she had insisted on staying before promptly walking past him.
"Sakura."
"Huh?"
Inhaling softly, her emerald eyes slid over to Itachi, who was on her left staring straight ahead. Following his gaze, her line of sight fell on Hachi, as he stalked towards the two of them with one hand dug deep into his coat pocket and the other holding onto a Manila folder.
"Good afternoon, Hachi, how can I help you?" She asked as he stopped in front of them.
"Good afternoon, Sakura, Itachi. I hope I didn't catch you at a bad time." He spoke as his gaze flickered between the two of them.
She shook her head "Not really, we were getting ready to head out for lunch." She then peered down at the folder in his hand "Is that for me?"
"Yes, it is, I wanted to talk to you about something, but it can wait until you come back."
"Are you sure?"
Hachi just simply nodded "Positive."
"Sakura."
Turning towards Itachi, Hachi kept his gaze on Sakura as she turned towards Itachi.
"Go ahead, just meet me at Ichiraku's when you get done."
"I really don't want to intrude on your lunch plans."
"It's fine." Itachi shook his head at Hachi "Just don't be too long Sakura."
Her eyebrows furrowed for a moment before nodding at him. Watching Itachi as he dug his hands into his front pockets before he began walking away from them. Once Itachi was out of earshot, Hachi spoke
"How's he holding up?"
She sighed softly "I think he's holding up okay." But who really knows?
"That's good to hear, I know that grief is a tricky thing to deal with especially when it's people that you've worked well with for several years but-He shook his head-I'm getting sidetracked."
"What's in the folder?"
"I think it's best we talk about this in a more private setting. We can talk this over in your office." He spoke causing Sakura's posture to stiffen a bit.
"We could but I just locked my door when I left and stuffed the key into Itachi's pocket." She easily lied "But I'm sure we can find an empty room nearby. Does that sound good to you?"
"Yes, that's perfectly fine."
Leading the way, it took Sakura no time to find an empty room and quickly shuffling inside. Letting Hachi come in, Sakura turned to see Hachi, holding the manila folder towards her.
"What's in here?" She asked as she took few steps towards him, grabbing the folder.
"Part of Genma's autopsy."
She looked up from the folder at him "What do you mean part, I thought you still had a week until the Hokage's deadline?"
He nodded "I do, I just wanted to keep you up to date about my findings, I know how much Genma meant to both you and Itachi."
Sparing Hachi one last glance, she opened the folder and slowly scanned over the papers.
"Your report says that you found traces of lead in Genma's system." She lifted her eyes back on him "Do you have any idea of where it could've come from?"
He shook his head "No, but since they came from Iwagakure I sent word to an old colleague of mines and he's helping out."
"Do you think this was the cause of Genma's death?"
"I doubt it, it showed no signs of lethality."
Sakura continued to flip through the short report "So, what are you ruling his cause of death as?"
"Homicide."
Sakura froze as she lifted her gaze back up to him, her eye widened "What!"
Hachi nodded "I found strands of hair in Genma's throat and stomach and defensive wounds on Genma's hands."
"Could they come from the mission that he was just on?"
"That's what I would've chalked it up to be but the fresh DNA underneath his nails say otherwise."
"DNA? Do you know who's it is?"
Hachi shook his head "I'm running test and I'm going to report to Ibiki once I have the results in a few hours."
Sakura looked up back down at the folder "This doesn't make any sense; I don't understand who could've done this. Do you know what Genma's time of death was?
"You said you called his death around 3:18?"
Sakura nodded
"Judging by the rigor, I'm estimating it to be anywhere between 2:30-2:50 a.m."
"Genma had been gone that long?"
Hachi nodded "I'm afraid so."
"I don't understand why it would take them so long to check on him when I. specifically told them to check on him all during their shift."
"That I can't answer for you Sakura."
"I think it's about time I did an investigation of my own, none of this adds up, Will you give me a heads up when you get a hit back on it."
Hachi nodded "I will."
Watching as Hachi stepped towards the door, He suddenly paused in his stride "If I were you, I'd start with those close to Genma."
Her emerald eyes narrowed "Why would you say that."
"I'm just offering some advice."
"You don't usually offer you advice unless you know something, you know something don't you." She stalked towards him "What is it, Hachi?"
"What is it, Hachi?"
"No- Okay I heard a couple of nurses gossiping about something about the day Genma died."
"Gossiping about what specifically?"
"I don't know, I didn't stick around long enough to hear anything else."
"Do you know the name of those nurses?"
"No."
"What were they talking about Hachi?"
"I'm no-
"Don't lie to me Hachi." Sakura seethed softly "You really don't want me to go on a warpath in your department again, do you?"
He shook his head "No, please don't do that. They just finished the repairs up last week."
Then you better get to talking."
"Have you told anybody?"
"Sak-
"Have you told anyone." She seethed
"No but I'm due to give a report to Ibiki, in the next few hours."
"You cannot tell him w-
"Sakura, you know that you and I are both bound to report anything that could affect this village."
"How could this possibly affect the village even more Hachi." Sakura seethed as she handed the folder back to him "We already have two shinobi dead and a suspended captain. Tell me what more could Itachi possibly do especially with you assuming this."
"Sakura it is not my job to assume, I'm just stating what I found."
Running her hands over her face, Sakura sighed deeply before turning on the heels of her feet before leaving out of the room.
"Sakura."
Standing at full attention, Sakura was pulled out of her thoughts as she stared at one of her former sensei, Kakashi Hatake, as he stood up looking out the window that overlooked the village.
"Sorry Hokage-sama."
He turned towards her, "There are no need for the formality Sakura, it's just the two of us."
"I think it's best that I keep it this way, Hokage-sama." She spoke "I'm sure this isn't a formal visit."
"You're right, it isn't. I'm sure you're aware of everything that's been going on with Itachi."
She nodded "Yes sir."
"I can see that your obviously not pleased with everything that has happened."
She simply shrugged "My feelings don't matter about this subject."
"Hm, can you tell me, how much you know about the events that transpired during Itachi's mission?"
"Not a lot." Her eyebrows suddenly lifted "Why?"
Sakura's gaze stayed on him as he walked around his desk and sat down on the edge of his desk. Reaching to his side, Kakashi's gaze flickered over to the manila folder before he picked it up before looking back at Sakura
"I'm starting to think that Itachi may have omitted some details from his initial report."
Silence fell between the two of them as Sakura recalled that tense conversation during their lunch.
"Because I was negligent during that mission, not only with Raido but Genma as well. There are some details that I haven't disclosed to you."
Sakura just stared at him "What?"
"Details like what."
Kakashi simply held the manila folder out for her, stepping forward to take it, Sakura looked to the folder then at Kakashi before she took it and opened it. As she scanned the documents, her eyebrows furrowed.
This was nothing that was in Hachi's report.
"I bet you're wondering why it looks different from the report Hachi, showed your earlier."
Her head shot back up as stared at his only visible eye. "What is this?"
"Genma's official autopsy report."
"This can't be." She muttered softly "Where is Itachi now."
"With Ibiki and Shizune, undergoing another psych exam."
"This is his fourth one this week."
"I'm well aware."
"You of all people should know that even the strongest of shinobi's can't handle Ibiki's technique, especially on a day-to-day basis like that."
"I'm well aware."
Her hand clenched itself tightly around the folder tightly
"If you're thinking about my situation, it's nothing that you should dwell on. What's done is done."
"I still don't think you should be taking this sitting down." She spoke up, crossing her arms across her chest "Seriously though why aren't you fighting this."
Watching him closely, Sakura barely noticed the subtle sink in Itachi's shoulders before her eyes narrowed.
"What are you hiding from me?"
"Is that all you have to say I'm aware!" She seethed softly
"Keep reading the report Sakura." Kakashi simply spoke
Her gaze flickered towards the folder before she kept on reading before she stopped and looked up at Kakashi. "This doesn't make any sense. There is no way this can be true."
"You can't miss something that you've never known Sakura."
"What could the possible reason be for doing something like this." She looked up at Kakashi, only for him to simply shrug.
"That's why we've been taking a look into Itachi's memories to see, exactly what all happened during that mission."
Taking account of Itachi's silence, Sakura chuckled softly "You know, I'm really starting to hate this sense of the accountability that you have when it comes to everyone else's well-being instead of your own and it's starting to piss me off."
"Why wouldn't anyone had told me, instead of sending me spiraling down into depression."
"Because he was under my direct order, not to tell anyone."
Kakashi's gaze flickered onto the figure behind him, only for Sakura to turn and come face to face with none other than Itachi and a clearly alive Genma.
"I assume that you were not followed."
Itachi just simply nodded
"Someone better tell me what the hell is going on and I mean right now before I knock the three of you out cold."
Genma chuckled softly but the chuckled immediately died down as Sakura's hardened gaze fell onto him.
And so, for the next hour and a half Itachi had explained to Sakura about the suspicions on one of their own, and he meant citizen of Konoha, had been doing backdoor deals with warring countries and had been providing them with intel on Anbu ninjas but also several Jonin. She had also learned that they had been spotted inside of the village of Iwagakure, the same time as Itachi and his team, and with Genma's perfect perception of remembering people. Itachi had easily relayed the information to Kakashi before a new plan was set in place, A plan which included faking the death of Genma, so that he could work at his best and naming Itachi as a primary suspect. So as the weeks passed by of Genma's death, Genma had been tasked of shadowing their prime suspect until enough information was gathered and the person was apprehended.
"So, who was it?" Sakura asked as she turned back towards Kakashi only for Kakashi to simply smile at her and simply state Classified information.
After being briefed with Kakashi, about her silence over the whole matter. Genma had left the two of them alone outside of the confines of the Hokage's office, which had Sakura ready to nearly bite Itachi's head off his shoulders. Choosing not to voice her concerns and her anger towards the elder Uchiha until they were safely in the confines of her home, Sakura stayed silent the whole walk to behind the elder Uchiha.
"Sakura"
Stopping in her tracks, Sakura's emerald eyes fell onto Itachi, who had stopped a few steps away from her.
"I'm sorry, what were you saying?"
"We're here." He simple spoke
Looking away from Itachi and following his gaze. Sakura's eyes widened as she just stared at the construction site of what looked to be a two-story home.
"Wow, this looks like it's going to be a big house, who 's is it?"
"Mines."
She threw a glance in his direction and then back onto the house "You obviously aren't compensating for anything in that direction but don't you think it's a little big for just yourself?"
"I think it's an appropriate size for the both of us."
Her gaze suddenly shifted onto him. "Huh?"
He chuckled softly
"You want us to move into together?"
"More than that." Itachi turned towards her, reaching out for her, his arm wrapped itself around her waist as he pulled her closer and into his chest as he stared deeply into her eyes.
"I want us to be more than we are right now.I want this to be our home where I get to rub you down after a long day from work. A place where I can earn you forgiveness after a bad argument. It's a place where we raise our children."
A small smile began to form on her lips
"A place that you and I can both call home."
Leaning into him,She couldn't help as her smile widened
"So, marry me."
"I'll say yes on one condition."
"And what condition would that be."
"I want a one-on-one session with both you and Genma."
He smirked "That's it?"
She nodded into his chest "I'm a simple girl Itachi."
"You're more than simple." He spoke as he leaned down, closer to her "You're mines."
Author's Note:
Yes, I know, I know that there is a detailed lemon moment in this fanfiction and honestly, I really couldn't help myself not to write it. I especially wanted it to include more details into the story.
Please bear with me as I am honestly trying my best to really teach myself on how to get better at properly wording these fanfictions out, both correctly and the way that I want it to go, as well as being a better storyteller.
Yes, I know that this story seems like I rushed it, especially towards the end, but honestly that's how I normally get when I'm anxious to put something, especially when it's been sitting in my computer just begging to be finished and put out. I'm hoping that this won't be the case when it comes to writing Until Dawn and the other little projects that I'm working on.
But Stand by Me is finished and it's onto the next thing.
See you guys again soon :)
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