Chapter 3 – Him & I

After giving himself a couple of minutes Shisui was finally able to re-collect himself. He decided, that he would follow the pink haired woman and find out why she was so desperately interested in his family's dōjutsu. If the pinkette wasn't after Itachi, surely there had to be another reason, and he will definitely do his best to find out just what kind of intentions she has towards his clan.

Sakura wasn't sure how she felt about everything that happened over the course of one day. She was in her apartment, anxiously sitting at her desk, using her palms as a support for her heavy, sleep deprived head. She was gazing through the window, but her mind was focused on entirely different things.

The pinkette understood, that causing certain emotions or feelings could cause her to awaken her kekkei genkai. The idea seemed logical…especially when some of the facts were confirmed by the Uchiha Itachi himself, on of the prodigies of the Uchiha clan. The only thing that bothered her were the foreign feelings, that she had to experience in order to obtain her clan's strange power.

She had to experience love and desire for someone to the point of going mad and that in itself sounded scary and way out of her comfort zone.

She let out an audible sigh out of frustration. Everything made sense perfectly, expect for the part where she had to love or desire someone greatly. The only person she truly ever desired was no other than Sasuke Uchiha himself, but after finding out he didn't have any interest in her she decided to just give up, it was a one-sided love, if she could even call it like that. Years went by utterly wasted on a man, that preferd to act like a brick wall.

Therefore, Sakura decided, that she didn't want to give herself any more false hope by thinking, that he might start developing any kind of feelings towards her, it was just not happening and she knew it way too well. So by burying up her fruitless hopes, Sakura focused on entirely different things, things that brought her happines, things such as her career as a respectable medical ninja.

Given that, Sakura had no interest in guys for a while, she wasn't ready to go around and involve herself with yet another wicked, cold man, it was troublesome and she also had no trust in men. Although, lately it seemed, that fate had other things prepared for Sakura, as if knowing that she decided to give up on the mankind entirely. That damn fate seemed to mock her in every way possible, Sakura wondered why she was even acting surprised.

The rosette woman grew even more frustrated, as her thoughts were not giving her a second off from all of the bullshit she got herself into. Therefore, she decided that the best way to take out all of her frustration would be in the training grounds.

She grabbed a pair of black leather gloves that she got from her Shisou for her eighteenth birthday, the memory was still fond in her mind, even if her Shisou ended up being drunk half an hour later.

She made her way out of the apartment.

After no longer than fifteen minutes of sprinting, she reached the training grounds at the opposite side of village, those were one of the training grounds that were located in the forest of the Konoha's outskirts, but it was a completely different area from the one she went earlier having to find Itachi-san.

She decided to stretch a little bit at first, just to be sure she wouldn't put too much pressure on her muscles instantly. Healing sore muscles because she didn't stretch properly would be a pain in the ass and a waste of precious her chakra, the patients at the hospital needed her chakra more.

Shisui had been following the pink haired woman for quite a few hours after he noticed her sprinting opposite direction of the Hokage's tower and the hospital itself, thinking quickly he decided, that she was probably heading home.

His suspicions only increased as she the said woman was caught on her lie, saying that she had to come back to the hospital urgently since she had to work in the laboratory, but instead, she was clearly off from work.

Shisui certainly wasn't a creep or some kind of a stalker, unless the mission specifically asked for it, but even so, he couldn't help himself, he was curious and suspicious at the same time, the pink haired woman seemed like she had something to hide for sure. He was wondering if the Godaime's apprentice was a silent threat or was there something deeper?

After she entered her apartment, Shisui tried to sense her chakra in order to find out which one of the apartments in the building belonged to Sakura-san. He sensed her chakra quite quickly and it seemed, that locating her apartment was an easy deal for someone like Shisui, his anbu training surely was paying off.

Once he sensed her presence in one of the rooms for quite a while he decided to check up on her. He made its way to the tree that was seemed to be nearest to her bedroom window, at least from what he could tell.

After carefully masking his chakra, Shisui took a seat on one of the larger tree branches, being really careful as not to be seen. After he made sure his hiding spot was perfect for stalking on the pink haired girl, Shisui decided to cast a genjutsu over the area in order to keep his presence completely hidden.

The dark haired man gazed through the window just to see Sakura sitting still, hands leaning into her desk, her palms cupped her face as if she was trying to keep the balance over her head and her dull gaze went straight through the window, clearly, very oblivious to the fact that someone was secretly peeking at her.

She didn't even blink and Shisui assumed that she was probably way too dazed out to even notice something slightly unusual, her stare was blank and he could only guess that she was deep in thought.

He knew something wasn't right about her, and he felt his suspicions increasing again. At this very moment she didn't even seem to function like a proper human being.

He observed her for a couple of more minutes until he noticed her shifting. Her facial expressions changed rapidly and Shisui could only assume that she was frustrated about something. After seeing her let out a deep sigh, he eyed her movements as she grabbed a pair of black leather gloves from her desk and went out of the room.

Less than a few moments went by until he felt her presence disappear and reappear, confirming the fact that she left her apartment.

After seeing her out in the street Shisui took his leave as well.

She took a quick glance over her shoulder 'Someone might be following me' she thought to herself. The weary thought itself, made Sakura take another glance and scan the area more carefully, when she couldn't detect any signs of unfamiliar chakra, she decided to blame it on her rising paranoia again. All of this was just becoming too much for her to handle at the very moment, she shook her head and moved towards the training grounds a bit faster.

Lost in the train of thoughts Sakura in fact failed to notice the man in black, following her in the early evening light.

Soon enough, Sakura reached the training grounds at the opposite side of Konoha, she knew they were rarely used, as they were a bit further away from the other training grounds that were located within Konoha's borders, given that, she found the idea of it being further away from civilization more pleasing. She needed a moment to re-collect herself.

Shisui was almost scared for a second when he noticed suspicious glances coming from the pink haired woman, her eyes gleaming straight into him without even knowing. 'Shit, she almost caught me.' He thought while smirking, although a bit nervously.

He noticed the pink haired medic increasing her speed as if she was rushing somewhere, Shisui couldn't help but frown at her sudden change of behaviour within the seconds. 'Was she paranoid?' Shisui couldn't tell even if he wanted to.

He came slowly upon the clearing.

Shisui hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't really know how to approach a woman he barely knew, but once his eyes landed on a sight he surely did not expect to find, he knew the answer right away.

Sakura sat, her legs crossed, beneath a blossoming tree. It was early spring and most of the trees were blooming at the moment. As the blossoms fell to earth, she'd throw a kunai at them. The kunai would pierce the flower and pin it to the trunk of a nearby tree. Clearly, this was an exercise in aim to bring back her focus.

Unclear as to why she was out here alone, Shisui shifted his weight, subtly crushing leaves beneath his feet, reminding himself that it was about time he would need to reveal himself. Sakura's face snapped upward. She could sense a hidden presence behind her.

Her head slowly tilted in alert.

"Who's there?" she called out, looking suspiciously over her shoulder once again. The trees obscured the shadow of a man, nearly frightening her. Most likely she knew him, but the dark shadows of the evening made her wary.

Instead of calling back to her, Shisui only stepped forward. Dewy sunlight reached his form as he came out, clearly not bothering to answer her question. His attention swiftly moved onto her features, seeing her relax a little bit, although it seemed that she still had her guard up nonetheless. A weak, insecure smile teased upon her face.

"Shisui-san," she nodded, greeting him. He took no time for formalities.

"What are you planning?" he interrogated, moving towards her. He noticed her pleasant mask falter. Looking away from him, she watched another petal fall to the ground. She reached for the kunai at her side, only to find it missing.

Instead, she noticed Shisui rolling it idly in his hand in front of her, waiting for an answer. She noticed that he was too close for her liking.

Sakura gasped, just how did he get so close to her within a few seconds? Then it hit her, it was he was Shisui of the body flicker, another famous member of Uchiha clan, a prodigy. Sakura couldn't help but blame her bad luck today. What did she do to provoke another stoic man in the Uchiha clan?

The pinkette clearly started to get nervous. Just what does he know? Has he heard her conversation with Itachi?' A slight frown made its way towards Sakura's face as she looked at the curly haired man.

What was she supposed to say? Certainly, not the truth. She will play dumb then.

"What do you mean, Shisui-san?" Sakura said, giving him another question instead of an answer.

A cluster of blossoms fell from the tree as the wind blew a little stronger. Her eyes widened when Shisui threw the kunai she just had near to the side of her face, smirking as he impaled all of the delicate buds to the side of a tree.

"I'm not dumb Sakura-san, why do you need information about Sharingan? It was clearly not meant for Tsunade-sama or your lab work, as I've seen you going home instead of reporting back to her immediately or going back to the hospital." Shisui said without giving a care in the world about her reaction.

Sakura's eyes widened in horror. He knew something. She found herself gasping once again, this man was no good.

Shisui didn't care enough to wait for Sakura's answer, instead he pulled her up from the ground with his hand, gripping her upper arm roughly.

"You either tell me." He demanded. "Or I can use the sharingan" He said, threatening her by activating his crimson red gaze in front of her eyes 'You know you can't lie' he nearly smirked at the thought, there was little you could hide from the depths of Sharingan.

When he held her painfully for a moment too long, a soft sound of distress was emitted from her throat. He eyed her, eyes full of distrust.

She was fucked, completely, utterly fucked. Just how did it turn out like this? If he will suspect her of lying he will not hesitate to use his eyes on her and go through all of her memories, worse use a genjutsu. The thought of it disturbed Sakura deeply.

What was worse he might be even thinking that she might have something against the Uchiha clan itself, which was far from truth.

She knew well she wouldn't be able to run away and if she did, it would only cause more problems for her.

"I'll tell you." She said while glaring at him, she didn't care if he had his crimson red Sharingan burning into her face. "But first, let go of me." The pinkette told him by eyeing his strict grip on her upper arm, she wanted to yank her hand out of his grip, but figured it would be no good in this situation.

"Alright." He said, letting her go of his grip, yet his eyes were completely focused on her face, his Sharingan still on full display.

Shisui couldn't trust her completely, so within a matter of seconds she was pressed to the trunk of a tree as he was hovering over her, still looking her straight in the eyes.

Sakura couldn't help but gasp at the rough feeling behind her back as she hit the tree trunk. She eyed the curly haired man who was gazing at her intensely.

"To sum it up, a weird voice in my dream told me that my clan has a long forgotten kekkei genkai and I'm the only person who is able to unlock it, in other words I'm a clan heiress who is not even from a clan, I was born in a civilian family." She said while giving him one last look in the eyes. "I know it sounds crazy, but that weird voice also said that in order for me to achieve it...I have to unlock it by experiencing certain…feelings." Sakura was now looking at the ground like it was the most interesting thing out there.

"I came up with some theories, given that Uchihas could unlock their clan dojutsu by experiencing certain, intensified emotions, so I decided that the best way to confirm my facts concerning it would be by double checking with Itachi-san." She nervously said as she moved her gaze up, her green eyes fierce, although not as confident as before.

Shisui's eyes widened, he knew she wasn't lying, he could tell from her facial expressions, they were honest, and Sharingan was all seeing, yet Shisui couldn't believe what he had just heard, the stuff she said sounded bizarre, but in ninja world there were a lot of bizarre things even if they didn't make any sense.

His gaze softened.

"Would you mind if I would check your memories of this event?" He wanted to make sure this wasn't just a dream or a genjustu that was cast by someone, and to be honest he was thoroughly interested in her story as well.

He noticed a slight nod from Sakura-san and the next thing he saw were her green eyes intensely staring, it felt like the green irises were looking into the depths of his soul. "Okay." That was the only response that came out from her glossy lips.

"You might feel uncomfortable, but please try to relax Sakura-san." Shisui said as he saw her pulling back slightly.

She had promised to let him do this and yet she felt scared that he wouldn't believe her. The last thing Sakura's eyes saw were the spinning tomoes of Shisui's sharingan before she closed her eyes. Shisui took a step closer and placed one of his hands behind her neck having the other securely on her tiny waist. He did not have to do this, he could have easily caught her in his jutsu from across the field, but he felt that if he had some sort of physical contact with her, he could render her completely immobile and subdue her if necessary.

Time stood still as Shisui cast his genjutsu in the dim evening light and he couldn't help but unconsciousness tighten his grip on her body. The darkness that surrounded him lead towards a bright light as he felt the pull of her inner mind.

Her inner mind fought off the genjustsu at first, but then felt the power of Shisui's mind control. He wanted to see what her subconscious thoughts were, there were little that people could hide in their subconscious. He pressed on and began breaking down the walls that her mind had set up around itself. It's not like she was overtly resisting, but it was still a tedious task nonetheless. The human mind was something that created protections from certain people, trauma or events that could cripple it's very being. He knew this well, yet, he didn't want to force himself on her. It was not in his character to treat someone that was not an overt enemy as such, so, he patiently took his time working within her mind to unlock her subconscious.

"Look through yesterday's events, you can scan the ones from today as well, just to be sure." A soft voice reached his ears, she was helping him, an intruder to her thoughts.

Without a second thought Shisui did as he was told.

All light that was around him vanished in bliss of a second and the next thing he saw was darkness. He was surrounded by darkness. He saw Sakura's body on the ground she was looking around clearly confused about whatever that was happening and that's when he heard a voice approaching her.

After that everything went fast, he heard the voice, he heard her agony screams and then he saw a bundle of black hands coming out of nowhere and reaching out for her, cradling her body. One of the bigger hands caressed her forehead and the next thing he heard were her painful screams.

The next scene showed him her form near the mirror that was presumably in her bedroom, inspecting the newly found seal on her forehead. He let out an inaudible gasp when he saw a diamond shape triangle resting on forehead, although it wasn't really noticeable, it was still there nonetheless. After that he saw Sakura dropping on the floor and losing all of her consciousness completely once again.

He played all of her memories for the past twenty four hours up until now and after deciding that she really didn't mean any harm towards his clan he decided that it was more than enough information for him and she was free to go.

He still held the back of her neck as his other arm was still wraped around her waist when both of them returned to reality.

She was staring at him with her big green eyes and he couldn't help but stare back. He wasn't sure what to do, but in some way he felt like he wanted to help her. He didn't notice his hand moving from her neck up to her face, he gently touched her forehead, moving Sakura's unruly bangs away to get a clear view at the skin coloured rhombus on her forehead.

"So in order to unlock it fully you have to experience certain feelings right?" Shisui said while still staring right into her eyes. "Unfortunately, yes." Sakura said while biting her lip nervously, she felt a blush creeping into her cheeks when he softly moved her bangs and she felt his other hand still resting on her waist, the sensation of a touch so simple that it sent shivers down her spine.

"What kind of feelings do you have to experience?" He asked while raising a brow, he knew exactly what kind of emotions she had to experience, but he wanted to tease her nonetheless.

Sakura's eyes widened and she flushed further. "I think I can choose…" She said while looking down again, she couldn't face him it was just too embarrassing. "It's either lust, desire or…love." She said softly as her voice fell nearly silent at the end.

"So you can experience only one of them.." Shisui said thoughtfully. "Alright, I'll help you with that." He said, while softly smirking, his hand slowly fell from her forehead and softly reached for her face once again. He lightly brushed through her jawline and settled his hand under her chin, keeping his thumb on top of it.

"W-what?" Sakura said clearly confused, bewilderment danced in her eyes at the unexpected touch. "I said I'll help you with that, I doubt you would find someone, who is more suitable than me, if I'm being honest." He said while taking advantage of her vulnerability, he lifted her chin up and her eyes met his once again, jade eyes became nearly dark green in the dim evening light.

"I'll gift you with the feeling of lust and desire, but only if you will be a good girl and avoid falling in love with me, Hime." He was smirking, black eyes gazed into hers and she couldn't help but open her mouth slightly out of surprise, a second later she scowled, clearly not satisfied with the pet name given.

"I won't fall in love with you, jerk!" Sakura was furious within seconds, her fiery temper peeking through, a remarkable resemblance to the Godaime Hokage.

Sakura really just thought that those goddamn arrogant Uchiha bastards were honestly just trying to corrupt her damn existence.

"I hope so." He said while letting out a soft chuckle. "So, what do you say, will you accept my help, Hime?" He looked at her even more intensely, his eyes were full of mischief.

Sakura sure had heard about the famous Shisui of the body flicker, he was a well known womaniser amongst the woman of Konoha. She heard stories and tales about the man, and she knew that ninety percent of the female population were ready to throw themselves at him at any minute given. And although, Sakura has never seen him up close as she did now, she could truly appreciate someone as handsome as him and understand why it was so easy to fall for someone like Shisui. Even she, herself found appreciating his handsomeness as he was truly a remarkable piece of a specimen, one that was a pleasant look to the eyes with a hint of darkness surrounding him.

Sakura nearly groaned knowing that the Uchiha genes were ruining it for her, but she knew very well that she wouldn't be able to find anyone that was more suitable than him.

She told herself that she wouldn't have to be attached to him in any way, it was an easy and obvious choice, really, he would just help her and that's it.

Still, Shisui was an extremely attractive and dangerous man and Sakura would be lying if she would try to deny it, she knew better than that. Was the deal really that simple? She could only wonder.

"Thank you Shisui-san." She said after a few moments, her voice was lower, deeper and her stomach nearly flopped when she noticed his long dark lashes, defined feline eyes gazed at her with curiosity.

She blushed even more when she started to analyse his face. She was thankful to Kami, that she was somewhere deep in the Konoha's forests and it was late in the evening already, the dim light made it so that half of his face was concealed by those luscious, curly raven locks that fell against his temples and nearly moulded with the onyx eyes of the same shade.

Sakura idly wondered. If Shisui knew how many times she dared to peek at him through the corner of her lashes, she thought he would probably think she was batshit crazy, and maybe that wasn't far from the truth.

"I want to try something." He said in a rather serious tone, and Sakura felt confusement and uncertainty creeping into her own tone. "Alright?" She said, blinking a couple of times, as if completely and utterly unsure of what was about to happen.

Unfortunately for her, the next thing that came after her were the soft of his lips that reached for the side her neck.

Author's note

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