So... I didn't realize just how short that chapter was, sorry!! But here is more! Thanks for the reviews anyway. And thank you to hanjalmadar and zelha for the inspiration.
WARNINGS!! This chapter while being vital, also contains some graphic sexual content. It would be kinda hard to separate it from some of the conversation they share, so you kinda have to bear with it... heh... scratches head and tries to look cute Please don't let the sex bother you, it's just something that had to happen. Or course I do not own Naruto, etc...
SPOILERS!! As I said in the first chapter, this fic contains some truth of why Itachi did what he did, and some of my own speculations. Don't read it if you don't want it ruined, or by all means you can read it anyway. You can check out the on going Shippuuden chapters at saiyanisland . com That's where I read it!
Enjoy the chapter. I'm typing the written version as fast as I can, but I'm also trying to edit it as best I can too. Sorry if I've overlooked anything critical, I realized the few mistakes I made last chapter, and I'm going to fix them.
On with the chapter!
"I need you to be a vessel, Sakura," he said, moving his hand to the chain. She shrank back again. "You are precious to Sasuke, and I have a message I need delivered, after I am dead."
"N-nani? Dead?"
"Yes… I need you to listen to me. Promise me if I let you loose, you won't try and run away. I'd hate to have to further restrain you. When I have given my explanations, I will set you free," he promised. Even though she knew how evil the man before her was, she couldn't help but trust him; after all he hadn't hurt her so far… Even if he was lying, what choice did she have? He could surely predict any move she was bound to make in an effort to escape and she'd rather be free of the collar and chain.
"I'll listen," she agreed. He removed the chain and the collar. Absently he touched her neck where it was irritated.
"I apologize. I guess I made it too tight." Was this really happening? Or was he toying with her?
"Why are you being so kind to me? How could you be so compassionate here when you… you murdered all those people?" she whispered. Better to voice her opinions than keep a false hope that this wasn't just some game.
"I know this may be difficult to understand… but I am not who you believe me to be. I know you still hold true to a belief that no innocent life should be taken, even if it saves thousands. Sadly it cannot always be this way. Sometimes we must sacrifice the lives of the innocent to prevent the bloodshed of an entire nation. There are also times when the opposite is true. There are times when wars should be waged to protect a single innocent. As a member of ANBU you are trained to kill without remorse, for the good of Konoha. To eliminate dangerous individuals who could destroy everything we know and love. What do you do when the only way to get close to such a person, to find out his true intentions, is to make yourself such an individual?" Itachi began, letting Sakura take in his story.
"Then why leave Sasuke alive?" she asked.
"Sasuke is most precious to me; the pain I've inflicted in his heart and mind… in my lucid moments it kills me inside. In taking on this mission I knew I could no longer take care of Sasuke, but I knew with the right… motivation…" he began, seeming sick when he used the last word, before he continued," he could become strong. I had to drive him to hate, to force him to surpass me. It was the only way to ensure he would survive, and the way I proved my devotion to Uchiha Madara," he revealed.
"But… but he formed Konoha with the first Hokage. Why would he want to destroy it? Why come back after all this time? He's been assumed dead since their battle at the Valley of the End," Sakura asked.
"I'm impressed. Not many people know the name of the man the first Hokage fought. They try to hide it, the elders… To answer your question though… I can only assume it was because of me he returned. I was so powerful at such a young age, and placed in the highest ninja ranks… he thought us to be the same. He said the clan had become weak, and only I could rise from its ashes. He revealed to me
the dark past behind our behind our bloodline trait. He had me kill Shisui, my cousin and my best friend so I could gain the Mangekyo Sharingan.
As Kakashi revealed the last time we met through Sasori's puppet, using this ability causes blindness. Madara had found a way to reverse this… By plucking out the eyes of his brother he escaped the descent into darkness and then transcended to a level, the likes of which I have never seen. This is why he is so dangerous. He let me let Sasuke live, finding it amusing the way I tortured him. He said when Sasuke was my equal, as his brother and he had been, to take his eyes and be done with him.
Since Madara had uncovered such secrets it corrupted the clan. Uchihas killed each other, and stole each other's eyes desiring a power like his but none ever achieved it. Madara left Konoha after losing to the first Hokage, and the clan weakened and broke down in his absence. They decided to hide these secrets from the younger generations and kept them locked away in a secret meeting place in our shrine. The Uchihas then lived in relative peace with Konoha despite their arrogance and pride. Madara could not stand such peace or the humiliation of his defeat at the Valley of the End.
He returned when I was just a child, when you and Sasuke were only babies. I was forbidden to take place in the battle, and instructed to watch after my mother and Sasuke, and other children in the village. Madara had become so sinister and powerful he was able to control the Kyuubi and launched an attack on Konoha hoping to reclaim it. Though he killed a vast majority of the population, ninjas and innocents alike, he was thwarted by the fourth. And from there you know the rest of the story," Itachi explained at length.
"Is that all you wish me to tell Sasuke?" Sakura asked softly. Inside she felt torn and anxious. How truly strong Itachi was. He risked everything for Konoha… He gave everything to protect it and to protect the one person he loved most; Sasuke. Itachi had lied to keep him safe, and forced the truth deep inside him so as not to be detected by the Sharingan of either of his kin; at least this much she had to assume to be true. How absolutely alone Itachi was, and if not for this lucid moment of desperation, no one would ever have known what he had sacrificed for their safety. She felt tears stinging her eyes.
"Sasuke… I want him to know how much I cared about him. With the last of my strength I will transfer all my techniques to him and with them I know he will be able to defeat Madara. Tell him I'm sorry for the pain and anguish I've caused. I know Sasuke will not believe you at first, so you must take this as
your proof…" Itachi added, placing a small box in her hands. She nodded solemnly and took the box. "There's another reason I chose you Sakura…"
"Why?" she asked.
"It is your love for him. Despite him pulling away your feelings are unchanged. It is why I know you will be able to save him. He will be destroyed inside when you reveal these things, but I know you can bring him through his suffering to face Madara in a final battle. Then maybe he can truly open his heart to you. You will know all his secrets and love him despite them, totally unwavering. It's hard for him to trust after my betrayal, but I'm sure you will be his salvation," he explained. He wiped a tear from her eye and she looked up at him, such pain evident in her features.
"Why not just work with him? Why not tell him now?" she questioned.
"As much as he strived to be strong, stronger than me… he always kept a distance so that we could remain close as brothers. Driven by hate he has tried his hardest to finally bridge that gap. He is still not nearly as strong as me, and nowhere near Madara's level. This is why you cannot reveal these things until I am dead. I just couldn't go in if… if he truly believed I cared nothing for him… He is the reason I've had to do what I have done… to protect him…"
"You go on, even when the only person you care for, you've made hate you. How can you stand there being no love or companionship in your life? Having no one know what good you're trying to accomplish regardless of the way you went about it?" Sakura rambled, the sadness enveloping her. She couldn't hold back her sobs. She couldn't stand that Itachi was so utterly alone in all this. That he sacrificed the love of his brother, any chance of having a family, a wife or a child of his own… It made her crumble inside to think to think of how many shinobi took their freedoms for granted. How many had the choices Itachi did not, and chose to throw them away in their selfish search for power and to stroke their egos. And she could tell Itachi craved these things but still he left Konoha to protect them all.
"I don't have a choice Sakura. This is what fate led me to do. I was born a prodigy for a reason and I have to believe it was to defeat the ancestor that corrupted us all in the beginning. The only good thing I can hope to accomplish, is reconciling with Sasuke through telling you all this," he replied with a faint smile.
"Maybe… Maybe there is something else you could leave behind…" she said to her own disbelief. She wasn't completely sure she was ready for such a sacrifice. She loved Sasuke with her whole heart, so much it hurt inside, but something just felt right about her offer. Itachi narrowed his eyes, analyzing her questionably. She reached out to touch his face and he didn't pull away. "I wouldn't be ashamed… I want you to have something good to leave in this world Itachi. I feel I can trust you. You've been so selfless all these years, you deserve-"
"Sakura… I don't want your empathy. I knew what I had to give up when I made this choice. I have come to terms with it," Itachi said reassuringly. "I don't want you to try and replace Sasuke with me. And like you said, you're a virgin." She turned red. She couldn't get it out of her head, all he had given, that the world might never understand. And the only thing he would let her do was be a vessel for his explanations.
"I can't stand to know all you're doing and all you'll leave when you die is a grudge. You will leave Sasuke the only Uchiha once he has had his revenge on Madara. I could be-" she started to argue.
"And if you do get pregnant Sakura? You're far too young to be a mother. Do you think Sasuke and you-"
"We'll leave it to fate. Even if Sasuke cares for me and I help him through his pain, it doesn't mean he will want me. And if that is so… then you will be nothing but a tattered broken memory in his mind. Let me make this sacrifice for you, as proof that I have understood and trusted you to the fullest extent. So I may clear your name once you are gone, and let you live on though your child, should fate oblige," Sakura begged. She couldn't place what was pushing her so, but every fiber in her being told her she was correct to do it.
"Do you think Sasuke could accept you if you were pregnant with his brother's child? Would you sacrifice your love to clear my name?" he asked, studying her face. As much as it pained her, maybe fate had only intended her to be Sasuke's friend. And as a friend, as someone who loved Sasuke, she did really believed if he was crushed, fighting for Itachi's legacy and child would renew his faith in the world. That this child could pull him out of his despair and bring out the loving a devoted man she knew was hidden inside him. Even if Sasuke could never return her love, this was how she could prove hers.
"Even if he cannot accept me, I believe a child could save him. That is what I want. More than his love, I want to see him smile again. I want him to be happy again, as he must have been with you," she
confirmed with a warm smile. "For that… there is no sacrifice too great." Itachi stared at her for a long while before speaking.
"If you think it will save him once I am gone… then we shall leave it up to fate. You should know however, that I must bury this secret as I have buried everything else deep inside me so Madara will not know. I cannot give you any special treatment; I will treat you as an enemy should we run into each other again," Itachi voiced, finally giving in to her. She nodded in acknowledgement. "I'll try not to hurt you," he whispered.
"H-H-Have you done this before?" Sakura asked. He let out a small laugh and leaned in by her ear. He kissed her neck right beneath her lobe which earned him a shallow gasp.
"Have you never done anything?" he teased, amused by her embarrassment.
"Well… not really… not… with another person…" she murmured in-between hitched breathing as Itachi's tongue travelled down her neck. Itachi caught her lips in a kiss, slowly coaxing her mouth open. For a girl who'd never kissed before, she certainly knew how to use her tongue. Their tongues danced together in her mouth. Timidly she ran her fingers up the back of his neck into his hair. Itachi wondered how Sasuke could have turned Sakura away. She was beautiful, devoted to him, and powerful on top of that. Obviously she was not as strong as him but she could hold her ground and then some, and she was a healer who always proved a useful companion. A girl he probably could've settled down with… "Itachi?" she whispered.
"Sorry Sakura," he replied.
"Do you want to do this?" she asked.
"I was just thinking that I could've married a girl like you. I hope Sasuke comes around, not just for your sake either. He needs love in his life," Itachi confessed. Sakura blushed. He moved them so he lay on his side next to her. His hand ran up between her legs as he sucked gently on her neck.
"Ah…" she murmured, arching into his touch. She was unsure of what to do with her own hands, so she just clenched them at her sides. Her breathing became ragged as he massaged her through her leggings. She let out small moans and arched up each time she felt a jolt of pleasure.
Itachi knew she was enjoying this, but he figured in her mind she was imagining Sasuke touching her. Maybe it was why her eyes were closed to tightly. He stopped to pull his shirt off leaving him in his mesh shirt and pants. Sakura stared at how gorgeous he was… not a scar on his perfectly toned body. Her fingers traced along the mesh down his chest to rest on the rim of his pants. She pulled him on top of her and kissed him, growing bolder as they progressed. He moaned in her ear when she pushed up against him. Frantically she pulled at his mesh shirt until it joined his shirt on the floor.
He ran his fingers over her lips and dragged them down to the zipper on her vest. She watched his hands as they undid her top, exposing her upper body to him. When she brought her stare up to his face she found him staring back at her. He crushed their lips together again engaging another passionate kiss. He trailed hot, wet kisses down her throat and down further. She scratched her nails up his back as she felt his tongue playing over one nipple. She gasped as he fingered the other nipple with his hand. She nervously licked her lips and pushed him away gently. He looked up at her in confusion, as she removed her vest completely.
"I don't want you to do all the work," she whispered despite of how red she turned. Hearing her say it turned him on but he suppressed the urge to voice it. She sat on top of him, and pulled his ponytail out so she could tangle her fingers in his hair. She grinded against him, to which he bit his lip and felt his eyelids become heavy. He smirked when she pulled his hair to tilt his head back. She kissed his earlobe and copied what he had done to her neck, kissing and licking his throat until it met his shoulder. He jerked when he felt her teeth on him. "Did you like that?" she asked, doing it again to make sure. He released a breathy moan and snaked his arms around her. One tangled in her hair and the other slipped down her back under her skirt and leggings.
"I don't know if I believe you've never done this Sakura," Itachi teased.
"I pick things up pretty quick," she quipped, moving her mouth to his collar bone. She gasped when his hold on her tightened and he grinded up against her. She started breathing heavy feeling how excited she had made him. "You never answered me before you know," she moaned in his ear.
"You're the first," he said smugly. She laughed at him and sat back to look in his eyes.
"Then I could say the same thing ne?" she asked raising her eyebrows. Itachi kissed her chin she pulled back to tease him.
"It's instinctive," he said which brought a seductive smile to her lips. When he agreed to this, he had no idea things would get this passionate between them. He had never felt a desire as great as he felt now. He had never flirted and had brushed off any girls that were daring enough to flirt with him. He had never had any sexual desires but here and now they were ignited by a girl who was in love with his brother. At the same time, he knew she was taking solace in him for what she may never have with Sasuke. Itachi knew that that shouldn't be what he was thinking about, but he kept it in mind so he didn't get too carried away.
Sakura seemed satisfied by his answer and let him kiss her. He took back the control then, not knowing if he could handle what she had intended to do. He pulled off her leggings and undid her skirt, and she urged him to remove his own pants. He held her hands above her head with one hand and slipped his other hand into her panties. She closed her legs to try and hide it, but he could feel how wet she was. He massaged her clit with one finger, eliciting a cry of pleasure from her.
"Is this how you do it?" he asked with a smirk as she blushed.
"Don't, don't say those things…" she murmured with closed eyes. He ran his tongue along her ear and his finger around her entrance.
"It must be, look how wet you are," he whispered. He took his hand away to show her, before placing the finger in his mouth. He released her hands and moved between her legs, tugging her panties slowly off. He kissed up her calf, then her thigh, until he reached her clit again. His tongue massaged her in an even more delicious way, driving her crazy. He sucked on her sensitive flesh causing her to squirm and cry out. She gasped when he slipped a finger inside of her. He easily slid it in and out of her, getting her accustomed to it. He added another finger and another until she was stretched and ready. She was moaning softly, sometimes tightening around his fingers practically begging him to take her. He couldn't believe how intoxicating she was.
"Itachi," she murmured. "Please Itachi…" Hearing his name on her lips turned him on to no end and he started to remove his boxers. As pleased as he was at this moment, he also felt a great sorrow. All the things he could never have… a wife, family, friends, anything that was normal, and he would never grow old. Maybe though… if things went the way he hoped, the way Sakura made him hope, that he would leave behind a child. And he hoped this child could help Sasuke forgive him for his abandonment… "Are you ok?" Sakura asked, putting a hand on his cheek.
"Sorry," he apologized again. "I keep letting myself hope you will be my absolution."
"I will make sure the world knows what I know, so you can be remembered as a great shinobi," she promised. She kissed him sweetly, pulling him back on top of her.
"Are you ready?" he asked. She nodded, wrapping her arms around him. He entered slowly, stealing her moan away in a kiss. It did hurt, a little worse than just discomfort, but not nearly as much as she was led to believe. The thing that stung the most was feeling that barricade be broken and the sudden rush of blood that escaped her. She concentrated on Itachi's sensual kiss which took away the pain. As he started to move inside her she moaned into his mouth. At first it felt awkward but it quickly filled her with pleasure.
"Itachi…" she moaned, digging her nails into his back. She could hear his ragged breathing in her ear, making her all the more excited. She smirked and bit her lip, clenching her muscles around him. He faltered in his pace and choked out a moan.
"Sakura," he murmured. He moved her so her hips were angled up and slammed deep inside her. Waves of pleasure emanated through her body as he hit that spot. Her toes curled at this invigorating feeling. His pace became faster and he hit that spot over and over again, each time bringing her closer to… to what? She had never gone this far on her own, but she now had someone who wouldn't stop until she was over the edge. She wanted to feel what she heard women swoon and gossip about; an overwhelming sensation that drains your body and leaves you more satisfied than you'd ever been and your skin tingling all over.
"I'm close… close to…" she whispered breathily.
"So am I… I want you to finish with me," Itachi said. He felt her suddenly clinging to him, as if she couldn't take anymore. He licked up her neck and bit her earlobe. She became much tighter suddenly which elicited a deep moan from Itachi as it sent pleasure shooting through him. She started trembling beneath him, crying out suddenly. Her moans seemed to echo through the room until finally she reached orgasm, taking Itachi to new heights as he came with her. They clung to each other until it physically hurt to stay in such a position anymore. Itachi slowly withdrew from her and collapsed on his back beside her. She turned on her side and rested on his chest.
"Is it odd, do you think, to feel like we've been close for a long time?" Sakura asked. Itachi managed an exhausted smile as he pet her silky pink hair.
"What's odd is that you're the only person that does know me Sakura. I should be the one saying such things," Itachi mused.
"Maybe… maybe you can come see me again in a few months… Just to see what fate decided… if you're around Konoha I mean…" she said daringly. She already knew that there was no way he could agree to do something like that without it being suspicious. She wondered how he was getting away with what they were doing now. It was just that she knew this was all Itachi had, and had to forget it ever happened, but for him to… die without ever knowing?
"What will you tell them Sakura?" Itachi asked, avoiding her request. "They won't stop until they know, and I need you to keep your-"
"Promise, I know. And I will… I guess, I can only really tell them one thing. I'll tell them you took Sasuke's form and I was entranced, and you used the Mangekyo Sharingan on me to make me relive the memory, but see that it was you the whole time, until I can reveal the truth. Before you have to go, I have one request," she answered. "The only thing I ask in return for giving your message to Sasuke is that you let me take a picture of us together. Just so if I am pregnant, you child will have something of you to remember," she requested. Itachi hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement. She pulled out a small spy camera from her bag, and set it on the bed. They redressed and made themselves presentable and she positioned the camera. Sakura sat in his arms, head rested on the crook of his neck, smiling brilliantly. He looked down at her with a warm smile and gently stroked her cheek. Snap.
"You should go now Sakura… they're looking for you. Keep that picture in Sasuke's box, and hide it here until you can retrieve it safely," Itachi said. Sakura nodded as she dug out a hole under the bed and buried the box. She moved to the door and hesitated, as it suddenly felt painful to move. He was right though, they were looking for her.
"Itachi," she whispered with tears in her eyes. She turned to find him behind her. He tilted her chin up and brought a soft kiss to her lips.
"Uchiha Mitsuki," he said.
"A girl?" she asked. He nodded; he was sure it would be a girl.
"Alright, Uchiha Mitsuki," she mimicked, tears still in her eyes. He smiled and stroked her cheek.
"Thank you Sakura, for making me feel human. For this, I will always be grateful," he whispered. She closed her eyes to blink away the tears and the warmth left her cheek. When she opened her eyes, through blurry eyes she could see he was gone. She shook as the sobs returned and took off through the passages of Sasuke and Orochimaru's hideout. Her tears were blinding, but she ran anyway, so fast and hard her lungs and feet were burning. She was running toward Konoha, and once inside the forest she screamed in mental agony right before she slammed into Naruto. She nearly knocked herself out and managed to send Naruto flying into a tree. He ran back to her and scooped her up in his arms.
"Sakura! Sakura are you alright?" he yelled. Yamato and Sai were already en route to their location. With weak tears she rambled, murmuring lies that would later be declared as rape.
"His eyes… his eyes were so familiar. So much like Sasuke…" she rambled inhaling a sob. Her breathing was shaky and she shook violently in Naruto's arms. "But it wasn't Sasuke… It wasn't Sasuke! It wasn't Sasuke!" she screamed. She let out another sob. "The thing I let him do..." she added for dramatic effect, sobbing and gagging. The funny thing is she really did feel sick inside, how could she feel alright after all she had found out? She buried her face in her hands as though shamed. "The Sharingan… it wasn't Sasuke…" she continued, appearing totally delirious to her team. Naruto suddenly felt sick as well; even he knew what she was trying to say…