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Was he dreaming? Did Sakura really call him Sasori-kun?
"Umm…sorry. My mistake," she apologized looking at the ground in guilt.
Looking back up at him, he reminded her of her first love, Uchiha, Sasuke. They were very alike. Both with the intention to kill, having to live the rest of their lives without their parents, heartless hotties, but of course, Sasori being hotter.
"Don't apologize. I like it when you call me that," Sasori thought to himself, smirking.
"It's just that…nevermind. I'm probably just gonna get in the way of your precious time…again," she said as she mumbled the last part to herself, choking back tears of blood.
"What do you mean by 'again?' You're not getting in my way. No one ever listened to me when I was a kid," Sasori explained as he held her closer to his chest. She could hear his heart beat. It was like the beautiful rhythm that no one could imitate.
"I can hear your heart beat, Saso-kun," she stated.
"Really?" Sasori asked. Sakura nodded, now smiling.
"Umm...I was going to ask you something. but you're probably going to kill me for it..." Sakura stated.
"It's ok. Shoot."
"Well...uhh...when you 'died,' weren't you mad at me? And how are you still alive?" Sakura did her best to ask this question very calmly.
"I can't tell. Akatsuki secret, but I can tell you once you are a full member. Puppets are a true work of art, don't you think, Saku-chan?"
"Uhh…sure," she smiled a true smile
Sasori smiled back at her like the first time he saw Chiyo perform her puppetry. He remembered how the small figure bowed before him as if he was a king. That was one of the first times he ever smiled. A knock on the door invaded Sasori's thoughts.
"Hey, Sasori, Leader wants to talk to you for a sec," Itachi called as he opened the door.
"Fine," he sighed, then whispered something into her ear.
"I'll be back, Sa-ku-ra-chan," he spoke every syllable in her name. She slightly blushed as he left the room.
Itachi entered the room slowly with a smile on his face. Seeing the light shine on his face made him look so hot.
"Umm, what did Pein need Sasori for?"
"How do you know Leader's name?"
'You answer my question first…stupid Uchiha…," she murmured.
Itachi, having heard this, kept his temper, but answered her question anyways.
"He didn't, Cherry Blossom."
What he had called her had echoed in her head. Cherry blossom…that's what she dreamed Sasuke would've called her. Every day, she'd dream of her beloved Sasuke in a forest of cherry blossoms, calling her name and every single time, they'd be holding hands during the picnic, lie down on the beach sand as the sun rises and it would end with a kiss. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain on her left cheek. Itachi slapped her hard.
"Augh! What the-." She was silenced with a kiss. Warm, soft lips grazed hers as Itachi's tongue explored her mouth He memorized it just incase he couldn't find another girl like her. She was special. For about 15 seconds they stayed like that until Itachi broke apart for air.
"What the hell was that for?!" Sakura demanded to know. Her heart used to belong to Sasuke, but now, she didn't really know. She wasn't sure of her feelings, but she told herself that she still loved Sasuke.
"Well, now I can see why you're my otouto's girlfriend," Itachi said emotionlessly.
"I never said I was his girlfriend," Sakura stated very annoyed.
"You never denied it," Itachi said.
"Well, I'm not, okay? I was just that stupid little kunoichi that couldn't do anything back then," Sakura said, letting the tears of blood fall into the center of a simple flower and tearing it into little pieces very agressively and violently.
"Why...why'd you have to kill your clan? Why'd you have to make Sasuke suffer?!"
"I never wanted to. That's as far as I'm telling you."
"Itachi..."
"Hn," responded said person. He loved it when she said his name. It sounded like the song of 1,000 words that would never end.
"Here's your book," she said as she tossed the Icha Icha Paradise book onto his lap.
"This isn't mine..."
"But I saw you drop it when you left earlier..."
"But I...Deidara. Can't believe I'm so fuckin' stupid," Itachi cursed.
"Taped it to the inside of your cloak?"
"Yup."
"Anyways, let's get to the training grounds."
Itachi and Sakura left the room without a word.
"Uchiha, Sasuke, you're under arrest by order of Konoha," said a silver haired ninja.
"You think I'm going to leave so soon without saying goodbye to my brother?"
"We need your help. Sakura-chan was kidnapped by the Akatsuki," Naruto said
"Hn. I'll find him on my own. You can go save the weakling kunoichi, but you'll just be wasting your time."
Honestly, Sasuke wanted to help, but then that would show his emotions and feelings for Sakura. He didn't want anyone to know of his undying love for her. He couldn't let anyone know. Not even Sakura. It's to important that no one knows. Itachi or anyone else could use her as a weapon to Sasuke's defeat. Sakura was way to important to him.
"You're such a heartless bastard, you know that?! YOU KNOW THAT?!" Naruto was yelling at Sasuke.
"Hn."
"Damn you!"
"See you later, dobe."
Sasuke, Jugo, Karin, and Suigetsu had disappeared into a puff of smoke, leaving Sai thinking, Kakashi mad, and Naruto just as pissed.
"Saso-kun!" Sakura screamed.
"Saku-chan!" Sasori screamed back.
"Shut up!" Screamed Itachi.
Sasori and Sakura broke up their little love fest and went to this one corner.
A few minutes later, when Sasori and Sakura were done sulking, Pein came out from the base and on the training grounds.
"Alright Sakura. First, we're going to test your aim," Pein started. "We'll use the high-method. Okay, Kisame, Deidara, and...Tobi. Come here." The 3 did as told. Sakura watched as Pein poured down 10 pounds worth of sugar into their mouths and they gulped it all down! "You'll have to hit all the apples at the same time," Pein announced as he tied the apples to their heads. "This won't turn out very well. Hey, inner, could you take over for a sec?" "Sure. Why not." Sakura's body was then taken over by inner Sakura saw Kisame, Tobi, and Deidara running around with high speed like maniacs. Inner Sakura looked left to right and thought of the patterns. Kisame was going around in the shape of infinity. Deidara was jumping up and down while pinning himself around at the same time from left to right, and Tobi was just running back and fourth. She noticed that every 2.1 seconds that they reached the exact same point. She took out 21 kunais and tied then together by their circular ends, she placed a shiruken in the middle and had it punture the rope to make a new iten she called the the '21 shot shuriken.' First, it puntured Tobi's apple, then Deidara's, then Kisame's. having the apples pinned to the tree up ahead.
"Okay, you passed part A, but lets see how you do on part B. Now, you're going to have your chakra tested. Use the strongest move you know so we can measure the limitations of your chakra." Sakura nodded. "Kisame, measure her chakra." Kisame nodded and approached her. He held the Samehada in front of her and lowered it all the way down to her feet and looks to a writing on his Samehada. "This is odd. Leader, come look at this." Leader went over and saw that it said: 200.00 chakra. Before leader could do anything else, she made some quick hand signs and she said, "Pure Addiction Jutsu!" She goes up to the leader, she still looks the same, but something bizarre happens. "Peiny-poo, could you please let me pass the rest of the exam? Pretty please?" Sakura said in a seductive tone. "Pein-snorted, "Hehe...sure." Sakura Shot her hand up in the air and yelled, "CHA!" To Kisame, Zetsu, Kakuzu, Hidan, drooled at how hot she looked, but Itachi, Sasori, and Deidara felt so unchanged.
"Has everyone gone nuts?!" Sasori, Deidara, and Itachi thought. Although, the only ones going crazy here were those 3...
ShadowPuppetRogue: Well, that's it for tonight! Happy American Independence day!
Naruto: Yeah! Mabuhay!
Sakura: Baka! That's tagalog. It's should be, "I wish you a long life!"
Everone: Mabuhay or I wish you a ling life!
Chapter 4: More than just a song!