If you people do not start reviewing, I am going to stop writing this.
Anime: You are so mean!
Be quiet you. You don't even do your job as a muse. You have no say in this at all!
Anime: Manga! Help!
Manga: No.
At least you understand.
Manga: I don't really. I just do not want to be dragged into this at all.
Stupid muses. I do not own Naruto. Stupid disclaimer. I do not want to do one.
Manga: Then don't
I won't.
Manga: Good!
Fine!

Sakura sat on the side of the bed thinking about the previous night. Itachi had come back from the mission fine. At least that is what Sakura thought. He seemed disoriented or at least confused. After the slap she had received, Itachi ran out of the bathroom fast. When she emerged into the bedroom, he had pushed himself on top of her. Fear had actually kicked in. Sakura began to push him with the little strength she had. He had kissed her with a bruising force. His grip became stronger leaving bruises on her upper arms. Then something happened, Itachi screamed. He quickly got off and clutched his head in pain. Surprised, she moved to his side and reached out trying to find out what was the matter. The next thing she knew, his hands were around her throat. Darkness came from air deprivation.

She woke up in the morning just fine with Itachi's Akatsuki cloak on her. His cloak worn and the blood washed off. It carried his scent. Sakura had to admit, Itachi smelled nice. Now she sat with it folded up in her lap. Itachi had gone off on another mission. Tsuki had come in to inform her of that when she brought Sakura some food. Sakura had eaten a little after checking for poisoning. Tsuki had laughed, telling Sakura that she was better to them alive. Sakura had narrowed her eyes and glared. Tsuki had laughed nervously. Sakura got up and went towards the desk. Pulling the drawer out, Sakura pulled out an artist's pad. Flipping threw the pages; Sakura wondered how a man like Itachi could draw so beautifully.

Itachi walked slowly towards the mission's destination. Sakura flashed through his mind, stopping his feet. Sakura was starting to affect him bad. Many people always accused him of being cold and aloof, but the reason was that no one had ever accessed his heart before. Itachi had been born with his heart shut off. What can you expect from a child born with so much expectation?

However, ever since Itachi took Sakura the other night, it was as if she had unknowingly started breaking his ice barrier. He kept seeing blood everywhere, his victim's blood. Her innocence was making him loose his mind. It was not a very good thing. This just proved to Itachi what kind of monster he really was.

"Hey! What did you stop for?"

Itachi started walking again, right past Kisame. Kisame snorted at his cold shoulder. Itachi looked down at his hand and clenched it. He could not believe he had struck her.

"You know Sasuke, if you don't get some rest, you won't be a match for Itachi."

Sasuke stopped training and turned to Naruto.

"I wasn't a match for him as it was."

Sasuke hit a tree sending it to shreds.

"You just let your anger get the better of you."

Sasuke nodded in agreement. That just had to be the answer.

"Hey! Let's spar, and then we'll stop for breakfast."

"Sure!"

Sakura stood in the barren garden in her regular clothing. Unlike the rest of the Anbu, Sakura wore her regular clothes under a dark cloak. She just did not like wearing the ugly uniform. Instead, she wore a black ruffle short skirt, a zip up dark blue shirt that showed her shoulders, no sleeves. On her right arm was a long white glove that cut off right under her fingers, and connected to her shirt by a red strap. On the other arm was the some white glove but had two red ribbons criss crossing all the way down the arm tied into a bow at her wrist. She wore regular black knee boots the hugged her perfectly shaped legs. Many would think that Sakura would not be able to maneuver in high heel boots, but Sakura never seemed to notice. She sat under one of the Sakura trees, closing her eyes while letting the sun warm her body, but not her soul.

"Hey!"

Sakura's eyes opened and looked at the two figures standing in the open wooden hallway. One looked friendly enough while the other just looked slightly irritated.

"So you must be Itachi's woman, yeah?" The blonde friendly one stated.

Sakura just glared at him.

"Name's Deidara, this here is Sasori, yeah."

"And your point is?"

"I have a proposition for you if you're willing to listen, yeah."

Sakura raised an eyebrow in question

"They what? Those idiots!" Tsunade screamed.

Millions of birds flew away in fright and many villagers stopped working worried. If someone pissed off the Hokage, the person had better have a will prepared. The people, who had angered the leader of the Leaf, were currently shivering feeling her anger from so far away. Each one of them looked at one another.

"Um… I hate to ask this, but did one of you send in a progress report?"

Both Neji and Shikamaru nodded their heads. Everyone broke out in a cold sweat.

"Do you think she read the p.s. note?"

"I hope so."

Tsunade threw a vase against the wall, shattering it to pieces. Shizune began to sweat while her pig hid in a corner of the office in fear. The scroll that had angered this one lay on the ground open. Something caught Shizune's eye that made her pick it up for closer inspection.

"Um, Hokage-sama?"

Tsunade turned her glare onto her first pupil.

"H-h-here!"

Tsunade took the scroll in a fast snatch. She looked down and noticed the p.s. note.

"Oh! Whoops! My bad."

Tsunade laughed as Shizune sweat dropped at her sensei's idiocy. She watched a smile creep onto her face.

"Not bad. Not bad at all."

Sakura swiftly jumped back avoiding a blow from Deidara. She flipped to the right on one hand avoiding one of Sasori's puppets. Another quickly appeared behind her and Sakura thrusted out her legs using her arms as an advantage. The kick knocked the puppet back. Deidara saw the opening and raised his fist. Sakura rolled out of the way just in time. Deidara's fist connected with the ground making a small crater. The puppet's leg came up as Sakura rose. She had to lean back and the kick barely missed her by an inch. Cursing inside, she knew she was taking too much of a risk. Sakura stumbled back a little landing into something hard. Large hands gripped her shoulders steadying her. She tilted her head up and met red Sharigan eyes. Before anyone could stop him, Itachi dragged Sakura away roughly.

He threw the bedroom door open. Closing it with a bang, he threw her on the bed. Before she could do anything, he had her pinned down. Their faces close and their breast mingling together, they stared at each other.

"What do you think you were doing?'

"Sparring."

Itachi's eyes narrowed at her comment.

"You don't need chakra to use taijustu, plus I was bored. My stamina comes back faster than my chakra it seems."

Sakura saw the smirk tugging on Itachi's lips. Sakura scowled at him. She could smell blood but she already knew where he got it.

"Tough mission?"

Once again, Itachi's expression became cold. The blood on his cloak filled his nostrils making him aware of it. This was the first time that the smell of blood actually bothered him. Itachi felt like gagging. He quickly got up and went to the bathroom. He had not eaten anything; he was dry heaving. He looked towards the bathroom door and saw his latest victim standing there. She was not breathing and her eyes were cold and dead. Her blond hair was blood-cloaked, as well as the rest of her body. Itachi's eyes widened in horror. He soon found himself on top of her trying to strangle her.

"Why are you here?"

Itachi blinked only to realize he had his hands around Sakura's throat once again. He immediately let go with shaky hands. He instantly checked for a pulse. It was there. Sakura's eyes slowly opened and her emerald eyes met his red ones.

"You got some serious problems Uchiha-san."

Itachi slapped her hard across the face. Once again, blood trickled down her chin and Itachi quickly left the room. Sakura leaned against the bedside and ran a hand through her hair. She had a heavy decision to make. Itachi stood outside the door wondering what was happening to him.

Everyone was currently following behind Shino. He had the only clue to where the Akatsuki could have gone. Akamaru could not even pick up their scent. Shino was successful in planting one of his bugs on the enemy.

They soon found themselves at a small village. The group quietly went through. There was no apparent damage or injuries, but everyone looked grief stricken, while others were crying. They eventually passed a rather large house.

"Kakashi-kun?"

The said man turned his head to a familiar Anbu. The Anbu pointed to a secluded spot and Kakashi nodded his head.

"Stay here, I'll be right back."

They watched Kakashi walk off with the Anbu leaving behind them and the Anbu's team. No one spoke while the two were gone. Five minutes later, they returned and the obvious Anbu captain took off her mask. Naruto stood up shocked and pointed a finger at her.

"You're that woman who was on the same team as Sensei!"

"Yeah? Didn't you know it's not nice to point kid?"

Naruto grew angry quickly.

"I'm not a kid! In addition, you had better remember this; I will be the next Hokage! So show some respect."

Everyone sweat dropped. Rin just scoffed and blew him off. This made him even angrier. He lunged at her. Kakashi caught him. His face formed in that of a smile.

"Now, now, Naruto-kun. Don't make me hurt you for hurting a friend of mine."

Naruto gulped in response, while Rin just sighed.

"I can take care of myself you know."

"I know."

"Dobe."

"What was that teme?"

Rin kept reprimanding Kakashi, and Naruto kept yelling at Sasuke. Neji coughed loudly to interrupt them. They all turned their attentions to him.

"Can we get back to why your team is here?"

"Ah right. The Hokage ordered us to come get a sacred scroll from the village. However, when we got here we found out the Akatsuki had come and taken it. Unfornately for the village leader, his daughter was the only one here. She was brutally murdered by we believe Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigake Kisame."

Sasuke clenched his teeth in anger. The whole group had shocked expression. Rin just raised an eyebrow in question.

"So they did come through here. It means we're on the right trail."

Just then the girl's father appeared.

"Trail? Are you searching these bastards down?"

Neji and Shikamaru nodded their heads. Naruto could not hold it in any longer. He grabbed the man's collar.

"You! Why did you leave a defenseless girl to defend a sacred scroll? Are you an idiot?"

"Naruto!" Everyone shouted.

"Uzumaki-san!" Rin ripped Naruto off the grieving father. She pushed him to the ground. "They didn't know that, that scroll was sacred… Now back off!" Rin turned to help the father back inside.

Sakura walked out of the room and moved towards the open hallway. She opened the door to see Itachi sitting under a tree. His eyes met hers and he rose to move towards her. Sakura waited for him before walking towards the kitchen. Opening a door that led to the kitchen, she ran into Tsuki finishing the preparations. Tsuki smiled at them and received a nod of acknowledgement from both of them. Itachi walked ahead, moving out of the kitchen and into the dining room. Kisame, Sasori, Deidara, and two other Akatsuki members were there. One was a young female that looked Itachi's age. She was average height and built. She had long black hair and stunning blue eyes. The man next to her was a bit older, with unruly brown hair and black eyes. He was tall and well built, but he did not have the same calmness like Itachi. You could feel is blood thirst quite well.

"We'll bring in the food now."
"No! Stay there." Itachi ordered.

"Uchiha! I'm hungry; let her bring it in now!" The man ordered.

Itachi narrowed his eyes and you could see him flinch.

"Something up Uchiha-san?" Deidara asked.

Sasori looked at Itachi who currently was staring at an item. Both of them looked at the other and nodded in agreement.

"Kisame, do you mind if I see your samehada?" Sasori questioned.

Kisame glared at the puppet-master.

"Do it." Itachi ordered.

Kisame lifted the large sword for Sasori. Sasori unraveled the bandages slowly. Something flew out and Itachi snatched it into his hand everyone looked at his hand in confusion. Itachi clenched his fist tightly. He opened it for everyone to see. A dead bug lied in his hand.

"Cherry Blossom?" Itachi called out.

Sakura slid the door open quickly. An annoyed expression played on her face.

"What?" She snapped.

Itachi's eyes narrowed at her rudeness. He held his hand out for her inspection. Sakura tilted her head to the side in confusement before glancing down. Sakura instantly recognized the bug and Itachi knew it.

"They were clever, but let me tell you this; they won't be able to rescue you if that's what you're hoping."
Sakura just narrowed her eyes before stomping back into the kitchen. Sasori, Deidara, and Kisame were easily amused when she got angry. They voted her their new pet. Tsuki came back carrying food and Sakura helped. Everyone had sat down; on one side were Deidara, Sasori, the woman, and man. On the other were Sakura, Itachi, Kisame, and Tsuki.

"Thank you for the help Sakura-sama."

Sakura sighed.

"Seriously? What's with you?"

"What do you mean?"

"I think the little Cherry blossom is referring to how she's being treated for a prisoner." Deidara commented.

Sakura felt a vein popping as she broke her chopsticks in half. Tsuki giggled while Itachi smirked, and the other three suppressed a snicker. The unidentified woman glared at Sakura, which the said girl returned. Tsuki gave Sakura a new pair before continuing to eat her food.

"Itachi-kun!"

Itachi cringed and Sakura looked at him from the corner of her eye. She secretly inside smirked at this. It seems even he has some weaknesses.

"Stop calling me that Fujiri-san."

"Aw, but Itachi-kun."

Everyone cringed. Sakura had bowed her head by now suppressing her laughter, but failed horribly. Sakura threw her head back laughing with tears in her eyes. Deidara soon joined in as well as Tsuki. Sasori and Kisame smirked. Even Itachi felt a tug. Sakura' slaughter was beautiful and contagious, and for a split second, he felt the burning stop in his shoulder. Sakura bowed her head again trying like hell to stop.

"Itachi-kun! Who is this insane woman?"

Itachi looked at her while his attention was until on Sakura. By now, Sasori was controlling a much smaller puppet that was poking Sakura with a chopstick. Sakura raised her head and got a poke in the nose. Deidara snickered and Tsuki clapped along while the small puppet kept poking. Annoyed, Sakura calmly took the chopstick and broke it. The small puppet looked down in disappointment. Sakura rolled her eyes. There was no way in hell that these people had hearts. The puppet started to act as if it was crying. Sakura sighed giving in. She handed the thing a chopstick. The puppet accepted it before moving down the table to entertain Tsuki. Itachi looked at Sakura in question who just shrugged her shoulders.

"Itachi-kun!"

"Fujiri-san."

"Call me Naomi-chan."

Itachi just sighed.

"Her name is Haruno Sakura."

"What a stupid name! Why did you imprison such a weak girl, Itachi-kun?"

Sakura had cracked her knuckles and Itachi placed his hand on her shoulder to keep her in place. Sakura grind her teeth. She knew she was weak; she did not need some Itachi fan girl telling her that.

"She indeed weak and her powers exaggerated, but I don't need to explain my reasoning to you Fujiri-san."

Naomi pouted and the man beside her spoke up.

"But you need to explain it to me Uchiha-san."

"She's bait for the Kyuubi, Fujiwaru-san."

Sakura quietly got up and left the room. Outside, her eyes were void and she remembered that once again she had no real home. She ran a hand through her hair. Her darkness seemed to be growing. Inside, Itachi regretted his words as he clenched his teeth in pain. Even the great Mangekyou Sharigan could ease the pain now.

Shino stopped dead in his tracks. Everyone looked confused. They had been moving at a good pace until now.

"I lost the lead. It seems they found my bug."

"Kuso!" Naruto cursed.

Neji sighed. He looked over at Shikamaru.

"Should we stop here and continue tomorrow?"

"Yeah it's getting late."

Sasuke clenched his fists. He did not want to stop. There was no telling what he would see in his dreams tonight.

Itachi found her on the bed staring at the ceiling blankly. He removed his new cloak before sitting on the window seat. Neatly folded, his old cloak lied beside Sakura on the bed.

"Did you use a condom?"

Itachi narrowed his eyes.

"I don't wish to be pregnant you know."

"I did. You're not."

"How do you know?"

"I checked."

Sakura tsked.

"Wish I could. I would have been if some people would leave things."

They returned to that awkward silence.
"I can't help you. They don't care enough."
"Perhaps but we shall see."

"I know I'm weak, but if you guys talk about it again, I'll kill you."

Itachi was silent. The pain burned.

"Konoha really isn't my home."
This caught his attention. He never expected her to open up so quickly.

"Why do you risk so much for it then?"

"I don't like death."
"But yet you still act as its advocate."

"That's the life of a shinobi."
"But why did you become one?"

"I had no choice. They would have killed me."

Itachi continued to stare at her. Sakura eventually fell into the world of sleep. He waked over to the bed. Itachi climbed in to lie beside her. Tears rolled down her eyes.

"I don't have a home."

"Neither do I."

On with the Chapter Review Response:

Itaka: Glad I could help? I know he's being a jerk, but I promise he'll get better.
Manga: When?
I don't know yet!

Shinobi Daybreak: Thank you! (blushes)
Anime & Manga: Baka!
Do you want to write the next chapter?
Anime & Manga: …
That's what I thought

sakura13pisces: Glad you will.
Manga: Whatever.
Rude.

BloodRuby: I think it makes them weak, but my plot's so-so with me.
Anime: You don't count.
And you don't do your job.

Tsumii: Well I could do that to Sasuke.
Manga: She just told you no.
Leave me alone. I'm starting to fear people may think I don't like the SasukeXSakura pairing, which I totally do. Sasuke is just a jerk sometimes.
Anime: Sometimes?
A lot. (sweatdrops)

BlackAngelBlood: Glad you like it so far.
Manga: Uh…
Not a word.

blacksheep18: Haha! LMAO! Another person that humors me. Um, I don't want either by the way. Sakura can have them both.
Anime: No Itachi's mine! (jumps at blacksheep18)
Anime! You baka! (holds back) Sorry! Sorry! BYEBYE!

XUchihaSerenaX: Haha! OMG! OMG! OMG! Haha! You crack me up. Glad you like it.
Manga: She doesn't really, just trying not to hurt your feelings.
Just shut up.

Heartless Ghost: Um, I'm sorry if I offended you. It was meant to be a joke. Heartless people do have lovers though. Naomi is a character I made up. And I'm glad you have a heart.
Anime: You're a mean person.
I know…

EnV: He snapped. (sigh) You all ask the same questions. Can't wait for the update.
Anime: A lot like you.
…

SweetAssasin: Nothing much. This was a boring chapter.
Anime: It's all boring to you.
Yeah…

Magan: Is that good whoa or a bad whoa?
Anime & Manga: BAD!
(growls)

Miakoda13: yes he hit her in reality. And the reason he raped her is yet to be explained.
Manga: Hurry up!
(sigh) Why? Why is God punishing me?

Reiyuka Yumikoto: She wasn't really until Itachi hit her. It was all in his head. He's beginning to snap.
Anime: You snap sometimes too.
Leave me alone, that can't be helped.
Manga: And he can?
Not now!

wynter89: Really? I think he's too OOC as well as anyone else, but again, I hate my own writing.
Manga: Did you ever figure out why?
No.

AnimeSenko: You got you're wish!
Manga: How about the next chapter?
(growls)

Blaze07: Again the humor concerns me. I don't know. I do like a bit of humor. Don't you?
Anime: Yup!
Manga: No!
Stupid muses.

Winterflower: Yes, yes, and thank you. No not really. Will Sasuke kill her? Maybe. Will Itachi apologize about the slap? Of course! The mother comment concerned me. I sometimes feel I lean a bit towards humor.
Anime: Humor is good.
Not mine. Remember I was called a sadist?
Anime: Yeah, and you just laughed.
Manga: Really?
(blushes) Leave me alone!

moonscout11: Guess you'll have to stay tuned huh?
Manga: Unless you loose their interest.
Kuso. I need better ideas.

Baten: Hehe, that's kind of challenging. I know nothing about you. So that would be a challenge.
Anime: You're just saying that because you can't see Itachi with anyone else right now.
That too!

BWOLFY: I can see your dedication. You know, you're the only one ever to send me a private message.
Anime: Oh I want to do that too!
I already did.
Anime: Kuso! I hate you!
(sweatdrops)

krista: You scare me seriously. Hurtful. Just hurtful. I update as fast as I can. When I write stories, I basically only got the beginning and the end.
Manga: She makes up the middle basically.
(sweats) Leave me alone! You're a muse, do your job!
Manga: I do! You just don't listen.
Unbelievable!

AnimeGirl2006: Haha! Itachi is snapping. Like I said earlier, it will give stuff away.
Anime: Tell me! Tell me!
Authoress & Manga: No!

lovely sakura chan: Ah! Gomen. Like I said before my Japanese is really limited. Thank you for your help.
Anime & Manga: Baka.
(growls)

Hao'sAnjul: That is true, but if I explain it would give some later things away. Sorry, can you wait?
Anime: I can't
I keep you out of the loop for a reason.
Anime: (pouts) Not fair!
Manga: Get over it.