'thoughts'

"talking"

'inner Ryuu talking'

Sakura woke up the next morning after a good nights sleep.

'I haven't slept that good in ages.' Sakura thought as she opened her eyes and came face to face with a firm chest.

'Wait! Chest?' Sakura thought. She noticed it was Itachi holding her and Sakura had her arms wrapped around his torso and their legs were entangled. Sakura immediately removed her arms and moved away from his as much as possible in his firm grip.

'I must've moved closer to him in my sleep. Crap!'

"So you're awake."

Sakura looked up and looked right into onyx eyes filled with amusement.

"Hai I am, now could you please let me go?" Sakura asked.

"No." Itachi answered simply.

"And why not?" Sakura asked a little annoyed.

"I have been thinking about that jutsu you performed yesterday and noticed that it didn't match with what I saw earlier." Itachi said thoughtfully

'Damn!' Sakura mentally cursed.

"So that means you lied and I will have to punish you accordingly." Itachi continued. Before Sakura had a chance to say anything Itachi had her pinned to the bed and was kissing her. Sakura gasped which Itachi took advantage of and deepened the kiss.

'She tastes like ripe strawberries.' Itachi thought to himself.

When they broke apart they were both panting hard.

"How did you really do it? And I want the truth this time." Itachi asked after a while.

Sakura debated what to do in her mind.

'Tell him what happened and most likely get my soul sucked out or lie to him and threaten to be raped.' But then Sakura remembered something Ryuu had once told her. Sakura looked Itachi straight in the eyes as she answered.

"I borrowed it."

"From whom?" Itachi asked.

"From the creature that lives inside me." Sakura clarified

"Which one of the tailed beast do you have?" Itachi asked. Sakura shook her head.

"I don't have a tailed beast. My creature is older, wiser and stronger."

"What kind of creature do you inhabit?" Itachi asked.

"A dragon."

Itachi seemed to see deep in thought.

"If you are thinking about removing the creature from me it won't work." Sakura said. Itachi looked at Sakura.

"Why not?" He asked.

"We share a soul. If you separate us we will both die because one cannot live with half a soul." Sakura explained.

Itachi thought about the new information. Then suddenly he made her look at him and he kissed her roughly. When they broke apart Itachi lowered his mouth to her ear.

"If you ever lie to me again I will not just kiss you." He nibbled her ear before he released her and went into the bathroom. Sakura licked her dry lips. They still had his taste of mint on them. Sakura got out of bed and walked over to the window and opened it letting the cool breeze sweep inside. The sun had not risen jet so it was pretty dark outside.

'Sakura.'

'Ryuu! How are you feeling?' Sakura asked.

'Better, but it'll still take a day or to for me to fully recover.'

Sakura nodded.

'While I was resting did something happen?'

Sakura sighed.

'Itachi found out I was lying so I told him about you, but I also told him that if we are separated that then we will both die.' Sakura said.

'That is true.'

Sakura was quiet for a while.

'Ryuu, when we fused you said that I could only use my powers for good, but what counts as good a deed and a bad? And if I were to join say Akatsuki what would happen to you, me, us?' Sakura asked.

'There are deeds like healing that are a good deed no matter who you heal or what the one you heal has done. As for killing, well sometimes you must take a life in order to save many more, but I think I know you good enough to say that you would never kill just for the fun of it, if you kill you would do it in order to protect the ones you love and cherish.

And to answer your second question; first of all much has changed since we fused; Sasuke came back and your friends and loved ones betrayed you and left you alone, you have endured things that no one should ever have to go through and the elements and I only want to see you happy and we will stay with you no matter what.'

The wind blew around her softly, whispering words of love, a few birds started singing the most beautiful melody, Sakura opened her eyes and saw the sun rising in the most beautiful colours; deep red, soft pink and strong orange, water started falling from the clear sky and when the rays from the rising sun hit them it made them sparkle making it look like diamonds falling from the sky. Sakura knew what was happening; the elements were, in their own way, telling Sakura that they cared for her and her happiness. Sakura smiled ,a real smile.

'That was all I needed to know, arigato (thank you).'

Itachi's POV

I stepped out of the bathroom after a shower and looked around the room for Sakura. I found her staring out the window with soft eyes and a small smile gracing her pink lips. The wind blew around her making her pink locks fly around her. She turned towards me with those spectacular green orbs. She looked at me for a moment before she turned her gaze back outside for a couple of minutes before she closed the window and walked past me into the bathroom.

Normal POV

Sakura locked the bathroom door and turned around and saw a black, thick winter kimono with red flowers embroidered on the bottom and a red obi to go with it.

Sakura took a quick shower before putting it on. She let her hair hang loose around her.

When she stepped out of the bathroom she saw Itachi waiting, clad in his Akatsuki cloak. He walked towards her and placed a hand on her right shoulder. His hand started glowing a dark blue colour. When he removed his Sakura pulled down a bit of her kimono to see what he had done and saw that a dark blue crescent moon had appeared on her shoulder.

"The Tsukikage seal" (Tsukikage moonlight) She whispered.

"So you've heard about it. Then you probably know what it does?" Itachi said. Sakura pulled her kimono back up.

"The Tsukikage seal won't affect the victim in anyway as long as he/she stays near the caster, but as soon as the victim moves a certain distance away from the caster the seal will activate and drain all his/her chakra, as well as render him/her immobile and let him/her experience great pain. The only way to break the seal is for the caster to release it."

Itachi nodded.

"In your case; as soon as you are three miles away from me it will activate. Now pack your things" He said handing her a bag and a plain black cloak. Sakura took the bag and put her kimono inside and put on her cloak and discreetly put her flute in a pocket on the inside. She then followed Itachi out of the room and outside where Kisame, Zetsu and Koichi were waiting.

"Let's go." Itachi said before jumping into the trees, the others following close behind. They travelled at a fast pace and after five hours of intense running they reached Snow country where they would rest for the night. They set up three tents to sleep in. They then proceeded to make food.

"I'll go after firewood." Zetsu said.

"I'll help." Sakura said following Zetsu into the forest. Sakura wanted to get away from camp, even just for a couple of minutes, to avoid the intense gazes Koichi hand been sending her ever since they had left the Akatsuki hide-out.

While they were picking up fallen branches and sticks from the ground Sakura decided to try to start a conversation.

"So Zetsu-san, from which country do you come from?"

"Grass and you?"

"Fire, Konoha to be exact."

"You know the Kyuubi then?"

"Hai, he is my best friend, or at least he was." Sakura added the last part sadly.

"What do you mean?" Zetsu asked.

"Well I'm not sure anymore, I haven't seen him since the whole thing about me betraying Konoha and that was two month's ago."

"Sou ka (I see)"

"Well enough about me, which village did you live in, in Grass?"

"I never lived in a village, I lived in the forest."

"Why?" Zetsu was quiet for a while.

"I was left in the forest to die when I was born. An old woman, who lived separated from the village I was born in, took pity on me and took me into her home and raised me." Zetsu told her.

"But why did they throw you out?" Sakura asked.

"Because of my appearance I guess." Zetsu said shrugging.

"That is no reason for murder!" Sakura exclaimed angrily.

"Anyway the old woman taught me how to fight and how to live on what the forest provided for you, she became my family. She died when I was ten."

"If you don't mind me asking, how did you end up in Akatsuki."

"After her death I came in contact with my dark side. We started training intently. Four years later we returned to my birth village and killed all the villagers there." Sakura only nodded and continued gathering firewood. Zetsu was a little surprised by her reaction or lack there of.

"You're not disturbed by it?" Zetsu asked. Sakura looked at him.

"Well it's not perhaps how I would've handled it but I can understand what you must've felt to drive you to do what you did."

"And what would that have been?" Zetsu asked.

"Hate, betrayal and sorrow, confusion" Zetsu raised an eyebrow.

"Why sorrow and confusion?"

"Well sorrow because they didn't even give you a chance, they just judged you by your appearance and not by the whom you were and confusion because you didn't understand what you had done to deserve such treatment." Sakura replayed calmly. Zetsu only gave a small smile.

They went back to camp when they had enough firewood but also with a new gained respect for each other. They cooked the deer Koichi had gotten and ate in silence. When Sakura had eaten, she asked if she could go for a walk. Itachi nodded knowing she wouldn't and couldn't escape.

Sakura walked around admiring the snow covered landscape.

'I have always liked the snow although it never snowed in Konoha.' Sakura thought.

After a while of walking she came to a lake. It was covered by a thick layer of ice. Sakura put a foot carefully onto the ice to see if it was strong enough. When the ice didn't break she put her other foot onto it and walked over to the middle of the lake. Small snowflakes started to fall to create a new cover of pearl white snow. A cold gust of wind swept by and Sakura drew her cloak tighter around her. That was when she noticed something hard in her pocket. She took it out and saw that it was her flute. A warm smile graced her lips

'I remember when I found my first flute. '

'Tell me.'

'I was six and I was playing on the attic with my doll, Satsu, when a small, old wooden box in the corner of the room caught my attention. I walked over to it and opened it and saw a beautiful brown flute there. I ran down the stairs and showed it to oto-san who told me it was his old flute he had used to play on as a child. I begged him to teach me and he did. It didn't take long for me to become pretty good.'

'Why don't you play?' Ryuu asked. Sakura smiled.

'For old times sake.' She put the flute to her lips and started playing a soft melody. (A/N: the melody she is playing is vampire princess Miyu – melody of sorrow.) As she played the snow started to dance around her in a secret dance.

Back at camp

Itachi was watching Kisame and Zetsu playing cards while he was sitting by a tree.

'Sakura has been gone for quite a while now.' Itachi stated in his mind. That was when he heard a soft melody, brought by the wind. Itachi decided to go look what it was since he had nothing better to do. He stood up and followed the sound to a frozen lake, where it was the strongest that was when he saw Sakura standing there in the middle of the lake, playing on a flute. The snow blowing around her as if to make a barrier that would shield her from the world and all the pain it brought. Itachi stood there, just listening to the beautiful but sad melody.

When the melody ended Sakura opened her closed eyes and saw Itachi by the shore. They stared into each others eyes, neither one of them saying anything. Then without a word Itachi turned around and left, silently telling her to follow him.

'Why does my heart flutter every time he looks at me, holds me?' Sakura shook those thoughts aside and put away her flute before following Itachi.

When Sakura came back to camp she noticed they had started to choose who they were going to share tents with.

"Kisame will sleep alone because of his size. Who will share with Sakura?" Zetsu asked.

"I can sleep with Sakura." Koichi said with a small smile.

"She will sleep with me." Itachi said. Koichi shot a glare towards Itachi.

"So that means Zetsu and Koichi will share." Kisame stated and so they all went to their tents. Sakura took of her cloak, leaving her kimono on, and the got under the blanket of the futon. Itachi followed suit. They would share a futon because it would be easier to keep warm. Itachi pulled Sakura to him so her back was against his chest, Sakura knew it was because of warmth but she couldn't help but feel secure and content in his arms. Itachi drew in her sent of cherry blossoms and rain (A/N: You know that smell in the air after the rain?!) and then he did what he never did he relaxed, he turned off his sharingan, let his muscles rest and his mind become blank. It didn't take long for the both of them to fall asleep.

Sakura slowly opened her eyes and saw the beige tent cloth. It was still pretty dark outside. Sakura still had Itachi's arms around her waist. She turned around in his embrace and looked at Itachi's sleeping face.

'He looks so peaceful. No one could ever believe he was a cold hearted killer by looking at him now.' Sakura saw a strand of his ebony black hair covering his face so she gently pushed it away.

'I'm surprised he didn't wake up.' Sakura thought as her eyelids started to grow heavy and soon she was asleep again.

When her breaths became calm and even, indicating she was asleep, Itachi opened his eyes and looked at the sleeping kunochi in his arms. He gently stroked her milky white cheek, and was surprised of how soft it was. He the got out of bed, put on his cloak and stepped outside into the cold air.

'Why do I feel so comfortable around her? And every time she shows one of her rare smiles she lights up the darkness within me and makes me feel warm?' Itachi pushed those thoughts away.

'Showing feelings is a weakness and I won't be weak.' Itachi was pulled out of his thoughts when Kisame stepped out of his tent.

"Morning Itachi-san." Kisame greeted.

"Hn." Was Itachi's only replay.

"We reach the HQ (Headquarters) today." Kisame said while starting to make a fire. Itachi didn't say anything as he went to the forest to hunt some breakfast.

Sakura woke up about an hour later to the smell of food. She got up and put on her cloak before she went outside. The wind blew softly against her skin as if to say 'Good morning.' Sakura smiled slightly. She walked over to the fire were the others were seated. Kisame offered her some meat which she gladly accepted.

"We leave in an hour." Itachi informed. The rest of the meal they all ate in silence.

When everybody had eaten they started to take down the tents.

While they were taking down the tents Sakura cast a glance towards Kisame and saw that he didn't use his left hand as much as his right.

'He must've injured it someway.'

Sakura discreetly went over to Kisame.

"Kisame are you injured." Sakura asked.

"I just burned myself while cooking the food, no biggie." Kisame said giving Sakura a reassuring grin. Sakura shook her head and walked over to Kisame, while making some hand seals, and put a hand over the burnt skin, it healed within seconds.

"Better, ne?" Sakura asked giving a small smile. Kisame smiled back.

"Arigato."

"No problem." Sakura said. They then quickly took down the tents and destroyed any signs of that anyone had been here.

They travelled through Rain and Thunder country until they reached Water country were the Akatsuki HQ were located.

Late in the afternoon and eight hours later they came to a thick forest. Sakura noticed they had passed through a barrier so she asked Kisame, who was running beside her, about it.

"The Akatsuki HQ is protected by and invisibility barrier that makes it impossible to see if not within a radius of 6 miles and if any unwanted guests come inside the barrier they will probably be killed by the Akatsuki members that are always patrolling the area." Sakura nodded. She had to admit it was clever. Sakura looked around the forest as they were running through it, suddenly she thought she saw a nin, but the next time she looked, there was nothing there. Sakura shook her head.

'I must be imagining things.' She thought as they leaped into an opening. There on a cliff over looking the sea stood a castle-like building with white walls and dark blue roofs and at least ten stories high. When they reached the main entrance they were greeted by two Akatsuki's that Sakura recognized as Hidan and Kakuzu from the files she had read about Akatsuki as an Anbu.

"Leader wants to see you after you have brought your things to your rooms." Hidan informed. They all nodded, except Sakura, and went inside. They walked through a big room that was probably something like the living room before they came to a long hallway with doors on both sides.

'I guess this is where the Akatsuki members rest.' Sakura thought. Kisame, Koichi and Zetsu stopped by the doors to their rooms and went inside but Sakura and Itachi continued down the hall until they came to a room separated from the rest. Itachi put his hand onto the door knob and poured some chakra into it. A 'click' sound was heard and the door opened. This room was exactly like the one at the hide-out, except this one was much bigger, maybe double the size. Sakura noticed some kimonos and other things on the bed.

"Those are yours" Itachi said knowing what she was looking at.

"There is some room inside the dresser, you can put them there." He said before he left. Sakura put down her bag and stretched.

'I need to change to something thinner this kimono is too thick.' Sakura walked over to the bed and looked at the five different kimonos. (A/N: I will make a little list of how the kimonos look so it'll be easier to read.)

First: dark purple with pink sakura-petals over to kimono and a matching pink obi.

Second: red with a black dragon embroidered that started at her right chest (the head), over her shoulder and down the back and coming up on the left side (tail) and a black obi to go with it

Third: forest green with yellow, orange and light green leaves and a yellow obi.

Forth: pearl white with gold coloured roses and dark green leaves and a matching green obi.

Fifth: dark blue with white, silver, light blue and light purple butterflies and a silver obi to match

(Note: all the kimonos reach the floor!)

There were also two white sleeping yukatas, a brush, some undergarments (A/N: hey we all need that! Oh and they were nothing special!)

and some accessories:

many different flowers for decoration.

a pair of hair pins

ribbons in many different colours

a mahogany comb with flowers and butterflies carved onto it.

'He must've spent a fortune on this.' Sakura thought.

'But then again this is Itachi we are talking about so in that case he probably got these things in exchange for the shop owner's life.'

She picked up the dark purple kimono and some other things before going into the bathroom. The bathroom was also bigger. It had a shower, a tub and a cabin, probably for towels, sink and toilet.

'I think I'll take a bath.' Sakura thought as she filled the tub with warm water. An hour later she got out after washing her hair and body and put on her kimono. She put her hair in a bun and some sakura-petals (A/N: who says you can't be a captive and not look good?!) Sakura then stepped out of the bathroom and noticed that Itachi still hadn't returned Sakura took advantage of this and bit her thumb and did some seals.

'Kochiyose No jutsu!' and four small dragons appeared. (A/N: Look in ch. 3 if you don't remember how they looked)

They were all a fiery red but they had different colours on their manes and eyes.

"Haku, Genji, Aka, Shi it has been a while." Sakura said with a smile.

Haku had grey eyes and mane

Genji had blue eyes and mane

Aka had golden eyes and mane

Shi had black eyes and mane.

They all came over to her and stroke their body against her legs.

"I need you all to go check the area around this building." Sakura said.

'What is it that concerns you?' Aka asked.

"I thought I saw a nin hiding. Please rapport to me if you find something."

'Hai.' They said in unison and then they disappeared. Sakura then put her kimonos into the dresser and now she had nothing to do….

'I'm bored. I could go check put this place.' Sakura thought and did some seals and teleported outside to a garden. It had a small lake in the middle and a bridge to the other side where seven big cherry blossom trees bloomed side by side. There were also different kinds of flowers on different places in the garden. Some willows grew by the lake, their branches bathing in the lakes pure water. The garden was truly beautiful.

'Who knew Akatsuki had taste?' Sakura thought with a smile on her face but she was jerked out of her thoughts when a crashing sound was heard from above. Sakura looked up and saw a small boy fly out from a window from the fifth floor.

Sakura jumped up and caught him. He had beautiful blond hair. Sakura scanned his body and saw that he had a hole through his stomach as well as numerous scratches and bruises from falling through the window. Sakura furrowed her eyes in worry.

'If I don't help him he will die.' She quickly sat down on the ground and put him in front of her. She did some hand seals and her hands started glow green. She lowered her hands to his stomach and gave a sigh of relief when she noticed that he was getting better.

'I wonder what happened to him?' Sakura thought but was answered when the door to the garden swung open to revile Koichi.

"Get away from the brat!" He said in a voice full of hatred.

"No, I won't!" Sakura said as she stood in front of him protectively. He walked over to stand a couple of feet away from her.

"Get away from him." He said through gritted teeth.

"Do I have to spell it for you? No I won't!" Sakura said. Koichi un-sheeted his katana and was just about to charge when a voice stopped him.

"Koichi! That's enough!" Sakura and Koichi looked towards the sound and saw the Akatsuki members Sakura recognized as Deidara and Sasori (A/N: Sakura has not met Sasori before, well maybe as an Anbu but not as in the series.)

Koichi sent a cold glare towards Sakura, which she gladly returned, before he sheeted his katana again.

"You'll pay for this." He said before he walked past Deidara and Sasori back inside. Sakura turned her attention back to the boy when she noticed he started to wake up. He opened his deep brown eyes and looked around before settling on Sakura.

"How do you feel?" Sakura asked her voice filled with concern. The small boy, who could have been no more then five, blinked a couple of times before asking:

"Are you an angel?" Sakura laughed.

"No, I'm not. My name is Sakura and I'm a kunochi. What's your name?"

"Kenji" He replayed shyly.

'He is soo kawaii!' she thought

"What happened to you?" Sakura asked kindly. Suddenly Kenji started to panic.

"Where is my kaa-san?" Sakura could clearly see fear in his eyes.

"I don't know. Please tell me what happened." Sakura said.

"A scary man tried to hurt my kaa-san and I tried to stop him snob but he hit me with something shiny in my tummy and snob and then I don't remember." He finished with tears streaming down his face. Sakura lifted him onto her lap and wrapped her arms around his now shaking body and let him cry into her chest while she rubbed soothing circles on his back.

"It's alright, shh, don't cry." Sakura soothed while rocking him back and forth, but he just kept crying. An idea came to her mind as she did some seals with her one hand and five dolphins formed in the water of the lake. Kenji lifted his head and whipped his eyes and watched with awe as they played and danced. Then a female voice could be heard.

"Kenji! Kenji honey where are you?"

"Kaa-san! I'm here!" Kenji shouted. A young woman in her late twenty's came running around the corner. She had blond hair and sky blue eyes dressed in a simple brown kimono. She ran to Sakura and took Kenji from her arms into her own.

"Oh Kenji! I was so worried!" She said while hugging him tightly.

"Are you alright? I saw you getting hit by Koichi-sans 'Dragon orb'" She asked while checking him for any injuries.

"Kaa-san I'm fine. Nee-san (big sister) made the owy go away!" Kenji said pointing at Sakura who sat still and watched them, smiling. The woman looked at Sakura with tears in her eyes.

"Arigato, domo arigato gozaimasu (thank you so very much)" she said bowing low. Sakura put a hand on her shoulder in a gesture for her to rise.

"I'm glad I could help."

"May I ask your name?" The woman asked looking up.

"Sakura Haruno, and you?"

"Shimimori, Rin Shimimori."

"Nice to meet you Rin-san." Sakura said giving a bright smile.

"Please, call me Rin."

"Rin, may I ask what happened between you and Koichi?" Rin's face saddened. Sakura turned her attention to Kenji.

"Kenji-chan, why don't you go look at the dolphins by the bridge?" Kenji nodded viciously and ran away.

"Please tell me." Sakura said to Rin.

"He tried to 'feel me up'."

"Has he done it before?" Sakura asked. Rin slowly nodded her head.

"I come here every month to get the laundry from the Akatsuki and every time he tries to."

"Have you told anyone?" Sakura asked. Rin shook her head.

"Who would I tell? My parents are dead and my husband, Kenji's father, died when Kenji was two, three years ago." Sakura was quiet for a while, thinking. Then suddenly she got up and walked over the bridge to the cherry blossom trees and took two petals and then walked back to where Rin was waiting. She did some seals and the petals started glowing a gold colour. When she was finished the petals had hardened. Sakura took two strings and tied the petals to them so they became like two necklaces she then gave them to Rin.

"Give one to Kenji and take the other one. I put a jutsu on them so when you wear them people who mean you harm won't be able to touch you because a barrier will form around you." Sakura explained. Rin nodded.

"Kenji! Come here for a moment." Rin called. When he did she put the necklace on him.

"Never take it off Kenji, it'll protect you." Rin said as she tied the other necklace around her own neck. Kenji nodded and Rin got up and took him by the hand.

"We must leave now. Arigato, you have done so much for us although you don't even know us." Sakura smiled.

"Your welcome." Sakura felt Kenji tug at her sleeve so she bent down in front of him. He hugged Sakura tightly.

"Arigato nee-san." He whispered. Sakura hugged him back.

"Your welcome. Now be a good boy." Sakura whispered back and then watched their retreating backs. Then she remembered Deidara and Sasori. She turned around and saw that they were still there. She bowed low.

"Arigato Deidara-san, Sasori-san." Sasori merely nodded his head while Deidara gave a huge grin.

"No problem." Sakura smiled.

'He reminds me of Naruto.'

They walked over to Sakura.

"So since you know our names I think it's only fair you tell us yours, un." Deidara said still grinning.

"Sakura Haruno."

"So, Sakura, what are you doing here at the Akatsuki HQ, yeah?" Deidara asked.

"I'm a captive."

"Who is your captor?" Sasori now asked.

"The man who is standing behind be." Sakura said casually. Sasori and Deidara looked behind Sakura and saw Itachi.

"I-Itachi-san." Deidara stuttered. Itachi shot Deidara and Sasori a glare that said 'piss off, or else'. They quickly obeyed.

"Well bye Sakura, yeah." Deidara said before he and Sasori disappeared in a 'puff' of smoke. Sakura turned around and came face to face with an angry Uchiha. Wordlessly Itachi teleported them back to his room. When they came inside Itachi leaned onto the door while Sakura sat down on the bed. She knew why he was angry.

"I just wanted to take a look around." Sakura said, breaking the silence.

"I never gave you permission to do so." Itachi said in a cold voice.

"Must I ask you permission for everything?" Sakura asked. In a flash Itachi stood in front of her.

"Hai you do because you are my captive and you should act like one."

"Well I never asked to become a captive in the first place." Sakura said standing up, now angry.

"That doesn't change the fact that you are." Itachi replayed.

"In that case THIS captive is going to leave!" Sakura said disappearing in a swirl of sakura-petals.

'Damn!' Itachi teleported to where he last had felt her chakra.

Sakura

Sakura was jumping from tree to tree, away from the HQ.

'Damn, cold hearted jerk!' Sakura screamed inside her head.

'I have to find a way to break this stupid seal before Itachi finds me.' Too late. Sakura was suddenly pinned to a tree by her hands. Sakura looked up and green me red.

"Let me go!" Sakura said venomously. Suddenly Itachi's lips came crashing down on hers, kissing her roughly. He removed the ribbon holding her long hair tied, now making it spill out behind her, Itachi then buried his hand in her hair pulling her towards him. Itachi broke the kiss when they were out of oxygen, both panting hard.

"No I won't. You are my captive and you won't leave until I give you permission to do so." He said. Sakura closed her eyes. She didn't know why but hearing him say that she was just a captive made heart ace. Sakura felt herself become teleported back to 'their' room. As soon as they were inside Sakura pulled away from him, having her back facing him. She heard him leave. Sakura felt her eyes burn with tears, but she refused to let them fall.

'Why do I care that I'm only a captive to him, what did I expect? He doesn't mean anything to me either.' Sakura suddenly felt so tired so she changed to one of her sleeping yukatas and went to bed, falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

Itachi entered the room a while later finding Sakura asleep so he removed his shirt and cloak, leaving him in only his pants, and then also went to bed.

Dream sequence

Sakura opened her eyes and found herself in a room, lit by candles. She was lying on a bed. She looked to her side and saw Sasuke by the bed with a smirk on his face. Suddenly he was on top of her, kissing her. She tried to push him of but she couldn't move. He started to undress her and….

End of dream sequence

Sakura woke up with a startle. She was panting hard and was drenched in sweat. She looked around and saw that she saw still at the Akatsuki HQ.

'It was just a dream.' Sakura thought as she put a hand to her head. She glanced to her side and saw Itachi sleeping. Sakura pulled of the covers and walked over to the window. She drew apart the thick, red drapes to revealing a beautiful full moon.

'Why did I dream that?' Sakura thought as she looked at the moon while gripping her oka-sans necklace firmly.

'Oka-san, I wonder. If you and oto-san hadn't died would I be here right now?' Sakura thought while a single tear ran down her cheek, only to be whipped away by a warm hand. She looked up and saw Itachi standing beside her, looking at her with his onyx eyes.

Itachi

Itachi woke up in the middle of the night to an empty bed. He thought it was unusually bright so he looked towards the window and there he saw her, staring out through the window. The moonlight giving her an eternal look. He got up and walked over to her but she didn't seem to notice, for she just kept staring out, holding something in her closed fist. He saw a tear run down her face.

'What is she thinking about?' he asked himself. He reached our and gently whipped the tear away. She turned towards him and his eyes slightly widened.

Her eyes, they seemed to be holding all the sadness in the world.

They stared into each others eyes for a while before Itachi broke the silence.

"You should come back to bed and get some sleep." He said turning around and walking back to the bed. Sakura felt the urge to sigh. First he acted like he cared and the next he was back to his cold demeanour. Not in the mood for arguing she took one last glance at the moon before closing the drapes again and going back to bed. When she had just lied down she felt herself be pulled into a firm chest. She looked up at Itachi questionably.

"So you won't disturb me in my sleep anymore." Was his replay. Sakura 'humpfed' and tried to move away only to have his grip tighten. Sakura sighed in defeat and closed her eyes his scent of cinnamon and pine trees invading her senses and soon she drifted of into sleep in the arms of Itachi.

A/N: Chapter 7 is up. Phew I'm beat! This chappie became longer then what I first thought, but hey you're worth it for being such great reviewers!

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