Author's notes: Hey guys ! Thanks for all the reviews. I know there must've been a few spelling and grammatical errors, but I do now have any type of spellcheck so you're just going to have to bare with me. Anywho, hope you like the new chapter, THERES FLUFF !
Chapter 7 :
Feelings Challenged.
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The sound of water crashing upon the rocks below was all she could hear.
The smell of the fresh flowers she held in her hands was all she could smell.
The cool mist upon her face was all she could feel.
Her eyes opened, her soft kade eyes surveyed the area. She looked over the waterfall and watched as the water crashed against the rocks. In her hands she held a self-made bouquet made up of white daises, a few lillies and some dandilions from the field near the hide-out. She stared down at the water, it was entrancing.
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The tip of the pen glided smoothly against the paper. A few moments passed and he stopped. He looked out the window in front of him and sighed. He placed his pen down and looked over at the bed, he knew she wasn't there. He stood and exited his room. Heading down the hallway he walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, not here either. He searched several more rooms, no where.
He ventured out into the training grounds, not here. He was getting frustrated. He was too old for hide-n-seek. He exited the hide out to go think. The water fall parted and he stepped through, something told him to turn around. Once he did he saw her standing atop the waterfall. He dissapeared appearing behind her.
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She sighed as she took a step closer to the edge. She extended her hands and looked at the flowers once more before letting go of them. She watched as they gracefully fell downwards and were engulfed by the crashing water at the bottom.
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He stood behind her watching her. What was she doing? Slowly he crept towards her and stopped only feet away from her.
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"For Hidan and Kakuzu.." she said breaking the silence.
"What?" he responded.
"The flowers were for Hidan and Kakuzu." she said turning to face him.
"Why?" Itachi asked.
"Well..I figured they deserved something. I mean everything they did for the Akatsuki.. besides, I'll miss having them around." she said with a smirk.
Then there was silence.
"Itachi-san.." Sakura said.
"Hn." he replied.
"Would you do something like this if I died." she asked looking up at him, expecting a negative answer.
Itachi didn't answer. He had killed his whole family and not mourned for one of them, why would he do so for her ? "No." he answered simply.
Sakura's expression completely fell. "Oh.." she said turning and facing the waterfall again. "I understand."
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He heard voices. They were talking about him.
"Will he be okay?" The silver haired Jonin asked the blonde Hokage. She nodded.
"He's just exhausted is all, he just needs a little bit of rest and he'll be good as new. " she answered.
There were a few moments of silence. "Has any funeral services been discussed for Asuma yet? " he asked. Tsunade shook her head. "Not yet. We've decided to wait a few days. " Tsunade explained. "I see," Kakashi answered. "Does Kurenai know yet?" he asked. Tsunade nodded. "I informed her this morning.." she said looking at the ground. Kakashi didn't say anything. "It's a shame their son won't have a father..." she said turning to exit the room. "C'mon, let's let him rest." Kakashi nodded and they exited the room.
Naruto lay there. His eyes still closed. He listened to the whole conversation. He knew it was his fault that Asuma had died, if he didn't beg to go on the mission, this never would've happend. He let out a sigh and layed completely still.
He kept his eyes closed in fear, fear that he knew when he opened them she would'nt be there. No matter how many times he told himself it was just a dream and he was going to wake up from it.
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The shark faced man sat on a rock and watched the two fight each other. He leaned on his samehada intreigued at this particular training session.
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Again and again he blocked her attacks. She packed a hard, no, devestating punch that could kill someone instantly, but unless she hit someone it would be useless. He grabbed her wrist and kicked her to the ground. She skid across the ground and colllided with a boulder. Dust floasted in the air. "Again." Itachi said crossing his arms.
Sakura looked up at him.Pain all over her body, he didn't have a scratch on him. "Tch, you're useless." Itachi said turning to walk away. "You're not worth my time." Itachi walked back towads the hideout. Sakura heard what he said. She clutched sand in her fists tightly. Suddenly, the ground around her sunk in and a crator was formed around her just by the force of her chakra.
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Kisame looked over at the now pissed Sakura. He watched the ground around her shift and sink inwards.
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Itachi stpped walking, he turned his head to the side. By now Sakura was on her feet, her eyes were glowing green, no pupil was visible. He turned fully around and faced her. Sakura stared at Itachi andgrily. The rocks around her were floating. This was her bloodline, her mystic eyes. She continuously stared at Itachi focusing her energy. Itachi's black and red eyes stared at her. he felt pressure agains him. He suddenly couldn't move his left arm. He used his sharingan to fight back against her and try to fiigure ou her next move, but the problem was she wasn't even moving. Her bloodline allowed her to injure or minipulate her opponents with her eyes alone. Only is the opponent looked into her eyes, and only as long as her chakra would allow her. His arm began bending backwards further than he liked. He couldn't attack her physcially, he would have to attack her mentally. If she didn't let up, he would have to use his Mangekyo.
Anger surged through Sakura. All she could think of was breaking every bone in his body and casuing him pain. His arm bent further and a loud crack was heard. He looked over at his arm as it now hung limply with a bone pertruding out the side. However, when he looked up she was in the air right in front of him, her fist pulled back. He lifted his unhurt arm to block her attack.
Her fist collided with his right forearm sending him flying into tre's as they broke and fell alla round him. SDakura ran after him and picked up the tree's throwing them every which way until shefound him laying on the ground. She was breathing heavily and lutched his hand into a fist ready to attack again. She saw blood from his mouth and both arms, as well as the blood coming from other wounds on various places on his body. Her eyes slowly returned to normal. She bent down beside him.
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Kisame spit tea out of his mouth as he watched what Sakura had done. He hadn't seen Itachi get hurt like that.. ever.
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Itachi and Sakura looked at each other without saying anything. Sakura held her hands over Itachi's arm as they began glowing a pale green. Several minutes later and nither of them talked. When she was finished healing all of his wounds she stood and walked away entering the hideout.
Itachi stood up and stretched his newly repaired arms. He saw a shark faced man approach him. He awaited his smartass comments.
"Well, well, well. The great Itachi Uchiha was beaten by a girl." Kisame stood with a large grin and his samehada in hand.
Itachi looked at him without saying anything. Finally, he walked towards the hideout leaving Kisame in silence.
'Was it something I said?!" Kisame shouted after Itachi as the hideout entrance closed.
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She finished washing the dishes, and then put them away. Dinner had been quiet. Everyone sat quietly and ate. Considering it was usually Hidan and Kakuzu who started conversations. Since they were gone now, that only left Deidara, however he hadn't talked or been his humourous self since he lost both arms and his partner died. Tobi wasn't at dinner that night. He reminded her of Naruto. Yes.. Naruto.
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He stepped out of the shower. The room was hot with steam and the miror was foggy. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist. He brushed out his hair but left it down. He wiped the fog off the mirror and looked at himseld. Why couldn't he stop thinking about her. Her short unique pink hair, her jade eyes, her annoying, yet refreshing personality. It was different having her around, a good different. He began putting his clothes on minus his Akatsuki cloak. He opened the door and stepped into the room.
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She looked up from reading the scrolls. He was standing in the doorway of the bathroom. The steam poured into the room sending a warm breez by her. She smiled slightly and looked back down at the scrolls she held in her hands.
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Her smile comforted him. When she looked away he walked over to the bookshelf. His eyes scanned the shelves, finally he outstretched his arms and lifted a book off of the shelf. He blew the dust off of it and sat down at his desk. He opened it and flipped to a certain page marked 84. There in the crease was an old picture. It was of him, his mother and father.. and Sasuke. He put it upside down and reached into his pocket. He took out a picture of him and Sakura. He was standing there looking himself and Sakura had her fist raised in the air as it looked like she were to jump straight out of the photo. This was when Tobi found a camera and went around snapping pictures of everyone. He placed it in the book along with the other picture. He stood and put it back on the shelf. He glanced over at Sakura.
She was concentrated on the scrolls. Her hair hung in front of her face, her eyes moving back and forth reading the words no doubt. Her lips.. oh her lips. They looked soft and full, he imagined what it would be like to just taste them. He wanted to wrap his arms around her body and just hold her there forever. He shook away these thoughts. Why was he thinking this? He sighed and turned to go sit down but stopped when he heard her voice.
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Sakura continued reading the scrolls. It got more and more complicated. She rubbed her temples as she glanced over at Itachi. He was sitting in his usual spot, except this time he wasn't writing. He had a book open in front of him. She shrugged and continued reading the scrolls. A few moments passed and she let out a sigh. She didn't know what to do, maybe he would.
Looking up, she saw that he was standing now, but facing the opposite direction. "Itachi-san." she said innocently. " Could you help me..I don't understand this." she said pointing to the scrolls, hoping he would say yes.
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Itachi slowly nodded as he made his way over to her. He sat down on the bed beside her. "Let me take a look." He leaned over her shoulder and began reading. Their faces were close now, the closest they had ever been. He ignored this fact and read the scrolls. It wasn't that hard, they were explaining the different ways she could possibly activate them.
He opened his mouth to explain but stopped. He looked at her, her expression had changed drastically. She was.. sad. He watched as a tear rolled down her cheek and she tried hard to hide it. "Sakura..what's bothering you." Itachi asked sitting back.
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Sakura felt him so close to her, she smiled inwardly. His scent entered her nose, she loved it. She loved it when they were this close together. She then looked down as she started to remember them.. to remember him. She held back a sigh.
Naruto.. where was he... how was he. She left them all so abrubtly, she could only imagine the pain Naruto was in. And then it hit her, Pein had said that someone was killed, one of the Konoha ninja.. was it Naruto.. no, it couldn't be. She only thought of this now. She wanted to go find him, to make sure he was okay. She wanted to go home.. But, this was her home.. she was happy now. She had found people who need her to be there.. a single tear rolled down her cheek. She lifted her arm and faked as though she was coughing.
She heard Itachi's voice and looked up at him. "Oh it's.." she sighed, she couldn't lie to him.
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Itachi undetstood what was wrong. "You miss them." he said simply.
Sakura nodded as her head hung low again. "I miss them a lot.. they meant a lot to me. I left them all.. especially them. I left them, the two people I care for most.." she sighed. " I just..I miss their love for me..I miss them caring for me and protecting me I guess...but most of all I miss the feeling of being loved.." another tear rolled down Sakura's cheek as she tried to hide it again .
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Itachi listened. He couldn't say he understood how she felt by leaving people... hell he killed his own family. The only people who really loved him. But he did understand that absent feeling of being loved. He looked up at her as he knew she was going to break down any minute, but she wouldn't do it in front of him. He didn't like seeing her cry, if it were any other time, any other person. He would've called them weak. But not this time...not her.
He moved closer to her and placed his hand under her chin lifting her head. Their eyes met, her sad ones, and his empty ones. The lone fliker of a candle was all that lit the room and allowed them to see each other. There was a moments silence, he could tell she was obviously confused by his actions... he was as well. No.. not confused..blinded..by love.
"I love you." he said in a sweet, but matter-of-fact tone. He moved in closer as their lips collided and a wave of emotion crashed down on him. He had never done this before... loved someone. He liked it.. he pulled her closer to him as he deepend the kiss.
He turned her over and slowly layed her down. Itachi hovered over her. Their lips still locked, and their eyes closed. He slowly slid his hand over her thigh. He had never done this before.. never felt this way before. But he knew this was right.. this felt right... she felt right.
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Author's notes: WELL THERE YOU GO. THE LONG AWAITED CHAPTER OF LOOOOOOOOVE. Lol., I'll let your minds wonder to what happens... DONT WORRY there wont be some weird twist that Sakura waked up pregnent or anything..not yet. LMFAO. well review and ill have the next one up soon ! BTW; My profile piture is what Sakura is wearing right now.