Gomen nasai! This chapter took longer than usual. I had to write it on paper and then type it. Sakura's waking up in this one. How will she react to seeing Itachi? Will she be unbearably depressed? Will you see Tobi?!
Disclaimer: Kishimoto-san owns him, not me sadly.
'Sakura's or anyone's thoughts'
'Inner Sakura's thoughts'
'Flashbacks or anything written'
Reawakening
Sakura lifted her eyelids open, as if they were heavy weights. A distant shadow loomed over her. Sakura squinted as her vision came into focus. She then pulled on the covers and sat up. Itachi sat patiently, waiting for Sakura to regain mental consciousness. After about ten minutes Sakura was still staring distantly at the wall with a blank face and darkened eyes.
Sakura looked like an animal that had lost its will to live. She appeared more sleep deprived than Itachi himself and that was not a good sign. Itachi waved a hand in front of her face thinking she'd flinch.
No response.
'This may take longer than I previously assumed . . . 'Itachi thought.
'I don't feel like doing it. I'll go get Tobi.' Itachi thought as he exited the room.
Soon after Tobi darted inside of the room and sat on the end of Sakura's bed. Itachi sent him in because; a barrage of questions will eventually annoy the crap out of anyone.
"Sakura-senpai? Itachi-senpai sent Tobi to wake Sakura-senpai up. Tobi listens because Tobi's a good boy! But Sakura-senpai looks awake already . . . Tobi's curious, what's it like on Konoha? Does Sakura-senpai have any friends? What are their names? Why'd Sakura-senpai become a ninja? What's Sakura-senpai's rank? What kind of missions does Sakura-senpai do? Has Sakura-senpai ever been hurt badly? Have any of Sakura-senpai's teammates-"
Tobi was interrupted when he crashed into Sakura's wall. Courtesy of a clearly annoyed Sakura. She stood up and trudged out of the room. Half way to the kitchen she met up with Kisame.
"Hey Pinky! Wow. You look like something the cat dragged in." Kisame had bandages around his jaw from Itachi's punch.
Sakura made no move to reply; instead she brushed pasted him without sparing a glance. Sakura was going to the kitchen on instinct. After eight hours of mental deconstruction she was a little hungry. Before stepping through the doorway Deidara passed by her and gave a meaningful look. 'Don't do something stupid' is what that look meant. Sakura stared at him blankly for a moment, and then nodded. Deidara sighed and continued his trek to the bathroom. After passing through the door way her expressionless gaze boiled with fury, at the sight of Itachi leaning on the counter reading a book.
Sakura took a moment to think rationally.
'You did break the rules. And you did let him use Tsukiyomi on you.' Sakura's Inner self stated.
'Yeah but that was a lot worse than I thought it was gonna be! He knew how I felt about my friends!' Sakura thought frustrated.
'It's Uchiha Itachi; he's supposed to do that. You seem to be forgetting who he is again.' Inner Sakura exclaimed.
'Fine! You win.' Sakura wanted her Inner-self to stop talking sense into her.
'Just don't do something you'll regret.'Inner Sakura left.
Itachi lowered the book just below his eyes and stared for a moment. Sakura's expression remained stoic and soulless. Her fists on the other hand unconsciously clenched. No matter what kind of mood she was in seeing Itachi made her want to beat the shit out of something. After putting her through a potentially scarring experience he can act as though he had nothing to do with it.
Sakura didn't dare say it, but that's what Itachi and his brother had in common.
The inability to feel remorse, no matter what the circumstances. Sakura had to admit, such a trait is indeed beneficial to a shinobi. But, it's really only necessary on missions, not in every day life. If you never had second thoughts about doing things you should later regret, are you still human? Sakura mentally slapped herself. Itachi was human, but you wouldn't guess that by his attitude or history.
He single handedly killed all of his clan members without a shred of remorse. He told his brother to hate him. And he joined an organization that killed people to get what was inside of them.
Sakura was brought back from her thoughts when she heard the sound of a book snapping shut.
"You shouldn't space out like that. It's probably not healthy, and it makes you look stupid." Itachi said as he brushed past Sakura.
Sakura gritted her teeth.
'Ignore! Ignore! Ignore!' She chanted to herself.
'Kill! Kill!! Kill!!!' Sakura's Inner self chanted.
Sakura stayed cool. Her Inner self was another story. Unable to control herself, Sakura walked over to the counter and dug through a bowl of fruit. She pulled out three tomatoes and sauntered to the door way. Sakura aimed for her ebony-haired target and launched the first tomato. It splattered on the back of his shirt. Itachi turned around to see the origin of this attack. Sakura threw another before he turned all the way around. This one splattered on his cheek. Sakura threw the third tomato which Itachi easily dodged and then it caked itself to the wood floor.
Sakura didn't exactly know what she just did. Considering she didn't do it to her own accord. Itachi was glaring at her until she replayed the event in her mind and remembered.
"Sakura-san, is there a reason for why you are throwing over-ripened fruit at me?" Itachi wasn't exactly expecting such a strange course of action.
He knew she was mad. Itachi just thought Sakura would try to attack him or something. But he supposed throwing tomatoes at him was still considered an attack. Sakura glared viciously at Itachi.
"One, tomatoes aren't fruits. Two, you deserve it. And three, you're an ass." Sakura hissed.
Itachi smirked. "It is proven tomatoes are fruits. And clarify for me why I am an ass."
"You put me through eight hours of hell! How is that not asshole-ish?!?!?!?!?!?!" Sakura shouted.
"Well then, I suggest you do not break the rules again." Itachi shrugged and then left.
Sakura fumed as she stormed off to her room, forgetting she was ever hungry. She slammed the door shut and picked up an uncovered pillow. Sakura pressed her face into it and screamed until out of breath. After about twenty minutes of that she paced the room while cussing up a storm.
"Stupid son of a bitch. He needs to go to hell! Better yet he needs to experience Tsukiyomi for himself. Then maybe he wouldn't be such an ass. I can't even hurt him. If I try, he'll beat the shit out of me! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" Sakura was interrupted by a knock on her door.
"Who the hell is it? And what the hell do you want?!" Sakura yelled at the door.
"Maybe I should come back later, yeah?"
Sakura pulled open the door, grabbed Deidara by the arm and pulled him inside. Sakura closed the door swiftly and started pacing again.
"Sakura-chan, is something wrong, yeah?" Deidara looked a little confused.
"Deidara-san, do something to calm me down please, before I am forced to hurt you." Sakura stopped pacing.
"Um . . ." Deidara scratched the back of his head. "I agree with you, tomatoes should be vegetables. I mean, they don't taste like fruits, and they sell them with other vegetables, not fruits, yeah."
Sakura stared at him for a moment, and then broke out in laughter. Deidara did the same.
"Arigato Deidara-san! On second thought, you're the only one here who's not a stiff, so I'll call you Deidara-kun!" Sakura grinned.
Deidara slung an arm around her shoulder and cheered.
"Yay! I'm not a stiff! Pft! And Itachi-san said you would hate us, yeah!" Deidara laughed.
"Sakura-chan . . . do you need help fixing your wall, yeah?" Deidara pointed to the shallow crater in the wall where Tobi had been.
"Sure! I guess I kinda over did it when I punched Tobi-san. Is he okay?" Sakura looked a little worried.
"Yeah he's fine. Tobi said it was his fault anyways. He's such a good boy, yeah." Deidara sighed.
"So how do you suppose we fix it?" Sakura chuckled nervously.
"We can use some of my clay to patch it up, yeah!" Deidara suggested.
They both left Sakura's room and made a short trip to Deidara's room. Sakura almost had a conniption when she saw his room. The floor was covered in black pants and mesh shirts. Books and scrolls were scattered all over the room, and clay was all over the furniture and walls like something had exploded. But the desk in his room was neat, and had clay figurines on it (most of which were birds). Deidara gathered some of the clay and the left his room.
After about two hours the wall was patched up. Deidara and Sakura were laughing and covered in clay from head to toe. Sakura had tried a few times to mold a clay bird, but every time the clay kept exploding.
Kisame opened Sakura's door chuckled.
"Hey Pinky! You look better than before!" Kisame patted Sakura on the back roughly.
"Arigato Fishy-chan." Sakura smiled while rubbing a big glob of clay onto his face.
"We need you to make dinner." Kisame said before waving goodbye.
"Arigato Deidara-chan." Sakura bowed respectfully and left for the kitchen.
"No problem Sakura-chan, yeah!" Deidara smiled. 'She shouldn't be here. It's not right Itachi. But I'll have to avoid you for awhile, seeing as how you know I was spying.'
Deidara walked to the door and watched the clay covered Sakura skip to the kitchen. She hummed a cheery tune not realizing she was getting clay all over the floorboards. Seeing Sakura happy, made Deidara happy.
"I'm glad I can make you feel better Sakura-chan. Just wait, even Itachi-san will do something that's not completely selfish." Deidara mumbled to himself.
Hi guys! Gomenasai for being a little late.
I haven't been felling very well.
And my computer keeps getting viruses because my brother plays Runescape.
If you dislike it as well, I will make Sasuke-san or Itachi-san give you a hug.
(No matter how much they'd prefer not to.)
I'm going to Tennessee from the 15th-20th with my friends' family.
Gomenasai if I don't have a chapter posted before then.
Please review!
Ja ne!
-Tari-chan XD
Gomenasai! I can't thank you in this chapter. Every time I get on the internet ads keep popping up. I'm so sorry! Please forgive me. I have to get on and get off before something really bad happens.