Hi everybody!

Well I firstly want to thank you for your great reviews! They are really motivating me to update sooner then I actually wanted to. Like mentioned before school started today (5.11.07) and I still have to do homework but I will just delay it for now! ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!

Chapter 8

Konoha

"Geez, cheer up Ino!" Shikamaru said annoyed. His date was currently slouching in her stair while eating her third hot fudge sundae in the space of twenty minute. And she would have been way faster if the waiter hadn't been so lame.

The owner of the small café they visited nearly daily for the last few days so that Ino could eat her favourite ice-cream was a nice and friendly man but he was really fat. And that made it so difficult for him to move around due to the small gaps between the tables. "How could I?" she mumbled with her mouth full of whipped cream. "My best friend was kidnapped by one of the most dangerous men in the whole fire-country. And Sakura actually believes that I wanted that to happen!"

She paused to shallow and continued with a softer voice. "I can't forget the glance she gave me before she tried to escape. There was more than fear and sadness in it."

She looked at her boyfriend with tears in her beautiful blue eyes: "She hates me" and then she started crying.

Shikamaru sighed. "Ino I told you like everyday that she doesn't hate you. But in her opinion we all have betrayed her. As soon as she knows what has really happened she will forgive us." While he comforted her he added: "We planned everything exactly like it happened. Sai and Neji will look after her. They promised that at our last conference. Don't you remember?"

Ino, whipping her tears away slowly nodded. "Yeah. Naruto told us was had happened with Itachi. And about the second part of the deal he made with him."

"Exactly. So you know that we can't do anything. But…I will miss Naruto nonetheless."

"Yeah, so will I" Ino sadly confirmed. But that didn't detained her from ordering a forth sundae.

"Uh." Shikamaru made "Troublesome!"

Well can you guess what the second part of the deal is? I hope not 'cause I really want it to be surprising when I write it! But any suggestions are welcome!

Akatsuki base

The retina is one of the "target organs" that are damaged by sustained chakra pressure. Subjected to excessively high chakra pressure over prolonged time, the small chakra vessels that involve the eye are damaged, thickening, bulging and leaking.

Early signs of retinopathy correlate less well with mortality and morbidity than used to be thought, but signs of accelerated or "malignant" chakra pressure indicate severe illness

Most patients with sustained chakra pressure retinopathy present without visual symptoms, however, some may report decreased vision or headaches.

"Uh!" Sakura sighed and closed the heavy book again. She had been reading this crap for several hours now and she really was totally toasted at the moment.

Sighing she stood up from the uncomfortable chair she had been crouched together on and stretched her aching muscles. Several of her bones made cracking sound and she dozily made her way towards her bed. Sliding beneath the silky blanket she cuddled her pillow and soon was sleeping dreamlessly.

She awoke with a start as soon as she could hear someone opening her door. But due to her hectic movement her right food was captured in the blanket and she made an unintentional stunt. Glaring at the smirking Uchiha who was standing in the doorway she stood up again with as much dignity as possible in her current situation. She had verbatim thrown herself at his feet and she cursed her clumsiness soundlessly.

With his face straight again he entered her room and made himself comfortable on her bed.

Still glaring at him she moved away as far as possible and soon was sitting on the edge of her actually quite big queen-size bed.

"You know" he started amused "it will be hard for you to examine my eyes from over there."

Sighing heavily Sakura hesitantly moved towards him again and put her index-fingers at his temples. "Good morning by the way." he simply said. Looking strangely at him to detect his bad intentions this seemingly so nice words surely held, she unwittingly got a good look at his face. He had flawless bright skin, thin lips, exceptionally long eyelashes and beautiful red eyes due to his constantly activated sharingan. She had to shallow hard. Itachi just reminded her so much at her first love that she couldn't bear to look at his face for longer periods.

Avoiding direct eye-contact she answered silently:"Yeah. Good morning."

Itachi just nodded and indicated her to start the examination. Obeying hesitantly she soon forgot the world around them while closing her eyes and sending chakra into his reddish-glowing ones. She could feel him slightly twitching due to her proximity. The feeling of foreign chakra inside the one's other body was never a comfortable sensation. Not that she tried to make it enjoyable for him. She had intentionally forgotten the basic medical things you learned already as a beginner-use as little chakra as possible to make it more comfortable for your patient was just one of them.

Pressing a huge amount of chakra into his system she could feel him twitching again but she could also detect a wet feeling at her fingertips. She smirked. It must really be displeasing for him to sweat so much. Enjoying her momentary power over this so dangerous man she started to concentrate back at work. Nearly everything in his eyes was damaged due to his sharingan. Like she had read last night the sustained chakra pressure destroyed the small vessels. "Do you sometimes have an aching feeling in your skull when you have used your sharingan?" she professionally asked. "Yeah." he simply answered.

My, aren't we talkative today?She thought sourly.

Retire her petite hands from his head she stood up and moved towards her desk. This action was less meant for reading in the books than for getting away from him again.

Opening one book nonetheless in order to make him think that she wanted to glean she thought about what she should tell him. Having formulated a plan in her head she turned around and started:" Due to the constant flow of chakra to your eyes the visual nerve is strongly damaged. The smaller vessels are partially destroyed and have to be repaired as soon as possible. I advise you to stop using your sharingan until everything is completely repaired."

Itachi didn't look exactly pleased because of her tip but he nodded nonetheless. Sakura, internal jumping of joy because his strongest weapon would unnecessarily be delayed watched him closing his eyes. As soon as he had opened again she had to stop herself from rushing to him and hugging him. He looked exactly like Sasuke's older version standing there and waiting for her. Gulping her emotions down she spoke up again, still looking in his black orbs. "I have to reread the important chapters but I think I will be ready until tomorrow. We can start the healing sessions tomorrow evening if you are okay with that" she politely offered. Just don't let him get suspicious she inwardly thought while saying that.

"All right. I will be there." Itachi said after thinking about it for a few minutes.

Before he had had turned around to the door completely Sakura cautiously said: "Itachi I've got a request."

Looking back at her he signaled her to continue with raising his perfectly shaped eyebrows.

"May I see Sai and Neji?"

He watched her facial expression change from hope to confidence and back again. It was actually quite funny to observe.

"Follow me." he finally said.

Hey again I just wanted to add that I have received two votes for pairings until now:

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You would prefer other pairings? Just review! ;)

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