The long awaited chapter. Kelso here. Sorry about the long leave of absence; my life was full of drama but I turned back to writing to help. So I have plenty more ideas after FFM is all wrapped up. So please enjoy ch4 and please look for ch5. The wait will not be very long. Please review and give feedback. Thanks.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.
Chapter 4- Welcome
He sighed as he followed this woman down another path yet again. His doubts about her plans working were building up but he played the game anyways. Itachi wanted his promised price. Killing his brother again. The different path was pitch black except the light flickering of a flame due to the lamp that Karin had brought along. He could feel the heat of hell burning at his back while the stormy coldness biting him in the front of his body. Where they were going was deeper than the last level of hell. It was the absolute end of the earth. As far as they could go in hell. Not even the most disgusting of demon would be following them down. They were safe from attacks physically but mentally. A normal demon would have killed itself from the mere presence that this path had. A haunting presence. It was like nothing that Itachi had ever felt before. The cold air prickling at his skin; torturing his body into having goosebumps. He fought with himself to resist rubbing his arms. As his body was pressing; Karin sighed. Then he snapped out of it. Show no weakness to anyone.
As a demon; he was taught not to let fear rule. Show no weakness. Show nothing. If Karin had looked at him now; she wouldn't notice the inner battle of a madman. His urges to shiver and run were overtaking him. His fear kept threatening to rule by each step he took deeper down. To the controller of souls. It was rumored in hell that 'The Controller,' was actually a woman. Though it has never been proven; for all the people whom had seen the controller never made it back to see the burning flames of hell. This ruler was absolute. The controller had a grasp on every soul no matter how wicked or how pure. She would have the souls until the soul would reached their assigned world to live in. She was higher than god but lower then the devil.
Itachi sighed as he continued to follow the nude woman deeper down path; he craved for a conversation. Just simple small talk to distract him from the deathly quiet. Even in the cave, Itachi could hear the screaming of hell. In a sick way, the screams of the tortured reassured him. Here? In the spiral path; he could feel 'her' cold touch creeping up his back. Which reminded him of his own fear. He needed a distraction from his fears. "So why are you doing this?" asked Itachi to break the silence. From what he could tell; she shrugged her naked shoulders then sighed. The flame flickered with her sigh.
"Let's just say, he did me a favor and he came to collect."
Her vague answer attracted him even more. He was curious by nature and it was probably his greatest weakness. Curiosity was a bitch. "What kind of favor?"asked Itachi. His question made her stop in her tracks. He watched as Karin whirled around to face him. "It's none of your fucking business," snapped Karin as she poked him in his bare shoulder. Hell was too hot for clothing. It was useless to wear them; besides, catching on fire wasn't on anyone's to-do list. He smirked at the red-headed woman. She was a piece of work. His eyes glanced to the flame of the light. It reminded him of the spitfire standing right in front of him. He kind of liked it; fiery woman were his turn on. Itachi smirked at the thought and shrugged his shoulders; waiting for the angry woman to get a move on. He heard her huff her breath then she continued on; stomping her feet down the path in an angry rage. His eyes followed her teasing body shrink away as the light slipped away from him. Itachi could feel, once again, the cold shadow of the underworld. The pitch emptiness crawling up his shoulders; he followed her. Just to stay in the small light from their light. The traveling was silent for a few moments, then his ears perked up as he heard a small sigh escape the woman's mouth.
"He gave me another chance to live as a demon."
His eyes enlarged in surprise. She had failed the test? Itachi was sure that this woman would have passed the torture test with flying colors; he assumed wrong. Her words continued to bounce around. Replaying the sentence for him over and over. Just in case he missed it. Oh but he didn't. The surprise still didn't wane though; he had to know. Itachi had to know why. Why was she so weak? The small fragile back that he is following into the deeper layers of hell wasn't worthy of being a demon at all. He scoffed at her weakness and his. He didn't want her after all. Yes, he was attracted to the spitfire but if she deserved to have her soul eaten; then it should be done. He didn't want to waste his time on weakness. Though, he wanted to know more. Again, curiosity was a slut and Itachi kept waiting more. "Explain." His voice demanded it of her and he'll be damned to heaven if she refused it.
Their footsteps clomped as they continued down more into the deeper layers of the underworld. He was wondering just how long this trip was. Itachi knew it was going to be worth it. Being able to kill his traitor brother and his whore of a woman. The afterlife was good to him. Karin sighed, "I failed the test." Just as he opened his mouth to demanded more of an answer; the lamp flame went out. Itachi's body shivered in fear; the cold creeping faster then before. He didn't want to get sucked up into pitch oblivion. "Karin?" Itachi made her name a question. If she was to betray him; she would have a rude awakening. He shuffled through the darkness with his arms outstretched. His fingertips grazed something warm.
"Shh,"
Itachi's shoulders lighten up just a bit until he heard the slight growling in the darkness. Why was something there? Usually everything in hell was too afraid to travel down here. A slight blue flame flickered several feet ahead of them. Itachi had another creeping feeling; it was the fear once again. The warmth slipped away from his fingertips; the lost of it, made Itachi's heart pound harder. He was like a trapped rabbit just waiting to die once again. He squinted his eyes as a small shadow blocked the flame from his eyes. "We are here on his orders." Itachi wanted to tilt his head to the side in confusion. Just who the hell was she talking to? Just as he asked himself the question; the blue flame flickered and grew larger. It grew so large; they could walk through it. The light engulfed him; it was so bright that it was burning his eyes. He preferred light over the darkness of the path but this was just annoying. As the light grew to the piercing brightness of white; Itachi clamped his eyes shut. "COME ON ITACHI!" He heard Karin's voice yell at him. Then there was a sharp tug on his wrist. He felt himself stumbled down the pathway. For one instant; his eyes peeked open. Karin was dragging him towards the light. The light burned his skin. Itachi wanted to scream. Oh god he did but nothing had to show. No emotion. What so ever. Every fiber of his very being was against walking into the light but it was too late for anything. Too late to turn back; too late for fear. The white light engulfed them as they ran towards it. Then his mind fell blank. There was nothing but pitch black. Itachi heard his name being called in the weak distance. He ignored it. His name was the last thing he remembered before blacking out.
She sighed. If only she had ten dollars for every time she had signed; she would be up to about three hundred dollars or more. Sadly, she wasn't getting paid to sigh nor was she happy to be there. According to her biological clock; they had be in the elevator for a good hour and a half or longer. To Sakura, it was a lifetime. After Sasuke had announced to talk about their almost kissing; Sakura fell silent. She didn't want to talk about it and she'll be damned if he forces her to talk about it first. There was nothing to talk about. He did a very good job portraying that through his actions. Sasuke had pushed her away so why the hell did he want to talk about it? Sakura was done dealing with complicated men in her life. First it was Neji. Her body broke out in goosebumps just remembering what had almost happened. She seriously hoped that she broke his nose. Sakura smirked. That would be great. Second, it was the tall, dark and gloomy man sharing the elevator with her. He was roller coaster of emotions and he was taking Sakura for the ride. She sighed again. Her eyes flickered to the red receiver; hoping that the phone will ring telling them they will get out any minute now. Sadly, the phone didn't grant her wish.
The elevator was getting a little toasty. Sakura already had taken off her baggy short sleeve shirt revealing a white tank top underneath. She used the shirt to wipe the sweat of the back of her neck. Sakura was still crouched in her corner; really not waiting to move. Even though she could feel a cramp working itself into her muscles. Reluctantly; Sakura outstretched her legs. The elevator popped and she quickly stiffened. Her imagination was being a bitch to her. She can just see them plummeting to the bottom of the elevator shaft to their deaths. Goosebumps broke out on her skin again. In this moment, Sakura didn't like her mind one tiny bit. She sighed again; just trying to relax.
"Sakura."
Once again. Her limbs stiffened for a whole new reason. Him. She hoped if she had stayed silent that Sasuke would completely forget what he had said. After a few silent moments; he repeated her name. Sakura sighed. She looked over to the man whom she had tried to avoid in such a small space. It was a battle that Sakura knew that she was going to lose. Her eyes slowly skimmed over the man leaning against the wall with his arms crossed across his chest. He was shirtless but calm. Sakura licked her lips as her eyes roamed the parts of his chest that she could see. He was sexy as hell. Of course, she had the whole show when they first met in her apartment but now? There were no words to describe it. "Sakura." She knew he was getting annoyed with her. Sakura could tell by the tone of his voice. Her father used to use it all the time but still she ignored him. Instead of answering him; Sakura arched her eyebrow at him. She would give him the silent treatment until he says what needs to be said. She smirked when the man uncrossed his arms and let them fall to his sides. Sakura blushed at the view but didn't break eye contact with his body. "Sakura stop being a bitch and answer me."
Her eyebrow twitched furiously. She was being a bitch? Oh no he didn't. If he wanted a bitch; Sakura was willing to open a can of whoop ass served chilled. She would be his worst nightmare. "What was that?" His message was receive and the bitchy Sakura came in to intervene.
Sakura's eyes narrowed as a smirk grew on Sasuke's face, "I knew you couldn't ignore that." Then her eyebrow twitched. The asshole did it on purpose; then she mentally rolled her eyes. Of course he did it on purpose. Her immediate reaction was to ignore him again and never give him a wink of day until they got out of the elevator. The idea was very tempting, but Sakura decided against it. "Don't you have anything better to say asshole?" Then she smirked turning her head to look at him. Her smirk froze on her face by just looking into his eyes. His eyes held the heat of a man; showing the simple darkness of lust. Sakura mentally snorted; ignored the wicked pounding of her heart against her chest. If he had wanted her then why did he push her away?
Then something in her mind clicked. He was trying to explain and she wasn't letting him. Sakura knew that it wasn't just anger going against him; it was fear. Fear that he would reject her. Fear that he would leave her in the cold. Fear wasn't something Sakura was familiar with but anger; anger was her best friend. Anger was her defense mechanism for when situations get awkward; that and her phone. Her phone was MIA, so anger would have to do. She was having an inner battle with herself but her common sense won out. Knowing the truth would be painful but she could deal. Chocolate and alcohol were the best cure. "Then just come out with it already! Just reject me and get it over with!" Sakura crossed her arms; waiting. Waiting for the hurt to be delivered with his dark eyes. Her eyes flickered to him and she watching as he opened his mouth and quickly shut it. The corners of her lips smiled slightly. He was struggling too. It made her feel slightly better but not all the way. The elevator was quiet except their breathing and Sakura's pounding heart. It has been a couple of minutes already and she was getting impatient. Just why couldn't he say what he wants to say already? Sakura cleared her throat and quickly stood up. Her eyes landed on Sasuke's as he watched all of her movements.
"Sakura."
She flinched just from hearing her name come from his lips. Then she heard footsteps with the elevator creaking under the shift in weight. Goosebumps crawled as she felt soft heat on her neck. Suddenly, Sakura was whirled around by heavy hands on her shoulders and now turned to be face to face with Sasuke. Her heart pounded as her delicate body melted against his. She wanted nothing more then take the man in front of her and pull him into her arms. Though in that very moment she froze. A red blush floated across her face as her senses picked on the intense staring now coming from him. Sakura refused to make eye contact; knowing that she would be undone by the black abyss of his eyes. Stubbornly she focus on mildew spot on the elevator wall; a few inches away from Sasuke's left ear. She would not be undone by him so easily; not yet. Sakura was still miffed about the bitch comment.
His head moved or tried to move into her line of sight; quickly Sakura would turn her head in a different direction. Yes, She was toying with him and it was petty but the serious satisfaction that Sakura was getting from their little game was purely enjoyable. Until she felt warm big hands jerking her face; her eyes to meet his. Sakura thought in that moment that she was heaven and her body was floating away. She melted like butter for him. A very dangerous game; that wasn't in Sakura's favor. Her heart went into overdrive; pumping the blood faster and letting her flushed cheeks turn even brighter. The owner of the green eyes frowned as Sasuke smirked to her reaction of his sudden action. Somewhere deep inside, a spark of annoyance flickered into Sakura's head. Just how hell was she suppose to know that he was going to suddenly touch her? It wasn't fair. Just as she was about to utter a few words of protest and poor insults; a finger slipped in the front of her mouth to signal her to be quiet. The spark of annoyance was growing into a flame but Sakura stayed silent. The question was just for how long? As she was about to let out one of the biggest sighs; Sasuke cleared his throat. Making Sakura look at him again. Just one look at his face and she was all ears to whatever he had to say. Even he was telling her that she was a goat or a human sacrifice; she would just nod and be dazed in his light. "Sakura, it's not that I don't want you. But it's that I can't want you."
Sasuke's statement made her blink a bit. Or a lot. Say what? Why were men so damn confusing? She just wanted a plain, simple explanation; not something that would make ten more questions. Once her brain started turning again; the words fell from her mouth, "What are you talking about? No more bullshit Sasuke," mumbled Sakura. "I'm tired of it."
Another sigh from him escaped his throat then the words started echoing around the elevator, "I already told you that I'm an angel from heaven and in heaven we have certain things to avoid," then Sasuke spotted talking and just looked at her with a weird look at his face. Like he was waiting for something. Anything to stop him. Sakura saw no need in protesting; right at this moment she wanted to hear what he had to say. She shook her head and made hand motions of continue. He sighed again.
"You know when you found me in your kitchen sink?" asked Sasuke. A small growl echoed around; Sasuke cringed in a reaction of getting hit. He was half way expecting another fist to fly. "Yes, what about it?"
The tension in shoulders relaxed. She had only asked a question, maybe he wouldn't get hit overall. "I wasn't lying when I said I was communicating. That way was the only way to talk to people in heaven. My good friend; Kakashi, told something that intertwined with the reason why I pushed you away," explained Sasuke. Then he glanced at her; watching her take in the information that he was telling her. Her face was blank. Nothing registered as panic. It was a good sign.
"What was it? Why did you push me away?" asked Sakura as she hugged herself. She was trying calm her crazy heart. All she wanted to do was kiss him. To cover his lips with hers and all this would go away but Sakura needed to know the reason. Some part deep in her soul; she wanted to know and needed to know. Or else she would go crazy with her thoughts.
"I would go back to heaven if I had kissed you," stated Sasuke. It was like a slap to her face. The shock of never being able to kiss him; to never satisfy her urge of melting their mouths together in a wild passion. "And my friend said I should make the best of my second chance. That's why I didn't but I," then Sasuke stopped and turned his body towards her. Sakura was still hugging herself; perhaps trying to comfort herself from the shock. It wasn't working. She needed to know something though; her bitch of curiosity was biting her in the ass once again. "But you what?" coaxed Sakura. She wanted him to saying. Her mind was thinking it already but it was more meaningful if she heard it from him. From his voice and his lips. She needed to hear it.
"I wanted to."
Her heart filled with joy but she wanted it full out and in the open. No more bullshit between them. Not ever. Sakura stepped towards him; lining her body with his. She could feel the tempting warmth of skin tease hers. Temptation finally took a hold of her as she wrapped her arms around his neck. His body froze underneath her; she wanted to smirk because of his pounding heart against his chest but it wouldn't be fair. Her heart was pounding too. Sakura whispered in his ear as she felt the shudder fall throughout his body, "You wanted to what?" She knew perfectly what. Oh he knew that she knew what he was trying to say. Sakura felt his throat move and in a returned whisper, "Sakura I wanted to kiss you. I wanted to, so badly but I wanted to be here. With you." Sakura, in that moment was bewildered. Her heart exploded in her chest; in a good way. She never thought that she could be this happy. Her hands touched Sasuke's face; making him look at her sea-foam green eyes. In this moment; it felt right. Sakura couldn't be blamed for what she said next, "I love you."
It was Sasuke's turn for the disease of happiness and the words flowed out of his mouth before he could stop them, "I love you too." The happy male and the happy female remained a very long embrace. Each imagining how it would feel to be able to kiss each other. To finally melt in each others worlds but knowing they never could. Knowing that there would always be something standing in their way.
The first hint that Itachi knew that they weren't in the deeper levels of hell anymore was the bright bubbles of blue light. His eyes focused on watching the lights bobble around like cracked out balloons. They didn't have pretty things like blue lights in heaven. Another hint; there wasn't anymore screams or heat. He couldn't feel his toes but he felt the cold wall pressing onto his back. Itachi froze as he heard a small groan coming a few feet away from him. The flesh on his neck started to crawl as he couldn't see the thing that made that sound. Somewhere deep down in his gut said it could be Karin but flashes of that creature just kept plaguing his mind. His fist curled up; ready to defend himself. His knuckles cracked. The small chamber echoed the sound around all four walls. So much stealth; Itachi mentally cringed. "Itachi? Is that you?"
His fist quickly cooled as his mind registered Karin's voice. "Yes," he coolly replied. He couldn't let the woman know that she had gotten the jump out him. Not a pathetic excuse for demon; no matter how fascinating she was to look at. Itachi heard her sigh; apparently he wasn't the only one worried about the creature that swallowed them whole. A light shuffle of movement echoed around; then Itachi saw her outline. He reached his hand out to touch her shoulder. To his surprise; Karin pounced on him. She slammed her full body onto him. The air left his lungs as the pain got sharper; he could feel her sharp breath on his neck. He fought not to yank her hair to rip her teeth off of his neck. His muscles tensed as her teeth clenched harder; his resisting failed. Itachi snatched a full handful of Karin's red hair and yanked. Hard.
He heard the woman growl as his fingers were tangled in her hair but then she yipped as he furiously yanked her hair again. Then Itachi returned the early body slam but harder. He smirked as he heard the woman below him struggled to breath after having the wind knocked out of her. "You feeling better now?" snapped Itachi. He was tempted to smack a hoe but his hot head quickly cooled. Slowly he got off of the woman's body; just in case that she had the smart idea of attacking him once again. When he was on his feet; Itachi looked at Karin at his feet. She was shaking but her voice was steady as she mumbled, "I'm fine and sorry."
Sorry? That's all she had to say? She almost ripped his neck out and killed him for the final time. "Just what the fuck was your problem there?" snapped Itachi, "Why the fuck did you bite the shit out of me?" His voice that carried the question faded; Itachi was getting impatient. He nudged the woman on the ground with his foot. A small whimper made him cringe. In the inside. Then she started talking; Itachi had to focus his ears. No matter how good the room was at echoing; he was having trouble picking up on her explanation.
"On Earth, I was attacked in a nightclub with blue lights like these. I was raped and bitten on," sighed Karin. Itachi quirked up an eyebrow, "Bitten on?" The woman turned her head up to him; Itachi couldn't see the glare that she was giving him but he could feel it. "When each man was done raping me, they bit me until I was left with scars. I tried taking to court with my evidence but they were all freed due to tampering of evidence. So one night," then Karin suddenly stopped talking about it but Itachi finished the sentence.
"You killed them didn't you?"
Itachi squinted his eyes to catch the slight nod coming from the woman. "I didn't just kill them, I returned the favor they gave me. I bit them. I ripped each other of their faces off with my teeth. I slaughtered them and I enjoyed every minute of it."
He was shocked for words. She was brutally vicious to her attackers and she didn't pass the test of becoming a demon. If it wasn't the sins that she committed then maybe it was the way she died. Itachi didn't want to ask just in case she decided that his face was better torn off but he asked anyways. "How did you die then?" His ears picked up a sharp inhale of air then a slow release. "I died in car accident on the way to my death sentence." Itachi then had his 'ah ha' moment. That's way she didn't full make it. Though she was strong enough to kill another person or multiple people; she wasn't strong or tainted enough to kill herself. That's why she didn't pass. Itachi was just about to tell her why she needed help with the test when the blue lights started growing brighter. The cold shiver that he had felt in the deeper layers of hell returned and only grew stronger when a light, quiet voice floated around the room,
"Are you my borrowed servants to deliver my souls?"
The voice froze him. His unknown enemy came back in full blow; his fear. Itachi tried fighting the cool sweat beads growing on his forehead with no such luck. He could feel them slide down his face; like an old lover caressing his face. The man used a shaking hand to wipe the bead to the floor. He would not fail so easily; not when the prize is so great. Itachi opened his mouth like a fish to answer the voice but nothing would come out. Finally, he felt Karin pick herself up from the being a lump on the ground to being a demon once again. His shoulders slightly relaxed as Karin replied a steady, 'Yes, we are,' to the voice.
"Good."
Suddenly the light blue orbs started taking the shapes of people. One soul was a young man; a couple of years younger then him. Itachi pinned him around Sasuke's age. He had flame red hair and sea-foam green eyes that reminded Itachi of Sakura's eyes. The kid had the tattoo of love of his forehead, but his eyes were empty. Then it hit Itachi; this kid lost his soul a long time ago from everything that happened on his time on earth. It was innocent no matter how bad his life was; a young kid like that deserved heaven. A very small part of Itachi wondered if Sasuke looked similar to this kid when he entered heaven but that thought was quickly put from his mind. The other soul was older woman; Itachi pegged her a couple of years older then him. She smiled a sad smile at him with a pig in her arms. Her dark shoulder length hair moved in the invisible wind. As she floated in one spot; the glass fell from her soul. He wondered how she died then Itachi looked at her face. By his surprise, she mouthed, 'car accident' at him. Itachi looked away from her. In that moment, he had felt a small odd emotion of guilt but it was easily squashed by fear as the blinding returned once again.
He wanted scream at the voice for not giving a warning for the jump start trip to heaven. The sun burned against the darkness of his soul; he watched Karin struggle with the pain as the souls were happily sailing to their new home. Itachi watched as the young boy started to cry in relief as the grow closer to heaven. The signs of his death were starting to fade. Matching twin hand prints had told Itachi that he was straggled to death. The man looked away from the red hair to the woman. She was talking excitingly to the small pig in her arms. Once again, the signs of the woman's death were disappearing right before his eyes. All the glass cut and the trails of stained blood were flaking away with each passing wind. He was memorized as the woman's torn clothing were stitching itself back together right before his eyes. Once she was cleaned; Itachi's eyes grew huge as the woman flashed him another smile. Itachi felt his cold heart cringe as she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen with her life cut short. Her smile was the sun and he quickly looked away. Not wanting to chance of having his cold heart defrosted.
After awhile; Itachi could see the golden rays from the sun reflect onto the gates. As they approached, their flight slowed down and the gates opened to them. Laughter and cheer engulfed Itachi's soul. It was almost too much happiness for him too handle. His eyes flickered from each smiling person to another. They were lost in their bliss; like this was the best thing since heaven. Then again, this was heaven. His eyes flickered to younger children happily playing tag in the sky. Then he stared at happy old couples making up for the lost years. Finally his eyes roamed over to little boys. His heart pounded as one of the small boys reminded him of the beloved brother that he killed. He was getting almost as lost as the angels until he felt a sharp elbow into ribcage. Itachi raged to the attacker only to cool down when it was Karin; who was almost as lost as he was. Until he saw her eyes flicker downwards. He turned his head sideways, confused. Itachi watched as her eyes flickered down once again then again once more. He followed her trail. Then his shocked brain finally made sense of her signs. There was a pure white cloud that looked like it exploded. Itachi could see the swirly black smoke dance around a secret opening. He smirked at Karin.
The cloud was quickly approaching as they floated towards a castle shape cloud. Suddenly Karin snatched his hand and headed towards the doorway. To his odd despair; the two souls that they were meant to deliver to the castle, moved in the front of the doorway. To block them. Everyone in heaven was lost in their happiness and bliss that they were completely missing the small battle that raged in heaven. Itachi didn't want to do it but he would get rid of the pale smiling soul that stood between him and his second revenge. His eyes flickered to Karin as she was staring at him, "What? Are we going or what?" snapped Itachi. There, he made up his mind. His soul grew darker in heaven as he shoved the woman hard away from him; he watched her with a growing smirk on his face as the poor smiling woman sailed past the golden gates. Back to hell, where she belonged. The younger man tried to put up a better fight, but he couldn't. Itachi sent the other soul sailing fast past the gate just like the first one. He was glad that they couldn't scream. Heaven was making him weak; his poor heart wouldn't be to take it. Though after that thought, her smiling face burned in his mind greater then any pure yellow sun. Itachi was getting smothered in guilt and he looked at Karin then spoke,
"Well? Ladies first," smirked Itachi as he motioned to the swirling darkness. He wanted the bitch to go first just in case. Since the woman's soul was blocking them; Itachi noticed that Karin stayed back while he dealt with her. He really hoped that this wasn't a trap. He would kill the bitch and make her die again. With his bare hands. Though to his surprise, she fearlessly jumped through the swirly black clouds and disappeared. Now it was his turn. Itachi was half-tempted to hold his nose before he jumped in but he decided against it. He waived it off as some stupid human thing then he took the plunge. The dark blackness engulfed him once again and reminded him of home.
When Itachi opened his eyes; he felt like shit. He opened his eyes to figure out just where the hell he was. His eyes roamed over a small petite brunette who had a very worried expression her face. "What?" horsed out Itachi but his eyes widened in shock. That wasn't his voice. Itachi looked down at his hands. They were colored as fine light porcelain then Itachi started to panic. Pale complexion can only mean one thing to him; a girl. Itachi used this person hands to roam over the chest. It felt manly enough but he had to make sure. Itachi unbuttoned the pants and looked down. His shoulders relaxed until he felt a hand laid nervously on his shoulder. Itachi looked to the brunette who had her hair up in twin buns, "Neji-kun? Are you alright?" At first, Itachi was confused but after a few moments he understood everything. Being intelligent had it's perks. He smirked as he faced the young woman and said,
"I've never felt better."
Sakura smiled into Sasuke's shoulder as he kept her in his embrace. She could feel her heart pounding to his with the same rhythm. It was wonderful and fulfilling. Suddenly the elevator spring open and Sakura quickly pulls away; blushing like mad due to people's remarks of 'oh my' and 'get her done.' Sakura definitely felt like she had enough shopping done for one day; even though she hadn't gotten Sasuke anything to wear. She exited the elevator with Sasuke's hand in tow; dragging him along back to her apartment. They past everything that they had past before and in no time they reached her apartment. As they approached her apartment; Sakura dropped his hand to fish the keys out of her pocket. She happily smiled when she yanked the big key chain out of her pocket and started to search for the house key. Once she found it; Sakura slipped the key into the lock and was about to unlock the door when Sakura jumped when she heard it. The horrible scream of,
"AHHHHHHHH! STOP!"
She whirled around to see who the owner of the scream was. Her eyes grew larger as she watched Sasuke clench his head while burying his hands into his hair. Then he fell to his knees with another lung full scream. Sakura ran to him; dropping her house keys outside. She was more worried about the screaming Sasuke. Her hands tried prying his quickly growing white knuckles loose but she couldn't, "Sasuke stop! You're hurting yourself," pleaded Sakura. She couldn't stand the sight of him being in so much pain. Her heart cringed as she heard another scream escape Sasuke's throat,
"STOOOOPPPP! BROTHER! DON'T!"
Sakura had no idea on what to do. Then she decided that she needed to move him. That way she could make him comfortable and it wouldn't seem like she was killing someone. Sighing one big sigh; Sakura tried to gather all her strength to pick up Sasuke. Her arms trembled as she tried guiding the man into her apartment. She gathered Sasuke into her small arms and traveled smaller baby steps with him. It was slow but it was working. In her head Sakura kept chanting, 'you can do it' and 'almost there.' Sakura did fairly well until she hit a small ledge that led into her apartment. Of all the days that Sakura could have hit it; today was the day. Usually she was able to jump over the ledge but not with Sasuke in her arms. Her toe stubbed the edge and the recoil of the pain was enough to make them unbalanced. The man in her arms had stopped screaming but he was hyperventilating like he was stuck in a nightmare. Sakura knew that she was screwed before it even happened. It was something small; her, versus something heavier then her, which was Sasuke. Gravity was the bitch in this equation. The last thing that Sakura remembered was the growing floor getting closer to her face and a name. One she had tried to forget.
Itachi.
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