"I love you, Sakura."

She loved to hear him say those words. The way the sincerity reflected in his eyes and the way his love was projected in those beautiful red orbs while he was declaring his love made her the happiest woman in the world. He said she was his first love and she said that he was also hers.

She gave him everything because she thought he'd give his all too.

However, that was just what she thought.

Itachi chose the safety of his family over her—the stability of their business than her.

All the time while she was suffering, Itachi was watching but he didn't do a thing. He just stared and when they were finished he said it was his turn. That made her lost her consciousness.

When she woke up, she thought that it was raining but she was mistaken, it was itachi. He was crying in a way she never thought that he would. She could see that he was really hurting and with that she began to sob again remembering what just had happened to her.

They were in their secret place where they like to spend their solitude when they were troubled. It was a hilltop that overlooked the city and usually the bright lights and the beautiful scenery softened the mood but tonight not even the sight of the most beautiful place could ease the pain in their hearts.

"I'm sorry I wasn't able to do a thing. Forgive me." Itachi's embraced tightened around her and he almost choked his words.

"I wanted to help you but…" He shifted their position so he could look at her and he cried more when he saw the evidences of her abuse in her face. Her mouth was swollen and her upper lip was broken. On her left cheek the bruises were turning blue and when he looked at her eyes he sobbed terribly because in them shone no life. They were just pouring tears ceaselessly.

With much grief in him, he pulled Sakura in his chest. He just couldn't bear to look at her face anymore.

Deep down her heart, Sakura knew how she would punish Itachi.

"I'm sorry…" Itachi whispered.

"I wouldn't tell the police that you were with them." She uttered.

He pulled back, shocked by what she said.

"Don't do that to me. I deserved to be punished…"

She stared at his eyes, the same eyes that she loved to look at, with great indifference and anger.

"That is your punishment. You'll be free. After all you did nothing, didn't you?"


Originally, that was the reason why she hid everything. She would never be satisfied if Itachi and his friends would be punished according to the law. There would be trials and the dreadful event would be continuously retold. The jury would surely asked about everything and they would want it in details. The humiliation she had suffered was already enough, she couldn't bear it anymore to be scandalized by the press.

To see them dead was what she really wanted but she didn't know how to and as days went by she became more and more frustrated by the thought until she had a breakdown and that was when she was confined in a psychiatric ward. Then her question was answered.

Her relationship with Itachi had always been a kept secret. It was for their sake…he said. She never asked why but she was thankful because for that reason Sasuke knew nothing of her.

"Tell me I'll do anything....do you want me to avenge you?"

Pure pleasure surged within her when he uttered those words even though she didn't know at that time that he was Sasuke. Finally, she thought, someone wanted to avenge her. At last, she met someone who was able to feel her pain. Then the next day, she recognized him and her mind at last found the answer that she was seeking.

Itachi protected his family so he must be destroyed by his kin. That was the perfect retribution.

"Of them all, I love my brother most."

The memory of those words was still vivid in her mind. He said it on that hill…on that night. Thus, this line continuously rang through her mind so when she met Sasuke she made sure that he would kill his own brother.

The plan was simply perfect. However, she never expected herself to fall in love with Sasuke.

A tear rolled down her cheek. She had made him a murderer and as she looked at the empty space on his side of bed she knew that he believed that she was really sleep talking and at this moment she knew that he was on his way to kill his brother.

"It must be done..." She told herself "so that I can get out of this hell."

And she cried.


A/N: I apologized for my very, very late update. As you can see, my writing had deteriorated— from crap it went to shit…T_T I don't like this chapter…it wasn't good. I'll clarify more things on the next chapters to come.