My Favorite Mistake

Chapter Six: The Story Of Us Part Two

She looked up as the door to the room was practically thrown of the hinges. She jumped up seeing Itachi. Said man slammed the door behind him making sure to lock it before he fell against the wooden door. Coughs ragged through his body. Sakura stared in horror as blood covered his hand. She stared at him. Red eyes glared at her, warning her to never speak of this. His legs gave out from underneath him, he laid on the dirty floor unable to do anything other than cough. Sakura quickly ran to his side, she pushed him up that way he was at least resting against the door. He pushed her away. She stared at him. She couldn't believe how hot his body way.

"Leave me." he wheezed. Sakura glared at him. Was he out of his mind? She could never leave him. She moved back to him helping him lean forward he coughed a few more times. After his coughing subsided she helped him stand and walked him to the bed. Once he was there she quickly went to taking off his cloak and the rest of his clothing that was drenched in sweat.

"I'll be right back. I've got to get some ice." she said quickly and was out of the room before he could comment. Once she arrived back into the room she noticed that his eyes were glazed over. "Shit." she mumbled to herself. "Itachi. Itachi stay with me." she practically yelled. She took the bags of ice she had gotten and placed them all around his body. She sighed in relief when his body started to become responsive to the cold, and soon his eyes were staring back at her. Her hands glowed green before placing in on his chest. She quickly with drew her hands. She stared at him shocked. "What the hell..." she whispered.

Itachi breathed in heavily. Looking at her face he smiled lightly before cupping her face. His red eyes faded to the gray she loved so much. "There is nothing you can do Sakura." he whispered.

"I... I don't understand." she said searching his face so some kind of answer. How could there be something that Tsunade hasn't taught her. How could there be something she could not do. Looking over the man she realized how weak he really was. She couldn't believe it, he so strong. It terrified her to see him like this. Laying on a bed, dying as she had no cure to save him. He coughed again, this time no blood was present something that Sakura was thankful for.

"My cloak." he spoke, his voice sounded so horse from all of his coughing. She hushed him before searching his pockets. Inside she found the same medical container she had found months ago. She frowned before walking back to Itachi. Itachi quickly took it from her, he swallowed a few pills dry with now problem. Sakura felt tears forming in her eyes. "There is no cure." he assured her. She shook her head in disbelief. This couldn't be happening. She couldn't lose him. After she finally realized what her feelings were. She couldn't lose him.

"There... there has to be! I'll find it! I will cure you Itachi! You can't die! I won't let you! I love you!" She screeched. Itachi's eyes widened. Sakura stared at him wide eyed. She couldn't believe she had said it. Itachi stared at her unsure of what to say to her.

Itachi fell silent at this part in the story. He had been so stupid. He had just thrown away her love. Her unconditional love for him. His eyes fell on her sleeping face and he watched as she breathed in deeply. He was so lucky that he was able to be able to watch her like this. That she was still alive and well. He moved his hand slowly from her face a brushed a piece of long hair from her face a smile on his face. He moved his hand back down to her stomach.

"Itac-" She was thrown from the door. She stumbled back wards landing on the hard wooden surface. She watched in horror as he took off his jacket. The scroll she needed fell from it pocket and onto the ground. It laughed at her. She closed her eyes. Maybe this really was just a dream. She would wake up and find herself twelve again. She opened her eyes to find than man hovering right above her. His hand on his zipper. "Itachi!" she screamed closing her eyes. A splash of something wet landed on her chest. Opening her eyes she found the man who was once standing over her now on his knees his throat cut open.

She breathed out before looking down at herself. She was covered in blood. Looking back up the man fell to the floor next to her. She quickly moved out of the way to see Itachi standing in front of her. She sighed out in relief. His red eyes glared down at her.

"That was very foolish Kunoichi."

"I've got the scroll, un! Sakura-chan are you-" the three froze as smoke bombs entered the room. Deidara went to quick work making a bomb. Itachi quickly grabbed a hold of Sakura and pushed the two of them behind the bed as the roof exploded. Itachi used his body to cover Sakura's as pieces of the roof fell into the room. The smoke quickly left through the hole. Itachi stood up bring Sakura with him. Deidara stood ready on one of his clay birds. "Hurry un!" he yelled the room flooded with enemy ninha.

"Complete the mission!" Itachi called to the blonde man. Deidara waited for a moment. He closed his eyes was flew upward before any of the enemy nin would attack. Itachi slipped out of his jacket and handed it to Sakura as the cold air of the night entered the room. He dropped a few kunai for her before he moved forward. Sakura stared wide eyed at how fast he moved. She had never believed he would this powerful. She watched helpless. She certainly felt like twelve year old again.

"Itachi! Watch out!" as soon as the words left her mouth she watched in horror as a long sword went through his abdomen. Sakura's eyes were wide as the man moved the sword in deeper causing Itachi to cough up blood. Sakura threw a kunai through teary eyes as it him the man in a vital spot. Itachi stepped forward pulling the sword from his body and than used it to kill the last few ninja. He slowly stumbled towards Sakura.

"Can you stand?" he asked. Sakura nodded and pushed herself into a stand postion. She moved forward wrapping her arms around him. He looked down a her. His clothes were blood stained aw well as everything else in the room. She quickly moved to the bed and ripped the blanket off the bed. She turned around in time to avoid a kunai.

"Itachi?" she whispered as she reached out for him. He grabbed a hold of her and pulled her to him. And than they were gone in a flock of crows.

Sakura landed with a grunt. She flt as if she had just fallen from 100 feet in the air. She grunted out in pain to find a bleeding Itachi on top of her. "Damn it." she grunted before rolling him off of her. She felt out unsteady breathes as the cold air from around her attacked her skin. The snow from underneath her burned her skin. She used what energy she had left to stand and drag the Uchiha behind her. "Come on Itachi." she pleaded as she walked further up the hillside, the Uchiha now on her back. She grabbed pieces of wood as she walked knowing she wouldn't have the strength to come back out. She sighed in relief when a cave came into view.

Itachi sighed. He really had been an idiot. "I knew well before then that I loved her. I think I always knew that I loved her," Itachi whispered to the air. He smiled he wasn't talk to air he was talking to his son or daughter. "I knew the first time that I saw her that she was going to change everything, that all the things that I had planned for my life didn't matter anymore. All that mattered was being with her and making sure that I could be with her as long as possible and it was a good thing that your mother felt the same way."

A cough erupted from his perfect lips. Michiko who had finished lighting the fire watched in horror as Sakura used what was left of his white shirt to catch the blood that left from his lips. Sakura sighed in relief as the coughing stopped. "Sakura..." she gasped in surprise as she looked up at his face to find his beautiful gray eyes watching her. Her eyes stated to tear up. He was so sick, and here she was one of the best healers of her time and she stood helpless. She watched as his hand slowly raised up and whipped away one of her tears. "Please smile for me?" he asked. Sakura grabbed a hold of his hand and brought it back to her face. She kissed it lightly and put on one of the best smiles she could muster. He smiled though the pain. Blood adored his lips. "Thank you..." he whispered as his eyes slid shut and he lost consciousness.

"Please don't leave me." she whispered as her tears fell from her eyes and soaked his bare chest.

"I remember hearing her voice through the darkness and I knew I couldn't give up. I knew I would never give up on her,"

Sakura's eyes fluttered open as warm sun light spread across her face. She rubbed the sleep away from her eyes. She looked down noticing that Itachi's chest still moved in a perfect rhythm. She smiled noticing that his skin looked healthier than it had the day before. He was okay. Even if it was just for now he was okay. Her eyes slowly moved from his chest and up to his face. She brought her hand up and brushed his bangs from his face. She slowly traced her fingers over the stress lines that adored his handsome face. She smiled when his eyes slowly opened revealing tired eyes.

"How do you feel?" she whispered. She was to scared to talk louder. Scared that this moment might end and she would find herself somewhere else.

"Warm..." he whispered closing his eyes. Sakura let out a slight squeak when she felt his warm arm wrap around her waist and pull her back down to lay on him. Her stomach was all over the place as she stared at him red faced. Her eyes softened when he pulled her closer burring his face in her longish hair. "I like your hair like this." he whispered as he kissed it. "Sakura... please forgive me... for all the wrong I've done." he whispered in her ear sending shivers down her back.

"I've told you before Itachi. I don't hate you. I love-." she stopped when he squeezed her arm. She winced slightly.

"Please. Don't love a dieing man." he said. Sakura remained silent. She didn't know what to say. She just laid there, staring at his chest. Watching the rise and fall of every breath. She could feel everyone of his heart beats against her bare skin. This couldn't be the end. She would never let it be the end.

"You won't die Itachi. I won't let you." he breathed out. Bringing his hand up he pushed her chin up. They made eye contact. He slowly lowered is head brushing his lips again hers. She held her breath. She let her eyes slowly shut. This wasn't a dream. This wasn't a dream. Please don't let this be a dream. Her eyes fluttered opened as he pulled away. His eyes slowly opened making contact once more. She gulped before behind pulled into another kiss. Sakura let her tears fall from her eyes. She kissed back with as much passion she could muster. If this was going to be the end, she would show him how much she loved him. If he wouldn't allow her to say it she would prove it with ever second of every day they had left.

Itachi took a deep breath. "And the next thing I knew. You're mother had found a cure. You're mother had fought all the odds to save me. And I'm so glad she did or I never would have known you. Neither of us knew then... but you were already starting to grow then," Itachi whispered. He pulled Sakura closer to him. He took in her scent it was amazing how no matter what the slight smell of strawberries always lingered around her. Always comforting Itachi. He ran his hands through her long hair enjoying the feeling of it. "I vow to never leave you, either of you."

"I need to talk to you." she hissed through clinched teeth. She hated how angry she sounded. She didn't want to fight with him. Not now. Not after everything she had gone through just to make him live. Her eyes clouded over with the tears she held in her eyes making it harder for her to see. Her throat tightened as she watched him, he still hadn't turned to look at her.

"I'm listening," his voice came out smooth and easy. He was hiding again. Hiding from her. Not letting her see his emotions.

"I don't want you to listen!" she screamed, her eyes shut letting the tears spill down her face. "I want you to hear me! Hear what I have to say." she hated how weak she sounded. She was stronger than this. She breathed in and out a few times before opening her eyes. Her eyes widened for a faction when she realized he was finally looking at her. Red eyes stared at her through the dim light. She glared. "Why?" her voice came out in a whisper, she searched his face hoping for some answer to her unasked question.

"Why, what?" his voice came out more irritated than he would have liked. That was one thing that drove him crazy about the pink haired kunoichi. She had so much control over him. He couldn't stand it. No one controlled him. This woman... made him feel... human. He hated it.

"Why do you have your sharingan activated?" she demanded. She huffed as she watched him slowly shut his eyes. Those damn eyes! The only thing Itachi had that reminded her of his little brother. Her breath left her when she stared into his gray eyes. Her heart ached for him. She loved those eyes. "Changing them back doesn't answer my question." She took a step back when he stood and began to walk to her. Her voice lost. She shivered slightly as he reached behind her a shut the door. A soft click echoed through through the room.

Sakura stepped backwards. With every step she took Itachi stepped forward. Sakura pressed herself against the wall. Her eyes staring up at him. "Are you scared of me?" She gulped. Her eyes slowly slid shut. She breathed in deeply. She smiled slight her nostrils filling with the slight scent of peaches. She stomach did flips. She shivered feeling his warm breath on her face. Was she scared? He could kill her at any moment. She knew he was strong enough. But she also knew he would never hurt her.

"No." she whispered. Her eyes flew opened as she felt wind rush past her face. Itachi's fist collided with the wooden door that sat behind her. Her breath caught in her throat. She smiled sadly. She hated seeing him like this. So broken. It reminded her of the first time they had kissed. He looked up at her. He glared before pushing away and walking across the room.

"If you knew what was good for you, Kunoichi. You would leave." he stood ridged, refusing to look back at her.

"Itachi. Look at me." she demanded. He turned around, his eyes clashed with her. Her face was red slightly from the tears that still fell from her face. She searched his face for something. Anything that would let her know what he was feeling. She glared slightly. "How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them." He glared at her. She broke a nerve.

He stepped towards her. "Who do you think you are? You think you're perfect?" he stood in front of her. "Last I checked you were just some weak little-"

"I live with my fault," she glared at him. "It's time you do the same. You were content with dying? You are a coward, and by far one of my biggest mistakes. Only a coward would give up life so easily."

"You know nothing about me! You have no idea what I've been through. What I've done! I have no reason to live!"

"Everyday," she cried. "Everyday I want to give you a reason to live." he stepped back. "I love you, don't you dare." she glared poking him in the chest. "Don't you dare tell me you can't love. I know very well that you can. You love me. I can see it. But your to idiotic to see it. You continue to pity yourself instead of seeing what's right in front of you! Me! I'm right here! Willing to give you all that I have. Why can't you just accept that?"

He stepped forward, he put his hand against the wooden door. He breathed out loudly. "Why?" he questioned. "Why did you heal me... why would you put yourself in harms way just to make me well."

Her bottom lip trembled. "The same reason that you gave me your coat. The same reason you stayed to protect me. We love each other."

He growled turning away from her. He ran his hand through his hair. "I need to think," he turned back around and faced her. "I can't think! You. You do this to me. You make me irrational. You make me do things I would never do. I can't stand it, I hate it." he glared down at the floor. "These feelings make me so vulnerable... so weak..."

"Feelings don't make you weak Itachi," she whispered moving closer to him until she was mere inches away. "In fact they make you stronger. You make me stronger." he closed his eyes when he felt her cup his check. He reached up and touched her hand.

"Why..." he whispered. "Why do you love me? You've said it before. I was your biggest mistake. I'm a coward. Foul."

"We're soulmates... you can feel it too. I don't love you just because of you. But because of what you make me. You've made me stronger, wiser, than I had ever thought possible. You bring out the best of me. You break my heart constantly but yet... I still find myself falling back in love with every day. We're perfect for each other... you know..." she laughed. "You and I... are not that different."

She stayed silent as he thought over what she said. He leaned down placing his forehead to hers. "You're right..." he sighed. "We aren't so different... not anymore." Sakura smiled her tears fell from her eyes as he bent down and captured her lips.

Sakura woke the next morning with the smell of forest surrounding her. A wonderful warmth spread across her body. She slowly opened her eyes and met Itachi's beautiful sleeping face. She smiled. It almost seemed like that bad dream that she had been living for so long was finally over. But that was the thing about dreams whether they were good or bad in the end they ended and dawn would always come. She looked down at her hand where her Akatsuki ring sat. Dawn would always be there. She moved slightly in bed thinking of getting out but stopped when Itachi's hold on her tightened.

She turned around to meet Itachi's beautiful gray eyes but found flat gray eyes staring at her. "Sakura?" Itachi asked.

"Itachi," Sakura said moving closer to him. Her eyes searched his face for something for anything. She gasped when Itachi reached out for her. "You can't see me, can you?" she whispered. Itachi looked around the room before looking in the direction that he heard Sakura's voice.

"I can't see," he whispered.

A/N

Hey everyone another new chapter! Hope you guys like it. Just a little reminder that I have a facebook page set up for my Fanfic account so you guys should totally like it. Anyway I'm hoping to have another chapter up pretty soon! Leave a review let me know what you think! Thanks again for reading.