My Favorite Mistake
Chapter Seven: A Place To Return To
Sakura felt her mouth go dry and for a second all she could hear was her heart beat hammering wildly in her ears. After the initial shock went away she threw the sheets off of her body and bolted to the bathroom that was connected to their room. She reached out a gripped the toilet, her Akatsuki ring clanged when it hit the cold porcelain. Sakura gripped her stomach before emptying the contents from her stomach and into the toilet. She continued for what seemed like hours before she stomach had finally had enough and her legs gave out from under her. She laid her head against the toilet set before reaching up and flushing the toilet. She sat there for a few minutes breathing trying to calm her body down.
She looked up and found Itachi standing in the door way. The tears that had made her way to her eyes from the throwing up soon became actual tears. "You can't see me, can you?" she whispered. She watched as Itachi shut his eyes before letting out a sigh. Green eyes watched him closely as he walked further into the room before finally reaching her and slowly moving to the floor to sit behind her. Sakura didn't resist when he pulled her body into his and just held her there for a few moments.
Why was it that nothing ever seemed to go right for the couple. "Let me see," Sakura whispered after a few minutes. She moved her body so that way she was facing him. Sakura reached up slowly before placing her hands on either side of his temples.
"Do not over do it," he said, his voice holding a certain amount of assertiveness that Sakura was sure he was doing simply because of how terrified he was inside. She nodded before realizing he couldn't actually see the nod.
"I won't," she said. After a moment the tips of her fingers glowed green and her brilliant mind went to work. Her healing chakra when through his temples and slowly into his eyes and around the eyes before she quickly pulled her hands away. "How long has it been this bad?" her voice came out quite and weak like even though a very angry scowl was on her face. "How long has it been this bad?" she asked again this time her voice coming out the exact way her face looked. Itachi sighed.
"A long while," he mumbled the last part "I never thought I would live this long."
"You're an idiot," Sakura said angrily. Itachi could hardly believe his ears. This woman was calling him an idiot. He smiled. Who was he to kid? He felt like an idiot. "Well..." Sakura started. "First things first I'm going to need to exam your eye more thoroughly. I also need to know if you know anything about this sort of thing happening before in your family and if there were any cures of it. I would be amazing if I could get my hands on those scrolls in that abandoned under ground place again," Sakura had stood up and wondered back into the bedroom they had been given. She searched the room for a notebook and pen but was upset when she found none.
Itachi stood up when Sakura's voice had traveled into the other room. "Damnit you think they would give us a pen. I'm not going to kill someone with a pen," Sakura mumbled as she moved the chair that was next to the desk out of the way and began to dig through more of the of the drawers. Itachi started to moved towards Sakura. Sakura turned around. "Oh Itachi! Don't- Never mind,"Sakura said as Itachi ran his shin straight into the desk chair. "I tried to warn you," Sakura said as she moved back to the desk. "Maybe you should just stay on the bed Itachi,"
"You think?" Itachi growled in a very unlike Itachi voice that cause Sakura to stop her looking and stare at the man. She bit her lip to stop herself from laughing but after a moment she let out a stifled laugh. "That's funny, huh?" Itachi said before turning and limping to the bed before plopping down. "I mean it when I say I won't think twice when killing you if this gets out,"
"Oh I don't think I'll have to worry. All I have to do is set up a maze of chairs," Sakura said laughing at her brilliant joke.
"Ha, good one," Itachi glared at the sealing. "I can't even activate my sharingan,"
Sakura frowned slightly before making her way back to the bed. She sat down before moving to Itachi. "I'm going to look it over again, hopefully I'll have a notebook soon. Maybe I can even get an escort to get those family scrolls," her hands glowing again. Itachi closed his eyes and tried to relax. He was in good hands. Sakura had already saved his life from a incurable disease and she had done it. He had complete and utter faith in her.
"Ow! What the hell was that!" Itachi yelled sitting up quickly.
"Oh I'm sorry Itachi! I was going to try something real quick and see if it would do anything,"
"You could warn me next time," Itachi said. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Pregnancy hormones much?" Itachi glared at Sakura when a knock came on the door. Sakura moved to the door and opened it slowly. She sighed in relieve when she realized it was Sasuke.
"Hey," he said.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked, turning to look behind her she noticed the Itachi had disappeared into the bathroom.
"I was asked to come get you and Itachi, it seems we're going to be having some type of meeting," Sasuke said. Sakura nodded and he was gone. She sighed before making her way to the closet and grabbing a red shirt and black skirt that had been picked out for her. She pulled her hair up and let it fall down her back. She paced around the room for a few minutes before Itachi stepped out of the bathroom. Sakura stared at him noticing he was just in a towel before a blush made her way to her cheeks. Memories of their first night flushed into her mind.
Itachi opened his mouth but quickly shut it before turning and running into the wall. Sakura winced at his pain before running to him. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine," Itachi snapped. Sakura stepped back. She glared at him.
"Itachi," He froze shocked at how angry she sounded. Her face relaxed slightly. "You know... you're allowed to be vulnerable around me," she whispered. Itachi smiled lightly before reaching out for her. Sakura grabbed his hand and brought it to her face. "I love you," he sighed.
"Okay..." he whispered after a few minutes. "I need help getting dressed," Sakura had to resist to giggle. "If you laugh I'm never asking for help again," Sakura smiled and was for once thankful he couldn't see.
After the two were dressed and ready to go they made their way to the meeting room that was only a few flights of stairs away. They; Sasuke, Karin, and the rest of the Akatsuki, had been staying in a top secret location in Konoha until everyone was settled they would continue to call this place home. Sakura took in a deep breath as they reached the meeting room. She opened the door. All of the Akatsuki were already there as well as member from Konoha. Sakura did her best to make as much noise with her feet as she walked to the two open seats. She wanted to do her best to not let other notice he couldn't see.
Sakura sighed in relief that no one seemed to notice anything. She brought her hand up to rest on her stomach. Sakura wasn't sure if things were more stressful or less stressful then before. She looked at Itachi and wished that he could look back at her. She smiled at least she was with him.
"Now, we need to start to discuss what we're going to be doing. What you know about Madara. Where he is. What he's planning," Tsunade said. Sakura tried desperately to pay attention to the meeting but it seemed harder and harder to after Itachi and blatantly told her she would not be helping at anyway in this war. "What ever happens we need to direct the battles away from Konoha. This is our home," Sakura's eyes widened and turned to watch Itachi. "This is our place to return to and keep safe,"
Sakura felt her jaw drop and she finally realized something. Konoha had always been Itachi's place to return to. But for her... it had changed. Her place to return to was no longer Konoha. It was Itachi. Itachi was her home. Sakura bit her lip and hoped that the meeting would be over soon since she would need a good cry soon. The meeting was coming to an end.
"Um Tsunade," Sakura spoke up. "I was wondering if I could have access to the Uchiha family scrolls and a medical lad... for personal reasons," she added quickly. Tsuande raised her eyebrow.
"We'll talk about this later," Tsunade said as the room started to file out. Sakura sighed well this wasn't going to be a good talk.
A/N
Another chapter :) I hope you guys liked the chapter. I hope you guys didn't have to wait too long for the new chapter. I'm trying very hard to keep updating as often as I can. So fingers crossed that I can get back to the way I was updating before. Thanks again for all the reviews from the previous chapters. thanks for the support guys!
