Where we left off:

'…Fine, Uchiha's aren't chicken either, so I can win the bet, AND I accept this stupid bet' Sasuke said boldly, though he didn't feel very bold in himself.

'Aha's, I'd like to see you succeed in this, the chances of you saying I LOVE YOU to Sakura, is highly doubtable. You and I BOTH know that…' He said before he left his conscious.

Suddenly, he felt a faint presence around him, focusing his attention to the faint chakra sense whose it was, he stood there in the rain, and then he noticed that it was ….Sakura!

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Ha! Sorry I haven't updated in a while but I JUST finished my exams, but I'm back! I'm going to have to update EVERYTHING now, sigh, that includes all my fanfic stories, my deviantart submitting things, and everything like that…WELL! This is the intense chapter, it's "the MOMENT" You'll see what I'm saying in a little bit, so go on! Read it up.

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Itachi sensed a presence near-by, he didn't even need to try and guess, he knew who it was, pfft, when would he realize he needed to drop this act, Sakura was with the Akatsuki, there was no hope, but he would just drain Sasuke's hope thinner and thinner, till it crushed him. Itachi would crush his spirit…once again. (A/N Itachi lovers, don't kill me! . ) Itachi thought as he got up.

Sakura noticed this and quickly said before he left, "Wait, where are you going?" Slightly, inside of her, she had a feeling in her that something dramatic was going to happen. She felt that she REALLY needed someone with her. She didn't want Itachi to go.

Itachi, seeing her pleading eyes reassured her "Don't worry, I'm only going for a quick walk, I'll be back as soon as possible."

Sakura suddenly felt more relieved and nodded.

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Sasuke walked around for, who knows how long, trying to get a hold of the chakra position, unfortunately, it was fairly weak. Then he noticed a cave, perhaps she was in there. He was about to walk in, but what who he noticed made his blood freeze. Even though it was so cold out, he felt even more cold from the sight of Itachi than the weather.

Itachi suddenly disappeared, 'Where'd he go?!?!?!' Sasuke thought, tensing up, Itachi then appeared right in front of him, his Mangekyou Sharingran eyes flashing in front of him, he knew that he could've caught him if he wanted to, but he said "Don't worry, I don't plan on fighting you at the moment, if you want to see Sakura, she's in the cave."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed at what he said. 'Was this a trap?'

'UR BEEETTTT!' Inner Sasuke said in slow motion.

'WTF? What does that have to do with Itachi?'

'It doesn't, I'm just reminding you of your humiliation coming soon. Be prepared to LOSE, sucker.' Inner Sasuke said, mocking him.

'Grrrrr, you just wait. Then, thank god, I won't be able to hear from you for a week.' Sasuke growled back.

'Hmmmnnn' Inner Said, smirking, still unconvinced, 'I'll believe it when I see it.' He muttered as he disappeared.

Itachi said "Don't do anything stupid and hurt her, or I'll kill you" as he wisped away, leaving him in the rain alone. Thinking over what he said, he walked closer to the cave.

As Sakura, fiddled in her mind about moments, while waiting for Itachi, she thought of many various things. Team 7, it was fun back then. She was happy, remembering the picture, of Kakashi, Naruto, her and Sasuke…Sasuke… she mentally sighed. Then she noticed someone coming in the cave, her heart leapt, Itachi?

She partially got up to see who it was, but she couldn't see because it was too dark out. She saw a pair of eyes, sharingran eyes! It had to be Itachi! Suddenly a flash of lightning followed by thunder struck, she was wrong, it wasn't Itachi, it was SASUKE!!?!?

He got closer to her, she tried to move away, she was desperately thinking, she needed to get away from him, as far as possible! As he got closer, she panicked more. Before she knew it, he was right in front of him, kneeling down, so he was face to face with her, his sharingran eyes felt like they were boring into her mind, like he was reading her thoughts through her eyes. She was about to say something when his lips crashed onto hers, she was too shocked to pull away.

What is happening!!??! What is going on?!?!?

But what REALLY surprised her was she did the exact opposite of pulling away, she grabbed his shoulders and used it to pull her up towards him. Sasuke was just as shocked as she was, what was he doing? But instead of thinking more on that, he grabbed around her waist and pulled her closer to him. She moaned, this got Sasuke even more horny. She was going crazy, she wanted him so badly, but then again, she didn't. They twisted and turned, and hungrily kissed each other, addicted to each others taste.

Sakura couldn't take this, as if she woke up from a trance, she remembered the reason of why she didn't want this to happen, Sasuke betrayed her! He left her, she would never make the same mistake again.

Sasuke, at the same time thought what he was doing.

I'm not supposed to do this! He scolded himself. I'm supposed to be avenging my clan! Being with the girl I love doesn't resolve my problems. The Uchiha's need a person to avenge them, fate chose me. I was destined to be an avenger. Being with Sakura is just a make up dream, it isn't possible.

They broke apart immediately, it was an impossible dream, they needed to wake up and return to reality.

Sakura was panting on the ground, while Sasuke was leaning on the cave wall, far away from her, so if he felt a temptation, he could control himself. He was quite out of breath himself. He couldn't stay here, he got up, hesitantly stopping when he got to the entrance of the cave. Looking at Sakura once more, to see if she was okay with what happened, but her face was turned around but then looked up to the ceiling of the cave. A single tear slid down her cheek. Sasuke contemplated of the idea of comforting her, but thought against it, he'd probably make things worse. And if he did make things better, he'd probably get caught up in the moment and would lose control. Who knew if he'd be able to stop himself this time.

It was still raining as he walked out of the cave, but suddenly stopped walking and murmured, but was partially unclear because of the pelting rain. "Hn, Itachi, you can stop hiding and face me anytime…"

Itachi appeared in front of him, "I would have good reason to kill for what you did to Sakura, but I won't because you held back." He whispered in his ear. (A/N Ahh! Using other words other than "said" is surprisingly harder than what I thought, look for the at the end of the story)

With that said, he wisped away, leaving Sasuke to walk the long path, all the way to the mist village, and think about what had just happened in the past 2 hours.

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"Where have you been?!?!?!?!" Naruto yelled, Sasuke just got back, and it was already 2:00 pm.

"I went for a walk, like I said I was…"Sasuke grumbled. He was NOT in the mood. He saw the look in Itachi's eyes. It was something…he'd never seen Itachi have, whether it was just over-protection or love, he didn't know. What he did know was he had never felt so angry and have the urge to kill Itachi, more in his life.

--------------------------------(With Sakura and Itachi)------------------------------

Sakura woke up, feeling a lot more better than yesterday. She got up and stretched a little bit. Noticing Itachi was around, she turned to meet him.

"…Did he do anything that you didn't like….?" Itachi murmured really quietly.

Sakura was totally caught off guard, "Wh-hat? Uh, well-wait, how do YOU know about that, were you spying in on that?!??!" She exploded with defensiveness.

Itachi didn't answer as he let out a quiet "…Lets go." Before he headed out of the cave.

Sakura, reluctantly followed, as she was a little sore still. Thinking about what had happened, she, absentmindedly followed Itachi, until he hit his back, when he suddenly stopped.

Sakura looked questionly at him. He turned around, and met her eyes. All she could to was stare at them, they were so…enchanting. She was so mesmerized, she didn't even realize what he was doing, until she was too late. He softly had his hand, petting her hair and leaned in.

Sakura was too shocked to do anything and before she knew it, he kissed her. His lips were so nice and soft, it was…unlike Sasuke's, unlike anyone's she'd ever felt. It was tender, and held emotion, Sasuke's held raw emotion, a lot rougher, wait! Why was she thinking about this? Before she pulled back, he already did. Saying a hasty "we'd better hurry up." He started off, leaving a furious Sakura.

Why was she furious? It was mostly from the stress for all of the questions swarming her head. What was she feeling for Itachi? Did she still love Sasuke? Why was this happening to her? Couldn't it have been someone else? Who did she like more? Unfortunately, she didn't know any of these questions…so she quickly caught up to Itachi-"Senpai" not even DARING to bring up the conversation on what just happened.

Sakura was bored of walking. Estimating, from the looks and angle of the sun, they walked for about 4 hours straight. It wasn't the amount of work, heck, she could continue walking for quite a lot longer, that wasn't the problem. The problem was the quietness. That and the tension. She desperately wanted to bring up a conversation, but she knew that Itachi wasn't much of the people to enjoy talking.

Sakura walked for about an hour more before she finally snapped. "What's your favourite colour." She yelled out, taking him by the collar, forcing him to look at her. He just stared back. He wasn't mad, he was just…amused?

"Why do you ask?" He questioned, even though he knew the answer.

"Because I can't TAKE anymore of this freaking quietness!" Sakura yelled.

"Fine, play twenty questions. You ask." Itachi said. At least it would keep her happy and him, still having to say more than 4 words.

Sakura lightened up after this. "Um, okay, what's your favourite animal?"

"Dog."

"Your favourite season?"

"Spring."

"Why?"

"Reasons."

Sakura hesitantly continued, but she really wanted to know.

"Favourite number?"

"13"

"Favourite element?"

"…water."

"Itachi-san, wouldn't it be fire, because in the Uchiha's, they specialize in fire?"

"Sakura, there is a difference in specializing and liking. My father droned me on, for learning and exceeding everyones expectations. The first jutsu he taught me was goukakyuu no jutsu (the fire jutsu) I greatly detested my father, therefore, I do not like the fire jutsu."

Sakura knew how these moments were very painful for Itachi. She deeply sympathized him. By showing this, she went over to him, quietly, so he wouldn't really notice her (which he did, but just didn't feel the need to move away) and slipping her hand, into his. He looked up, shocked. Sakura gave him a smile and squeezed his hand for assurance.

He gave an 'attempted' smile as they walked all the way through like that, silently.

"We should stop here." Itachi said, as they neared a village.

Sakura nodded in agreement, suggesting they should get a room in an inn. They both thought it would be the best if they were in a room with 2 beds, just in case if an enemy tried to assassinate them, it would be easier.

The inn wasn't that bad, it was fairly clean and was spacious enough. Both beds were queen sized. Though they didn't need them that big, it was the only room available.

Itachi took a shower first, Sakura just nodded in acknowledgment.

When he was done, he came out with just a towel covering his…bare necessities… Sakura gaped, and quickly looked the other way, fighting off a blush with no avail. She quickly got her clothes and ran into the bathroom. Itachi was mildly amused at her antics, and got dressed. Sakura opened the door, "Forgot my towels-Oh my God!" she shrieked as Itachi dropped the towel from before, not expecting her to come out of the bathroom and had NOTHING covering him.

She grabbed the towel and screamed as she ran back to the bathroom.

Itachi (Though no one would've really seen it) was blushing.

Sakura came out of the bathroom, avoiding ALL eye contact with Itachi, which was a good thing, because he was staring at her. Her night gown was thin and silky, almost see-through. It clung to her curves and only went up to her thighs. 'Oh boy, I'm definitely not going to see her the same way ever again.' Itachi thought as he cursed.

They both got in their own beds and went to turn off the lamps next to their beds.

"Night Sakura" Itachi said as he switched off his lamp.

"Night Itachi-kun." Sakura said sleepily as she turned off her lamp as well. Her eyes suddenly snapped open. 'What did I just do?!?!?!' She thought frantically.

Itachi's eyes were wide open, did she just call him…Itachi-KUN? He chuckled, it sounded kind of cute when she said it.

It was a good thing that the lights were off because she was blushing furiously.

Hours passed as Sakura tossed and turned in the bed. She couldn't sleep. She felt nervous, frustrated and tired from the lack of sleep she was getting, though she had no idea why. It was like she was missing something…

She got an idea, it might cost her a lot, but hey, at least she got some sleep, right?

So she got up, and quietly walked towards her destination. She crossed her fingers, 'please, PLEASE don't let him notice.' She prayed.

Of course he did, and spoke up. "Sakura, what is the problem?" Itachi curtly questioned.

Sakura, if you could've seen the colour, was about as red as a tomato. "Um…well you see, I can't sleep soo, IwaswonderingifIcouldsleepwithyou!" She blurted out, saying it fast, hoping that he didn't understand it and just let her do whatever, UNFORTUNATELY he understood every single word. Itachi chuckled at her cuteness and pulled her in the bed, under the sheets. She squeaked in surprised, but got the idea that this was his way of accepting her…idea…

Sakura then got really drowsy, she could feel herself slipping into a slumber. Pulling Itachi closer to her, she inhaled his smell, making her feel even more sleepy. Unconsciously, she wrapped her legs around one of his legs, which resulted in making her nightgown ride up. Though it was dark, Itachi had sharingran, which allowed him to practically see everything in the dark, ALSO allowing him to see her lacey white panties. He suppressed a groan and sighed. This was going to be a VERY long night, he probably wouldn't get any sleep, knowing of the pink haired angel sleeping next to him.

Oh! Again, soo sorry for not updating in a while. I decided to stop here, because the stuff ahead is kind of long, which would result to a very long chapter, I'll try to update that one sooner… ; Me not updating soon is, unfortunately, I'm getting a writers block…sigh, I hope that I get out of this, because it's affecting my updating and writing skills. ALSO!!! Yes, I know there's a lot of ItaxSaku moments in this chapter, but I have to "build the relationship' and all that stuff. Just be patient. Also, Deidara might not show up in a while, I have to get through some stuff before he Can appear, maybe I'll make some alternations… Review please! Tell me if you like this fanfic so far.