Yay! Another chapter… I feel like I'm on a roll or something… Whee, so here goes!

Oh, and this is a list of girl names, pick your 2 favs:

Dokaa (Wrath), Kuragari (Darkness), Yami (Darkness), Kurahisakata (Dark Moon), Megumi (Blessing), Akumyoudakai (Notorious), Reikoku (Coldhearted/Relentless), Jiki (Despair/Abandonment), Yuri (Lily), Itonami (Life), Sharei (Reward), Kyoui (Miracle), Kiseki (Wonder/Marvel), Mushai (Warrior), Ato (Scar), Akuma (Devil child), Tenma (Demon), Wazi (Art), Kija (Witch), Yume (Dream), Kuchiku (Destruction), Shinkani (Silance), Esewarai (Smirk), Kyuusaisha (Savior), Yochi (World)

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Itachi's POV

I watched Silanu rest after I relinquished my hold on her mind. That 3 minute, seventy-two hour period had been amazing. Now I was holding her in my arms, waiting for her to wake up. I found myself brushing a strand of her hair away from her face, and kissing her cheek. If only we could do the things we had just imagined in reality. I held her close and whispered a promise in her ear.

"I will always love you and only you… I will never let anything happen to you… And maybe someday, our child… I am going to protect you…" I held onto her small body tightly. What was happening to me? I wasn't supposed to love her… But I did. I wanted her to wake up. I wanted to really experience what we felt we had been doing for three days. I wanted to make her mine, permanently. Silanu's eyelids fluttered open and she smiled lazily at me.

"Omaesan, Itachi…" she whispered. I smirked. She looked dazed from the trip back to reality. She leaned into me and I began to kiss her neck, stopping to bite a certain spot right above her breastbone, and she moaned in pleasure. I moved my hand to her thigh and started to gently rub it, earning another moan from the princess. She reached up to run her long, pale fingers through my hair, and then down my back where her nails clamped into me as I nibbled. Thoughts of passion raced through my mind as she began to kiss my neck simultaneously. I smirked and bit down hard on Silanu's soft spot. I single bead of blood surfaced as she gasped, and I pulled my head away. We both knew that that bite was going to leave a mark; it was exactly what I intended. She gazed dreamily down at the little red blot, as if contemplating it. Then she looked up at me, her steely eyes filled with tears. I waited patiently for her to tell me what was wrong.

"Itachi, we… we can't do this…" she muttered. Stupid girl… We already had done this. I leaned down and kissed her jaw line, then whispered in her ear.

"Why not, aijou?" Silanu looked up at me, crying silent tears. I kissed them away as she shook. Her eyes were filled with a mix of love, lust, and fear. I kissed her fiercely; as much as it shocks me to say, I hated to see Silanu cry. She slowly began to kiss back, and then suddenly she kissed me full force, her tongue dominating mine in a struggle. She placed one hand under my shirt and began to feel the muscles of my chest. I couldn't take any more teasing. I slid my hand further up her thigh and then up her gothic skirt to just between her legs. She sighed, but then pulled my arm away and began to shout.

"Please, Itachi-kun… don't- AHHH!" suddenly, she was writhing in pain in my arms. I stared in fear as she squirmed and screamed. No, what was happening now?

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Silanu's POV

No, no this could not be happening. My heart burned with cold fire, and my mother's pale silhouette appeared next to Itachi's worried face. I could feel the hatred bubbling up in my blood while my mother smiled so genially, her long black hair bringing out her ever color changing eyes.

"Yes, it is time, little daughter… Itachi is the one…" she said in her sing-song voice.

"No! You will not have him! You will never have Itachi! He's mine!" I screamed. I would not lose Itachi. I would kill my treacherous mother before she took him. Mother glared at me with furious eyes.

"Do you not remember the ties of your curse, Silanu?" she bellowed. I focused on Itachi's face, still looking at me with bewildered concern. He put his hand on my cheek and whispered.

"Who won't have me?" His face was filled with fear, something I had never seen. I struggled from his grasp and pointed to the apparition of my mother, standing behind him. Itachi turned around to see a slightly older version of myself, save the eyes. He looked very confused.

"Silanu… What's going on?" he asked.

"Go on, daughter princess, tell the boy…" she mocked.

Tears started to pour down my cheeks as I whispered, "He doesn't have to know… because you aren't taking him!" With that, I lunged toward the spirit with a special kunai I had saved for the occasion. Mother just laughed as I ran toward her, screaming with rage. She put up her hand and instantly I stopped.

"Foolish girl, my soul is tied to yours… I can control you…" she said. My body felt bound and I fixed my gaze on Itachi with wild panic. "Now," she bellowed, "tell him! The boy deserves to know…" Mother smirked wickedly. I cried as I thought of how the years of carrying her soul inside me woke me to the realization that the only virtue my mother had was her beauty… She was wicked and cruel. That's the reason I protected the memory of her beauty so avidly. If I didn't have that to say for my mother, I had nothing. "Go on, tell him!" she screamed.

"Itachi, I am cursed… My mother never fulfilled her purpose, which was to find true love… So she would have to kill mine, in order to have him… I swore off love because of it, but Itachi, I can't help it… I love you…" Itachi looked utterly bewildered. Mother laughed wickedly as Itachi turned to face her.

"Yes, you found love, daughter… And so have I!" Itachi glared at the apparition. He then ran to me, cloak flying behind him, and shook me hard, screaming unintelligibly, somehow releasing the invisible bonds Mother held. Then Itachi turned to her, his eyes they're glowing deadly red.

"You think you would have me if you killed me? I would still be Silanu Hishomi's…" I was speechless. I must have heard wrong… Itachi was incapable of love; he could never be vowing a loyalty to me. Itachi took the kunai from my hand and threw it with amazing speed at my mother. She was only standing in total awe, until the kunai reached her heart. As soon as it pierced her, she vanished in a puff of smoke, and Itachi and I were alone again. I watched as Itachi slowly retrieved my kunai and brought it back to where I sat. He sat quietly next to me and I took the kunai from his hand.

"We have one year." I stated plainly.

"One year for what?"

"Until my mother returns… this kunai temporarily suspends her dead soul in limbo, it works for a year. But she will be back, Itachi… We have to figure out how to be rid of her for good when she returns…" Itachi took my hand and helped me stand up.

"So, you don't want her to kill me?" he asked playfully. I smiled coyly.

"Well, I don't know… You're kind of important…" I giggled and when I finally stopped I realized that Itachi was smiling. My mouth hung open wide. Itachi was smiling; yes it was small and barely noticeable, but a smile graced his face. I grinned and placed a kiss on his cheek, knowing that he was certainly the man I loved. And when mother returned, she was not going to have him…

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Itachi's POV

The journey back to the Akatsuki layer was uneventful, save for Silanu pouring her heart and soul to me. Apparently, she knew no way to life the curse without harm to herself or others. She cried as she told me how on many occasions, Azulun had tried to lift it, but had only succeeded in losing her sight and most of her life force. That was why everything about her was so pale and dulled. When we returned to the layer, it was about two in the morning. Silanu finally looked tired; she was yawning and talking softly. Deidara ran towards us for news, but I waved him away. I walked Silanu to her room where she finally collapsed on her floor. I chuckled a little to myself as I picked her up and laid her carefully on her bed. I took off her weapons and thin clothes, leaving her in her pale, translucent underwear. I quietly slipped off my cloak and my shirt and laid on the bed with her. I held her slim body to my own as I gave her one more promise.

"I will not let you die… I will not let your mother kill you…"

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Mmkayz, hope ya'll enjoyed!!! A lot more will be explained in the next chapter, trust me! Just bear with me!!! Btw, here are some of definitions…

Omaesan Hey/Hi

Aijou love

I shall update soon my 2 avid readers! Btw, PLEASE pick names… I need that!!! (le meaning tiz up there...)