Because I can here is part 6, Dubbed "Emotional Riptides and "Steamy Payback". It is NOT a lemon. I don't write that stuff. But it does have some perverted humor so be warned.

She wasn't exactly sure what she could say to the girl, and she wasn't sure she should say anything. Yichi's tears stopped as she swept them away irately. "Do you want to know the sickest part of the ordeal?" Yichi asked bitterly. "All of it. My entire abduction, the torture, everything… it was all ordered by the other leaders of the five nations. Your Hokage knew about it... and she didn't do anything. "

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Sakura stared at the girl in shock. "That can't be true… Tsunade would never condone something like that…" she whispered. "She swore that no one, wether one of her ninja or another villages would be hurt under her rule."

"Really?," Yichi replied cooly, "The Leaf village seal was on the documents. No one but the kage's of each village have those seals."

Considering, Sakura chewed her lip as she thought back to the time period. That would have been when R.O.O.T was working under cover in the village, and when the leader had betrayed the village. Her emerald eyes lit up in shock as she remembered something she'd seen in the papers she'd sorted in the Hokage's office. Each village had found organizations similar to Root in their structure. She tried to think of their names. Root was for Leaf… Cave for Rock…Rain for Mist…Wind for the Cloud village, and lastly, the Dune for Sand. The organizations had the access to everything in the village, including the kage's office. Forgery would be so simple when they had the seal, and no one would question it.

"Not true," she said carefully, holding up her hands to calm the girl as the lilac eyes flared. "I worked in Tsunade's office, getting the messenger hawks and the other documents which came to the village. Anything she signed I saw. And that document you spoke of, I would remember. There was an underground organization that was running in Leaf during the time who had access to that seal. They would have been the ones who signed the document, not Tsunade. And all of them are dead."

Yichi's lilac gaze grew troubled as she considered Sakura's words. But finally, the female Akatsuki merely flopped back on her bed. Staring at the ceiling in silence, she sighed and then turned so that she was facing Sakura. "So your village wasn't guilty… I almost feel bad now, about what happened. Though, I've heard that your friends survived."

Now it was Sakura's turn to look to the floor. "No… not really," she replied twisting a bracelet on her wrist. Closing her eyes, she willed her tears away but the sorrow was deep and still an open wound. Opening the emerald depths as a single crystal tear escaped to trail down her cheek, Sakura shook her head. "I lost two of my closest friends that day. Naruto was killed when he saved the others. He used too much chakra and it killed him… and the other… Lee." Tears trailed openly down her cheeks now to drip to the stone floor. "Lee died because of me. I went after Sasuke to make him pay. Lee tried to stop me, but he didn't realize that there was a wire trap in front of him and then it was too late. Sasori's poison had already spread by the time I could prepare a healing hand."

"I see," Yichi said quietly, her lilac eyes searching Sakura's. The girl gently touched Sakura's shoulder, soothing her. "You and I are the same. We have both lost much..."

Drying her tears, Sakura let the comfortable silence. A friendship had formed, not one that she could explain, but a tight one. Thinking back to Itachi, Sakura chuckled. Looking at Yichi, she grinned unable to help herself as her laughter continued. "I just realized that Itachi is experiencing every mood swing that just happened. I can't help but think about what his face must look like."

Yichi laughed as well, the sound like bells as she wiped her eyes. Both knew that the Uchiha was not one to show emotions and after that whirlwind, he had to be going crazy. Feeling the unamusement coming through their connection, Sakura couldn't help but grin. It was slightly fun irritating the stoic Itachi.

You've obviously forgotten who holds you're parole, kunoichi…Itachi's voice growled through their connection. There are many things that I can do to you.

Love to see you try it…You can't hope to keep me anywhere, Uchiha.

Oh, but can't I?

As she listened to the threat in Itachi's tone, Sakura paused. He had used that tone the last time, when she had ended up locked to a bed for four hours. Idly she chuckled at the sensuality of that situation. It could have been quite a bit more fun… then her mind paused.

Wait. Did she just think about having Itachi Uchia…? Sakura paled and then flushed. Itachi could hear every thought in head, and he had probably caught that one. Embarrassed beyond belief, Sakura sighed and then got to her feet. "I need to go take a shower before Itachi get's back to the room and thinks of some way to get me back," she said, waving to the girl before heading back to the room. "I'll talk with you later, Yichi…"

As the water heated back in Itachi's bathroom, Sakura shed her outer red tank top and black shorts. Pausing, she placed a few small bottles in the shower. Taking off her black camisole as well as her bandages, she finished by taking off her fishnets and then stepped into the pleasantly warm water.

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Itachi sighed. He hated guard duty with a passion that rivaled Hidan's mouth. Leaning back, he closed his eyes. No one would dare go against the Akatsuki, nor would they be able to get past the extensive trap system that lined the miles of passageway between the gates and the entrance. Not even the Akatsuki themselves could get past Pein's layout. But yet they were required to stand guard at the end of the labrynth of monsters. What a waste of time that he could be using to train.

With a small grunt as he shifted on the rafters, he thought of the kunoichi's trick. He would have to repay her in some way for hitting him with the emotional storm and then having the gall to picture him as a Chibi. The emotion's though, he was pleased to note, were calmer now, relaxed. Pensively, he realized that he could train. The seal was said to be able to give him mental pictures of the other wearer as well, not only their emotions. Leaning back against the wall, he closed his eyes.

Scrubbing her back, Sakura opened the first bottle and the smell of cherry blossoms filled the room.

Opening his eyes in shock, Itachi shook his head. No, he shouldn't watch her… but yet, what better payback? With a small smile, Itachi leaned back again and enjoyed the scene.

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Scrubbing each section of her body, Sakura sighed in relief. The dirt and the grime of the battle when she had been captured as well as the build up from being on the run now ran off her and down the drain. Washing her hair, she carefully used both the shampoo and the untangler that Ino had given her. They kept her pink locks under control. Pausing, she realized that her legs had not been clean shaven in awhile. Shuddering in revolution, she took out a kunai from her ninja pouch and then cautiously soaped up her legs, carefully, so that she would not slice herself, she cut close to the skin and drew the blade up her leg using both hands.

As she finished, she ran her hands over the smooth skin. Neatly returning it to her pouch with a flick of her finger, she pulled the towel down from the side of the shower door and wrapped it around her waist. Unfortunately the towel was small, and barely reached the middle top of her thighs. Stepping out the door, Sakura paused as she got her bottles as well and then turned to realized that three sets of eyes were staring at her from Itachi's room.

She had forgotten to close the door… she realized. "You all… are very…very dead."

R&R