4 - Stage Four: Acceptance

A strange heat started to pool in Sakura's abdomen. It was white hot and it made her muscles clench. All she could do was pant as the heat continued to grow. Her back arched, she was coming to the edge. But it stopped escalading, her body screamed for release. Sakura whimpered and ground her hips in to the body above her looking for any thing that could satisfy her. His hot breath fanned over her neck as he chuckled.

"Do you need release, kunoichi?" His deep, velvety voice tickled her ear. She slowly nodded her head and sensually ground her hips into his. A deep rumble came from his chest, almost like a growl, and latched his sinful lips to her neck. She gasped has he sucked and nipped at her creamy neck. His tongue swirled around the blaring red mark he had created. He lightly nibbled on her ear.

"Tell me kunoichi, have you ever been touched by a man before?" His eyes gazed into the depths of her viridian orbs. He could see the conflicting emotions in them, part of her wanting to give in and the other resisting whole heartedly. Her eyes were hypnotizing. The very depths of her soul could be seen through those beautiful orbs. Itachi continued to search, completely lost in them. Their faces slowly drew closer as he stared enraptured by her. Both of their eyes slowly slid shut when their lips met. A spark flew when they came together. No longer willing to hold back, Itachi wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her flush with him. Their kiss became more intense, both yearning to find something that could fix their broken souls. Their tongues danced a heated rhythm in passion, not trying to dominate each other, only to be together. They broke apart, gasping for air. The two stared at each other eyes wide in wonder and incredulous. Immediately they passionately kissed each other again. Itachi's hands quickly ripped off the ANBU vest and shirt Sakura was wearing. He broke the kiss to trace his tongue down her neck and into the valley of her breasts. She mewled at the sensation of his actions. He grabbed the front of her bra with his teeth and yanked on it harshly. His eyes greedily took in her bare flesh before he descended upon them with a hungry mouth. Sakura gasped and brought her hands to his hair. Her blunt nails raked through his silky locks as he continued to suck and nip at her breast. He growled at her in pleasure when she scratched his back through his shirt. He quickly got rid of the offending clothing and threw it somewhere in the room. Sakura's eyes took in his well muscled torso. His smooth skin had few traces of faint scars from his line of work. Her gaze continued down those delectable abs and to the rim of his pants hiding what she truly wanted to see. Itachi didn't give her time to linger before he ripped her own pants off leaving her in nothing but a simple pair of panties. He chuckled at her choice in underwear.

"White? So innocent." His hands quickly grabbed the edge of said panties and slowly slipped them off. She laid bare for only his eyes to see. The fact that he was the only one to over see or touch her made Itachi want to take her even more. He quickly shook out of his pants, leaving him only in his boxers. He started to take them off but a dainty hand stopped him. He looked down at Sakura with eyes wide.

"Let me." She whispered. He watched as her hands slowly pulled down the last piece of clothing on his body. Her eyes widened when she saw how large he was. He grabbed her by the shoulders and gently pushed down to the bed. He lined himself with her waiting sex. He gazed into her eyes one last time before he pushed himself in.

Sasuke growled. It had been a total of five hours since he had spoken to Naruto. Yet, here he was, waiting at the gate for the annoying blond Hokage who had seemed so adamant about getting Sakura back from the Akatsuki. Kakashi had even shown up on time but no, Naruto had to be fifteen minutes late. Fifteen minutes and thirty nine seconds to be exact. Yes, he was counting. Sasuke sighed and brushed his hand through his hair. 'I shouldn't be so nervous,' he thought, 'Sakura isn't the same weak kunoichi of team seven I used to know.' Trying to get himself distracted, Sasuke turned his focus towards his teammates. Karin and Suigetsu were arguing, again, and Juugo was staring off into space as usual. The Nara was asleep on the ground and Hyuuga was silently glaring at his arguing teammates. Sasuke felt a hand upon his shoulder. Turning towards the person who had placed said hand, he met the gaze of a thoughtful Kakashi.

"You don't need to worry so much Sasuke. Sakura will be fine." His lone eye crinkled as he smiled from underneath his mask. Though Sasuke could tell that Kakashi didn't believe his own words and was worrying just as much as he was. Sasuke sighed.

"Tell me about her." He said simply.

"Hm?" Kakashi asked, slightly bewildered.

"Tell me about Sakura." Kakashi gave a sigh. He scratched his chin as he thought of a tale about Sakura that would appease the young Uchiha. The perfect story came to his mind.

"Well, there was this one time-"

"Sorry, I'm late! There was kitten stuck in a tree and I just had to…" Sasuke glared at the obnoxiously loud Hokage.

"Shut up dobe, you're just as bad as Kakashi." Shikamaru yawned and lifted himself from the ground. He dusted his pants off and turned lazily towards the group. He sighed at the antics of his squad mates. The lazy genius noticed he was being ignored by all but Kakashi, who turned to him.

"What do you suggest for our strategy as mission tactician, Shikamaru?" All eyes had turned to Shikamaru since Kakashi spoke. 'Damn it, I hate being the center of attention,' he thought.

"In my opinion, the best way to recover Sakura would to stage a four part infiltration of the Akatsuki base. The four parts will be firstly a diversion unit in the front of the base to take the main part of the distraction and the bulk of the Akatsuki forces. Two infiltration slash distraction teams will enter the base from the sides to destroy them from the inside out. If one of these two teams happen across Sakura, then they are to perform immediate exfill. The fourth team will be composed of one person to be a recovery unit. That person has to stealthily enter the base and recover Sakura and then protect her as they retreat. Once we have possession of Sakura we are to hastily retreat, because they are sure to come after us. We will assign positions later. Any questions?" All were silent as they stared at Shikamaru who just sighed and slouched against the wall behind him. The team turned to depart but an all to familiar voice rang down street halting them.

"And where do you guys think you are going with out me?" Naruto's face brightened and he swung his arms out in welcoming, almost hitting Neji in the face in the process.

"Baa-chan! You're coming to rescue Sakura with us!" The busty blond briskly walked towards the group in effort to catch up to them.

"You're damn right I am. Nobody kidnaps my apprentice and gets away with it."

"Haha! Alright! Operation rescue Sakura-chan, let's head out!" Naruto wildly pumped his fists and sped off through the gates.

"Naruto, you don't even know which direction to go!" Kakashi yelled weakly after the excited Hokage. Sasuke patted his sensei on the shoulder.

"He'll realize that soon enough, let's go." He nodded. Sasuke turned to the rest of the recovery team and signaled for them to follow him. The group quickly disappeared into the branches of the trees on their way towards the Akatsuki base.

When Sakura woke, she was alone in the bed. She reached over to where she last saw Itachi's body and felt for his warmth. It was cold. Her throat clenched and her eyes burned. 'No, do not get emotional.' Sakura told herself. She took a deep breath, steeling her nerves. Tearing off the covers, Sakura made her way towards the edge of the large mattress in hopes to find her clothing. She dangled her foot daintily on the end of the bed. For a second she pondered if the floor would be cold.

"I would not do that if I were you." Her head snapped at the voice that made her spine shiver. Her large doe eyes stared into his with curiosity.

"Why not?" She asked innocently. A deep chuckle reverberated through the room. With long, quick strides, he made his way towards her. He cupped her cheek, brushing his thumb along her bee stung lips. She leaned into his touch, clasping her own hand around his. Dark eyebrows quirked at her response, he had not expected her to be in amiable mood. He brought his hand down and fingered the cold metal collar around her neck.

"This would make it hurt a lot if you exited this bed." Sakura paled slightly at his words, recalling the intense pain that encompassed her entire body when he had first activated it. He brought his fingers back to her heart shaped face and caressed it. He leaned in and kissed her lightly on the forehead. His lips murmured.

"Why are you not angry with me? I have taken everything from you."

"I never had anything to take in the first place. I'm just a broken shell resigned to her fate." He pulled back and stared into her eyes. They yielded emotions so intense that contradicted her words.

"You are lying." He stated simply. Fury sparked in her beautiful orbs.

"You know not of my soul Uchiha." She spat.

"I know very well kunoichi. I see into those hypnotizing depths and all that they hold. A fire is in there fighting to stay alive and you keep dumping water onto it. Why is that?" He mused. Her eyes stung as his words hit true.

"That fire never had a chance. It has been snuffed with every failure, death, and drug that I filled myself with."

"You think too lowly of yourself kunoichi." She looked up at him with a glare.

"You've never been weak! You, a prodigy, the Uchiha clan heir, a bloody sex god! You know nothing of being weak. You may say I think to little of myself, but I know very well how utterly broken and weak I am." His eyes stared into hers unbelieving.

"You don't know what you are." He stated.

"What?" Sakura hissed.

"You honestly have no idea what you hold inside of you, amazing." Itachi whispered.

"What the fuck are you talking about Uchiha?" Sakura snarled at him.

"You will know soon enough kunoichi. You must be quick, leader is coming to speak with you." Sakura growled but conceded to him. Itachi tossed her clothes that were askew upon the floor towards her. She hastily slipped them on just as the door opened to the menacing leader of the Akatsuki flanked by his blue haired angel.

"I trust your stay has been one of comfort my dear Haruno-san, yes?" Pein glanced knowing in the direction of Itachi.

"As pleasant as one could be when being forced against her will." Sakura seethed. Pein's partner took a step forward and growled in warning. Sakura's eyes narrowed. 'Bitch I will take you down even if I am tied to this bed,' she thought angrily. Pein's hand stopped his subordinate and shot her a warning look. He turned back to Sakura.

"I hope that you will come into this organization peacefully, I do not wish to continue to torture you." Sakura paled knowing exactly what he was referring to. She sighed for she saw no other option. She would attempt suicide but they would be watching her to closely for that. Escape would be hopeless, seeing as she was currently chained to a bed with no way out. Slowly, Sakura nodded her head.

"I will give you no more trouble and join you." Pein showed no expression, as if he had predicted this was the outcome.

"Good. Now, there is the matter of your, ah, attachment to that drug you engineered." Sakura bristled at what he was insinuating.

"What of it?" She growled.

"You need to get rid of it. No one in Akatsuki is allowed to have a crutch. It is unacceptable behavior." Pein stated blankly. He turned towards the door before Sakura could argue. He looked at Itachi.

"Uchiha, a word." Itachi simply nodded his head and followed the pair out of the room. They walked down the hall untill Sakura was out of hearing range. Pein then turned abruptly and faced Itachi.

"You were not supposed to have sex with her. You know of her importance in our mission Uchiha." He said bluntly. Itachi blinked, unfazed.

"I apologize for my behavior leader-sama."

"I do not care if this attachment with The Mother continues, just so long as it does not interfere with our plans."

"Yes leader-sama."

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