Summary: What if Sakura had known Itachi before he left and had been on his team? How would Sasuke react to finding that out? 'I cared for him and he cared for me. He watched my back and I watched his. I killed for him and he slaughtered for me.' Sas/Sak Ita/Sak
Thoughts
Chapter 4: Itachi
Dark malicious red eyes watched the scene unfold from the tree outside the window. His eyes narrowing and his anger rising the more they tried to force the answers out of her. He was not fond of her friends, as a matter of a fact if it had been up to him he would have killed them a long time ago, however, they were her friends and she made him promise not to touch them unless absolutely necessary.
And even than she made him promise not to hurt them too bad. Right now he was sure regretting that damn promise. He wanted nothing more than to kill that stupid Hokage and her little weakling friends. They were annoying her to the point where she was probably ready to kill them as well.
It was good that she had learned patience over the years or else she probably would have too. He knew that if he was her at the moment they would all be dead. He took a deep breath as he calmed himself and continued to watch what was happening.
He tried his best not to go inside, grab her and kill his brother as he watched her hands slip under the folds of his shirt and heal the rib that the Hyuuga had most likely cracked. It took all his restraint and will power not to do it and even than some. That stupid foolish little brother of his.
He wondered how he would feel if he told him that she had done the same thing to him when he was injured. That the reason she was only healing him was because he looked like him, that she did it out of a promise not out of her own heart. He smirked to himself. It would kill him, tear him apart, break his ice blocked heart.
He shook his head, getting rid of the unwanted thoughts that ran threw his mind. No he couldn't think of that. Not yet. He turned his attention back to the conversation just in time to hear that damned Hokage say…..He nearly fell out of the tree he was in.
Him have feelings for her?! Who is their right mind would believe that? As the blonde whiskered boy said he had no emotion, he felt nothing, at least that's what everyone thought. They would flip if they knew that he only cared about two things in his life, possibly even three.
The first was her, she was always his top priority, above all else. She had been there for him when he needed her and he would be there for her whenever she needed him, even if she didn't want his help.
The second was the Akatsuki, the place where his loyalties lied, after her, of course. The organization gave him something to do, gave him something to look forward to do, since he could always get a mission when he wanted. There was always something to do for it.
The third he wasn't sure of just yet. It could possible be something he cared for. It depended how everything turned out. If he wasn't please it would not be include, if he was than it would.
His red eye narrowed once more as he watched her eyes flicker to red. He inwardly cursed, hoping no one saw it but, of course, his stupid foolish little brother had to see it. He snorted when he saw the Hokage look at him as if he was crazy.
'Not an Uchiha. Ha! If only she knew….' He trailed off in his head, smirking to himself.
A scowl replaced his smirk, however, when he saw his brother activate his Sharingan and look at her with it. His fist unconsciously clenched and at that moment he wanted to kill his brother, the whole reason he was there laid forgotten in the back of his mind.
No one threatened her and got away with it, even if nobody else knew it was a threat. Activating your bloodline limit, weather intentional or not, in any clan was a silent, unspoken threat.
Holding himself back he listened in on the rest of the conversation. He snorted as he heard his brother mention the murder of his clan.
'If only he knew the truth about the Uchiha Massacre, than he wouldn't be so quick to defend it.'
He shook his head, the Massacre was something he didn't like to dwell upon. It was over and done with. Nobody could change what he had done and he wouldn't change it even if he could. He would rather all them be dead than her.
His eyes darted forward as he heard the slamming of the door. He took this as a sign, as he quickly disappeared from the tree he was in, jumping slowly towards where he knew she was going.
He arrived a while later, just in time to see his brother stomp out of the house, his Sharingan on, his aura gleaming with anger. He smirked as he watched him walk down the street, mostly likely towards the training grounds, his hands in his pockets.
Once he was out of sight he jumped in the slightly opened window into her room, where he saw the closet door open. He walked, making sure not to make a sound, and watched as she looked at the cloak behind the hidden door in her closet. She lightly ran her hand over it and sighed, almost sadly.
He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion at her. Why was she sad?
"Itachi." He heard her say and he smirked. So she knew he was here after all.
"Cherry Blossom." She stepped away from the cloak and out of the small room, closing the sliding door and latching it. She than turned around to face him, a frown on her face. He blinked; that couldn't be good.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him, softly, her voice barely above a whisper.
"I came to see you." He replied, taking a step towards her. She sighed and walked passed him, out of the closet. He, too, sighed and left the closet, closing the door behind him.
"You shouldn't be here." He heard her tell him and he snorted. Of course he shouldn't. He was banished from the village for murdering his clan. However, that never stopped him before, nor would it ever.
"And why not?" He asked turning around. She was laying on the bed now, her head resting on her pillow as she looked up at the ceiling.
"You know why not. I know you were watching. I could sense you." She told him and he walked over to the side of the bed she laid on. She glanced at him from the corner of her eye, watching what he was doing.
He smirked as he rolled into the bed and over Sakura to the other side. Sakura grunted as he rolled over her and glared at him as he reached the other side.
"What?" He asked innocently with a smirk.
"You really shouldn't be here." She told him and he sighed.
"Never stopped me from coming before."
"Yeah but before they never knew I knew you, now they do due to what you said."
He shrugged, "They were bound to find out anyway."
"Yeah, but maybe not so soon."
"Why is it such a big deal?"
"They're going to keep bugging me about it now. Especially your brother."
"I could just kill him, you know? It would save us a lot of trouble." She whacked him on the head.
"Don't kid around like that."
"I wasn't kidding." He muttered to himself, rubbing the sore spot on his head.
"Why don't you just tell them?" He asked her and she stayed quiet for a few moments. He looked at her and saw she was in deep thought.
"I'm not really sure." She answered, hesitantly.
"You don't want to talk about the Massacre, that's what it is, right?"
"Hai."
"Because you'll be viewed as a S-class criminal just like me if you told."
"Hai."
"Would that be so bad," She immediately turned towards him, their faces a mere inch apart, "I mean, than we could be together, just like all those years ago."
"Itachi…." She whispered, trailing off.
"Would it?"
"No, not at all but still…."
"It's your friends isn't it? You don't want to betray them, right?"
"…Hai."
Itachi narrowed his eyes at her. She had hesitated again. Could there possibly be another reason for her not wanting to tell of there past together? He sighed. He wouldn't get it out of her now. He would wait until she was ready. She would tell him eventually. Although he had a pretty good idea of why she didn't want to tell.
He pulled her to him, as he turned onto his back, laying her head on his chest, right by his heart. He took of hand and held it on his stomach, their fingers entwined. She was surprised by the sudden gesture but made no move to stop it. It had been a long time since they had just laid like this.
"Leader-sama wants Kyuubi." Itachi told her quietly. She tensed almost immediately.
"What?"
"He wants Kyuubi, within two months."
"I thought we had another six months."
"No, he changed his mind. We have all the other demons needed. We need Kyuubi now."
"So we'll have to move up our plans than?"
"Hai."
"When should we start them?"
"As soon as you tell the Hokage about your past." He replied and she rolled over to look at him.
"What?"
"You need to tell her, eventually. Why not now?"
"I'll be condemned to an S-class criminal and executed. Besides I thought we were going to take back what was rightfully mine first."
Itachi thought about it for a moment. If she told them now they would defiantly throw her in jail. However, if she told them after they got that back than they would risk starting a war if they threw her in jail.
Itachi nodded, "Fine. When are we to leave?"
"Well, seeing as Tsunade wants that information on you so badly, I could probably bargain with her. I'll tell her the information only if she allows me to leave the village for….a week or two."
"Or she could just throw you in jail and interrogate you."
"To which than you will come to my rescue and most likely kill her for doing it."
"That is correct." She gave a small laugh as she reached up and kissed him on the cheek before rolling off him and the bed, landing on her feet on the floor. Itachi groaned in annoyance at the loss of contact and rolled off the bed as well, standing up.
"I'll go tell her now. That way we can leave tomorrow." She told him and he nodded.
"Are you gonna stay here or are you leaving?"
"I have to go inform Kisame of the change in plans. I'll meet you a mile from the gate in the morning." He said to her.
"Alright. See you tomorrow than." She said as she walked out of her room. She only got a foot before she was pulled back into a solid chest.
"No goodbye hug," He leaned down towards her ear, "Or kiss?"
She shivered involuntarily at the contact and smiled at him. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek. He growled at her in annoyance, knowing that she knew that that wasn't what he meant.
"Yes, do you want something?" She asked innocently as his eyes flashed.
"You." He stated before crashing his lips onto hers.
She responded instinctively, kissing him back. He smirked into the kiss and lightly nipped and licked at her bottom lip. Realization of what she was doing hit her and she pulled back, causing him to growl once more. She smirked and pulled away from him.
"Now, now Itachi, we have more important things to do than that."
"Speak for yourself." He muttered with annoyance.
"I am, now I must go. I'll see you tomorrow." She told him before walking away.
He sighed, disappearing in a puff of smoke.
(A/N: End of chapter four. So there enters Itachi. And yea I know he's totally OC but there's a reason for it. Next chapter will probably have some of Itachi and Sakura's past in it, not sure yet. Most likely though. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you to those who have reviewed. I hope you continue to. Until Next time.)