Hello everyone! So here's part 3 already =)

Warning: Here comes the reason why this story is M-rated; an almost-rape. Don't like, don't read. You can't say I didn't warn you.

For those of you who decided to say and read this chapter: ENJOY!

Chapter 3. An old friend

It had been almost two weeks since Suki had been bought by Itachi and moved in with him. Ever since Itachi had snapped at her during dinner she had been kind of avoiding him. She would only come out of her room when he told her to and she would only talk to him when he addressed her. To be quite honest; she didn't like him at all. She hated the way he treated her like his maid. So she had been turning her attention to Sasuke. Almost every evening he would come to her room and talk to her. She found out they had quite a lot in common: both their parents had died when they were young; they had the same idea's on art; on life; on pretty much everything and they were getting along very well.

Sasuke was in her room, and they were talking about games. Sasuke took a sip from the tea he had brought them.

"So Suki, do you know shogi?"

Suki mimicked his action and also took a sip from her tea before answering.

"I have heard of it but I don't know how to play it, unfortunately."

Upon hearing her answer, Sasuke's lips formed a small smirk.

"Would you like me to teach you how to play it?"

"I would love to, Sasuke."

Sasuke nodded and left the room. After a few minutes he returned with a shogi-board and the pieces. He placed the board on the floor and explained to Suki how to place the pieces. After explaining which movements the pieces were allowed to make, they began to play.

Much to Suki's surprise, it wasn't actually as hard as it had seemed to her. Sasuke of course, being an experienced shogi-player, won the game.

"Good game, Suki. I wasn't nearly as good as you when I played my first game."

His comment made Suki smile.

"Thank you, Sasuke. I guess I have a mind for strategies or something."

Sasuke was about to place the pieces back on the board for another round, when a knock and the door sliding open got their attention. Itachi stood in the doorway, glaring at Sasuke and Suki and at the shogi-board in between them.

"Sasuke, leave."

Sasuke glared back at Itachi and exchanged a smile with Suki before doing what Itachi ordered him to do. He took the shogi-board and pieces with him and closed the door behind him. Itachi stepped closer to Suki, grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet.

"Tell me Suki; why was my little brother in your room?"

Suki slightly winced when Itachi's grip on her arm tightened.

"He offered to teach me how to play shogi, Itachi-sama. Nothing more."

"Is that so? I've seen him entering your room every night for a few days now. Did he touch you?!"

The tone in Itachi's voice scared Suki. She started trembling slightly, but still enough for Itachi to notice.

"No Itachi-sama, he didn't touch me. He is just trying to be nice to me!"

Itachi's grip on Suki's arm tightened even more. Suki shut her eyes as she tried to force back the tears she felt coming up. Itachi, upon noticing he was hurting Suki, just smirked and pushed her with her back against one of the walls. As her back collided with the cold wall, Suki let out a gasp and her eyes shot wide open. She found Itachi's face mere inches away from hers and his body pressed against hers. His free hand found its way to her face where it gripped her hair tightly. Fear was taking her over and she gave Itachi a pleading look. Itachi however, just gave her an evil smirk.

"Please, don't let him do whatever he's planning on doing…"

Without warning, Itachi suddenly crashed his lips hard upon Suki's. If possible, Suki's eyes grew even wider. This couldn't be happening to her. This man, this jerk she detested had not only taken her away from the people she cared about, but he had just also taken her first kiss.

She tried to pull away, but found it to be impossible; Itachi had a firm grip on her hair. Suddenly she felt Itachi's touch licking at her bottom lip. She refused to let him in and kept her mouth shut tightly. Itachi noticed this and released his grip on her arm and slid it down to Suki's bottom and squeezed it hard.

Suki gasped, and Itachi used that to force his tongue into her mouth and explore every delicious inch of it. It took Suki a lot of effort not to gag. She shut her eyes tightly and tried to imagine it was someone else who wa doing this to her. That didn't work however; she still felt the urge to throw up.

When Itachi finally pulled his lips from hers, she panted hard in need of oxygen. Itachi wasn't done however. His hands reached behind her and started to untie her obi. When it was untied, he pushed the kimono off her shoulders. Suki reached up and prevented it from falling down any further. Itachi was persistent and forced the kimono off Suki, leaving her in her nagajuban (under-kimono). Suki whimpered as Itachi ran his cold hands along the sides of her torso.

"Now, let's have some fun."

Itachi began to undo Suki's nagajuban while Suki struggled to keep him from doing so. She tried to push him away, but he was too strong of course. Tears were gently falling down her cheeks when she finally realized what he wanted from her. She began to feel weak in her knees, and if Itachi hadn't been pressing his body against hers she would have sunken to the ground.

Meanwhile, Itachi had slid on of his hands underneath Suki's nagajuban and squeezed her bottom again. She whimpered as she felt his cold hand touch her warm skin. Itachi forced his lips onto hers and his tongue into her mouth to keep her from making any sound. His hand moved to the outside of her thigh and across her upper leg, slowly towards her most intimate place. She squeezed her eyes tight, not wanting to see Itachi's face.

Suddenly, the door swung open. Itachi released his lips from Suki's, growled quietly and turned his head towards the door, to find Sasuke glaring at him. He removed his body from Suki's, after which she fell to the floor. She kept her eyes shut, still too scared to open them.

"I forgot a few shogi pieces."

Upon hearing Sasuke's voice, Suki finally had the courage to open her eyes. She saw Itachi straightening his clothes and marching past his brother. When she heard a door slam somewhere down the hallway she placed her head in her hands and started to sob.

"Suki…"

Sasuke rushed over to her and covered her almost naked body with the kimono she had been wearing and held her close to his chest.

"Are you okay, Suki?"

Suki was still crying into Sasuke's shirt and found it impossible to speak, so she nodded.

Sasuke took hold of her hands and Suki lifted up her head. Her eyes had become red from crying and she hated that Sasuke had to see her like this. She tried to avoid his look by looking to the floor, but he made her look at him by gently pushing her face up. When Suki finally had the courage to look at him, she saw a worried look in his eyes.

"Suki, what happened?"

Suki averted her eyes from Sasuke again before whispering her answer.

"He…he tried to…rape…me."

Sasuke's eyes widened.

"What?! Are you alright?"

Suki nodded slightly, but visible enough for Sasuke to notice.

"Yes, I'm fine. He didn't get the chance to actually do it, because you came in…"

"I'm so sorry, I had no idea…"

Sasuke hugged her tighter and then lifted her up and placed her on her bed.

"You should get some sleep, Suki."

Suki nodded and closed her eyes. She found it difficult to relax however. Her body was shaking slightly and tears were still sliding down her face. Sasuke offered to stay with her during the night. Not in her bed of course, but in a chair next to it. But Suki declined his offer; she really wanted to be alone.

Before Sasuke left he gave her a sweet kiss on her forehead and wished her a good night. Suki found her cheeks heating up as Sasuke walked out of her room. For a moment she forgot everything about Itachi and what he had just tried to do to her. She only thought about Sasuke. Was she falling for him? No, that couldn't have been it. If only Sasuke had bought her instead of his selfish, arrogant brother. Thinking of Itachi, she began to cry again until she fell asleep.

The next few days went by really fast. Suki hardly got out of her room, but it didn't bother her though. It was better than being around Itachi and pretending everything was alright. Umi and Sasuke brought her food and drinks whenever she asked them to. The only time she would get out of her room was to have dinner.

Suki was thinking of a new strategy for shogi when a knock on her door got her attention. Itachi stepped inside, but he didn't close the door behind him. Suki tried to be as friendly as she possibly could.

"Can I help you, Itachi-sama?"

He stared at her for a moment before answering.

"Yes, I want you to be downstairs within an hour. A friend of mine is coming over and I want you to entertain him."

Suki nodded and Itachi left the room again. Immediately Umi came in with a golden-yellow kimono for her to wear. Quickly, but carefully Umi helped Suki with dressing, after which Umi tied the red obi. The dressing process had almost taken one hour. She quickly slipped on her tabi's, grabbed her fans and went downstairs.

Itachi was waiting for her in the living room. When Suki entered, he couldn't help but stare at her. It made Suki feel very uncomfortable. Itachi mentioned Suki to sit down next to him and she did. No words were exchanged for a while until Itachi's friend arrived. Itachi and Suki stood up while Umi opened the door. Suki couldn't believe her eyes; right in front of her was no-one other that Akasuna Sasori. Umi took his coat and Sasori walked towards Itachi and Suki.

"Hello Sasori, glad you could make it." Itachi spoke.

Sasori took his time to look at Suki before answering.

"Any time, my friend." Then he turned to Suki and took her hand and gave a small kiss on it.

"Hello Suki, it's sure been a while. But you look as lovely as ever."

Suki had to suppress a blush she felt coming up.

"Thank you, Sasori. I'm glad you could make it too."

Sasori released Suki's hand and the three of them went to the dining room. They all had a drink, and meanwhile Sasuke had also joined them and was talking to Sasori. After a while the maids came in with that night's dinner.

Suki was enjoying herself for the first time since a while. She did find it hard to fully relax however, because of the way Itachi was keeping his eyes on her the entire time.

When dinner was over, Itachi asked Suki to dance for them so she did. Umi played the music and Suki danced with her fans. When she was done, Sasori's and Sasuke's eyes were wide in amazement. Itachi was still looking at her the way he always did; emotionless and distant.

Suddenly one of the maids came in with a phone in her hands. Itachi left the table and answered the call, leaving Sasuke, Sasori and Suki alone. All of a sudden, Sasori turned to Suki.

"So tell me Suki, how is Itachi treating you?"

Suki thought of what to say. Should she lie or tell him the truth? She didn't want him to worry about her though, so she decided to lie.

"He's been treating me very good, Sasori. I quite enjoy it here."

Upon hearing her answer, Sasuke jumped in.

"Don't say that, Suki. He tried to rape you!"

"He what?!" Sasori's eyes widened.

Suki felt embarrassed and looked away from Sasori's gaze.

"Sasuke, really. I don't think that is any of Sasori's concern."

"Suki, look at me please. You mean a lot to me. So if this man is hurting you, it is of my concern!"

Sasori gently took hold of Suki's face and made her look at him. She still tried to avoid his piercing look, but it was impossible. With tears in her eyes she faced him.

"Don't let Itachi know that you know that, please. He'll hurt you too, or he'll hurt me more than he's already doing. Please Sasori, promise me."

She was on the verge of begging him desperately, but she relaxed a little when she saw the concern in Sasori's eyes lessened.

"Alright, I promise. But why don't you come with me? I swear I would never hurt you Suki."

Suki felt even more tears welling up in her eyes. Oh how she wished that was possible. If only Sasori would have bought her instead of Itachi. But her hope disappeared as soon as it had come; of course it was impossible for her to come with Sasori. Itachi would never let her go with him.

"I wish I could, but I'm sorry Sasori. I'm absolutely sure he will not let me leave the house. He won't even let me talk to Sasuke without making a scene."

"It's true though. I was teaching her shogi one day in her room. When he came in he thought I had been touching her or something." Sasuke joined in.

Sasori sighed.

"But can't you do something about this, Sasuke?"

A concerned frown made its way onto Sasuke's face. He really wished he could keep his brother away from Suki, but deep inside he knew that was impossible.

"I wish I could, Sasori. But I'm afraid there's nothing I can do; even if I went to the police, it would be his word against mine. And since he has friends with the police, I'm sure he would do anything to make sure they won't believe me."

Again, Sasori sighed.

"Alright then. But Suki, if you ever feel like running away, you're always welcome to come to me."

Suki nodded and gave Sasori her sincere thanks. Just at that moment Itachi returned form his phone call and gave the three of them a curious look.

"Well, did you enjoy yourselves without me?" A small grin found its way to his lips.

"Always, my friend." Sasori returned his grin before continuing.

"Anyway, I think it's time for me to go home. I really enjoyed tonight, Itachi."

Itachi, Sasuke, Sasori and Suki all stood up and walked towards the front door. Itachi handed Sasori his coat before Sasori went outside.

"Well, it's been a nice night. I'll see you next time, Sasori."

"Yes, definitely next time."

Sasori turned his eyes to Suki and smiled at her. Just like he had done when he arrived, he took her hand and placed a kiss on top of it. When he let go of her hand he quickly gave her a small kiss on the cheek too. Suki's cheeks turned a bright shade of red while Sasori observed Itachi's reaction and smirked at the result. Itachi's eyes grew even colder than usual. Sasori didn't seem to be bothered by it, but Suki became scared by them.

"See you next time, Suki."

With that, Sasori got inside of his vehicle and left. Sasuke, Itachi and Suki went inside again. Itachi left for his room, and Suki decided to do the same. She was so deeply in thoughts about Sasori that she didn't notice that Sasuke was walking next to her.

"He's nice, isn't he?"

Suki looked a little surprised and confused to him. What was he talking about?

"What do you mean, Sasuke?"

"I mean Sasori; he's a nice man. And he seems to like you."

Suki slightly blushed. Yes, Sasori was really nice and maybe she felt more for him than she was allowed to.

"He's very nice indeed. But what do you mean?"

Sasuke smiled and put his hands in the pockets of his trousers.

"Just what I said; he seems to like you. As in 'being more interested in you than he should be'."

Suki's blush became a little more visible at his words.

"It's okay, I can see why though. If I were him, I'd be interested in you too. You're very pretty."

That was it; her blush had officially become a deep shade of red.

"T-thank you, Sasuke."

"Don't thank me, it's true."

By that time they had reached Sasuke's room and he opened the door.

"Sleep well, Suki."

He gave her a wink before he entered his room and closed the door. A little confused, she walked to her own room and sat down on the bed.

"Why the heck did he just wink at me?!"

She decided upon taking a quick shower before going to bed. Within ten minutes she was done and put her night gown on and slipped into her bed. About fifteen minutes later, when she was on the verge of falling asleep, her door opened and someone came inside. Before she could see who had come in, she was being dragged from her bed and onto the floor. Just a fraction of a second she saw Itachi's face.

"Itachi? What are you doing?!"

Itachi lowered himself next to Suki on the floor and took hold of her hair.

"Finishing what I had started…"

Ohhhh, cliffhanger!

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