Shadow of Fire

Chapter Five

She walked out her house with grace and elegance it was hard not to watch her leave. I looked back at the Hokage who was smirking proudly at her apprentice without shame and turned my head to look at Sasuke who was looking at Sakura like she was filth. I closed my eyes and leaned back into the chair comfortably until the blonde haired Hokage said

"When Blood Blossom gets back tell her she should report to my office for a meeting with the rest of the Anbu captains and that she should be in her correct uniform!" I looked at her studiously and looked away from her as her eyes curiously watched mine, she slowly smirked and looked at Sasuke and said teasingly

"Sasuke, watch a shame, I heard about what really happened to your family, all this time you were trying to kill the man who was saving your life, ironic isn't it!" she laughed loudly and walked to Sasuke in slow strides making him apprehensive of what she wished to do to him, I was also curious to what this newly appointed Hokage wanted to do to my little brother. I watched as she stood face to face with Sasuke and said coldly

"If you lay a finger on my apprentice, I will kill you!" everyone in the room watched her with amazement, including myself. I watched as Sasuke scoffed at her and was about to talk when I noticed a chakra signature standing right at the back of the room, I recognised it immediately but it was odd because the chakra patterns were different. The Hokage seemed to notice as well and turn her attention from Sasuke and said slightly annoyed

"Aren't you sup post to be shadowing the mission?" Inner Sakura stepped out of the shadow and said a little agitated

"Yea, I'm sup post to but can't really focus yet, Sakura said I might as well blow off a little steam and go to the tea house in about an hour for her performance!" The Hokage looked at her sceptically and said

"Do as you please, just get the damn mission done!" Inner Sakura nodded absently and walked out the room followed by Kakashi and Genma. Everyone watched the scene curiously. It seemed Inner Sakura was a little distressed by the way she was controlling her rage and her patience seemed to be wavering. Inner Sakura was well known for her rage in Akatsuki and she was known for her trickery and deviousness, although Sakura had the same qualities she acted a little more innocent and pure which made it impossible to find a fault in her, yet inner Sakura was outrageous and careless, she was also a little more blood thirsty. Inner Sakura walked back out from the back room with Kakashi a little more relaxed and Genma slightly annoyed, I watched her a while and she knew I was watching because she looked straight at me never wavering, I smirked and she blinked a few times and clenched fist unconsciously, I laughed and stood out my chair and slowly walked past her; the tension seemed to thicken as we stood shoulder to shoulder. I looked down at her with my Sharingan still activated and said smoothly

"Nice seeing you again Cherry Blossom!" she glared fiercely and said looking away from me and straight ahead

"Watch your back Ita-kun, Saku-chan and I have a lot to repay you for!" she then looked at me and smirked and began walking away again.

The mission finished earlier than expected; the mole is now dead along with his accomplices'. I sighed as I slowly walked into my home and looked around my house to see if everyone was still there and to my excitement, they were. I watched into the living room to see it slightly disarranged. The sofa cushions were scattered around the room indicating a disagreement and bottles of sake were all around the room along with instant ramen packets. I sighed and took of my Kimono and began tidying the room up. How could they come into my home and mess everything up like this. They didn't have any respect what so ever.

We should teach those baka's a lesson' I groaned as I heard inner Sakura ranting, I knew there was no point of dwelling on the disorganisation of my home. I didn't even know what to .do at this time of night. I walked around my house picking up rubbish that was tossed on the floor carelessly and began rearranging my house again. I didn't want to sleep, I knew I would stay in bed dreaming about my past life and Itachi. I knew I would be confused about where I belonged in his life. I knew he weren't a cold bloodied murderer, but he was as cold as ice and he would cause too much trouble to be tangled with emotionally. I sighed at how my thoughts were getting way too emotional. The fool abandoned me like Sasuke did, worse he did it to me first but it's not like I knew until after Sasuke's betrayal. I was with him since I was nine and he taught me so much, he was my protector, teacher and best friend and back then I hoped that we would fall in love or something romantic would happen between us. There was always a question that seemed to pop up in my mind; why me. It was known that the Uchiha's could pick any girls in the land of fire and yet he choose a weak, beaten and broken little girl crying in an alley way drenched in rain, it was like I was pulled out of hell and into heaven. My foster parents hated me and were never there and when they were they were both drunk by night and pulled up a fake, happy-family, love-my-daughter by day. They finally died in a mission and the Hokage didn't know I was living by myself. I picked money off the floor of the dirty streets and used Genjutsu's that I knew to steal wallets and hide from angry villagers that wanted to punish me; luckily I was smart enough to use a henge and escape all punishments. It went on for months. I always rose around when the sun rose and the first thing I did was clean my house and read for at least an hour or two on Genjutsu's and Taijutsu; Genjutsu's to conceal myself and Taijutsu to defend myself just in case I was caught. After that I would train a little, running around Konoha or punching and kicking at trees until I had to bandage my arms and legs. Mid-day when it was rush hour was when I set to work and quickly began stealing things that I needed to survive, in a week I would make enough money to last me a week and buy some clothes the I needed, I would also steal a few weapons from other ninja so I could prepare myself for the day I would become a ninja. That was all in the past and it seemed my past seemed to have caught up with me. I felt slightly proud that Sasuke came back to Konoha so I could brag that I was the Elite Anbu first Captain and that I had surpassed my own Hokage in medical expertise and in strength, I was tagged Mini-Tsaunde around Konoha and maybe because it was that I had a short temper as well and she sort of influenced me into drinking sake. I laughed the day Tsaunde and I were drinking sake lazily in her office and Shinzue walked in absolutely speechless, she looked from me and the her Hokage and began gapping like a fish and began ranting on about how the hospital was going to survive with a drunk Hokage and a big tempered pink haired Konochi who was one of the best medics and ninja around. I laughed at the memory and looked out my window to see it was almost light, I had laid in my bed thinking about my life and had not even bothered to sleep. I sighed once more; it seemed that sighing was getting more frequent for me. I jumped out of bed and threw on a pair of black sweats and a black tank top that was cut below my breast showing off my well toned stomach. I walked out my room and slowly cast a jutsu on it before walking down the stairs and undoing the barrier I placed on the third floor and walked to the kitchen. I began cooking as if I were a mother making sure to make enough food for everyone. I don't know what came over me; maybe it was because Inner Sakura was still asleep. I pondered the thought a little and began cooking a meal massive enough to feed the entire household.

I finally finished cooking and placed plates all over the dinning table thinking back on the lessons Mikito gave me in becoming a proper lady in the Uchiha household. She taught me everything I knew about being a woman alongside side my mother. They both taught me how to act properly in front of elders, royalty, and people of higher status. It was hard but I actually survived it I remember so much about my past but bits and pieces were coming up as a blur, I guess I had to see Itachi about those. I finished setting the table just in time because the first one to wake up was the Akatsuki's new First Lady. She was wearing her Akatsuki cloak and looked at me with cold piercing blue eyes, I looked back at her coolly and said calmly

"Break fast has been prepared will you wake the Akatsuki up!" She looked at me sharply and said icily

"Are you ordering me?" I turned my back to her and began pouring myself some juice and said slowly

"I was requesting. What is your actual name?" she looked at me with judging eyes and said

"Amy!" I nodded and turned away from her ending our conversation quickly and began drinking my juice when I felt two more chakra signatures; it seemed everyone was waking up on time. I watched as Sasuke and Itachi both came down at the same time. I watched as Sasuke sat furthest away from Itachi and watched him unashamedly from his seat. It was starting to annoy me and I could tell that Itachi was beginning to get annoyed as well, but to those who just entered the room it would seem like he could care less. I looked at Itachi who stood on the wall with his eyes closed; he seemed to be still sleeping, I watched a while and then looked around to see that Deidara, Kisame and Tobi had not entered yet and neither had Genma and my dad, I groaned and began to walk out the room when Sasuke grabbed my arm and said coldly

"Where are you going?" I looked at him blankly and yanked my hand from his vice like grip and said

"I'm going to wake up my father!" I then gave him a stern glare and walked out the room in absolute silence but overwhelmed with anger.

Everyone sat around the dining table with break fast already in front of them and Sakura sat on her cabinet looking slightly distant when Amy said coolly

"How long have you been studying Genjutsu?" Sakura did not spare her a glance; she was too deep in thought about what happened this morning. She walked into Deidara's room like she would have always done if she were in the Akatsuki based and pulled him out of bed and dragged him into the corridor and left him there, she did the same for Kisame and Tobi and pushed them down the stairs like a mother would do a naughty child and began scolding them on leaving her house messy and leaving stupid things around the house for her to pick up.

"Since I was seven!" Ino looked at her in shock and then accusation and began screaming

"That's a lie; you didn't know Genjutsu until you were eleven and a half!" Ino wanted to show everyone that Sakura was not as strong as the Sensei's and the Hokage made her out to be. Sakura had not paid attention to Ino and said

"I lived on my own from the age of eight when my foster parents died, had to find a way to eat and so I began training in Genjutsu and Taijutsu so I could steal under henge and defend myself if I got into a fight!" Ino scoffed and said

"You never used that so-called Taijutsu to defend yourself when people picked on you!" Ino thought she had won; Sakura still ignored everyone in the room and said

"I was ordered not to reveal a thing about what I had been learning, people would get suspicious if they knew a seven year old child was learning about being a ninja by her when she was sup post to have two jounin parents!" Everyone slightly agreed with her and then Sasuke then asked in a tone of slight anger and jealousy

"What did my brother teach you?" Sakura gave him a sideways glance and said smoothly

"He must have taught me a great deal because most of your clan knew my achievements and acknowledged them more than they ever did yours!" She smirked knowing she had won and watched as Sasuke grew angry and was about to say something when Kakashi coughed and said warningly

"Sakura, that is enough!" she sighed and nodded and was about to interrupt her 'interrogation' when Itachi finally spoke, his voice was throaty but it was still as cold and sent shivers up most inhabitants spines

"What are you hiding from me Konochi?" Her head snapped up sharply, she had been wondering when he would finger it out. But he was probably buying his time. Studying her as she moved making sure when he asked her he knew he was right. She smirked and said looking directly into his eyes

"Nothing of great importance!" his eyes grew colder if that was possible and Tobi began to fidget nervously as if there were a fight about to break out.

"Tell me!" Sakura looked at him smirking and jumped off the cabinet and took long hip swinging strides until she was standing on the left side of Itachi. She smirked slowly lowered herself into his lap ignoring the seething Akatsuki Lady and the envious Sasuke and the over-protective Kakashi, Kisame, Genma, Anko, Kurenai, Gai and Naruto. Itachi watched her curiously and starred her in the eyes wandering what she was up to. She parted her legs on straddled his thighs and smirked darkly at the Akatsuki Lady and then turned her eyes to stare at Itachi's and smirked. Then said smoothly

"After Sasuke left me I accidentally uncovered this!" she focused chakra to her eyes and smirked when she noticed Itachi millisecond of shock that was written across his face, he then said coldly

"Sharingan!"