-1Warnings: rated M for language violence and sexy situations ; )
Authors Note: Please don't hurt me!!! I have cut off the 'old friend' scene in the chapter. don't worry! It'll come up in a couple chapters I promise! Erm…now on to the fic!
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Sleep it seemed, had just taken her with comforting arms when Sakura was forced awake by a pressure around her midriff and chest. Gasping she looked up, into the face of Itachi.
He was wearing his Akatsuki cloak, which covered the lower half of his face, and was holding a kunai very close to her face. "Time to arise."
She would've sworn at him but his knee was pressed to her ribcage constricting her breathing, while his other knee rested beside her hip.
"Never be caught unawares, even in sleep."
Despite his cold words, and very impersonal; wake-up call, Sakura noticed he was near some very…personal areas.
Noticing she was awake he smoothly jumped off of the bed leaving her to wheeze some very colorful curse words at him.
He promptly ignored them and said to her, "Open the package you were given yesterday, dress and meet me outside in 10 minutes."
Silently he departed.
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Sakura looked at the black cloak with red clouds and dark pink ring that lay on her mattress. She was dressed, and now looked at the rings writing. Sky…this was Orochimaru's old ring…they must have redone it.
Breathing quickly she donned the cloak. It was unlike the others, it was far more form-fitting and clung to her curved form warmly. The high collar brushed against her chin, she enjoyed the soft, warm material. Lastly, and with some hesitation she slipped the ring onto her right ring finger, and pinned up her hair. Shorter sections fell to frame her face but that didn't matter, Sakura felt good.
Holding herself up with an air of dignity she stepped outside the room.
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Itachi's eyes traveled up and down the outspoken kunoichi. He hadn't suspected a woman would look so good in uniform…
Distracting himself he said, "One last thing…"
Her jade eyes widened as his hand rose to eye level holding her headband. In the other was the kunai that had previously been held to her throat.
Silently she took them both and drew a long thin scratch over the Leaf symbol. She had just declared herself a missing nin. This was real.
His eyes followed her every move as she slowly and carefully tied it atop her pink tresses bandana style. The finished effect was stunning.
His ebony eyes took it all in. the cloak fitted perfectly to her curved form, the high collar brushing the bottom of her chin, the bottom of it stopping just above her sandaled feet.
He had always wondered why they had made a woman's cloak just in case…
Itachi nodded to her in approval and set off down the hall.
Sakura followed him, confused. "I take that I'm your…"
"Apprentice, yes."
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Well Sakura couldn't pretend that she wasn't surprised. She was about to be shown the ways of the Akatsuki by none other than Uchiha Itachi. His genius was talked about from north to south, far and wide, even if he was evil. He was an Uchiha, heir to the Sharingan, at age 13 he was head of ANBU, at 7 he graduated, at 8 he activated the Sharingan.
He may be a total mind-raping jackass, but at least he's good at what he does.
They had found themselves in the field she had been sitting in the day before. She kept a close watch on him as they walked over to some stumps similar to those in Konoha. He cocked his head to the side and gestured to them. "Show me what you can do."
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Sweating, panting and filthy she knelt before the cloaked man before her. His katana was at her throat, and her kunai was held up to his chest.
Their skill-testing battle had uprooted trees, sent wide hell-beckoning cracks in the earth, and basically destroyed the training field.
He had the Sharingan and she had her strength and speed. They were both skilled but she was no where near as experienced.
"What's all the damned racket, yeah?"
Neither of them looked away from the target but both knew Deidara had appeared. Sakura took this short reprieve to sweep her foot under his feet. He was thrown temporarily off guard but immediately folded into a nonchalant back-flip.
She stood.
Itachi's ebony eyes glared at her before he sheathed his katana. "We're finished for today."
Deidara looked from her, to the departing Itachi and then to the torn up training field. "Was this you?"
She winced as she popped a dislocated hip back into place and said to him, "Most of it but the tree was Itachi's damned genjutsu backfiring."
He glared at Sakura when she walked past him. "Do you know how long it'll take me to clean this up yeah?"
Jade eyes flashed wickedly. "Just wait for tomorrow Deidara-sempai."
Deidara's eyes narrowed at her emphasis on sempai. She was mocking him he knew, but he did nothing as the girl in the cloak Sasori had designed disappeared through the compound door.
From the outside it was a concrete building about the size of the Hokage's building in Konoha. The Akatsuki were using it temporarily, and had hidden it to blend it into an old abandoned mountainside. Deidara glared at her handiwork and sat down on a stone step.
So Itachi took her on eh? The poor bastard… then again he can easily knock her down a few pegs, I wish he'd do it sooner…
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She was good. She knew how to conserve her chakra and use it at the right times. Her nin jutsu, and genjutsu arsenals were impressive and suited her own personal style, and her taijutsu was perfected to almost an art.
In Itachi's eyes, Sakura was almost adequate, which to any normal nin was phenomenal. The Akatsuki had chosen well. Now she was holed up in her room with the scrolls he had given her to read. That girl was quite the conundrum…one moment she was ready to tear your head off, the next, she was meek as a puppy that had been swatted on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.
He couldn't quite understand her thoughts yet, but his chance would soon come…he was sure of it. Time to exploit her…approval…
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Itachi you sick bastard what are you thinking?! Well I guess I kind of know but still! Anyway please send me reviews, and I am sincerely sorry for the shortness of this chapter….I'll make the next one a little longer to make up for it!