Hey! I hope you all are having a great week :) I've been thinking about what to write for this chapter and I have been a bit stuck on it. But I think I have something you might just like :) Enjoy! R & R!

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Chapter 6: Untold Secrets

Sakura lay in bed as her bright green emerald eyes stared at the ceiling. It had been what? A month since she had found out her horrid secret. She hadn't told anyone. Not even Konan. But how could she? The Akatsuki were famous for hunting down jinchuurikis. Tears came to her eyes. She had only just got this new family… And she was going to lose them now. She hadn't even left her room. She had locked herself in there and refused to speak to anyone. And when she did emerge it was at night, when everyone slept and she snuck off deep into the surrounding forests to practice. She had to learn to control herself now more than ever. Not only had she gotten even more so strong, Juubi had taught her many jutsu. She had been scared of him at first, but he wasn't as cruel and evil as everyone made him out to be.

She froze. She wondered if Pein-sama knew. What if he did? No there was no way… But… They were experts in hunting Bijuu. She jumped out of bed and went to take a shower. She dressed in her outfit as she left her room walking into the kitchen. She saw that the meeting room doors were closed, and she could still hear them inside.

"What are we going to do? We can't just let this continue…" She could hear Konans voice.

"I know we can't. And we won't." Pein said.

"It's pathetic. Weakness is not an Akatsuki characteristic." Kisame's voice rang out.

"Hn. When do we do this?" Itachi said.

Sakura's eyes widened, as she backed away slowly. Tears threatening to fall.. How could this happen… again? Why…? She couldn't take this again. She ran back into her room, and quickly packed her clothes. And was out in less than 5 minutes.

*In the meeting room*

Pein nodded as he smiled at them. "We can do this. If we continue how we have been doing this past month, failing at our missions, then we will fall. When Sakura comes out from her depression, we can't be this way! We have to make her proud and help her out of the rut she is in!"

Konan smiled. Sakura really had changed Pein. How and why, no one knew, but it was nice to see him smiling.

Finally moments later they emerged. They could see Sakura's door slightly ajar and they all went to it, opening it laying eyes on the open room. That was now a mess, the drawers emptied of clothes, and he personals gone.

"Sakura?!" Konan called, as she went in a looking everywhere. Tears coming to her eyes.

"Why would she leave?" Kisame asked frowning. Hidan laughed.

"Don't tell me you guys didn't feel her chakra outside our door?" He said as he looked at them.

"What? No I was hardly paying attention." Konan said looking down.

"She heard us talking but only heard a certain part. Which sounded like we were going to get rid of her then she left before we talked about trying to make her proud." He said.

Itachi glared at the man. "Why didn't you say anything?" He asked, voice laced with venom.

Hidan blinked and backed away. "U-uh… I don't know…" He stuttered out, before running away, into his room.

"We have to go after her un." Deidara said.

Pein nodded. "Go" He told them, and Deidara, Kisame, Zetsu and Itachi were gone in an instant.

*A few days later*

Pein looked up when the voice Akatsuki ninja walked in the door. But they didn't have Sakura with them.

"We couldn't find her un." Deidara said, head hung.

"Pinky left no trace, once so ever." Kisame said frowning. Zetsu nodded before walking out of the room. Itachi just stood there, not saying a word.

Pein nodded. "Ok. Dismissed." He said looking away as they all left the room. After they had shut the door, you could hear a loud crash coming from within. Konan rushed to see what it was, but when she saw the men outside the office looking pained, she froze. Eyes filling with tears as she ran to her room.

Kisame left to find Hidan, and Deidara went to train. Itachi walked to Sakura's room, shutting and locking the door as he stared at her bed. Walking over as he sat down and sighed.

"She already endured her family betraying her once… Now she thinks we did as well…" He said quietly. He lay down her her bed and smelled the pillow. Cherry Blossoms. He sat up. He wouldn't give up. He was going to find her. He got up and left the hideout once more.

A few days later Itachi finally caught her chakra signature. He moved fast, as he spotted a cloaked figure which was radiating her chakra, he had already masked his, and he activated his sharingan so he would be able to follow her every move. Finally a few minutes later he jumped in front of her.

"Sakura." Itachi said and her face stared at him eyes wide.

Sakura bolted, and he chased her. They jumped from branch to branch. Yes Sakura had grown into one of the most powerful ninja, but Itachi was still fast. And he tackled her to the ground. They landed hard, and he rolled over on top of her.

"No! I won't let you take my Bijuu!" She screamed at him.

Itachi froze. What? Bijuu? Sakura is a jinchuuriki?

Sakura noted the shocked surprise expression on his face. Fuck.

"Sakura… why did you leave?" He asked staring at her.

"You called me weak. You were going to get rid of me." She said looking away as tears threatened to follow.

"No. We were talking about everyone. For the past month that you have been locked in your room we've been failing at missions and it was unacceptable." He said frowning.

Sakura looked at him eyes wide. She fucked up. And now Itachi knew she had a Bijuu.

"Why do you think you have a Bijuu?" He asked her. Sakura bit her lip.

"He told me. His name is Juubi." She said quietly.

Itachi's eyes widened. Juubi? The Ten Tailed Beast?He couldn't believe it. There was no way. "Sakura… that's the Ten Tails." He told her.

Her eyes widened. She knew that name had sounded familiar. She looked away.

"Well since you're going to kill me to get the beast out… just get it over with." She said quietly.

Itachi frowned. "I'm not going to kill you." He said shortly.

"W-why not? I have what everyone has been looking for for years." She said, shocked.

"I don't care. I will not hurt you. Nor will I tell Pein. Not till I'm sure how he will react." He said As he stood and picked her up.

Sakura couldn't believe it. "But...why?" She asked him. He looked at her for a long while. Before he started walking. He never answered her question.

A few hours later they returned to the hideout. Everyone sat in the living area. When they walked in Konan ran to Sakura and embraced her.

"We would never "get rid" of you Sakura. We love you." She said softly as she held her. Sakura nodded and hugged her back.

"I'm sorry you guys. I shouldn't have reacted like that.." She said quietly.

Pein walked over to her and looked at her. His eyes looking into hers. She s=couldn't tell if he was mad, or what.

"My apologies Pein-sama. I wo-" She was cut off, as he embraced her.

"Do not do that again… Please" He whispered in her ear. She nodded, hugging him back.

Pein was the father she had lost long ago. And it warmed her heart that he cared so much for her. She felt tears sting her eyes as she smiled.

"Get some rest Sakura-chan." Deidara said. She smiled and nodded and headed to her room.

Itachi followed, mentioning he would help her clean up, since it was a mess in there.

As they cleaned up she kep watching him out of the corner of her eye. She had so many questions for him.

"Itachi-san?" She asked quietly. He stopped what he was doing, and looked at her.

"W-why did you look for me?" She asked.

He blinked. "Why wouldn't I?" He countered.

She shrugged looking away from him. "Well.. ever since our assasination mission… after that night… you have not even spoken to me really.." She said trailing off.

He stared, as he felt a small pain in his chest. But he didn't say anything.

"Goodnight Sakura." He said quietly before leaving and shutting the door behind him. Standing outside as he closed his eyes, and took a breath, before going next door to his room and entering.

Sakura looked to the ground before going and getting in the shower. After she washed herself and her hair she just stood there. Letting the hot water fall over her body. A sigh escaped her lips, but it turned into a muffled sob as she leaned against her shower wall, and slowly slid down to the floor.

She was literally terrified. Would they all still love her if they knew what she was? A monster? A freak? She pulled her legs to her chest and cried her tears of sadness, terror and whatever else she had built up inside her.

*The next day*

Sakura woke in her bed. Her eyes heavy and swollen from her crying. She barely remembered crawling into bed after she had calmed down enough to dry off. She hadn't even gotten dressed. She looked at her nightstand and there was breakfast. Her face turned red. WHo brought her breakfast? The one time she slept butt ass naked too! Groaning as she got out of bed and got dressed into her normal Akatsuki attire. Then ate her breakfast. Which was actually rather delicious.

After she finished her breakfast she brought the dirty dishes into the kitchen to wash them. She washed them thoroughly, because she was kind of a neat freak, and put them on the rack to dry. She made some coffee and drank a cup before heading to the training grounds.

When Sakura entered the training grounds, everyone was already at it. She stopped and watched them for a moment.

Everyone was moving quickly, and attacking. It was a free for all. Itachi, Konan, Deidara, Kisame, Zetsu, Hidan, Sasori; who was finally back from his super long mission, and Kakuzu all against each other. It was actually rather interesting. Plus Hidan acted on his anger so he continuously kept getting hurt.

She stretched real quick, and jumped in the fight, well, not right away she had the advantage and was totally going to use it. She put them all under genjutsu. Making it seem as it the whole base was under attack and burning down. And, not surprisingly, they all fell for it. Since everyone who started out in the genjutsu hadn't changed in the slightest and was still there, they thought it was real. She stood back on the sidelines once more and smiled. Pein walked in and laughed.

"What are they doing?" He asked her. And she explained. He snorted.

"HA! That's great!" He said before he left, forgetting what he had came for.

Sakura waited a few minutes, it being hours for them, and took them out of it. Then all stood there confused. Sakura's laugh broke the silence.

They glared. "Pinky! Was that you!?" Kisame growled.

"Well of course it was!" She said grinning. Konan started laughing with her and the rest glared more.

"What? Are you all just mad because you didn't realize it? Damn, my genjutsu must be perfect now! Not one fault!" She said triumphantly.

"Really.. I didn't even notice a single fault. And obviously Uchiha didn't either." Konan said, impressed. "Sakura, when did you master it?" She asked.

She smiled. "When I locked myself in my room for that month I would sneak out every night to train. I couldn't let myself get clumsy now could I?" She said smiling widely.

She had really missed them all. "Well, when you guys stop being mad at me for outsmarting you all, I would loveto train." Sakura said crossing her arms in a lazy fashion.

Itachi watched her. She had been training to control Juubi. He thought. And that genjutsu… Even I couldn't detect it. Completely flawless… "I will spar with you." He spoke up.

Sakura looked to Itachi. Great. Now I'm going to get my ass beat. Sakura thought miserably but didn't show it a bit. As she grinned and walked to him. "Let's do this." She said. "Itachi-kun" She added the honorific to mess with him.

And it did. He blinked, and blushed.Yes. That's right. Itachi Uchiha blushed. But he recovered quickly as everyone else cleared the field. And they stood a few yards away from each other.

She smiled at him, a small hint of seduction in her eyes. He may be an Uchiha, but he was still a man.

"Ready when you are." She said as she disappeared in a frenzy of cherry blossom petals. He activated his sharingan immediately. And the fight began.

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Hey! I hope you enjoyed the chapter. It's a hate/love relationship for me with this chapter, so I apologize if it sucks :( And that it is also a bit short... But I love you all! Please Review!

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