Part 4

Chapter thirteen

A date with destiny and traveling eyes

Disclaimer: I might not own Naruto… But I want too! -cries-

The breeze picked up, ruffling the girls pastel air as she slid through the cement door frame. Normally inside the room would be a dusty apartment, a beat up old couch and a dented table with two broken chairs pushed up, a dirty old apartment.

Sakura gawked at the room that stood before her now.

The lights were dimmed and the flames of vanilla scented candles flickered romantically. All of the furniture was draped with clean white sheets and there, sitting on the couch was a handsome man, humming along with the slow music.

"Itachi…" Sakura murmured as she walked over to her man, sitting down on the couch next to him and resting her head on his shoulder. "What is all of this?"

Itachi rested his finger over her pink lips, quickly replacing his finger by his wanting lips. Sakura smiled into the kiss as she wrapped her arms around his neck, letting him pick her up and scoot her onto his lap. Nibbling on Sakura's lower lip her mouth quivered as she rested her head against her own, breathing deeply. Slowly tears streamed down the girls face, she had always been the silent crier, one to never make a peep… to just stare emotionlessly into space as the salty drips of water stained her face.

"Sakura… what troubles you." Itachi questioned, kissing and rubbing away the wetness from her countenance.

"Ino." Sakura sighed, burying her pretty face into the Akatsuki members chest. "Today she asked me to be her friend… till death do us part… I said no."

Itachi rubbed patterns softly into her back.

"I c-couldn't say yes. If I befriend her and she dies, it will be wrong. I would have lied to her for her entire life, that burden on my shoulder, weighing me down pound by pound…" The girl looked up and into the mans eyes, "I'm going to be alone for the rest of my eternity…aren't I?"

Silence. And then he shook his head back and forth denying her words. "NO. You'll have me, for as long as you actually do have me. And then when I die…"

"I'll follow quickly after, taking my life to be with you." Sakura stated, smiling with her eyes as she finished Itachi's sentence.

Quickly his eyes burned with fury as his grip tightened around her waist.

"No! That is sick. Sick and masochistic. When I die you will forget me and find another love. He will love and protect you, and that will carry out till you find one who is also like you, immortal. But you will not surrender to suicide! That is weakness, and selfish and pitiful!" Itachi took few deep breaths, calming himself down, "…But until I dieI want you to truly be with someone. And I….I want want to truly be with someone. Sakura."

Itachi loosened his grip to let him pull out a single black box.

"Will you marry me? Till death do ME part."

Tears streamed down her face once again as she silently nodded her head.

Itachi smiled lightly, opening the box and pulling out a silver band with one single diamond placed in the middle of a sparkling ruby square. Small, delicate, simple, and expensive Sakura thought as the cool metal slid onto her ring finger.

…

"WOW! It was about time man!" A group full of people fell out of the closet, each of them clothed with the familiar pattern of red clouds on black silk.

"Yes. Un. I was starting to think that I would have to propose for you…. Or instead of you un." Deidara chuckled, scratching the back of his head.

Sakura laughed as she laughed with the rest of her old friends, catching up and screaming violently at the once making crude jokes and gestures at them… One of them going as far as giving her an early 'wedding night' gift.

But hidden quietly outside the window peeked and spied red swirling eyes. Those same eyes widened as he whispered the name… the name of the one who stole his Sakura Blossom. The one who murdered his clan. The one who took everything from him. He whispered the name of his brother… Itachi.

A/N I know its short but it will have to do.

Please I'm feeling unloved with the reviews thus am not encouraged to write my best and/or a lot. So please for the love of sanity, pie, and FANFIC… review!