Chapter XVII

Love Is So Twisted

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Lord Haruno was glaring at everyone; he was displeased as he had his daughter Sakura sitting beside him looking so old, beyond her age. "This is unacceptable! I expected more from the Uchiha clan and look what you have done to my precious child" Fugaku hung his head low feeling like he failed somewhere, on the other hand Itachi smiled, his eyes closed and expression relaxed as he sat there like he owned the world.

And as long as he had his little brother, Uchiha Itachi did own the world.

"I assure you that the only one in wrong here is your daughter for provoking my little brother into a fight and besides that in all my courting, she has proven to be completely unfaithful" The elder Haruno was shocked as he stared at Itachi who talked with so much precision "I am displeased with all her actions, so I am calling this wedding off on my own and I hope to see you leave within the hour, I really can't stand your daughter near here any longer" Itachi opened his eyes and showed his red eyes that gleamed in dominance.

"You can't just call something off when we have a binding contract-"

"I believe I just did, I also believe I just dismissed you" Itachi leaned forward into his hands as he rested his chin there "Please don't make me start something that surely you would not be able to finish, and please don't ever argue with me, save your breath" Itachi smirked "after all, this was all to get to know her, she's a busy little bee looking for a good fuck, not a marriage. Consider how your child feels before you tell he something so stupid as marrying an Uchiha, Cause if I was to marry her and she even dare think of another man I would have her head on a platter"

Sakura looked scared, her eyes wide as she stared at Itachi, she didn't want to believe the words that dropped from his mouth but she knew she spoke nothing but the truth "You know, don't you" her voice still sounded the same, she sure did not look the same "Sasuke told you everything didn't he, that little ass." Sakura clenched her fist and rested her suddenly tired body at the side of her father. "It's not fair, all I wanted to do was forget and start a new"

"Why can't you be resourceful, hunt down his ass and make him pay before you decide that it's time to move on, specially when you are just playing for looks. You are really doing no one any good" Itachi suggested and Sakura looked at him shocked. Out of everything everyone had told her, Itachi's advice seemed like that best one. Suddenly she smiled and tried to stand up but failed even worse than a turtle turned on its back.

"Please, give me back my young body" she begged for the millionth time and Itachi shook his head.

"It's a spell, it'll take some time, maybe around the time it takes you to reach the Haruno lands, then again perhaps even longer. It'll help you to learn to be patient." Sakura groaned, she was going to stay stuck like this for a month and what she hated was that everything in his head was being thoroughly thought through. On the other hand, Itachi wanted her to stay that way a while longer, he preferred she not attack his little lover any more. He still did not trust her.

He could not believe that she had suddenly changed.

He wanted her to weigh down things on her shoulder and really learn her lesson. So it was best to leave her like that for at least some time. It'll be worth it, and even though if she still was obsessed, then he had no choice than to kill her before she even reached his little brother. The meeting continued as they made arrangements and told the Haruno's to simply leave.

Fugaku was amazed at his Itachi had gotten out of the marriage.

It only made him curious to see what his son's next move was going to be.

-Itachi's room-

Sasuke sighed lightly as he stretched out his arms over his head and felt the covers of the bed slid down his stomach to curl around his thighs. He was completely naked and sated, but when he looked over to his right side, he saw that his brother was not there with him. Sitting up slowly he blinked his sleepy eyes a bit before looking around and then outside the window to find the sun up high and blaring.

It was already noon.

Rubbing his eyes to brush off the sleep from them he stood up and made his way to his brother's attached bathroom where he took a bath and changed his clothes. After a while when he was finished in the bathroom he slowly looked around the room before stepping out of it and deciding to go in his own before he went down stairs to eat something. Just as he was about to get in his room arms wrapped around his waist.

"Hey there sexy" Itachi purred into his ear and Sasuke turned his head to peck his brother's cheek.

"How was your meeting Niisan?"

"Boring, because you were not there" Itachi smiled at the pretty blush on Sasuke's face. Though he had wished to find Sasuke still asleep and naked in his bed by the time he got back. Having to leave his brother in that state early in the morning was really the hardest thing he had to do that day. "Aren't you going to come down to eat?"

"Uh, I just wanted to grab some socks and shoes from my room before I went" Itachi nodded and allowed his little brother to get his stuff before they went down stairs.

Ino was glowing and when she saw Sakura she nearly ripped her eyes out at how ugly and saggy she looked. "Sakura? What happened to you?" One thing was for sure, Ino could be a bitch, right now she could have been one to Sakura, but her natural instinct was to be concern for her friend to be in a world of pain.

"I stupidly decided to pick on Sasuke, pissing Itachi off and look at what that got me" Sakura tried to make a sexy pose and in the background you could hear Gai and Lee yelling 'my youthful eyes, t he spring has died'

"You…uh…look so horrible" Sakura sighed.

"Matches how I feel" She looked up when her brother Sai came up to her and smiled. Itachi had really out done himself, Sai had to admit.

"Come sister, we are leaving" He turned to Ino, the blond who seem to be lost at the moment "Are you coming back with us Ino or are you going to call your parents to escort you?" Ino blinked and then shook her head.

"No, I'll go with you!" She looked around like the lost little puppy she looked like at the moment. There was only one explanation for that. "I just have to find Tenten and Shikamaru" She bowed, of course she was never going to go anywhere without those two. The once she loved the most "I'll be there in a few, please carry on" Sai nodded as he proceeded to escort his delicate sister.

"I shall tell them that you are coming" He muttered to the blonds retreating back.

"Wait" Sakura said and Sai and Ino turned to look at her. "How does it feel to actually love someone with all your heart?" she asked. After all, she might have been a spoiled brat, but she was not blind. Ino and Sai glanced at each other before looking at the white haired old lady Sakura had become. There was really no way to explain it, what words could sum up love? When touching and being with that person spoke volumes.

"It's hard to explain with words Sakura, it's something you have to feel here" Ino pressed her hand to her chest. "Maybe someday you will understand, but for now, worry about getting better and wait for love to find you on its own." Sakura furrowed her brow and was about to argue when all of a sudden she felt dizzy and tired at the same time and nearly fell over herself, her body ached in places she didn't even know could even ache.

"Come on sister, I'll take you to the carriage"

With that Sai and Sakura left leaving Ino with her own thoughts and journey of finding Shikamaru and the others. She looked around the bottom floor but could not find them, and then she decided to check up stairs. That's when she randomly opened a door and inside she saw the head Haruno and Hyuuga, both of them looked intense and the air around them was heavy, that Ino couldn't help but stay there and look at them.

-In the kitchen-

Sasuke looked up from his food to his brother who was looking at him with this adoring look that made his face flush and heart beat against his chest. Why did Itachi have to look at him with that face at this time? "Please don't look at me like that niisan, I'm trying to eat"

"Why? Afraid you might choke?" Sasuke growled at what Itachi said "It's not like I wouldn't save you"

"You are so damn lucky I love you or I'd kick your ass"

"I would find that highly amusing little brother"

"I bet" Sasuke stuck out his tongue and then took a bite of his food "You are seriously wrong in the head somewhere, and I wish I could read it" Itachi laughed at his little brother's statement. Both of them kept enjoying themselves, for once everything felt right in their word. Everything seemed so perfect for that moment.

To bad it was not going to stay that way for long.

"So, you up for it" White eyes zeroed in on the other pair of eyes, an odd olive green that was annoying to look at.

"Of course, they humiliated my daughter, they acted so high and mighty and so far I think these battle are stupid" Hyuuga nodded at what lord Haruno said. For one he agreed a hundred percent, the Uchiha's had to be thought a lesson. No, maybe just the elder son and his dumb ideas, especially his infatuation for his younger brother. Hiashi would have never guessed if it were not for lord Haruno who had spilled the beans right on his lap.

"I agree"

"So, a brain washing spell, where would we find one of those?" Haruno asked and Hiashi shook his head at the ignorant man.

"What better source than the daughter of the Yamanaka clan" He turned to the door his eyes popping out in veins that viciously pulsed and Ino gasped as she felt herself lose control of her body. Everything felt numb around her that there was no room to fear, but she was still conscious to what was going on "The only clan to work against the human mind, what better way to make Neji's lover hate him, make Itachi's life miserable. I happened to know a few things"

Sir Haruno smirked "I like where this is going, but what about my daughters condition" Hishi rolled his eyes. Who the hell cared about his daughter's condition, but if he wanted to keep the man in his plan he was going to have to go an eye for an eye and promise that soon it would be fix.

"We'll force Itachi to reverse it, after all that is his specialty, but for now let's concentrate on crumbling them." Hiashi said as he searched with his mind all the halls for one last body that he needed.

Inside Ino's mind all that swept through was a no.

All she could do, was stand there with no expression, no life in her eyes no nothing.

'NO!'

Tenten gasped as she stopped walking and Neji stopped to look at her. "Tenten, what's wrong?" Tenten didn't know what was wrong with her, all she kept hearing was this voice being overpowered by another, and it was an enchantment. She knew, she'd experience this once before and whoever it was, was casting a spell on her.

It was a hex.

"Tenten…"

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