Hiyaa xD Remember me? D: Sorry about the long delay for the chapter D; To make it up to you, I've already written like, a third of the next chapter lol xD I hope you enjoy this chapter! Remember :D Read and review XD No burning please xD I already know my english is quite (VERY) bad xD

Also, this wont contain many spoilers, just to make sure, and Im not gonna pay attention to what actually happens in the story. I love Itachi to bits, more than Sasuke, I would really really hate to see Itachi die in this story, and he may or may not be very important in this story later :'D

I don't own Naruto lol. Just to make sure xD

Fragmented Lullabyes

Chapter 3

Visitor

It was once. Only once that he broke the invisible rules that he made himself. Only once, but that already was too many. He was pushing his limits already, and he was to the point where there was no return. It was pure hell, forcing himself to distance himself further from her, it was for her own safety rather than his sanity. He didn't care if he went mad, so long as she was safe. But his self control was withering, and that one time at breaking the rules almost destroyed it completely.

He was around Konoha, his ghostly jutsu contacting him and informing him of Sakura's recent dilemnas, completely intent in sorting them out. Lately, he noticed her increasing frustrations, her sadness and her becoming completely fed up with the village, on the verge of pursuing the same type of life that he had escaped to. Refusing to let this happen, he decided that he'll do his best to with-hold his temptations and urges, and try his best to brighten her life up, not that he thought it could do much. Still, he would try, but he subconsciously knew he was just looking for an excuse to see her and to hear her melodic voice.

He easily evaded any ANBU that were on patrol and infiltrated Konoha successfully within minutes. It was quite easy actually, he expected to confront at least 4 ANBU since it was only a few minutes before midnight.

Speeding through the houses of Konoha, he could say the memories were all quite nostalgic, memories of each bustling street and lively shop etched into his mind. As each nostalgic sight flew past him, his blood ran faster as the excitement to see his beloved Sakura again rose. His heartbeat like a pounding metronome, the joy and anticipation within revealed itself with one of his trademark smirks, his eyes gleaming with excitement and joy. Anyone who saw the Uchiha now probably wouldn't even be able to recognise him, partially because of his amazing strength and beauty, but also because of the fact he seemed so... happy.

Finally arriving at his destination, he hesitated before knocking on the door but not quite because of his nerves. Smirking at his antics, he decided it would be a shame to wake her up with a knock on the door and ruin the surprise. He figured if he had come all the way to Konoha just to see her, he may as well surprise her and give her a memory she'll keep forever. His smirk transforming into a wide grin, he leapt onto a nearby tree.

Jumping up to her bedroom window, he took a deep breath before he opened it silently. Pushing away the curtains that blocked him, he felt a wave of danger fly to him. Shifting his head to the side slightly, he smirked as he caught a kunai, and tried his best to hold in his laughter when he saw a half-asleep but still angry kunoichi in her pyjamas, sitting in her bed under her thick duvet.

She was pretty startled to say the least. She was having another twisted and sick dream where she had met him, but she felt herself be woken up but a soft shuffling in her room. Half asleep, she didn't know who it was, no sign of chakra but she couldn't tell if she knew the person hiding behind her curtains or not. She rose her head to look at the person who snuck into her room, sending a kunai flying towards her curtain, only to find it was caught. She sensed no murderous intent, nor any movement. Maybe it was just a cat, or maybe she was just dreaming. She could have been, until she saw what emerged from the curtains.

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It was really, really cold. She found herself to be sleeping on the floor of some other random room. She got up groggily and painfully, some ribs broken and a vicious pain in her left arm. She guessed it was 'cause she tried to run away again, as her chakra was also drained. She sat up painfully, seething as she breathed in, her ribs puncturing her lungs. After a while, she managed to get herself to a wall, and she rested there, her eyes closed and breathing really slowly, trying not to breathe at all. Maybe if they saw her nearly dead, they'd give her some medication, or even better, just dump her body somewhere.

She heard a knock on the door, and the door opening. She couldn't be bothered to open her eyes, so she just pretended to be asleep. Wasn't so convincing though, the intruder obviously could tell she was awake. As if anyone could sleep naturally with no medication with a bunch of broken ribs. Despite this, her visitor was quite understanding. Completely accepting the fact she may not really want to talk right now, he entered the room with a few pills and a glass of water.

"Hey…" A familiar voice spoke out softly. Sakura didn't answer, nor did she even try to confirm if she noticed him or not, she felt it was too difficult and painful to even open her mouth. Deidara saw this, and decided he would be the one to instigate the conversation this time.

"Sorry about earlier, I shouldn't have let you past me. Itachi forced me to leave you in this room, a prison, rather than my own... 'Cause he thinks I'll let you try to escape again... un. As you can guess, Itachi... Itachi kind of broke your ribs, and also kind of snapped your arm…" He trailed off, he probably said more, but Sakura wasn't listening. She concentrated on how long it would take for her to gather enough chakra to heal herself. She really, really wanted to go home, heal her injuries and take a warm shower. Not even bothering to listen to the blond, her thoughts trailed back to her home and her warm king sized bed. Her mind wandering, she completely forgot the situation she was in, and drifted to sleep.

Deidara watched her innocently fall asleep. At this, his face saddened. He didn't really like the idea of her being broken and injured because of him, and his worry about her every day was increasing, her skin going paler and her heart beating slower.

"I have some pain killers, it'll ease the pain. I can't perform any medical jutsu so that'll have to do. Sorry… un." He spoke softly to himself, his voice apologetic. He walked closer to her with his pills and water in hand. He put the pills gently into her mouth, and tipped her head backwards as he gave her the water slowly (A/N I asked like, 4 friends, and they didn't know what the proper word is rofl xD so Im just gonna say gave. Sorry if it sounds terrible xD), grimacing as his hands made contact with her frozen skin. He slowly cupped her cheek with his hand, almost falling as his body shuddered from the sudden coldness.

Kissing her forehead gently, he stripped himself of his cloak and placed it around Sakura's shoulders, hoping it would keep her warm. He gazed at her one last time, and exited the room.

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Her eyes widened with shock. In front of her stood a beautiful raven haired man, with dark onyx eyes. He was dressed in standard ANBU uniform, but his face wasn't hidden by a mask. He had an arrogant smirk on his face, and peaceful eyes that betrayed the deadly aura that he seemed to emit. His eyes reflected the full moon perfectly, his eyes almost luminous.

Her heart clenched at the sight of him, her tears unconsciously falling. When she realized this, she quickly snapped out of her reverie and wiped her tears. She grabbed a kunai and held it in front of her, to seem like it would protect her from whoever had intruded on her. She was about to attack, but was stopped as she saw the beautiful man before her vanished. She stood up in shock, only to be pulled back by an arm around her waist, and a hand on her kunai.

"Sakura." The man whispered into her ear, his warm breath tickling her skin. His voice was deep and mellow, but deeply soothing to her. Without realizing it, she relaxed and even let go of the kunai, and his grip on her loosened to match her comfort. The man crossed his legs on her bed, resting her on his lap and chest, her face at the crook of his neck. He moved his other hand to her head, weaving his fingers into her silky hair, and breathing in her scent. Meanwhile, she was speechless. She considered herself being asleep still, and that it was just a dream. She felt so safe in this man's arms, even though she had probably never met him before. How did this man know her name? Why, even though she was sure she didn't know him, did it feel like she knew this man?

"Sakura." The man whispered again, he leaned back slowly, his eyes locking with her own. Sakura looked into his eyes, and gasped as his dark eyes turned crimson red, understanding immediately that she was in the arms of an Uchiha. Before she could even try to struggle, he silenced her with his mouth, pushing her into the bed with his own weight. He shuddered at the warmth of her lips, and a faint subtle taste of vanilla. She was utterly confused as the exiled ninja carried on kissing her passionately, trying to push him away. Her efforts were in vain though, as he held her hands together and pinned them onto the bed.

Slowly and delicately, like a predator savouring his prey, he bit into her bottom lip, causing her to gasp, gaining entrance to her mouth. Exploring her mouth, savouring her taste. He noticed her stop struggling, and instead letting herself being taken by him. He let her arms go and started caressing her body, one arm around her waist, one travelling down her cheek and caressing her neck playing with locks of hair. Sakura moaned under him, muffled by his lips, only separating when they needed air. Slowly, she wove her fingers with his raven hair, which actually seemed much softer than it looked. She was so tempted to close her eyes and let him have his way with her, but she knew that this man could be gone in seconds. She was etching his image, his smell, his touch into her memory.

After a few moments, the Uchiha pulled himself back, panting. His eyes were filled with desire, making her heart flutter. After a few silent moments, he leaned down and started kissing her neck, earning a pleasurable moan from the woman under him. Clenching and pulling his hair, she didn't even care about the fact she didn't know this man, she just wanted this blissful feeling to last forever. The man on top of her seemed to feel the same as he nibbled her ear lobe, whispering and moaning pleasurable moans into her ear.

"Sakura." He suddenly stopped, causing her to open eyes that she didn't notice were closed. His face was pained and sombre, desperate even. She wanted to ask what was wrong, but her voice wouldn't come out. He looked like he was restraining himself, hesitating before he spoke.

"Sakura..." He started, closing his eyes before he continued, as if contemplating something before opening them again to continue. "Here's your chance to say no. Your only chance to refuse me." He spoke softly, but she could feel chills from the seriousness and dire need in his voice. She wanted to ask what was happening, to clarify what she was thinking, but her facial expression gave her away before she managed to even open her mouth.

"Once you accept me, I probably won't let you go. I'm a selfish man Sakura, and I will probably keep you in the dark about everything. Here's your last chance to refuse me..." He closed his eyes again, he didn't want to let her see his sincere fear of rejection. Taking one last deep breath, he continued. "Tell me bluntly, you don't have to be forced to do anything."

As he opened his eyes, he felt warm lips touch his softly, and he understood what her decision was. Instantly, his self control broke, and as instantly as that. That one rule was broken.

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When she woke up, she found she wasn't cold. Instead she found she had an akatsuki cloak wrapped round her tightly, and it smelled slightly like Deidara. She also noticed she had enough chakra to heal her ribs, but not her arm. Breathing slowly, she concentrated and mended her ribs. Relieved to be able to breathe properly without risk of puncturing her lungs, not even mentioning the sharp pain in her lungs, she slowly stood up resting on the wall she slept against. The room she was in was filled with sunlight, which she found came from a small window. It was raining, but she could still see several farmers working in the rain on their fields. She couldn't tell which crop it was, since they were only just starting to sow the seeds, so she decided to try to look at the small landscape that surrounded the fields. Her attempts ended up as failures, as a dreary morning mist seemed to hide whatever was beyond the fields. Otherwise, all she saw were small typical farming barns.

'So much for that idea...' She remarked inwardly, bored out of her wits. Somehow, she started to miss her sarcastic non-existent friend. She started to long for his company; it had been so long since she had last heard his teasing voice, so long since she had felt his warmth on her neck, her hands and body. Since that night, since she was visited by that unknown man, she couldn't help but imagine her non-existent friend as that beautiful man that made love to her that night. It was wrong of course, the person that had been with her all these years, protecting her and keeping her company, cheering her up when she needed to be... But ever since that night, she couldn't stop herself from idealising the person hiding from her as that coal eyed sharingan user.

It had been quite a while since that had happened, probably half a year in fact. On that day, she couldn't deny the disappointment that she was expecting when she woke up after that morning. She had expected it, really. But any amount of expectation couldn't prevent the sad disappointment that she felt when she felt the empty bedsheets. The only evidence he had ever been there, that it wasn't actually a dream, were the tainted bedsheets and the various love bites that he had given Sakura.

She sighed. She was so bored she was even thinking about that night that shouldn't have ever happened. She couldn't say she regretted the night though, not convincingly anyway. She still had dreams of that man embracing her on nights that had a full moon. Sighing for what felt like the hundredth time, she slid down the wall, sitting down as she fell. This would be a long wait before anyone would come to save her.

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He couldn't believe himself. He was such a fool. Cursing and muttering to himself, quietly though so she couldn't hear him, he slowly untangled himself from her petite body. He was extremely angry with himself, how could he lose control like that? What's more, she saw him, and she saw his eyes. She would be able to find out who he was. Everything could be ruined because of his stupid lack of control. He sighed helplessly. He couldn't bring himself to say that he regretted the previous night. He needed her, desperately, but that still wouldn't let himself forgive himself for doing such a thing. He would definitely make sure... He would definitely make sure he would keep his distance unless he needed to be near her, and make sure he wouldn't break the rules again.

Taking a deep breath, he turned towards her naked self hidden under a sheet of thin blanket, the duvet probably kicked off during their love making. He caressed her cheek gently, taking extra care not to wake her. Moving closer, he brought his mouth to her ear and whispered a simple "Gomen ne." With that, she whimpered slightly, shuffling slightly in her sleep. He held back a chuckle, he hoped she was having a lovely dream. That was what she deserved.

Gathering his scattered clothes from the floor, he moved soundlessly, freezing completely whenever she would shuffle or make a noise. Eventually, he managed to get dressed.

Kissing her gently on the cheek once more and breathing in her vanilla scent once more, he left her room, her house and her village, returning to wherever he was meant to be.

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"You're enjoying this way too much,

I can tell.

Just wait, it'll be your turn soon."

I hope you liked this chapter :D Remember to review 3 It makes me want to update more! lol xD Well D: Above all else, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing this xD Also :D NO BURNING please :3 I know my writing sucks already xD Don't need reminders XD thankies :D

Oh yeah, some a spoiler for this fic cause I feel really bad for not updating and to make you want to Story update to see what happens next! xD

Sakura will meet real Sasuke verrrrry soon xD