Aww crap. Well now I can't follow my plan on what I originated. Damn. Oh well :) time for improve, which btw, I'm excellent at :). Somehow acting as a complete other person is natural to me… oh well :) you all know the speaking so I'm not gonna waste my time with that…
Btw, I don't own Naruto. Why you ask? Cuz I would never be able to produce a manga book on time let alone a show… in dubbed and subbed… ever..
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Recap: "Her eyes gave away her identity even though a cloth mask hid her mouth and nose.
"Sakura."
Hearing her name, the kunoichi turned toward her old team mate and forgot about her opponent."
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Konan landed a blow to Sakura's stomach as she was distracted, sending her to the lake 700 meters away. Sakura gasped in water, trying to regain air, but slowly drowning herself out of confusion. Quickly she relaxed and swam up to the surface, sputtering all the excess water in her lungs.
Looking around at the surrounding water, inky trails from her body weaved into the pure blue water creating a dark cloud. Sakura pulled on her hair and then looked at the dyed glove upon her hand. 'Obviously cheap hair dye should not be used during missions' the kunoichi mentally smacked herself.
Although Sakura was at a disadvantage in the water, Konan couldn't use any of her paper jutsus on said female and retreated back to her room leaving the rest for her leader. Itachi's eyes flashed a sense of curiosity that the retreating kunoichi caught.
Her eyes showed exhaustion and she was wearing her training gear to take chakra away quicker when in action. Madara suggested this earlier to help her create more stamina and larger reserves.
The blonde still stared at his ex-team mate in awe of how she found him and why. Sakura maladroitly climbed out of the lake and cautiously made her way towards Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, can you please stop gawking at me and tell me what's on your mind? I know I shouldn't be here, but I am and I don't regret it," she spoke slightly confidently but for the most part timidly.
"H-how did you get here? Why do you even care? You betrayed me."
Itachi caught a sense of longing for the girl at first, but quickly it turned to disgust.
"After Tsunade-samma sent teams to look for you in every country but here, I knew it had to be the one. All the teams came back empty handed and only caught the occasionally troublemaker. She promised the Elders to stay away from the Akatsuki because other wise she wouldn't have a defense if she sent so many people out. Danzou agreed to use Root for awhile and when the first team came up empty handed and she refused to let me go… I just sorta… left."
"You never answered my second question." He stated with complete indifference to her story.
"I owe you Naruto. Even though you thought it was the other way around, when I took care of you and then we became what we both deserved, it was my salvation. I finally found true happiness. You lit up my eyes every time I saw you, even when you looked like you were just mulled by an Onbu. I loved then and I still do."
"Then why did you accept?"
"Because… if I didn't… they were going to massacre my family, including Tsunade, and you."
"And you didn't think that we could handle them?" He said angrily. "You're family may not be in top shape anymore, but do you honestly think that anyone in Konoha is going to allow me or Granny to just roll over? No."
"They had all of Root ready to go. And there were some Anbu spies that joined in. Plus Sasuke was intensly set on me that when I spoke with Neji about it, he said that Hinata was abused because he didn't approve of something. The Hyuugas had to set up a protection plan for her because he was going to kill her. If I said "no" then I would be captured by him and forced anyways. It's a kunoichi's job to serve the village." The pinkette screamed.
Itachi's ears picked up at the sound of his brothers name. He slowly grew angry at his little brothers newfound ways. Uchihas may be cruel and icey, but they are still gentlemen when they court. 'Of course, I never really followed the "not kill one's date" part.' Itachi thought.
"Don't give me that shit 'To serve the village.' You promised never to betray me."
"If I could ask something?" Itachi smoothly interjected.
"What?! You're the bastard that made your psycho brother like this!" Sakura screamed. Her voice seemed to be giving in with so much strain of healing and then yelling with Naruto.
"Don't you ever, ever say that about Itachi-san. He did nothing more than protect him out of love. You would never understand self sacrifice for your love."
"As much as I appreciate your defense for me Naruto-san, I don't care for telling her. But may I ask what did she do to you?"
"Maybe later 'Tachi. I don't feel like talking about this anymore. Can you show me where Madara's room is? And by Madara's I mean mine."
Itachi picked up on the subtle nickname and smirked inwardly to himself. 'I think I'm getting to this boy. And I think I like it…but wait, he's taking Madara's room?'
"Naruto-san, I find it wise not to anger Madara so we should stay clear of his room."
"One cannot be angry when one is dead." Naruto replied while quickly turning and heading back into the base.
"Wait! Where am I supposed to go?"
"Off a cliff maybe?" the blonde replied while shutting the door behind him.
"You may stay on positive level three. Do not go to the negative levels. If you eat anything, write it down." Itachi quickly followed Naruto inside with Sakura trailing a good safe distance away from the paranoid like raven.
Itachi assumed the vessel would be at the elevator saying as that was his only reference point. The door was closing right as the raven nin got there that Naruto impatiently hit the reopen button and Itachi entered. The dark haired, pale beauty hit the number seven down and the lift started down.
"I've only been there a few times. Be cautious." The tall nin added right before the doors opened.
'He seems so talkative lately. Ever since encountering Sakura, he seems so open. Maybe it was because I defended him… oh well.' The blonde thought happily. What he didn't know was that the more Itachi seemed to be around him, the more he fell for the blonde.
Naruto stepped into the foyer of the seventh floor and immediately turned on his Kyuubi eyes while Itachi had his Sharingan already swirling. 'I guess he thought he himself was a big enough threat to keep his room solitary,' Itachi thought.
Walking though the foyer and opening the two grand doors, the pair readied themselves for what may come from the bedroom. Instead of weapons or traps, ceiling lights turned on to a dull white light. What seemed like 50 lights were placed throughout the room making everything have a heavenly glow.
Black marble floors added an echo to each step that was taken. A king sized bed sat across the back wall with red velvet drapes embroidered with gold complemented the comforters on the bed. A single grand chandelier hung from the center of the room with thousands of beautiful diamonds. The bed seemed to be separated from the rest of the room with gold fencing that had detail that would take a master four years to finish.
Before the closed off bed, an antique desk was placed to the right of the room. The dark wood had a beautiful finish and gold trim. Along with the desk a large, worn journal was placed in the middle, a quill and ink next to the journal, and a dark wooden chair that matched the desk.
The room seamed simple with the very few items, but the detail put into every item made everything seem extravagant. Naruto stepped across the room and dragged his finger across the god like desk and wanted to touch the rest of everything, just to see if it were all real.
Naruto stepped into the closet on the left and felt all the silks and extremely rich materials. He leafed through the clothes finding some that would fit his smaller frame and pulled them out to wear. Throwing off his shirt, Naruto turned and saw Itachi staring at his top half bare body. Blood rushed to his face and a delicate pink graced his tan cheeks as the blonde sheepishly closed the door.
'What the hell was that? Why did I blush under his watch?' Naruto thought when he started to pull a black sleeveless shirt. He started to slide the arm sleeve up and strapped a small white belt at the top of his arm and one on his forearm. He started on the other arm while he picked out some pants with his eyes.
Meanwhile, Itachi sat in the antique chair by the desk and flipped through the pages of the journal. 'Why was I staring at him? I've seen many bodies before, nothing new, but still, he was just so appetizing. Why does my mind betray me when I've lived my entire life without this much of an effect?'
In the closet Naruto pulled up a pair of black skinny jeans. Although the style was to be form fitting, the jeans hung off of his frame. 'Why does he have such small clothes? He was easily twice my size.' Picking out a white belt, Naruto completed the look with one of Madara's smaller cloaks. As he opened the door the blush reappeared when Itachi looked his way with a bit of lust in his eyes.
'That blush, it's so cute, and his pout, so irresistible. What am I thinking?' "That look fits you well." And the blush grew deeper.
'He's talking about the clothes, not me, the clothes, not me… hell I wish it was me.'
"Hn. If you're done, let's go eat."
"H-hai." 'Damned stutter!'
-_-_-_- In the Kitchen on floor +3 -_-_-_-
Sakura sat at the long dining table at the end with her ankles crossed neatly. Twisting her chopsticks in her fingers, the pinkette thought about her past with her love.
~ Flashback Time ~
Sakura quickly slid her nurse skirt down from her hips and searched for her shirt and bra. She could hear the bubbling blonde down the hallway calling her name. Quickly she found her white lace bra and snapped it on.
"Where is my damned blouse?"
"Check the plant in the corner." A smooth voice sounded from the bed.
"You threw my shirt in the plant? Sasuke-kun, it's gonna have dirt stains on it."
"I'd stop complaining and get dressed before your fiancé enters here and sees who you're with."
He was right and she knew it. She couldn't get caught with the one man that Naruto absolutely hated. After the incident with Hinata, Sakura tried her best not to think of her former love. She said she hated him but love never dies, right? Quickly she buttoned her shirt up with a little cleavage showing to lure the blonde and then dusted away the dirt.
"Thank Kami it didn't stain. I can't keep making up cover stories."
"Well if you would get pregnant sooner then you would be sent to Suna to have the child and you could return to your normal life."
Sakura rolled her eyes, smoothed down her hair, and walked out of the room looking like she just took care of a big emergency.
"Sakura-chan! Wow you look exhausted. What happened?"
"A patient got out of control and things got serious."
"Then what's with the mark on your neck?"
'Shit! He gave me a fucking hickey! I'm screwed.'
"Oh, that! HaHaHa! Like I said, the patient was out of control and threw something at me. Don't worry though, everything's fine."
Her laugh was enough to throw him off but he trusted her more then he'd trust himself. She put his life back in order and she knew she had the upper hand. He sniffed the air thinking he smelled something but dismissed it to continue his lunch with her.
~ End of Flashy ~
'How could I hurt him so bad? What was I thinking?'
Just then the two opposite duo walked into the kitchen on the quest to gorge themselves. Itachi went straight to the kitchen, ignoring the fact that Sakura sat at the table. Naruto glanced at her and t hen followed Itachi to decide what to eat.
Naruto noticed how neat, clean, and healthy Itachi has been in the past hours with him and now wasn't an exception. Itachi pulled out some strawberries, a banana, two apples, and some grapes.
The sunny blonde reached for a knife to cut the apple and Itachi came up behind him to grab the wooden cutting board. Naruto felt the raven push against him to reach feeling his stone carved chest. Instantly a blush spread across his face and it was not unnoticed. The raven set the board down in front of the blonde. Sliding his hand off the board, Itachi stopped at the edge of the granite counter, quite close to the blonde's hardening appendage.
Itachi pulled away as to fluster the blonde's lust and went to another cabinet pulling out two glasses and a tea kettle. Filling it up, he set it on the stove and waited for it to steam. The pale nin returned to the cutting board and reached around the blonde, flustering him more. Itachi finished chopping all the fruit except a strawberry, bringing it to Naruto's mouth.
The pair didn't notice a set of green eyes spying on them in the doorway.
The kettle started whistling and Itachi glided over and removed it from the heat pouring it into the small ceramic tea cups. Setting the cups on the board, the raven carried it over to the dining table and waited for the blonde to follow his lead.
'Okay Naruto, just think of kittens. It always works.' After taking a deep breath, Naruto settled everything and followed his new interest to join in eating.
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So as for Madara's bed… just look up King Louis XIV bed…
Okay… so this took me hours to write, why you ask? Because halfway through my computer decided that dying is fun. =/. And I didn't save… but luckily part of it was still there :D but then every time I moved my feet, my kitten decided that little mice were near her and attacked my legs -_-* so yeah…
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