An/ Hey guy! This is going to be the last chapter and I want to thank all of those who are reading this story! I never thought I would have 75 reviews! 75! Wow!

Itachi's sholders were slumped as he trudged into the base. His entire form seemed slumped, defeated. Slowly he went to his room; not wanting the symapathy the cat saw in all the eyes that stared at him.

Sakura turned over sleepily, only to be woken by a loud shout and an orange ninja glomping her madly. "SAKURA! You're back! How did you get out of there?"

Naruto kept going a mile per minute as the shocked girl simply stared at a point above his left ear. She was back? Slowly she touched all her familiar things in her room, tears inexplicably pricking her eyes at the thought of never seeing Itachi's calm face again.

Month after month went by, both ninjas went through them barely getting by. Their vision seemed to darken and become gray. They went on missions, ate with friends and worked but they never had the same enthiusem for it but they didn't have any choice. It was go on or be drowned in sadness and memories from the few months they shared.

Sakura's friends knew something had happened, whenever no was looking her smile would slip off and she would stare off into the horizon a expression of such instance longing on her face anyone watching her had to look away, uncomfortable.

Itachi was the same as before, but changed somehow. He did the missions efficiently but would not even talk to his uncle. He sank deeper and deeper into his depression and couldn't sleep. Nightmares would make him wake screaming, reaching for a warm body next to his only to find it empty. If the nightmares were too bad he would begin to shake and could barely stop himself from transporting to her room and crawling into her bed.

Sakura was called into Tsunade's office one year from the time she had woken up in her own bed. Bewildered she quickly ran a brush through her hair and fixed a fake smile worthy of Sai on her face. "Tsunade-sama?"

"Haruno Sakura; I have an S-classed mission for you if you care to accept."

"I am always ready to do my duty as a Konoha ninja." Sakura's voice was lacking cheerfulness that she had strove to keep in the first few months of being held in the village.

"Alright! Your mission is to become Itachi's captive again! While feeding information back into Konoha of course..." Sakura was showing the first stirring of emotion in long weeks. There was shock, and maybe the barest glint of hope?

"But how? I'm needed at the hospitable!" Sakura's defense was weak at best and she was only putting on a show of reluctance.

"This is more important than the hospitable, Harauno... Do you accept your mission?"

The girl smiled widely for the first time, "I do."

"Good be here in an hour with all the things you will need, there is no time limit on this mission understand?"

"Hai!"

Pain smiled at the ease that Tsunade agreed to give her student back to the were-cat. Soon all the pieces would fall into place, Madara would be overthrown and he would become ruler of a peaceful world, ruling not through fear but negotiations benefit to both parties.

Sakura threw things into her bag lastly packing a note she'd seen before Naruto rushed to tell the entire village she was back. It was simple but Sakura could feel the pain Itachi was feeling as he wrote the harmless paper.

Sakura,

I can't justify keeping you in harm's way any longer. Pain is planning to overthrow Madara and you may be caught in the cross fire. What happened with Orochimaru last night proves that. I hope you can forgive me for the horrible things you have suffered in my care; my dearest wish is that you find happiness in your village and don't try to seek me out. I will be fine.

-Itachi Uchiha

She hugged the note gently to her chest and ran to see Tsunade, what would Itachi say when he saw her?

Tsunade grasped the scroll carefully; it contained her prized disciple after all. Soon Pain himself would come for the scroll; to be delivered straight to Itachi, he had given his word.

Pain showed up and handed over a signed contract. The Akatsuki would no longer search for Naruto and would leave Konoha alone in estrange for the girl's safe travel to Itachi. The werecat was totally ignorant of this fact and Pain meant to keep it that way, he now had motivation for Itachi to fight on his side of the war.

Itachi was summoned to Pain's office to be dealt another mission; He did not expect to be ambushed and forced to watch as Pain dragged aside a curtain to reveal a bound Sakura, her eyes spitting emerald fire.

As the man began to struggle Pain tsked him. "Now now Itachi, she won't be harmed if you do as I tell you if not..." Pain drew back his hand and backhanded the bound girl full in the face.

Itachi let a strangled snarling hiss; trying to reach Pain to claw his eyes out. He quickly stilled as the hand rose again. "Good you are learning quickly."

Itachi's glare burned into the Akatsuki leader, "What do you want, Pain?" His voice was barely hearable but full of anger malice that cut through the room like it was butter.

"Simple I want your help in destroying Madara."

Itachi bared his teeth "Why should I help you?"

"Because I hold the one thing you care about." Pain slowly brought up Sakura's chin up to meet his eyes.

"Don't touch her!" Itachi was straining to get Sakura away from the maniac that was Pain.

"Dear, dear Itachi I can do whatever I want, haven't I shown you that yet?"

Later the door opened and Sakura gripped the letter opener she had found. If Pain tried to touch her again he would be in for a nasty surprise! To her shock Itachi opened the door and glanced at the weapon she held in amusement. "Are you going to attack me Sakura?"

She quickly shook her head as he came closer. He kneeled next to her and untied her gag. 'Better?"

"What happened? Who won?" Itachi smirked, "Both our problems are over. Pain struck down Madara and I snuck behind Pain and got him. We can both go back to our normal lives, Sakura you are safe. I'm sorry you had to deal with that."

Sakura heard in his voice he was going to leave her again, she could not let that happen! "Itachi... Don't you want me? Am I too much of a hassle?"

Before she had finished her sentence Itachi was crushing her to his chest. "Don't say that! I'm not good enough for you; I'm not even a man!"

Sakura glared up at him. "Shut up you stupid man! I can discern for myself who is good for me."

She saw he was going to argue with her reasoning so gently Sakura tugged his chin down and laid her lips on his very shocked ones. He suddenly gripped her tighter and moaned as it seemed the world finally settled into place. "Sakura? Are you sure?" As the burst away gasping for air.

She just smiled and kissed him again, slower and gentler this time around.

A few weeks later the same blissful couple was fighting in the woods. "I will turn you into one of me Sakura!"

Said girl narrowed his eyes at the annoying man in front of her. "And why not?"

"Because I'm not natural! I'm an abnormality of nature!"

She smiled at him. "So? I want to be an abnormality of nature? My hair is already an abnormality!"

Itachi gave up that argument and looked at the ground. "What if you don't love me anymore?" He asked so softly Sakura had to strain to hear him. She softly went up to him and wrapped his slender form up in her arms, looking into his eyes she said with total conviction, "I will never stop loving you Itachi."

He slowly nodded and completed a complicated jutsu that transformed his loved one into a fellow were-cat. The pink haired cat yawned and stretched running off into the woods as the last, and greatest of Uchiha's followed with a smile on his cat face.

An/ That is the end of it! In case you are wondering, Sasuke fell off a cliff or became a sabaku either way you like it.

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