Hey, sorry for the wait! Here's the sixth chapter :)
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The next chapter will be longer, this one just has some fluff. Yayy.
Chapter Six- The calm before the storm
"It's...it's her..." The old lady gasped.
Suddenly she growled and said, "How dare you come into our home? Be gone, demon."
The most confusing part was that she was saying this to Sakura. Shisui frowned, 'She may be insanely strong and have a scary temper, but Sakura isn't a demon. At least, she doesn't look like one.'
Itachi tensed and readied himself to protect Sakura when Ryuu spoke up, "Sayu, calm down. Look at her eyes, she's not her."
The woman, Sayu, looked at Sakura properly and gasped, this time in shame. She bowed her head in apology and said, "I'm so sorry child, I mistook you for someone else."
'That's the second time it's happened,' the shinobi thought suspiciously.
"That's okay...I guess," Sakura said awkwardly.
"This is my elder sister, Sayuri," Ryuu said. They smiled politely at her.
"So, we rest tonight and leave at dawn," Itachi said. "Is that alright with you Kenpachi-Sama?" Sakura made a face and snorted. Itachi wilted slightly, which did not go unnoticed by Sayuri.
"Of course," Ryuu said, smiling gratefully at them.
"We're sorry, but we have only two vacant guest rooms left. Some of our family members are over," Sayuri said innocently.
"Oh, that's okay...the guys can-"
"No no no!" Sayuri interrupted, startling Sakura. "You would be unsafe. You must room with that handsome young man over there. He will be able to protect you." Sakura blanched when she realised that Sayuri meant Itachi.
"No-I can't-"
"That's perfect!" Shisui exclaimed. "Let's go to our room guys. Now." With that Shisui grabbed Genma and Neji and followed one of the servants to their room.
'This is awesome. A night with Itachi. Who knows what will happen?' Inner giggled in a disturbing way.
Sayuri smirked inwardly. 'Ah, young love. And that young guy looks like he needs this chance.' Ryuu sighed, knowing what she was thinking. His sister was the biggest matchmaker in town. He felt a bit bad for the two, but he could tell they needed a little push in the right direction.
Sakura gulped as they entered their room, only to see it decorated with rose petals and scented candles. There was a huge, round bed with white silk sheets against one wall. "What the hell?"
Sayuri grinned and bid them goodnight, walking out of the room as fast as she could, closing the door behind her. Sakura turned and eyed Itachi, only to see him completely calm and collected. This disappointed her for some reason. 'Not affected at all. As usual.'
If only she knew.
'So..I have to spend the night with Sakura. Sleep in the same room. In the dark. The whole night. .Compute.' Itachi twitched slightly.
"Are you okay?" Sakura asked cautiously.
"Yes." Itachi replied at once.
Sakura turned away with a sour look and went to change. Itachi changed into his boxers quickly and was folding his clothes when Sakura emerged from the bathroom. She stopped dead.
'Oh MY GOD. THIS IS PERFECT.'
'What's...I...uh...'
Itachi raised one eyebrow as he got into bed. Sakura didn't move. Itachi stared, and she stared back.
'Are you an idiot? MOVE.'
Sakura moved towards the bed slowly and sat down on the right side. She started fidgeting slightly.
"Sakura." She looked up, nervous, but wary. "I will not harm you. Or touch you...without your consent. You are safe with me."
She relaxed slightly. "Physically maybe, but not emotionally," she muttered as she slipped under the sheets.
Itachi winced but didn't reply. 'I really do need to fix this.' Sakura always smiled at him, he liked to see her smiles. She treated him kindly. He could be himself around her. 'She's...important to me,' he realised. 'I enjoy her company.'
"I'm sorry," he blurted out. She stiffened, before rolling over to look at him in disbelief.
"Did you just-"
"It was wrong of me..to..to treat you like that. I had some...inner problems..which disturbed me too much to think norm-"
"Apology accepted."
Itachi paused. "Just like that?"
"Of course not. You'll have to make it up to me, big time."
"How do I do that?" He asked, bewildered.
"Figure it out." Sakura replied with a smirk, which turned into a happy grin as she turned to sleep.
Suddenly she felt an arm slip under her, only to pull her back against someone's chest. "I can start now, can't I?" Itachi murmured into her hair. Sakura was frozen against him, trying to make her brain work- was he stroking her hair? She almost melted, she loved getting her hair stroked like that, it relaxed her and used to help her sleep as a child.
'This is so awesome.'
'I know..'
"Is this okay?"
"Yeah. Don't get too comfortable, this is a one-time thing only," Sakura mumbled sleepily.
Itachi smiled. "Hmm."
'You do realise he's just in his boxers?'
Sakura's eyes snapped open.
Meanwhile, in the other room with Shisui, Genma and Neji.
"Shisui, what the hell are you doing?" Genma asked, sprawled all over his bed. Their room, luckily, had three single beds. Neji sighed and shook his head. They watched Shisui as he was pressing his left ear against the wall almost desperately.
"Itachi and Sakura are alone in that room. The room that is right next to ours. Yet, there are no sounds, of the bed creaking..or...anything else..." Shisui frowned.
Genma sighed. "Itachi would not take advantage of Sakura. You know him, and who raised him."
Shisui scoffed. "You don't know Itachi around Sakura. What he feels for her, his passion-"
"What do you mean?" Neji cut in.
"Itachi likes Sakura. A lot. It's almost creepy."
Neji thought about it for a minute. 'Tenten is always complaining about her life being to boring, with no gossip. And if I remember correctly, she also said that Sakura has feelings for Itachi. I think this information will make her happy.'
"ITA...ITACHI."
TO BE CONTINUED. Please review :) I'll post the next chapter pretty soon, I promise.