Heat, that's all Pein could describe right now, it was hot. He could feel the sweat beads that formed on his brow lines drip slowly down to his cheeks. The drums of the thunder didn't help him sleep either; today was an actual thunderstorm, rain & lightning included into the packaged deal, keeping him from sleeping. Turning on his left side towards his roommate, who just happened to be sleeping even better than she did before.

Pein opened his eyes & threw the covers off his heated body, getting out of the bed he walked into the bathroom; a shower would hopefully cool down his heated flesh.

12 minutes later…..

Coming out of the shower Pein went back to the bed. The storm was still there, he wasn't really surprised though, Amegakure was renowned for its thunderstorms. Turning on his left side he took in the sight of his roommate/captive, Sakura was laying on her stomach, hugging her pillow, hair neatly secured in a tight bun. It had been three months, since she arrived here; it was amazing how little time here in Amegakure did to her. Sakuras skin become slightly tanned, her face had filled in, making her look much healthier. The bedspread only went up to her lower back, hiding her lower body, the pink camisole showed off the lightly tanned skin of her back.

As Pein inspected the skin of Sakuras back slowly he came upon a scar, starting at her midback & disappearing underneath the blush colored camisole. The scar was in a zigzag stroke, moving closer to Sakura, Pein slowly traced the scar down her spine, realizing that every line that made up the scar was not connected but made separately, but with the weapon. Possibly a kunai, maybe even a katana, but you could tell this was made by a man. If a man got a hold of an enemy kunoichi, there was only one thing that could happen, rape then death. It was hard for Pein to imagine Sakura in that kind of situation, something told him that the man that got a hold of here was not looking to rape her or even kill her, he was probably playing with her, there was also another possibility, pleasure, he had been with some weird girls before it wouldn't surprise him if it was put there for that exact reason, but for some reason it was hard for him to imagine her doing things like that as well.

Sakura started to stir, Pein stopped what he was doing, avoiding an awkward situation, he got out of bed & went to the dresser in the room next to the window, pulling out a black shirt, putting on his cloak, he walked to the door, turning around to look back at Sakura, for some reason it felt like she was meant to be there, but then again it had been a few months they had been sleeping in the same bed so he was probably just getting used to it. Pein walked out the room going to his study, hopefully he could find something to do until everyone woke up beside it was only four thirty he still had an hour and a half till that happened he could make it.


A knock came at Sakuras door, waking her up from her dreamless sleep, Sakura groaned she had been here for three months already; you'd think these people here would have learned by now that she liked her sleep. Sakura pulled the thick covers over her head, hiding beneath it, from whoever it was.

"Lady Sakura it time to get up, I brought breakfast for you, Lady Sakura please unlock the door." Hotaru said continuing to knock on the door & interrupting her beauty sleep. She couldn't help but wonder why Pein locked the door all the time, she had asked him once, it had been her first night in his room where she was actually conscious, going to bed, the next morning Hotaru was banging on the door, asking for her to unlock the door, like today, when Sakura had asked Pein about this the only thing he said was "Old habits die hard"

Sakura was stopped in her thought when she realized there was no Hotaru trying to get in, but then all of a sudden someone pulled the covers off her. Making her come face to face with Konan.

"Good morning sunshine."Konan said, Sakura could hear the sarcasm that dripped from her voice.

"Morning." Sakura said as she sat up in bed, it was then she noticed the thunder roaring outside her window.

"It's a bad storm, it's been a while since we've had one." Konan said as she sat down at the edge of the bed.

"Lady Sakura I think you should get up, it'll be late morning soon & it's not good to be sleeping in late." Hotaru said as she walked to the armoire looking for clothes.


"It's been three months, there's absolutely no sign of her, I'm sorry Sai but we're just gonna have to consider her a missing-nin from now on." Tsunade said as she took another chug from her sake bottle.

"Tsunade-sama you can't do that surely there's an explanation for her disappearance." Sai said trying to keep himself from attacking the Godaime.

The door opened & the two elders walked inside the room, all the Konoha twelve were in the room minus Sakura plus Sai, and Hebi.

"There's a perfect explanation, we had sent Haruno Sakura on vacation, since she hadn't had a day off for eight whole months we thought two moths would do her some good." Jiraiya said as he walked in as well.

"I haven't sent Sakura on any missions for a whole year." Tsunade exclaimed

"No but they have." Jiraiya stated as he pointed to the elders (whose names have never been said on the show/manga so bear with me hear I'm making up their names)

"We know exactly what happened to her, but I don't think everybody in here needs to know."Gina said

"Well I think they have the right to know what happened to their teammate." Tsunade said leaning forward on her desk.

"Very well then, Haruno Sakura has been taken captive by the organization known as Akatsuki." Norio said.

"What do you mean, Akatsuki hasn't been spotted for about a year and five months." Tsunade said.

"Actually Haruno-san has come into contact with four members over the same time span, one of them who actually stalked her when she left the village for missions." Jiraiya said

"Are you telling me that you have been keeping information from me." Tsunade said

"Yes, we have, in all honesty Akatsuki hasn't been trying anything for a while, besides if you knew about then Uzumaki-san knew about & then Uchiha-san would know, we really don't care about if he has his revenge on Itachi or not, we just need him to rebuild the Uchiha clan, I think he's doing a wonderful job already." Gina said as she looked at Sasuke.

Tsunade finally, let go of her temper, hitting her fist on the desk and smashing it.

"Just tell me one thing, which, Akatsuki member was stalking her?" Tsunade asked trying to calm down.

"Uchiha Itachi, he's had it out for Sakura since she escaped from him, breaking his Tsukuyomi" Jiraiya said tossing a scroll to Tsunade.

"Those are all the hideouts they have, Sakura has been keeping track of their movements. Not once has Itachi ever tried to catch her, cause she really wasn't a threat, Itachi knows that Sakuras job as a hunter-nin only involves catching those that she's assigned to catch, knowing this she won't care if she sees him, or if she stumbles upon their hideouts." Jiraiya explained

"I don't know why she was captured, it could be possible that Itachi caught her for the arrangement made seventeen years ago." Gina said as she sat down on one of the chairs.

"What arrangement?" Tsunade said

"Uchiha Itachi & Haruno Sakura were to be married before Sakuras nineteenth birthday." Norio announced.

"If one of the two didn't come through with it, then the parents of the child who signed the contract would die." Gina said

"You've got to be kidding me, my parents would never have Haruno Sakura marry into the clan, she's too weak." Sasuke trying his best to control his anger,

"Sakura is the only member of her clan to show signs of having one of the oldest blood limits." Jiraiya said.


A knock interrupted Peins studies, in his office.

"Come in"

"Ohayo Pein." He heard, the voice was only obvious who it was, he looked up to see Sakura sitting at the front of his desk.

"Sakura, you seem to be in a cheerful mood." Pei said as he took in Sakuras attire long black chiffon skirt that was kept together by only the string that tied the two materials together, coral halter top that only had strings as well to keep anything from showing but her back. Her top of her hair was secured in a black hair pin that could pass off as a dagger, & the bottom half of her hair was down in light curls. Like always Sakura looked like a goddess, Sakuras was playing with her hair again bringing him out of his thoughts.

"There's a thunderstorm outside right now." Sakura said

"I see that, but what that does have to do with the mood you're in?" Pein questioned

"When I was a little girl, I would get picked on a lot, so when a storm would come my adoption father would take me outside, & he'd dance with me, he said that if I danced for Kami-sama in the rain, then in return he would allow me to have a day of peace." Sakura explained.

"Is that so, tell me did Kami ever allow you your day of peace after the storm?" Pein asked leaning forward on his desk.

"Yes, yes he did, I got my peace, every time I would come home, & wouldn't have to be healed coz nobody had heart me." Sakura retorted

"So why did they pick on you?" Pein questioned once again

"I didn't come in here to tell you my life story." Sakura exclaimed getting fully agitated

"So why did you come here?"

"You already know I won't join Akatsuki, but I have a request." Sakura said

"What is it?"

"I'll become a spy for Akatsuki & do any kinds of missions for you that don't involve any Jinchurikkiii, but only, and only if you hold off on capturing Naruto for five years."

"So what you're saying is that if we leave Uzumaki alone for a full five years then you'll do anything for us that don't have anything to do with the Jinchurikkiii." Pein said

"Hai"

"Hm…………..I guess we can do that, but when the five years are over you will not try to stop us or try to bargain with us, if so you'll be killed on spot." Pein declared

"I understand, so…………………..are you going to put this in writing?" Sakura asked

"Unfortunately but yes, this means more paperwork for me." Pein replied as he got a scroll out & started writing, biting his thumb he signed it & handed it over to Sakura, who also bit her thumb & signed it.

"I'll have Madara go over this, I'm sure he will be pleased with the decision you have made."

"Pein your stress levels a high." Sakura stated

"Arigato, for stating the obvious."

"Pein it's only obvious for someone who is, an experienced medic-nin."

"Ah."

Pein went back to going through his scrolls, he could hear Sakura move, the next thing he knew was Sakura was sitting in front of him on his desk."Pein let me put this in words you should understand, your stress levels are above high, this could cause you to create a knot that could disrupt you chakra, this can cause you to faint, become ill, or even in the worst case scenario die." Sakura said as she began to unbutton his cloak, & slipping it off of him.

Pein the whole while never being in a situation such as this, was too stunned to do anything. It wasn't until Sakura got off of the desk, that Pein was pulled out of his Riviera. Sakura had moved behind him so he couldn't see what she was doing.

A groan escaped Pein as he felt Sakura start to massage his back, her hands were soft, they way she moved them was expertly, gently in areas they had to be but strong when they needed to be. Just like her, Pein couldn't deny it she was a beauty, a unique beauty that not even Kami himself deserved. Yet here he was getting a message from her, it was actually sort of sexy they way she did it.

Peins thoughts drifted to last week, when he overheard Itachi and Sakura speaking.

-Flash Back-

He had just gotten out of anther conference with Madara, and was on his way to his room. He had heard a male's voice then Sakuras voice he masked his chakra & leaned his ear on the door, the conversation had probably barely started.

"Itachi I know about the arrangement."

"Well then you know that we were to be married before your nineteenth birthday?"

"Itachi you're worried."

"Of course I'm worried who knows what will happen if we don't marry.""We don't have to my parents were murdered, & you just happened to kill your, they were the ones who signed the scroll, not us there's no need to worry."

"Sakura we don't know that, neither of us know where to found the original scrolls, we don't know if that's true.

"Jiraiya found the original scroll, he never told me where, but it was the original I looked it over a million times , we don't have to marry, both parties are deceased, there's no need to worry about it."

"Are you sure it was the original."

"Positive no one else knew about the arrangement but our parents, Itachi please, believe me, I would not lie about something like this."

scroll there so Madara can go over it for himself."

"I'll inform him."

"Yes now please leave I doubt that Pein is happy about you being in his room at the moment."

-End Flash Back-

Zetsu had found the scroll, Madara had been going over it seeing if there was any other person that signed it. From what he heard yesterday evening neither Sakura or Itachi wanted to marry each other, Itachi has a commitment problem, and Sakura was most likely still in love with the youngest Uchiha. It was a shame, such beauty should not go to waste & if Sakura continued to love Sasuke, then she would wither away like the flower she was named after.


Hope you guys liked it please review, also I'm leaving for vacation for a whole week, so when I get back I promise to write as much as I can

Love for all

Midori Blossom