Fanfiction Title: You Should Be Here
Author:MsILoveAnime
Rating:T
Summary: All he wanted was for her to come back to him,so everything could go back to normal.
Character Pairing: Uchiha Itachi & Haruno Sakura
Date Started:December 20,2015
Date Completed:January 10,2016
Author's Note:Sorry for the delay,I think my laptop has run it's course again. I'm going to work my magic on it and try to recover Chapter 6 of Interlude and hopefully try to put it out tonight's or sometimes next week(I pray)enjoy the final chapter of You Should Be Here.(Errors be expected)
Warrior. That was the only word that Sakura could use at the moment or could even come up with when it came to describing her husband. If one would gaze upon the form of the eldest of Fugaku and Mikoto children,they would agree with the medic. Uchiha Itachi was the true definition a warrior. Her chakra engulfed her hands with a bright greenish glow,As Sakura began to do a small swept over Itachi's body trying to get a general idea of where she needed to start at to insure Itachi's survival. As she began to make small notes on what had been punctured,broken or ,bleeding her frazzled brain couldn't begin to understand how he was still alive at this very moment.
He's an Uchiha. He's too stubborn to die.
Leaving one hand on Itachi's chest,with her chakra still flowing freely in a somewhat patch up manner,Sakura used her other hand to reach up and gingerly touch the side of Itachi's head,which was matted with what looked like dried dirt and blood, and caused a wince to pass through his partly parted lips..Emerald eyes narrowed slightly as she placed her other hand back along side the other one and went back the task at hand. Saving him.
"Itachi"She whispered hoping that he was still somewhat conscious
"Hm"
"Have you been losing track of time"She asked as she pumped more chakra into his body.
"I believe so"
"Have you been losing consciousness"
"I believe so"
"Lovely"
Any medic could tell you for a fact that losing consciousness could never be a good thing when the body had sustained an good amount of damage to it both internally and externally and with Itachi slipping in and out of consciousness couldn't be good for him in the state that he was in. She wouldn't know the extent of damage done to his brain until they got out of this god forsaken village.
If they even made it out
Emerald eyes narrowed as the doubt began to make itself known and plague the young medic's mind just as it did when they were back in Konoha,It was easy for Sakura to shake the doubt out of her head and firmly believe that they would make it in time to save Itachi but now that she had finally laid her eyes on the battered form of her husband,she wasn't so sure about whether Itachi would live through this ordeal or not,Hell she didn't know if she and Sasuke would even make it out themselves..The thought of this cell being the final thing that Itachi would ever see before he died,had Sakura on the brink of tears.
Sakura had to mental slap herself as an uncomfortable silence filled the room while Sakura tried to psych herself back into a more positive mood and get her head back into what she was doing.
"You came"He spoke so low,Sakura had to almost strain her ears to hear him.
Green eyes looked up and stared at an onyx eye as it peered at her"What"
"I-I though I was going to die without seeing your face again."
"I know not to let you die alone without resolving that fight we had"Sakura muttered before returning back to the task at hand."Now shut up and save your strength"
The small and infamous smirk appeared on his lips "Sorry"
"Shut up Itachi,beside I'm the one who should be sorry."
"Why"He croaked
"I-Sakura paused for a moment before a small tear slipped from the corner of her eye-I should be apologizing because if I didn't provoke you,You wouldn't be in this position,Hell none of us wouldn't be in this position right now"
"Sa-
"No Itachi,this is all my fault,If I would of sucked up my pride and lightened my workload like you told me to,I-Her voice cracked slightly "I wouldn't of lost them Itachi" Sakura cried out softly"I wouldn't of lost our babies"
A soft and almost inaudible sigh passed through Itachi's lips as he peered up at his wife.
"I lashed out on you and everyone I loved because of a mistake I made and I'm scared it's going to cost you your life Itachi and I don't see how I'll even be able to go on if you're not in my life. These past three months have been hell Itachi,I miss everything about you Itachi from the things you do like poking my head when I'm being stubborn to rubbing my belly when it's that time of the month. I miss you Itachi so bad and I don't want you to die here,You don't deserve to die here." Sakura spoke as her more of her tears fell down her face as if a dam was beginning to break."You deserve to die by my side and surrounded by our children and their children."
"I know" Itachi muttered as he placed his good hand upon her thigh "But you're going to have to learn"
Emerald eyes didn't bother looking up as she shook her head"I won't let you leave me,Not again."
"Sakura"
He was using that tone again,She knew that Itachi would only use that tone when he wanted her to look up at him and against better judgment she would always look and this time was no exception. Emerald eyes looked up and locked onto his right eye since his left one was swollen shut.
"You'll learn and you'll be okay"
She shook her head "I won't be Itachi,I know I won't be"
Itachi opened his mouth to speak when a rather loud and rather nasty sounding cough rocked through Itachi's fragile body,as he went to cover his mouth small splatters of blood escaped through his lips and landed onto Sakura's cheek.
Itachi watched as her Emerald eyes narrowed before pushing even more chakra into her hands and into Itachi's body.
"This is bad,Your lungs are collapsing"
"Saku-
"No Itachi,I told you that you're not dying here so shut up."
Removing her hands from Itachi's chest,She ran through those familiar hand signs before she bit the tip of her index finger and placed it upon his forehead and watched as a a green diamond appeared upon Itachi's forehead and pulsed three times before going from a bright green to a dull green. Itachi waited a moment as the pain subsided for a moment before speaking"Do you remember when you trailed me all those months ago."
"Itachi now is not the time"She growled slightly
"I wasn't cheating Sakura"He spoke knowing that she was going to try to ignore him to get him to shut up but Itachi needed to clear the air one final time.
"She is a personal jeweler to the Uchiha clan,A woman that I know both on the personal side and the business side, she's the one who helped me put the finishing touches on your wedding ring."
Emerald eyes narrowed"Why were you meeting her"
"Have you forgotten that you completely shattered the gems and the band,when you ran across Naruto that day."
He watched her closely as her emerald eyes widened for a millisecond before narrowing and nodding her head. She don't know how she could forget that day,Sakura could clearly remember the day as if it was yesterday. It had been a typical day for Sakura but on this day she had been slightly more moodier that she normally was when it came around to that time of the month and Naruto being the brash person that he was,decided he wanted to meddle with the only female member of Team 7 which resulted in a hard fist to the face and a one way trip to the other side of Konoha,and she clearly forgot to slip her wedding band off or even slid her gloves on,Her ring had shattered under the brute force of the kunoichi's wrath. Snapping out of the past memory,She sighed softly.
"Why didn't you say anything"
"I was waiting to surprise you on our anniversary"
More tears began to slip down her face "Itachi"
He smile again before the small faded off of his lips and his body slumped slightly. Emerald eyes widened yet again as she placed her hands upon Itachi's chest and began molding her chakra around Itachi's heart and gave it a couple of pushed before it thudded weakly in his chest. Inhaling as deep as he could,He blinked once before his vision began to focus back on Sakura's form again.
"Did I just"
Sakura nodded "Yes now shut up"
"Hm" Itachi muttered before using his only good hand and reached into his pants pocket.
"Itachi please stop moving" Sakura pleaded softly as she tried to focus on repairing the damage around his heart and lungs"Whatever it is,It can wait"
"It really can't"
Pulling his hand out of his pocket,Itachi quickly retrieved whatever he was looking for and held it in-front of Sakura. Sakura's line of sight shifted from Itachi's chest to the object that he was holding in his hands. It was safe to say that Uchiha Itachi was a man of good taste. The ring was absolutely beautiful. The band was made up of what looked as if it was an antique white gold/platinum color with an large square shaped diamond,With onyx side stones around the square shaped diamond with some small diamonds on the band itself. With intricate carving of kanji the band.
"What does it mean"She asked softly.
"Forever."
"Itachi it's beautiful" Sakura muttered
"Just as you are my blossom" He muttered as he slid it on it's rightful place. "You won't take it off this time will you"
She shook her head "Never"
"Hm"
"Itachi"
Sakura could feel that nagging feeling in the pit of her soul and heart.
"Yes"
This was it
"Promise me something"
Their final goodbye
"Anything"
"Promise me,You'll always love me no matter what I do"
"I promise"
"I love you Itachi Uchiha"
"And I love you Mrs. Uchiha"
Leaning her body closer to him,Sakura placed a long awaited and past due kiss upon a man that she called her lover,best friend,provider,caregiver,teacher one last time before Itachi drew his last breath on this earth. As her keen sense of hearing picked up that last and final thud of his heart,Sakura felt the small hole, that had appeared when he had set foot outside of their bedroom, suddenly triple in size.
Uchiha Itachi was gone.
Pulling her face away from his,She laid her head into his chest and cried. She could feel as his warmth slowly left his bruised and battered body nor could she hear the sound of the approaching footsteps or even see the look of pure emptiness in Sasuke's eyes as he stood in the doorway of the cell and watched the moment between the lovers. He was slowly coming to realization that he had just lost the only two people he confided in.
Sasuke wanted to disappear. He wanted a hole to appear out of nowhere and swallow him whole just to prove to him that his older brother wasn't dead but in fact alive. He wanted that to happen so desperately but knew that everything at this moment was happening for real and there wasn't anything that he could do to change that. Deep within the subconscious of his mind a voice could be distinctly heard repeating the same word over and over again.
Kill.
Sasuke knew that from an early age that he couldn't give into temptation but he had nothing else to hold on to the moment,seeing that his brother had died and that Sakura would soon fall alongside her lover, and against his better judgment he gave into it. Sparing one more glance in his brother's direction,Sasuke turned and did exactly what it wanted him to do. It took Sasuke exactly an hour to slaughter everyone in Kumogakure and when it came to the children,Sasuke listened over and over again as each of the parents pleaded for their children's life asking to make their death sufficient instead of their children's and the only thing Sasuke could think of was that'No one bothered to save him' Before slaughtering them all. When everything was completely taken care of and everyone in the village had been annihilated Sasuke made his way back to where Sakura and Itachi's body were and they began the journey home where they would give Itachi the proper burial that he deserved.
It had only been two weeks since the entire Uchiha clan buried their next clan leader,a pair of grieving parents had buried their eldest child, the youngest sibling buried their eldest sibling and a wife had buried her husband. Sakura knew, like anyone who have ever lived knew that this life that they live hold many uncertainties and death could come at any given moment whether they were prepared or not,the only thing that they could do was cherish each and every moment that they had with each other. As she dwelled upon that thought, her emerald eyes closed as her teeth clamp themselves onto her lip as she bit back another wave of fresh tears that threaten to make themselves known, She thought that she world surely have been all cried out since she had laid in the comfort of her brother- in-law arms the previous night and then cried and cried until her body had enough and sent into a deep and fast sleep. She wanted desperately to drown her sorrows in the best way that she knew but the sake bottles that had been given as a wedding present and the ones she had procured during the grief of losing their babies,were sitting in the garbage..Alcohol was a contributing factor in that fight,that pushed Itachi away and into death's hand and Sakura made a vow that she would never touch another bottle so long as there was breath in her body.
"Sakura"
Bloodshot emerald eyes opened,blinked several times before they fell upon the man standing in front of her. A man that wouldn't even bother to help save the life of her husband,who was still indebted to him."
"What is it Naruto"
For some unknown reason,Naruto had called the medic into his office just as she stepped foot outside of their home,with the intent to visit Itachi's grave before heading off to the hospital to distract herself from thinking about him.
"Is there something I can help you with" She asked as she bit out harshly as she noticed the frown on his face which was becoming a normal thing to see every since the two Uchiha's had came back into the village toting Itachi's body.
"I'm so sor-"
"Stop" She interjected "I don't need your pity or anyone else in this village."
"I know Sakura,I just need to apolog-"
"If you know what's good for you,You would shut up"She growled as her hands clenched into a fist.
Sighing rather loudly Naruto could only nod "Have you heard from Sasuke then"
Sakura shook her head as she recalled the last dinner,or better yet sit-and-stare blankly at each other, dinner that Mikoto hosted a couple of nights ago where Sasuke had explained to the both of his parents and Sakura that he needed time away from this village so he wouldn't do something despicable to the inhabitants of this village or better yet the man that he called a close friend. Sakura didn't bother trying to figure out what could be the real reason for his sudden need to depart Konoha, knowing that it either had to do with coping with Itachi's death or the memory of the hundreds of people he slaughtered in Kumogakure.
A quick sigh from Naruto caused Sakura to pull herself out of her memories"Oh okay. I ju-"A small knock on the door caused Naruto to pause mid sentence.
"Come in"
The door to Naruto's office came open only to reveal a frowning Danzou with two Anbu operatives following closely behind him.
"Is there something I can help you with"Naruto asked as his gaze shifted from Sakura to him.
"Yes" He spoke as he walked up to his desk.
"We just received information that the entire village of Kumogakure has been decimated."
Naruto's blue eyes widen "W-What"
Danzou nodded "I took it upon myself to send a man that I trust dearly to assess the damage and make sure that Kumogakure didn't indeed have any more of our shinobi hadn't been captured in the village and we found the entire village wiped out.
"How in the w- Naruto then cut his eyes back towards Sakura and watched her carefully and ask the question that he had been sitting on for quite some time. "What did you two do"
She shook her head as her gaze never wavered under his intense glare. "We didn't do anything"
"If that's the case then why isn't Sasuke here then,You two have to be hiding something and I demand you tell me what it is!"Naruto growled as his opened hands slammed upon the desk separating the two.
"There is nothing to tell"
Naruto's harden gaze stayed up his former teammate before huffing loudly and running a hand through his hair. "If that's how it's going to be Sakura,You're dismissed." Sakura inclined her head towards Naruto before turning and making her way towards the door.
"Sakura"
She stopped dead in her tracks and turned back towards him.
"In-case you have forgotten,You're choices affect not only yourself but every single individual in this village."
Emerald eyes continued to stare blankly at Naruto before turning and exiting the room,leaving the two men alone.
It was going on well pass midnight when Sakura had finished her rounds on her assigned floor before settling in the nurses station with a book,Mikoto had given to her earlier that day with the intent on causing Sakura to forget about her worries and drown herself into a fantasy world where nothing hurt but she knew that no matter what she would do,Her thoughts would always fall back onto him and knew that they would until she could find something to numb the pain. Emerald eyes looked up as a couple of nurses passed by her and offered a small smile before turning the corner.
"I wish everything would go back to normal"Sakura muttered as she turned in the chair to gaze out of the window at the darkened sky.
"Sakura-san"
Sakura turned slight to her left to see the same nurses that passed her just a couple of minutes ago standing there and smiling at her. "Is there something I can help you two with?"
"Yes. Ino wanted to know if you would like to eat lunch with her"
A pink eyebrow shot up and shook her head slightly. "Tell her I'm okay" She smiled
The two eyes nurses eyed Sakura before nodding and turning the corner yet again. Situating herself in the silence again,She turned back towards the window and continued to gaze out of it and would do so for the next twenty-five minutes until there was a light tap on her shoulder.
"Ino,I really don't have an appetite"
"That hurts to think that you're comparing me to your blonde friend" A voice spoke that Sakura hadn't heard for a while.
"Shisui" Sakura frowned
"Long time no see Pinky"
She nodded
"How have you been"
"Making it" Barely
"That's good to hear"
"Uh huh"
The two sat in silence for a moment until he cleared his throat and began to speak again.
"Sakura I'm really so-"
"Don't Shisui,I'm tired of hearing people apologize"
He nodded "Understandable"
"What are you doing here anyway"
"I came to inform you that every since Uchiha has been barred from being assigned a mission and the Hokage is now talking to Fugaku Uchiha and the other clan elders."
"And this concerns me how?" She asked
"They're debating on whether to put you and Sasuke in the bingo book and locking you up."
She shrugged nonchalantly "Let them do what they want."
"You can't be serious" Shisui exclaimed"Sakura this is your life,We're talking about."
Sakura closed her eyes for a moment as she felt the flow of chakra be disturbed slightly"I am"
"Sakura think of what Ita-"
A loud smack rang out through the silent hallways as Sakura's palm connected to the side of Shisui's face.
"Don't you ever" She spoke in a calm voice "think you know what he would want"
"I'm sorry Sakura" He spoke in a low tone
"You should be"She spoke as she got up from her seat and the walked away from Shisui with tears waiting to be released from their confinements.
"Sakura there's something else"Shisui spoke up as she slowed before stopping all together. "What"
"Itachi's grave has been disturbed,Have you been there today"
She turned back towards him "No,What do you mean disturbed"
"The box that his body was in has been destroyed and his body is nowhere to be found.
Her chakra fluxed again "Why are you just now saying something"
"You're not an easy woman to find and Fugaku wanted to gather all the information that he could before informing you."
Her small hands curled into a fist as she gathered chakra into both of her legs "Is he still with the Hokage"
Shisui nodded "But Sakura I don't think that's a good idea to charge in there"
"Shut up" She growled as her chakra fluxed again "I'm going to give them a piece of my mind whether they like it or not and I'm not going to let anyone get in the way."She spoke before turning her back to him and just as she took a step forward,she felt an odd shift in the air and a shiver that had suddenly washed over her as if someone had just poured a bucket of ice cold water on her before everything around her became unfocused and she passed out promptly.
Naruto shifted in his seat as the five high ranking members of the Uchiha stood there glaring at him with a glare that he had seen over the many years of dealing with said clan and even though he had been a victim of this glare whether it came from his former teammate or that of the elder Uchiha child that had passed several weeks ago. It made him squirm then and it sure as hell made him squirm even though he was 'the strongest ninja of Konoha'
"I don't understand how one could come up with something as idiotic as the agreement you just propose" Fugaku spoke with clear and unwavering authority in his voice "You expect us to allow you to treat our clan after the sacrifices that our clan has made none-the-less of what Itachi has done for you"
"And you have to understand where I'm coming from when I say that no-one deserves special treatment no matter who they are and what they have done for this village."
"That may be true but not only has an enemy country of Konoha has been completely eliminated,You want to push someone who is not even responsible for the said crime, and lock them up so you can make an example out of them" Fugaku spoke with his voice raising slightly "This has to go over you're head,I bet the elders of this clan made the decision for you."
"Enough" Naruto growled "I made the choice on my own"
"I find that highly unlike you since you are still nothing but a child yourself"
"Fugaku Uchiha I will only remind you once to hold your tongue because in-case you have forgotten I am still the Hokage of this village"
"And I know you care too much about Sasuke and Sakura to let that happen"
"I must be the only one because Sasuke is nowhere to be seen and Sakura doesn't even have the decency to defend herself on whatever happened in Kumogakure."
Fugaku opened his mouth to speak when he felt an all too familiar chakra signature as it neared the room where they were currently located in.
"If you want to know what happened,I'd be glad to recount what happened"
The five Uchiha males looked upwards as Naruto turned his body fully and immediately froze in his spot as his blue eyes fell upon the man that shouldn't be here, a man that should be resting peacefully six feet under.
Uchiha Itachi
"H-How"
"There is a more important matter that we need to attend to now,regrading Kumogakure and the status of that of my brother and Sakura." Itachi spoke with an absolutely no nonsense tone.
2 Hours Later
"So that's what really happened in Kumogakure"Shisui spoke as he sat in the hospital chair and looked over to Sakura as she sat up on the hospital bed,fiddling with the IV in her hand. Sakura had spent the last hour or so explaining to Shisui what really happened to the three Uchiha's in their time in Kumogakure.
"Yes,Itachi needed me to fake his death because of the intel that he was gathering on Danzou and Root, He was meeting an ally,a old friend of ours,in Kumogakure.
"So the ambush"
"Was to get the three of you guys out of there so he could conduct business with not only his ally but also with the Raikage"
Shisui nodded "But the main thing I want to know is did Sasuke really slaughter everything and everyone in that village."
Sakura shook her head "All of it was part of Itachi's genjutsu"
"Sakura no one in their right mind can fake the grief that you were going through,How come you suddenly know all of this now"
"When I placed the seal upon Itachi's forehead,He had manipulated my memories to where I would honestly believe that he was dead and so that Danzou or anyone wouldn't be suspicious of my behavior and when he did decided to come back my correct memory came back."
"Seems all so complicated"
Sakura chuckled "Everything is complicated when it comes to your cousin."
Shisui nodded "You're right about that,You look tired Sakura"
"I am,I deserve it" She smiled as she laid back in the bed and snuggled into the covers just as Shisui got up and turned off the lights and left the medic to rest.
She didn't know what time it was or where she was at, at the moment but she could just feel him, not just spiritually but physically.
"You finally found your way back to me"She muttered as she snuggled closer to his long missed body heat.
"Don't I always" He smiled in her hair
"Yes" She smiled back as she opened her eyes and emerald eyes fell upon his onyx ones "Does this mean you're going to leave me in a little bit"
"Yes but only for a couple of hours,Something about signing some papers about being brought back from the dead" He muttered
"Sounds fun"
"It's really not"
She smiled as she placed her lips on his and just absolutely melted during their kiss.
"Forever" Sakura muttered as she parted from him and yawned slightly
"Yes ma'am. Forever"He muttered before she began drifting off into a peaceful dream
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