Hey everyone. I know I haven't updated in like forever. I've been so busy with paper work for school and I've been traveling. I will be heading to Vegas on July 14-18. Do I have any readers there? Well I made this chapter more exciting to make up for the lack of updates. I really need to work on that. Enjoy.
Sakura to Akuma
Sakura was excited for the next day of school. Not only was she able to go to school with her friends, Itachi was going to be there. It was like her wish come true. When she made it to her first class, she wasn't surprised to see Deidara surrounded by the girls in the class.
"Dei-sensei, can you help me with this problem?" A girl asked as she played with her hair.
"No, I asked him first!" Another girl cried.
Sakura shook her head as she went to head to her seat. Before she knew it, Deidara came up behind her.
"Sakura, yeah!" Deidara cried as he lifted her into his arms.
"You're a teacher. You shouldn't treat her like that. You'd get removed from the school." Kiba said as he threw a book at him.
"Why I ought to-"
"Deidara." A voice said. Deidara, Sakura, and Kiba turned around to see a busty blonde with hazel eyes come into the room.
"Tsunade-sama, yeah." Deidara bowed.
"Is this Sakura?" Tsunade asked as she eyed the pink-haired girl.
"Ah, she's the one, yeah." Deidara said.
"H-Hello!" Sakura said as she bowed to the beautiful lady in front of her. "Are you what they call the principal?"
Tsunade couldn't help but smile. Cute girl. "Yes, my name is Tsunade Senju. I heard so much about you."
"What are you doing here, yeah?" Deidara interfered causing Tsunade to place her attention once more on him.
"Gather up your friends and meet me in my office. Shikamaru, you'll be in charge of the class until Deidara-sensei comes back." Tsunade ordered. Shikamaru didn't lift his head up from his desk. Narrowing her eyes, she walked up to the boy and placed her lips near his right ear. "NARA!"
Said boy jumped up in his seat as he lazily looked up into a pair of breast. "How troublesome. What?"
Tsunade fought the urge to roll her eyes at the young human boy. "You're in charge of the class. I have to discuss something with your sensei." With that said, the principal and Deidara walked out of the class room.
The two began to walk down the crowded hallways as students tried to make it in time for their classes.
"It's been a while since we've last seen each other." Tsunade began to say as she held her right wrist with her left hand behind her back. Her pig tails were swaying side to side.
"It's been a century since you've left the demon world." Deidara said. "You're still using that aging power to make yourself seem young, yeah?"
Before he knew it, he was punched in the face and was sent flying towards Itachi and the others and ended up face down in front of Itachi. Kisame tilted his head back as he roared in laughter.
"You never changed, Beautiful." Kisame said as he sent a wink at her. Tsunade rolled her eyes.
"Oh please." Tsunade said. "Now let's go into my office. There are things I'd like to discuss with you guys, especially you Itachi."
"Ah." Itachi nodded as the six entered the office.
"Did Tobi get in trouble?" Tobi asked as he took a seat on one of the five chairs that were placed in front of Tsunade's desk.
"No, but you and Itachi are related to the problem." Tsunade sighed as she took a seat in her chair. "Sasuke, the king of the underworld, had fallen gravely ill."
At this, Itachi's eyes widened. "What happened?"
"He attacked your brother and by 'he' I mean your insanely psycho uncle. Madara is trying to take control of the underworld. Naruto came to get me late last night. I-I couldn't do anything for your brother. Even though I'm the strongest demon in healing, I couldn't do anything. I'm sorry." Tsunade frowned. "I tried everything I knew."
"That's why you have to fucking come back home." Everyone turned their heads to see Hidan chilling in the corner. "When that brat dies, you have to take the throne from Madara. He's going to do everything in his power to keep you away."
"Well, good luck with that." Itachi said as he got up.
"Fan-fucking-tastic! You really are a bastard. Don't you care about anything? He might even threaten to do something to that pink-haired bitch while he's at it." Hidan said. "You know your uncle is the most insane person in the underworld."
"Don't tell me something I already know." Itachi said as he began to walk out the door. "I'll handle things my way."
"Would you continue to do so, even if your way would result with that girl losing her life in the end?" Surprisingly, it wasn't Hidan who spoke up but Naruto who entered the room with a ramen in a cup.
"Naruto, what are you still doing here?" Tsunade asked. "I thought you went home last night."
"Well, I was about to but then I ended up at this place called Ichiraku Ramen. This is the best thing ever! We should have some down in the demon realm!" Naruto grinned as he began to eat the ramen.
"Still an idiot I see." Sasori commented as he was examining his mini puppet.
"Still playing with dolls?" Naruto shot back causing the people in the room to chuckle. "Your cousin was the one who saved Sasuke."
"Gaara?" Sasori asked surprised. "What was he doing out of his room?"
"I have no idea. He just said he felt something powerful and evil pass by his room and he couldn't help but check out what was going on. Madara and Kabuto have been poisoning Sasuke for a while now. Madara even went so far as to strangle Karin. I couldn't do anything because Kabuto held me down."
"What does Sakura have anything to do with this?" Itachi asked as he faced the young blonde haired demon.
"Everything." Naruto answered. "You have to admit, there's something odd about her. She's stronger than most humans in this world, but she doesn't have the powers of a demon."
"I have to agree with Naruto." Tsunade said as she nodded her head. "I heard from your sister Karin that Madara considers Sakura a threat to his plans and this is Madara we're talking about. He wouldn't be afraid of a human girl if she didn't have something that makes him weary of her."
"Where did you find her exactly?" Sasori asked Itachi.
"She was in a basket in front of the gates of the castle. I was heading home with I stumbled upon her. She's nothing but a human girl. It's as simple as that." Itachi argued.
"But the possibilities of h-"Tsunade was caught off guard by the look Itachi gave her.
"If Madara wants to get to Sakura, he has to go through me." He said in a cold voice. "If you excuse me…" He soon left the room with the door clicking behind him.
"Man, Itachi can be scary when he wants to." Kisame shivered.
"What are we going to do?" Tobi asked.
"Just watch for any signs of Madara and keep Sakura under close watch. We cannot have her have any interactions with Madara or that Kabuto."
"What about you?" Naruto asked.
"As you guys know, I was here to watch over the human world since I made a deal with the last king in order to stay here with my late husband. I can ask Orochimaru and Jiraiya to look out from the realm below. Naruto, it's you and Hidan's job to watch out below as well. Report any suspicious activities to me ASAP. You are dismissed." Tsunade said.
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Itachi growled as everything came to him. His beloved brother was gravely ill. Sakura's life was in danger. His uncle was the cause for all this. Before he knew it, his confrontation with Kiba recently came to mind.
"You need to stop following Sakura around. She's old enough to make her own decisions. She doesn't need you to baby her 24/7." Kiba frowned as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Since you're a demon, you're going to cause more problems for Sakura in the future."
If Itachi was surprised that Kiba remembered he was a demon, he didn't show it. "Is that all?"
"Sakura is my friend! I will not allow her to be put in danger because of you. You don't deserve to be around her!" Kiba said. Before he knew it, his back hit the wall as his feet were dangling. Itachi held him by the collar of his shirt as his eyes glowed red. Kiba had the urge to piss his pants right now.
"You don't know anything about me, mutt." Itachi growled. "I would never do anything to put Sakura in danger. I'd rather die than let that happen."
Yet, Sakura is already in danger for just being associated with him. Itachi couldn't help but punch the wall. A small gasp was heard when Itachi looked to his right. There stood Sakura, staring at him worried.
"Sakura, what are you doing out of class?" Itachi asked.
"W-Well, Deidara didn't come back yet and I was worried. Is everything all right?" Sakura asked as she took a hold of the fist that was against the wall. Pulling it out, there were scratches and cuts all over. Sakura pouted pulling him to his office and cleaning his injury.
"Where are the gauzes?" Sakura asked. Itachi chuckled before going to a cabinet and took out what she wanted. Sakura smiled as she began to wrap his hand.
"I-It's not that good, but it's better than nothing." Sakura grinned. Itachi's eyes widened when Sakura kissed his knuckles. Sakura realized what she did and blushed. "Haku used to do that for me when I was younger. He said it would help heal the injury quickly." Getting up, Sakura quickly headed for the door.
"Um, I'll see you later Itachi!" Sakura said still red in the face before leaving the great demon by himself. Looking down at his hand, he realized the wraps were still loose and was going to retighten them. He was surprised to see that his hands looked brand new. For a demon, injuries these small would take ten minutes for it to heal completely. His was gone in less than a minute.
Itachi couldn't help but think back about the conversation from earlier.
"What does Sakura have anything to do with this?" Itachi asked as he faced the young blonde haired demon.
"Everything." Naruto answered. "You have to admit, there's something odd about her. She's stronger than most humans in this world, but she doesn't have the powers of a demon."
Did Sakura have some power she didn't know she possessed?
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Mikoto tried to hold in her tears as she watched her son have difficulty breathing. Shizune and Karin were performing a jutsu as Sasuke was put into a coma. A light green barrier was place around him as his breathing went back down to normal.
"How is he?" Fugaku asked as Shizune released her hand seals.
"He's out of danger for now. I placed a temporary seal on the poison, but if we don't find a cure for it soon, he will die." Shizune said as she frowned.
Mikoto choked back a sob as she leaned towards her husband. Fugaku looked over to Karin and noticed the bruise around her throat. He frowned. No one would hurt his daughter and get away with it.
"Karin." Fugaku called out to his adopted daughter. She never did tell him who attacked them. "Who did this to you and your brother?" Karin bit down on her lower lip as she placed a hand around her throat. She looked down at her feet as if they were the most interesting thing in the world. "KARIN." Fugaku raised his voice, making Karin jump.
"Honey! Can't you see that she's traumatized?" Mikoto said as she went and wrapped her arms around the girl. "It's alright dear."
Karin shook her head as she pushed herself away from her mother. "It was M-Madara…"
Fugaku's eyes widened at the name. His brother did this?
"He's planning to get the throne from Sasuke." Karin said. "Itachi is in the way though. He's trying to separate the brothers. The only thing ruining his plans is Sakura."
"Sakura?" Mikoto asked.
"The human girl Itachi took in. For some reason, Madara considers her a threat and might use her against Itachi in order to get his way."
"What is so special about her?" Fugaku questioned. "She's just a human. Itachi is disgracing us for raising that thing."
"No father. There's something different about Sakura. She's stronger than most humans that I have encountered but she isn't a demon. There's more than meets the eye with her." Karin argued.
"What do you suppose we do then?" Her father asked.
Karin smiled. "Why, we visit Itachi at his home of course. You can see for yourself then. Kakashi and the others can take care of Sasuke while we're gone."
"Ooh honey, that sounds like a splendid idea. We get to see Itachi's home." Mikoto's mood was going up. Fugaku sighed, anything for his wife.
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Once Haku made sure that Sakura was sound asleep, he headed straight to the common room where everyone was present.
"What did you want to talk about?" Tsunade asked as she relaxed against the chair she was sitting on. Itachi had called her over saying that he had something important to announce to everyone. Deidara, Sasori, and Kisame were on one couch. Hidan, Tobi, and Haku sat on another. Itachi had sat on a chair opposite of Tsunade.
"I want you to erase Sakura's memories." Itachi said calmly.
"WHAT!" Deidara shouted. "Why would you want to do such a thing, yeah?"
"Like fucking seriously?" Hidan asked, surprised with the turn of events.
Kisame and Sasori chose to be silent. Tobi was loss for words. Haku stared at Itachi with a look of disbelief.
"I'm…I'm putting Sakura's life in danger." Itachi said as he stared at the ground. "Madara is after her because he knows she means something to me, to all of us. She is our weakness and we need to get rid of that. Sakura will only be in danger if she is with us. So Tsunade-sama, erase Sakura's memories of all this, of us…of me."
Tsunade's hazel eyes stared at the pitiful man in front of him. "But there's a chance Sakura has the power to stop Madara. Like Naruto stated, she's stronger than most humans. She must have some power dormant inside of h-"
"I SAID NO!" Itachi shouted, shocking the medic demon. Never had the man raise his voice at her or anyone in that matter. "I won't let her close to Madara. I won't let anything bad happen to her."
"Is that a wise choice son?" A deep voice said. Everyone turned around to see Fugaku and Mikoto entering the room from a portal.
"Fugaku-sama, Mikoto-sama." Tsunade bowed as well did everyone else.
"It's been a long time Tsunade." Mikoto said with a gentle smile. "Dear, are you really going to erase that girl's memories?"
"How is Sasuke?" Itachi asked. Mikoto's smile fell as she clenched her fists. Fugaku cleared his throat.
"Shizune and your sister placed a jutsu on him for the time being. He's in a coma and is under the watch of Kakashi and the others." Itachi nodded his head towards his father.
"It is what I have decided." Itachi said with no hesitance.
"Itachi, if I am to erase Sakura's memories, you can no longer see her. You can no longer talk to her. She will no longer be a part of your life, and you in hers. You will no longer exist to her. Is that what you want?" Tsunade asked. Itachi closed his eyes as memories of Sakura from the day he found her until now flew into his mind.
"Hm, smiling at a demon huh? That's pretty gutsy" Itachi said holding the baby up by the blanket. Haku smiled. It seemed like the master liked the baby.
"This is what it probably means when people say smile like a flower" Haku said.
"A flower? Haku, the plant you're raising on earth doesn't look like this though." Itachi said.
Haku sweat dropped. "It was just a figure of speech, Itachi-sama"
Itachi used both his hands as he lifted the baby up in the air. It giggled even more as its small chubby hands tried to reach out for him. "A flower, huh?" Looking at the baby's soft pink hair and green eyes, it soon clicked.
"Alright, I've decided. I'm going to name you Sakura."
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Itachi was walking around the castle as he heard footsteps behind him. Looking back, he saw the now toddler Sakura looking at him, smiling with all her child innocence.
"Hn…" He said as he began to walk away. He heard Sakura following him like a little duckling.
Itachi jumped a bit when he heard the girl behind him fall. He looked back as he saw her slowly get up. Surprisingly, she didn't cry. Instead, she smiled.
"Is she retarded?" Itachi asked himself. Pissed off for some reason, he carried the brat with his cane as he handed the human child to Haku. "Make her study the things you study!"
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"Itachi! Here's a flower for you!"
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"Good night, Itachi-sama!" Haku called out.
As Itachi entered his room, he saw it was raining outside and there was thunder. He noticed under his bed, something pink. Opening the covers, he looked under his bed.
"Sakura? What are you doing so late at night? Get back to your room, and sl-"Itachi stopped when he took in the sight in front of him. Never had he seen Sakura's face so frightened before with tears running down her cheeks. The eight year old had her hands over her ears.
Before he knew it, Sakura flew into his chest as she continued to cry.
"Sakura? What? What's wrong?" Itachi asked shocked. "What, you're afraid of thunder?"
"Scary…" Sakura cried.
"Why are you under my bed?" Itachi asked.
"I-If Itachi is nearby, it's not as scary…" Sakura said hugging his leg with her little arms.
"Alright, just let go of me already."
"Noo!" Sakura cried.
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"NO!" Sakura shouted as she stepped in front of Itachi and spread her arms wide open. "Itachi belongs to me! So you can't take him away!" Itachi eyes widened as a small smile appeared on his face. He soon stopped as he thought about what she said.
"Hn. Since when did we agree that I belong to you?" Itachi asked as he sweat dropped.
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"I found you." Itachi smirked. Sakura's eyes widened with tears in her eyes. Sakura closed her eyes as she flung herself onto Itachi. "W-Wait." He felt himself falling as he fell on his back and Sakura on his lap.
"W-Why?" Sakura cried. "Why did you only give yourself five minutes? What if you hadn't found me?"
"But I did."
"What if there hadn't been a thunderstorm?"
"Then you'd be behind the curtains in your room."
"Wow, Itachi! How'd you guess?" Sakura asked surprised.
Itachi sighed. Every time Sakura would play hide-and-seek with the maids when she was younger, she'd always hide in the curtains in her room.
"Of course I know." Itachi said as he let out a smile just for Sakura. He gently cupped her left cheek before moving a few strands of her pink hair behind her ear. Sakura looked at him confused. "I know everything about Sakura." Sakura blushed.
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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAKURA!" Everyone said. Sakura couldn't help but feel like crying.
"Why are you crying?" Itachi asked as he poked her on the forehead.
"B-Because I'm so happy!" Sakura said. Itachi rolled his eyes as Sakura celebrated her birthday. At the end of the night, Sakura had opened her presents and everyone helped clean up. They all soon left to hit the hay. That left Sakura, Itachi, and Haku alone in the backyard. Haku continued to clean up, ignoring the two. Itachi noticed Sakura was glaring at him.
"What?" Itachi raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't get a present from you…" Sakura said in a sad tone.
"That's because I haven't given it to you yet, idiot." Itachi announced. Sakura looked at Itachi confused. She looked at his hands to see him not carrying anything. He chuckled as he bent down so his face was close to Sakura's. She looked at him questionably before her eyes widened. She felt soft lips against hers. Sakura's face turned bright red as she fainted.
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"I love you Itachi! I love you even if you are a demon. I want to be by your side forever."
Itachi continued to keep his calm façade on as he nodded. "Yes, please erase her memories as soon as possible." With that said, he turned around to go back to his room leaving the other demons shocked and angry.
"Why would he do that? Doesn't he even care about how Sakura would feel about this, yeah?" Deidara growled.
"Deidara…" Sasori said trying to calm the blonde demon down. "Itachi is taking this harder than it looks."
Itachi's parents looked at Tsunade who understood the message. She nodded as she went to Sakura's room. Sakura was sleeping peacefully with a smile on her face. Doing a few hand signs, she touched Sakura's forehead as a sharp pain hit her. Letting go of the sleeping girl, Tsunade examined her hand to see a cherry blossom mark on the corner of her palm. She narrowed her eyes as the familiar mark. Where had she seen this before? Whatever it was, it had prevented her from erasing her memories. Well, it was up to Fugaku and Mikoto now.
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The next day, Ino had sat next to her best friend who was finishing up the problem Deidara had left on the board. The bell rang, signaling that it was break.
"Um, excuse me." A girl said, catching Sakura's and Ino's attention. "Hi, I'm Raiko Tanaka from that seat all the way over there. Let's be friends!" Sakura took in the girl's appearance. She had an aura of elegance like Hinata. She had long brown hair and light purple eyes. Ino glared at the girl. She had a bad feeling about her.
"Of course!" Sakura beamed.
"…and there's something I'd like to ask." Raiko said as she blushed and looked to the left. "There's a rumor that you live with Itachi-sensei." Ino narrowed her eyes of the girl. Itachi had told the school that he and Sakura were cousins, but not that they were living together.
"Oh yeah, that's true." Sakura said nodding her head. Ino's suspicions of the new girl grew.
"Oh lucky me! You see Sakura-san, I have fallen in love with Itachi-sensei!"
"Oh! I love Itachi too! We're the same!"
"You're 'love' is probably different from my 'love'." Raiko smirked.
"Eh? How so?" Sakura asked.
"You see, I went to Itachi-sensei for an injury and he gave me the cutest smile ever. Oh Itachi-sensei! The way he seems like he's shouldering evil is so charming. He's Raiko's pure evil angel."
'But Itachi is a demon' Sakura thought.
'What's this girl's problem?' Ino thought.
"Please Sakura-chan!" Raiko said holding onto Sakura's hands. "You have to help get me and Itachi-sensei together. I wanted to get closer to him."
Sakura couldn't help this weird feeling in her gut. "A-Alright."
"Really? OH THANK YOU SAKURA-CHAN! YOU'RE SO COOL!" Raiko said as she skipped happily out of the class. Kiba soon entered with Shikamaru close behind him.
"Why are you two still in class? It's break." Kiba said. "Chouji is holding our place in the lunch line."
"I'll be there in a bit. I need to talk to Itachi!" Sakura said as she ran out of the room.
Kiba pouted. "What's so great about that scary guy?"
"How troublesome." Shikamaru said as he pushed Kiba towards Ino, causing the latter to blush. "Let's go."
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"Itachi?" Sakura called out as she entered the nurse's room. Itachi was on the chair working on paper work. Hearing her voice caused him to feel weird. Any time soon, Tsunade would erase Sakura's memories and she wouldn't be in danger anymore.
"Hn."
"Is it okay if I have a friend come over tomorrow?" Sakura asked.
"Another human in the mansion?" Itachi frowned.
"Please! She's the only girl friend I have besides Ino to come over." Sakura pouted.
"Fine." Itachi sighed. He soon felt a disturbance in the air. There was another demon in the school.
"Thank you!" Sakura said as she jumped on Itachi and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Now Now you two!" Kisame said entering the room with a knock. "A student and teacher can't be all lovey-dovey at school.
"It's okay!" Sakura grinned. "Itachi and I are cousins. It's fine."
"Oh Pinkie. If you keep saying things like that, you won't know it even if you realize, you know?" Kisame grinned.
"? Realize what?" Sakura asked. Itachi pushed Sakura away from him as he quickly changed the subject.
"Did you feel that presence earlier?" Itachi asked. Kisame nodded.
"I felt it but it wasn't him. It's another demon." Kisame confirmed. "I could feel his presence but I couldn't see him. It would be difficult to identify him if he slipped in as a student or teacher."
"Well we don't know what his intentions are. He didn't even start something with us even though we're in the same school. What is he planning?"
"Maybe he likes it here and just wants to live here!" Sakura said.
"Yeah, let's hope that's what it is." Kisame said.
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Sakura's friends gasped as they saw where Sakura lived the next day.
"WOW!" Tenten said shocked.
"Its way bigger than I thought it would be!" Chouji said as he popped another chip into his mouth.
"Ah." Shino said. "I like the garden."
"It's so youthful!" Lee cried.
"I'm impressed that you live here." Shikamaru commented.
"Thank you so much for helping me again!" Raiko smiled as she held hands with Sakura.
Ino and Kiba glared at the girl. They both didn't like her randomly coming up to Sakura.
"Why are you guys here too?" Itachi asked.
"We came because we were free." Tenten, Chouji, Shino, Lee, and Shikamaru answered as they continued to look at the castle. Itachi sighed and went to the table Haku had provided for the tea party.
"Damn, it's so bright." He muttered. He had just woken up and was already irritated. Looking up, he realized that it was just him and Sakura's new friend at the table.
Not too far away were Sakura and the others as they watched the scene unfold.
"Sakura, if you keep it up, we're going to get caught." Shikamaru said as he wrapped an arm around Sakura to keep her in place. Sakura held onto a red rose.
"Hey that Tanaka chick likes Itachi right?" Tenten asked. "If you're his little cousin, you shouldn't butt in. Just watch."
"I love Itachi too." Sakura pouted.
"But your love is like 'loving like family' and Raiko's love is like 'being in love'" Chouji said.
"Being in love?" Sakura questioned. Ino's eyes widened as she noticed Sakura's eyes becoming watery.
"Sakura-"
"I-I don't get it…why…how come…" Sakura bit her lower lip. "Is just 'love' no good?"
"KYAH!" A voice said from where Itachi and Raiko were. Everyone looked over to see Raiko and Itachi in an embrace.
"I'm sorry sensei. I slipped." Raiko said.
"Oh, I'm not sure what's going on but they're hugging!" Kiba announced.
"Go for it Raiko-san!" Lee cheered.
Sakura's eyes widened as she brought her right hand to her chest. She quickly got up, pushing Shikamaru away from her.
"Sakura?" Ino called out.
"I-I'm sorry. I can't be here!" Sakura cried as she ran off into the rose garden.
I know this feeling…
My chest and stomach feels tight…
I never ever understood this feeling…
Images of Ino and Ami appeared in her mind as she remembered their moments with Itachi.
But…
But…
Sakura tumbled on her feet and fell to the ground face first. She didn't move for a good three minutes until she rolled onto her back and stared at the blue sky underneath the shady tree.
"I always loved Itachi and never thought about what to call this feeling. Sakura brought a shocked hand fist to her mouth as tears were rolling down her cheek. Sakura's eyes widened before she closed them. "I'm in love with Itachi, just like Ra-"
"SAKURA-CHAN!" A voice called out to her sweetly. "There you are!"
Sakura looked up to see Raiko coming out from the bushes as she smiled at her. Sakura noticed a change in the air and she didn't like it.
"I was looking all over for you." Raiko said.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Sakura replied as she held the rose close to her.
"Oh, that looks so pretty! May I see it?" Raiko asked as she stuck her hand out for the rose. The moment the rose touched Raiko, its beautiful blood red color turned black. "So these are what they call 'flowers' on earth, are they?" The rose had disappeared. "They really are such weak things."
Sakura's eyes widened as she slowly took a step back.
"Sakura, how many times do I have to tell you?" Itachi said. "Don't you understand?" He said as he grabbed one of the roses by the stem. The red rose began to wilt as it turned black. "If they touch us demons, flowers will wither."
"Y-You're a-"Sakura didn't finish her sentence as Raiko began to chance form. She grew manlier and prince-like. The demon still had his long brown hair to his back as his eyes took the color of Hinata's.
"I'm a demon. The name is Neji Hyuga and I'm here to get that heart of yours."
"My heart?" Sakura asked.
"I'm terribly sorry. Right after you realized your love for Itachi as well. But I'll get you to forget those feelings." Neji smirked as his hand had a blue glow to it. "Love between a human and demon will never be realized. Now, please forget about Itachi and his love for him."
"No, I don-"Sakura's eyes widened as it took a dark tone. "I won't forget! ITACHI!"
I won't forget…
I don't want to forget…
It's an important feeling that I just became aware of.
Sakura soon fell back as Neji caught her. "Such a beautiful girl. No wonder Sasuke and Itachi wanted her. She would be an excellent bride for the king. Too bad she's human."
"Did you succeed in your task?" Fugaku asked as he came out of the shadows. He looked at the girl in Neji's arms as Neji nodded. "Good job. Now use her to get Itachi back to the underworld."
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Itachi looked up as he saw Raiko walking up to him. "Sorry, I took so long. I got lost trying to find the bathroom."
"That's an interesting story." Itachi said as he pushed Raiko up against the wall nearby.
"W-What's the meaning of this?" Raiko said surprised.
"Drop the act." Itachi frowned. Raiko smirked as she turned into her true form.
"Hyuga." Itachi growled.
"Uchiha." Neji continued to smirk.
"What are you doing here?" Itachi asked as tightened his grip on the younger demon.
"I did what I was order to by the King's parents." Neji said as he brushed Itachi's hold of him. Soon footsteps were heard. "I took what you valued most."
Before Itachi could ask what he was talking about, Tobi came bursting out of the bushes.
"Itachi-nii!" Tobi said running to the two. "Tobi found Sakura-chan unconscious!"
"What did you do to her?" Itachi growled as his eyes glowed red.
"I made your wish come true. Sakura no longer will remember you." Neji smirked. Deidara came running with Sakura in his arms as he took her inside. Haku was right behind him.
"Wow, two of the underworld's top demons in one place." Sasori commented as he and Kisame appeared. His parents were right behind them with Karin.
"Everyone inside now!" Itachi said as he walked inside his home.
"Man, it's so bright here!" Karin complained the moment she entered the home. "How could you live here?"
"No one asked you three to come over." Itachi said irritably as he sped into Sakura's room. Haku was immediately treating her.
"How is she?" Kisame asked.
"She's fine. She's just unconscious." Haku said. "I wonder what Neji did to her."
"He erased her memory of me." Itachi said, gathering the attention of everyone in the room.
"Hi Uncle Fugaku!" Tobi said as he waved wildly. Fugaku just sweat-dropped while Mikoto politely smiled.
"You!" Itachi said grabbing Neji by the collar of his shirt. "Redo what you did to Sakura!" He snarled. Mikoto's eyes widened. She never saw Itachi show so much expression, and for a human girl nonetheless?
"Told you." Karin whispered to her adopted parents.
"Shush, she's waking up!" Sasori said as everyone looked at the human girl.
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Sakura opened her eyes as she got used to her surroundings. When she looked up, she saw a man with long black hair tied to a ponytail. He seemed really happy to see her.
"Sakura…" Itachi began to say as he opened his arms as if to pull her into a hug. To everyone's surprise, Sakura ignored Itachi and flung herself onto Neji instead.
"Neji, my love!" Sakura said as she placed a kiss on his left cheek. Neji smirked as he looked to the shocked Itachi. Everyone's mouth dropped at the sudden behavior of Sakura.
"What is the meaning of this?" Itachi demanded.
"I told you I was going to take something you value most: Sakura's heart. It now belongs to me." Neji said.
"Sakura, come back here now!" Itachi ordered. Sakura dared to give him a look of defiance.
"Why should I? I don't even know you!" Sakura glared. "You can't tell me what to do!"
Haku gasped as he placed a hand over his mouth. Sakura was actually glaring at her beloved Itachi.
Itachi glared back as he grabbed Sakura by the collar of her dress. He brought her close to his face. "Oh really?".
Everyone looked from Sakura to Itachi. Shit just got real.
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How was that? I made a chapter extra long for you guys. Sakura has forgotten her love for Itachi and his wish came true. I know you guys notice some of the hints in the chapter. Sakura isn't what she appears to be. We shall all find out what she is as the story progresses. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Please review everyone.
Love Kumiko