Itachi's Promise: Chapter Twenty

Opening his heavy eyelids, Itachi sat slowly up in the large bed and looked to the side see Sakura curled up against his side sound asleep. Itachi smiled and ran his fingers through her soft hair before finally being aware of someone else's breathing close by. Itachi's eyes scanned the darkness around him, with normal eyes all he could was darkness, but with his sharingan he could clearly see Kisame's figure sat in the corner of the room.

"Rest, it has been a long and hard day," Kisame ordered; Itachi lay back down next to Sakura and closed his eyes once again.

Sleep engulfed him very quickly and he was soon in a world or dreams with Sakura, awaking again Itachi looked to find Sakura and Kisame missing. Itachi stood slowly to his unsteady feet and looked down at his blood stained clothes, his memories flashed through his mind and he kept a straight face and walked to the door. Opening the door Itachi stepped from the warm carpet to the cold, hard floor. Itachi looked around the empty hallway and caught light and noise from behind a set of double doors; Itachi walked towards the door. One of the side doors opened and Itachi jumped back away as Hidan stepped from the door and stared down at him.

"Hi kid," Hidan greeted, walking down the hallway just in his pants.

Itachi followed the man hoping his going to a main room of sort; Hidan shoved the double doors open with his shoulder and walked into the large kitchen/living room type area with Itachi trailing behind.

"Sakura," Itachi whispered; running to Sakura Itachi knelt down in front of the couch she was on and looked up at her.

"Itachi," Sakura replied sleepily.

"Yes, little Sakura," Itachi replied.

"Blood… why are you covered in blood?" Sakura said, rubbing her eyes and looking down at Itachi.

"Um…I…" Itachi began, stopping and wrapping his arms around Sakura and pulling her in for a hug.

Sakura wrapped her arms around Itachi in return and her mind wandered from the blood that covered Itachi.

"Itachi, Sakura, you two better get changed," Kisame said, tapping Itachi's shoulder with his hand.

"Come on," Itachi whispered, Sakura smiled and took a hold of Itachi's hand and pulled him after Kisame.

Kisame entered the same room which the two had been sleeping and handed them a set of clothes each. Sakura looked up at Itachi and then pointed to Kisame and then at the doo, Itachi smiled at the little girls antics. Kisame didn't move just stared down at the kids.

"She wants you out," Itachi said; Kisame nodded and soon was out the room.

Itachi and Sakura turned there backs to each other and quickly changed in black shirts with short sleeves and black pants. Once they were finished Itachi and Sakura stepped from the room and Kisame guided them to another room.

"Leader wishes to talk with you alone," Kisame told Itachi and Sakura.

Sakura and Itachi stepped into the room and both looked at the orange haired man behind the desk, Itachi stood tall and didn't show any emotion except when Sakura pressed into his side and Itachi wrapped a arm around her shoulder.

"Itachi, Sakura, welcome," Pein greeted.

"Hello," Sakura and Itachi echoed each other.

"You completed your mission Itachi, well done," Pein said, Itachi took a deep breath in before replying.

"Thank you," Two simple yet Itachi could hardly speak them.

"Itachi, who is he?" Sakura asked, looking up at Itachi.

Itachi looked down at the Sakura with wide eyes; what could he say? Sakura was nine years old?

"Pein, I want her taken home," Itachi said, Pein raised an eyebrow and gave the Uchiha a questioning look.

"Why?" Pein asked.

"She is a kid, she needs to grow up first," Itachi replied.

"No, she stays," Pein replied.

"But, she…" Itachi began.

"We never wanted you Uchiha, so don't get on my bad side," Pein interrupted.

"She does not even know why she is here," Itachi said.

Pein stood from his desk and Itachi stepped in front of Sakura, Pein walked slowly around his desk and stood less than a metre from Itachi.

"She is staying," Pein said firmly.

"No, she is not," Itachi shouted, his eyes turning from black to the blood red of the sharingan.

Itachi blinked again and the three commas in his eyes merged; Itachi kept his hand held tightly in Sakura's and looked into Pein's eyes. Pein pushed back against the jutsu that threatened to take a hold of him, Pein stopped pushing for a second and suddenly he awoke on the floor of his office with Itachi and Sakura standing over him.

"She is going home," Itachi said, his eyes back to their normal black colour and his hands by his sides.

Pein didn't argue with that; Sakura was going to be sent home for now and Itachi was going to stay and work for him. Sakura will come to find Itachi one day and she will join the Akatsuki to stay with him or Pein would force her either way.

"Kisame," Pein shouted as he stood up and looked at Itachi.

Kisame stepped into the room and looked at leader waiting for his order.

"Take Sakura home," Pein ordered, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

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