Itachi's Promise: Fifty-six
"Sakura, are you okay?" Itachi asked, pulling Sakura's body a tiny bit away from his body and looking down gently towards her.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Sakura whispered, weakly trying to keep her eyes open.
"Go to sleep, my young cherry blossom," Itachi ordered, pushing his body up and straightening up.
"Itachi, what are you doing?" Kisame asked, walking through the door and into the building.
Itachi looked away from Sakura and up towards where the Akatsuki stood; the Akatsuki walked around Itachi creating a circle around him. Itachi glanced at each of the Akatsuki, before turning his attention towards Pein.
"Itachi, she is dead," Pein gently told Itachi.
"No she isn't, just look at her. She is alive," Itachi replied.
"Itachi, she is…" Pein began, his eyes pinned on Sakura as she pulled her arm up from beside her body and stroked her fingers along Itachi's arm.
"What were you saying, Pein?" Itachi asked, his signature smirk spread across his face.
"Nothing," Pein answered, letting a smile grace his features for a few mini-seconds.
"He normally always has something to say," Sakura whispered weakly, closing her eyes again and leaning her head against Itachi's shoulder.
"Shhh, we need to get her home Pein," Itachi said.
"I know, are you fit enough to carry her?" Pein asked.
"Yes," Itachi answered.
"Then let's move," Pein replied.
Hidden Leaf Village Hospital – Three Days later
"I'm perfectly fine now," Sakura said.
"You still need to rest, I don't want you getting hurt," Itachi said.
Sakura smiled and then looked up to see Mikoto standing in her hospital room doorway.
"Mum, um…why are you here?" Itachi asked.
"Do I need to have a reason to see my son and his future wife?" Mikoto questioned.
"Yes, maybe…no," Itachi said, not keeping eye contact with his mum.
"Itachi Uchiha, give me one answer and one answer only," Mikoto scolded.
I smiled as Itachi, looked away trying to think of which answer he was going to give to his mum.
"Yes, you do need a reason," Itachi answered, his expression blank and a glint of something trouble in.
Mikoto grabbed a book from the coffee table at the side of the room and soon held the book and hit the side of Itachi's head with it. Itachi held his hand up to try and stop his mum from hitting his head and leaned back away from her.
"I was joking," Itachi said, after his mum hit him on the stomach with a book.
"Your too serious to joke," Mikoto told Itachi.
Itachi looked back at Sakura, she smiled gently and held her hand out to Itachi and waited for him to take it.
"I love you, Sakura," Itachi said, taking Sakura's hand and lightly kissing the top of his hand.
"Not as much as I love you," Sakura replied.
"Awww, so cute. I knew they were going to be the cute couple ever," Ino sighed, popping her head over Mikoto's shoulder and looking into the hospital room.
"I'm really starting to hate her," Itachi whispered, into Sakura's ear.
"Be nice," Sakura whispered back.
"Sakura, it's so good to see you," Ino shouted, running to Sakura's side and engulfing her in a tight hug.
Sakura reached into Ino's hug and smiled as she felt Itachi tighten his grip on her hand. Ino let Sakura go, then stood back smiling as she and Mikoto watched Itachi and Sakura exchange glances.
"Can everyone please leave now," Sakura asked.
"Why so you can have Itachi all to yourself?" Ino asked in a happy and hinting manner.
"No, I just want to talk to him," I answered, an embarrassed smile gracing my features.
"Yeah, right. What do you really want to do?" Ino asked.
"Ino, it is time to go now. Let Itachi and Sakura rest; Sakura is being released from the hospital in a few hours.
"But I want to stay and talk with Sakura, can't Itachi leave," Ino asked.
"No, now leave," Mikoto ordered.
In the end Mikoto ended by grabbing Ino by the ear and pulling her out of the room and then out of the hospital. Itachi stayed by Sakura's side; he did until it reached the time for Sakura to be released. Itachi quickly signed Sakura out, he grabbed Sakura's bag of things that all different people had brought to the hospital.
"Sakura, I will drop you home and then some stuff from me house and return to you," Itachi told Sakura, as they walked down the streets towards Sakura's apartment.
"I can walk home alone, Itachi. You go to your own house and I will go to mine, I will see you then," Sakura said, walking down the left alley and leaving Itachi stood in the middle of the street.
Itachi looking in the direction of the Uchiha compound; then towards where Sakura was walking away from him. Itachi ran after Sakura, he couldn't left her alone to walk the streets just yet.
"Sakura," Itachi said, running up behind Sakura and stopping by her side.
"I'm not going to leave you, I've got extra clothes and other stuff at your apartment already," Itachi answered, setting his pace to match Sakura's.
"Okay…hang on a minute. Why is your stuff in my apartment?" I asked, stopping and looking at Itachi.
"Sometimes I didn't want to go home, so I slept at your apartment and got fresh clothes in the early hours of the morning," Itachi told Sakura.
"Okay, but wouldn't you want to be around your family?" Sakura asked.
"No, I feel guilty and trapped when I'm around them," Itachi replied.
"I'm sorry," Sakura whispered.
Sakura and Itachi walked the rest of the way in a slow yet steady pace; between them they chatted quietly about unimportant topics. Itachi opened the door to Sakura's apartment and lead Sakura inside; Itachi pulled a kunai from his back pocket and threw it across the room. A short scream was heard in the darkness and the kunai hitting the wall.
"What was that for?" Sasuke yelled from the darkness.
"Sasuke, what are you doing here?" Itachi growled.
"Same reason as you, to look after Sakura," Sasuke replied, stepping into the light to allow Sakura and Itachi to see him.
Sasuke gripped the side of his arm, as blood dipped through his fingers and down towards the floor. Sakura sighed; she left Itachi's side and walked to Sasuke. Sakura raised her hands to Sasuke's wound, with a single swipe of her hand the wound was gone and the only thing left in its place was the ripped shirt.
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