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To XxNina-himexX: Haha, Sakura hides her insanity well. :)
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The Fifty-Third Hour: Game
"Okay, if you don't want to switch things up, we can play a game!" she suggests, not at all losing her optimism.
Although he is certain he would win every game, he is still interested. "What kind of game would you like to play?"
Eyes glimmering, cheeks flushed, she pesters, "So you'll play?" Her excitement is refreshing, he muses.
"Depends on what the game is."
She grins with the mischief of a child.
"Hide-and-seek."
The Fifty-Fourth Hour: Hide-and-Seek
He thinks she's crazy. How could he lose in a game of hide-and-seek in his own illusion? It's laughable, really.
But he lets her have her fun anyway, because they have nothing better to do.
(He secretly thinks there are a whole lot more things they could be doing, but he doesn't indulge in the topic in fear of the twisted ideas he would come up with.)
"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a hundred…I'm coming now."
He found it absurd that a twenty year old would be partaking in a game of hide-and-seek with a seventeen year old, but he agreed to it nonetheless.
It really shows the effect she has over him.
The Fifty-Fifth Hour: Lost
She really didn't know where she was. As soon as he had closed his eyes and started counting, she had already pumped chakra to her feet and sped away. The land was barren, so she had no idea where to hide. Why did she even suggest such a thing in the beginning? What made her think she would win?
Simple, she didn't. She didn't think she would win, but it was the pleasure of playing the game with Itachi that tempted her into suggesting the idea.
Now, as she treads across the terrain, she regrets her decision. "Great."
But she knew she wouldn't be lost for long.
He will find her.
The Fifty-Sixth Hour: Found
He never lost track of her. Not even once.
Not only was it because it was his genjutsu that they were in, but also because it was her. Over the course of the illusion, he had somehow gotten Sakura's presence engraved into his mind. She was imprinted so deep that he could not possibly lose her, especially within the confinement of his own Tsukuyomi.
So even though she had run off so far he could not see her at first, and even though she had concealed her footsteps so well that he would even compliment her on it, he was not surprised when he found her instantly.
"I found you."
She looked up at him, having been sprawled on the ground to avoid being seen from a distance, and smiled.
"I believed you would."
The Fifty-Seventh Hour: Encore
"This time, you hide, and I find you!"
He was exhausted already. This was his illusion; it was just that easy to disappear into thin air.
But seeing her cheeky grin made him want to put her right back into place.
This was his Tsukuyomi, and she needed to get that stuck in her head. He had already given her too much freedom, and she needed to be taught a lesson.
"Start counting," he murmured.
"I'm going to find you, Uchiha Itachi! No matter how long it takes," she asserts with pride. "Just watch me!" Then she began counting.
"Oh, I will" was the last thing she heard before silence flooded the area.
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