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Tears of the Unworthy	By : MudbloodMalfoy Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Itachi/Sakura Views: 9325 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
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Chapter Four

A Wedding and a Funeral

Part Two

!+ I DO NOT OWN NARUTO! +!

"Itachi, go on. I'll be there as soon as I can get the twins to calm down," Sakura told the raven-haired man.

Looking distinctly uncomfortable with the proposition, Itachi nodded and kissed Sakura and the twins then left.

Sakura watched him disappear then turned to Mai and Shin. The two were putting up such a fuss that Sakura just couldn't leave them. No matter what she tried, the two just wouldn't settle down. She tried rocking them, feeding them, playing with them; nothing would make them stop fussing. Sakura gave up and, reluctantly, cast a sleep genjutsu on Mai and Shin. They fell asleep almost immediately. Sakura sighed regretfully. She hadn't wanted to resort to genjutsu, but the twins were going to make themselves sick. Sakura tucked Shin into his crib and made sure he couldn't get hurt by anything, then did the same for Mai.

She walked to the back room to get some extra supplies to replace the ones she had used. As she grabbed some diapers, she heard a distant boom and screams. She ran to the front room and saw chaos spreading. She looked towards Mai and Shin and felt relief spread through her as she saw Itachi standing over them. As she took a step closer, her heart stopped beating, then pounded into overdrive.

"Saku-chan...That's not Itachi-kun. That's...Sasuke!" Inner said.

Sakura's blood ran cold as she saw Sasuke pick up Shin. When she saw his lips move, she channeled chakra to her ears to extend her hearing range and pick up what he was saying.

"I didn't expect there to be two to choose from. I guess I'll just take the male, then. Females are too much trouble. Say hello to your new daddy...Takeo," Sasuke said to the sleeping infant.

Sakura felt her anger spike. "He's NOT taking my son!"

"Saku-chan! Let me help. I won't have to take over. We can work together," Inner said.

"Okay, Inner-chan. Let's get the bastard and make him regret even thinking about taking our son!" Sakura said to Inner.

As Inner merged with Sakura, her hair began to change colors. It became pink with black streaks. Her eyes turned black with green rings. The faint outline of the kanji for 'Inner' appeared on her forehead. Her fingernails became black with pink edges and silver designs.

Sakura took a second to look at herself. "Wow, Inner. I didn't know you had such a flair for fashion. This looks...nice," Sakura said in an amazed tone.

"Of course. I actually paid attention when Ino tried to get us to dress nicer," Inner scoffed.

Sakura shook her head to refocus herself. She saw Sasuke turn to leave, and she ran after him.

Sasuke walked to the door to report back to Orochimaru. A few steps away, a figure appeared in front him. At first, he didn't recognize her, but a few seconds later, her image registered in his mind. "Hello, Sakura. Been a long time, huh?" he asked in a sadistic voice with a hint of a hiss.

"Give me my son. NOW. Or I promise, you will regret it," Sakura said, her voice echoed by Inner's.

Sasuke looked slightly taken aback by the fact that Sakura wasn't the same Sakura anymore. After a second, he smirked. "Catch me if you can, little blossom," he said as he took a step towards the door. Sakura was before him in a flash, preventing him from escaping. He activated his Sharingan and attempted to outmaneuver her. No matter where he moved, though, Sakura always blocked him. He finally got angry and laid Shin down, then began to seriously fight.

As he began the hand seals for his Fire Style jutsu, Inner took over Sakura's hands. She made quick hand seals in a series that Sakura had never seen. As Inner finished the seals, Sakura felt a change in her body. It felt like nothing she had ever felt before. Time slowed as Sasuke finished his hand seals and took a deep breath. As his breath left his body, it changed into flames that washed over Sakura. Instead of burning her, the flames entered her body, like they were being absorbed. As the last of the flames entered her, Sakura felt her chakra expand. Then, of their own volition, her hands began the seals of the fire jutsu Sasuke had just used.

"Inner, what are you doing?" Sakura asked.

"It's not me. It's the jutsu I used. Anything Sasuke tries to do to you, anything that requires chakra, will be absorbed into our body. After it's absorbed, we learn how to use it by performing it. It's very neat, actually. And rarely used. Nobody knows the correct series of seals. I've been dying to try it out since I saw it in Tsunade-sama's books," Inner explained.

Sakura's hands completed the seals and she took a deep breath, then breathed out to release a stream of flames that nearly scorched Sasuke. He narrowed his eyes and took some kunai and shuriken from his weapons pouch. He threw them, then pulled the strings attached to them to tie Sakura to a support beam. He secured the strings using kunai and began the hand seals for the Chidori.

Inner smirked. "He really is a dumbass, isn't he?" Sakura snorted in agreement.

As he neared her, Sakura could see his Sharingan blazing a furious red. Sasuke thrust his hand into Sakura, aiming at her heart. The Chidori was absorbed into her body and his hand stopped at her skin. Using her insane strength, Sakura broke the strings tying her to the beam. She shoved Sasuke away and started the Chidori hand seals. She formed the Chidori and ran at Sasuke, her figure literally blurring from her speed. Suddenly appearing in front of the young Uchiha, she aimed for his heart and thrust her hand. It came to no surprise when she hit the wall instead of flesh. She turned around quickly and scanned the room for Sasuke. Hearing something behind her, she turned and looked straight into Sasuke's Mangekyou Sharingan. Amazingly, Sakura wasn't pulled into the world of torture. Somehow, her jutsu absorbed the attack on her mind, too.

Sakura felt the nerves and chakra pathways in her eyes changing. Her vision became sharper, clearer. She could see everything. Sasuke emitted an involuntary gasp at the sight of Sakura's green eyes turning red, then fading to a glowing pink.

"Pink Sharingan? How is that even possible?" he thought to himself.

"Inner, what's going on? What happened?" Sakura asked.

"You now possess the Sharingan, albeit pink instead of red. This is amazing. I didn't know the jutsu worked for doujutsu as well as genjutsu and ninjutsu. I wonder what Itachi will say?" Inner said.

Sasuke, now over his shock, charged Sakura with his sword. She moved at the last second and slipped the blade. Grabbing a kunai in each hand, Sakura calculated. A few seconds later, plan intact, she charged Sasuke. When he brought his sword up to slice at her, she backflipped and threw the kunai. She did a quick series of hand seals and laid a genjutsu. Sasuke found himself tied to a wooden post. Sakura walked up to him and slapped him, hard, in the face. Using her chakra strength, she punched him in the gut, then started beating on him. When Sasuke finally succumbed to unconsciousness, Sakura released the genjutsu and looked down at where her old crush lay, broken and bleeding.

Sakura tied Sasuke up, then tied him to a beam. She hurried over to check on the twins. Still under the effect of Sakura's earlier genjutsu, neither of them were awake. Checking them over, Sakura was relieved to find nothing wrong with either of them. She gently placed them in their cribs and went back to the young Uchiha. Grabbing him by the collar, she started dragging him. Once she was far enough away from the twins, Sakura did a jutsu to transport both of them to Hokage Tower.

Itachi paced a few feet away from the door to the roof. What is taking so long? She should've been back by now. Surely Mai and Shin aren't sick or something...

Itachi paced a bit more, then looked around. The Konoha men were standing in a group talking, and a little ways away, so were the women. They were all enjoying their own little conversations when Naruto walked onto the roof. He continued straight to Tsunade and the Village Elders without a single glance at Kakashi's group. Itachi quirked one of his eyebrows at that, but let it go. When Naruto had made it to Tsunade, she called for the guests to be seated.

When they were, Tayuya began a slow song on her flute. Gaara escorted Kurenai under the arch that had been constructed for the wedding. Choji and Ino were next, followed by Shikamaru and Temari. Finally, Neji and Hanabi made their way to the altar, then split up like the couples before them to stand on either side of the raised altar where the bride and groom were to stand. Tayuya began the Wedding March and everyone stood and turned to see the bride. A collective gasp went up when the guests saw Hinata, being escorted by Hiashi. Hinata blushed and smiled. She felt so beautiful! She turned her eyes to Naruto, who looked as if he had been sucker-punched.

'Oh, my Kami. She looks like an angel. Surely I don't deserve her. I'm a demon! Well, a jinchuuriki anyways. She deserves so much better than me.' Naruto thought.

'Then don't screw this up, boy. Treat her like a queen and take care of her and your kids. Be faithful to her. Love her like no other can. Make her happy. Don't you know ANYTHING, boy?' Kyuubi said with a snort of derision.

Naruto thought for a minute and nodded to himself. He would take Kyuubi's advice and try to keep Hinata as happy as possible.

The bride and her father made their way to the altar. Hiashi turned his daughter to face him a few steps from Naruto.

"Is this truly what you want, Hinata? Are you going to be happy?" Hiashi asked her.

"Y-yes, Father. This is what I want. Naruto will m-make me very h-happy," Hinata said to her dad.

Hiashi sighed and kissed her forehead. "Well then. Let's get you married, shall we?"

They smiled and turned to Tsunade and the others. Hiashi gave Hinata away and walked to his reserved spot in the front row. Tsunade started off the ceremony, but when the part came to object or forever hold your peace, a loud explosion rocked the tower. Screams pierced the tranquil afternoon, effectively ruining the wedding-in-progress. The ninja were immediately ready for battle, having worn their weapon and item pouches, but hiding them with their clothing. Hinata began to have a panic attack. Everyone scattered in an effort to stave off the attack. Kurenai stayed behind to make sure Hinata would be okay. Tsunade made her way to her office to hide all the most important documents. Kakashi and the other Jounin raced to the site of the explosion, only to stop short in shock at the sight of Orochimaru's massive summon, the giant purple snake Manda. Orochimaru and Kabuto stood atop Manda's head.

Ibiki, Anko, Genma, Kotetsu, Izumo, and four complete squads of ANBU stood at the ready to defend their village. Even more Jounin and Chuunin stood behind the ANBU, also ready. Jiraiya appeared out of nowhere, prepared to battle Orochimaru. Said snake-man dashed off, Jiraiya close on his heels. The battle began between the Konoha ninja and the Sound ninja, Ibiki and Anko commanding the Leaf nin, while Kabuto yelled orders to the Sound nin. There was bloodshed and screams, lives lost and ruined, but the Konoha ninja prevailed. Anko got bit by an enemy's snake and had to drop back to counteract the poison. Ibiki got hit by a jutsu that tried to warp his mind but, being who he was, it didn't have much effect on him. He was already pretty twisted anyways. Genma, Kotetsu, and Izumo all suffered superficial kunai and shuriken wounds. The other ninja weren't so lucky. Some didn't have the knowledge of snakes and their poisons that Anko had. Some weren't as warp-minded as Ibiki. Some didn't have the speed and sheer luck that Genma, Kotetsu, and Izumo had.

Tsunade finished secreting away her documents and went back to the roof. Once there, she was shocked to find Itachi standing beside Sakura. Still classified as a missing-nin, he had no right or reason to enter the battle. The Hokage noticed that Sakura had distinct physical differences than normal, so she assumed that she and Inner had merged. It took her a minute to realize that they were both standing over Sasuke. And arguing. She suddenly dodged, missing an attack by mere inches. Orochimaru smirked and jumped down in front of Tsunade, completely ignoring Itachi and Sakura. Jiraiya wasn't far behind his former team member, landing so that the three of them formed a triangle. Orochimaru lunged at Tsunade, who dodged and retaliated. Jiraiya attacked Orochimaru, who barely missed the attack. Tsunade saw an opening and punched Orochimaru with a chakra-enhanced fist, knocking him into the air. She followed him up and continued to hit and kick him. She punched him into the air and jumped above him, then front flipped and kicked the Sound leader in the head with a chakra-enhanced kick, knocking him into the concrete roof.

Jiraiya lifted Orochimaru by the collar and punched him in the stomach hard enough to cause the man to cough up blood. Sakura walked up and hit the tenketsu spot controlling chakra flow to the brain, effectively knocking Orochimaru out.

Jiraiya threw the unconscious man over his shoulder and went to the interrogation unit at the ANBU headquarters. Kakashi had already brought Kabuto over, along with some other Sound ninja that had refused to give up. The wounded had been transported to the hospital and the deceased had been taken to the morgue.

Sakura went with Naruto to visit Sasuke. He was shackled to a chair, yet looked as lethal as ever when he glared at them.

'I am NOT thirteen anymore. I won't let him or his words affect me. I am stronger than he is. Itachi...well...I don't know if love is what he feels, but he cares about me and our children. Sasuke means nothing to me,' Sakura thought to herself.

'Hey, chick. You need a little bit of moral support right now?' Inner asked.

'Sure, Inner. Thanks. I could use the help,' Sakura said. As the two merged again, her appearance changed a bit. Now, her hair was black with pink streaks, she had a tattoo on her right shoulder in the shape of an interesting birthmark she had found on Itachi. It was shaped like the Mangekyou Sharingan, the only difference being that it was backwards. Her nails became pink edged in black with silver designs. Most astonishingly, she activated the Sharingan. It had changed somewhat, though. It was now pink with black specks and had thin slivers of silver mixed in.

Sasuke glared at Sakura as she walked into the room he was being held in. "Bitch. What the hell are you doing here, you slut? I won't have you, you know. You've tainted yourself with that bastard," he said.

Naruto growled and boxed Sasuke in the head. "Don't talk to her like that, asshole. At least she's loyal to her village and those who love her. That's a helluva lot more than anyone can say about you," he bit out.

Sasuke turned away from them and scoffed. "Who would want to be loyal to this loser village anyways? My master beat both of yours together by himself. Without the use of his arms," he said in a semi-childish voice, as if trying to brag.

The two loyal leaf ninja rolled their eyes. 'How immature,' they both thought.

Sasuke saw them roll their eyes and tried to lunge at them, but was repelled by an electrically charged chakra field around him. Even tied to his chair, he was still a serious threat. One that Tsunade wasn't willing to risk letting escape. Along with the chakra field around him, there were tags around the room that would detonate if he escaped his bonds. ANBU members were placed around the underground compound Sasuke was currently a guest of. IF he managed to escape the compound, there were more ANBU stationed around the village to keep watch for any escapees trying to run.

Sakura walked to Sasuke and punched him in the head, knocking him out. She let Inner take over from there, performing hand seals and channeling chakra to her hands. She placed her hands on Sasuke's temples, then let herself be sucked into his mind. Inner stayed in Sakura's body as a safeguard against any attacks.

As Sakura browsed Sasuke's mind, she saw just how insane he had become. Everything that was morally wrong to people like Sakura and Naruto was twistedly justified in Sasuke's mind. Everything was so psychotic that Sakura was astounded that he could even function. Sakura continued browsing the pathways in Sasuke's mind to look for information about Sound and anything else that could be of importance to the village. When she was done, she exited the younger Uchiha's mind. As she came back into her body, she saw that Naruto had fallen asleep, but Sasuke was awake and glaring at Sakura in a way that made her skin crawl. She nudged Naruto to wake him up, and the two ninja left the interrogation room. The two parted ways at the door, Naruto going to make sure Hinata was alright and Sakura rushing home to see the twins and their father.

Hinata was fine, just shaken up and a bit depressed that her perfect wedding day had been ruined.

Sakura walked through the front door and closed it quietly in case Mai and Shin were asleep. She trudged up the stairs, suddenly exhausted. She walked into the nursery and stopped short at the sight of Itachi laying on his stomach on a soft rug with Mai and Shin. He was smiling! A real, joyful, warm smile. Her heart stuttered and her breath rushed out of her lungs. Itachi looked up at her, smile still on his face. She smiled back and joined her small family.

A few minutes of playing with the twins and making small talk went by. Itachi turned an assessing gaze on the kunoichi. Sakura glanced at him to see his scrutiny. “What is it, Itachi?”

Itachi grunted and looked away. A few minutes later, that same look was back in his eyes. “Sakura, I wish them to have my name.”

Sakura turned startled emerald eyes to him. "What?”

Itachi let out a small sigh. “I wish the twins to have my name. To do so, you must be my wife.”

Sakura gasped. “Are...are you serious, Itachi?”

The Uchiha merely grunted and leveled a stare at the dumbfounded kunoichi.

Throwing her arms around him, she said, “I...I accept, Itachi. I will become your wife.” Sakura tried to be dignified about it, but three little words, four counting the name, slipped past her lips, unheeded by her brain. “I love you, Itachi." As soon as those three little words left her mouth, Sakura regretted them. It wasn't that she didn't love Itachi; she just didn't want to push him away. Itachi murmured something, but Sakura still heard it.

"I want to love you, Sakura. I don't think I'm truly capable of it anymore. My emotions were sealed away so long ago, I don't think they'll ever come back,” Itachi said lowly.

When he felt hot tears on his neck, he knew Sakura had heard him. He tightened his hold on her and brushed his lips over her hair. Mai began to fuss, effectively breaking the spell. The lovers each picked up a baby, Mai with Itachi and Shin with Sakura, and the family went downstairs to the kitchen for supper. In the middle of the meal, an ANBU member burst into the house and frantically told them of the escape of two prisoners: Orochimaru and Sasuke. Itachi moved fluidly out of his chair and informed the ANBU member that he was going out with the search party. He kissed Sakura and left in a hurry. Sakura finished feeding the twins and finished her own meal then picked them up and placed them in their playpen. She sat down on the couch and flipped through the channels on the television, blissfully unaware of the glowing red eyes looking into her home.

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Sasuke smiled an evil, twisted smile as he watched the useless ANBU running around, trying to find Orochimaru and himself. Orochimaru had wasted no time in fleeing the village, but hadn't bothered to see if Sasuke had followed. The insane Uchiha had stayed behind, intent on killing his brother and the two females then taking the male and raising him to be the perfect son. The boy would be the one to repopulate the Uchiha Clan. He would obey without question and do whatever Sasuke told him to. He used his ninja speed to beat the ANBU grunt to where Itachi was living. He faltered for a second when he saw that the lights in the main Uchiha dwelling were on. He landed on the roof he had lived under for 12 years and peeked in to see his brother calmly eating supper with that whore of his and those two brats they had bred. He saw when Itachi left the house, leaving the three others alone and defenseless. He smiled. This was gonna be fun.

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Sakura heard a blast echo from the farthest room to the back of the house upstairs. She instantly knew who it was. She cast a high-level genjutsu that even the Sharingan couldn't detect around Mai and Shin and rushed to the bookshelf beside the TV to get some weapons. Armed with twin katana, Sakura readied herself for battle. She didn't have to wait long. Sasuke came downstairs with blurring speed. He slammed his fist forward, trying to catch Sakura off guard. The kunoichi blocked with one katana and attacked with the other, slashing at Sasuke in an attempt to wound him. The Uchiha retreated and threw a kunai with an exploding tag at Sakura. She stabbed one sword into the ground and prepared to grab the kunai. As her determination to win was heightened, she felt her chakra rushing to her eyes again. Time seemed to slow as she took in her surroundings with her new sight. With it, she was able to pluck the kunai out air and whip it back to Sasuke so fast, he barely had time to move. Retreating as far as he could, his hands moved through a rush of seals so fast, Sakura could barely keep up.

Inner suddenly gasped and cursed. "Sakura, get to the twins. Now! He's using a jutsu that I didn't think anyone else on earth knew about. It can track any living thing and instantly kill it, without warning and there is no possible way to save them. If you can get to the twins before he finishes the seals, I can hopefully counter it and send it back to him. But you have to be in front of them so that your heartbeat is noticed first."

Sakura rushed to the genjutsu-hidden playpen and surrendered control to Inner. Her hands flew through seals similar to Sasuke's. She completed the seals a split second behind the Uchiha and felt the malevolent energy tracking her. As the last hand seal was made, Sakura felt a wash of power run through her, then it dissipated and seemed to surround her. The energy from Sasuke's jutsu hit Sakura's energy and was reflected back to Sasuke. Sakura heard the front door crash open and saw Itachi standing there, shocked to find his brother and his eventually-going-to-be wife battling.

Sasuke was distracted by his brother and didn't notice Sakura's return attack until it was too late. The energy hit him like a ton of bricks, crushing down on him and slowly killing him. His lungs felt constricted and his heart was bounding wildly in his chest. As he felt his life swiftly ebbing away, clarity returned to him. He looked to Itachi. "I...always...ha...hated you. You were...Father's...favorite...and I...resented you...for it. But...you'll alwa...always be...my big brother," he said in gasps. He turned to Sakura, who noticed that his eyes were clearer than they were in the interrogation room. It seemed his wits had returned just as his life was running out. "Saku..ra...I should've...been nicer...to you. I'm sor...sorry. And tell Dobe...that he was...my best friend," Sasuke said, his breathing becoming shallower.

Sasuke gasped as blood slowly filled his lungs. His hand twitched as he reached out to his brother. Sasuke smiled as his life faded away. His body fell forward onto the floor as his soul broke free from its shell.

A small boy wandered around in a bright void, searching for some sign of other life. He saw two figures in the distance and made his way there. The closer he got, the more he recognized them. "Mother? Father?" the child asked. The figures nodded and smiled. The boy ran to his parents and hugged them, so happy to be with them again. He looked around and saw the rest of his family, too. As the boy and his family were reunited, they slowly faded away.

Sakura watched as Itachi held his brother's lifeless body in his arms. Though his eyes were curiously shiny, he did not cry. Her own cheeks were covered in tears. She walked over to Itachi and cautiously placed her hand on his shoulder. When he didn't flinch away, she slowly wrapped her arms around him as they both mourned the youngest of the Uchiha brothers. Naruto burst through the door and stopped in his tracks when he caught sight of them, causing Tsunade and Ino to bump into him. He slowly walked to where his friend was cradled in the arms of the brother he had loved and hated for so long. His eyes filled with tears as he reached them. Sakura felt Naruto place his hand on her back, and she turned to him and burst into tears when his arms automatically encircled her. The two friends grieved over their fallen friend. Eventually, all of the Rookie Nine sensei, plus Gai, had gathered in Itachi and Sakura's home. Tsunade had called for a nurse from the hospital to come pick up the twins and take care of them for a few days while their parents mourned. Ino had left to round up the rest of the Konoha Twelve, plus the Sand Siblings. When Hinata showed up, Hanabi was with her. The younger Hyuuga sister reacted with surprising vigor, showing everyone that the girl had obviously held feelings for the boy.

The next day, Sasuke's funeral took place. Surprisingly, everyone in the village showed up. Tsunade said a few lines and the let Naruto take over the eulogy. He began by recounting childhood pranks that he and Sasuke had committed, eventually going into his betrayal of the village and, most importantly, his friends. He ended his speech by saying that, although Sasuke had left the village, he would always be considered a Leaf shinobi by those who held him in their hearts.

Sakura was next. She told how she had once loved Sasuke as though he were the very sun. She told how he, along with Naruto, had inspired her to be a better kunoichi. She ended her speech by saying that, although he had broken her heart, she would always love him like she loved Naruto, as a brother.

Itachi got up and spoke of Sasuke as a child. A few people thought it was odd how the man who had remorselessly killed his entire clan except Sasuke could mourn his little brother's passing. His speech was short but heartfelt, and many people were awed at the emotion that the 'cold, emotionless, stoic' Uchiha showed.

As the crowd started to dissipate, Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, and Itachi walked to the Memorial Stone. Naruto had hassled Tsunade until she agreed to have Sasuke's name added to the long list of names. Itachi pulled Sakura close to him and wrapped his arms around her, silently promising himself that neither of his children, nor any that may come in the future, would ever feel like Sasuke had. Hinata wrapped her arms around Naruto's waist and felt his arms surround her. Naruto promised to himself that he would try as hard as he could to keep his future children from starting down the path Sasuke had become lost on.

The two couples finally parted ways as the last rays of sunshine touched them. None of them saw the shaft of light that landed on Sasuke's name, momentarily making it shine with a warm, bright glow. Itachi, though, heard Sasuke's voice drift through the twilight air on the wind.

Stay safe. Be happy. Don't forget.
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