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Tears of the Unworthy	By : MudbloodMalfoy Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Itachi/Sakura Views: 9325 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! I am not paid to write this fic.

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Chapter Five

Visitors

...I don't own Naruto...but i wish i did

A tiny bell sounded as two figures approached the Konoha gates. One was tall, the other slightly shorter, and both wore straw hats. They both wore cloaks, black with red clouds, and standard shinobi sandals. At the gate, the guard tensed. The taller figure lifted his hand. A single thread shot out from the sleeve of his cloak to wrap around the guard's throat, strangling him within moments. The two continued into the village.

Itachi woke up the instant he felt the two familiar chakra signatures. He slipped out of bed silently, heading to the roof. He was leaning against a pole when the two figures approached him. "What are you two doing here? Leader said I have a year to spend with my family. It's only been a month and a half," Itachi said quietly.

The shorter figure flipped his hat off. "Well, hello to you, too, asshole. Damn. Can't even get a proper fucking welcome in this rinky-dink shit-hole village," Hidan said with a sneer.

The taller figure sighed as he took his hat off. "Shut UP, Hidan. We're here on official business, Itachi. Leader said he needs you back at base. We caught another bijuu and need you for the sealing. Leader said you can bring Sakura and the twins with you," Kakuzu said. When Itachi looked a bit surprised by the fact that he knew Sakura's name, he just smirked a bit. Zetsu had been keeping an eye on them; he had brought back any news he felt was relevant, including the names of Itachi's family.

Itachi nodded and motioned them to follow him. He waved them downstairs as he went to wake Sakura up. She was sitting up in bed, kunai in hand. She stood up when she saw him. He told her quietly to get dressed and come downstairs. He kissed her cheek and walked out the door.

Sakura hurriedly pulled on a skirt and a sleeveless shirt, then her boots and gloves. Lastly, her kunai and shuriken pouch. She calmly walked down the stairs, then into the living room. She sat on the couch beside Itachi.

"Start from the beginning," Itachi demanded.

"A week ago, Deidara and Sasori caught the five-tailed bijuu. Two days ago, Leader sent us out to come get you, since we need you for the sealing. He was in an amiable mood, so he said to let your family come, too," Kakuzu explained.

Sakura thought about it for a minute. She looked Kakuzu in the eye and asked, "When do we leave?"

Itachi breathed a silent sigh of relief. He hadn't been sure if Sakura would go.

"In the morning. First light. Be packed and waiting at the front door," Hidan said.

Sakura looked a bit uncomfortable. "Do you- I mean...would you like to stay here?"

All three men looked at her, surprised. Itachi nodded and looked at the other two. "You guys can sleep in the house next door."

Kakuzu was glad he didn't have to waste money on a rented room. Hidan was glad he didn't have to hear Kakuzu bitch about paying for said rented room.

The two exited the house, leaving Itachi and Sakura sitting there on the couch. Sakura stood up and said "Guess I need to pack our things."

He watched her walk upstairs, then stood up to follow after a moment. He found her in their room, packing some of her clothes and spare weapons in a duffel bag. He smiled when she packed a children's book. He stood in the doorway, just watching as she folded the clothes and placed them into the bag. She looked up and saw a strange expression on his face.

"What's wrong, Itachi?" Sakura asked softly.

Itachi snapped out of his inner musings. "Just thinking about a dream I had a while ago. Don't worry about it," he replied. The dream he was talking about was, in fact, the nightmares he had experienced until he had arrived in the village. He had just noticed a similarity between the nightmare and the current situation. In his nightmare, Sakura and the twins had been in a cave-like area. The Akatsuki's current base was an underground cave in Rain. That thought was enough to send a small shiver of dread down his spine.

Pushing the thoughts away, he walked over to Sakura and kissed her cheek. She smiled up at him and placed another shirt in the bag. She closed the first duffel bag, containing Itachi's clothes, and began to pack her own. She placed a few small mementos inside, just for memory's sake. A necklace that Naruto had gotten for her when she turned 17; a ribbon to replace the one Sakura had returned to Ino all those years ago; a field guide on medical jutsu Tsunade had given her when she finally finished the first of her medical training. A few more things went into the bag, then Sakura came upon a gift that made her cry and smile at the same time. It was a small stuffed bear. Looking at it, holding it, brought back the memories.

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A young Sakura, about 10, was running through the streets of the village. It was time for the annual Konoha festival, and she was going to work up the courage to ask Sasuke to go with her. She finally reached his house and slowed her steps, gathering her courage. She knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. After a few seconds, the door opened and the boy of her dreams was standing at the door. He looked a bit impatient, so Sakura tried to say what she had to before she lost her nerve. In the end, it came out a half-stutter. "Hi, S-Sasuke. Would y-you like to g-go to the festival w-with me?" she asked quietly.

"Great. You sounded like Hinata. He's going to think you're retarded or something," Inner said snidely.

"Shut up, Inner. I realize that. I'm doing the best I can!" Sakura retorted.

Sasuke looked at the girl standing on his porch. She looked like she was having an inner struggle, so he waited until she focused her gaze back on him. "This is so annoying. I hate all these girls always coming up to me." he thought to himself.

When the pink-haired girl's attention was finally back on him, he said coldly, "No," and slammed the door in her shocked face. He stood there for a second, just to be sure she left. He heard a quiet sob, following by a sniffle, then more sobs and footsteps as the girl ran away. "That should've made me feel better. I got her out of my hair. So...why do I feel worse?" he thought confusedly. He sighed and made his way back to the window he had been watching the festivities from. He saw the girl crying, then more girls showed up and pulled the crying girl away from her spot underneath a tree. He sighed again.

Sakura looked up as Ino, TenTen, and Hinata came up. They convinced her to join them and they all went off to get cotton candy and play some games. The girls passed a booth that had small stuffed bears as the prize. She paid the man her money and tried as hard as she could to win, but she just couldn't. Ever conscious of her limited funds, she sighed sadly and walked away. She didn't see the person who played the game next, nor the fact that the person won and picked out the teddy bear she had been eying.

The ten-year-old crawled wearily into bed, worn out from being run all over the place by her friends. She plopped her head onto the pillow and was asleep nearly instantly.

The next morning, she opened her eyes and stretched. Reaching out to the table to turn her alarm off before it woke up her mom, she bumped into something and heard it fall to floor. Sitting up sleepily, she looked down and gasped when she saw the bear she had been wanting at the festival. Attached to it was a note. "Here. Since you couldn't get one yourself." It wasn't signed, but she knew exactly who had gotten it for her. Only Sasuke could turn something nice into an insult. She smiled and giggled, then held the bear close to her.

Outside her window, Sasuke watched. A small smile graced his lips, then he turned and left.

They didn't speak of it the next time they saw each other. Sakura just smiled at him, a smile which got wider when he returned it with a small half-smile of his own.

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Sakura smiled at the memory. It was one of the only things Sasuke had ever given her, which made it all the more special. Sakura placed the worn bear lovingly in the bag, then moved on to gather a few more clothes. She zipped up her bag and opened another one, this one for the twins. She placed all of their tiny little baby clothes in it, along with diapers and toys and other essentials. When the babies' bag was packed, she took all three and placed them in the living room.

After checking on Mai and Shin, she went in search of Itachi. She found him in the backyard, training. The two Akatsuki members sent to get them were sitting under a tree. As soon as she stepped onto the ground from the porch, all three turned to her.

"Let's spar, Sakura. You haven't fought with me in a while," Itachi said with a smirk.

Sakura answered his smirk with one of her own. "Okay. Jutsu and weapons allowed?" she asked.

"Everything goes. An all-out battle. Let's see what you've been doing when you go train with Tsunade and Ino, shall we?" Itachi said with a small smile. He smiled a bit wider when he saw Sakura's guilty blush.

In the background, Hidan whispered to Kakuzu. "Did he just fucking smile? I've never seen him smile. It's fucking weird."

Kakuzu hit Hidan upside the head. "Shut the hell up. I think the little kunoichi might have softened him up," he said quietly to Hidan. The kunai that embedded itself in the tree trunk a scant few centimeters above his head had him shutting up quickly.

Sakura pulled on her gloves and took a kunai out of the pouch on her leg. She dropped into her stance and prepared for Itachi to make his move. Itachi just stood there, looking slightly bored. The kunoichi smirked and slammed her fist into the ground, making a small fissure that headed for Itachi. He simply jumped out of the way and stood there. Sakura heard something behind her and whirled to see an Itachi clone coming at her. She dropped to the ground at the last second and shot her leg out, hoping to catch the clone off guard and trip it. The clone jumped up and launched a barrage of kunai and shuriken at her. Jumping back, Sakura saw more kunai coming from beside her. She turned her head and, again, felt like time slowed. She snatched one of the weapons out of the air a split second before it hit her, then used it to deflect the rest. She turned back to Itachi and smiled.

Itachi saw her eyes and felt a small thrill of shock run through him. "Sharingan. But how? Any why pink?" he thought to himself. His thoughts were interrupted when he noticed Sakura was no longer in front of him. "I didn't even see her move!" Itachi felt a kunai poke him gently in the back of the neck, at the base of the skull.

"You're dead," Sakura whispered. He felt a draft of air and realized she had moved again. He smiled to himself at how strong his little blossom had grown. Activating his own Sharingan, he looked around for her. He took a step forward and pivoted on his heel to throw a shuriken into the trees. His eyes widened when his shuriken came whizzing back at him. He ducked and stuck his leg out, catching Sakura in the stomach as she ran at him. Now down to taijutsu, Itachi saw how fluid her moves were. He caught her in the stomach again, and once in the face. She just spit blood out her mouth and kept fighting.

The more they fought, the more Sakura saw slight flaws in Itachi's taijutsu. "Okay. I have his pattern. Now just wait for it- there!" She thought as she sent a chakra-enhanced punch to his stomach. He spit up blood and doubled over in pain. He jerked backwards when Sakura began to lift her knee.

She froze mid-strike. "Shit," she said. Rushing through a series of seals, Sakura disappeared in a rain of sakura blossoms. Itachi blinked in surprise. Then he heard it, too. Someone was in the house. He repeated Sakura's curse and followed after her, running so fast he was a blur. When he got to the house, he saw Sakura holding someone up by the shirt. The fact that the person was nearly twice as big as her, and was currently dangling a few inches off the ground, made his eyes widen. Itachi ran into the house and up the stairs to the nursery. He saw the twins, asleep in their cribs, and let out a sigh of relief. He picked them both up and scrambled back downstairs. He saw Kakuzu and Hidan in the living room, looking confused. He handed the twins off to them and went back to Sakura. The big guy was now tied to a tree, apparently unconscious. He glanced at Sakura, then did a double-take.

Inner smiled back at him. "Saku-chan's busy now. Best be quiet so you don't mess up her concentration," she said sweetly.

Itachi just stared at her. "Oh, that's right! You didn't know we could merge, did you? Well, we can. And Saku-chan's in this big lug's head right now, trying to find out what he's doing here and why. She shouldn't be too much longer," Inner explained.

The two stood there for a few minutes until Inner gave Itachi a sad look. "Well, I have to go now. Bye!"

Slowly, the black streaks in Sakura's hair receded. Her fingernails lost the black and silver designs, and the tattoo on her shoulder disappeared into her skin. Sakura opened her eyes and blinked up at Itachi. "Well, that was interesting. Orochimaru sent him. He wants a baby this time, so he can raise it to be his willing slave and so that he can finally have the Sharingan. That freak just needs to be killed," she said with disgust.

Itachi felt rage pour through him as Sakura spoke. "For this, you will die, Orochimaru. I promise you that," Itachi thought.

The two headed inside and were met by the sight of the two other Akatsuki members trying to make the twins stop crying. Hidan was cursing at Shin and Kakuzu was holding Mai away from his body with his threads and bouncing her up and down. The parents of said twins were struggling not to laugh. Sakura gave in and burst into fits of giggles while Itachi smiled and shook his head. The couple took their children back from the floundering pair and almost instantly the babies were quiet. Their parents shared a smile and left the two helpless males gaping at them as they went upstairs.

"Damn. They make it look so damned easy," Hidan said. Kakuzu just nodded in response.

That afternoon, Sakura went to Tsunade's office. "Shishou," she said upon entering, "Itachi and I have to go to the Akatsuki base for a while. Their Leader needs Itachi and said that I could come along. I think he wants to see me and the twins."

Tsunade looked up in surprise. "So that's what those two were doing here. I wondered when they didn't stop anywhere, but headed straight to you and Itachi." She sighed. "I guess I could let you go. But then who would run the hospital for you?"

Sakura laughed. "Shishou, I haven't been in that hospital since I was released from the maternity ward. Ino's been running it ever since."

Tsunade groaned. "Damn. I guess I have to let you go, don't I? You'll just run away with them. Fine. I'll get the proper documents so you won't be held up at the borders. I'll send Naruto with them at dawn to meet you at the gates. Now go away so I can...er...do paperwork," Tsunade said as she stealthily pulled a bottle of sake out from under her desk.

Sakura laughed. "Okay. Just don't let Shizune catch you."

Tsunade sighed. "Why do I have a bad feeling about all this? I need more sake."

The next morning, the four adults and two infants were at the gates, waiting for Naruto to bring the papers Sakura needed. Finally, after half an hour, Sakura summoned a slug to find him. The slug found him at Ichiraku. He had forgotten all about Sakura and his job to give her the papers. When Sakura appeared beside him, her eyes blazing with anger, he remembered real quick.

After a good tongue-lashing, Naruto handed her the papers and said goodbye and gave her one last hug. "Come home soon, Sakura. And stay safe." His hug tightened. "Don't make me lose another teammate. Sakura, you're like a sister to me. I love you and I couldn't take it if something happened to you."

Sakura blinked in surprise then smiled at Naruto's admission. "I love you, too, Naruto. Nothing's going to happen. I promise. Itachi will keep us safe."

Naruto shot her a crooked smile as he released her. "Come back soon."

"I will," Sakura promised as she took off in the direction of the gates.

Sakura landed in front of Itachi and retrieved a screaming Mai from a scowling (and cursing) Hidan. She and Itachi held the twins and the other two carried the duffel bags.

As the sun rose over the tree tops, Sakura looked back at the village. A chill shot down her spine as she saw shadows moving around them. Shaking the dread off, she turned her back on the village and towards the newest chapter in her life.

In the shadows, a dark figure crouched. He laughed when he saw Sakura visibly cringe when she felt his presence. "This one is different. Maybe I can use her instead." When the figure stood up, a flash of orange showed from beneath his hood. The figured laughed maniacally before disappearing in a flash.
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