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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.

Chapter List
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Chapter Seven

Settling In

I still don't own Naruto. Damn. lol

Sakura looked up from the branch she was sitting on to see Hidan handing her a canteen. "Thanks," she said gratefully.

"Yeah, whatever," came the disgruntled reply.

Sakura smiled. The past few days had been hard going. They ran all day, most of the time into the nights as well. At night, one person would take the watch for a few hours, then wake up the next person on the list they had made. Itachi was right before her on the list, so she hardly ever got woken up until the end of her watch. She would glare at Itachi, but it never did any good.

The twins were being surprisingly well-behaved. It was almost as if they enjoyed the trip. More than once, Sakura had noticed a smile on Mai's or Shin's faces as they ran.

Finally, after five days of hard travel, they made it to the base. Kisame was at the door, waiting to see who the new arrivals were. His eyes widened slightly when he saw two babies. The group got closer to him and he saw that Itachi was smiling at the woman. "I need a drink," he thought to himself. He turned and walked into the base, but left the door open for the coming group.

Itachi saw Kisame standing at the door, watching them. He heard Sakura say something about 'no more sushi' and turned to smirk at her. When he turned back, Kisame had disappeared, but the door was open. The small group landed at the doorway and stood there for a few minutes, catching their breath. Kakuzu walked into the base first, followed by Hidan. Sakura looked up to see Itachi in the doorway, waiting for her.

The first thing Sakura became aware of inside the base was the body suddenly attached to hers. She looked up in surprise. An orange mask with one eyehole peered back at her.

"Hello, new person. Tobi's a good boy!" This was accompanied by a tight squeeze she supposed was a hug.

"Um...hi, Tobi. I'm Sakura," she said, a little bit uncertain. She heard a man's voice call out Tobi's name. From the way Tobi stiffened and suddenly looked very guilty, Sakura knew this wouldn't be good.

A blonde with teal eyes stalked into the room. "What the hell did you do with my clay, Tobi? I can't find it anywhere, yeah," the blonde said.

"Um...Deidara-sempai...this is Sakura. I've got to go. Bye!" Tobi said in a hurry before dashing out of the room.

Deidara turned to Sakura. "Sakura, huh? It fits. The hair and all, yeah." He turned and chased after Tobi.

Sakura looked around the spacious and sparse living room and saw a space that would comfortably fit both of the cribs for the twins. After setting them up, she gently settled her sleeping children in for a nap.

Itachi walked up and quietly intoned for Sakura to follow him. They went down a hall, through a door, down another hall, then through the kitchen, one more door, and finally, Itachi stopped at a door with his hand on the doorknob.

He hesitated for a second, then spoke. "Kisame and I share a room. I'm sure that, since you're here now, Leader will let us have a separate room. For now, though, you and the twins will have to stay in here with us."

Sakura nodded. "Okay. It's not the end of the world, Itachi. Stop looking at me like you just signed my death warrant." She pushed past him and started to open the door. "I'm sure the room isn't...that bad," she finished with a mixture of horror and a sick amazement as she finally saw the room. "Do you guys ever clean this room?" she asked incredulously. She looked around the room and took in the clothes piled on the floor and beds, the bloody weapons on a table in the corner, and dirty dishes on every table in the room.

Itachi looked around dispassionately. He hadn't really realized it had gotten so bad. Most of the time, the two men were never in the room, so they never really cared what it looked like. They always stayed in the living room or the kitchen, or outside at the training grounds. He glanced at Sakura.

She looked back at him with a bit of amusement in her eyes. "Are all of the rooms in this place as bad as this?" she asked.

"Tobi's is almost as bad as this, like a teenager's room; Deidara and Sasori's is layered in clay and puppet parts; Hidan and Kakuzu's is stained with blood; and Zetsu's has...leftovers...from his meals. I'm not sure about Leader's and Konan's rooms," Itachi retorted.

Sakura looked at him hopelessly. "I'm never going to be done by the time we go back. Just cleaning your room will take days," she said with a sigh.

Itachi turned to look back at the kunoichi. "You're going to clean the base?" he asked.

"Well, of course. I don't see how you guys can live here without getting sick from the germs all over the place. I won't live here like this," she said pointedly.

Itachi sighed as she started picking up clothes, thinking about how long this next month was going to be.

The next few hours was spent going through the clothes everywhere, sorting them into dirty and clean, and Itachi's and Kisame's. When that part was done, Sakura ordered Itachi to take the clothes to be washed. With a level stare, he turned and walked off...where he handed the basket of clothes to the first person he met. Hidan just rolled his eyes and turned back towards the laundry room.

While he was away, she picked up the dirty dishes and retraced their steps to the kitchen. To her horror, the dirty dishes were overflowing in the sink. She sighed. "I'll have to do that tomorrow. Itachi's room is enough for now." She placed the dishes on the counter and went back to Itachi's room. Kisame was in there now, dropping his clothes onto the floor Sakura had just cleaned up.

"Stop right there, Mister! You guys have a clothes hamper for a reason," she said to the man.

Kisame froze. He turned to see the little kunoichi glaring at him. He smiled placatingly and walked over to the unused hamper to drop his shirt inside. "There. Happy, little girl?" he said with derision. He turned his back on her and lowered his hands to his belt. "Unless you wanna see a lot more skin, I'd suggest you get your short little ass outta here," Kisame said with a sneer. The next thing he knew, he was being bodily thrown from the room. "What the hell?" was all he could say before he hit the wall. He looked up the glaring kunoichi.

"Unless you want to lose some important body parts, stay out of here until I get done. And this room better stay clean, too, or else you'll be a helluva lot worse off." With that, Sakura slammed the door.

Kisame shook his head. "Damn. The kid's got a temper, that's for damn sure." He got up and made his way to the bathroom. On the way, he passed Itachi and told him what had happened. Itachi just shook his head and kept walking.

He arrived at his room and opened the door to see Sakura cleaning and polishing the various weapons that had littered the room. They were now piled in order of dirtiness. Sakura had a smudge of dirt on her cheek and her clothes were covered in grime. He walked up behind her. "Sakura, take a break. You have all the time in the world. Go see Mai and Shin. I'm sure they miss you," he said softly.

Sakura sighed. "Okay. Fine. But I'm going to take a shower first. I feel horrible." With that said, she dropped the cloth she had been using and grabbed her duffel bag off of the floor on the way to the bathroom. She walked in and shut the door, then dropped her bag on the floor. When she looked in the mirror, she let out a gasp. "Wow, do I look rough or what?" she thought to herself. She stripped and stepped into the shower, then turned the water on. She yelped when the cold water hit her skin. She adjusted the temperature and washed her hair.

When she was moving on to her body, she felt a draft through the shower curtain. "That's strange; I thought I locked the door." She cautiously pulled back the tiniest amount of the shower curtain and gasped when she saw a red-headed male. From his face and stature, she thought he was a teenager.

The guy jerked his head towards her when he heard her gasp. She saw a hint of a blush when he noticed that it was a girl in the shower. "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were Deidara. You must be Sakura. I'm Sasori. I'll just leave you to your shower, then," he said. He walked out and shut the door behind him.

Sakura just stared, wide-eyed, at the closed door. "Well, then. That was weird," she said to herself. She finished her shower and dried off quickly, then pulled on her clothes. She threw her dirty clothes into the duffel bag and exited the bathroom. Stopping in at Itachi's room to throw the duffel bag inside and pick up the twins', she walked to the living room. She walked through the door to find Kisame, Hidan, Kakuzu, Deidara, and Tobi crowded around the cribs that held the twins. She pushed her way through and picked up Mai then pushed her way back through so that she could have room to change and feed the baby. The two were already on bottles, ever since Sasuke's death, when Tsunade had taken them to the hospital nursery while their parents grieved.

Swiftly changing Mai, she asked one of the men to fix the bottles. When they looked at her quizzically, she sighed. "ITACHI!" she yelled, making a few of the gathered men wince and Tobi to cover his ears.

Itachi walked into the room a few seconds later. He didn't ask, just looked at the bottles on the table and nodded. He grabbed them and the formula and walked into the kitchen. Sakura glared at the men and pointed in the direction of the kitchen. Not wanting their ears to suffer again, they quickly left the room.

Sakura placed Mai in her crib and picked up Shin, then changed the boy's diaper and placed him back in his crib. Itachi came back into the room a moment later, carrying the bottles and followed by the men she had run out. Sakura sighed. She looked at the group of men, sizing them up. Figuring she might ought to get to know them, she grabbed a bottle and picked Mai back up.

"Would one of you like to feed Mai?" she asked. Deidara and Tobi both shot their hands up, but Tobi's faltered, then lowered when Deidara sent a death glare at him. Sakura smiled. "Okay, Deidara. Come over here and sit down," she instructed. Deidara ambled over and plopped into the seat Sakura was pointing to. She gently placed her daughter in Deidara's arms. She corrected his hold and watched for a minute as he looked at the baby. She tested the bottle against her wrist and handed it to the blonde. He took it from her and held it up to Mai's lips. Mai's hands came up and covered Deidara's finger, trying to pull the bottle closer. He hid a smile.

Sakura turned to the rest of the group. "Anybody want to feed Shin?" she asked. Tobi's hand shot up again. Sakura laughed. "Okay, Tobi. You sit over here," she said. Tobi walked over and sat down. Sakura picked up Shin and placed him in Tobi's arms, correcting his hold on Shin. She tested the other bottle on her wrist and handed it to Tobi. He brought it to the baby boy's mouth.

When the babies were halfway done with their bottles, Sakura made the two men burp them. Deidara jumped a bit in surprise when Mai burped loudly. Sakura smiled while Itachi smirked. After the twins had been fed and were settled in their cribs for a nap, everyone sort of migrated to the kitchen. Sakura sighed when she saw the dishes. She looked through the doors until she found the closet, then rambled through it until she found an apron. She tied the apron and rolled up her sleeves then started on the dishes. Itachi surprised the men by taking up the duty of rinsing the dishes. Tobi jumped into the work with "Tobi will help. Tobi's a good boy!" and dried and put the dishes away. After about fifteen minutes, every dish was clean, dry, and in its place.

Almost in unison, Hidan, Kakuzu, Kisame, Deidara, and Tobi's stomachs growled. Sakura laughed at Itachi's disgruntled face. "If you guys promise to clean up after yourselves, I'll cook lunch," she said with a small smile. Her eyes widened when everyone promised right away. Apparently, none of the men could cook well. When Sakura looked through the refrigerator and cupboards, she was disappointed by the lack of food. "Sorry, guys, but I need some supplies. Do you ever go grocery shopping?" she asked. She was confused when Hidan started laughing.

"Yeah fucking right! Kakuzu's the Akatsuki's 'financial adviser'. Tight-fisted, greedy bastard is more like it, though," Hidan said between bouts of laughter.

She looked to Itachi for help. "He doesn't like being...frivolous," he said in a quiet voice.

Sakura nodded. "Okay. Then I guess you guys don't mind eating maggot-infested foods."

When this sunk in, Deidara turned a bit green. Tobi's visible eye widened. Hidan cussed. Kisame...well...let's say the blue turned to gray. Kakuzu looked unaffected, as did Itachi. Sakura raised her eyebrow at him. He shrugged. "I haven't been here for over a month. I haven't eaten any of the food."

Sakura shook her head. "I need to get some supplies from the nearest town. Anyone willing to take me there?" she asked sweetly. Deidara opened his mouth, but Itachi glared at him. Hidan sighed. "I'll take her. I need to sacrifice a few people for Jashin-sama, anyways," he said. Itachi nodded. He didn't trust Hidan, per se, but he knew Hidan was less likely to get Sakura killed. Deidara had a tendency to anger people.

Kakuzu grumbled about a 'waste of money'. Sakura took the money he held out, smiled with feigned sweetness, and kicked him in the shin. When he retaliated with a fist, she dodged gracefully. Before they could go any further, Itachi stepped in front of Sakura. Kakuzu backed off. Sakura smiled and placed her hand on Itachi's back. When he looked back at her, she raised up on her toes and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek.

Walking away, she yelled back, “Hidan, be ready in fifteen minutes!”
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