Me: Hiya! This is Me-chan calling! I'm done with yet another chapie!

Deidara: Aren't you going to say something, yeah?

Me: Oh, yeah! I don't own Naruto or any of the character from the manga/ani… Hey! You tricked me!

Deidara: What, yeah?

Me: Now when I was so happy you tricked me! UUUHHHAAA!!

Deidara: Don't cry, please. yeah!

Sasori: Deidara, what did you do with Me-chan?

Deidara: Oh shit, yeah!

Chapter VIII

Explanations

Sakura was currently standing in a private room with Tsunade and Itachi, getting the scold of her life. "Sakura! I couldn't believe you let Inner take over like that!" the Hokage yelled. "I've told you, it isn't Inner!" the pinkette yelled right back. "Then what is it?! You said the last time I asked you it had something with Inner to do!"

"Inner is controlled by a grief-spirit that want revenge, or want to live again. And then it take over me! Inner is the link between the spirit world and my mind!" Sakura cried out, throwing her fists up in the air. "Then it was Inner!" Tsunade shouted. "No!"

"Yes!"

"NO!!"

"YES!!"

"Ladies, that is not important by the moment" Itachi said, annoyance clearly heard. The women glared at each other. "I have no interest in discussing that matter any further. The importance lays in how we can keep this from happening" he sighed. Tsunade crossed her arms in thinking. "We will have to kill this Inner" she said sternly. "What?" Sakura could just gape. Her mentor was taking own decisions in how to kill a part of her, a part that is the most precious friend she had ever had.

Tsunade frowned. "You heard" she glared at Sakura. "Tsunade-sama, this is MY mind. MY other side! I can't just go and kill the only friend that has stayed by my side no matter what!" the outraged Haruno wanted to scream with everything she had but didn't. "Sakura, this is for the safety of the village! Don't selfish!" the Hokage yelled. "I THINK I DESERVE IT FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE!!"

'Saku-chan, if it's necessary I can agree to being killed…'

'NO!! I'M NOT LOSING ANYONE AGAIN! ESPECIALLY NOT YOU!!'

'Calm down, Saku-chan!'

'DON'T JUST COME AND SAY YOU ARE OK WITH DYING!!'

"Don't just say you want to leave me…" Sakura started to cry. Inner was precious to her. Just like Itachi, Naruto and Tsunade. But she wasn't willing to let her other side die because they would be safe. She just couldn't do that to the one that had been there for her, her entire life.

'Outer, comfort her, damn it!' I.I yelled.

'What can I say? I can't just say "You will have to give up your best friend for the villages safety, the village you hate"!'

'Stop making everything so hard! Say you have an Inner too!'

'No.'

'Why not?!'

'It will be strange…'

'What? To let go of your Uchiha-pride for a few seconds?!'

Itachi growled at his Inner. He was so irritating. If his and Sakura's Inner was anything alike, he wondered how she could worship it so much. "Sakura, calm down" he said, making an effort to sound nice (He is still pissed off at Ishu). "No, you don't know how it is to lose everyone precious to you…" she shook her head furiously as she hugged herself.

With a low growl Itachi narrowed his eyes. "Crying isn't helping either," he turned to Tsunade, "is there no way to seal the pathway?" Sakura stares at him in bewilderment. "I don't know. There is a complicated jutsu that can seal away a part of someone's mind. But it takes weeks to prepare it and major chakra resources to do it. I do not think Sakura's body can handle that" the blonde said stubbornly. "The best thing is that we kill it."

Sakura was boiling. "Tsunade-sama. If you want to get rid of Inner then you have to kill me too. She is half me! The other side of me! You can't take away one side without taking away the other!" she glared with ice-cold green eyes. "So you say that if we kill Inner, we will kill you too?" Tsunade asked with a frown. "Yes. Even if I don't die, I will be a half person! I won't be able to use my bloodline either!" the Haruno snapped. "It's a danger to the village!"

"That's not what you said to my kaa-chan and OTOO-SAN!!" Sakura shot back. It was unfair that she, the one that wasn't Hokage, would have to kill herself! "Your father was the Hokage!" Tsunade where red in the face. "AND I'M HIS DAUGHTER!!" Unable to control her anger she took out a scroll and was about to open it when Itachi grabbed her arm. "Sakura. This technique is for serious battles, not taking your anger out" he stated. "Let go off me, or I'll never let you into my house again."

'It's not like I couldn't sneak in.'

'If you do that, sneak into her bedroom!' Inner Itachi smirked smugly.

Itachi let go of her hand when she bent over and threw up some kind of white substance. "WHAT THE HELL!!" Tsunade yelled when Sakura's hair became brown in the tops. "A-After-effect… I dry out every time I use my bloodline" she stood up again. "And what the fuck is that?" the Hokage pointed at the white liquid on the floor. "Flower juice. It can heal every kind of injury and purify poison. A part of my bloodline."

Ignoring Tsunade's growling, Sakura walked out to the hospital wing. Her gaze where hold straight forward. "Hi, Sakura-san!" Lee said from one of the beds. "What?" she hissed dangerously. "What was that, Sakura-san? I don't think I could hear you clearly" he said as he cleaned his ear from wax. She just went on.

When she came out in the room between the hospital and the arena, Deidara where trying to blow Tobi up. "COME BACK HERE, YEAH!!" he yelled. "It wasn't Tobi's fault!" the masked man cried. "Just sit down and shut up!!" Sakura snapped, even though they couldn't understand, they did. "Is something wrong Sakura-chan?" Konan asked. "Just leave me alone" the pinkette glared.

-- 5 hour later

Sakura sat in her house. She had been transported there by Kakashi after Naruto and Sasuke had been checked up. In front of her she had one of her clan scrolls and a cup of hot tea.

'The pathway between the spirit world and the Haruno's mind can not be closed, or sealed. It will kill the Haruno and cause a natural disturbance. The landscape within a 200 kilometres radius will be destroyed by either earthquakes, tsunamis, wind or lava and magma welling up. It is an after-effect of the enormous tension and release of Spirit power.

However, the Haruno can make an agreement with a demon, or a high spirit, to guard the pathway. This can be done in a clan-temple, mostly the Uchiha temple. Then either a raven-demon or a diseased Uchiha is the most common demons or spirits appearing and offering their services.

Even the Hyuuga—

Sakura jumped when the door was shut roughly in the hall. She turned around as soft steps walked against the kitchen. "Welcome home…" she said as Itachi appeared. "Hn" was his polite reply. He just walked to his room. The pinkette turned her gaze to the floor, shame washing over her. She had been so mean to him back at the exams, when he had probably been stressed and over-worked. He hadn't had that much time over to train her this week, since he had the arrange of the exams on his shoulders. 'No wonder those lines in his face has been bigger… DAMN IT!! I'm such an idiot…'

'Then go and apologise!'

'Why would I do that?'

'Because you feel ashamed!'

'Ok, ok! I'll do it…' Sakura was most displeased with giving in to Inner so fast, but she couldn't argue against that! She stood and walked to the counter where the pot with tea was placed. She took out a new cup and filled it. Then she took a small plate as to hold the cup since it was surprisingly hot.

Sakura took a breath and walked down the corridor to Itachi's room. She raised her hand and knocked very softly, in case he had already fallen asleep. She heard a silent 'come in'. Her cold hand turned the handle and she walked in. Her face got a small frown.

The room was clean, as always. But not as clean as it used to be. Some papers and scrolls laid across the one desk to the left of the window. The window was from across the door and had a view over the mountain side. A closet stood next to the desk, clothes had carelessly been thrown over its one open door.

Then there was the bed (and the nightstand). It was comfy (she knew because she had tested it) and wide, just like her own. But what made her frown was that Itachi was sitting with his bare back to her, reading a notepad with some kind of notes, and he looked unusually tense. "Shouldn't you rest?" Sakura asked, her frown deepening. "Should not you be reading?" he shot right back at her.

Sakura sighed. "I just wanted to apologise for being so mean to you today. I am sorry" she admitted, setting the tea on the nightstand. "Apology accepted" he muttered as he turned the side he had been reading on. His shoulders was stiff, she could see it on how he took the notepad closer to him and then reached to turn the page.

And Sakura, being the impulsive and bold student, crept on the bed and stood on her knees behind Itachi. Her palms settled on his shoulders and his muscles rippled due to her cold skin. Her fingers started to knead his shoulders as she scuffed closer to him to get a better grip. "What are you doing?" he asked as he lowered the paper he was holding, enjoying the attention she gave him.

"Massaging you, what else?" she answered to the obvious question. "Why?" Itachi closed his eyes. "Because you are very tense, and that's not good" she gently said. Her digits found several knots and they worked to untie them. He relaxed under her touch and lowered his head slightly. When she couldn't find any more bumps, she went to his back. Her palms had been warmed up by his hot body (A/N: and then I mean in more than one way XD).

Sakura pressed a spot in-between his spine and shoulder blade, making him let out a half-moan, half-sigh. Smiling, she continued to press tense spots on his back. When he was totally relaxed she was about to creep off the bed when Itachi grabbed her hand. She stopped and turned to look at him. "What?" she asked. He didn't say anything, just sat there and examined her hand.

Suddenly a frown appeared on Itachi's handsome face. "What happens to you every time you use your blood line?" he wondered, his voice completely serious. "I'm like a flower, I dry out" Sakura whispered, her head lowering. "So you dry out…? And what does it take for you to…" he got cut off. "About one day to gather the water. But…" she didn't continue, but her cheeks got red.

"But, what?" Itachi demanded. "But if amalesuckatmybirthmarkIwillgatherthewaterinafewminutes!" Sakura drew in a sharp breath, hoping he didn't hear. But he did. "Is that so?" he whispered and fingered the area around her birthmark. "Y-Yes…" she stammered. Her cheeks became even more red when he leaned against her. "W-What are you doing?" she whimpered when his lips crashed down on her neck.

Sakura moaned uncontrollably as Itachi continued his assault on her pleasure mark. Her arms wrapped around his torso as she desperately tried to get more. He noticed that her hair had the pink colour back at the tips, but he didn't want to stop. Her skin tasted to good. He pulled her onto his lap, so that she was straddling his hips, giving himself better access.

"I-Itachi… M-more…" Sakura whispered between her heavy breaths. She bent her head and laid it on Itachi's shoulders. His hand snaked under her shirt and stroke her stomach. His fingers soon found her breasts and gently cupped one of them. At that motion Sakura stiffened and despite the unbelievable sensation she was given. A picture of Ishu imprinted itself before her inner eye and she suddenly hugged the Uchiha closer.

Itachi, who had a vague idea of her sudden stillness, slowly withdrew his hand from under her shirt and instead wrapped it around her waist. His mouth left her neck and travelled to her cheek. "What's the matter, Tenshi?" he asked lowly with a very small hint of concern. "I… I'm sorry. It's just that… that the picture of Ishu keeps popping up in my mind:.." she whispered.

The sudden intensity in Itachi's chakra didn't escape Sakura and she whimpered. The small plant in the window grew and seemed to be ready to shot out and protect her. "It's alright Tenshi… I'm not going to hurt you" he whispered and nuzzled her neck. "If I thought you would, I wouldn't let you in my house" she smiled weakly and made an effort to stand up. But she couldn't go far before she was pulled down again. "W-What are you doing?!"

"You're sleeping here" it was not a suggestion, it was an order. "O-Ok…" Sakura blushed when he laid down beside her and wrapped his arm around her. "Good night, Itachi" said she. "Good night, Tenshi" he mumbled and once more nuzzled her neck. With a smile on her lips, Sakura fell asleep.

--

The following day Sakura was training with her team. Or rather; she tried. Naruto was bugging her about what happened the day before and Sasuke stared at her. It's not easy to train when one of these things happen, but both at the same time?! If this continued Sakura would not have any energy left to the festival on the evening.

"Oh, by the way, Sakura-chan?" Naruto looked at her with hopeful eyes. "What?" she sighed. "Do you want to go with me, teme and the others to the festival tonight? I would have asked you earlier, but the chunnin-exams took up all space in my brain" the blonde had über cute eyes.

As if on cue, a lollipop-man jumped out of the bushes and tackled Sakura to the ground. "SAKURA-CHAN!!" Tobi yelled happily. Naruto and Sasuke could've sworn that they saw small hearts coming from the boy. He nuzzled Sakura's chest. "Tobi! Not here!" she scolded. The rest of the men wondered why she said 'not here'…

"Sakura-chan, Sakura-chan is going to the festival with Tobi, right?!" Tobi cried out of his one-eye-holed mask. "I promised you last week, didn't I?" Sakura smiled warmly and kissed him on his cheek. One could see the red under his mask. "Sorry, Naruto. I promised my friends I'd go with them."

Tobi turned and an evil glint was visible from his eye-hole as he looked at Naruto. The blonde shuddered. "What's up with that look, lollipop-teme?!" he glared and stomped up to the said boy. "And how dare you touch Sakura-chan like that?!" "Sakura-chan is not your Sakura-chan!" Tobi protested. The two started to fight in a very childish way.

"It's true I'm not Naruto's, but I have someone I belong to. So stop fighting" they did so, but only out of chock. "WHAT?!" They yelled at the same time. "I said I belong to someone. End of story" Sakura blinked when another body crashed down on her, soon followed by another. "HI SAKURA-CHAN!!" the two on top of her shouted. The crushed girl looked up and saw Deidara and Konan beaming at her. "C-Can't… B-b-b-b-reath…" she coughed out. The two jumped of her.

"Who the hell are you? And weren't you on the chunnin exams?" Naruto scratched his head. "Oh yeah! The loudmouthed whiskers-kid!" Konan hid her smirk when the blonde flamed up. "What the hell?! You old baa-baa-that-want-to-look-younger-with-too-much-make-up!" a vein popped up on her forehead. "BAA-BAA?! I'M JUST 24, DAMN IT!!" yelled Konan as loud as she could.

And so they went on until the training was over and it was time to prepare for the Cherry blossom festival. Or as all of Sakura's admirers said; the Sakura-festival.

--

Me: Hello everyone! I'm done now! And I'm sorry it took so long time!

Sasori: --Glares at YOU—Do not try to make her upset. I may kill you for it.

Me: Sasori! Don't scare my readers!

Sasori: If they cause you trouble, they are not worthy to be your readers.

Me: How can you be so rude?

Sasori: I don't care what they think.

Me: Stupid puppet! Well, I care of what you think, so please leave a nice comment! Hey where is Sasori?

Sasori: --In a dark corner—She called me stupid puppet…

Me: Ah! I'm so sorry, Saso-chun!

Don't forget to VOTE!!

Candidate 1:

Elf song

Rating: M (probably, not decided for any story)

Pairing: ItaSaku

Sakura is one of the last elf's alive in a world not to different from our. One day at her graduation from 9th grade she is offered to do a small concert on a night club with her mother's songs! Everything goes well. But what happens after her show? And why have the vampire tribe kidnapped her? Is there anyone she can trust? And why do the vampire's elders want her for themselves?

Genre: Drama/ Romance

Candidate 2:

Akatsuki's heiress

Rating: T-K +

Pairing: Itasaku slight AkatSaku

Sakura have been living in the Village hidden in the Rain almost her whole life. But now she is coming to Konoha to live with her mother and become a ninja even there. But what happens after Sasuke has gone of to Orochimaru? And why is the Akatsuki there to get her? Will she trust her friends with her secret? Why is it that she's collecting jutsus?

Genre: Humour/Romance

Candidate 3:

Doomsday's weapon is that girl?

Rating: M (Language, and blood)

Pairing: ItaSaku

When Naruto and Sakura is of to save Sasuke the Akatsuki follows them. And when they are at Orochimaru's lair the S-class criminals takes our adorable kunochi to use her as their doom's weapon. Inner Sakura is in for hell of a match when Itachi is trying to use the Mangekyuo Sharingan on them and Pein gets scarred. But will she handle all this new things in life? Or will her mind and body brake down when she use her incredible power? Only Akatsuki is there to save her.

Genre: (Humour/) Romance/ Action

Candidate 4:

Betrayal is the only thing you can trust

Rating: M (language, and possible lemons)

Pairing: ItaSaku

AU Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke has just graduated from the ninja academy and is put together as a team. Sakura gets specially trained by Tsunade and the other boys train with Jiraya as their free training. But Sakura has a very hard life, her father abuses her and her mother and doesn't tell anyone. But luck there is, Sakura has a friend she has known since she was 8 years and trust him with almost all secrets. Her trust is not returned by him, because he keeps many secrets from her. Why did he do this to her?

Genre: Romance/ Hurt/Comfort / Humour

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