It's been an extremely long time… but here is Chapter 13. If needed feel free to re-read Chapter 12 to do some catching up. In this chapter be prepared for some extreme sexual content. As the chapter title suggests… it's been a long time coming. Enjoy.

Sakura could barely breathe in her room, the energy was so heavy it tightened the air around her. She lay in her bed wheezing as if she had asthma. Then her room door flung open and there he was standing there like an evil presence. Sakura took one last breath before being thrown into a genjutsu.

She was tied to a tree in the same forest they met. This time it was Temari nor Akane, but Itachi and another girl. "Since you want to know so badly, watch…" Sakura couldn't look away as Itachi deeply and passionately kissed the dark haired girl… she couldn't even cry. She watched on in horror as Itachi dropped the dark haired girls cloak explored her body with his hands.

They broke the kiss and the girl said, "Itachi… I'm sorry. Just get on with it."

Itachi looked away from her and said, "There has to be some other way. I just can't kill you." Sakura's eyes widened.

"It's my punishment for betraying Akatsuki, for betraying Pein… for betraying you. I humbly accept it."

"But Ami, I…"Itachi was silenced by Ami's finger covering his lips.

"Don't say it, it'll just make it that much harder to let go." She reached for his kunai and his hand stopped hers.

"Please…" and for the first time ever both Ami and Sakura saw Itachi cry. Ami smiled and mouthed something Sakura couldn't make out and after a quick kiss, impaled herself in the heart with the kunai. She looked up at Itachi before falling to the ground. Itachi caught her in his arms and when he saw the last glimmer of life leave her eyes he screamed. He screamed so loud that the forest appeared to shake. Sakura blinked and before she knew it she was back on her bed in her room sobbing. The only sound in her room in fact was her sobbing. She knew he was still standing there by the door. She didn't dare turn around to face him. Then out of the darkness came footsteps.

"Stay away from me!", Sakura half-heartedly yelled. The footsteps just kept moving closer and closer to her.

"STAY AWAY FR-" before she could finish her next demand she was grabbed from under the sheets and into the air by her two wrists. Itachi effortlessly had her hanging in front of him by one hand. He stared right into her crying eyes.

"Sakura, listen to me!" Sakura struggled to break free and refused to look him in the eyes. Itachi was becoming more and more agitated. He used his other hand to steady Sakura's face towards his.

"SAKURA!", all motion stopped at the sudden increase of Itachi's voice. Sakura resumed her sobbing and just as Itachi went to speak to Sakura, he had a flashback to Ami. He dropped Sakura on her bed and backed away holding his head. Sakura sat on the edge of her bed and watched as Itachi warred with himself. Soon Itachi stopped. He had had enough of fighting with everyone he loved. He dropped his arms to his side and just watched Sakura… Sakura in return watched him.

"I loved Ami..." Itachi began. A pained expression grew on Sakura's face and she turned away.

"...but she betrayed us and Pein ordered me to kill her. As you saw I couldn't go through with it and she ended up killing herself out of my weakness. I wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with Ami. We even made plans of leaving Akatsuki and starting over somewhere far away from here, but life had other plans in store. The last thing she told me before she died was 'Don't forget how to love'." Sakura's eyes widened. That must've been what she saw Ami mouth to Itachi before she died.

"Up until you came, I had forgotten how to love… but you… you reminded me," Itachi mumbled. Sakura had heard him no matter how low he spoke. She used the backs of her hands to wipe her tears from her face.

"I love you Sakura." Sakura froze in place. She wasn't expecting to ever hear those words escape Itachi's lips and it scared her. It scared her because she didn't expect to ever be loved. Before she could move from her frozen stature, Itachi had quietly walked over to her and now stood right in front of her. She looked up in to his dark abyss eyes and thats when it all hit her. Sakura loved Itachi with every fiber of her being. No matter how upset she got with him, nothing or no one would ever be able to stop the love for him from pouring from her heart.

"It-Itach-", Sakura began sobbing all over again and this time Itachi wiped the tears from her eyes, and bent down to silence all her cries.

"You don't have to talk anymore," was the last word spoken before he covered her mouth with his. They kissed. After all the anguish they put each other through, after hiding and denying their true feelings, after the heartache… they kissed passionately. Itachi knelt down in front of Sakura being careful not to break their kiss. His hands cupped her face and her hands were entangled in his hair, still damp from the shower. Then after a couple of minutes, Itachi backed away from Sakura's lips which were now swollen and still slightly parted. Her eyes lazily opened to see Itachi taking his black t-shirt off. Once he had it up and over his head his perfectly chiseled torso was out for Sakura to fully take in. Although it was dark she could see enough to know that he was toned. She reached out both hands and ran them up and down his abdomen, slowly taking in every crease and bulge. Sakura was becoming hot and bothered down there. Then before she knew it Itachi had kneeled down in front of her again. Before she could ask any questions he had hooked his fingers onto her spandex and began pulling them down. She caught his hands before he could completely uncover her goods.

"I-Itachi w-wait… I...I…" Sakura stumbled on her words. Itachi looked at her and pushed her hands aside and continued to undress her. Sakura once again stopped him, but this time she quickly found her wrists pinned above her head as she was thrown back against her bed.

"I-Itachi what are you doing!?" Sakura screamed as she was becoming scared.

Itachi still had his free hand on her spandex and whispered in her ear, "When are you going to stop fighting me Sakura?" As the words left his mouth he ripped the rest of her spandex down her legs and flung it into a corner. Sakura went to scream but was quickly silenced by Itachi's mouth covering hers once more. As he kissed her, his fingers found her naked and waiting mound. He smoothly slid one finger over her slit. Sakura tightened her thighs together in a feeble attempt to remove his hands. Sakura was in a turmoil she didn't know what to do. The man she loved was forcing himself on her, but she didn't want this… at least not now. Itachi let go of her lips and smirked.

"Look at you… your mouth is saying one thing but your body is saying another." Sakura could feel how hot and wet she was becoming but it's only because he kept toying with her.

"Please… stop… Itachi." Itachi slid a long finger into Sakura and her back arched with delight as he added the motion of sliding it in and out. Sakura licked her lips and panted as he did so. Itachi inserted another finger and Sakura let out a lewd noise.

"Mmmmm...unnhhh…" Sakura moaned.

"Now tell me what you really want?" Itachi asked while watching Sakura bite her lip. Who was Sakura trying to fool… she wanted every bit of Itachi right now. This pent up pressure was too much for her to handle.

"I want...you...right now… inside of me", Sakura begged.

Itachi slipped his fingers out and said, "All you had to do was ask." He quickly slid out of his boxers revealing his long throbbing member that had been wanting Sakura from the very first moment. He parted Sakura's legs and before Sakura could catch her breath from his fingers, she was filled to capacity with Itachi's member. Sakura's back arched and her head dug into the sheets. Her pink hair was tousled all about the bed and she had dug her nails deep into Itachi's back. Itachi let out a moan of his own from how tight Sakura was… almost like she was a virgin. Sakura lost all control once Itachi began pumping in and out of her.

He went slowly at first to get Sakura accustomed to his size but after Sakura whispered, "Faster," in his ear he complied. He snaked his arms around Sakura's petite waist and held her close as he sped up his thrust each one harder and faster than the last.

"I-Ita….ahhhhhh!", Sakura was crying out in pleasure. None of the two remembered that the rooms were not soundproof.

"Damnit Sakura…" Itachi groaned as Sakura began to buck her hips against him in synchronization of his thrusts. The two were sweating from head to toe and enjoying every minute of it. Itachi continued to thrust into Sakura until he felt her tighten around him and begin to twitch. Sakura had reached her climax beneath Itachi. Her arms fell limp at her sides and Itachi eased up off of her to admire his work. She was panting, sweating and her face was flushed. He looked down to where their bodies were connected and her pretty pink mound was swollen and there was white milky fluid escaping the sides. He slowly slid out and pressed his thumb to to her swollen mound. He stuck it in her hole and twisted it around making Sakura squirm. He then bent his head in between her thighs and went to work licking up every drop of her that dared to try and escape. His skillful tongue movements sent Sakura into ecstasy. Her hands instinctively reached down and grabbed his hair. Which made Itachi moan into her. He grabbed her firm thighs and pulled her closer into him. Sakura wrapped her legs around his shoulders. Itachi sucked, licked and teased her until she came for a second time in his mouth. Itachi lifted his head and wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand. Sakura looked at him in the dark and realized just then how much she wanted to spend her life with him. She could get used to this. Itachi loosened her legs from around him and slid his hands up and under her mesh top.

"How could I have forgotten this…" and while saying that he gently rolled the top up and over her head. He made quick work of her bra and to his enjoyment her beautiful breasts spilled out in front of him. Since Sakura was sitting up on the bed and Itachi was kneeled down in front of her, he was at the the perfect height to suck and caress her breasts. He hovered his mouth over the left one and breathed on it which sent a tingle up Sakura's back. This was her most sensitive spot. Just his breath on her breast alone was enough to set Sakura's precious core on fire. Her back arched and Itachi wrapped his arm around her to keep her steady while he teased her nipples. Sakura bottom lip had all but ripped off as she bit it. Sakura couldn't take it anymore. She pushed Itachi back and in the blink of an eye he was back against the bed and she was now the one on top and in charge.

"It's my turn." Sakura said as she smiled down at Itachi. Itachi quietly obliged. Sakura spun around so that she was now in the 69 position. She positioned her soaked mound right over Itachi's mouth.

As she bent over to take him inside of her mouth, she looked at him and said, "No touching." Then slid Itachi all the way in her mouth which earned her a groan of pleasure. She was going to work as Itachi fought back the urge to touch her, but as he felt his climax grow closer he decided that he had to disobey. He stopped Sakura's actions by inserting his tongue into her which caused her knees to give out. Itachi took the opportunity to take control of her hips with his hands and pulled her closer to him which forced his tongue deeper into her. Sakura was riding his face and again she was nearing.

"I-Ita-mmmm…. ahhhh… I'm gonna c-cum." Sakura cried out but right before she came Itachi switched positions for the last time. He moved from under her causing her to fall forward onto her hands and knees. Right where he wanted her to be. He slid from under her to position himself right behind her on his knees. Before he entered her he rubbed his hands up and down her back. He pulled her up to him so that her back was touching his chest. He kissed a trail from her shoulder to the crook of her neck and then gently sucked and sucked until he could feel the bruise well up under his tongue.

"Now everyone will know you are mine." Itachi concluded then pushed her back on to the bed and cupped her ass and slowly slid into her separated lips. Sakura grabbed fistfuls of sheets in her hand as he rammed into her over and over, faster and faster. Her breasts bounced around wildly and her hair was sprawled all over the bed in a mangled mess. She felt her walls begin to tighten and Itachi's member began to tense as well.

"I'm gonna explode Itachi!", Sakura yelled at the top of her voice and right then Itachi grabbed her breasts in either of hands and released into her as she released on him. They stayed there for a while longer letting every drip expel from their core. Sakura breathed heavily as Itachi still lay on her back. After a few moments he rolled off of her to lay next to her. He placed one hand on his face and the other combed through his hair. Sakura repositioned herself on top of him and lay on his chest.

She moved his hand and said, "I never did respond back earlier. But if it wasn't already evident… I love you too Itachi Uchiha.", Sakura said while blushing immensely. Thankfully it was just dark enough that he wouldn't be able to make it out. Itachi chuckled and wrapped his arms around Sakura.

"You really know how to get me going. You're mine and only mine." Itachi said in his usual serious tone. Sakura just kissed him in response.

There were no more words to be said except, "It's been a long time coming."