Crimson cherry bloosm

Chapter 7

After knocking, Deidara entered Itachi's room. It was a total mess. You could never find junk on Itachi's floor, but now, you saw stuff everywhere. Clean or used bandages, injection needles, buckets with water, towels, everything. Also, two Akatsuki cloaks, covered in blood. In the bed there was Itachi, unconsciousness, and Sakura was sitting next to him, healing as best she could.

"How is he, Sakura-san, yeah?" Asked Deidara while he walked towards the bed. "Not good." Answered Sakura. "They were smart to aim for his eyes, his best weapons. They... poked them out. The bone in his left leg was splintered, but I already healed that, he just needs time to recover. And a lot more but... Deidara-san, how could this happen?" Deidara sighed deeply. He wanted to look at the girl, but she was hiding her face behind her hair.

"Itachi-san is a... Wonderful fighter, Sakura-san, yeah. But there were really a lot of ninja. And he saw some run towards our cabin, yeah. He lost his guard. Yeah..." It was quiet for a while. "Than it's all my fault." Sakura whispered. "Wh- No, of course not! Sakura, yeah, listen-" "No!" Sakura interrupted. "You cant tell me that only this cabin was so important for him. I was inside, I was sleeping, they could have killed me in a second. Deidara-san you know this." Deidara said nothing. Sakura continued working on Itachi's eyes. Deidara sighed and stood up. "I'll get you some food... Yeah..." He left.

Sakura stopped healing and looked around to see if Deidara was really gone. "Itachi..." She whispered. "I'm so sorry... This hadn't happened if I'd leave you alone..." Her tears fell down on his cold cheeks. Shaking she took his hand. "When you're better I'll leave, Itachi... Then you wont let your guard down because you're worried about me... I'm so sorry... I'll heal you, okay, Itachi? I'll heal you, and please, forgive me after that..." Her tears streamed down like a waterfall. Crying, she kissed his forehead. "Wake up... Please wake up... Don't die... I'm trying so hard... It's worse to live on when you are dead than to live on while you're happy without me..." She placed her fingertips underneath his eyes again and let her chakra flow through it.

Deidara was back with food, although he stood on the other side of the door, listening to Sakura. He knocked and waited for a while, before he entered.

"I have food, yeah... Rest to eat for a while, okay? Or else you'll die... Yeah." He walked up to her and gave her the plate with bread and strawberries. "Thank you, Deidara-san." Sakura said in a small voice. She started to eat and he watched her eat.

Suddenly, Itachi moved a little. Sakura and Deidara looked up, stunned.

Then, Itachi started to scream.

His scream of pain and horror filled the room, echoed around. It sounded more depressing than anything. Sakura saw he tried to open his eyes.

"No, don't open them Itachi!" She said hastily. He slowly stopped screaming. With his eyes still closed, he opened his mouth. "Sa... Saku...ra?" He asked with difficulty. "Yes... Thank god you're alive..." "You can say that, yeah..." Muttered Deidara. Sakura laid her head on his chest. No one did something for at least an half hour.

"Sakura-san..." Deidara started then. "How big is the chance he'll see again, yeah?" Sakura got op slowly and stroked Itachi's cheek. "Fifteen percent..." She muttered. She noticed Itachi stun. She started to cry again. "I'm sorry Itachi..." She managed to say. He did nothing. Carefully, she used bandages to bind them in front of his eyes. Then she started healing them again.

"Itachi-san, are you hungry, yeah?" Deidara asked. Itachi shook his head a little. Deidara left, leaving the couple alone.

- - - - - -

Sasuke suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. He thought he heard something. He didn't knew what but it was... Something. A scream? No. Well, maybe.