"He should be here any minute," Ino squealed.

"Shh," Sakura told her. "We don't want them to sense us."

"But I can't believe we're going to see him without any of the other girls trying to get his attention too," Ino said excitedly.

Sakura nodded in agreement just as excitedly."But remember if anyone wonders what we're doing it's an assignment from Iruka-sensei."

The two seven-year old girls were crouched low behind a thicket of bushes, using the gaps between the branches and green to have a good vantage point of the small diner in front of them. They were lucky that the diner was on the outskirts of the center downtown of Konoha because they had good cover. They had arrived here ten minutes ago to make sure they got there before him.

"I'm glad that your big forehead is being used. You were able to figure out where to find him," Ino told her.

Sakura turned to glare at her. "If you're going to call me names, Ino-pig, then I shouldn't have let you come."

"You would have been too scared to come by yourself," Ino snorted.

Sakura really was too nervous to come by herself. She had discovered by accident that whenever he did good on an exam at the academy, his older brother would take him to this small outdoor diner and treat him to what looked like tomato soup or something. Her parents always gave her extra on her allowance if she did good and she always used it to go to the bookstore which was a few stores down from the diner. She noticed this for three times in six weeks but never had to courage to veer down there. But she wasn't going to let Ino know that and was opening her mouth to say otherwise when Ino laid a hand on her arm.

"He's here," Ino whispered fervently.

They both crouched a little lower and kept their bodies as still as possible. Walking down the path to the diner was Sasuke and next to him his big brother. They both were wearing black shirts with the Uchiha clan symbol on their back.

"He's so hot," Ino said dreamily drool literally pooling in her mouth. "We should go over there and at least say hi." She started to stand up.

Sakura grabbed her arm, "No," she hissed. "Remember when he used to go the playground near the monument? All the girls chased him so bad he never came back. We shouldn't mess this up."

"But it's just us," Ino countered looking crestfallen.

Sakura wished she could see him up close too. "I know, maybe next time. We don't want to mess this up."

"Mess what up," a monotone voice inquired.

"Ahh! Eeek!" Ino and Sakura shrieked. Behind them stood Sasuke's older brother but when they looked back towards the diner he was still there. That had them shrieking again.

"What?"

"How?"

"Sasuke has two brothers?" Came from Ino.

Sakura managed to get her composure back and tried not to look like a scared little kid. "Are you doing ninjistu? A henge," she asked.

The boy raised his brow, probably surprised she knew what a henge was. She may not be strong or know any techniques but she read ahead a lot. "You're students," he asked instead of answering her question.

The girls nodded.

"Why are you hiding in the bushes?"

"We're on an assignment," they said in perfect obvious practiced unison.

Sakura stared at Sasuke's brother. His face didn't really change expression but she could tell he didn't believe them. She had heard that even though he was young he was really powerful and in charge of a lot. She didn't want to get into trouble so she just decided to be honest. "We're spying on Sasuke," she blurted out.

"Sakura," Ino gasped out horrified. "Don't listen to her, I'm here to train."

"You traitor," Sakura spat.

"What? I can say the same to you."

The boy looked over them and then at his double and brother. They waited in fear of what he would say or do but neither were prepared for what came out of his mouth.

"You should go over and say hi to Sasuke. I think he'd like that."

Ino gasped in delight, yet Sakura was wary. She had been watching the boy very closely and when he said that his expressionless face changed. He did some kind of smile, she didn't know the word for it, but it seemed like he was strangely pleased. And then it left his face as quickly as it came.

Ino being excited, ran over to Sasuke as quickly as she could and Sasuke was so happy to be with his brother that he was unaware of all the happenings around him and wasn't prepared for when Ino flung herself at him. Seeing the none too happy look on Sasuke's face Sakura wasn't going over to join. Instead she looked back at the boy and noticed he was looking at Sasuke with that odd expression again. She stared at him a moment, noticing he looked a lot like Sasuke. But his hair was longer, his lashes longer, he was taller, older. She stopped. She looked across at Sasuke and then she turned back around to look at his brother. And he was cuter! She gave a small giggle.

"Whats's your name," she asked.

He turned from the greatly amusing sight of his brother getting mauled by the blonde and turned to the other girl who stayed behind. He had felt their presence hiding long before they even arrived and came over her to use them to torture his little brother. He had expected both of them to go rushing him, but the pink haired girl who knew what a henge was, didn't budge. And for some reason the look in her eyes disturbed him.

"Uchiha," he answered.

She smiled at him showing she was missing a tooth. "Can I know your first name, Uchiha," she asked.

He started feeling really uncomfortable. "Itachi," he found himself answering.

If possible her smile grew even brighter, "My name is Sakura! Can I marry you when I grow up?"

At that the highly accomplished 12-year-old ANBU captain promptly poofed! his henge away and went back to Sasuke who was still in Ino's clutches. Within moments they both made their escape.

Sakura quickly ran over to Ino. "Did you see him? He's so awesome."

"I know," Ino said dazedly. "And did you see that? You waited too long, Sasuke is mine now!"

Sakura giggled, "I don't like Sasuke anymore."

Ino's eyes bugged out of her large head." What? Why? How?"

"Because I'm in love with his brother now!"

And that was the day Sakura decided that Itachi would be hers.

AN: Unbeta'd. Any volunteers? :D Also hope you enjoyed it!