-1Okay I have no idea why I decided to write this but somehow, I felt the need to start an ItaSaku fic. Please enjoy it and uh…DON'T SHOOT ME!!! --runs away-- this is my first shot at something like this so review and tell me if it's okay!
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The full moon hung over Konoha, throwing a silvery light over the buildings and streets. Not a single movement in the streets. Everything was still in the late night air. No one could have guessed that a rouge ninja and sworn enemy of the village, Uchiha Itachi, was stealing through the Hidden Leaf Village without a sound, making his way to the home of a certain kunoichi.
His sandaled feet alighted on her roof and he hooked his feet on the gutter, swinging himself down. Now upside down he gazed into the dark room. He could see that no one was home. that meant she was out, or on a mission.
Itachi decided the latter was unlikely and stole toward the Hokage's building. Kisame would call him cocky, later for sneaking in right under the Leaf's nose, but that was not important now. No one saw the shadowy figure slip past the guards and slink up the side of the building. and no one saw him wedge himself under the Fifth Hokage's window.
"What were those nin on the ANBU squad again Shizune?"
"On Squad 9?...Let's see...Arachi Hanabo, Churiki Yuki, and Haruno Sakura Tsunade-sama."
"We should send word to them that a storm is moving in where they are heading..."
"Tsunade-sama, Sakura will be fine. She passed the ANBU exam didn't she?"
He heard a snort and then, "You sound just like Naruto and Kakashi."
That was all Itachi needed to know. He let himself drop to the ground below and stole out of the village. His Akatsuki cloak was right where he had hidden it, along with the meager little pouch of food he kept with him.
He shrugged off the chill of the night and donned his cloak. If being Head of the ANBU at 13 had taught him anything, it was how to track, and tracking an ANBU squad would be mere child's play for him.
It had been a while since he took any of their lives...
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"Target in sight."
"Good, follow closely and mask you chakra, they mustn't know they are being protected or the negotiations will fall right through."
"Hai!", said Sakura as the two now familiar voices of her teammates sounded through the radio. She crept toward the caravan of feudal lords and knelt on the leaf-littered forest floor. Her cat ANBU mask covered her pretty face. She was now 24 years old, and part of the elite of the elite. Her pink hair was a little longer than it usually was, but she kept it out of the way when necessary. She shifted unfomfortably as an acorn fell from above and found it's way inside her form-fitting ANBU uniform. No time for discomfort Sakura, keep your eyes on the prize...err...target.
Finally the group of feudal lords form the Wind and Snow countries gave the command and their posse moved forward.
Sakura, Yuki, and Hanabo moved along with the group, silent guards. It was tedious work for such skilled shinobi but it was necessary. If the Wind and Snow countries made a treaty that would mean the Fire country would have an easier time trading with them. it was crucial to broaden one's horizons.
But Sakura cursed all broadening of horizons as they crept along at a snails pace. Night it seemed just wouldnt come fast enough.
"Sakura, could you go get some water?" asked Yuki. the petit woman was kneeling by the fire, while Hanabo sharpened his sword. The group of lords had stopped for the night and so had Squad 9. Sakura looked up from digging that precarious acorn out of the back of her uniform. "Sure."
As she stood up the acorn plopped to the ground. she cursed at it and crept through the woods toward the small stream. Filling the three canteens she wondered how many stars where really in the sky. they surrounded the full moon like an entourage of the admiring public.
She shook off these thoughts and stealthily made her way back to the small smokeless fire. But when she got back they where not there. the fire had been put out and a single sign was scratched into the trunk of a nearby tree. to a passerby it wood look as if an animal had made it. but to a member of the ANBU it read 'danger'
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Okay I know what your all wondering...'wtf does Itachi want with Sakura?' Well that will be explained in the next chapter in full. Oh and no Itachi does not know her except for that brief encounter in Shippuden.