Chapter one What lies behind green eyes

Itachi sat at his desk, waiting for a student to arrive at his office that morning. The principle of Konoha High School was beyond pass his limits with this certain student, since it's been the same when she started high school 3 years ago. It was a repeat of the same routine every single day. She would do a stupid stunt or start a huge fight over something ridiculous, then she'll get in trouble by getting caught by the teachers which would bring her to his office.

The twenty-three year old man being a little tired was an understatement. He wanted it to end, though he knew it will never happen with child. The door opened and he straighten himself in his leather chair as he saw the blossom pink hair student walking in, annoyed written all over her face about this situation. She was angry for the fact that the teachers assumed she started the fight. She didn't do anything wrong this time, and when she tried to explain to them that it wasn't her fault, they wouldn't listen to her one bit, which caused her to get furious. She was actually being good this morning until someone decided to attack her in the hallway.

She dropped herself in one of the two chairs that was set in front of Itachi's desk. A sigh came out of her mouth waiting for her lecture to begin. "What did you do this time, Sakura?" Itachi asked the female student in front of him. Sakura glared at him with her green eyes. Her face turned red with anger when he spoke those words to life.

"I didn't do anything this time, I swear!" She said, leaning forward in her seat, her small hands grabbing the wooden arms of the chair. "Some idiotic perverted guy decided he wanted to rape me in the hallway!" She shouted out now, pointing her finger to the door where the fight was. Itachi was finding it hard to believe that she was telling the truth, but when he gazed at her eyes, very word was true. Was it really self-defense on her part?

"OK then, what exactly was he doing to you?" He stood up from his seat, walking around the desk so that he was in front of without the desk between them. Itachi leaned on the wooden desk with his hands for support. Her eyes lite up that someone was going to listen her side of the story. Even if it was the Principle himself, it was better than no one listening to her. Sakura took a deep breath, preparing her point of view of what happened.

"I was walking to class, well more like running to class, because I was late." she started off, looking at the ground a blush spreading across her face. Itachi smirked at her, knowing her tardies in all of her classes. "Then I was pulled back by a hand, but i didn't know who it was nor did i really care. I really didn't want to be late for class so i tried to yank my hand out. As I was doing that, he pulled again and this time against the lockers. The boy was saying about me being 'sexy' and that he wanted me so bad." Sakura's eyes were blazing mad just remembering on what he said. "I didn't like that he started to kiss and trying to take my clothes off, so I punched him square in the face. I beat the crap out of him, but that's when I got caught by the teachers. To be honest though I don't regret beating him." she finished her story, leaning back to her chair feeling exhausted by saying all that in one breathe. Itachi was quite shocked at this story. All of it was true. What happen to the lying Sakura? He always knew when someone was lying to him or not, but after three years of her being here, this is his first hearing truth coming out of her mouth.

"Do you know who this boy was?" he asked, folding his arms together. Sakura shrugged, by thought on what she remembered. She really doesn't pay attention on someone's appearance when she's fighting someone.

"Only black hair that's spiked up. If i did know the boy though, you and me both know I'd come after him without a second thought." Itachi nodded his head, knowing her well enough that she would keep her word of coming after them again. He sighed out, honestly, he didn't think he see the day. He guessed that the world was ending or something like that.

"Alright, I believe you." Sakura smiled at this. "I won't punish you, just be in your classes on time, OK?" Sakura nodded her head and stood up. "I'm quite surprised by this discovery that you didn't start the fight, but I'm proud of you!" Sakura blushed at his comment then smiled and nodded her head, feeling a bit happy to make someone proud of her in something. She didn't know why, but her heart skipped a beat and it made her confused at this.

"Thank you, Uchiha-sensei." she spoke, bowing to him. She was relieved that he trusted her.

"Get to class. I'll call your teacher." she left the room. Itachi shook his head at her. She was defiantly something special. He called her teacher, telling her that Sakura is on the way, and excuse her tardy, because she was in the office the whole time. Itachi hang up the phone, then sat in his chair, leaning back. He let out a long sigh, feeling a bit tired already and the day only started for him.

Sakura sat in the back of the class waiting to get out of that class so she can get to her part-time job. "Come on bell. hurry it up! I can't wait a second longer in this damn school!" She thought, tapping her foot lightly in a quick manner on the white floor. She watched the clock anxiously, then the ringing sound came to her ears, like music. That caused her to jump up from her seat and ran out the door. She was the first one out of the school itself. Sakura was making her way down the stairs in front of the school, not paying attention to whoever was in front of her.

Paper was flown in the air, slowly reaching to the concrete ground. She fell to the ground, with someone below her. "Sorry." she said, quickly getting up from the person. She was picking up the white papers from the ground quickly, then looked up. She noticed long black hair and onyx eyes, which belonged to the Principle to this school. Itachi was dusting himself off while getting up from the ground. Blushing, Sakura looked down, embarrassed at this. Why did it have to be him of all people. They stood there for a moment. Sakura gave him the stack of paper. "S-Sorry." she stuttered out. Then her job got to her head, making her jump which made Itachi worry about her sudden out burst. "I'm so sorry. I'll see later." she ran pass him. Itachi turned and watched her disappear from his site. He laughed and shoo his head.

"Who was that nii-san?" A boy asked, with raven hair that was spiked. The same onyx eyes as Itachi's stared at him confused. Itachi looked at his little brother, remembering Sakura's words about the guy having black hair that was spiked up. Itachi threw that thought away. His brother, Sasuke, wouldn't do something like that.

"Just one of the troublesome students." Itachi answered him. "Sasuke, why don't you go home before me. I have to meet up with her tonight. I won't back till later." He padded Sasuke on the back. Sasuke nodded his head, walking ahead of him. He stopped suddenly.

"Oi, nii-san. I'm going to a friend's house tonight, so I won't be there when you get home." Itachi waved at him, saying he got it. Itachi went to his car, putting everything in and drove off.

Night time fell and Sakura was running around in a bar that she works at. She started working there when she started school. Acting came in real handy for her to get this job. "Sakura! Come get these orders!" Yamanaka Ino, a blonde girl who helped Sakura get this job. She was also the same age as her, so it made her happy to have a friend in there. Sakura came to the men to get their order of drinks. The sound bell rand meaning someone came in to the place. All the workers greeted whoever was at the door. Sakura didn't look up to Itachi staring at her. He didn't know if this was real or a dream.

Sakura grabbed a cup for all the men's orders, putting it on the counter in front of her and filling it with alcohol. Footsteps came toward her way. She brought out a cup, cleaning it real quick for the new customer. She still didn't see who the customer was since she didn't look up the whole time. Itachi still gazed at her shocked to see her here. "Sakura?" she froze in her spot. She knew that voice from anywhere and she wished it wasn't him. Slowly, she looked up to see the same long hair and black eyes staring at her. Sakura felt her heart stopped working at the site of her own Principle standing front in her, where she works. "What are you doing here?" he asked her, sitting down in a stool.

"I-I work here." she stuttered out. "Please don't say anything" she whispered at him. "I really need to keep this job." Itachi raised a brow, confused at this. "It's a personal. So please don't tell a sound about this." Sakura put her hands together while closing one eye, pleading for him to keep this secret from everyone. Itachi gazed at her for a moment, not believing this. He sighed and shook his head. She really was something. He thought about this for a while, Sakura still pleading to him. Staring at her still, he thought she looked cute with her begging face. Then he wondered why he thought that. She is a student at his school. He smiled, slightly laughing.

"I do too much for you, you that right?" Sakura did her puppy eyes, where he just couldn't resist with those beautiful green eyes. Sighing, he put his hands up in surrender. "Alright, I'll keep it, but if you get caught, don't come crying to me." Sakura smiled widely and tried to go over the counter to give him a bear hug. Itachi was caught off guard by this and blushed at the gesture. Her body was so small against his and she felt warm. Her arms were soft when they wrapped themselves around his neck. He laughed at her when she pulled away, jumping up and down squealing out loud.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are the best person, ever!" Her excitement made his heart warm, seeing her smile like a two-year old. It made him want to hold her so close to him. Though this was really out of character to him. At school, she was always tough and got into fights, now she acted like a child who got a new toy.

"Sakura, the orders!" Ino yelled at her. Sakura jumped and looked up to see the blonde staring at her. Sakura nodded her head and turned back to Itachi.

""Thank you so much!" she spoke out then left him be while she get the drinks for everyone in the bar. Itachi's eyes followed her down behind the bar. He chuckled at her then he focus on his "date". He didn't want to be here honestly. He didn't even liked his girlfriend in that way. He's only dating her, because of his parents arrangement, who died several years ago. He was only doing it for them and no one else.

"Hey, baby." a female voice drew him out of his thoughts. He turned to see the woman he called girlfriend. She gave him a kiss on the cheek, and felt nothing. It was weird how he felt warmth from Sakura's hug then sparks from his own girlfriend. He shook that thought away again. Why was he comparing them two? Sakura was one of his students. The woman sat in a stool next to him, putting her purse on the counter. She faced him, and he noticed what she wore. Her skirt was barely covering anything on her, her shirt showed most of her cleavage. She wore too much make up for his taste. Yeah, it was official for him that this girl is not his type.

"How was work?" Itachi asked her. She went off telling him how 'awful' her work was. Her job was to pick out clothes for people, the most easiest job Itachi could think of. She went on about hard her job was, that it was the most hardest thing she have ever done in her entire life. Itachi waved to Sakura. She came to him and saw his date running her mouth a 100 miles per minute. Torment was in his eyes. "One shoot, please." he ordered. She got out a small glass, filling it with brown liquid. She handed it to him, having pity in her eyes. "Thank you." she nodded her head, smiling at him, still having pity over him. The woman ran her mouth the whole time, not noticing the what they were doing. Sakura went off again, working hard. About two hours later, his girlfriend decided to leave, saying that she needed to get for work in the morning. She knew that Itachi wanted nothing to do with her and she got fed up with. He knew what she was thinking, it was always written on her face. "Alright, let me walk to your car." he got up, walking out with her. Once she was gone, Itachi went back in the bar, not ready to leave and wanted to make sure Sakura went home safely.

He sat on the same stool, sighing out. He watched Sakura cleaned tables in a quick manner and getting orders done. Sometimes he would see a man grabbing her ass, in which she turned a punched them in the face then walking away, satisfied. After some time he rested his head down, feeling tired. Sakura saw him resting a bit.

"Rough night?" she came up to him. Itachi looked up to see Sakura standing before him. She cleaned the counter as she waited for an answer. He leaned into his hands groaning lowly. "I'm guessing you don't like her as much, huh?" she said, throwing the rag away. He just gazed at her for a long time. He saw that she was exhausted, but still had some energy to burn away. Her pink hair was in a messy ponytail, rounding her face, her cheeks were red from working in the heated room, sweat covered her making her glow in the dim lighting. He could see her green eyes sparkle brightly in the dark bar. She was the most beautiful sight he'd ever seen. His heart went in a fast pace, beating against his rib cage.

"Not the like she wants." he said."She's really not my type." she raised a brow in confusion. Why was he bothering his time with her than. It didn't look like he was really happy to see her anyways.

"Then why are you dating her?" she asked. Itachi shrugged.

"A personal reason." she rolled her eyes at him. If they were still at school, he would have scold her about rolling her eyes. He was about to do it, but them he remembered, and quickly stopped himself. "How long do have to work here?" She took out her phone from her pocket, checking the time. Her hands were so small when he looked at them.

"About ten minutes. Why?" Sakura asked, putting her phone away.

"I'm taking you home." he said simply. Sakura's stomach twisted in fear. She opened her mouth to protest, but Itachi beat her to it. "You're exhausted and it's dark outside. I can't let you alone in the dark." Itachi said sternly. Sakura sighed, but smiled at him. His face was firm like it always is at school. The same face everyday.

"Wow, no matter where you go, you still have the Principle face on." he smirked at her. Laughing, he leaned back in his sea, looking at her. She was so small, he wondered how a small person can be so strong. Sakura walked away, finishing her shift for the night.

"Good job Sakura. See you on Monday." Ino said, grabbing a black jacket from the coat hanger. She handed it to Sakura. "Here, you left this here last time." Laughing, she took and thanked Ino. They walked to the door where Itachi was waiting for her. Ino saw him and smirked. "Wow, he's a hottie. You go girl!" Ino purred to her. Sakura blushed at her and playful punched her arm.

"Oh, shut up." Ino laughed at her.

"Bye." she said. Sakura walked to Itachi and they headed out to his car. The night air was refreshing to Sakura. It was cool and surrounded her heated skin. She loves these kinds of nights. When the bar is too hot, the cool air helped her feel better. She was cooling off while they walked to his car. It was silent between them.

"So, why do you work there?" he asked her. Her body tensed up, but then relaxed when she thought about it. She can trust him, right? He'll keep this a secret from all the others. Will he though? Sakura glanced at him.

She lifted her shoulders a bit, looking at the ground. "Money. My family can't work exactly so I'm trying to help them out, and get some money. This place gets great tips and i know al ot of people there, so it works out for me." she answered his question. Itachi looked at her eyes, seeing half truth behind them. She was hiding something from him and he didn't know what. They made it and Itachi opened the door for her. Sakura nodded her head in thanks. Closing the door, he ran to the other side, and got in turning on the car. He drove by her directions. "Stop here." she spoke. He did, putting the car in park. "My house is a few blocks away. I don't want my parents know that i work at a bar and that an older man drove me home." she laughed. Itachi nodded in understanding the situation. "Thank you for the ride." she got out and ran home. She looked at her surroundings, making sure no one was going to come out and attack her. Itachi decided to follow her home to see if she got there safely. He stopped in front of a best up house. Itachi stared at it for at moment not believing that she lives in a place like this. She deserved to live in a better place than this. He drove off, having Sakura invade his mind. He got home late. Changing into pajamas, Itachi laid himself under the covers, falling asleep quickly afterwards.

Sakura got slammed on the door when she got to her room. Her head throbbed in pain from the hard impact with the wood. Her body ached for rest. "Who the hell was that? You know not to bring anyone here, you slut!" Her father shouted at her, saliva came to her face from speaking. Sakura couldn't speak, she could barely breath from his large hand wrapped around her neck. Her hand grabbed his, pulling so he doesn't tighten his grip on her. "Was it man? Did he give you a world?" he whispered to her. Tears stainded her face now. "Of you wanted men so badly, why didn't you ask then." he chuckled. Sakura's eyes widen in fear and she struggled in his grasp. She wanted away from this monster that she called her 'father'.

"P-Please...D-Don't..." she choked out. "I don't...Please...I-It wasn't liked t-that!" he let his grip go which made to fall. She breathed heavily, grabbing as much oxygen as she could.

"Then don't bring anyone." he yelled at her. Sakura watched him leave her room, into another room. She heard his door slam shut loudly. She cried silently, curling into a ball at the corner of the room. She feared that her father would keep his word and take advantage of her, so she barely got any sleep.

"Mommy, help me." she sobbed out. Her tears flowed like a waterfall. Her face was red from crying too much. Her body as filled with bruises from her father. "Why doesn't he love me anymore?"