Alrighty! So I've been reading a whole bunch of ItaSaku fics and I just had to fucking write an ItaSaku fic cause reading fics of this pair totally made me love them. Lol. Anyways, I honestly have no idea where this idea came from, but one day, instead of taking notes in class, I fucking typed this. Lol. Anyways, this isn't canon at all, but will be mentioning some things that are familiar, although again, it isn't canon. It is AU. Anyways, it's been a while since I posted anything here and I'm glad to be back.
Enjoy!
Italics are past events.
The sun was setting when Itachi was headed into his and his love's room. It was a long day and he had spent most of it in the other side of the palace, trying to come up with a peace treaty with a neighboring clan. He stopped, however, when he saw a puddle of blood seeping from the bottom of the door, to the inside of the room. His held his breath at the sight of it, but out of instinct, he rushed inside. Upon entering the room, his heart completely stopped. There was blood everywhere. From the bed, to the walls, blood decorated the room, but what caught his attention, was the body of a woman lying in front of the door to the balcony. Time seemed to freeze as he took in everything, when he noticed the woman's chest still moving, albeit slowly, but moving. Itachi rushed to the woman and gathered her in his arms. He carefully maneuvered the woman so that he was looking at her face. He pushed back the hair that was in her face, and gave her the smallest hint of a smile when she smiled at the sight of him. One would think that Itachi wasn't showing any emotion, but to this woman… this woman that was dying in his arms, she could read him by the look of his eyes.
Very weakly, she lifted her hand to place it on Itachi's cheek. He responded by leaning into the soft hand, and reaching for it with one of his own. "Itachi-kun…" The woman said but stopped when she began to choke on some blood. Itachi only shook his head as he wiped some of the blood that spilled down her chin. "Please… do not speak…" He said. She let out a painful laugh and looked back to his onyx colored eyes. They both knew that this was it. She was dying, and they could do nothing about it. She would be dead before he called to someone for help. Itachi looked down the woman's body, checking her injuries, and saw the deep and large gash that started at the woman's left hip, and ended to her right side of the chest.
"Itachi-kun…" The woman said again, doing her best to ignore the pain. Itachi looked into the emerald jaded eyes and his resolve finally cracked. They didn't need to speak. Their eyes communicated what they wanted to say. Although he kept an emotionless expression, his eyes began to water when she closed hers and gave him a lopsided smile, despite her current situation. "I love you Itachi Uchiha…" She said, her hand finally dropping and her chest finally stopping from moving. Itachi only stared at the motionless body of the woman he loved. He didn't bother to wipe the tears that fell onto the woman's cheek. Itachi smiled sadly as he pushed back the pink hair that he had come to love so much, and pressed his lips on her forehead. "…and I love you, Sakura Haruno…"
"Alright, class is dismissed! Don't forget to turn in your topics in before you leave! Have a weekend everyone. I'll see you all on Monday." The teacher said as he watched his students walk out of the classroom in a rush. A few stayed behind to turn in said assignment that he had requested before they left. "Have you two turned in your topics yet?" The teacher said, noticing that only the two students were left. The tall, blonde haired girl let out an exasperated sigh and gave a bright smile to her teacher. "Of course we have, Iruka-Sensei! I wouldn't dream of not handing my topic in." She said in a far too sweet tone.
Iruka only shook his head at his student and chuckled. "Alright Ms. Yamanaka, let's not get in trouble before you go off on your weekend. I wouldn't want to have you staying in detention." He said, giving the blonde a satisfied look when he saw her eyes widen. Before Ino could reply, her friend quickly cut in, pushing the blonde out of the classroom as she smiled sheepishly at her friend's behavior. "She was just playing around Iruka-Sensei. You know how Ino is." The girl said, waving at her teacher before finally pushing the taller girl out of the door.
Once out the classroom, Ino finally let herself laugh out loud. "Oh man, it's so fun to joke with Iruka-Sensei. He's by far the most lenient teacher we have." Ino said. She wrapped her arm around the shorter girl and gave her a playful smile when she saw her friend roll her eyes. "Oh, come on Sakura-chan! I'm just having a little bit of fun." Ino said. Sakura simply rolled her eyes again but this time, a small smile graced her lips.
"You're just begging to get in trouble though. Seriously, it's enough that you try to push Asuma-Sensei's buttons." The pink haired girl said, earning a sound of disapproval from her blonde friend. Sakura sighed as she walked alongside her best friend. "Oh please, Asuma-Sensei is as harmless as Iruka. If it's anyone we should worry about, it's Ibiki-Sensei." Ino said, shuddering at the mention of the tech teacher.
Sakura only chuckled at her friend but nodded in agreement. They both stopped at their lockers, respectfully, and packed the books they'd need for the weekend. Once they were done, Sakura walked over to Ino's locker, where the blonde was currently checking her makeup with her mirror inside her locker. Sakura gave a slight snort when Ino winked at her through the mirror and stepped back when the blonde closed her locker. "So are we still on for later tonight?" Ino asked. Sakura hummed in response as they walked out the building.
The two girls were one of the last students who were still in the campus when they reached the parking lot. They saw a few underclassmen playing around or just trying to impress some of the upperclassmen, to which Sakura only chuckled and shook her head in amusement. They came to a stop in front of a black truck that had purple flowery designs going along the sides. The pink haired girl glanced at her friend when the taller girl turned around. "I'll see you later then Sakura-chan." Ino said, pulling the shorter girl into a hug before unlocking her car and jumping inside.
Sakura waved at her friend as she watched her drive off. Once the blonde had left the parking lot, Sakura decided it was time for her to leave as well. She walked over to her car, which was a silver colored Corolla, with a pink design starting from the middle that ended at the trunk of the car. Once inside her car, she let out a tired sigh as she let her body catch up with the day's events.
Sakura Haruno, eighteen years old and senior at Konoha High, was stressed beyond her limit. She had so much work to do in school, and on top of that, she did her best to have a life outside of school. Sakura Haruno was an orphan child since she was six years old, but that had all changed when Tsunade took her in as her adopted daughter at ten years old. Not much is known about how Sakura's parent's died, but the pink haired girl never dwelled on it since she had such a good and positive support system with her friends and Tsunade. The pink haired teen was very studious, having in mind to study medicine in college, like her adoptive mother, and loved by her friends and classmates. Yes, she had quite the temper when angry, and could be pretty stubborn, but she was one of the most popular students in the high school, just under her best friend, Ino Yamanaka.
She let out a tired sigh and cracked her neck, getting rid of the kinks before she switched her car on. Sakura drove the meager fifteen minutes to her home in silence. She knew no one else was home, since Tsunade was still at the school, since she was the principal after all. At arriving at the house, Sakura tossed her keys on the small side table nearby, and slipped off her shoes. She dragged her feet to the kitchen and went towards the fridge, pulling out a nice, cold water. She took a few gulps from it before walking back to the living room and flopped down on the large couch.
Sakura figured that maybe she could squeeze on starting her assignment for Iruka-sensei's class before going out later that night. It wasn't like Tsunade cared. The woman trusted her adopted daughter enough to let her do as she pleased since she was after all, responsible and on top of her classes. That was the deal she and Sakura made when the Sakura started her year. She could do and join anything as long as she was careful, and stayed at the top of her grades.
She pulled out her laptop, and began to work on the assignment. Iruka had announced a midterm paper due before the spring started, that would count half of their class grade. They had to pick a historic event and write a report on how, where, and why it started. Sakura had decided to work on the famous downfall of the Uchiha Clan, which was a powerful family that lived many centuries ago, and was still respected to this day, although the family had died out many years ago.
Sakura was deep into her research, when the lights went out. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Sakura exclaimed, looking around the room. Everything around her was dark except for the light that illuminated her face. She sighed, putting the laptop on the coffee table in front of her before pulling her phone out. She turned on the flashlight and aimed it over to her surrounding, and walked over to the counter that separated the kitchen and living room. There was a large island on the other side, where the couch was, when she saw a blur of motion pass and go through the hallway. She jumped slightly when she heard a slam and fiddled with her phone when she almost dropped it.
"Holy hell, what in the world was that?" She mumbled to herself. She reached over the counter, knowing that the knives were close by, and pulled one out. She headed over to the table where she had tossed her keys and pulled out a drawer, grabbing a flashlight. She turned the flashlight from her phone off and quickly dialed a number before using the other flashlight. She held her phone against her ear, using her shoulder, so she could grab the flashlight with one hand and the knife with the other.
"Come on… pick up Ino-pig." Sakura muttered. The phone line went for three rings before the other line picked up. "Hey, I thought I was gonna call you when I needed for you to come pick me up. Change of-" "Ino-pig shut up! There's someone inside the house… and no, don't you dare say anything smart. It's not Tsunade-sama. She's still at the school. I think it's a burglar." Sakura said, before Ino could get in another word, which most likely was a sarcastic remark.
The line was quiet for a few moments before Sakura heard Ino speak up again. "Shouldn't you just get out of the house? Or do you want me to go over?" Ino asked. Sakura took a deep breath as she quietly walked towards the hallway. She knew by the sound of the door that it was her room that the mysterious person went into. She had a heavy door and it was the loudest one after all. "I'm not gonna run out like a scared little girl Ino." Sakura muttered in a sharp whisper. She was never one to back down from anything thrown at her after all. "Just stay on the line with me." Sakura whispered. Both girls stayed quiet on the phone as the pink haired one quietly walked towards her room. She had to admit, she was a bit scared, but she wasn't about to let anyone come in and steal from her and Tsunade. She took a deep breath once she was at the front door of her bedroom. "Sakura, you still-" "Quiet Ino." Sakura cut off in a whisper when she heard a bump coming from the other side.
She carefully pressed her ear against the door to get a better listen on what was going on, but the rustling and bump suddenly stopped. The only thing Sakura could hear was her heartbeat practically pounding on her chest. She held her breath when she heard a voice coming right through the front of the door, as if whoever was there was standing right in front of her. "I can hear your heartbeat, you know." The voice said in a cold and deep voice that it threw Sakura off guard.
She was going to back up, but as she did, she felt a presence behind her and froze. It was as if everything stopped, including her heart. She took a nervous gulp of air as she slowly and carefully turned around, but stopped halfway when she was met with a cloaked man, who she could only see his red eyes, with three black tomoe around it. "Get down." The calm and smooth voice said. "Sakura?" She heard Ino say, making her finally react. She quickly did as the man said and ducked, surprised when he put an arm around her and covered her with his body. She finally let out a slight shriek when the door to her room was smashed open and dropped her phone when she felt the man pick her up and jump back to the other end of the hallway, away from the apparent danger coming from her room.
The cloaked man gently put her down, looking at her once before he turned back around to face the attacker. "You couldn't wait a few more seconds, could you? Just spoil the fun for me why not." The attacker said with a chuckle. The only light that came into the house was that of the moonlight. It wasn't much but even then, Sakura could see the bandages wrapped around her attacker's mouth, so she couldn't really see his face.
"Hn…" was all Sakura's cloaked savior said. Sakura wasn't sure what to think. Not even five minutes ago she was working on her homework. Now she was scared for her life. She let out a yelp when her attacker charged at them, pulling a large sword from behind that she barely saw. She closed her eyes, thinking that this was how she was going to die, but instead, opened them when she heard a clash. Her eyes widened when she saw that the cloaked man had pulled out some sort of knife and block the sword. "Now, I heard rumors that you were back in Konohagakure, but I didn't think they were true." The bandage man said.
Sakura only tilted her head when she heard the name of the city. No one ever called Konoha its full name anymore. It was how the city was called many years ago, before it even became a city. The cloaked man sent a kick to the attacker, putting distance between them as he stood straight again. "This is my home, Zabuza… even you know that." He answered. "Now the question is, why are you here? You don't belong here… and you know you can't attack any humans here." The cloaked man said.
Zabuza only chuckled as he charged at them again, swinging his sword only for it to be blocked again. "Just got a bit hungry is all. I've been feeding on humans for the past few weeks and no one has stopped me. Why stop me now, huh?" Zabuza questioned, striking again but his attacks kept being parried.
The cloaked man only closed his eyes before throwing the weapon at Zabuza, to which Zabuza blocked with his oversized sword. "I'm thinking you're interested in this girl. Some of my minions came to me telling me that someone stopped them from feeding on a female human. I'm starting to think that it was you who stopped them from getting her." Zabuza thought.
By now, Sakura was only confused and scared. She looked from her protecter to her attacker, wanting to know what in the world was going on, but also not wanting to be killed. She went rigid when red eyes met her. At their eyes meeting, Sakura felt like this man could stare in her very soul. She held her breath until he finally turned away to face Zabuza. She barely managed to catch him making a few hand signs, before he breathed out fire.
Her eyes went wide, but she couldn't do or say anything because she was being lifted up and carried out of her house. She looked up to see the cloaked man, who was carrying her, and noticed that they were moving at rapid speed. After a few minutes of running, he suddenly went into an alley, jumping the fire escape stairs, which earned another yelp from Sakura. At the roof, he gently placed her down and took a few steps back.
Sakura was a panting mess by now. Everything that just happened was finally catching up and her mind was being too slow to process it. "You breathed fire and you can jump super high! Who does that?! And why did that man want to attack me? How did you know he was going to attack me?! Why did you even pr-" She was cut off when her cloaked savior suddenly appeared in front of her and held a finger to her lips.
She looked up at the red eyed man with wide eyes herself, but furrowed them when she saw his eyes turn onyx colored. Now that they were outside, she could see he had long black hair in a low ponytail. She couldn't see his face completely due to the cloak having a nigh neck collar, but from what she could see, Sakura could tell that he was a really handsome man.
The pink haired girl kept her lips closed when the man pulled his hand back and waited for him to speak. "There's a lot you don't know about the world, Sakura Haruno…" He said. Sakura looked at him skeptically when he said her name. "How do you know my name?" She asked. She tilted her head in puzzlement when she noticed him close his eyes and smile softly.
"I can't tell you everything, but I can tell you a few things." He said when he opened his eyes and saw her expression. He motioned for her to step closer, to which she did, and grunted when he poked her forehead. "I know a lot about you… but for now, I can only tell you that my name is Itachi Uchiha."
Okay! So how was it? Yay or fucking nay? This is my first Naruto fandom fic and fear not, I'm not planning on abandoning it. I will try to update as much as I can, since this just came to me on a whim, so I'm this story is being made as I go with it. Anyways, I'm already working on the next chapter.
FYI: Follows and reviews will motivate me to finish the next chapter sooner. ;)