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Shisui: 15

Itachi:12

Sakura:6

Other kids:6-7

Cherry Blossom's Eyes

Ch.1

Sakura was running down one of the many streets in Konoha crying. The other kids at the park had just picked on her again, she ran away so that they wouldn't get the satisfaction of seeing her cry. She ran through the crowds nobody really noticing or caring why the little pink haired girl was crying. But it was a miracle that she hadn't run into someone yet with tears streaming down her face and her vision blurred. It was a miracle that she could see anything. That was until she did run into someone but not just anyone; it was one of the kids who had been picking on her along with her other friends. It was Ami and her gang of minions. Her gang included Ino and any girl who disliked Sakura enough to pick on her. Ino had once been Sakura's only friend but as Sakura kept getting picked on more and more they started picking on Ino too. So Ino joined their group so that they wouldn't pick on her anymore. When that happened more people started to pick on her and cause her little self-esteem to whittle down more and more each passing day.

Sakura stared up in horror at the girls who were all smirking down at her; she knew they were up to no good.. Then they all surrounded her glaring at her like she was some piece of filth that was lying in their path, except for Ino who was looking at her sympathetically, but trying to seem intimidating at the same time. It disoriented her face but no one really paid attention to her.

"Well look who it is who ran into me." Ami said to Sakura who was sitting in the dirt from running into her. "The little crybaby with freakish pink hair and a big forehead." They all started laughing at Sakura, she turned her head towards the ground in shame. After all these years of teasing Sakura was beginning to believe them, she was just a pathetic waste of flesh that had no purpose in this world. No one cared about her and her parents were always gone at work, she really wasn't needed.

Then Ami grabbed the front of her shirt, none too gently, and lifted her onto her feet. Once she was standing Ami began to speak

"So you ran off so that you could cry? Well you know we have a punishment for that." Ami said smirking with an evil glint in her dark eyes that seemed to stand out from the rest of the group that had surrounded her. Then she grabbed her arm roughly and dragged her away. "We wouldn't want people to see. Right?" the group began to chuckle, Sakura realized what they were going to do and tried to get away. But Ami's grip was tight and it tightened the more she struggled and soon the sheer pressure of her grip made her stop struggling as tears began to enter her eyes, again. They silently rolled down her cheeks and reluctantly she was led to her 'punishment'.

Itachi was running through the forest returning from his most recent ANBU mission with his partner, and cousin, Shisui. They walked through the massive gate of Konoha and went to the Hokage's tower. They reported to the Hokage then left, with their masks off, and began walking back to their homes.

"Well that was a relatively easy mission, eh Itachi?" Shisui asked his cousin

"Hn" came his usual reply. Itachi really didn't talk unless it was necessary. And even then he only said the smallest amount of words possible, just enough to get his point across.

"It's a good thing I know how to decipher the foreign language that you speak" His cousin stated smartly, smirking discreetly in the younger Uchiha's direction. He wasn't nearly as smart as Itachi, but few people were. But he was the only one that his cousin wouldn't completely ignore. Probably because he was the only one brave or stupid enough, to even speak to the Uchiha prodigy.

"…" Itachi's non-existent reply ended the small conversation that Shisui tried and failed to start. But it seems something else had caught the younger Uchiha's attention. It was a group of kids following behind a little girl who was practically dragging along another little girl. A pink haired girl to be precise. It would have looked completely innocent if they weren't chuckling to each other and weren't staring directly at the pink haired girl while smirking like sadists. Itachi and Shisui just watched as they dragged the girl along and out of public view, into a dark dreary alleyway. They turned to each other, no words spoken but at the same time a conversation was being held. Just the narrowing of Itachi's eyes told Shisui what they were going to do. The silent conversation was cut short when they heard a muffled scream and the sound of a fist meeting flesh. The two ran up to the buildings and jumped onto the rooftops and looked over the side of the buildings into the alleyway.

Sakura desperately tried to protect her face as the kids ganged up on her. Their fists began swinging and she could feel the pain bruising her skin and only she heard the sickening snap of her cheekbone. Punch after punch; kick after kick Sakura couldn't even feel anything anymore. It was all a dull roar in her brain because soon after the abuse had started her brain had instinctively tried to cope with the pain. If it didn't end soon Sakura knew she would lose consciousness and she was scared to think what would happen then. Suddenly someone punched her in the stomach, making her fall on her side clutching her stomach trying to breath, then forced the little pink haired girl to get up on her knees. Then someone grabbed her long, mid-back length, hair from behind and the tears that were already streaming down her face increased when they pulled.

"Look such ugly pink hair" Sakura recognized that voice it was Ami's. "I bet she wouldn't look so ugly if she didn't have it" Sakura's eyes widened in horror and began to thrash with the little energy she had left, she put her hands on her head trying to ease the pain, but Ami just pulled on her hair harder until eventually she was forced to stop struggling. Now there weren't just tears, she was sobbing uncontrollably as well as gasping for the air that couldn't get into her little lungs fast enough. Then…it stopped.

Sakura opened her eyes that she didn't realize that she had closed and looked around. Behind her she saw all the kids run out of the alley and two boys standing there instead. Cautiously she reached for the back of her head and felt her long hair still there and intact. She breathed a sigh of relief and froze as one of the older boys started coming towards her. Sakura tried to turn around and face the boy that was coming toward her but while turning she promptly fell on her butt, she forgot she was still on her knees. Sakura was now facing the direction of the boy who was getting closer and Sakura was filled with fear. She tried to crawl backwards but her back ran into something. She turned her head and saw a wall; she had backed herself into a corner. The little girl's heart was racing as she turned her head back to face the boy. Looking up at him she saw glowing red eyes as they stared into the glossy green depths of her eyes. Tears streaming down her pale bruised cheeks as she hid her head in her arms while hugging her knees to her chest. Sakura began to shake as the tension of her fragile consciousness mixed with her fear causing ultimate anxiety for the little girl, but then she heard a voice. It was velvety smooth but it still had a little bit of a boyish squeak to it. Oddly enough the emotionless tone of the voice was calming to the frazzled pink haired girl. It was like the calm after the storm, unintentionally reassuring her that the worst had passed.

"I won't hurt you." Itachi said in his monotone voice once he had reached the corner the girl had went into hiding in.

Itachi squatted down in front of the little pink haired girl looking at her and evaluating her mangled appearance. She had a broken cheekbone and was bruised from various punches. Her hair was dirty and messed up with grime and who knows what in it. Also from her position of trying to keep pressure from her stomach someone must have punched her there as well. He continued to evaluate her and noticed that her knees were scratched up and bleeding slightly and there were other bruises on her legs from the many kicks that she received. So all in all, this girl had, had one hell of a beating. Yet after all the pain that she should be feeling once she had heard his voice she had almost immediately stopped shaking and had slowly looked into his eyes as if he were some sort of saint or something. After that horrible beating she should still be crying like normal 6 year old at least that's the age he guessed she was, but she looked into his eyes not knowing of the power that dwelled within them, seeming entranced. It was the sharingan, of course, the Uchiha clan's kekkei genkai meant to torturer the mind and read a person's movements. Most cower away from the mere mention of the deadly ability. But she just looked into his eyes innocently, and startlingly trusting.

He continued to stare at the young girl but she didn't speak a word instead she reached her hand up and touched his face. She poked his cheek and seemed mystified for some reason. She seemed shocked that she could actually feel that he was here.

"Are you real?" Itachi snapped out of his musings and focused his red orbs on the small girl in front of him. He narrowed his eyes barely a fraction lower as he mulled over her question. Was he real? Of course he was real, she had just touched him how could he not be real? This was one strange girl, maybe she hallucinates a lot or something like that; he didn't know.

"Yes." He replied while not letting any of the confusion he felt to show on his stoic face. The girl's face seemed to brighten after he spoke and she got off her knees and sat back on her feet and held out her hand. Itachi just stared.

"Haruno Sakura. Nice to meet you!" Itachi stared at 'Sakura's' hand then back at her face. She had a big grin despite the fact that her cheekbone was broken and didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that she was almost covered from head to toe in bruises and other various scratches. Itachi gently shook her hand, which was a great deal smaller than his, and stated his name.

"Uchiha Itachi." At the mention of his name Sakura's smile faltered a bit, he didn't have to wait long to find out why.

"Are you part of the Uchiha clan? Because the clan I come from says that the Uchiha clan isn't very nice." Itachi stared at Sakura in understanding. Many clans thought that way about his family. Frankly he didn't blame them; the Uchiha clan was very arrogant of their sharingan. Why shouldn't they its one of the most powerful doujutsu in the world.

"Yes." Itachi saw Sakura's eyes show her slight anxiety at what he said but there was also still hope that he hadn't been lying to her.

"But your not going to hurt me, right? Because Itachi-san has been very kind to me so I don't think you would hurt me." This girl was changing Itachi's view of her very quickly. At first he thought she was just some little girl who was getting beat up. Then she became sort of strange little girl and he wasn't sure she was 'right' in the head, and now she was mystifying. She kept changing her emotions so quickly it was a bit difficult to keep up.

"Nah we won't hurt you." Came a different voice from behind Itachi. Itachi and Sakura looked up at the newcomer and saw that it was Shisui who was carrying a first aid kit in his hand.

Sakura looked up at the strange new person and realized that he had been the other person who had helped to get rid of the bullies. Sakura's slight surprise and fear disappeared once she realized that he had helped her and that, like Itachi, he would not hurt her.

The other boy took Itachi's spot in front of Sakura while Itachi stood up and leaned against the back wall of the alley. Sakura stared at the boy in front of her. He looked to be at least a few years older than Itachi.

Sakura kept staring at the boy as he sat down, cross-legged, in front of her and opened the first aid kit. She saw him pull out a bottle of something and a role of, what looked like, bandages, to her 6-year-old knowledge.

"What's your name?" Sakura looked up at the boy who had spoken then down to his hip where she saw a mask and a pouch of some sort.

"Why are you carrying a mask around with you?" Sakura asked looking back up at the boy, forgetting the question that he had asked. She saw him give her a small smile and out of the side of her view she saw Itachi smirk.

'I wonder what's so funny.' Sakura thought and was about to ask when the boy in front of her spoke.

"I carry it because I'm a ninja, ANBU to be precise." Sakura was shocked at the very least to be finding out that she had been saved by ninja. High-ranking ninja she guessed from their uniform and mask. Her brother didn't have either of those. She was also surprised that they would even waste their time saving her when they should be doing more important things for the village.

As she came out of her thoughts she found that he had wrapped up most of her scratches and was doing something to her hurting cheek. Suddenly she felt a sharp jerk in her face that caused her to flinch and let out a little whimper.

"Sorry, I should have warned you. I set the bone in your cheek so that it could heal correctly and," The boy grabbed a piece of cloth that had some sort of gel like stuff on it and taped it to her cheek. "You should keep that on for at least a week it should heal your cheek perfectly." The boy concluded giving her a small smile then began packing up the first aid kit.

"Now," The boy started after closing the first aid kit box. "Is a good time to have introductions, don't you think?" The Boy held out his hand, like what she had done with Itachi, and stated what she guessed to be his name.

"Uchiha Shisui. Pleasure to meet you…" The boy left off leaving Sakura to finish the sentence.

"Haruno Sakura." Sakura stated as she shook Shisui's hand with a big smile on her face. "Nice to meet you!"

Itachi had been watching Sakura and Shisui's interactions from the moment they began. Sakura seemed to have a short attention span, like most 6 year olds, and didn't answer Shisui's question the first time and asked something completely different about his mask. They eventually did get introduced but it took much longer than necessary.

'Oh well' Itachi thought 'it makes the time before I have to go home longer.'

Itachi saw Shisui point to him and say his name but Sakura informed him that they had already met.

"So do you know how to get to your home from here?" Itachi heard Shisui ask. Itachi opened his eyes and looked at Sakura just as she shook her head no. "Well then we will just have to take you there." Shisui said "Right Itachi?" Shisui was giving him a look that said 'are you seriously going to not help a little girl get home you horrible person'.

"Hn." Itachi mumbled

"Good. Let's go." Shisui said sanding up and helping Sakura up after him. Shisui started to walk towards that entrance of the alley with Sakura behind him when she tripped and would have fallen if Itachi hadn't caught her in time. Shisui looked back at them and shook his head.

"Maybe you should just carry her Itachi." Itachi looked up at Shisui while still crouched down from catching Sakura and nodded. Itachi picked Sakura up and sat her on one of his shoulders with one of his arms coiled around her knees keeping her on his shoulder. Shisui waited for Itachi and Sakura to catch up then they all walked or was carried to the Haruno compound where Sakura's family was looking for her. She had apparently snuck out of the house, by herself, during the day because she was bored and her older brother had to baby-sit her little brother, who wasn't even one year old.

Sakura's parents thanked Itachi and Shisui for bringing Sakura home and saving her from bullies before they headed home. Once they were home Itachi explained why he was late and after a short scolding he went to his room and got ready to go to bed. And for once when he laid down to go to sleep he actually felt at peace instead of restless from that day's mission.

That was the first chapter! hope you liked it and I did edit it so sasuke isn't completely out of character and if fact he is not even in this chapter...oh well

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-Deceptiongirl XD