Sorry about the late update. I was going to update my stories the 25th but I got really sick after the 23rd. I appreciate everyone who was patient. See you next month on the 25th hopefully. Give a shout out my birthday is next month on the 11th! Yay!
Young Uchiha Itachi, only the age of ten, ran out of the Uchiha estate. Even though he was only ten years old, he was already in his second year of medical school. Since he had today off, Itachi was quickly making his way to the one of the Uchiha owned hospitals. There his mother was the head of the cancer ward. His father ran other hospitals, but remained at that one, so to be near Mikoto. Who could blame Fugaku though? Even though everyone knew they were married, too many men still hit on her. Itachi had to repeatedly, secretly, beat them up, much to Mikoto's displeasure and Fugaku's approval.
Itachi stopped running when he saw a little girl in hospital pajamas sitting on a swing. She clutched tightly to the small bear in her arms. A hospital bracelet lay on her small wrist, telling her name and part of the hospital she was in. She had unusual pink hair and her green eyes looked so dull. Itachi guessed she was no older than his younger brother, Sasuke. Sasuke was currently six years old. Itachi slowly made his way to her. A small group of kids made their way to her first though.
"Eh? What are you doing here?" A young boy pointed. His two front teeth were missing.
"Ew! Why is your hair pink?" A young girl asked while pulling on her hair.
"Look at this!" The other boy sneered as he tore the bear out of her arms. He threw it in the mud. "Look at the poor baby."
"Hey!"
Everyone turned and ran when Itachi yelled. He quickly made it to her side. She stared blankly at the bear. Itachi picked it up and officially declared it ruined. The little girl stuck her hand out and Itachi gave it to her confused. She clutched it to herself once again; mud covering her pajamas. She walked past Itachi and out of the park. Itachi quickly caught up to her. He picked her up. Itachi turned the bracelet on her wrist. Her name read Haruno Sakura. Itachi's face grew grim reading where her room was.
"So then Sakura-chan, shall we get you back to where you're supposed to be?"
Itachi began to walk towards the hospital, Sakura still in his arms. He soon became agitated from Sakura's blank stare.
"What?"
"Name…" Her voice came out so soft Itachi almost missed it.
"Uchiha Itachi."
Sakura turned from him and to the approaching hospital. She moved her body closer to Itachi, as if trying to escape the building. Itachi stopped walking and looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't like this place."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah…"
Sakura put her head on his shoulder as he began to walk again. Itachi put a reassuring hand on her back. They entered through the automatic double doors at the E.R. entrance. It was busy as usual. He passed by the usual people and they all said hi to him. Itachi just nodded before taking the elevator to the seventh floor. Walking down the long hallway, he stopped at two automatic doors. Itachi hit the switch on the wall and it opened. They entered a very anxious cancer ward. He could hear the running of feet above him and shouting from below. He wondered what set this off. Itachi saw his mother rushing around in her white coat.
"Okaa-san!" He shouted over all the noise.
Mikoto turned and spotted her older son with a little pink-haired girl. Mikoto walked to the nurse's station, picked up the phone receiver, pushed down a button, and spoke into it.
"We found her."
Itachi heard all movement finally quiet down. Mikoto put the receiver back down and made her way over to them. Standing hands on hips and giving Sakura a stern look, Mikoto spoke to her.
"You young lady have caused an uproar, not to mention giving your parents a heart attack."
"Sakura!"
Itachi turned to see an older woman about his mother's age coming over with his father. Both of them looked really worried. Sakura looked a lot like her mother, but her mother had blue vibrant eyes. They showed so much more life than her daughter's. However, Haruno-san's eyes had a deep sadness. She then took notice of her dirty daughter and bear.
"Come here sweetie." She outstretched her arms to take her from Itachi.
Sakura instantly shot back and snuggled deeper into Itachi's arms.
"What's wrong Saku-chan?" Mikoto inquired.
Sakura buried her head into Itachi's neck. Itachi could feel himself blush. His father began to snicker at his son's embarrassment.
"It's not funny otou-san!" Itachi patted Sakura's back. "It's okay Sakura-chan. Why don't you allow them to get you clean?"
"You'll come back?"
"Yeah," Itachi smiled, "I'll come back."
Itachi gently gave her to her mother. Itachi handed Sakura's bear to his mother. Mikoto carefully looked it over.
"Aw, Saku-chan how did Boo-Bear get so dirty?"
Sakura looked at Mikoto for a full minute before turning and resting her head on her mother's shoulder. The females turned and walked into a nearby room. Itachi and Fugaku followed but waited outside. He saw the nametag with her name displayed on it. They looked through the window and watched the two older women try to get Sakura to smile. Sakura just kept staring not once cracking a smile.
"How long has she been here?"
"Just a couple weeks."
"Cancer huh?"
Fugaku looked at his son. "Yeah…"
"She doesn't talk much."
"Actually you're the first person she's talked to in three years."
Itachi turned to Fugaku in astonishment. "You're kidding."
"No." Fugaku shook his head. "Your okaa-san thinks something bad must have happened."
"Where's her father?"
"Business trip in France."
They stood in silence. Mikoto came back from the bathroom with the clean Boo-Bear. However, the mud stained his coat and he looked pretty bad. Haruno-san looked so sad at the bear. Sakura took it back and just put it on the hospital table. Now in her new pajamas, she tucked herself underneath the hospital sheets. The dull look never left Sakura's eyes. Itachi's hand subconsciously tightened into a ball. Fugaku noticed it.
"So, you must like Saku-chan a lot?"
"What?" Itachi looked at his father in astonishment. "What are you talking about? She's just another girl with cancer." He turned back to look at Sakura. "Just another girl…"
Fugaku smiled at his son with a knowing look, before going back to watching his wife. Mikoto was trying to get an uninterested Sakura to play with her. Fugaku patted his son on the back.
"Come on, I have a surgery you can scrub in on."
"Really?" He asked not prying his eyes off Sakura. "Are you sure it's okay?"
"Sure. You're just observing."
"Okay…" Itachi looked away and followed his father down the hall.
Itachi became extra busy after that. He was working extra hard at medical school to prove himself. Rumor was he only got there at his age because of his Uchiha lineage and parents' influence. When he wasn't studying, Itachi was scrubbing in on his parents' surgeries. He couldn't help that he did have an advantage over the other students, not as if he really needed it though. Itachi was working himself into the ground though, which led to this. Mikoto, Itachi, and his brother, Sasuke, were all dressed in their coats while out window-shopping. Mikoto wanted to get a new kimono for the Sakura viewing tonight with the whole family. Itachi rolled his eyes; it was torture in his opinion. Even as young as Sasuke is, he known to try to get away too.
"Nii-chan?" Sasuke whispered so Mikoto couldn't hear them.
Itachi knelt down to Sasuke's height level. "Yeah?"
"If cousin Akihiro starts something again…"
"Hit him as hard as possible. I got you covered."
"Thanks!" Sasuke ran back to his mother's side.
Itachi smiled at his really happy family. However, somewhere inside him, he felt like it hadn't been like this before. The very thought troubled him. Itachi stood back up, patting away any dirt that might have gotten on him. Itachi turned to look inside the store he was in front of. The display had fluffy white stuffed bunnies standing with their arms supporting a sign telling you to come on in. It reminded him of a little girl who probably wouldn't be able to see her namesake this year. Itachi felt a little sad at the thought. He just hoped she didn't take after the very object she was name after.
"Itachi, let's go!"
"Coming Okaa-san!"
This is exactly why he hated these family get-togethers. His aunts and uncles were drunk; one of them was arguing medical terms with his father. His mother was running back and forth being the best hostess ever. His cousins were all talking obnoxiously, and two of them in particular were picking on Sasuke. Their mother was too busy dealing with the drunks to defend Sasuke. Itachi caught his father's displeased glare directed at the bullies. He didn't have enough time to say anything when Sasuke hit his cousin so hard, Itachi heard it break. Quickly grabbing his brother before one of the adults could, he ran part his laughing father with a very stunned Sasuke into the main house. Sasuke soon recovered his composure.
"Ne, ne, Aniki, did you see?" Sasuke asked a very wide smiling boy, currently giving his older brother a peace sign.
Itachi couldn't help but smile back at the very proud boy.
"Sasuke!"
The boy instantly hid behind Itachi as their father and uncle came their way. Sasuke cowered even more seeing Fugaku's angry look.
"Apologize to your uncle now, young man!"
Sasuke looked up at Itachi who looked passively at his drunken uncle.
"I don't see him at the fault at all. If I were him, I would have hit him harder."
"Why you little…"
Fugaku held his brother back. Itachi patted Sasuke on the back for reassurance. They both smiled at each other.
"I'm sorry for being stronger than your son."
Fugaku and Itachi laughed. Mikoto came in and Sasuke went to her. Walking hand in hand, mother and son went back out. Fugaku followed close behind with a kicking and yelling adult. Itachi shook his head in shame. He couldn't believe he shared genes with his extended family. Itachi went to the front door. Putting on his shoes and coat, Itachi headed out the door with a bag in his hand.
The little girl who he went to visit woke up feeling as if someone had been in her room. Sakura was so used to nurses and doctors coming in at all hours of the night, that she learned to sleep through it, but tonight, the presence that entered her room woke her immediately. She was able to make out a much smaller frame of someone than she was used to. Most people would be smart and press the nurse aid button, but Sakura felt like she could trust this person. Itachi stepped into the moonlight so Sakura could see him. She looked blankly at him before flopping back down and closing her eyes. The sounds of objects being taken out of a bag caught her attention. When she opened her eyes, something inside her small heart began to unlock and unravel. This gesture made by Uchiha Itachi, boy cold to everyone but his immediate family would lay an everlasting mark on this poor girl for the rest of her life. There on her hospital table was a crystal vase with a branch of newly bloomed Sakuras and a white bunny with a customized ear. The one ear that was bent had a pink petal at its end, obviously marking whom it belonged to.
"Bunny?" She whispered while pointing at it with her index finger.
Itachi quietly pulled a chair up beside the bed. "Hai, it's for you. Okaa-san told me yesterday was your birthday, and your bear was a present from your dad." Itachi looked over at the bear across the room. Mikoto had told him Sakura had tried to throw it away, apparently whenever someone mentioned her father, Sakura would go rigid. "So I thought you would appreciate it since your bear is dirty."
"He scares me."
"The bear?"
Sakura tugged the blanket tighter to herself. She pointed to the vase.
"Ah, I thought you'd like to see what you were named after. Have you ever seen the before?"
Sakura shook her head no had she gently touched a pink petal. Sakura gingerly picked up the bunny. She hugged it tightly.
"Thank you."
It came out so low and soft Itachi almost missed it. He gently placed his hand on her head. Sakura broke down crying. Itachi was unsure what to do at first, but he soon took the small girl into his arms and held her tightly. He realized God must have sent him this angel to guide him. Itachi now knew what type of doctor he wanted to aspire to.
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AzureHearts: No! NO! This is a totally different story! I didn't mean to make you cry... LOL! It's okay to kill them? AHAHA! But no totally different story. Thanks for reviewing and I appreciate that you like my stories.
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datenshi: Well
thank you.
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Anime?
Anime: Yeah?
Go and die! (attacks
Anime)
Anime: (screams)
Manga: (sighs)
Authoress would like to thank you for reviewing.
Heartless Ghost:
(snickers) Thank you.
Anime: (scoffs)
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So mean. You're the
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story.
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ohtorikyoya:
(pats back) Sorry...
Anime: ...
Manga: ...
I didn't mean to
make you cry.
Anime: (stares at
Authoress)
Manga: (stares at
Authoress)
I DIDN'T MEAN TO!
Anime: Sure. (walks
off)
Manga: Whatever. (goes
the other way)
But... (sighs)
Thanks for reviewing. Didn't mean to make you cry.
Riiiceballe:
First thing. LOL! I almost fell out of my chair in laughter. With
everything that has been going on, reading this again was good.
Anime: You're just
sensitive.
(attacks Anime)
Manga: Super, I'd leave
Authoress alone Anime.
Anime: You could have
said that earlier. (runs away screaming)
(coughs) Okay.
Thanks for the review.
Sakura and Itachi Forever/ ItaSaku BanKag: Get what? And why is your name Sakura and Itachi Forever and ItaSaku BanKag? It's confusing!
ShiokuXRose:
(pats back) Another one! Seriously? I didn't mean to make you cry!
Anime: (stares at
Authoress) You're a bad person.
Manga: (stares at
Authoress) You're a horrible writer.
... I said sorry!
Thanks for reviewing.
Siy: Did you
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Anime: Is it because of
that flamer?
I enjoy a laugh
every once in awhile, believe it or not.
Manga: (scoffs)
Whatever...
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