Sakura Drops of Love
A/N: Hey! This episode should be pretty interesting if you enjoyed the first. I was asked a question about whether or not Sakura will be eliminating one guy at a time now. Yes lol, from now on there will only be one guy being sent home. Now here's episode two enjoy!
Episode 2: Ninja art
The mansion is quiet with everyone sleeping. Well, almost everyone was sleeping. Sai was awake in the kitchen making breakfast as he remembered the recipes in a cook book he read awhile back.
Kankero yawned as he entered the kitchen, "Something smells good."
Sai smiled as he put the last finishing touches on the meal, "Breakfast."
"Wow thanks man!" Kankero said as he sat in one of the bar stools.
Sai cocked his head to the side, "You have it all wrong. This breakfast is for Sakura."
"Oh ok Saku…What?!" Kankero said as he watched Sai exit the kitchen with the food on a tray.
*Kankero: "Okay so I'm just waking up and I catch Sai in the kitchen right making breakfast. So I'm like cool, he made us something to eat. Come to think of it it's for Sakura! Nice move man, nice move."
Sai makes it upstairs carefully and knocks a little on Sakura's room door. He doesn't hear a thing and waits patiently. After 5 minutes have passed he decided to enter into the room himself.
"Sakura?" he said as he slowly walked inside.
He found her sleeping in her bed which made him smile his usual smile. Sai made his way on the right side of her bed and suddenly she woke up.
"CHA!!!" she yelled.
Sai closed his eyes and stood there.
"Sai?"
He opened them to find himself staring at one of her fists. Sweat went down the back of his neck. Sakura almost punched him clean across the room.
"Good morning Sakura." he managed to smile and say.
Sakura had a concerned look on her face, "You know I almost hurt you right? Are you ok?"
"I'm fine I just…"
"Is…is that for me?" Sakura asked as she looked down at the tray of breakfast food he had.
"Yes it is. I thought I would make you breakfast and bring it to you in bed."
Sakura's eyes gleamed, "Aww Sai…I don't know what to say."
Sai placed the tray on the bed, "It was nothing really."
When he turned to walk away Sakura pounced on him, "Thank you so much!"
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Naruto dragged himself into the kitchen so tired, "Is there anything to eat in here?"
Kankero chuckled, "Morning to you too Naruto."
"Huh? Why are you in here?"
"Same as you. Eating breakfast." Kankero rolled his eyes.
Naruto narrowed his, "So…"
"That was some elimination last night." someone said from the entrance of the kitchen.
Naruto and Kankero turned their attention there, "Yeah I guess."
Gohan laughed, "What's with the tired faces you guys?"
"Just need to get my game face on man." Naruto said pulling out a cup of instant ramen from the cabinet.
Sai walks into the kitchen, "I leave for a few minutes and Kankero invites others into the kitchen."
"Oh yeah, where were you Sai? When I woke up, you weren't in your bed." Naruto asked popping the cup into the microwave.
"Oh I was…"
"Making Sakura some breakfast. That's where he's coming from now, her room." Kankero said.
"You what?!" both Gohan and Naruto said.
"What?" Sai looked at them confused.
Gohan narrowed his eyes and Naruto rubbed his chin, "Smart move….very smart move."
*Sai: "I don't know what's the big deal. I mean I just fixed her breakfast. I think I'll go read up on this kind of behavior."
"Good morning everyone." Yuki steps into the kitchen.
(beep beep beep)
Naruto takes his food out the microwave, "Morning pretty boy."
* "Okay, that pretty boy has to go. I mean, he's too damn pretty!"
Suddenly Kakashi's voice came out of an intercom for the whole mansion to hear: "Good morning gentlemen. If you haven't awaken yet, please do so now. You guys have received a 'Sakura mission' within the living room. I would suggest that you gather there and read it amongst yourselves for today's activities. That is all, oh…and good luck."
Naruto was the first to run to the living room with his ramen in hand and in his mouth. Gohan was right behind him. Everyone who was in the kitchen gathered in the living room and caught site of a pink scroll on the coffee table.
"I wonder what it says." Sai said as he reached for it.
Gohan hit his hand, "We have to wait for the rest remember."
Not too many minutes later the rest of the guys enter into the living room.
"Good morning fellow youth!" Lee yelled with much excitement.
*Itachi: "It's too early in the morning to be yelling like a damn fool. Oh wait I forgot."
The last one to enter was InuYasha who was tired from not going to bed early enough.
*Yasha: "Damn that Kakashi, I was sleeping so good too."
"Okay, so everyone's here? Who wants to do the honors…" Kankero was saying.
"Good morning you guys…" Naruto had already opened the scroll and started reading what was inside.
Kankero rolled his eyes as Naruto continued, " I know how exciting last night was for you all. Today will be the start of the road of winning my heart. I want you guys to meet me in town at the Rose Tower in an hour. I will see which one of you have the artistic skills to win a date with me tonight. See you guys in an hour! XOXO!"
"Artistic skills?" Tenchi asked.
"I'm stuck on the date part." Lee smiled.
"We all know Naruto got this." Sasori said.
Naruto turned around, "Thanks man."
"Yeah, he's already 'special' so what more can you ask for." Sasori chuckled.
Everyone started to laugh as they exited the living room to go get ready.
*Shikamaru: "I was surprised that Sasori made a joke. That guy is always serious, he needs to loosen up."
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1 hour later
The guys are riding in the limo making their way to Rose Tower. Everyone is drinking, laughing, and having a good time. Sasuke continues to stare at a grinning Itachi who was talking to Sasori.
Itachi can sense Sasuke's eyes on him, "Eye problem?"
Sasori turn his attention to Sasuke who replies, "Just wondering what the hell you're doing here."
"Come on you guys, don't start." Lee said finishing his drink.
Kakashi was riding on the passenger side of the limo talking to Ebisu who was the driver.
Itachi smirked and continued to talk to Sasori.
"Cool it Sasuke." Jin said nudging him.
"Stay the hell away from me."
"You get in a fight here and most likely you'll be sent home." Jin said as he turned the opposite way and started talking to Yuki.
All of a sudden the limo came to a stop.
"We must be here." Kankero said as he looked out the window.
"If you guys would be kind enough to step out of the limo." Kakashi said.
The guys open both doors and started to pour out. Once they were all out, including Kakashi, he led them to the entrance of Rose Tower.
"Stay together now."
"You act like we're ten years old." InuYasha said folding his arms.
*Sasori: "So we arrive at Rose Tower and it didn't really look like a tower at all. More like a girly museum."
Kakashi lead them inside and through a short hallway and up to a door. Kakashi knocked on the door.
"Bring them on in. I'm ready." came the voice of Sakura on the other side.
Kakashi opened the door and the guys entered into the room. After the last one, InuYasha, walked in he closed the door. He didn't enter in with them, he waited outside.
Sakura observed the guys and smiled, "How are you guys?"
Some said, "Fine." others said "Alright."
Sakura passed her eyes over to Sai and smiled, "Sai."
Sai waved and smiled. Naruto and Gohan narrowed their eyes at him.
"I bet you guys are wondering what's behind me."
Everyone focused their attention to the items behind her.
*Naruto: "To tell you the truth, I didn't even notice the stuff behind her."
*Ichigo: "Whoa, there was stuff behind her?"
Sakura rolled her eyes realizing that they didn't even notice, so she continued, "What I have behind me are 15 easels and upon each one is a 8X10 sheet of water color paper. Now before you say anything, yes, you will be painting for me."
Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sasuke all look at Sai.
"You will be painting a portrait of yours truly, me of course. Every easel has your complimentary and supplementary colors of paint. There's a catch of course, you will not have any paint brushes of any kind. Hanging from each easel is a ninja bag full of the things you can use to get the job done."
The guys all spread out around the room and each picked an easel for themselves.
"If you look in the ninja bag you have 5 tools: a kunai, a shuriken, a scroll good for 'one' jutsu technique that you can use for only 10 seconds, a pair of chop sticks, and a picture of me which is the one you have to recreate. Each one of you have a different picture, frankly I don't care if you trade just as long as you get the job done."
Yuki looked at the picture he had of Sakura, "You are too beautiful Ms. Sakura."
Sakura blushed and twirled her hair with her finger, "Thank you Yuki."
Jin chuckled as he rolled his eyes.
"You guys have an hour to make this happen and then I'll be back to announce the winner that will be joining me on a date tonight."
"An hour!" Naruto said as he quickly turned toward her.
Sakura narrowed her eyes and smirked, "One hour. Bye bye now!" she said as she left them in the room.
---
30 minutes have passed
Naruto had barely started and he was looking around at the others who were working hard, "This sucks."
Sai dipped the kunai in some red paint and then in some white. He had only glanced at his picture of Sakura once and never needed to again.
Ichigo looked over to Sai, "Man."
* "Ok that Sai guy looks like he's concentrating hard on his picture. He must've done this before. Oh and…what the hell is a jutsu!"
10 minutes had passed
Itachi was almost finished with his portrait. The room suddenly started to get dark and no one knew what was going on.
Gaara didn't even bother to look, "He's using the jutsu scroll."
Itachi grinned as he put the finishing touches on his portrait with one of his jutsu techniques, it was over within 10 seconds of course.
"What just happened?" Ichigo asked.
"Itachi just used the scroll to do one of his jutsu." Shikamaru answered him.
"Oh…so that's what a jutsu looks like."
10 minutes left
"Oh yeah baby! Almost done!" Naruto yelled as he threw down his chop sticks that he was using and pulled out the scroll.
Gaara rolled his eyes as he just got done finishing his painting with his sand jutsu.
"You done Gaara?!" Kankero yelled from across the room.
Gaara nodded his head as he covered the painting with the cloth provided.
*Kankero: "Okay Gaara's finished and it looked like he's done a lot of work to it. Naruto was using his shadow clone jutsu hehe."
2 minutes left
The majority of the guys were done. Only two were still working, Yuki and Shikamaru. Shikamaru was just using his scroll when a knock came on the door.
"You guys have one minute until Ms. Haruno comes to check on you." Kakashi said from outside the room.
Yuki places the kunai he was using down and covered the portrait with the cloth. The knob on the door started to turn when Shikamaru was placing his cloth over his portrait.
"Afternoon you guys!" Sakura said as she entered the room and Kakashi following behind her.
"I see you guys got down and dirty with the paint." she smiled.
"Anything for you." Jin said winking.
Sakura chuckled.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, "What an idiot."
* "I can't believe Orochimaru is even on this show, isn't that like…wrong."
"Now attach my picture in the upper right hand corner on your portrait so that I might compare each. Kakashi and I will be judging each portrait and decide which of you wins the date with me tonight."
* "I was so excited to see these self-portraits of me!"
*Kakashi: "I can't wait to see who gets knocked out for their horrible picture hehe."
They first walk up to Gohan. His picture was of a Sakura in a red bathing suit relaxing on the beach. Gohan removed the cloth from his portrait. Sakura smiled and took out a clip board writing something down. Kakashi just nodded his head.
"Thank you Gohan."
Next was Sasori. His picture was one of Sakura as a little girl. He removed the cloth revealing his portrait. Sakura mouth dropped as she gazed at the picture. Kakashi waved his hand in front of her face. The other guys tried to lean over and see what was going on.
"Sakura?" Kakashi said.
Sasori grinned, "I guess I took her breath away."
Kakashi rolled his eyes and pushed Sakura to the next person who was Tenchi. She suddenly got out of her trance and gripped her clipboard. His picture was of Sakura in a formal dress looking out over a balcony. When he removed the cloth Sakura nearly threw up.
"You okay?" Tenchi said.
Kakashi tried so hard not to laugh. It didn't look like Sakura at all, more like a man.
*Sakura: "What the hell?!"
"Thank you Mr. Masaki." Kakashi said as he led her to the next person.
Naruto had a picture of a smiling Sakura who was covered in mud. Sakura smiled nervously as Naruto started to uncover the portrait. She covered her eyes.
Kakashi smiled, "You can uncover your eyes Sakura."
She uncovered them and looked at Naruto's portrait of her. The picture was rather good and Sakura smiled.
*Sakura: "Naruto really surprised me with his picture. I thought it was going to be something worse than Tenchi's."
Sakura wrote something down on her clip board, "Thanks Naruto."
Naruto smiled, "No problem."
Shikamaru was next and he had a regular picture of an expressionless Sakura. When he uncovered it Sakura was quite disappointed. He had only used a minimum of three colors, but it wasn't too bad.
"Thank you Shikamaru."
InuYasha had a picture of Sakura dressed up like Lady Tsunade. Sakura laughed when he uncovered his portrait.
"That is too cute." she said as she wrote something on the clipboard.
Sasuke's picture was Sakura in her ninja get up posing. Sakura was disappointed in this one as well.
*Sakura: "I wish Sasuke would've put forth more effort. I mean there was so much negative space."
Itachi was next. He had a picture of a crying Sakura in the rain. When he uncovered his portrait Sakura stared at it.
She slowly got closer and examined, "It's so…so life like."
"I can tell that you were really hurting in the picture…it's not just a pose."
Sakura quickly turned around, "What are you talking about Uchiha."
She wrote on her clipboard and started to walk.
"It's hard to look that beautiful when one cries…especially in the rain. I'm just sorry I couldn't actually be there to comfort you." Itachi said.
"What?" Sakura said as she turned around.
"Take a closer look at the picture."
She looked at the portrait again and something came and went, it was a transparent Itachi figure over her with his hand upon her cheek.
Sakura's eyes started to water, "How did you?"
"My secret."
"Let's go to the next one Sakura." Kakashi said.
Ichigo stood by his portrait smiling. His picture was of a sad little Sakura standing in a field of flowers alone. Sakura looked at his picture and then at the picture that he was supposed to recreate. She looked back and forth at the two.
"Um…Ichigo?" Sakura said.
"Yes ma'am." he smiled.
"Thank you." Kakashi said smiling and leading her away to the next person.
Gaara's picture was of fairy Sakura. (don't ask)
"Wow Gaara. The sand kind of looks like glitter." Sakura commented.
"Yeah, I thought it would work as such." he replied.
Kankero stood there with his picture of a rock star Sakura. Kakashi turned around and laughed at the picture. Sakura blushed because his picture was a little elaborate.
*Sakura: "Ok Kankero's portrait was a little too 'detailed' if you know what I mean. But, it was kind of hot."
Yuki had a picture of Sakura who was posing underwater.
"Very nice Yuki." she said as she wrote on her clipboard.
Sai had a picture of Sakura which looked like it was taken from above as she laid on some sheets in her pajamas. Sakura was amazed at the picture. Sai had got everything done, with every detail in place. It looked like the exact replica of the picture he had in his possession.
"Omg Sai! Even without your paint brush you can be so good!" she yelled in excitement.
*Naruto: "Damn, I know who got this challenge in the bag."
Lee was next. His picture was of an angry Sakura holding up her right fist. Sakura looked at the picture.
"Um Lee…what happened to recreating the picture." she asked.
"Well, I couldn't picture you as being that angry so…I made you happy." Lee smiled.
"The objective of this mission was to 'recreate' the picture that was given to you."
"But I didn't really want this picture."
"Then you should've traded with someone." she said as she wrote and walked away.
Jin stood there. His picture was a sassy Sakura winking wearing a baby doll dress. Once he uncovered it Sakura smiled.
"That is cool." Kakashi said.
"Yes it is." Sakura said and noticing that Jin didn't use his scroll.
"Is something wrong?" Jin asked.
"You didn't use the scroll I see."
"I don't really have any jutsu."
"Are you a ninja like Lee?"
"Something like that." Jin replied smiling.
Sakura nodded her head and turned around to write on her clipboard. The guys looked around the room and staring at the other's portraits.
"Can I have all of your attention!" Sakura said raising her clipboard in her hand.
The guys looked her way as she continued, "Kakashi sensei and I will step out of the room for a few minutes so that we can discuss your portraits and the winner of a date with me."
The guys clapped as Kakashi and Sakura left the room.
*Lee: "I don't think Sakura liked my picture very much."
Naruto yelled over to Kankero, "Hey Kankero! What did they say about your picture?!"
"Huh?! Oh, I think she thought it was hot!"
"I'll say!" Naruto yelled back giving him a thumbs up.
Suddenly Sakura and Kakashi entered back into the room.
"Ok you guys. We went over your portraits, some were really good and some were…not so good. But there can only be one winner so…"
*Sai: "I wonder if she's going to pick me."
Naruto looks over at Sai and crosses his fingers.
"Itachi…will you join me tonight?"
"What?!" everyone including Sasori and Kakashi yelled.
Itachi grinned, "Of course I will."
---
Back at the mansion
"Dude I can't believe Itachi won." Naruto said as he sat on the couch talking to Tenchi.
"How come?" Tenchi asked.
"I forgot, you're not from here so you wouldn't understand."
"Itachi and Sasuke are brothers right?"
"Yep and they can't stand each other."
"Looks likes it's mostly Sasuke."
"You guys, Itachi won the challenge." Kankero said entering the room and plopping down next to Naruto.
"I was so worried about Sai that Itachi wasn't even on my mind." Naruto replied.
"When do they leave for their date?" Tenchi asked.
"In about 30 minutes."
In the kitchen
Gaara sat in a stool with his eyes closed and arms crossed, "What a shocker."
"Is it?" Jin replied to him.
Gaara shrugged his shoulders, "I guess."
Lee walked in the kitchen crying, "I can't believe she chose Uchiha over me."
Shikamaru was behind him, "Man you didn't even follow her instructions. So how did you think that you had a chance."
"Have you guys seen Sasuke?" Jin asked.
"Oh he's in the room mad as hell that Itachi won the challenge." Shikamaru replied.
"Figures."
Upstairs
Itachi was getting ready for his date with Sakura.
"I can't believe you won." Sasori chuckled.
Itachi grinned, "Is that so hard to believe?"
"Not really. You are a spitting image of an older version of Sasuke."
Itachi smirked, "Do you think that's why she choose me?"
Sasori laughed, "I'm just fooling with you."
"Uh huh." Itachi said as he adjusted his tie and grabbed his coat.
"Why are you really here Uchiha?"
Itachi walked to the room door and looked out the corner of his eye as he grinned, "You all have a good night."
---
Itachi waited at the bottom of the stairs for Sakura. Naruto, Gohan, Lee, and Kankero looked from the living room. Itachi was wearing a black suit with a white dress shirt and a black tie. His hair was pulled back in a ponytail as always.
"Where is she?" he said to himself.
"I'm coming!" Sakura yelled as she ran to the stairs.
Itachi chuckled as he watched her catch her breath. She held up her hand and then stood straight up. Itachi stopped chuckling as he took a real good look at her. Naruto and the others who was watching nearly fell over.
Sakura smiled still trying to catch her breath, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
She was wearing a long black dress with a slit on the left side. It was sleeveless; she had some opened toed black stilettos. Her hair hung still wavy with some dangling silver earrings and a nice silver chain around her neck.
"It was no problem." Itachi said actually stunned.
* "I don't know what it was but…she looked very…beautiful."
Sakura laughed as she got to the bottom of the stairs to where Itachi was, "No forgive me please."
Itachi grinned, "Fine, I forgive you."
"So are you ready to go?"
"What took you so long to ask." Itachi replied as he opened the door for her.
"Son of a…!" Naruto was saying as Gohan grabbed him covering his mouth.
---
Sakura and Itachi had gone to "Green Orchids", a restaurant within town. They sat at their table waiting for their food to be served to them. Sakura had been smiling the whole time as she looked around the restaurant. Itachi couldn't keep his eyes off of her for some reason. He shook his head and turned his attention away.
"So what's up with you Itachi?" Sakura asked.
He turned his attention back to her, "What do you mean?"
She giggled, "How are you?"
"I'm fine. You?"
"I'm excited."
"About what?"
"Being here on this date with you."
Itachi became shocked as he blushed.
"Your order sir and madam." the waitress said placing their orders on the table.
"Thank you." he said.
Sakura smiled, "Thank you so much."
The two started to eat and Sakura was humming. Itachi couldn't figure out why she was the way she was.
"How can you be that way?" he asked as he looked down at the food he was eating.
"Huh? Like what?" she cocked her head to the side.
"Always smiling."
"I don't always smile, just when I'm having a good time."
"You're having a good time? With me?"
Sakura smiled, "Yes I am."
Back at the mansion
*Sasuke: "So Itachi's on a date with Sakura and I'm still in shock that he won."
"Sasuke?" Jin knocked and then entered the room.
"What do you want?"
Jin grinned, "Someone's a little upset."
Back to the date
Sakura and Itachi finished their meals.
"I'm so full. Can't even eat dessert." Sakura said.
Itachi nodded as he watched some of the people in the restaurant get up to the song that started to play. Sakura noticed that his attention was on those who were dancing on the dance floor.
"Itachi?"
He turned to face her, "Yes?"
"Do you want to dance?"
Itachi's eyes widen, "Are you serious?"
"I mean you don't have to, I was just…"
Itachi's facial expression softened as he stood up and held out his hand to her, "Get up on this floor."
Sakura smiled and took his hand.
Back at the mansion
Lee was still crying about losing the challenge today.
"Shut up!" InuYasha yelled being aggravated.
"I wonder what they're doing." Gohan said to Naruto.
"I don't know but I will have some questions for Itachi when he gets back." Naruto replied.
Him, Gohan, and Shikamaru where playing cards.
Back to the date
Itachi and Sakura were dancing to a slow song on the dance floor. His right hand was around her waist while his left hand held her right hand. Her left hand was upon his right shoulder. They were the same height because of her heels. Their faces were side by side.
"Can I ask you something?" Sakura asked.
"Go ahead."
"How did you know?"
"What would that be?"
Sakura rested her head upon his shoulder and neck, "The picture of me crying."
"Oh…you like to express yourself. You don't like to play games. So why take a picture of something untruthful."
"You know…at that time, in the picture, I was going through some things."
"Really?"
"Um hm. With Sasuke leaving, Naruto and Kakashi being there for me."
*Itachi: "So Sakura goes into telling me her feelings about some things."
"You know…those things are in the past."
Sakura was holding back her tears as she smiled, "I know it might sound stupid but…I really do love Sasuke."
"Do you?"
Sakura lifted her head and looked Itachi in his eyes, "Huh?"
"Do you really love him like you think you do?"
"I…I think I…"
"If you have to think Sakura…then there's a good chance that you don't."
Sakura continued to look into his eyes as a tear fell from her eye. Itachi stared back at her and brushed the tear away. Suddenly they snapped out of it.
"You ready to go home?" she asked as they seperated on the dance floor.
"Yeah sure."
---
It was 9:45 pm when Sakura and Itachi made it back to the mansion. They entered in and noticed that the place was quiet.
"I had a great time." Sakura said as she brushed the last bit of tears from her eyes.
"Same here." Itachi replied.
They stood there in silence looking away from each other.
"Well, I'll see you in the stage room for elimination in an hour." Sakura said.
"Yeah."
"Itachi?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry for opening up so much to you and…and crying too." she said as she turned and started up the stairs.
Suddenly Itachi grabbed her hand and pulled her to face him as he kissed her gently on the lips.
"When you stop thinking that you're in love with Sasuke, then get back to me." Itachi said as he disappeared right in front of her eyes.
Sakura was speechless. She then took her hand and brushed her fingers over her lips; she smiled softly.
---
It was time for the second elimination and all the guys were gathered on one side of the stage in the stage room. Sakura and Kakashi stood in their usual spots with the "Sakura kunai" in the ninja bag.
*Gohan: "Ok it's time for the second elimination and I don't think I'm going home."
*Tenchi: "I'm not sure who's going home tonight, I just hope it's not me."
"Welcome to the second elimination. It was fun looking at you guys attempt to recreate me in a painting." Sakura chuckled.
"Shall we start Ms. Haruno?" Kakashi asked her.
"Hold your horses, sheesh. Okay, the first kunai goes to someone who I think…understands me surprisingly. Who really listens you know, so…Itachi, come get your kunai."
*Naruto: "I'm not surprised, I mean he won the challenge earlier today."
Itachi walked down and up to Sakura.
"Itachi, are you willing to be here for Sakura's drops?" she said as she held his kunai and looked him in his eyes.
Itachi put his hands in his pocket and turned his head from her, "I don't know. If you're in love with someone, why should I stay."
*Naruto: "In love with someone! Who?!"
Sakura's eyes widen, "Itachi I…I…" she couldn't get out the words as tears started to form in her eyes and she clenched his kunai.
*Yuki: "He's going to make Ms. Sakura cry!"
Itachi looked out the corner of his eye and grinned, "I guess I can stick around a little longer."
Sakura's eyes softened as she attached the kunai to his belt. Suddenly he felt her embrace as she gave him a hug.
"Please stay." she said as she held back her tears.
Everyone became shocked even Itachi. But his facial expression changed as he hugged her back and gave her a soft smile.
"I already accepted the kunai, so don't be so rash." he said as she let go of him.
*Lee: "Okay, what was up with that!"
*Yasha: "What the hell happened on that date?!"
Itachi walked up to the other side of the stage.
Sakura blinked a couple of times so the tears wouldn't come down, "Next to receive their 'Sakura' kunai is…Sai."
*Kankero: "Duh, he brought her breakfast in bed."
"Naruto."
"Alright! I'm third baby! In your face!"
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Naruto, what did we talk about last elimination round."
"Sorry, I'm just excited."
Naruto receives his kunai and gets on the other side of the stage. He looks at Kankero and holds up three fingers mouthing "third". Kankero flicks him off.
"Sasori."
*Jin: "I'm surprised Sasori's still in the game. On account of him and Sakura's past differences."
"Yasha. Jin."
*Sasuke: "Are you serious?"
"Yuki. Gohan. Shikamaru."
*Shikamaru: "Wow, I barely even talked to her today and I'm still in the game. Awesome hehe."
"Kankero. Lee. Gaara."
*Lee: "Wow, Sasuke is part of the last three! I wonder what he did."
*Sasuke: "I'm actually surprised I'm part of the last three. With Sakura being madly heads over heels for me, one would think."
Sakura looked over at the guys she already chose and caught Itachi's eyes which made her turn her attention back to the last three.
"Sasuke."
*Naruto: "Doesn't surprise me."
*Lee: "Darn, I spoke too soon."
"Two guys, one 'Sakura' kunai left." Sakura said as she looked at both Ichigo and Tenchi.
*Ichigo: "Whoa, it's me and Masaki."
"Tenchi, your portrait was hideous! Where did you get your art skills from? And Ichigo, I thought we were going to get some more time to spend together. I really despise liars."
The two guys lowered their heads and then lifted them up.
Sakura stands and then speaks, "This kunai is going to go to…"
*Yuki: "Come on Tenchi."
*Naruto: "Awesome! A new guy is going home!"
"…you, Tenchi Masaki."
Tenchi smiled and ran down the stage to receive his kunai, "Thank you so much."
Sakura smiled, "You're welcome, but if you ever paint another picture like that again, it's going to be me and you!"
Tenchi gulped as Kakashi laughed. After receiving his kunai he went up to the other side of the stage with the rest of the guys who made it through another elimination.
Sakura looked at Ichigo, "Ichigo, you're an awesome guy. But your mission here has failed and it's time for you to go home."
"Can I at least get a hug?"
"Of course you can!" Sakura yelled as she ran over to him and hugged him.
"Thanks for giving me the chance." he replied.
"You take care ok." Sakura said as she let go of him and watched as he exited the room.
*Ichigo: "Yeah so I got eliminated, it was fun and I'll be rooting for InuYasha just to let you guys know."
Sakura turns to the remaining guys, "Wow, that was a hard one. Kakashi sensei the drinks please."
Kakashi brought out the drinks, "Why do they always have to drink after every elimination."
"Are you all here for Sakura's drops!"
"Yes we are!"
A/N: So how did you guys enjoy episode 2?! I enjoyed writing it lol. I didn't really see the whole Itachi&Sakura thing coming, it just happened. Others will have their moments with Ms. Haruno though lmao. Episode 3 is coming up!
