Jealousy and love

Chapter 2: The kiss that almost happened.

"Speaking" 'Thinking'

Disclaimer: No I don't own Naruto but I wish I did cx

Welcome to the second chapter of my little SakuraxItachi story. I've been writing like a mad man to get this chapter done before my final exam, because I knew I wouldn't be able to concentrate if I didn't finish this chapter xD.

The training began as usual but it soon became clear to the 3 men, that the pink-haired ex-member of team 7. had been the one to hold the team together.

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In the other end of Konoha, a very happy Uchiha walked out of the Hokage's tower…

Itachi Uchiha exited the Hokage tower after he had been informed that, Sakura Haruno, would be put on his ANBU team. Team one.

Other than himself, ANBU team one consisted one other persons, Genma Shiranui. The team had had another member before, but that person had been killed a few months ago. Since then, ANBU team one had been looking for a new member. But that had been almost impossible since ANBU team one is the best ANBU team of them all. And that required the best of the best ninja's on the team. And with Itachi as the team captain, the skill level required to become a part of the team, were very high. Sakura had lived up to those demands it took to become a part of the team, and Itachi was more than happy to have the pink-haired ninja as a part of his team.

Itachi had, for a while now, had a great interest in the blossom of Konoha.

As Itachi walked towards the Uchiha manor, he thought about the first time he talked with the pinkette.

~Flashback 1 year ago~

It had been the day Sasuke left to train with the snake man aka Orochimaru. He had just heard the news from the Hokage, and he were on his way home to tell the rest of his clan, but suddenly a flash of pink had caught his attention. He looked at the beautiful pink-haired girl a few feet away from him. Her green eyes were filled with tears.

Sakura.

He walked towards the crying pinkette.

"Hey, are you alright?" He laid his hand on her shoulder.

"Oh, hey Itachi-san. I'm ok, it's just... Your brother is an idiot" A small smile ghosted over her lips.

"Tell me something I don't know"

~End of flashback~

Ever since that day, they had become good friends, and by the time Sasuke returned, her feelings for him had disappeared, not that Sasuke knew. When Sasuke had returned 3 months ago, his friends had just taken him back in their lives, though Sakura never relaxed around him, she put up a pretty good act, that almost fooled Itachi, but he could see the hurt in her eyes, and he knew she didn't love Sasuke anymore.

'I want to be the one to make her pain go away. I want t-'Itachi's thoughts were suddenly cut off, as he saw the girl his thoughts swirled around. The girl who made his heart go faster.

She was talking to none other than his, and now her fellow teammate, Genma. Itachi walked over to his teammates.

Her hair waved softly in the wind, and her emerald-green eyes were glowing with happiness and excitement. Itachi also noticed that the skin around the tattoo on her arm (That tattoo all ANBU members have) were slightly read, implying that the tattoo couldn't be more than one hour old. /as you can see, there has been a bit of a time skip/

"Genma, Sakura" Itachi greeted them. They both looked at him, as he came over to them.

"Itachi" They both said. Itachi looked at the pinkette. He noticed as a faint blush of pink reached her cheeks when she noticed that he was looking at her. That amused the Uchiha. He glanced at Genma, giving him a sign to leave. Genma knew of Itachi's feelings towards Sakura after he one time got Itachi drunk, apparently, Itachi was quite talkative when drunk.

Quickly, Genma made up an excuse to leave the two others alone.

"Uh, I gotta go. Forgot that I promised to help my mother, eh, move some furniture!" After that, Genma hurried away, still feeling the Uchiha's eyes on him.

After Genma was gone, Itachi directed his attention fully on the pinkette.

"Sakura, I was wondering if you'd like to join me for dinner at the Uchiha mansion. I know my mother would love to see you again" being the gentlemen he was, he reached out his hand for her to take.

Sakura looked confused at the elder Uchiha. Never before had he asked her to come over to the Uchiha compound for dinner. It had always, when it happened, which was really rare, been Sasuke who invited her and Naruto.

With a smile she reached out for his hand and took it. "I'd love to Itachi"

Sakura's heart pumped heavily in her chest as her hand came in touch with Itachi's soft hand. Before she knew it, she found herself next to Itachi in front of the door to the manor.

As they opened the door to the compound, the magnificent smell of Mikoto's cooking found its way to their noses.

"Your mother's cooking smells incredible" Sakura sniffed in the wonderful smell.

"Hn"

"Don't 'hn' me, I spend too much time with your brother with that as his only answer"

"Hn" Itachi smirked.

They went into the kitchen, where Mikoto were. When she heard them come in, she turned around to greet them.

As her eyes fell on Sakura, a wide smile appeared on her face as she rushed to Sakura and pulled her into a warm hug.

"I'm so glad to see you here again Sakura" Mikoto said as she pulled away from Sakura to give Itachi a kiss on the cheek.

Sakura watched as Itachi's, normally calm and collected face, got pink from a blushed caused by the affection from his mother.

Mikoto's eyes glinted of amusement when she spoke again. "You two look so cute together. Can I expect grandchildren anytime soon, hm?"

Itachi's face remained calm, but the almost-not-seeable, deep red blush across his cheekbones gave him away.

Sakura on the other hand weren't as good at controlling her facial expression. Her entire face turned red as a tomato, and her mouth opened and closed several times, without any words coming out.

Mikoto started laughing at their faces and started puffing them out of the kitchen.

"Dinner isn't ready yet. Go make me some grandchildren while I finish the food" And with those words she closed the door to the kitchen.

Itachi looked down at Sakura.

"I apologize for my mother's behavior. I'm guessing she thinks it's time for me to settle down, and besides that, she really likes you"

Sakura, who were still in shock from the Mother Uchiha's words tried to come up with a reply, just stuttered "I-um. It's ok, I mean uh-"She was cut by the pleasant sound of Itachi's silky dark laughter.

Sakura waited for him to say something, but instead she was suddenly dragged into the living room, by the elder Uchiha. 'How typical, instead of saying anything, he just go into Uchiha mode and drags me off without saying anything… That idiot' Sakura smirked to herself, and blessed kami for not giving Itachi the ability to read her mind. 'If he knew what I was thinking, he would definitely use his sharingan against me. And I am not quite in the mood for 72 hours of torture.' Her thoughts went on as Itachi pulled her down in the couch next to him. She didn't notice how close they were sitting, so when she turned her face to look at Itachi, their noses were almost touching.

Itachi almost smirked when he saw the pinkettes face, as she realized how close they were. He smirked even more when her eyes widen and her cheeks turned pink, as he leaned, slowly, closer to her. Just as their lips were about to meet, the door to the living room was kicked open by an pissed off Uchiha.

The couple jumped as far away from each other as possible in the couch, and they both looked at their intruder. Uchiha Sasuke.

Wow. I'm really proud I got this chapter done so fast. The ideas just came rushing into my mind. I'll try to make the next chapters more fun and exciting :D Also don't forget to review!:D

Still, I apologize for spelling and grammar errors, I'll try to improve it.

Stay tuned!