Chapter Two; Glad You Came.

The sun goes down, the stars come out, and all that counts, is here and now. My universe, will never be the same, I'm glad you came. ~ The Wanted.

Have you ever had one of those moments where you just hate everything and everyone?

Yeah well, for me, that was today. Out of all the days where I wasn't given more than eight hours of sleep, it would be the day where I had to be called into work. It was my night off, damnit. And out of all the shifts I had been pulling out of my ass, I think I deserved a little R x R. But no, out of all the doctors on call that night, they felt it was perfectly acceptable to call in another one. Mind you, a Sakura that hasn't gotten enough sleep to function properly is not a Sakura you wish to be around. The entire night began dragging on, especially for those around me as I continued to bark out orders and demands, occassionally even scaring the patients.

Finally after what felt like an entire lifetime passed by, Shizune deemed it safe for me to leave. (Get that? Tsunade-sama wasn't even the one to call me up herself to tell me to squeeze in another shift at work. Poor Shizune, having to do the Hokage's dirty work all time.)

I grumbled in annoyance as I made my way down the vacant road; of course no one was outside, it was quarter to one in the morning, who would be? My movements were sluggish and I practically had to drag my feet to get home. Forget crossing across the rooftops to get home faster, I was just lucky enough to be able to pick up my feet for each step. I just wanted to get home and crash on my large bed, drift off to lalaland and forget this entire day happened. My mood was completely shot and I swear if someone dare stop me in my tracks on the way home, be it a person or a damn mouse, I would go ballastic.

Just as I could see my house coming into view, my senses picked up a spike of chakra off towards the training grounds. Inwardly, I held a debate.

I could go check it out and beat whoever it was to oblivion. Or, I could go straight home and dream lovely dreams of a romantic life that is most likely never going to happen.

Both were equally appealing; unfortunately, like I said, tonight was not my night. I didn't get much sleep, if any and my mind wasn't cohorant in this moment. Therefore, I found myself trudging towards the training grounds in the most foulest mood I think I've ever been in.

It only took me a few minutes to find the sudden chakra signature and when I did, all pent up anger and irritation left me.

The lone Uchiha wasn't exactly sure how he got to this spot. He should've been home getting some rest for another mission he was to be sent out on tomorrow morning. Oddly enough, he couldn't keep his eyes closed for more than five minutes. Something had been plaguing his mind, something that he couldn't pin point, something on the tip of his tongue that he couldn't identify.

It was frusterating to say the least, feeling so close to grasping an idea and then it's out of your reach in a heartbeat. So, unable to make the connection that he was feeling internally, he found himself going out for a late night stroll to clear his mind. It hadn't been entirely for naught, for he found a late night dango shop that had recently opened up almost a week ago.

The owner didn't inquire much about his outing this late at night, merely smiled in a warm welcome and served up a small plate of possibly the most delectable dango he'd ever tasted in his life.

After finishing off his sweets and downing the last of his green tea, he paid the man graciously and bid him a goodnight. However, he still found himself restless and unable to return home. Sighing under his breath, he made his way towards the training grounds. Hopefully a late night work out would tire him out long enough to get some sleep.

He'd gotten to the barren grounds and immediately pulled out his kunai to set out to work.

I was breathless as I raced towards the familiar chakra signature. My heart began pounding rapidly and all exhaustion that I felt moments ago left me completely. My palms began to sweat and I could feel my face begin to flush. Was I getting nervous? Me, Sakura Haruno, apprentice of Tsunade? This couldn't be right. But I knew well enough the only person in the world that could force me to succumb like this.

I finally came into the clearing and upon seeing the older Uchiha, who happen to be shirtless at the moment, my throat grew dry and all thoughts escaped me. He had yet to notice me yet, just continued moving about, using the three lone stumps in the middle of the area as his targets. The movements his body was enforcing was captivating and I found that I couldn't look away for the life of me. Sweat glistened off his skin and ran down the muscles that rippled from each twist and turn.

Unbeknowest to me, Itachi's crimison orbs caught me.

In mid air, something pink caught the corner of the Uchiha's eye. Lifting his head minimally in that direction, he smirked deviously. An idea struck him right then and there and he allowed his mangekyō to spin, deciding to test a certain genjutsu he'd recently been working on.

Hearing the young medic's surprised gasp, his alpha male pride began to swell.