Hello! MarzSpy here with another chapter! This story might not be to long… might end at chapter 6-7 just letting people know. If I get a good idea on it later on, I might make it longer. And there is also the possibility I make a sequel :o

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Chapter 4: The Festival

Sakura woke up early in the morning with only 1 thing in her mind; the festival was today. She planned to totally forget her misfortune and maybe find herself a nice guy why she was at the festival. But then again… most of her choices were not good, so what would be the point? And most if not all guys were fan boys. She definitely did not want a boyfriend who was a fan boy.

Maybe she could just hang out with Temari, Ino, Hinata, and TenTen. But then again, they would most likely be with their boyfriends… and Sakura would hate to be the cause of them being apart.

Why was fate so cruel to her?! She couldn't be with her best friends… and she couldn't find a good guy because they always ended up being bad choices, they were taken, or they just weren't interested in her.

Sakura brushed all that off of her mind for a minute and looked at her alarm clock. It was 1:00 in the afternoon. The festival started at 7:00 p.m. She was so worried about everything that was going on, she went to bed late. All she thought about last night was the festival, Itachi, Sasuke, and the love letter and chocolates. She had plenty of time to eat, shower, and get dressed though so she was fine. She had plenty of time!

Sakura got up and went to her kitchen to get herself some breakfast. She got herself some orange juice, and some toast. After she ate she went to brush her teeth and take a shower. She got out of her bathroom and looked at the clock. It was 3:30 p.m. She still had 3 hours and 30 minutes until the festival started… and she had nothing to do…. Just great!

She decided she would call Ino up and see what she was doing right now. She picked up her phone and dialed Ino's number. The phone started ringing and soon Ino picked up.

"Hello, Ino-pig, how's it going?" Sakura asked through the phone.

"Hey forehead! Just here about to take a shower to get ready for the festival. And you?" Ino said through the phone.

"Same… but I already finished my shower… just sitting here bored out of my head… it's too soon to get dressed."

"Well, call up Hinata or someone… maybe they can do something with you." Ino suggested. Sakura could hear the shower being turned on.

"Well, Ino, I don't think I will go to the festival after all. I will have nothing to do." Sakura said as she looked over at her outfit.

"NO! You have to go!" Ino yelled.

'if she doesn't go… we can't proceed with the plan! I must get her to go!' Ino thought.

"What? Why?" Sakura asked… Ino said it too dramatically. It made her suspicious.

"Because… It just wouldn't be the same without you. And you will have something to do… you can hang out with the girls!" Ino said.

"Oh come on Ino. You know perfectly well you will want to be with Kiba not me. And so will the rest of the girls. They want to be with their boyfriends! Not their best friend!" Sakura said in a protesting manner.

"Forehead… if you do not go I can promise you will personally get an earache from me tomorrow morning, and most likely for until the end of the week if not month!" Ino said dangerously. Ino was scary when she was angry, Kiba had learned that the hard way.

"But what will I do?!" Sakura asked in protest.

"I'm sure you'll find someone to keep you from being bored." Ino said… knowing exactly what was really supposed to happen.

"Fine, I'll go... but I'm telling you… I won't find anyone!"

"Well, hey I got to go, shower time! But I'll call you later after my shower is done okay?"

"Okay bye." Sakura said as she hung up the phone.

She looked back at the clock. It was 4:00 now. 3 more hours left. She guessed she should start to get ready now. Sakura blow dried her hair and then laid her outfit on the bed. She put her undergarments on and then carefully started to put on her kimono.

She then looked at herself in the mirror. All she needed now was to fix her hair, put on accessories, check with the girls, put her sandals on, and go.

It was now 5:00. She fixed her hair and put on her hair accessories and jewelry. She looked at herself in her mirror.

'Almost perfect… but it's missing something…' Sakura thought.

Sakura put on some light eye liner and mascara. Then she put on some light blush on. Sakura liked the natural look better, it suited her the best too. She just thought too much make up was just ugly. If she tried too hard it would mess up her look.

'There, just perfect' Sakura thought. She decided to put on her sandals later when she was about to leave. It hurt a lot when you were walking. Sakura saved her feet the torture for a few hours.

She looked outside the window for about 40 minutes. Everyone was hurrying trying to get ready for the festival or trying to get home from work or missions so they could get ready for it. Sakura sighed. How she loathed them right now.

They all had something to do. Somewhere to be. Someone to be with. She… had none of those 3 right now.

She had all ready finished dressing up. There was no one she needed to be with right now. No one really wanted her to be with her.

But, unknowingly to her, there was someone… or in her case… many someones'. All her friends wanted her to come… especially the tall, handsome, ebony-eyed, powerful guy we call… Itachi!

Sakura walked to her bed and grabbed her phone. She dialed Ino's number to see if she was done too. The phone rang 2 times before she answered.

"Hello, Yamanaka residence, Ino speaking. May I ask who is calling?"

"Hey Ino, it's me Sakura. Just wondering… how's you outfit coming along?"

"Oh, I'm almost done actually and it's almost 6:30. I think we'll be right on time to the festival." Ino replied.

"Okay. I'll call the other girls to see if they are almost done." Sakura said.

"Okay. I got to go. Gotta finish with my hair. Then I need to make sure Kiba put on his kimono."

"Okay… see ya later!" Sakura said before she hung up the phone and dialed Temari's number.

"Hello, Temari speaking. Who's on the other line?"

"It's me, Sakura. Just wondering how you're doing with your outfit."

"Oh, I barely got out of the shower a few minutes ago. I had to make sure Shikamaru would put on his outfit. Knowing him he would have probably ran away if I didn't make him dress up first." Temari said. You could hear the blow drier on the other line.

"Oh, I see, are you sure you're going to be able to finish on time?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, I don't take too long so I'll be done on time don't worry." Temari said reassuringly.

"Okay, I'm going to call Hinata and TenTen to check with them. I'll see you at the festival Temari-chan."

"Okay, see you Sakura." Temari said as she hung up the phone.

Sakura next called Hinata and she said she was all done and ready to go. She was talking about how Naruto was there with Neji and he had seen her. He said she looked gorgeous and she blushed so hard she almost passed out. Hinata liked Naruto so much and the blush would never disappear from her face when she thought of him.

She then called TenTen and she said she was already going out the door. She looked at her watch and it was 6:55.

'Guess it's time to go now. I just hope I'm not left all alone.' Sakura thought as she put on the sandals and exited the house.

In the Festival

When Sakura saw all the bright colors, nice music, and all the happy people, she we very glad she decided to come. She walked further and further and she saw food stands, game stands, and any other stands she could think of. She also realized guys were starting to stare. She did not like all the attention. She had to find 1 of the girls… and fast. If she was not alone, they would not approach her.

Sakura started to walk a little faster and then she spotted Temari. As fast as she could go without hurting her feet, she walked towards Temari.

"Hey Temari, how's it going? You look great!" Sakura said as she gave Temari a big hug.

"Hey Sakura you look great too!" Temari said as she returned the hug.

"Where is everyone?" Sakura asked.

"Don't know, I just got here. I was just looking for them. I arrived just about 5 minutes ago."

"Oh, let's go see if we can find them quickly. The fan boys are here." Sakura said as she took Temari's hand and dragged her.

They soon found all the girls and 5 minutes later, all the guys. Weird thing was, Itachi was with them too. He had a black kimono with a crimson-like obi. In the back of his kimono was the Uchiha Clan symbol. Sakura didn't want to admit it, but he looked so handsome.

"Umm… hello Itachi." Sakura said. She didn't know what to do. If she was correct, he had received the gifts that were actually meant for Sasuke. But deep down inside, she liked Itachi too. So now, was she supposed to act normal around him? Or super shy? Should she avoid him or should she be with him the whole time.

If she avoided him it would mean she was very shy. If she stuck to him it would mean she was really into him… a bit too much if you ask me. They were not even together yet so she definitely should not do option number 2. She just stood there for a minute or 2 waiting for him to respond. Those 2 minutes seemed to be like 2 years for Sakura.

"Hn." Itachi said after a while. He too had no clue what to do. He had never actually LIKED a girl before. So, he didn't exactly know what to do. He just hoped that Ino's plan was full-proof. If not, he would make a fool of himself, AND he would have to kill a few teenagers. He wasn't really up for the job right now.

Itachi stared at Ino as if saying 'GET ON WITH THE PLAN NOW!' Yes, he was that desperate to get away from the awkward silence coming from the 2.

"Uhh, oh yeah! Sakura, come with me to get something to drink please!" Ino said as she grabbed Sakura's hand and dragged her off somewhere. She didn't really know where she was going and she really didn't care.

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God was Sakura glad when Ino pulled her away! A few more seconds of the awkward silence and she would have cracked! But when they had finally stopped, she realized they were not here for something to drink. She looked at Ino for an explanation.

"Why did you bring me here?" Sakura asked.

"Oh, I just need to ask you something Sakura." Ino said trying to sound as shy and embarrassed as she possibly could. It wasn't working out perfectly though. Sakura knew Ino, she was a loud mouth who would always say what was on her mind. She didn't seem to notice much though. She was still thinking about Itachi. Mentally, Ino just said 'ahh screw it!'.

"Well, what do you need?" Sakura asked impatiently.

"Well, you see, I was just wondering, you like Itachi… right?"

Sakura slowly nodded while a blush spread onto her face.

"Well, this could be the perfect time to be with him!" Ino said excitedly. She knew she was messing up the plan. But she just couldn't lie to Sakura like that…. even if it was for her own good. Yes she had done it many times before, and yes, she would probably do it many times in the future. But Ino jus had a gut feeling about this 1. She just had to go with her Ino-instincts. They really came in handy. And so did her Ino-radar.

Her Ino-instincts told her what to do. And anytime her Ino-instincts kicked in, they were never wrong… ever! Her Ino-radar told her where everyone was. Sakura, Kiba, Temari, anyone… you name it. If her Ino-radar went off, she would find them all within a minute. That was her special ability.

The original plan was supposed to go like this. She was just supposed to come back with Sakura in a cheery mood while everyone rehearsed their part of the plan. Then all of them would just hang out and soon, they would 1 by 1 slowly disappear until only Sakura and Itachi were left alone.

"I-I c-can't! He d-doesn't like m-me back." Sakura said trying to make up an excuse.

"Don't give me any of that crap! Every other boy wants you Sakura, why wouldn't he?"

"Because… He's an Uchiha."

"Well, Sasuke found love, that's proof. An Uchiha can find love." Ino said. She just loved getting into arguments with Sakura when it came to boys. She would never lose! (A/N: That's just like me when it comes to money xD)

"But still-" "Sakura! I will personally make your life a living hell if you don't at least give him a chance." Ino interrupted.

"Fine, but what will I do?" Sakura asked. She had no chance to beat Ino, she knew that. So she just gave in. But she had no clue how she was going to do things.

"Ahh, you just leave that to me my dear Sakura." Ino said as she turned around and started walking.

"W-Where are you going?" Sakura asked.

"Back to the group… duh! Now come on, we can't leave your precious Itachi-kun waiting!"

"Ino-pig! Don't say it out loud!" Sakura complained as she caught up to Ino.

"Why, you 2 will be married soon, might as well let everyone know they are invited!" Ino said teasingly.

"Ino, if you don't shut up I'll give Kiba your baby photos! Including that 1 were you are in the bathtub!" Sakura said with a smirk. She had won that round.

Ino stopped dead in her tracks. "Y-You wouldn't!" Ino said in dismay.

"Try me." Sakura said.

"Fine, I'll shut up but let's go…. We've been gone long enough."

"Coming!"

And the 2 girls disappeared into the crowd trying to find their way back to their friends. A few minutes later, they had found them.

"Hey, where's Sasuke?" Ino asked.

"He went in search for his girlfriend a while ago. He's long gone now." Shikamaru said.

"So what do you guys want to do then?" Temari asked.

"I would like to go to the games." Ino said.

"I want some ramen." Naruto said.

"I want to go lay down." Shikamaru said.

"I want to pet the animals." TenTen said.

"U-Ummm… okay then s-so what do w-we do?" Hinata asked shyly.

"How about you go with Naruto to eat ramen, Kiba will go with Ino to play games, Temari you go with Shikamaru and be lazy, and I'll go with Neji to pet the animals?." TenTen said.

"Fine by me let's go Hinata-chan!" Naruto said as he grabbed her hand and ran like the wind.

"Ahh, he will never learn. He's so troublesome." Shikamaru muttered as he slowly left with Temari following shortly behind.

"Shall we go Neji?" TenTen asked. Neji slowly nodded and took her hand and left. Sakura was getting nervous. Everyone was disappearing one by one. There was only a matter of time before…

"Okay let's go win me a teddy bear Kiba!" Ino said as she went with Kiba.

And then there were 2. Sakura and Itachi were left all alone… in complete and utter silence. God damn was their situation awkward!

(Sakura's POV)

Oh, my god!!!! What am I going to do! I'm all alone with Itachi now. The awkward silence is eating me alive! Ok, calm down Sakura, just need to act natural. No need to panic.

(End of POV)

Itachi wanted to say something. It was so not like him to act like this. He was never shy! He had to act like himself. Now he just needed to think about what Ino said. He needed to think about the advice she gave him.

"Would you like to go somewhere?" Itachi asked Sakura. He couldn't blow it after all the hard work they had put in it. He was definitely not going to blow his chance with the only girl he liked. He planned to have her… yes indeed. Itachi Uchiha always got what he wanted. And what he wanted right now… was Sakura.

"Umm, sure but where will we go?" Sakura said.

"Mmm, I have an idea come." Itachi said as he slowly started walking. Sakura caught up to him and they started walking side by side. Sakura noticed many girls were glaring at her, and many guys were staring at her. She looked up at Itachi. He was about a head taller than her.

She liked that in a guy. He had to be taller than her. He also had to be handsome, charming, smart, powerful, and kind. In his own way, Itachi was all of that… and so much more.

Sakura kept staring at Itachi and again, she noticed how irresistible he happened to look right at the moment. But then again, didn't he always look irresistible?

Itachi looked down at Sakura and saw her staring at him. "Like what you see Sakura?" Itachi asked while he smirked.

Sakura started blushing like madly and she turned her head to the other side. Unknowingly to her she squeaked out a small but firm 'yes'.

Was Itachi amused or what! No one had ever acted like this to him before. He had made good choice in trying to make her his own.

"Oh really?" Itachi asked; amusement could be seen in his eyes.

Sakura mentally slapped herself. She was not supposed to say that out loud! She could think it but damn, she always got so nervous around Itachi she could not even control what came out of her mouth.

"Shut up." Sakura said in a childish manner. The look on her was priceless. Itachi thought she looked so beautiful.

They walked in silence for a while until Itachi spoke up.

"Thank you." He said.

"For what?" Sakura asked in confusion.

"For the chocolates, they were good." Itachi said.

Sakura thought for a second. Technically, she did not like Sasuke anymore. After a couple of hours of thinking yesterday at night, she realized she did not really like Sasuke. Just not the way she liked Itachi anyway. Sasuke was like a brother to Sakura, she knew that. She also knew they would never be anything more than that…ever. But she had to tell Itachi. It would not be fair if she just lied to him.

"About that… you see there was some slight confusion there." Sakura said hesitantly.

"By that you mean…?" Itachi said.

"Well, originally, they were meant for Sasuke. But then I talked to Ino and I realized I didn't really like Sasuke. To tell you the truth, I really like you Itachi. And I realized Sasuke was like a brother to me, most likely, that is all he will ever be. I'm sorry for all of this." Sakura said. She wondered how Itachi would take the news.

Itachi was silent for a while. They kept walking wherever Itachi had planned to take them. But right now he was deep in thought. When she first said they were originally meant for Sasuke, he was devastated, but then when she said she really liked him, he felt very happy inside.

There was no harm done right? And technically, Sakura did like him.

"Hn." Itachi said after a while.

"That's all? I mean, that's all you have to say? You're not mad?" Sakura asked him. She expected something different. But then again, it was Itachi they she was talking about. He was always calm.

"Not really. You don't like Sasuke right?" Itachi said. They were now entering the woods. Sakura didn't say anything though. She was too caught up in the conversation.

"I don't." Sakura said as she watched her steps. The roots of the trees were sticking out of the ground and she did not want to ruin the kimono.

"Then it's all good." Itachi said.

"Anyway, where are we going Itachi-kun?" Sakura asked.

"-kun?" Itachi asked emphasizing it while he smirked.

"Whatever! Where are we going though?" Sakura said as she tried to hide her blush.

"You'll see, we're almost there Sakura-chan." Itachi said as he emphasized –chan.

Sakura pouted. "No need to tease me Itachi-kun" Sakura said.

"Hn."

As they walked deeper into the forest, the trees started disappearing and you could see the night sky. The trees were now being replaced by grass. It had now been an hour since the festival started. They walked in silence for about 5 more minutes until they came to an opening with a big lake in the middle.

"We're here." Itachi said.

Sakura looked around. Everything was so beautiful. On the lake, you could see the reflection of the full moon. The surface of the lake was smooth and it seemed to sparkle.

"It's so… breathtaking." Sakura said in awe. She had never seen anything like it.

"Hn. I found it here once after I came from a mission. I needed some relaxing and I found it my relaxation here." Itachi said as he came up and sat down on the grass. Sakura followed him and sat next to him. She enjoyed looking at the scenery. It was soothing and peaceful there. This was 1 of the few places that had not been destroyed to create for houses for the villagers, and was not owned by any of the big clans like the Uchihas'.

Sakura was pretty surprised. She had never thought Itachi would be the type of person to like this kind of peaceful stuff. But it was a good kind of surprised. It was nice to know Itachi was human too.

All the while Sakura was looking at the scenery in amazement, Itachi was looking at Sakura. He loved the way her eyes seemed to sparkle at the beauty of the scenery. And the way it seemed her smile could melt away any cold heart. Maybe that was why he liked her so much.

"So beautiful." Itachi muttered to himself. Sakura thought Itachi was talking about the view, but when she looked back at him and saw him staring at her, she knew Itachi was talking about her. She blushed a deep crimson color.

"T-Thank you." Sakura said. There were many guys who said that to her, but she felt nothing when they said it. When Itachi said it, she got butterflies in the pit of her stomach. Something about him just made her feel… whole… and complete.

"Is this the only reason why you brought me here Itachi-kun?" Sakura asked him as she scooted closer to him. They were about a foot apart before and now about 3 inches.

"No, there were 2 other reasons." Itachi said calmly. He noticed Sakura had gotten closer to him. He didn't mind though, quite the opposite actually, he was glad.

"And those are?" Sakura asked as she gave him a smile.

Itachi turned his head to the side in… was that… embarrassment?! Goodness this girl was making him do things he never thought he would ever do.

"Please tell me?" Sakura said with pleading eyes.

"I'll tell you 1 reason… the second 1 you will find out on your own." Itachi said.

"Deal, now please tell me."

"I wanted to be alone with you. I didn't like how those guys were staring at you." Itachi said as he looked the other way.

"Oh my goodness, y-you were j-jealous!" Sakura said excitedly. Was this the first time Itachi was jealous?! Itachi turned to face her and glared at her. He soon looked straight. He didn't want to see her face. It was teasing him.

Sakura giggled. "Thank you for being concerned." Sakura said. Her body then acted on its own. Her face got closer to his own and she was about to kiss him on the cheek when…

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When Sakura had told him 'thank you for being concerned', he turned his face towards her to protest but all he saw was… her lips.

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Her face got closer to his and she was about to kiss him on the cheek when…

He suddenly turned around. Sakura tried to stop… but it was too late. Their lips met and she could do nothing to stop it. She waited for him to push her away… but he didn't, instead, he pulled her closer to him closing the space in between them.

Her first kiss… her first had had gone to Itachi. My, what a good story that would make to tell people. Some girls could only dream of Itachi being their first kiss. And some girl's couldn't even do that!

Yes, that was Sakura's first kiss. Sakura said she was going to save her first kiss to her first love. Back then, she thought of Sasuke Uchiha. Now, she thought of an Uchiha alright, but Sasuke was not quite the right Uchiha she was thinking about.

Sakura closed her eyes. She wanted to remember this night forever. It was the perfect night, in the perfect outfit, with the perfect guy. Could things be anymore perfect than they already were? Sakura didn't think so… but guess again!

Just then fireworks started to go off. This meant the festival was almost over. The festival would end it 1 hour. This was the time where couples would get together and spend some time alone. The fireworks would go on for the rest of the festival. They had started 30 seconds too soon, oh well they didn't really care.

Sakura and Itachi soon broke apart because of the need for air. Sakura just stared at Itachi. How did she get so lucky?

Itachi smirked. He guessed this was about the right time to tease her some more about what had just happened between the two of them. He just loved to tease her didn't he?

"Guess you just couldn't stay away from me could you Sakura-chan?"

"Itachi! That was an accident!" Sakura said as she raised her hand and was about to hit him on the head. Itachi swiftly caught her hand by the wrist. She just stared at him. Man was he fast! She was about to protest again but Itachi had pushed her towards him and again their lips met. Sakura gasped at the sudden contact giving him entrance. Again, they kissed but this 1 was much more passionate than the last 1.

Sakura wrapped her arms around his neck while Itachi wrapped his own arms around her small figure. It seemed to fit perfectly; as if it were meant to be there.

When they broke apart in need of air again Sakura was practically on him, not that either of them really did mind. Sakura turned around and for the rest of the night, they watched the fireworks until they were over.

Time Skip

Itachi had decided he would walk Sakura to her apartment. He gave her 1 last kiss before he left her at the front of her door.

"I will see you again tomorrow in the afternoon at my house. We will have to tell my parents about… us." Itachi said.

"Oh, so now you are commanding me to come?" Sakura said pretending she was offended.

"Hn." Itachi said as he started walking to the direction of the Uchiha district.

Sakura opened her front door and went inside. She then shut the door and just stood there reminiscing the whole day. She had not seen her friends the rest of the night. She guessed they themselves had spent some alone time together too.

She went to her room and stripped her clothes off and put on a light pink night gown. Oh how she could not wait for tomorrow! Many things would happen, she was sure of that!

End of Chapter

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So…. like I was saying in the beginning of the chapter…. This story might come to an end pretty soon =O now… I will put up a poll… asking if you guys want a sequel or not after a few more chapters… not now though because I don't know how much further this story will go on :o. But I will put up the poll maybe in the next chapter!

Also… I made a new story called "Her Love"

It's a sasu x saku x ita love triangle! Please check it out!!! I'll put the summary here..:

Sakura was admired and loved by all in Konoha. So why is she does not feel loved? Will an old teammate come back and be able to help her feel loved again? Or will her hatred towards him -because he left her all alone on a bench- be enough to stop him from doing so? And who is the other Uchiha trying to capture her heart as well? Who will win in the fight for her love? Love triangle!

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