"Sorry, Naruto was giving you the stink-eye," I say once we were on the road.

"Aa. Honestly, it was quite entertaining." Itachi replied, eyes glued to the road. I smiled a bit at Itachi's response.

Soon enough, we were at the park. We saw Sasori, Deidara, and Kisame sitting around a table, each with some sort of food. Itachi got out a container with some food. It appeared to be a potluck. "Itachik, was I supposed to bring some sort of food?" I asked nervously.

"No, you're fine," Itachi said as we approached the three other Akatsuki members.

"Hey, Itachi!" Kisame greeted happily.

"So, you ended up bringing Sakura, yeah?" Deidara said.

"Itachi, you're late.." Sasori said.

"If I recall you said to come at 5:15, Sasori. It's 5:10 right now," Itachi pointed out stoically.

"Hi.." I say quietly and sat down in between Deidara and Itachi.

"Awe, come on, Sakura, no need to be shy around us, un." Deidara said.

"Right..." Are they going to cause another mess? Itachi started to open the food container. This lead the others to also open their containers.

"What's Tobi been up to, Deidara?" Sasori suddenly asked.

"Normally childish, yeah. Why ask?" Deidara replied.

"He's suspiciously childish. I mean by senior year, you would think that you would have matured just even a little bit.." Sasori replied.

"I say he's the most sketchy of all of us," Kisame commented.

"Just because he came to Konoha High a few weeks after school started, doesn't mean that he necessarily a suspicious person," Itachi pointed out.

"See? Itachi agrees with me, yeah," Deidara happily pointed out.

"Think what ever you want about him. I still hold my view point about Tobi." Sasori said and took one of Deidara's spicy sushi pieces. Itachi brought some dango (yummy :D), Kisame brought something that looks completely inedible, and Sasori brought some onigiri(also yummy :D).

I happily take one of Sasori's onigiri. They're so good! "Aa, Sasori, this onigiri is really good," I compliment. "Did your mother make it?"

"Why'd you assume my mother made it?" Sasori snapped.

"Well.. Most males don't cook... But..." I trailed off.

"Ow!" Sasori said and jumped a little. "Who ever just kicked me, that hurt."

"Well, you didn't have to snap at Sakura," Deidara mumbled. Sasori glared at Deidara.

Sasori turned to me again. "It was actually my little sister..." Sasori replied. "And Sakura didn't have to assume that my mom made it. I mean like almost every single girl that I meet, if I brought her food, they always assume that it's my mom. It's annoying!"

"Well, you didn't have to snap at her, yeah," Deidara said, also annoyed.

"Come on, guys..." I said quietly. Itachi again took my hand under the table.

"Shh... They always get like this.." Itachi murmured. The next thing we knew, Sasori and Deidara were arguing about their art again. Kisame, Itachi, and I tuned them out. It was about now when the sun was hitting my eyes directly, causing me to squint to look at Sasori or Kisame.

"So, Sakura, anything interesting happen to you today?" Kisame asked.

"Well... I went to the airport? And ate with you guys?" I said, my voice hitting a higher note at 'airport' and 'guys' as if I were asking a question. "Um.. You?"

"Nothing really," Kisame said. "But it was a surprise when Itachi brought you h- ow!" Kisame, similar to Sasori earlier, jumped a little. "Itachi, what the heck?"

"Hn." Itachi replied. This boring small talk (I shall spare you the details.) After while, I felt my phone in my bag start buzzing for a minute or so and then stop for about five before buzzing again for the same amount as time as before.

I took one of Itachi's dango. "

After about fifteen minutes, I got annoyed with the buzzing and decided to check on who it was. "Excuse me, I think that someone is trying to call me," I say before walking away from the table. Deidara nodded his head in acknowledgment and continued to converse with his fellow Akatsuki members.

When I was out of earshot from the table, I checked my phone. 4 missed calls? I looked at who these potentially four callers were. I say potentially because they were all Naruto. What the heck is his deal... I slightly look up at the time. 6:50.. Oh... I was supposed to be home 20 minutes ago, according to Naruto... Bzz! Bzz! My phone again begins to ring. Caller ID: Naruto.. Should I answer? Yeah.. "Hello?

"Sakura!" Naruto said over the phone.

"Hey, Naruto, no need to shout," I say, calmly.

"Sakura-chan! I was freaking out about you! You're 20 minutes late, and you didn't answer your phone! How am I supposed to know you're safe?! Itachi could've done something horrible to you.." Naruto said, trying to calm himself down.

"Sorry, sorry, we're in the park and time just got away from me.." I say.

"Get home immediately." Naruto said sternly.

"Yes, yes, father," I tease lightly. I heard Naruto sigh and I giggle a little bit. "I'll get Itachi to drive me home. Bye! See you there." I ended the phone call and approached the table again.

"Hey, Itachi.." I say quietly. Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori looked like they were in a heated conversation. Sasori was getting jittery, Deidara was standing up pointing and yelling, and Kisame was smirking at Deidara. That would be a heated Akatsuki conversation.

"Hn." Itachi said.

"It's almost 7..." I said.

Itachi's eyes widened very slightly. "Damn.." He muttered barely loud enough for me to hear. "I was supposed to get you there by 6:30, neh?" I nod my head.

"Yeah, Naruto's not too happy about that..." I say.

"We should get going." Itachi said and got up. He waited for me to get up as well. I soon followed and he lead me back to the car. We left without saying anything to the others but interrupting them during a heated conversation would be bad, apparently.

Itachi quickly got me back home. He again, walked me up to the front door of my house. I get my key out of my bag and put them in the front door lock. Before turning the keys, I turn around to face Itachi. "Thanks bringing me along," I say. Itachi pulled me in towards him by putting his arms around my waist. He buried his nose slightly into my hair and murmured something that I couldn't quite catch. We stayed like that for a few seconds before I pulled away to open the door. I turned the key and opened the door. Without looking behind I opened and walked through the door. After I shut the door, I had about three seconds to myself before Naruto came down stairs.

"You're late." He stated.

I sigh. "I thought we covered this over the phone.." I say.

"We did, but now we're having it again." Naruto said and crossed his arms.

"Sakura, what will convince you that Itachi isn't good for you?" Naruto said, crossing his arms.

"Naruto! He's. Fine!" I said and started to go up stairs. Naruto, of course followed me.

"Sure, but he's still an Uchiha. Remember what the last one did to you?!" Naruto said, infuriated still.

"I know.. But As I've said, he's different. Quite the gentleman." I said. "What if you actually had a conversation with him? You'll see then.." Naruto rolled his eyes. I walked up to my room and tossed my bag onto my bed and walked back downstairs. I found Naruto sitting on the couch in front of the television, the sound on very low.

'Hey, Sakura, Naruto?" My mom called from the laundry room. "I'm leaving for the airport now, love you two!"

"Okay, Mom! Bye love you too! Stay safe!" I shout. Naruto also shouted that but instead of 'mom' he said 'Haruno-sama'.

When we heard the alarm beeper go off, signifying that someone (or my mom) had left, Naruto asked, "Where's she going?"

"I think she's going to Iwagakure for a business trip." I said.

"Aa, that means I'm in charge, eh?" Naruto said smiling. I rolled my eyes and sighed. Because Naruto's older than me, he would watch over me when Mom was away, even when we had a baby sitter when we were younger.

"She's going to be away for a 9 days."

"That's a decent length business trip."

"Yeah..." I said.

"You know, we should have Itachi over so you won't be so annoying when I'm working with him on my project."

"... Fine." Naruto finally said after a few minutes.

Haha! I finished! I'm coming down with a fever T.T! I'm surprised I was able to do this in one sitting.. Without passing out XD! Anyways, the fourth was yesterday so.. Happy late Fourth! I'm going to try to figure out what to do for the next chapter (and watch some Naruto and Fairy Tale! I'm at the part in Fairy Tale where Laxus and Natsu (almost put Naruto there ^.^;) are about to fight :D!). If you have any suggestions for the future, I would love to hear what you wanna see. I'm a bit curious... Well.. As usual, I apologize for any mistakes in the chapter and thanks for the reviews! (Specifically, to Skura Hatsu, Idk, I would've died with happiness if I were in Sakura's spot XD Totally fangirly for Itachi XD XD XD)