Chapter 9

'Ah damn!'

Sakura shot out of bed. "Wha, wha? Who's there?"

'Me! I just remembered something. That sneaky Itachi didn't tell us what happened after Kisame made fun of our forehead.'

Sakura's eyes sprang opened. 'Holy crap, your right. I kept asking, but no, he wanted to avoid it and go on with his own agenda.'

'Well lets ask him today.'

'Agreed.'

Sakura climbed out of bed and slipped on her fluffy slippers when a thought made her freeze in her tracks.

'We have to do Kisame's dare! DAMN!'

Inner smirked. 'Don't worry, I have a plan.'

Kisame whistled a tune as he walked down the hall towards the kitchen. Today was going to be a good day because Sakura had lost one of their bets, so now he got to see her clad in her underwear.

Nothing, not even the sounds of Tobi's annoying screams could ruin his morning. Wait, Tobi's screams?

"WAAAHHHHH, GIVE IT BACK!"

Kisame stepped into the kitchen and saw Tobi throwing a tantrum on the floor. 'What the hell is going on?'

Kisame turned toward the right and almost had a heart attack.

There was an odd atmosphere around the Akatuski table that morning. No one knew how to react or what to say.

"Umm Sakura san, you mind telling us why you are wearing Tobi's underwear?" Asked Sasori.

Sakura inwardly smirked. That's right. She took Tobi's Power Rangers boxers to avoid wearing her own underwear that may have caused nosebleeds. Plus, she didn't want to give Kisame the satisfaction.

"You see Sasori san, I was envious of Tobi's lovely lingerie and I thought I must have a pair. I think I look quite dashing if I do say so myself."

Everyone looked doubtful. Wearing little boy boxers and a rainbow colored sports bra wasn't very attractive.

"The whole point is do not take from others if the item does not belong to you." Said Itachi.

Sakura glared. He was always ruining her fun, but she knew she had to apologize to Tobi.

"Tobi, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take your Power Rangers undies. Will you forgive me?"

Tobi shook his head. "Tobi will not forgive Sakura san unless Sakura san does Tobi a favor."

"What is the favor?"

Tobi paused for dramatic effect and leaned in close to Sakura. "Make Tobi...some cookies!"

Sakura laughed. "Oh, that's what you want? Sure thing, I'll bake Tobi some cookies."

Sakura could practically see him grin behind his mask. "Yay! Tobi loves you Sakura san."

Kisame rolled his eyes. "Weirdo." He muttered.

After breakfast, Sakura cornered Itachi before he could go back to his room.

"Itachi, I want to know what happened when I blacked out yesterday. You still haven't told me."

Inwardly, Itachi groaned. He didn't feel like being bothered about a case of random super PMS. Sure, he was interested in Sakura's past display of maliciousness, but it didn't mean he wanted to discuss it at the moment. Plus, he was tired and grumpy. He needed his damn sleep.

"Haruno, I don't feel like talking now, so leave me alone."

Sakura glared. "That's not fair. You owe me an explanation."

Itachi quirked an eyebrow. "I owe you nothing Haruno."

Sakura was now irritated. She couldn't understand why it was so hard for Itachi to tell her what she did.

Wait. She didn't have to ask Itachi. Kisame was there, so she could ask him.

"Oh by the way, you can't ask Kisame either because he just left a on a mission as soon as the thought to ask him instead appeared in your head." Said Itachi.

Sakura just stared at Itachi. "How the hell do you do that? What are you, some mind reader?"

"No, your face is just easy to read."

"Argh, fine! Forget it."

I mentally smirked at Sakura's retreating form. Annoying her was proving entertaning for me.

Honestly, I didn't have a problem telling her at all, but seeing her reaction was amusing.

I would let her sweat it until she cracked from impatience.

'I can't believe Itachi. He's such a douche.'

'Amen to that sister.'

Sakura plopped on her bed, staring at the ceiling for a good ten minutes.

'Hey, Saku. How bout we take a look at the trunk?'

Sakura jumped out of bed. 'Duh, how can I forget about that?'

She went over to her closet and carried the small trunk over to her bed.

'Ohhh, lets see the marble crystal ball first.'

Sakura opened the trunk and took out the small marble orb.

'Last time I checked, this thing was supposed to show memories. So how do we get it working?'

'I don't know. Rub it or something like a gypsy.'

Sakura tried rubbing the marble but nothing was happening.

'Yeah great idea.'

'I don't see you trying to come up with any bright ideas.'

"Argh, work you stupid thing!" Being frustrated, Sakura shook the marble and threw it against the wall.

'You dumbass! You could of broke it! Hey, wait. What's that?'

Sakura looked up and saw mist enveloping her room. Her eyes popped out. 'What the hells going on?'

'Its all your fault! You threw the damn thing!'

'Your blaming me because I have pink hair! Hair racist!'

'One, that makes absolutely no sense! Two, I have pink hair too and right now, the Akatsuki base is disappearing!'

As the mist spread out, Sakura started to smell daisies and daffodils. There was no way those scents were in the Akatsuki, so she knew this was just more than a memory.

Finally all of the mist cleared and Sakura was surrounded by a garden. She saw the daisies and daffodils she smelled, plus some other flowers too like bluebells and lilies. Off to the right was a pond that had little koi fish swimming around.

'This place it cool. Familiar too.'

'Umm yeah, because its the Haruno and Sora compound.'

At that moment, that was when a scream was heard within the compound.

Sakura froze, thinking the worst was happening.

'Lets go see whats wrong, standing here and wondering won't help.'

With encouragement from Inner, Sakura ran to the sound.

End chapter

A/N: Sorry everyone for not updating. I haven't had any time to post anything or work on any of my stories because of the major test I'm taking in school, but I have no plans at all what so ever to give up this story. I don't know how long it will take, but I will finish this story. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Ja ne!

-Tsukihime-chan