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so so so sooooo sorry i have been s busy and now i'm like getting migranes which like i never get so my health has been all over and there's alot going on with some friends of mine so yeah thats why i couldnt get this chapter up.
Most of you already know this but for all you new readers out there. The notice is the key to the story!
Notice!
Present day
Beginning of flashback/ Journal Entry
Flashback
Sakura wakes up once again on the couch. She frowns at the annoying piece of furniture as the memories of the night before flood back. She gets up quickly. Too quickly because a moment afterward she watches as her eyesight blacks out for a couple moments. She quickly grabs onto the couch and stops herself from falling as her vision clears. She looks around once more.
"First thing to do today, is get rid of this furniture" Sakura says with a glare around the room. She spends the day furniture shopping and has the new furniture brought to the house and after taking all the pink furniture she puts it out to be gotten rid of. Now, finished with getting the old furniture out of her apartment she arranges her new furniture around in her living room in a way she liked. She smiles as the new red furniture blended better with her home anyway and she began to feel glad she hadn't spent much money in the last few months. She flops onto her new red living room chair and pulls out her journal.
"I'm sure you can all tell what happened soon afterward. Yes, Sasuke had cheated on me with some redheaded slut named Karin, his secretary. You know what sucks even more? Itachi knew and I didn't even figure it out until I practically walked in on them in his office" Sakura writes angrily.
"It gets worse though because Itachi had known about Sasuke's cheating even before I had even known Itachi and I had met Itachi only a day after Sasuke proposed so Sasuke must have been cheated even before we got engaged. He was cheating on me WHEN WE WERE DATING!"Sakura scribbles frantically.
"I can't believe I ever thought I loved that bastard." Sakura finishes before closing the book and throwing it to the couch. She gets up and looks around once more trying to decide what to do.
"I could go to work, though I'm sure they'll admonish me for going to work when ii had a day off. They hate it when I do that" Sakura says frowning. She shrugs before grabbing her medical coat and walking to the hospital. At the front desk she greets the clerk.
"Hello Amy, sign me in for the day today okay?" Sakura says as she grabs the folders in her slot that she normally checks every day.
"Haruno-san, I thought you had today off?" Amy replies surprised to see the pinkette.
"I did but I decided to come in today anyway" Sakura replies. Amy nods before signing Sakura in for work. Sakura quickly looks over her patients. Reading quickly over the names she walks to each room. Asks questions about how they feel if anything seems wrong, all basic protocol. Hours of this go by and before she's even aware her workday has ended. She sighs in frustration at the fact that she will surely get scolded by Tsunade if she works overtime on a day she was suppose to have work, but puts the folders back in her slot anyway. She quickly signs out before leaving the hospital and walking home. She shivers as a cold breeze passes through and she stops for a moment to get accustomed to the cold air. She closes her eyes for a moment and listens to the peace of the night before she feels a chakra spike somewhere in the woods to the right of her. She eyes the forest in suspicion before she begins o walk into the forest. She quickly masks her chakra and jumps into a tree. She soon begins to hear the sound of wood being hit and curious as to what could be going on she sneaks into a tree close to the sound and investigates. She frowns at seeing a certain raven haired Uchiha practicing in the clearing below. Still masking her chakra she watches him for a moment before he finally stops his back turned to her.
"Sakura" the Uchiha says. Sakura glares at the raven-haired man before jumping down.
"I'm sorry to have interrupted your training session, I was merely…curious Uchiha-san" Sakura says turning around to leave. Said Uchiha then moves in front of her blocking her way. She glares up at him.
"Move or I will move you myself Uchiha" The pinkette says with venom. A silence ensues between the two before the male smirks in amusement.
"Since when did you begin to call me so formally Sakura-chan?" The male says challengingly.
"oh does it offend you? I hope so, I woke up today thinking of ways to make you realize that I hated you." Sakura retorts in anger before turning away from him and crossing her arms.
"Sakura-chan" the male says softly in her ear. Sakura cringes.
"There's nothing you could do to me that could possibly hurt me more than I hurt you already" He whispers to her. Sakura balls her hands into her fists and tries to control her anger as her chakra flares dangerously.
"You are such an obnoxious asshole" Sakura turns toward the male. Sasuke smirks down at her.
"And you know what? I hope you have fun with the slut you call your secretary because in the end she will leave you for someone else and then you'll have nobody" Sakura says with a an angry smile and walks around him and out of the forest.
"That dick thinks he's better than everyone I just wanna punch that smirk right of his face and knock him into next Thursday" She mutters angrily as she walks home. She walks up to her apartment building and starts to take her keys out as she nears her floor. She walks up to her apartment and throws the door open in anger. She then flops onto the couch. She sits for a moment and tries to calm herself before getting up to make some tea. Suddenly, she hears a knock on her door. She looks over at her door in curiosity.
"Hey Forehead! Open the door!" Ino shouts. Sakura rolls her eyes before opening the door.
"What do you want Ino-pig?" Sakura says glaring at her blonde friend.
"Party at Ten Ten's and she sent me here to get you" Ino says leaning on the wall.
"Give me five minutes to get ready" Sakura says dully.
"You okay Forehead?" Ino asks worriedly. Sakura sighs tiredly.
"No, not really but I'll tell you about it later" Sakura replies as she takes the tea off the stove and goes to her bedroom to get her stuff together. The two girls walk to Ten Ten's in silence. Ino knocks on Ten Ten's door and the brunette opens the door quickly and invites the two girls in. In the living room sit Hinata and Temari. Sakura's face brightens at seeing the spiky blonde haired girl and immediately she clomps on Temari whom as usual awkwardly pats the pinkette's back.
"Hey Sakura" Temari says.
"When did you get here? How long have you been here in Konoha?" Sakura says flooding Temari with questions. Temari laughs.
"Only for a little while. I came on duty Gaara's got me doing messaging duty between Konoha and Suna. Though I suppose I don't mind because they normally aren't rushed or anything and I get to stay for a little while in Konoha" Temari tells Sakura. Sakura smiles.
"I'm so glad you could come" Ten Ten cuts in.
"Yeah we definitely needed to get together" Ino interrupts as she flops lazily onto the couch.
"Well there has been a lot going on lately" Hinata comments. Sakura smirks at Hinata.
"Yeah you would say that wouldn't you?" she comments slyly. Hinata blushes.
"W-what do you m-mean by that S-sakura-chan?" Hinata stutters as her face turns a deep shade of red. The other girls look at Sakura.
"Oh, you know exactly what I mean Hinata-chan" Sakura says in the same tone. Hinata face's slips into one of horror as her blush stays a constant shade of red.
"S-Sakura-chan…" Hinata mutters looking away embarrassedly.
"What's going on?" Ino cuts in irritated that she doesn't know some juicy news.
"Go ahead Hinata tell them about the other day" Sakura says with a dismissive wave.
"N-now?" Hinata says staring at Sakura in panic.
"If you don't I will" Sakura says with an evil smile.
Hinata throws up her hands up in surrender and laughs nervously "T-That's not necessary Sakura-chan" She replies softly. Sakura laughs.
"Ok so spill the beans" Ino says impatiently.
"W-well Sakura-chan called Naruto the other day, and I picked up the phone and she assumed we were…" Hinata's voice fades quietly as she begins fiddling with her fingers and blushing.
"Oh no, tell them what time it was" Sakura says. A quick moment of silence passes as Hinata collects her bearings.
"It was around 8 o clock I think" Hinata replies quietly.
"And where was Naruto?" Sakura continues.
"In the shower?" Hinata questions more than states. She looks up at the girls who stare at her in shock. An awkward silence passes as the other girls try to collect themselves.
"How long?" Ino asks cutting through the silence.
"Umm…a while?" Hinata states hesitantly.
"And you didn't tell us?" Ten Ten asks.
"Well I didn't think it was important…" Hinata replies quietly.
"Not important?" Sakura question incredulously.
"Well you've had much more going on than me Sakura-chan" Hinata replies softly.
"That's right. What's been going on with you Forehead?" Ino asks. Sakura glares at Ino for the nickname before rolling her eyes.
"It's a long story…"Sakura says biting her lip.
"Well we've got all night and start at the beginning Temari doesn't even know what's going on." Ino replies. Sakura frowns before beginning her story.
Two hours later, the girls are sitting in the living room eating from tubs of ice cream and staring wide-eyed at Sakura.
"Wow he is such a dick." Ino finally says. Sakura who's eyes were puffy and red from retelling the parts of Sasuke in the story, after conveniently skipping the parts of hr cutting, sniffles softly and nods.
"how come I didn't hear of this earlier?" Temari asks. Ino answers first.
"It's not like you were around to talk about it. We all knew but we hadn't heard that last part about her talking to Sasuke. That was new to all of us" Ino replies. Temari frowns.
"I'm sorry things didn't work out for you Sakura" Temari comments giving Sakura a half hug. Sakura nods.
"it's ok he's quite obviously not the best person to be with anyway" Sakura says dismissively.
"It's not ok you obviously you still care about him according to what you told us about what happened with Itachi" Ino says annoyed. Sakura stays silent.
"yes, but she must also have feelings for Itachi as well" Hinata comments quietly. A silence settle between the girls and they contemplate.
"well is it true Forehead, do you also have feelings for Itachi?" Ino asks. Sakura stays silent as she contemplates. The girls wait silently for her answer. Sakura bites her lip before answering.
"I…" she begins. The girls inch slightly closer in anticipation.
"I don't know" Sakura answers honestly. She girls let out breathes they hadn't realized they'd been holding. Sakura smiles at their childish antics before grabbing her own tub and chocolate and Vanilla bean ice cream and taking a scoop of it.
"He definitely should have treated you better" Ten Ten comments offhandedly.
"Yeah maybe a little more like how Naruto has been treating Hinata" Ino interrupts with a laugh. Hinata blushes a bright red again as the rest of the girls begin to laugh along with Ino. The night passed peacefully from then on as the girls talked about boys and make-up, and other insignificant things.
The next morning Sakura woke up with a groan. Her mental clock had woken her up uninvited considering she didn't have to work at the hospital today. She smiles as she watches her friends sleep. She laughs as Ino stretches onto her back taking as much space as possible while Hinata curls up taking the least amount of space up at possible. She comments to herself about what a bunch they are before getting up and stretching her legs out. Temari opens her eyes at the noise, and frowns at how being a light sleeper was only an advantage when you were on missions.
"hey, what are you doing up so early Sakura?" Temari mutters with a yawn. Sakura shrugs.
"I don't know I just kind of woke up" Sakura whispers. Hinata shifts slightly.
"Temari, Sakura?" Her soft voice calls out quietly as she slowly sits up. Sakura watches as Hinata's hair falls over her shoulder as the girl slowly sits upright.
"Go back to sleep guys." Sakura whispers as she pulls her clothes out for the day. Hinata lies back down after saying a quiet "Ok" as Temari watches Sakura walk to the bathroom. Sakura comes back out fully dressed before Temari speaks.
"What are you doing?" Temari whispers in confusion.
"I'm just going out for some fresh air" Sakura whispers back.
"Just go back to sleep I'll be back soon" she adds as she walks to the door and quietly opens it. She says a quick goodbye to Temari before closing the door as quietly as possible and walking into the fresh morning air. She stretches once more and takes a deep breath. She slowly wonders around before she finally looks up and realizes she'd wandered to the gates of the Uchiha Compound. She frowns as she realizes she did need to talk to Itachi but figured it was probably much too early and he probably wasn't even awake. Conflicted she walks back to Ten Ten's house to find all the girls up and walking. The girls greet her eagerly and Ten Ten sets out plates for breakfast. An hour later the girls have finished eating and cleaning and are packing up their things to go home. Sakura lifts her stuff up and after saying goodbye to the rest of the girls Ten Ten walks her to the door. Sakura gives Ten Ten one last hug before opening the door.
"You're gonna be okay right Sakura?" Ten Ten asks quietly before Sakura leaves the house. Sakura looks back at the now concerned Ten Ten. Sakura smiles.
"I'll be fine, don't worry about me" Sakura lies. Ten Ten smiles back but Sakura notices the worry and pity lingering in her eyes. Sakura smiles again
"Don't worry Ten Ten, I'm fine" Sakura reiterates and she gives her friend another hug before picking her stuff up and leaving the house. Sakura walks home quickly and after getting home she drops her stuff to the floor in her house and flops onto her new red couch. She remembers her walk from this morning and wonders where Itachi might be. She then recalls his private training grounds and immediately sits up. She quickly gathers her stuff together before walking quickly to where she recalled his training grounds to be. She walks through the forest eagerly before hearing the small pang of a shuriken hitting a tree. She stops behind a tree and fiddles with her fingers as she tries to find out what she wants to say. She looks behind the tree and watches him as he practices and again she turns back conflicted. She waits for a moment as she tries to decide on a plan of action before noticing that the pang of the shuriken has disappeared. She looks behind her to find Itachi gone. She frowns in confusion before gasping at finding him to be in front of her after turning back around. She stares into his red sharingan eyes and slightly loses herself in them. He stays completely emotionless as he watches her eyes haze over. Suddenly, she comes out of her haze and looks away to hide the blush on her face. She waits for a moment for her blush to dissipate before turning back to him.
"I don't suppose you have a moment to talk?" Sakura asks quietly.
"It depends on what you want to talk about Haruno-san" Itachi replies indifferently. Sakura almost cringes at the name.
"Itachi-kun, please" Sakura says as she feels her eyes begin to tear up.. Itachi stays silent perhaps contemplating and comparing answers in his head. She looks back at him after regaining her composure. Silently he goes and sits down against a tree. He looks up at her silently inviting her to sit with him. She reacts quickly and goes to sit with him.
"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted the other day" Sakura says quietly. He stays silent and she silently wonders if he's listening.
"I.. don't know what came over me" Sakura continues hesitantly. She glances back at Itachi who has laid his head on the tree and closed his eyes as if he were sleeping peacefully. Sakura sighs in defeat before laying her own head back and watching the sky above her. She watches the clouds float by and comments to herself about how she might actually understand why Shikamaru likes to watch them so much.
"Apology accepted Haruno-san" Itachi says cutting through the silence. Sakura looks up quickly before frowning.
"Aren't you going to call me Sakura-chan anymore?" Sakura asks. Itachi glances at her.
"Only if you wish me to" Itachi replies quietly.
"Only if you wish me to" Sakura smiles at the words.
"I do" Sakura whispers in reply.
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Thank you so much for subscribing my story to your alerts/favorites lists, it's always encouraging to see new names up here, and i'm quite sorry for the long waits between updates.
Akatsuki Sakura Uchiha:lol i know well the way i sa it was that she was being oblivious. ANYWAY i acually like the shikaino pairing (probably because dont like Sasuke and therefore do not like the SasuIno pairing) but i like the idea of such a unique pair and i sort of did start them up already. however, you wont see much of them in this sory becase the pairing was started so late but if i make a sequel they'll deff be in there. i'm still not sure so what i did was i left the story open for a whole different story so that i could if i so chose to make one.
darkangel: i'll try to get the last couple chapters up as soon as possible! but i still have to write the epilogue i'm not yet sure where i'd like to go with it yet and i still have to find a good place to end it and all that jazz
Foxgrl18: Thanks i hope you continue to read the last couple chapters!
SilverEyeShinobi: ok so first off ijust want to let you know your reveiw was hilarious. funny story about when i read this, okay so i was in a store and i get the notification emails on my phone so i reading it in the store and like all the sudden you heard this like really loud laugh haha the entire store was so quiet cause it was like night time I WAS SO EMBARRASSED! hahaha ok thats my funny story lolz.
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