AN/Chibi play was like one of those bonus stories. It really doesn't have anything to do with the real story. I think I'll do one every ten chapters, just for fun. Though, I originally just posted it so you guys would have something to read while I tried to get over this mid life crisis. -Sob- (inspiration came from the Ouran High school host club episode based off of Alice in wonderland) Part two of the big bomb

AN.2/ I am so sorry this took so long to come out. There really is no excuse for this long a wait. I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner for all you loyal readers. Yes, the dark red eyed dude was/is Itachi and you'll get to see more of him in the chapters to come. I had a lot planned for him, and hope to at least pull off half of my original ideas. Good thing is, I have a bunch of new ideas I can use as well. I hope you like this chapter and please review!

Warning/ The guys get really ticked in this chapter, so there'll be a lot of cursing and over possessiveness. Oh, and a lots and lots of OOC-ness.

Disclaimer/ I do not own Naruto but you should know that I do own this story and it's plot line so please don't steal it! (© Copyright 2007 Vesper chan (FictionPress ID:562926). All rights reserved. Distribution of any kind is prohibited without the written consent of Vesper chan.) See! Now, it is legal! Don't bug me about it.


Chapter Ten

Stolen Kisses

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Recap:

"Hello my dear sweet Sakura chan. At long last we meet face to face," he purred seductively in a deep dark voice as he cupped her trembling chin with his thumb and first finger.

Around this time the rest of the boys were now aware of the ark presence bearing down on their Sakura chan and were not happy about it.

"What the hell! Get your hands off Sakura chan you bastard!" Sasuke snarled darkly, seeing the man with dark midnight colored hair all over his girl.

The man turned slightly but did not bother to turn around completely. Sakura could see him smirk as he turned back towards her. "I think not, I have waited too long for this day to give up any part of it," he called out, inching closer to her face. "Oh how long I have waited to do this," he purred out dreamily making Sakura go weak in the knees.

'What is he going to-?'

Sakura's thoughts were cut off as her eyes widened in shock. She had no time to think as his lips came crashing down on her own full of hunger lust and craving for more in a bruising kiss.

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As anyone who knows anything about these boys would know, they were not happy about this little turn of events. Hell, that was the understatement of the century. The were furious!

While on the other hand, Sakura's mind was on complete shut down.

That was her first kiss, after all.

'Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap...' And so on

However, that didn't last long.

'That was my first real kiss and It's from some dude I don't even know!? Who the hell is he! How dare he! Oh my God he's still touching me! What the- he's hugging me?! What the hell! I'm going to die from cootie overload!'

"ITACHI! Get you fucking dirty paws off my Sakura chan!" Sasuke bellowed, his eyes burning with blazing fire.For someone like him, this was a worse case saniro. His future bride getting smooched by the man he hated most. Oh there was going to be hell to pay.

The dark haired man turned to look over his shoulder at his younger brother with half lidded eyes. His expression showed that he was clearly not interested in anything the young boy had to say. "What do you want?"

"What the hell do you mean what do I want. I want you to get you fucking dirty hands off my Sakura chan and go crawl into some hell hole and die like the filthy animal you are!" Sasuke screamed.

"Thanks to you, I already did that ,and now that I'm fully humanized I can completed my heart's desire, a dream caught in my mind for three long years," Itachi replied bringing Sakura's head closer to his own.

"I don't care who you are, you bastard, but let go of my Sakura chan!" Naruto ordered, stepping forward.

"No."

"It's in your best interest that you release her now," Neji hissed.

Itachi just stuck his tongue out at the pearl eyes boy.

"Let my bride go," Gaara growled, feeling his eyes bleed gold.

"You don't scare me badger boy. I've waited three long years for this day to come and no power on earth can take this away from me."

"I'm gonna bloody kill you again, you damn weasel!" Sasuke hissed, trying to pull lightning out of his body through the use of his chakra. It wasn't working too well for him.

"Foolish little brother. Chakra in this world is little to nonexistent. You can't harm me that way."

While all this was going on, Sakura felt her body going cold, as starts of black danced across her vision. The idea of her first kiss really being stolen by this guy was a bit too much for her. She felt like she was going to faint.

Thankfully, instead of shouting curses at the oldest Uchiha, Sasori, Deidara and Kisame were behind Itachi. Kisame, being the strong guy he was, easily opened Itachi's arms, allowing Deidara and Sasori to drag Sakura out to safety. Well, it was mostly Sasori dragging Sakura off while Deidara held Itachi back with his foot.

"What the hell, cut it out you guys, give me Sakura chan back!" Itachi whined, reaching out for the pale green eyed girl.

"No way in hell, you molesting freak. How dare you harm my precious cherry blossom!" Deidara exclaimed, kicking Itachi in the face a few more times, just for good measure.

Sasori instantly noticed Sakura's weak condition and quickly scooped her up into a bridal position in his arms to make it easier for her. "Sakura chan. are you unwell?" he asked frantically.

The rest of the boys were surrounding her in an instant with cries and pleas to get better.

"Oh no, Sakura chan!

"Sakura chan, hang on."

"You okay?"

Sasuke turned around and glared darkly at Itachi. "What the hell did you do to her, you sick bastard?"

Itachi looked away with a faint blush on his cheeks. "I just kissed her, the shock of being touched by such a handsom figure must have been too much for her so suddenly."

"Like hell that was it," Neji hissed, glaring at the tall dark haired man. How dare he steal his girl's very first kiss and then go and say such an outrageous thing about himself. His hair wasn't even as silky as Neji's!

"I don't feel so good, let me down Sasori..." Sakura moaned, holding her head.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, you're making me a bit nervous. No offense, but I don't want to fall asleep in your arms with that guy in this house."

Sasori nodded, letting Sakura down and out of his arms. "That's completely understandable."

The boys, so concerned with giving Sakura room to breathe backed away a bit with worry in their eyes as she clung to her head, all the while not noticing they had parted enough for a red eyed Uchiha to dash forward and claim Sakura in another hug. Being who he was Itachi decided to take the chance give to him and try to embrace the pink haired beauty, yet again.

"Sakura chan!"

Sakura saw this a moment before it happened and let her mind and emotions flare with anger towards the man who stole her first kiss. Before Itachi knew what was happening he was flying towards the end of the hallway with a bruising left cheek.

"Don't you dare touch me you damn pervert!" Sakura hissed, her fist still raised, her shoulders shaking from the five finger death punch she was well known for on the streets.

The rest of the guys were pretty stunned by the force of her punch, since it sent Itachi all the way down the hallway and up against the wall. And by the looks of it, he was in a lot of pain.

Sasuke shivered as he remembered his painful welcome. Maybe it was an Uchiha thing.

Sakura turned around and glared venomously at the boys surrounding her.

Hell fire blazing in her eyes.

Raising her other hand she pointed to Sasori Deidara and Kisame. "You three, pick him up and lug him into the living room, Sasuke and Naruto get the first aid kit out of the bathroom, Gaara and Neji prepare a place for the pervert on the couch and make sure it's fixed so he can't molest anyone anymore! There's duck tape under the sink."

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Three and a half minuets later...

"I'm still mad at you, but seeing that you've suffered enough, I'll forgive you for now," Sakura grumbled with her arms crosses over her chest in an irritated manner.

Though, outside her knowledge, the way she positioned her arms was something none of the boys in the room were hasty to speak against, for obvious reasons.

"Waaa, Sakura chan is so hot."

"Yeah..."

Sakura sent both Naruto and Neji a blood chilling glare and the two instantly ceased their mumblings and averted their eyes, making sure they didn't refocus back on her chest area.

"Now, getting back to the matter, I know you're name is Itachi, but I don't know anything much more than that about you. Before today, I've never seen you before in my life, and you say you have known me for three years. Don't tell such falsehoods. I want the truth. Who are you and why didn't you come out of the book like the rest of the guys?"

Itachi looked up at Sakura eyes and, despite being strapped down with duck tape and tied up with thick coil rope, managed to spare her a seductive grin that would have any other girl head over heels in love. "Sakura chan, you're as beautiful as ever, even when you're yelling at me."

Sasuke kicked hi brother in the side, sending the older male over like a sack of limp potatoes. "Don't address my Sakura chan in such a way you thick skulled playboy player."

Itachi waddled up into a sitting positing, much to the amazement of those who tied him up, and proceeded to glare at his younger brother. "My foolish younger brother, you may call me whatever you like, for such lifeless words can not penetrate my pride, but one thing you can not call me is a playboy, nor may you address me as a player."

"Prick," Sasuke mumbled as Itachi continued on with his speech.

"In all my life, I have never loved any other woman other than my deer sweet Sakura chan. She, and only she has, stolen my heart away from me, to hold in her precious hands and do with whatever she may. Never have I ever dreamed of another female, for the image of Sakura hime's smile is enough for this man. She is a marvelous beauty that is unlike any other. I could never fall for any other woman. Sakura chan is my life. I would gladly die a thousand hell inflicted deaths just for the sake of her smile blessed upon me."

While Itachi went on an on about his love for Sakura, the rest of the boys were either getting annoyed or bored. Sure he was taking about their Sakura chan, but he sounded so phony and so cheesy there was no way he could pose as a threat to Sakura chan's heart. The were in moer danger of Sakura chan falling for that Lee kid that this disney obsessed loser.

"...So...beautiful..."Sakura whispered with stars and tears alike in her eyes.

"WHAT?" Sasuke screamed.

"Sa-Sakura chan, you can't be serious!" added Naruto.

"Sakura chan, you can't fall for this guy, yeah."

"Don't be swayed by his words Sakura chan!" Neji added.

"Don't listen to him, he's just sweet talking you," Gaara franticly replied.

But the boy's words were usless as Sakura was done untying most of Itachi's bindings.

Sasori and Kisame were in the background moping like ghosts, unable to bring themselves to voicing their protests, however loud they were tinging in their hearts.

"I don't think you're too much of a threat now that I have you outnumbered and all. I already punched you so I think the duck tapes a little much," Sakura said, as she wrapped up the discarded silver tape.

"A thousand thanks to you, Sakura hime."

"Sakura chan is fine."

"As you wish, Sakura chan..."

Sakura blushed and in turn caused the rest of the boys to swear death to the Uchiha who could do what none of them could. They've been trying to get her to blush like that forever. Usually it was a blush of embarsiment. This one didn't seem like it.

"Anyway, about where you came from, mind explaining a bit?"

"And while you're at it, mind high tailing it our of here?"

Sakura gave Naruto a stern look, but did nothing more.

"Anything for Sakura chan. You wanted to know why I did not come out of the Book like everyone else, am I correct?

She nodded.

"Well, the difference between them and myself is the fact that I'm dead in their world, while they were all perfectly healthy when called out," Itachi explained with a smile and a calm tone.

Sakura blinked, her eyes widening in surprise. Really after having demon harboring males and ninja poof into her house after a blackout or two, she should get use to stuff like this. Though, the though of death not having power over the brown leather bound book she was in possession of was a pretty powerful thing. For something to have that much power...Whoa.

"But you said you knew Sakura chan for three years, can't you explain that a bit without going off on your sob story, yeah?"

"I would like to know how that is possible as well," Sakura added.

Itachi nodded, smiling still. "I was chosen from the beginning to be one from the book, so instead of dying naturally, I came to this world in a form you are most likely very familiar with."

"What?" Sakura asked leaning forward.

Itachi chuckled. "Well, let's just say you called me moget for three years without knowing that I was really a human being trapped within the body of a weasel until I was summoned from the book."

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blink

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Sakura went cold as her eyes widened, shrinking her pupil.

This could not be happening.

Before Itachi knew what was happening he was thrown to the other side of the living room by Sakura as she screamed something that sounded a lot like 'pervert' at a high note.

Feeling her face grow hot, she dashed into her room and locked the door.

"What was that about, yeah?"

"Beats me. Hey, Sasori, what do think was wrong with Sakura chan?" Naruto asked.

The red haired puppeteer shrugged his shoulders while watching the door to her room, just in case it opened once more to allow his presious living doll out. "I would not know..."

Sasuke smirked with narrowed eyes, glaring at his injured brother. "I bet he would know."

Kisame was already standing over the fallen form of his partner, studying him with a weary eye. "Well, Itachi?"

"Well what?"

"You mind explain why Sakura chan would hit you again and call you a pervert?" Neji asked, stepping forward.

Itachi shrugged. "I don't know. It might be because saw her naked a few times and was there when she danced around in her underwear and stayed with her when she was only wearing a towel or-"

"You saw my precious Sakura chan unclothed before me!?" Sasuke hissed, strangling his brother.

"O-only a f-fe-few ti-times..."

"Kill him Sasuke, I can't forgive him for seeing Sakura chan in a towel!" Naruto cheered.

Neji fumed at the thought of Sakura dancing with Itachi in nothing but her underwear. How dare his future bride be seen in such a way by someone other than him! Didn't he make it perfectly clear in the beginning that Sakura chan was bound to be his. Nothing would keep this Hyuga from his soul mate. Nothing could keep him from his Sakura. Itachi was just a road block, nothing more than that.

"A-and I w-was-was t-there wh-when she took a b-bath once-Ackk!" Itachi tried to say, but was cut of from both his words and hiss necessary dosage of required oxygen.

"Why can't you die and stay dead you playing bastard!" Sasuke snarled.

That was the mistake.

Itachi grabbed Sasuke's hands and threw his younger brother off his fallen form, climbing to his feet in the process. "I had though I made it perfectly clear to you the first time, foolish little brother. I have one heart and one soul, both witch belong to my deeply desired Sakura hime. She is my life, my love, and my soul mate. I could never dream of another woman when I have Sakura in my heart."

"I though you said you gave her your heart, yeah." Deidara mumbled rolling his eyes at the flaky speech Itachi was giving. It sounded like something out of a soap opera, not that he watched those, mind you!

"Sakura is my everything. Without her I don't have a reason to breath! When I was lost in this world, bewildered and defencless, even before she knew who I was or if I was from the book or not, she took me in and cared for me like I was one of her dearest friends, not some stay animal off the rain soaked streets. She knew nothing of me, yet she bestowed upon me the kindness my very own parents neglected to give. Three years with here were three years I was unbelievably happy."

"That was because you were a killer, Itachi," the younger Uchiha hissed, not liking how the person he hated and detested the most talked about his soon to be bride and wife.

Itachi glared at Sasuke. "Don't speak of matters long past, foolish little brother. Such things are no longer rellivent to this time and place. We are in Sakura chan's world now, not our own."

"He's right, Sasuke," Kisame added, sighing as he crossed his hands over his chest. "Any matters or quarrels present in the other world are void and null once we cross over."

"I can't just forget about how her murdered mother and father!"

"You're going to have to, yeah."

Sasuke turned to glare at Deidara. "Stay out of this."

"Hey,hey, hey, Sasuke teme! Cool down would ya?"

Sasuke growled turning around to glare at Naruto. "What do you want me to do?"

"Calm down and think about Sakura chan before you knock down any walls or tear up and floorboards. I know for a fact that she would kill you if you damaged her couch."

Hearing Sakura's name, Sasuke seemed to calm down a bit. He still refused to look at his older brother, but he wasn't about to start a fighting riot over it, so it was all good.

"Hey, where did the red dude go?" Kisame asked, speaking up for once when he noticed a member of their group mission.

"Sasori is still here," Naruto complained, thinking Kisame was talking about the puppet master from the desert.

"Not Sasori, the short guy, the one with the dark rimmed eyes and the love tattoo on his forehead," Kisame explained with an irritated grunt. He used to work with Sasori so he would naturally know his name.

"Oh you mean Gaara? He's over here-hey, wait. Where did Gaara go?"

Seven sets of eyes turned towards the empty spot the young red head had occupied only moments ago. Said set of seven eyes widened when they found the space void of the jade eyed male.

"No Sakura chan! Gaara's after you!" Naruto wailed, running around in circles.

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Gaara fiddled around with his hands as he listened to the running water in the bathroom connected to Sakura bedroom, the bedroom that was not occupied by him. Sakura still was unaware of his presence and he intended to keep it that way...wait, no!

He wanted her to notice him!

Right?

"Sa-Sakura chan..." he meekly called out, his timid voice not doing much to overthrow the sound of the shower. Of course she wouldn't hear him with a pitiful voice like that!

But he couldn't really help it. He was never this attached to something before. If he was, it would have become his own in a matter of seconds with the flick of his wrist. This one time was the only exception to this fact of life, other than the love he desired from his family and would be friends.

Sakura was different. She was... she was...God, how could he describe her? She was heavenly compared to him. She may put on that cold mask when facing others, but through her actions Gaara saw a truly good person. She excepted him, without the aid of politics or fear. The demon inside him was something she actually liked. Okay, people tolerated his demon back home, but nobody liked it. No one fully excepted it. No one, aside from Sakura chan. Gaara actually though they could be compatible.

Then they had to show up. Not just Itachi, but all of them. Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Deidara, Sasori, and Kisame. It was clear as day that they also desired what his heart craved more than anything. It was bad enough in the beginning when he had to fight Sasuke for Sakura, but now there were so many pining for her heart. Eight to be exact, and that was just from the book. He was sure there were others outside this house that desired his most treasured cherry blossom.

With so many eyes set on her and so many lips swearing confessions, what were the chances that she would actually notice him, let alone settle down with him. The odds were against him.

"Sakura chan..." he whispered, grabbing the fabric of his shirt where his heart would be. His stomach felt like it was tied up with knots, the feelings he had for her were so great. "What can I do?"

"You can start with turning around so I can grab some pajamas, Red."

Gaara's head shot up with surprise at the sound of her voice. "Sakura chan!"

"Ahem? I'm wearing nothing but a towel, mind giving a girl some privacy?" Sakura asked with an irritated tone to her voice. She was still mad at Itachi for what he saw when he was a animal.

"S-sorry..." Gaara mumbled with a deep blush turning around.

"It's okay, but do you mind telling me what you're doing in my room if you're intentions are not to spy on me when in the shower?" Sakura asked grabbing some blue and white stripped panties and a oversize tee shirt.

"I...I didn't want any of the other guys to see you, or be with you." His blush was growing as the words fell from his lips on their own.

"You mean Itachi."

"Or any of the others who got ideas from Itachi."

Sakura smiled, coming out from the bathroom dressing and toweling her hair. "That's very honorable of you Gaara. Itachi may have tricked me for a while back their with such elegant words, but it's really true what they say."

Gaara turned around, his blush going down a bit. "And what would that be?"

"Actions speak louder than words."

Gaara choked on the air he was about to take in when he saw her standing in front of the light coming out of the bathroom. She was still dabbled with droplets of water here and there, making her skin glow and her hair stand out. She was like a heavenly angel standing before a mere mortal, no, a monster. That's what he was compared to her.

"You know what a lot of people say about men and their hormones? 'It's a natural part of their development' or 'that's just how they are' or something like that. That's what they say to justify their perverted nature."

"Sakura chan, what is it you are trying to say?"

The pink haired girl let the towel fall to her shoulders as she smiled at Gaara. "I can't stand those perverts and boys who indulge in porn and call it natural. For me, the most admirable kind of man is the one who is strong enough to turn away from those impulses and put a woman first. Thank you Gaara for not trying anything dishonest while other's would have if they had your opportunity. It means a lot to me."

The blush that had quited down a moment ago had returned, this time, with vengeance. "It...it was...it wasn't that much."

"Oh no! For a guy like you to exist is really something! I signed up for cleaning duties after school once and do you know how much porn I found in the boys desks and hideouts? There was enough to fill a barn with! Ohh, those guys git on my nerves so much! I wanted the thrash them all so bad, right then and there! It's like there isn't anyone out there with any morals left."

"Umm?"

Sakura chuckled, coming out of her rant. "What I'm just trying to say is thank you. No one else in life is going to say that, because no one really cares anymore. But it's just something that annoys me to no end."

Gaara stood up, leaving the edge of her bed behind and grabbed on of her free hands. Sakura looked up surprised, stuttering a bit.

"I'm not like that! I have a sister, and even though she's older than me, I couldn't stand the though of others looking at her in a perverted way like many did. It disgusts me as much as it does you, I think."

Stars cam alive in Sakura eyes. "Then you mean...?"

"Yes."

"Really?"

Gaara smiled and nodded once more. "Yes."

"Then, we are kindred spirits!" Sakura proclaimed, those stars turning into fires of determination. "We won't let guys like that get away un punished! Whever there is evil unmoral acts, heavenly punishment will not be far behind!"

"Hai!" Gaara cried, happy to be holding Sakura hand.

"SAKURA CHAN!"

"Where is Sakura chan?"

"Gaara, come back with Sakura chan!"

"Bring my Sakura chan back, yeah!"

"She's not your's, you moron!"

"Oh yeah?"

"I'll kill you, stop talking about my Sakura chan like that."

"She's mine!"

"No, she's mine!"

Smash

Crash

Bang

Sakura groaned, rubbing the back of her neck. "I can't leave them alone for five minuets without having something in my house break. If this keeps up, the whole house is going to fall apart."

"I'll help, don't worry too much," Gaara offered, patting her on the shoulder in a comforting way.

"Yeah, thanks. I had better get out there and fix things," the green eyed girl replied, throwing her damp towel over her shoulder and unlocking the door to her room.

Once she stepped out into the hall the chaos seemed to explode into another whole level.

"Sakura chan!"

"It's Sakura chan, yeah!"

"She's safe!"

"My Sakura chan is alright!"

Sakura growled, feeling a vein on her slightly-larger-than-normal-forehead. These guys were really starting to annoy her with how clingy they all acted. Couldn't they go five minuets without her? She couldn't have been gone that long! Inwardly she was wailing with grief at the idea of having to spend so many more days with these males who could not stand separation.

"Shut up! You guys need to learn to behave while I'm away. I was only gone for five flipping minuets and you all throw a fit and worry like little two year olds! Can't you guys learn to act your age?"

"But, we though something had happened to you when we noticed Gaara missing," Neji offered, blushing at being called a two year old. Hyugas were not known to act in such a way.

"Please, Gaara was a total gentleman. He wouldn't do something like that, unlike some present in this room," Sakura commented, stressing the word someone, while glaring at Itachi.

"I said I was sorry!"

"I can not bare to leave Sakura chan's side with the likes of such villain under the same room," Sasori commented slyly, pulling Sakura into his chest with a hidden smirk. "So, you'll just have to sleep with me, my dear."

"No way, you bastard! Sakura chan is staying with me," Sasuke snarled, grabbing into her arm.

"Not a chance in hell. For all we know, you're a mini Itachi with perverted ideas just like him!" Kisame spoke up, standing in front of Sakura like a professional body guard.

"Sakura chan stay with me!"

"No, she stays with me, yeah!"

"No way!"

"Stay away from her, teme!"

"Not my Sakura chan!"

Sakura sighed in irritation as she listened to her boys continue to fight over her. "God help me sleep tonight."

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I know it was short compared to the others, please bare with me!

Quick questions here!

I'm planning on bringing two more men through the book, any more and I don't think I could handle so many guys. I would like it if you would suggest some names just to help me along. The two original guys that were going to be used don't seem to fit as well with the manga developments and all.

Next, what do you like best about Ecstasy? Is it the humorous moments? The possessive guys? The amount of guys? Or the plot? The long chapters? I would really like it if you could please put that in a review and tell me what you like about this story, I'll be sure to add more of it to the next chapter.

Thank you for reading, and please review!

Ja ne

Vesper chan