Hi! Here you get to see Itachi's reaction to pink hair! As I said before: Please read Loophole and Genshi. Those are my two most favorite ItaSaku fanfic's! I'll be posting a new story called: Christmas In July. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I sometimes wished I owned Naruto. But, maybe I'll get it for Christmas . . .

'Sakura's or anyone's thoughts'

'Inner Sakura's thoughts'

'Flashbacks, anything written, or Tskiyomi'

Pink, Red, And Black

Deidara crept up behind an unknowing Sakura. Then he lunged in hopes of giving Sakura a hug. Sakura had other plans. She intercepted the embrace with a frying skillet. Deidara stepped away with a large knot on his head, and gave a big smile. Sakura didn't even have to turn around to be aware of the blonde Takatsuki's presence.

"Nice try Deidara-san. Better luck next time!" Sakura giggled as she cracked a few eggs onto the skillet.

Deidara scratched the back of his head and then toke notice to Sakura's current attire. Ha stared wide eyed at the back of her shirt, considering it had a red and white Uchiha fan on it.

"Um . . . Sakura-chan? Why are you wearing Ita-"

"If you finish that question I cannot be held responsible for my actions." Sakura said flatly.

"O-okay." Deidara stammered at the murderous aura surrounding Sakura, even forgetting his signature"yeah". 'She can scare the crap out of me sometimes . . .'

Sakura turned around with the skillet that now had four fried eggs on it. Deidara went to a cabinet and pulled put a plate.

"Hey Sakura-chan! Kisame and Itachi weren't too mean to you last night, yeah?" Deidara asked.

Sakura scraped an egg onto Deidara's plate and downcast her eyes for a fraction of a second.

"Nah, but Fishy-chan snores so loud!" Sakura said surprised.

"Well it's good to know, yeah." Deidara chuckled as he left the kitchen with his food.

Sakura pulled out a piece of paper from a cabinet and scribbled a note on it.

"Leave enough for Itachi-san and Tobi-san, Fishy-chan. –Sakura"

She placed the note on the table and sauntered down the hallway to her room. Too bad. Half way there Sakura felt a pair of eyes boring their way into her back. She turned around, knowing who she'd see. Apparently Sakura was good at recognizing glares. Not that people did it to her regularly, but she just seemed to be good at it.

In front of Sakura, was more or less a ticking time bomb. Uchiha Itachi, S-classed ranked missing-nin, Akatsuki member, and killer of his own clan . . . with neon pink hair, polluting every strand of his hair. She was at a loss of words. The priceless well-hidden expression of Itachi, which no one but Sakura could decipher, was burned into her mind forever.

An evil smile graced Sakura's lips. She knew she would suffer, but it sure as hell was worth it! If only Sasuke could see his brother, even he would not keep a straight face. Itachi slowly took his steps forward. As he approached, Sakura could feel many violent thoughts radiating from the now pink haired Uchiha. At a distance of two feet away he stopped in his tracks. Sakura shifted her gaze to his hands. They were twitching. Itachi needed to hit something. Now.

Just then Kisame walked out of the bathroom and walked between Sakura and Itachi, oblivious to the deadly pressure building between them. Itachi's fist hit Kisame with enough force to break through the wall. Kisame lay outside sprawled in the morning sun. He had blood sliding out of his mouth, and a contorted expression.

'Unless his jaw is as hard as his sword, I think it's broken.' Sakura inwardly chuckled.

'Think? Did you see how hard Itachi-san hit him?' Inner Sakura yelled.

'I was being sarcastic.' Sakura sighed.

'Oh.' Inner Sakura responded.

Sakura stepped to the border of grass and wood when someone tugged on her arm.

"He'll be fine. Come. Now." Itachi commanded.

"Arf! Arf!" Sakura barked dryly.

Itachi glared at the kunoichi. ' Smartass.'

Itachi practically dragged Sakura to her room. Simply because she refused to move from where she was standing. Sakura plopped onto the black leather chair and groaned. Itachi stood before her, contemplating a proper consequence. Sakura kept trying not to look at his hair. But how can you not, when it almost glows! So, Sakura decided to stare at the floor as if it were the most interesting thing in the world.

Sakura traced the thin lines in the wood, each stopping at the next plank. She sort of thought it was a little like life. You live on no ones path, but your own. When you travel to the end, you die. Some peoples lines stop long before your's does. But when it does, no ones path can be exactly the same as yours. No matter how similar. Sakura wasn't entirely sure why she was thinking about this now, but decided to remember it for future reference.

Sakura broke from her train of thought when Itachi crouched down to her level.

"So, you have any ideas yet?" Sakura asked, not really caring for an answer.

" . . . Tsukiyomi . . ." Itachi mumbled.

Sakura shrugged. The three comas in Itachi's Sharingan began to spin.

"How long?" Sakura asked, allowing Itachi to cast his genjutsu.

"8 hours." Itachi said as Sakura's mind went to a red sky.

Sakura walked through the empty streets of Konoha.

"Hello? Anyone there?" Sakura hollered.

She walked a few more blocks to the Hokage's office. Sakura stepped inside to see a glaring Tsunade.

"What's wrong Tsunade-shishou?" Sakura asked, a little confused as to why Tsunade was glaring at her.

"You. You're not worthy of being my apprentice anymore. You're still too weak. I knew I should've trained Ino-san or Hinata-san instead." Tsunade turned her back to Sakura.

'Ignore, Ignore, Ignore, Ignore . . .' Sakura thought as she closed her eyes.

Naruto and Kakashi walked through the door.

"Sakura-chan, you should be ashamed. You got kidnapped, and didn't even put up a fight. Naruto-kun could've gotten away. And believe me, that's saying a lot." Kakashi chuckled.

"It's okay Sakura-chan! I'll always be here to protect you, believe it!" Naruto chirped.

Sakura ran out of the office and stopped to see Lee, Tenten, and Neji.

"I don't like you anymore Sakura-chan. I don't know what I ever saw in you." Lee stammered.

Neji just glared at Sakura, and Tenten threw a few kunai at her. One sliced her shoulder, another skid past her face leaving a scratch; another stabbed her abdomen, and the last one grazed her hair, slicing a few strands of it off. Sakura ran impulsively to the Yamanaka flower shop.

Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji were all inside looking at flowers. Sakura thought they looked okay so she ran inside. Shikamaru didn't acknowledge her existence. Choji kept at a bag of chips. Ino turned around to look at Sakura.

"Go the hell away Forehead. Can't you see I'm busy?" Ino pushed Sakura out of the shop.

It may have been a genjutsu, but Sakura really felt the urge to punch Ino's lights out. 'I've got to try to stay calm. And try not to forget. None of this is real.'

Sakura winced in pain. She'd also forgotten the kunai in her abdomen. She just left it there and ran down the street to Ichiraku. Hinata, Kiba, and Shino sat with their own bowl of ramen, making small talk. They all turned around.

"Go away! You're scaring Akamaru!" Kiba shouted as Akamaru coward beneath him.

"S-sorry Sakura-chan b-but I d-don't want y-you here e-either." Hinata mumbled.

"Go. Now." Shino commanded as he lifted his arm.

Beetles started crawling from his sleeves. Sakura turned and ran as if her life depended on it. She kept running until she came to a staggering stop, due to the pain from her side. Sakura collapsed to her knees huffing madly. Her eyes widened when she saw the place she was in front of. The Uchiha compound. She was even more surprised when seeing the person walking out of the main house.

Sasuke approached Sakura with a very uncharacteristic smile. "Hello Sakura-san."

Sakura blinked a few times. "Um . . . hello . . . Sasuke-kun . . ." Sakura was a little wierded out.

She winced in pain once again. Sakura pulled the kunai out of her side, and stood up. Sasuke's smile dissipated into a scowl, and his eyes fazed from charcoal to crimson. Sakura backed away; she assumed what would happen next. Injury and insult. Sasuke stepped forward and grabbed the collar of Sakura's shirt. She didn't have time to react, so Sasuke threw her through the wall of the main house.

The smoke cleared and Sakura pulled herself up to her hands and knees. Her side was bleeding profusely; she had multiple cuts and scraps as well. Sasuke made his way toward her direction again. Except, he stopped right next to her. Sakura watched him kneel down next to her. Sasuke brushed some of Sakura's hair behind her ear, and leaned in to whisper something.

"Why should I waste my time on you? Why should anyone? A whiny, selfish, and useless little girl is what you are. If you die, so what? You're not important. Not to anyone. Not to me either." Sasuke smiled, stood up, and walked away.

Sakura didn't move, didn't breathe, and didn't speak. This time it hurt. It had to be real.

Itachi appeared in front of Sakura. "Only seven hours, fifty-nine minutes, and fifty-nine seconds longer, Sakura-san."

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Yo! Yo! Yo! So how was it?

Itachi-kun's being very mean . . .

Sakura and Itachi have almost matching hair now!

Anyways, next chapter you see Naruto-kun, Neji-san, Hinata-chan, and Sasuke-kun!

But it will have Akatsuki too! What will Itachi do for the next eight hours?

You'll have to read to find out!

Today is my mom's birthday! Yay!

Ja ne!

-Tari-chan XD