.:Cherry Blossom Dreams:.

Chapter 20-A Drunk Weasel

Atarashii went over to the bedroom. The small white puppy found Sakura on her desk, fixing some paperwork, while Sasuke lay in bed, staring at the ceiling.

The dog made its way over to the bed and curled up right next to Sasuke. Sakura turned around and saw Sasuke and Atarashii. She walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge.

"So…Sasuke-kun…you still tired from playing the sports?" she said teasingly.

Sasuke turned his head over to Sakura and smirked. "No…what about you? You looked like you were about to die when we were doing the three-mile dash."

Sakura smiled a bit and lay back on the bed. "I maybe the one who was having a hard time breathing, but at least I wasn't the one who was dizzy trying to play Bull's-eye with a Kunai," she said while pulling the covers over her.

"Just shut up Sakura and go to sleep," said Sasuke smirking.

Sakura sighed. She quickly fell asleep and had an uneasy sleep.

Sakura's Dream

Sakura was for some strange reason covered in sweat and shaking terribly. She was having a very hard time breathing. Out of nowhere, a kunai and a couple of shuriken zipped past her, missing her by mere centimeters.

Sakura gasped and decided that now wasn't the best time for her to figure out why she was panting and trying to catch her breath. That's when it hit her.

This was a similar dream to the one she had when Sasuke, Naruto, and she were going to Tsukigakure.

Sakura took in a deep breath and looked around. The fog was thick, and it was sprinkling a bit.

She felt another kunai fly passed her, this time cutting off a few hairs. Sakura resisted the sudden urge to scream for help. She wasn't the weak girl she was when she was twelve.

Sakura made some chakra flow down to her feet and she rushed out of the area, hoping she could figure out a plan.

After what seemed like an eternity, Sakura saw that the fog was clearing up a bit, and she could see a lot clearer. Sakura saw an awkward light shining from her left. Did she dare look at it? No…it'll have to wait.

She kept running more until she made it to the clearing where she remembered where she saw Sasuke and the dancing waffles. She shivered a bit. That was a bit creepy, even for a dream.

She sighed in relief when she made it to the clearing. A barrage of kunai where thrown at he as soon as she stepped on a patch a grass, which she easily avoided by sidestepping to her right.

That's when Sasuke came out.

Apparently, he was being chased by something too, seeing as he was soaked in sweat and panting heavily. He glanced over at the spot where Sakura was standing.

"We have to get out of here, now," he said, looking at the direction he had just come from.

Sakura gave Sasuke a questioning look. "Doushite?"

Sasuke glared at Sakura. "I don't have time to explain why Sakura. Just follow me and let's get out of here!" he growled while running over to Sakura and grabbed her wrist.

Sasuke pulled them out of the clearing and into another one.

And for some strange reason, Sakura had a very strange feeling about this area. She looked around and groaned. "Someone's here," said Sasuke in a hushed tone. Sakura gulped. She felt another's chakra presence getting closer. And it felt…very familiar. In fact, it almost felt like Sasuke's…only more intense and in a bigger quantity.

Sakura gasped. It couldn't be that guy could it? NO…it was impossible. Sasuke himself claimed to have killed him. But what if…no…wait…was it even possible to revive the dead? Sakura shook her head to let these thought out of her mind and decided to focus on the task at hand.

A small rustle was heard near the bushed. Sasuke's grip on Sakura's wrist tightened and slid his hand down to her hand, and grabbed it even tighter, not wanting to let go.

"Sakura."

At the mention of her name, Sakura looked over at Sasuke. "If this guy's too strong, you're going to run, you understand?"

Sakura's face became unreadable. It was now mixed with a lot of emotions. Sakura let the anger take over and glared at Sasuke. "How could you even think that? If you think I'm going to leave you here all by yourself to die, then you're wrong. I'm staying whether you like it or not," she whispered angrily.

That's when she noticed that the person that was hidden had come out. Sakura tried to take a good look at the person, but it was no good. Its face was covered by the hair flowing from its head, and…a ponytail and an Akatsuki cloak? Oh no...Sakura knew oh so well who that was.

Sakura felt something warm and wet against her cheek.

"Sakura-chan…I'm hungry!"

Sakura hesitantly opened her eyes to see Atarashii standing on her chest, looking down at her with those cute little black eyes.

"Finally you're awake."

Sasuke came into the room eating a bowl of cereal. Sakura smiled. "Why didn't you wake me up? And what time is it?"

Sasuke sighed. "I didn't wake you up because you looked like you were better off sleeping your ass off all day. And it's exactly 11:20 AM."

Sakura's smile grew bigger. She got off the bed (while dropping poor Atarashii), and went up to Sasuke. "Close your eyes," she said sweetly. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Why should I?" he asked stubbornly. "Because if not, you're going to be a punching-bag/boyfriend," she said smirking. Sasuke gave in and closed his eyes.

Sakura quickly took Sasuke's cereal and ate the remaining, and gave it back to him. "You can open your eyes now," she said yawning. Sasuke did as he was told and was about to take another spoonful of cereal when he noticed that all he got was air.

Sasuke glared at Sakura. "Why didn't you get your own damn cereal? You KNOW I like Cocoa Puffs," he said angrily. "One, because I was too lazy to make my own cereal. And two, I wanted some of yours. Besides, I thought you hated sweet stuff," said Sakura matter-of-factly.

"I hate anything sweet that's not chocolate. That's why I used to hate it when you offered me a blueberry blast lollipop when we were younger. And the only reason I ate it was because it was blue and sour," said Sasuke.

Sakura smiled. "See? You still ate it though."

Sasuke smirked and muttered a 'yeah'.

The rest of the morning went on as usual. Showers, go shopping for groceries…it was the same old same old.

Later that day though, Sakura wanted to go see the little parade at the field because Ino and Hinata were in it. But for some strange feeling, she felt that it was way too foggy, because it was supposedly supposed to be sunny. And that's the reason Sakura never trusted weatherman. They were always wrong.

Itachi, Kisame, Deidara and the good boy who's evil

"Deidara-senpai, what's that for?" asked Tobi, peeking over Deidara's shoulder.

"Hm. It's a weasel. Since that's Itachi's name anyways, I decided to make a bomb like this. Only that I only loaded it with chakra C2. It's small, but deadly. An absolute true work of art," said Deidara, obviously proud of himself.

"It's more like a piece of crap," said Itachi, walking towards them, wobbling a little every now and then. He sat down besides Tobi and patted his head. "And who may you be?" he asked Tobi, smiling. Poor Tobi shivered under his touch, and even more when he smiled.

"Are you okay Itachi-san?" he asked unsurely.

Itachi laughed and slapped Deidara's back for no reason, sending the weasel bomb flying off into the distance. A loud explosion was heard, which made Itachi laugh even more. "Oh gosh Moby…"

"Ano….It's Tobi, sir," he cut in. Itachi waved him off. "Like it matters. As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I've never felt better in MY life! This stuff that comes by barrelfuls really hits the spot! You should try it!" he said, waving his arms in the air.

"Itachi-san…I get the feeling you're drunk and outta your mind. You better get yourself sober before the plan takes place," said Deidara sternly, giving his comrade an all knowing look. Tobi took out a piko-piko hammer out of nowhere and slammed it onto Itachi's head. Of course, the poor guy fainted.

About ten minutes later, Kisame came back and tripped over Itachi. "I've worked my ass off trying to make it fucking foggy for the plan…and I come back to see Itachi-san on the ground. HE'S so DAMN LAZY!" he shouted hysterically.

At this Itachi woke up and glared at Kisame. "Watch your mouth fish boy, or I'm gonna stick it to ya REAL good," he said, and then he started cracking up again.

Kisame sweat dropped. "He's drunk again, isn't he?"

Tobi and Deidara looked at each other. "Again?"

Kisame nodded. "He always gets drunk right before one of his plans. At this rate, we'll have to attack in three hours or so. For now, Tobi, do us all a favor and make the pink-haired brat, the Uchiha, and the blonde loud-mouthed idiot to get lost in the forest, will ya?" he said, one hand on his forehead.

"Yay! Finally! I got an important job to do! I'm on it Kisame-san!"

And with that, Tobi skipped away.

Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto…

Sasuke and Sakura stood in the crowd, watching Naruto, a random fat guy, a girl with purple hair, and some other dude that was too skinny to be in that contest stuff themselves with ramen. Of course, Naruto was winning. He was on his 16th bowl and still not breaking a sweat. The others were probably on their 5th, 7th at most, and were looking ready to burst.

Except for the skinny guy. He was pretty much like Naruto, only he was on his 14th bowl.

By now, Naruto was on his 20th bowl. He automatically declared himself the winner and won a year's supply of ramen, which was the best prize for him. That…but he also wanted to be Hokage.

Sakura sighed when she saw Naruto going towards them. "Here he comes…" she said annoyingly. Sasuke took hold of Sakura's arm. "I think we should go home now before he brags about how great he is. For god's sake…he looks like he didn't even gain a pound!"

Sakura giggled. "C'mon, let's leave then." Sasuke pulled her all the way home and Sakura seemed to not mind that at all. She was too busy thinking about the dream…it seemed too real.

Sasuke stopped in front of the house. "Uh…Sakura. You DID bring the house key…right?" asked Sasuke.

Sakura was snapped out of her thought and handed him the key which she hand in her pocket. Sasuke let go of her arm and opened the door. He stepped inside, took of his sandals, and jumped onto the couch. Sakura could've sworn he said, 'I love you couch…oh yes I do.'

Sakura stepped inside, took of her sandals and kneeled on the floor, resting her back against the couch. She felt Sasuke stroking her hair. It felt really good. Sakura allowed her body to relax to his touch, and then sighed in content.

"Sakura….I've been thinking…"

She turned around and looked at Sasuke. "I've been thinking that maybe we should move to the district. What do you think?"

Sakura looked at Sasuke. "I think that's a great idea, Sasuke-kun," she said softly. Sasuke closed his eyes and smirked. "I thought so. Besides, I kinda need to repair the place anyways. Nobody had lived there for three years," he said, still stoking Sakura's hair.

Sakura smiled. "But that's all gonna change now." She quickly took Sasuke's hand in her own small one and with her thumb, she was slowly rubbing it.

They quietly fell into a blissful sleep, Sakura's head on Sasuke's chest, while he had his hand on her head.

Atarashii came into the room and smirked. He curled up next to Sakura's leg and took a long nap with them.

2 hours later…

Sakura woke up, feeling that hard ground below her. Atarashii had his already bushy tail even more bushy, his lips curled back, baring his sharp white teeth. Sakura sat up and noticed she was in the forest in her dreams.

She stood up and took Atarashii with one arm, and the other hand had a kunai, ready to block out any kunai.

She quickly ran a little, where she remembered where the clearing was. When she found it, she was attacked in the same places by the shuriken and kunai, and she avoided them easily.

When it was calm again, Sasuke had come running, just like in her dream. He said the exact same things, and she had just 'politely' declined.

Sasuke sighed. "If you wanna stay, make sure you crack the ground in half when things are looking bad for the three of us. Then teleports us out. Understand?"

Sakura nodded, and put her kunai back in the pouch.

That's when they heard that strange rustling in the bushes. And "pop"! The same figure came out, limping. Only this time, he was definitely recognizable.

"Oh gosh," he slurred. "Where's the nurse in those cute little pigtails when you need her?"

Sasuke and Sakura just gave him an awkward look.

"Aww…Sasuke-kun! Long time no see!" he yelled, waving his hands up in the air.

"I…Itachi?" he asked, blinking.

"That's my name, don't wear it out," he said, making a very unmanly giggle.

Sakura stared at him. "What the hell is wrong with him?"

Sasuke looked at his supposedly dead brother. "I think he's finally cracked."

Itachi came towards them, the faint smell of alcohol coming from him. "I'll tell you what's wrong. He's drunk," said Sakura, sniffing the air.

Sasuke glared at his brother. "Oh god…I'm going to have nightmares after this," he muttered.

Sakura kept on looking at Itachi and decided to slap him to see what it would do.

What it really did was send him flying about ten yards and he stood up and glared at the pink-haired girl.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, kunoichi?" he said darkly.

Sasuke glared at Sakura. "Nice going…now you made him sober."

Sakura smiled. "So? Now he'll stop acting like an idiot."

Itachi cleared his throat. "Sakura-chan, you're coming with us. Sasuke…you can come too…and if you even try to kill me, you're going to wish I'd kill right there and then."

He smirked. Sakura and Sasuke looked as if they could've cared less.

"Maybe I've said too much," said Itachi rubbing his neck.

"You think, stupid weasel…"said Sakura, irritated now.

Sasuke disappeared and reappeared behind Itachi, and knocked him out by pressing his finger in a delicate area around his neck.

Itachi fainted in his arms. Sasuke looked down at his brother. "You know…we could always erase his memory and make him be a good guy," said Sakura sadly.

Sasuke bitterly smiled. "Yeah…I guess. But he'll wind up going psycho again."

Sakura sighed and gasped. The thing Sasuke was holding now was a log.

"Sasuke…I think Itachi's still out there."

Sasuke shook his head. "No…he's right here," said Sasuke, pointing to the log.

He looked down and threw the long down into the ground and smashed it up into tiny little pieces.

"Itachi's gone," they both muttered.

"Or maybe Itachi's right here."

Sasuke and Sakura looked over at the bushes to see the real Itachi, his face unreadable, and his Sharingan, activated.

A/N: Okay…I know this isn't my best chapter. But it's because I lost my idea that I was originally going to put here. I guess it'll have to wait until I remember what it was and put it in the next chapter IF I remember. Anyways, I think I might update hopefully by this Sunday. Anything you guys wanna suggest, please don't hesitate to tell me. I've been having a REALLY bad case of writer's block.

Until next time!!!