After being kept captive by the Akatsuki for over a month, Haruno Sakura has finally escaped their grasp. When she messes up her own escape, she discovers that maybe escaping wasn't what she needed to be doing. Itasaku

Sakura has transferred to work in a psychiatric hospital that houses Konoha's most violent offenders - all of whom are guilty by reason of insanity. When she gets locked in on Christmas Eve, she begins to understand a little of her patients' madness.

Itachi was determined to not let her die. And to have her in the end. .:OneShot:.

The peach dropped from her hand and knocked into the wheel of the fruit stand with a soft thud. He looked so ordinary that she had almost missed him in the crowd. In fact, the domesticity of the scene was what made her hesitate. That and the fact that Uchiha Itachi had walked up next to her and was currently conflicted between buying either a dozen pears or a dozen plums. ItaSaku.

Unsurprisingly, she had underestimated Naruto's manipulation skills – and perhaps she had even done so quite consciously, because it never would have escalated to this if he hadn't taken time out of his schedule to plot the entire thing. GaaSaku. Oneshot.

Being mistaken for a salesman can really just ruin your day.

Getting involved, however accidentally, with someone over cyberspace had been a terrible idea. The resultant game of cat-and-mouse would prove to be one of the most overloading, mind-blowing experiences of Yori's life.

He'd seen her before. Yuki Cross's friend. Straight-A student. Always leaving school and heading straight for the Girl's Dormitory; never there at sunset, the only time the Day-class had the chance see the Night-class. The day they first met was a simple coincidence. Aidou/Yori.

Sakura hates the desert. Hates it hates it hates it. She doesn't like the sand in her eyes or her shoes or her hair. She just doesn't like the sand. She shouldn't have asked her auntie to take her with after all... right? Or maybe not... Gaasaku kids