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Ino happily went to the grocery store because she has already got some money from the bank. She wondered why she fell in love with such a lazy ass. Well, what can we say? Love is blind. X-D
When she was about to enter the store, she saw Tenten and Hinata coming. She waved at them.
"Hey Tenten! Hey Hinata!"
Tenten and Hinata went to her and the three went inside the store. They got their own grocery baskets and went to go shopping.
"Ino, you look so happy." Tenten said as Ino chuckled.
"Well I came here to grocery shop for Shikamaru-kun. Know what? He has grown more mature and more handsome now that his hair is short. And today, he's in the mood for being sweet." Ino said, blushing at the thought. Tenten smiled.
"Yeah, and Neji too! His hair! Man! Yeah, honestly, I wanted the longer one better because I love touching it but he's more handsome in his new hair do." Tenten said. Hinata smiled at her best friends. Then, Sakura came into her mind.
"Sakura never takes a break. She's still ignoring Sasuke till now."
"Like she said, she hates Sasuke. But I don't believe her though." Ino said, taking some food from the shelf. Tenten looked at her.
"Why?" Tenten asked.
"Duh. If you loved a guy that long, it's impossible that you COMPLETELY forget your feelings about him. Even though she hates him now, there is a chance that there is still even ten percent that is left from the past."
"So you mean it is possible that Sakura still has some feelings for him?" Hinata asked. Ino nodded.
"Yeah."
"Ino, you have loved Sasuke too. Do you still have some feelings from him?" Tenten asked. Ino looked at her, and then looked up.
"Hmm… maybe. 1 I think. The 99 goes to Shika-kun of course." Ino said.
Sakura was about to enter the key to the door knob when she felt a presence inside. She groaned then took out a kunai.
'Dammit! What does he want now!'
She went inside and saw no one. She went to her bedroom and saw Itachi studying her stereo. When she entered, Itachi straightened up and looked at her.
"You have a nice stereo." Itachi complemented. Sakura laughed.
"You just didn't come here just because of my stereo Uchiha." Sakura said. Itachi smirked.
"Of course Sakura."
"It's nice hearing that you don't call me MY Sakura anymore." Sakura said, gripping the kunai even tighter. Itachi smiled.
'WHAT DOES HE WANT NOW! I WANT TO CHANGE AND HAVE A STROLL AROUND KONOHA!'
'Shut up. I'm thinking of something.'
Itachi disappeared in a blink of an eye again and appeared before her. Before Sakura could react, he kissed her hungrily on the lips. Sakura didn't know he transferred some drug to her. Then, when he parted, he looked at Sakura.
"Uchiha! You stole it!" Sakura gasped (she's referring to her first kiss. Funny, hearing this, it's like she's referring to Sasuke rather than Itachi, she calls Sasuke "UCHIHA" remember?)
Then, she felt herself weakening and her vision was starting to blur. She supported herself on the wall while Itachi just looked at her.
'What the fuck is happening to me!'
'Duh! You're obviously weakening!'
'I can't pass out now! He would possibly do something to me!'
'What do you think?'
"Some…body…help…" Sakura muttered.
At The Uchiha residence… Sasuke jerked up from his bed (he was taking a nap)
"Sakura! She's in trouble!" he muttered and with a puff of smoke, he was gone. When he reached there, he saw Itachi picking up an unconscious Sakura. He wondered how the hell he did that to Sakura.
"I thought I have already warned you little brother." Itachi said. He felt Sakura was still awake, so he decided to play along.
"I felt you here. Give Sakura back!" Sasuke yelled, taking out a kunai.
"You're really stubborn aren't you?" Itachi said, avoiding him. Soon, Sasuke was able to reach him but to his surprise, he didn't stab Itachi, but Sakura instead. Itachi's eyes widened. Then, Sakura turned into a log. She appeared behind Sasuke as Sasuke caught her.
"Ha! You… You think… you can defeat… me … just… like that!" Sakura said weakly. Itachi was astounded.
"That drug! That drug is supposed to be strong!" Itachi said. Soon, he started to laugh.
"No matter. I'll get you next time my cherry blossom." He said and he disappeared into the shadows. Sasuke looked back at Sakura.
"Uchiha… g-get the powdered medicine—on my cabinet and mix it with—water. Then give it to me." Sakura said as Sasuke laid her down the bed and went to find her medical cabinet. He saw one bottle and it was filled with blue powder.
"Is it with blue powder?" Sasuke asked, peeking into the bedroom. Sakura nodded. He did what Sakura told him and helped her sit up and gave it to her. Sasuke placed the glass on the bed side table and placed a blanket over Sakura.
"How… How did… you know I was in trouble?" Sakura asked, her voice hoarse. Sasuke wondered to himself as well. Honestly speaking, he had no idea. He just felt nervous then Sakura's image popped into his mind and something was telling him that she needs some help.
"I… I don't know…" Sasuke stammered. Great, he was stammering again.
"You don't need to watch over me you know." Sakura said. Sasuke looked at her.
"Besides, I don't want to owe you one." Sakura said, staring at him. Sasuke shook his head and gave one of his genuine smiles to her.
"No Sakura. I'm the one who owes a lot from you. Besides, maybe Itachi would attack you again. Just rest and don't worry, I won't do anything to you and I won't tell anyone about what happened." Sasuke said gently as Sakura felt blushing.
'No! No! I'm NOT blushing! Remember Sakura! You hate him! You hate him! You hate him! You hate him!'
'Oh no you don't! You're just in denial!'
'But how can you be so sure huh!'
'Stupid. I'm your inner self remember?'
'No! I refuse to believe that! I hate him now! I hate him!'
'Then why are you blushing like before?'
'SHUT UP!'
A.N.: Aww… a Sasusaku moment. Itachi almost had her there.
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