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Hello again! I apologize for taking so long before I updated because I unwind myself in many things hehe!... So, I made this chapter longer, for you to forgive me and I will post the chapter four next week and that's a promise but now, read the third chapter ok?... To my dear reviewers whom I considered as my friends, I have replies for all your reviews after my story of chapter three. Thank you.

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Japanese word – Definition :

Imouto – little sister

Aniki – older brother or brother


Summary :
What will happen if Sakura (when she's still a baby) was adopted by Uchiha Mikoto, mother of Itachi and Sasuke?

Pairings : Itachi / Sakura / Deidara (its not the common pairings of Itachi/Sakura/Sasuke)


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Chapter Three

Answers for Itachi

Itachi was about to enter their house when someone called him.

"Hey, Itachi!... yeah," a man called him out. And Itachi stopped in his tracks.

"Deidara, what are you doing here?" he asked to the man who called him.

"Just dropping by... yeah," he grinned at him as he noticed the girl in his arms.

"Wait here. I'll just put her down on her bed." he told him.

"You're being rude, Itachi! As your best friend, you'll not let me come inside and offer something?... yeah," he teased.

"Fine. Come in." he told him and waited for Deidara to get inside to their house first and followed after.

After they stepped into the house, he left Deidara to bring Sakura to her bedroom. As he was making his way to the staircase, he saw a servant walking upstairs.

"Rin!" called Itachi, not too loud but enough to hear.

The calling of her name stopped her from walking as she recognized the voice. That deep voice only belongs to Itachi. Turning around, she found Itachi standing at the foot of the staircase.

Rin was one of their maids but Rin is the personal maid of Sakura.

"Itachi-sama!" she hurriedly walked downstairs and as she gets nearer to him, she noticed Sakura was in his arms, unconscious. This made Rin panicked and walked faster to him.

"Oh my...! Itachi-sama, what happened to Sakura-sama?" she said with a worried expression on her face, she gently shove away some hair strands of Sakura that covering her left face.

"I'll tell you later. Let's take her to her bed first." he said flatly as usual. But Rin can sense his anger even he tries to hide it and she just followed him.

"Yes, Itachi-sama."

After 3 minutes of walking, they finally got to the door of Sakura's bedroom. Since Itachi was holding Sakura, Rin opened the door for them.

Itachi immediately went inside and laid Sakura on her bed, reaching down he removed her sandals before he tucked her into the white sheets. And leaning down on her face again, he gently put a kiss on her forehead.

Rin were just standing over there five feet away from them, watching Itachi of how sweet he was treating Sakura. She can picture him and Sakura a very sweet couple. But after a couple of seconds, she realized what she had just said. 'Oh, Rin! What the heck are you thinking? It's impossible 'cause they are siblings! Ofcourse, Itachi-sama was just showing his brotherly love for Sakura-sama!' she told herself in her mind. She was taken back to reality when Itachi spoke again.

"Take care of Sakura. I'll be back later. I have some things to deal with first." --for Sakura. He didn't continue the last part but when he faces Rin, he activated his Sharingan.

That made Rin's eyes widened. Because she knew Itachi very well. He'd only use his Sharingan with purpose but now is different.

Itachi smirked at the look of her face... confused, shocked and most of all, scared.

"I-Itachi-s-sama..." that's the only word that came out of her mouth seems like the words she wanted to spit out was stuck in her throat.

Itachi glanced at her as he made his way to the door, Rin's eyes following him, He pushed the door gently so it will not make a noise, he stepped out and before he closed the door, he turned his head over his left shoulder and spoke again, locking their gazes. "Sorry about that... If I scared you? Just don't hesitate to call me if something's wrong to my sister." he stated clearly and seriously to her.

"Hai, Itachi-sama." At last, she found her words and didn't stammer like earlier. Then she bowed down at him, when she heard the door shut gently she regained her composure and took a deep breath. 'My... what a sadistic Uchiha! He makes me nervous all the time even when he's a kid!' she thought.

Then she went to Sakura and sat on the chair beside the bed where Sakura was laying. She put her arms on the bed and rested her head on her arms, watching the sleeping face of Sakura closely. She sighed. "You're still beautiful even while you're sleeping..." she said in a hush tone then her eyes began to close heavily. "Sakura-sama... I'm just wondering... maybe if I happened to be a boy, I probably had a crush on you long time ago..." then she drifted off to sleep.

In the hall...

Itachi was walking around the hall, wondering where Deidara go. When he asked the maid who happened to be in the hall, too, she answered, "Yes, Itachi-sama. He was in the kitchen." After that, he walked out quickly leaving the maid without saying "thankyou" at least.

In the kitchen...

Itachi arrived at the kitchen and he spotted Deidara sitting on their kitchen bench, he was reading a book while taking a bite of tempura. He sighed. 'Who told you, to go in here huh?' he thought.

Itachi made his presence known. "Why are you here, Deidara?" said Itachi, glaring at him with his Sharingan still on.

"Sorry. But I told your maid to cook some for me because I'm hungry... yeah," Deidara replied, the book were still blocking his face from the sight of Itachi.

"Didn't I tell you to stay in the living room?" Itachi said with a menacing look on his face. "...and how many times do I have to tell you that, you must inform me first before you dropped by here. You're being careless!"

Deidara slowly put his book down before he answered. "What's ya problem, man? And your temper today is so high? Anyway, I know your parents aren't here so I'm not being careless!" Deidara defended himself, frowning a little bit.

Itachi answered a smirk and he walked to the fridge taking out two cans of beer. He threw the other in the air and Deidara catch it by one hand over his head. They opened their own beers, brought it to their mouth and took one swallow.

Then Itachi withdrew his beer from his lips. "I won't tolerate it next time. Understood?" he said leaning on the fridge, drinking again.

Deidara once again, plastered his grin on his lips. "Yeah, yeah, I know! But why are you hot tempered today, Itachi-san?" he asked again because he was intrigued that Itachi was in a very bad mood for the first time. "I guess it's not because of me right?" he said then drinking again on his beer.

Itachi raised an eyebrow. "You've guessed it right."

"Uhm... Itachi-san, who's that pretty girl in your arms a while ago?... hope you wouldn't mind me asking?... yeah," he asked.

"No. Not at all! Well, that pretty girl?..." Itachi said, confirming.

"Yeah?"

"She's my only little sister. Her name is Sakura." he answered plainly but amusement in his eyes. "Why did you ask?" he asked him like he was teasing Deidara.

'So her name is Sakura...' he absent mindedly said in his mind, then realized what Itachi told him before he gave the girl's name. "S-SISTER!..." Deidara almost coughed from drinking.

"Got a problem with that?" Itachi taunted.

"N-no! I mean... well... it's just that, you two didn't look alike... yeah," he explained to Itachi.

"Well, she dyed her hair pink and she inherited my Great Grandma's green eyes that's why we don't look alike." Itachi answered him with a very perfect lie. Well, it's expected because he's good for not showing his real emotions. "Want her pic?" said Itachi, now getting more amused because Deidara seemed interested to his sister.

Deidara blush a little on that but managed to change the topic. "Anyway, I'm just here to inform you that our leader wants you to report to him right now." he said hoping Itachi would forget about him asking his sister.

Itachi paused in taking a swallow again. "Tell him I will report to him but not now." he said firmly.

"Why?"

Deidara felt Itachi's anger taking him over again.

"Because... do you know Hyuuga Neji?" he asked Deidara bluntly.

"Yeah... that white-eyed freak?" Deidara answered with a chuckle.

Itachi swallowed again from his beer until it was empty. "He has debts to me that he must pay." he said smoothly, throwing the empty beer to the thrash can.

"Oh really?..." said Deidara, seems like he understand now why Itachi is in a very bad mood today.

Itachi smirked. He was about to turn around and leave when Deidara spoke again.

"Don't you want me to see how you bath that Hyuuga in his own blood?... yeah,"

"If you want, you can come but stay out of it. He's mine to deal with!" this time, his voice was back to seriousness again.

"Well, then, c'mon!... yeah," Deidara urged excitedly before throwing the not-yet-empty beer to the thrash can.

Back in Sakura's room...

Rin groaned and slowly fluttered her eyes opened; she turned her head on the side and saw the clock. 'Past 5. So, I have slept 2 hours and that long?...' she thought.

Then she heard Sakura moaned while sleeping. On instinct, she placed her palm on Sakura's forehead.

She leapt up from her chair almost immediately, when she felt Sakura's forehead very hot and it means, she had a high fever. She panicked again, didn't know what she'll do. Then she remembered what Itachi said to her 2 hours ago. 'Don't hesitate to call me if something's wrong to my sister.'

After that, she decided to went out and call him. But unfortunately, her friend, a maid, too, told her that Itachi were not here, he went out with his friend, Deidara.

Didn't know what to do, she decided to walked back to Sakura's room. While walking quickly, she accidentally bumped to Sasuke. Luckily, they didn't get off-balance.

"Looks like in a hurry?" said Sasuke in patience.

"Oh! I'm very sorry, Sasuke-sama!" still, her voice was in panick.

Sasuke noticed her panicking voice. "Did something happen?" he asked in curiosity.

"Oh, Sasuke-sama, I don't know what to do! Because, Sakura-sama had a high fever... please help me... what shall I do?" she asked in a panicking voice, her hands gripping tightly on his own.

Sasuke's eyebrows almost connected when he heard it. "Calm down okay?... Is Sakura in her room?" he said calmly.

"Yes, Sasuke-sama."

"..." He claimed his hands and started to run towards Sakura's bedroom.

Rin followed him. "But Sasuke-sama, your parents still didn't know about Sakura-sama's condition right now."

"I'll call them after we took care of my sister." To that, Rin didn't reply. They continue to walk hurriedly towards the room of Sakura.

Getting on her room, Sasuke touched her forehead and it was burning. Sakura was breathing heavily, she was sweating and her body was hot.

"Rin, go bring me a towel and a bowl of cold water." he ordered.

"Yes, Sasuke-sama," said Rin while bowing down and then turning around to leave to get the things she'd been asked.

'Hmn... I guess aniki will surely scream his head off when he see you in this condition.' Sasuke said in his mind and remembered the days when they're very young and Itachi showed his care for the first time.

Flashback...

It was summertime, and they decided to have a vacation in their Grandparents' house and it has a private beach because that house was near the sea. Arriving on their Grandparents' house, Sasuke and Sakura excitedly ran to the sands to make sand castles while Itachi, at the age of 12, stayed silent like he was bored and laid his back on a big branch of a tree, watching them. Their parents were chatting with the old Uchihas in the house.

An hour had passed, Sasuke and Sakura get tired and bored of making sand castles and looked for another thing to play.

"Nii-san, I have a better idea!" Sakura told Sasuke.

"What is it, imouto?" said Sasuke excitedly.

"Why don't we swim on the beach?" she said cheerfully.

"Yeah! That's a great idea!" he said and gave a cheerful smile, too. "And let's call aniki to play with us on the beach!" he continued.

"Sure. That will be more fun!" she agreed in the suggestion of Sasuke.

After that, Sasuke shouted at the tree where Itachi was. "Aniki, aniki, come down and join us on the beach!"

"I don't like to join you, brats!" he said annoyingly while his eyes closed.

"Oh, c'mon!... PLEEEEEEEEEASE!..." they both please on Itachi to play with them.

After a few seconds, Itachi was forced by those two brats. He jumped off the tree and landed gracefully by his feet. "Fine."

"Yey!" Sasuke and Sakura rejoiced.

Sasuke and Itachi went back to the house of their Grannies, to change in their swimming trunks, the same with Sakura, to change in her swim suit. After changing, they went to the beach.

The three of them were swimming, collecting some sea shells under the water and playing happily and they seemed just alright but not so long because suddenly, a big wave appeared behind Sakura. When she turned around, it was too late for her to get away from it and she started to panicked. The only thing she could do is to scream at the top of her lungs.

And her screams caught the attentions of her brothers whose busily picking carefully some small crabs and starfishes, they were in the seashore at that time but Sakura was in the 'almost' far part of the water.

"What the...--?" Itachi looked at Sakura who was very far at them, screaming because of the big wave approaching her. 'Shit!' he cursed in his mind. "SAKURA! GET AWAY FROM THAT WAVE NOW!" he shouted at her and immediately swam towards her, hoping he could still get to her and save her from the big wave on time.

Sakura replied, "I CAN'T! I'M SCARED! AAAAAH!---" she was eaten by the big wave. That's the time she lost consciousness and her body was carried down to the sea floor by the impact of the raging wave that hitted her a while ago. Then an arm wrapped in her waist and took her out from the water.

Sasuke was in the seashore with a worried face, hoping that, Itachi could save their only sister. A few seconds later, his eyes widened but not because of scared or something... but in happiness. Because, he saw Itachi appeared from the water with Sakura in his arms.

Itachi was panting heavily. He noticed Sakura was not breathing and that made him nervous again. He immediately walked back to the seashore as he carried her bridal-style. As they got there, he laid Sakura on the sand.

Sasuke ran to them. "Now what?" he asked panicky. He knew he will be punished by their parents because he did not watch Sakura carefully.

"You, brat!... why didn't you watch after her?" Itachi growled at him.

Sasuke didn't reply but he get shocked when Itachi's lips are now on Sakura's lips and his hands are on her belly. "What are you doing to her, aniki?"

Itachi didn't answer, he just continue what he's doing. After a few minutes, Sakura coughed and choke out the water she had drank.

Itachi and Sasuke sighed in relief.

That's the time Itachi spoke again. "I gave her a mouth to mouth respiration."

"You're so intelligent, aniki!" Sasuke complimented his older brother while smiling at them cheerfully again.

Sakura blinked many times before turning her head to the side. "What happened?" Sakura asked Sasuke, she's still laying on the sand.

"Aniki saved you!" he informed her happily.

Then Sakura tried to stand up and Sasuke helped her. "But... where is he?"

"Huh?" Sasuke puzzled, too, when he didn't find Itachi anywhere. "He was here a while ago." he said.

"Oh..." that's the only word she could say at that time.

"Maybe he's just shy of showing that he really cares for us or to be exact, for you?..." Sasuke explained smoothly to her.

"W-what?" she said in disbelief.

End of flashback

When Rin got back with a wet towel and a bowl of cold water, she caught Sasuke still standing and staring blankly at Sakura's face. "Sasuke-sama?" she called at Sasuke. But he didn't answer nor move. She tried to call him again this time she's walking towards him. "Sasuke-sama, I brought now the things we need for Sakura." No answer from him again. 'Was he having a day dream?' she thought.

She put the things that she's carrying on the table beside the bed and decided to tap him on his shoulders. "Sasuke-sama, I'm here now. I hope you heard me?" this time her voice is louder so that, he'll surely hear her.

Sasuke was taken back to reality when he heard her and he turned his face on her. "Oh, sorry... I'd just recalled the old days that's why my attention is not here." he gave a small chuckle.

"Uhm... the things you've wanted me to bring are on the table now." Rin informed him, her voice was back to normal unlike earlier it was panicking.

"Mn.. Arrigato." Sasuke took the towel and put it into the cold water to wet it and taking it out, twisting it to remove the excess water then he put it to Sakura's forehead.

"I hope she'll get well soon before Itachi-sama gets back home." Rin said. She's sitting on the other side of the bed.

"What? Did Itachi know what happened to Sakura?" he asked, half confused and half worried.

"Not when Sakura-sama got a fever." Rin answered.

"Wait!... What?... I can't get what you're trying to tell me." Sasuke said furiously.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke-sama, but your brother hasn't told me what exactly happened to Sakura-sama, yet." she said sadly.

"Does it mean there's something happened to Sakura before she got a fever?"

"I think, yes. Your brother came back with Sakura-sama unconscious in his arms 2 hours ago."

"Now I got it!" he almost said it loudly. "Rin, take care Sakura for me while I search for my aniki, okay?" he ordered once again.

"Yes, Sasuke-sama." she obediently said, watching him gone with a poof of a smoke.

At the main door of the Uchiha mansion; One hour later...

Sasuke was about to open the door when the door opened by itself and he knew it was Itachi who opened it. When the door flipped open, he's right. It was...

"Itachi, where the hell did you go?... I've been looking for you everywhere here in Konoha!" then Sasuke pulled his shirt and dragged him in. He noticed he's alone and Deidara are not with him this time then he closed the door.

"Why? Did you missed me, brat?"

Sasuke took his hand off his shirt and clenched it. "We don't have a time to make jokes right now you know!" Sasuke said in a serious tone. He looked into his brother's eyes now calmed and his Sharingan are not activated. "What happened to Sakura?"

Itachi's eyes widened a little bit in shock. "What happened to her?" he asked, taking the question back to Sasuke.

Sasuke sighed. "She had a fever a while ago but luckily, Rin and I got managed her temperature down but don't worry, she's fine now unlike earlier." he told him.

"It's because of the effect of the sleeping pill that she swallowed, that sleeping pill is not ordinary that's why there's an effect after swallowing it." Itachi explained at him. Then he was gone with a poof of a smoke.

Sasuke knows where he will go. 'To imouto's room...' he thought. Then he, too, gone with a poof of a smoke.

Again, to Sakura's bedroom...

"How is she?" a male voice came behind Rin.

Rin looked at her back to see Itachi approaching. "Itachi-sama, she's okay now." she happily informed him while standing up from sitting at the edge of the bed.

A poof of a smoke appeared behind Itachi. "Who did it to her?... Making her swallowed the sleeping pill?" Sasuke asked Itachi again.

"Hyuuga Neji." he answered calmly. As he got near to Sakura, he gently caressed her cheek with his calloused fingers.

"What!" Sasuke felt his blood boiled after hearing who'd done it to Sakura. "That bastard!" he was about to leave when Itachi stopped him by his words.

"Sasuke, you don't have to. I already punished him that's why I'm gone for 3 hours." he smirked evilly with satisfaction.

"Why you didn't tell me?... I might came along with you and---" he was cut off by Itachi's words.

"Calm down, Sasuke. There's no need to worry what matters the most now is that, Sakura is fine right now." he said smoothly then pulling the covers up to Sakura's shoulders. 'But there are questions I still need to find answers.'

"Fine! But next time, aniki, please inform me, okay?" said Sasuke like a stubborn child.

One week later...

Everything went back to normal and Sakura, at least, managed to forgot what happened to her a week ago by joining every activity in school. Plus, she didn't saw Neji anymore in their school and she wondered why.

Its dismissal time and every student are now on the corridors... chatting, playing tricks, taking in and taking out some of their stuffs in their own lockers, walking out. But a certain pink-haired girl was looking for someone. 'Oh, there you are!'

"Oi, Ino!" Sakura shouted as she waved at her best friend to come to her and Ino did.

Ino giggled. "Hey, girl!... long time no see!"

"Yeah..." they both started to walked out of the school.

"Why did you absent the whole last week?" Ino asked her in curiosity. "I called you last time and your maids keep on telling me that you're not in your house." she continued.

"Yes, 'cause I got sick." she lied, hoping Ino will not notice her lying and immediately change the topic.

"Anyway..." Ino started.

'Kami-sama, Arrigato!' she thought.

"...there's a new restaurant near here. Want to come with me and check it out?" Ino told her.

"Sure!"

In the road, they keep on chatting like there's no more tomorrow. Then when they turned to the right direction, Sakura bumped to a blonde-haired man, wearing a black cloak with red clouds on it. Sakura was the one who landed on the floor by her buttocks and she blushed to found out in what position she had got in to. The man was on top of hers!

The man immediately got off her when he noticed her blushing furiously. He offered his hand to help her stand up and Sakura took it. "Sorry, Sakura?" he apologized.

Sakura get surprised. "You know me?" she said, puzzled.

"Yeah, you're Itachi-san's little sister, right?" Deidara grinned. "I'm his friend. You didn't saw me the first time I saw you." he continued.

"Oh..." Sakura knows why. She was unconscious at that time.

"Nice to meet you, Sakura-san." he bowed down at her.

"Y-yes... M-me, too!" she accidentally stammered.

"Ehem!" Ino made her presence known.

That's the time Sakura got her attention back to Ino."Oh, sorry, Ino!"

She looked again to Deidara. "What's your name?"

"Deidara."

"Uhm... Deidara, this is my bestfriend, Ino and Ino, this is my brother's friend, Deidara." she introduced to each other.

And they both say, "Hi!"


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This chapter were done : May 5, 2006 (Friday) ; 6:09 p.m.