A/N: This is one extremely long chappie for me so i hope you enjoy it! I bet you know the one who will rescue Sakura in this chappie, hehe. Sorry I took so long! Thanks for all the reviews!


Chapter 3- to the rescue!

" Lookey here boys, we found ourselves a playmate!" One said to his fellow thugs. They were about 4 of them who surrounded Sakura. Sakura was really terrified and didn't have any strength to move though the walls were too close so she couldn't escape.

She was too confused and kept wishing she wasn't at this position right now. They were moving closer to her when suddenly, they heard a pair of footsteps coming their way.

"You know, I really hate it when girls get bullied." A manly voice said which came from the dark alley way. His face wasn't clear since it was hidden by the darkness.

"Who are you? If you think you can defeat us, think again!" The leader of the thugs spoke up to this mysterious man.

He finally showed himself to them. He had pony-tailed hair which was raven-colored. Of course, it was the one and only…Uchiha Itachi! Sakura forgot her worries and said to herself "He looks so familiar, have I seen him before...no way, it can't be that boy…he was about my age and this guy is about his 20's already."

"Uchiha Itachi! I should have known." Sakura was too covered with her thoughts to hear the name Uchiha."

"I'm surprised to know that you know me. Well, if you do know me, you must know that if you don't want to get hurt, might as well leave this innocent girl alone"(he called Sakura innocent! Hehe!) He was waiting for their answers while having his coolly look at Sakura who was still scared half to death.

"Just because you tell us to, we won't give in to you!" The leader-thug answered with a bit of confidence yet a slight sound of tremble in his voice.

"Have it your way then, don't say I didn't warn you!" Uchiha Itachi said this to them as he tried to warn them.

He was to fast for them to see what he was doing especially since it was dark Sakura couldn't even see him move. He punched one of the thugs with much force which, eventually, made him unconscious. Another thug ran towards Itachi but Itachi was too swift and went behind the thug and hit him behind the thug's neck. (You know, like the ones detectives do when they hit their opponents in the nape to knock them out)

"Two down, two to go." The last 2thugs were looking around for Itachi who disappeared into the shadows but showed himself as he was to kick the other thug. Now, there was only one more thug left standing.

"Arghhh! I'll make sure you pay for doing this to my compadres." He ran towards Itachi but Itachi just stood there as if it had been a trap. It was. As the leader-thug ran towards Itachi, Itachi grabbed his arm and twisted it. The thug shrieked in pain but no blood was shown, the thug just fell onto the ground.

"Are you okay miss?" Itachi asked Sakura as if he was worried for her safety. Sakura was still in shock of what had laid before her eyes. He was so, so…cool! Any girl would probably fall for him if they saw what happened.

"Yeah…um, Thanks for saving me." Remember she fell down a while ago, she stood up and looked at the Uchiha and studied him carefully.

"Is there anything wrong?" Itachi began to wonder why she was studying him.

"Huh? No, it's alright." Sakura blushed a little when she noticed how cute he was. She did notice what he was wearing too. He was wearing a long sleeved polo shirt, white, and he was wearing pants for a school uniform. He was still wearing his school uniform so Sakura got the idea that he just came from school.

"Well, let's go then." He took her wrist and led her outside the dark alley way.

"Wait, where are we going?" Sakura began to question him with curiosity she was a bit scared too since she hardly knew the man and he was taking her just about anywhere.

She pulled back her wrist and they stopped walking. Itachi looked at her and then smiled, "Oh yeah, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself." He bowed down and looked at her with his killer smile. "My name is Uchiha Itachi. I'm 20yrs. old and I study it the Konoha academy. What is your name miss?" Sakura began to wonder if she had ever heard of the name Uchiha before not to mention the name of the school he studies in… I'm moving to that school!

"My name is Haruno Sakura. I'm 13 yrs. old and i am moving to the Konoha academy." Itachi smiled at her and grinned.

"So you're moving there, huh? And you're the same age as my little brother. Well, the academy is a really nice school and there are many nice people who study there."

"Really? That sounds great!"

"So where do you live Sakura?" Uchiha Itachi asked the strawberry-haired girl.

"Just turn right in this corner then go straight. Why do you ask?" Sakura answered back to him with curiosity.

"Well, is it okay if I take you home tonight since it's getting really dark..."He bent closer to her ear and whispered. "And i can protect you on the way." Sakura blushed heavily but it was a good thing it was quite dark so Itachi couldn't see it. Sakura just nodded and walked side-by-side with Itachi that night as he led her home/ They finally reached her house.

"Bye Itachi-kun!"

"Bye Sakura" Just as Sakura was about to go inside, she felt a slight peck on her cheek. She realized that it was Itachi...he had just kissed her! Sakura was left in shock as Itachi left. When she looked back, he was gone. Sakura was blushing as she ran upstairs to her bedroom.

'Itachi, Itachi, Itachi...' Sakura stared blankly into space as these words kept repeating in her head. She was on her bed, lying down while fiddling with the bracelet Tenten gave her for her birthday 2 yrs. ago. 'Itachi...Uchiha?' Uchiha, has she heard of the name before? "YAWN!" She was getting tired after all that happened. She dressed into her Pajamas and went to sleep.

Itachi's POV

'Man that girl is so hot! Hmm...Sakura, eh? She is about Sasuke's age. They would be so cute together!' Itachi was thinking about these things as he was walking back home after he had dropped Sakura back home. As he reached the Uchiha mansion, a certain raven-haired boy was leaning against the wall beside the door.

"Where have you been?" But before Itachi could answer, Sasuke spoke up.

"Wait, let me guess...you were out saving girls again right?" Itachi reached for the door knob and walked in.

"Yeah, except this time..."He looked at Sasuke and stared

"Except this time what?"

"Nothing" He went inside with Sasuke and went to bed.


A/N: Did you like it? I know the part with the kiss of Itachi was sort of sudden but what do you expect from a playboy? Yeah, Itachi is a playboy here in the story but not a mega playboy.

Pls. review! TY!