The Stars
by
BlackButterfly-RedRose.
Summery: She knew his plan all along. But it was only now that she had worked up the nerve to stop him. But it was too late.
Notes before reading: Oh shoot. I made a mistake. Tsunade was born on March 2nd, which is Pisces, the fish, not the Lion. My bad. Thank you to Ginriku who pointed it out, thank you so much. I was looking at the wrong thing, I'm sorry if it caused any confusion.
Let me see. Elore Astrology says Pisces and Aries work well together. So it won't really change anything, except I don't know, what it says about her. I suppose I will fix it later after I finish with chapter three.
I have no idea when Shisui's birthday is, so I am going to improvise and say it was around January and February.
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Chapter Three.
Aquarius
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Aquarians are interesting and attractive people. They can be shy, sensitive, gentle and patient; or enthusiastic and lively with a tendency to be exhibitionists. Both types are strong willed and forceful in their own way. Very opinionated with strong convictions, they fight for what they believe in. They will argue vehemently for what they believe to be true, however, if you can show them facts to the contrary, they have little trouble altering their opinion.
These are farsighted people with an eye and ear to the new and innovative. They are generally without prejudice and quite tolerant of the point of view of others. They have an interesting side to their nature that allows them to see a valid argument even when they disagree with it. They are quite objective folk and never get waylaid by being too close to an issue or person.
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After Sakura's spar with Itachi, which she grudgingly admitted a tie to, she had the pleasure to meet the wonderful and charming Shisui. Sasuke had made it a point to introduce them, since Itachi seemed to think it was irrelevent. Sasuke had the knack to call him 'Sushi-nii-chan' whiuch endlessly annoyed him, while Sakura thought it was hilarious. Shisui was some one who reminded her of Sai, but only by his looks. He was pale, with short hair, but his eyes were lively with personality and a lust for life. His smile could melt any girls heart, except her own. He was very flirtacious, and she made it a point to remind him how she was too young for him.
"How about when you're sixteen?" he asked.
Sakura shook her head."You will always be too old."
"Only by four years!" he protested. Sakura laughed.
"I prefer some one my age, thank you."
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Shisui rolled his eyes. They were sitting together at the Namikaze coffee shop alone, since Sasuke had gone home to train with Itachi. Sakura sighed, sipping at her tea, looking at the citizens with mild interest. There was nothing to do today.
"Please don't tell me you are interested in Itachi." Sakura laughed.
"Itachi is... taken, Shisui." Sakura pointed out.
"He is not!"
Sakura nodded, smiling widely. "But he is! He has a lover, I'm sure of it. When I was coming home one night, she started whispering, I heard something in Itachi's room. The idiot left a light on, so I could see him and his lover."
"He got it on with some one?! I was wondering when he would lose hi-"
"Shisui, shh! He'll kill me if he finds out I told you." Shisui smiled sliughtly. Sakura had this great satisfaction in her heart, making her first friend here, in a long time. All of her other friends were too young, about Sasuke's age. And she couldn't possibly hang out with them.
"Would you like to walk around?" Shisui asked. Sakura nodded. Gently, Shisui helped Sakura out of her seat. Her arm in his, they walked around window shopping for anything that they may like. Sakura couldn't actually believe she was enjoying herself. Still, she was glad she was.
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"Have you ever thought of becoming a Konoha medic-nin?" Shisui asked her one day. Sakura smiled slightly. The two became best friends in the short time they had and spent together. Sakura told him almost everything, and she was sure he did the same.
"I did once, but I'm not sure I should."
"Are you crazy? Sakura-chan, you are an amazing medic. I'm sure you would make a great addition to my team." Shisui praised.
"Your team?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, squad three of Anbu. Itachi is okay and all, but he only knows the basics." he explained.
"That's all you need."
"Not really, you know poison, and we need antidotes. We get a lot of missions in Grass."
Sakura nodded in understanding. True, it would give her something to do, but it had only been a month since she first arrived here. She of course had told Shisui of her time as a student for Tsunade, and her time as a medic nin in another country. She had even demonstrated whenever he had returned from a mission, and no one could figure out what was wrong with him. The current medic nins needed serious training. They couldn't figure out a simple poison.
"I will have to ask Hokage-samma, but maybe I will." Shisui smiled.
"Good."
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After saying good bye to her beloved mentor, Sakura walked leisurely to the Uchiha compound. It was time for Tsunade to return to the heavens herself, as Leo.
It saddened her when she realised, if Kami and Tsuki-samma fulfilled her judgement, she would not return to the heavens and return to her brother and sisters. She did it for Itachi, though. Thinking of Itachi, it made her heart weary. She was sad that her precious had not mentioned, or noticed her since the first time they met. It saddened her heart. She would have to catch his attention, and she knew that alone was a tremendous feat. And not only that, if she so happened to win his heart, maybe she could convince him to ignore the Hokage, and not kill the clan? That way, her Sasuke and Naruto could be happy. Sasuke would not leave for revenge, and Naruto would not be grieved by his friends departure.
It made perfect sense. Yes, she would not be with Naruto or Sasuke, but that was the consequence of changing the past. She sighed, hoping every one would one day be happy, with or without her.
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Sakura listened once more to Sasuke's endless chatter. Itachi was far too busy with a mission to take Sasuke to school. Although she knew Sasuke was disapointed, she knew he did not mind spending time with her. Once they reached the Academy, she bid Sasuke goodbye, then walked away. She had no clue where her feet were leading her, she was just bored. There was nothing to do. She thought about taking Shisui's offer to join his team, but she wasn't quite sure if that would help her with her ultimate goal to stop the Uchiha Massacre. Twisting and turning, very aware of three girls her age following her. She could care less.
She stopped at the a river. She wondered if this was the one Shisui had been drowned in before. That's not going to happen, Sakura. Stay focused.
"Yo girl!" Sakura turned around to see the very girl in Itachi's earlier genjutsu. Megumi. But she was with two other girls. All three of them had their Sharingan's activated, glaring at her with such ferocity, it would scare any other girl. But not her. She was not like any other girl.
"May I help you?"
"Who the hell do you think you are, living with my Itach-kun!" Megumi yelled, a kunai in each hand.
"Yeah!" The twin girls echoed.
Sakura blinked in fake surprise. "I'm sorry, you are Megumi, correct?"
Megumi nodded angrily, and repeated the question.
"I'm sorry Megumi-san, but if you think something is going on between me and Itachi, you are wrong. I doubt he would give up some one as lovely as yourself." She told her with a sickenly sweet smile on her face.
"Don't try and flatter me, bitch. You will stay away from my Itachi-kun. Got it? Or else you will deal with me." Megumi commanded. Sakura laughed.
"I'm sorry, I know the situation is not funny, but you defeating me is laughable. I mean really. I came into a tie with Uchiha Itachi when he was actually trying. Megumi-san, I believe you would lose when he wasn't."
"You little spyer!! How could you know that!?"
Sakura smiled sweetly at her. "By looking at you."