Senko: HI! Uhm, I realized something...uhm, like, I kept calling it Leaf and Sand Country and then the other day I was like, "OMFG! It's actually Fire and Wind Country! I'm sooo stupid!" so yeah, sorry! The Itachi and Sakura romance is developing in this chapter!
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CHICA DE LA LUNA FATASMA, Trini, lilmisssushi: Shhhh. There is a reason for that. LoL.
grim reaper sakura: Well, Sakura and Sasukeare the same age and when Itachi killed his clan he was twelve and Sasuke was seven. So, right now Sakura would be seventeen and Itachi would be twenty-two.
starwishes and Mistress DragonFlame: You will have to find that out yourself.
The Squabbit: O.O;; EH! You mean to say you got mad because there was no fluff and you started throwing things in french class and you got in trouble? UHHHH, I'm sorry! T-T
kAze-RyU: Sorry. There will most likely not be real romance until later on.
neon kun: HI NEON! Rest assured that Ino and Sasuke will not happen. As much as I can't picture yaoi, I can't picture InoSasu just as much! And I don't write yaoi! ;)
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Italics - emphasis, thoughts, flashback
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Chapter 6
Sakura laid down beside a tree. One thing she hated about the Wind Country was the wind, duh. The wind was not friendly, like the gentle breeze of the Fire Country. Then there's the heat issue. Sakura was not very accustomed to such heat. Lastly, there are hardly any cherry blossoms or flowers! The tree she laid beneath was an ugly one with ugly leaves. She missed the beautiful cherry blossoms of Konoha.
Today was the day after the meeting with Kisame. Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto were off. Training, they had told her. The rest of her team were with Gaara. Sakura decided to relax under a tree. She was actually hardly relaxing at all. Thoughts of Kisame and Akatsuki flowed through her mind. What would she do the next time they met Kisame? Why was Kisame so nice? Would they successfully find out information about Akatsuki? Was Kisame only being nice to her because Itachi was there? If Kisame were here right now, would he kill her?
"Sakura," a raspy voice said from behind.
Sakura whirled around. Speak of the devil. It was Kisame.
She forced a smile. "Good afternoon, Kisame-san."
"Your mission is not done yet?"
"No. I assume your's isn't either?"
He laughed. "You assumed correctly."
"Where is Itachi?"
"Training with two other members on our team."
"I see. Well, I just stopped by to say hi. I must go now, so I'll see you."
"Have a nice day, Kisame-san."
And then he left. Soon after he left, Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto appeared.
"Hey! Welcome back," Sakura beamed. "How was training?"
"Awesome!" Naruto exclaimed. "I punched the bastard!"
"Which one?"
It took a while, but soon the joke sunk in. Naruto bursted into laughter. "Did you hear that! Itachi, your fiancee just called you a bastard!"
Sasuke was emotionless while Itachi was actually in deep thoughts although his exterior was stoic.
Flashback
"How was training?" a ten-year-old Shisui asked.
Mei (A/N: made-up characters) grinned. "It was great! I punched the bastard!"
Shisui glanced over at Itachi and another boy whose name was Ryo. He chuckled. "Which bastard?"
End Flashback
How many years ago was that when he was still best friends with Shisui? Shisui, the only person who dared to make a joke about Itachi. Shisui, the only person who treated Itachi as an equal. Shisui, Itachi's best friend. Shisui, the person Itachi killed to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan. Was it worth it, taking the life of the one person who understood him in order to gain something he is still trying to understand?
"Hey, let's go back. The bastard and I need food," Naruto said.
"Don't call me bastard, dobe," Sasuke muttered.
"Don't call me dobe, bastard," Naruto retorted.
"You started it."
"Well, nothing would have started if you didn't call me dobe."
"You called me bastard."
And the two continued arguing. Itachi and Sakura walked a few steps behind them.
"Itachi-kun?" Sakura waved in front of him.
Itachi blinked, snapping out of his reverie. "What is it?"
"Uh, you seem kinda wierd. Did I offend you earlier with that bastard statement?" Sakura asked innocently.
Inner Sakura: Holy shit, holy crap, holy fuck! What if he's offended! He'll kill us! We'll be no more!
Outer Sakura: SHUT UP! Calm down! You are not helping me! Okay, letsee, uhm, he cannot kill us! This is a different Itachi! If he kills us, uhhhhh...we're dead! But, uh, oh, we're on the same team! He just has to deal with me! And, uhm, OMG WHAT IF HE KILLS US!
"No. I just zoned out for a moment."
"Oh, that's good then. I thought you were offended and was gonna kill me for telling the truth," she joked again.
He didn't reply, but hidden behind his silky, dark strands of hair was a smirk of satisfaction.
Naruto swallowed the remaining of his sandwich.
"Slow down," Temari said with disgust at the way Naruto was eating. "I'm not cleaning up if you throw up or something."
Naruto grinned. "Hey, hey. I been thinking, let's just kill Kisame."
"Idiot. They already said we're not killing Kisame because we need information on the Akatsuki!" Ino said.
"Yeah, but aren't we just putting Gaara in danger? We should just ensure his safety by killing the shark!"
"I agree with Naruto," Kiba said. "Our mission is to make sure that Gaara is safe and to get rid of Kisame. It'd be a different mission if we were to gather information on Akatsuki."
Shikamaru sighed. "The reason we decided on gathering information in this mission is to save us the trouble of being sent on another mission after this one. After this mission, there's no doubt that the Godaime will send us on another mission and have us gather data on Akatsuki. Besides, Gaara's strong enough to protect himself."
While the rest continued discussing about this topic, Sakura and Temari, who both were sitting next to each other at the dinner table, were discussing their own topic.
"So, how's life with the one and only Uchiha Itachi?" Temari asked, smirking. "Engaged to one of the world's finest man, how does it feel?"
Sakura nervously laughed. "Life is alright." I'm terrified. "And it feels odd to be engaged to him." Funny how the all the good-looking people are insane and all the ugly ones are sane.
The following day, things seem to be normal. Itachi, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura arrived at an empty field with a few trees. She couldn't understand what was with these guys and training. It was always training, eat, training, sleep. She didn't want to train with them. Why? They were too strong. Sasuke and Itachi with the sharingan and Naruto with his chakra. What was so special about her? They had all the advantages, so fighting them would be pointless. But today Naruto had pleaded and begged her to spar with him because Itachi is too strong for him and "he is too strong for Sasuke." She couldn't resist those damn cute puppy eyes.
"I'll spar with Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed with a wide grin on his face.
Sasuke scoffed. "You're just scared I'll beat you again."
"Nuh-huh, you bastard! I can beat you anyday, anytime, anywhere!"
"Then let's spar right now."
"Fine!" and then Naruto stomped off towards Sasuke.
Itachi and Sakura were left.
"Uh, well, I'll just, uhm, go now since I'm not needed here anymore. See you, Itachi-kun," Sakura smiled, turning around and beginning to walk away.
"Wait."
Sakura stopped. Damn it.
"Let's spar, Sakura."
Double damn it.
Sakura turned and faced him. "You should just spar with Sasuke and Naruto."
"No. I want to see how strong you are."
"Alright," Sakura stood facing him. She was only a few feet away from him. After a few seconds of silence, she finally made her move. She lunge towards him, and then reached for a few shurikens and flung it at him. He effortlessly dodged them. She brought her hands together and formed a few signs.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
An additional four duplicates of her were produced. The five Sakuras charged towards Itachi. Upon approaching them, the Sakuras attempted close combat with him, but he quickly disappeared and the Sakuras were met with their own punches. Four 'poofs' appeared and the four extra Sakuras were gone.
"You're weak," Itachi said, appearing behind Sakura. She jumped in surprise but quickly got herself together, gathering her chakra together in her arm and then spinning around to punch him. He immediately dodged, causing Sakura to unintentionally knock down a tree with her punch. Itachi blinked in amazement; he didn't know she had this type of power. He dropped his guard for a second, allowing Sakura to see her opportunity. She curled her fingers to form and fist and swung it at him. He quickly grabbed her wrist and stopped her punch before she hit him.
They stood in that position for a few seconds.
"Oh, my god!"
Itachi let go of her wrist. The two turned towards the voice; it was Temari. Shock and fear flashed on her face.
"I..I...you...you killed a tree!" Temari exclaimed. "Gaara will kill you!"
"I should you kill you," Gaara said, glaring.
Sakura stared down at the floor in fear. "S-S-Sorry, Gaara..."
Itachi, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Temari were inside Gaara's office. Temari had informed him about Sakura killing one of the few trees they had in Sunagakure. It was obvious that Gaara was trying his best to control his anger.
"It's alright," he said. "Just...don't kill anymore trees. We don't have many trees here."
"Uh...y-y-yes, Gaara," Sakura stuttered.
"Hey, wait! You mean we can't kill trees?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, you can kill trees. You just can't kill the ones in the Wind Country," Gaara replied.
"But I just killed one of them yesterday! So did the bastard!"
Gaara glowered dangerously. "W-What..."
"Eh? Gaara?" Naruto asked.
A perilous and evil chakra emitted from Gaara.
Senko: That's all for now, folks! Please review!
Oh yeah, I have a new story out! It's ITASAKU: D please read it! It's called "Fate is Inevitable"!