Well firstly I'd like to say to all over you guys that reviewed, "I HAD KNOW IDEA YOU WOULD LIKE IT SO MUCH," thank you I'm done freaking out. And most importantly of all, I wanted Itachi's possessiveness to seem real that's why I made him that old. But then typing back everything made me realize that he was a bit too old so I'll reduce his age by four years. So now people please think of our little possessive Itachi as eight years older than Sakura. Thank you.

I don't own Naruto.

CHAPTER 1

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Five years later….

With the birds chirping and the sun's rays shining through the leaves a little girl sat in a sand box at the back of her yard playing with a blonde about the same age as her, sitting beside her.

The pink haired girl looked up from building her sand castle with a determined expression on her face that stopped the heart of the dark figure watching her.

She looked at the tree and tilted her head slightly at the red things that she saw there.

"Come on Sakura, pay attention." Ino Yamanaka said giving her a shovel and a bucket of sand.

Sakura turned back to the girl took the bucket but before she turned back to her castle she looked back to where she had seen the red spots but it wasn't there.

Her little pink brows furrowed then she shrugged and went back to building her sand castle unaware of those eyes watching her from a distance…

Seven years later…

Sakura stared at the pale face man that stood in front of her then back at her team mate Uchiha Sasuke. Her heart rate increasing rapidly as she stared over at the orange clad ninja hanging from the tree by the kunai she had thrown to keep him there.

"Do something Uchiha." Sakura growled launching her body towards the snake looking man.

"This is very disappointing. I thought Uchiha's were intriguing." He hissed moving out of the way of a chakra filled fist.

"But it looks like one of them isn't." He said jumping into one of the near by tress to dodge Sakura's round house kick.

Sakura pushed her body off the ground and stood up straight her stomach heaving with nerves. She looked over at Naruto then back at Sasuke then to the man with the cream shirt, grey pants with a purple band around his abdomen.

Sasuke looked over to her nodded and she took a fighting stance. She watched as he fought with the man back and forth circling the clearing as if they were professional dancers.

And while both Sasuke and his opponent seemed preoccupied fighting Sakura turned and headed towards Naruto's unconscious body. The big mouth brat actually fought well, she thought as she took him down.

She looked over to Sasuke and saw that he had the man pinned to a tree by several shurikin and holding the strings between his fingers. He somersaulted in the air and sent a ball of fire down the strings. Sakura stared as the fire ran down the strings then as it collided with the pale skinned man.

Sasuke braced himself on his knees breathless from the move. His chakra was dangerously low. She had to do something. She would not lose teammate. She placed Naruto's head on leg-holster and couple of seconds later appeared side by side near Sasuke.

"Oh, so you decided to join the fight again. Too bad it's over. As for you Sasuke, here's a parting gift." The man said and Sakura watched frozen as his head extended like a snake and started moving towards Sasuke.

Her muscles felt frozen, she couldn't do anything t knock him out of the way. She couldn't watch this. Just as she closed her eyes, she felt something slam into her. Knocking her to the ground as well as knocking the air out of her lungs.

She gasped at the pain that shot up her spine and quickly opened her eyes see what happened. Sasuke was in the tree near Naruto.

"Sakura," She heard that familiar caress in her name, she often heard it in her sleep. Sakura turned her head to see who the voice belonged too and they encountered an older looking much better looking Sasuke, except he had birthmarks running down both sides of his cheeks, "are you alright?" he asked his voice deadly.

She nodded jerkily at the question and saw his blood red eyes change from a look of tension to a look of relief.

"Why did you come here big brother? We had it under control." Sasuke Said look over where the older man stood holding his pink haired teammate protectively in his arm.

"Put Sakura down." Sasuke growled but Itachi did not comply.

"She's in shock. I'll carry here you can carry the blond kid. Orochimaru is not the only creep you'll run into this place." Itachi said jumping ahead with the girl in his arms.

Sakura stared at him the whole way that he carried. "Who are you?" She finally whispered.

He looked down at her then smirked. "Uchiha Itachi…"

Eight years later…

Sakura stared at the report on her desk and frowned. It was her day shift at the hospital and Tusnade-sama had sent over a poison victim and a report on what had caused the poisoning. It wasn't plenty but it was still enough to get her brain started on a possible cure.

The man outside was already half-way gone. Felling helpless, she pushed her chair out and got up from her desk and started pacing the floor she had to find a cue for him, she paused at her desk, there was no way he was going to die not with her around.

Sakura pushed away from her desk where she had stopped to lean. She turned to the door heading out as if all the demons in hell where after her.

"Get me, water, iodine…" she rattled off the list to Shizune as she passed and heading to the room where the man was being kept. He was unconscious. Sakura began checking for his vital signs finding none she adjusted the IV monitor.

Shizune came in through the door just as she shoved up the sleeves of her lab coat. "Get me some more nurses Shizune."Sakura said steadily trying to keep her clam…

She worked on the ninja for several hours until it was the level of her chakra that that forced her to stop. She sigh breathing heavy while taking off her face mask.

"I'll call it a day. Can you do the rest Shizune?' Sakura asked while stepping away from the table that the man was lay out on.

"Sure Sakura." Shizune answer and took over where Sakura had left off. Sakura stumbled out of the theater room looking for the coffee. God she needed some and a bite to eat wouldn't kill either. She stumbled to the canteen.

She got something to eat and coffee to drink but didn't quiet register what it was that she was about to take a spoonful of. But just as the spoon reached her mouth a nurse came bursting through the swinging canteen doors.

"It's Uchiha-san he's in the ER and he won't let any of the other nurses look after him." Zumi the new nurse said. Sakura got up from the table and quickly followed the black haired female.

They walked through the I.C.U hall because it was quicker to the ER. One hallway and two staircases later, Sakura was striding purposely into the ER.

Uchiha Itachi sat with one of his hands dug into the left side of his abdomen with blood dripping steadily from the wound and pooling on the granite white floor. He smirked when she stopped in front of him.

"What do you think you're playing at Uchiha?" She demanded furiously as he got to hid feet.

"I was about to ask you the same question, Haruno." He said his head lowered just so she could hear.

"Come on before you bled to death." Sakura said turning away from him. Uchiha Itachi, brother of her teammate Uchiha Sasuke. And he was even a colder bastard than his brother was. Compared to him Uchiha was just a worthless imitation of trying to be a stone. It was a good thing they were related. Sakura thought bitterly as she led the older and colder Uchiha into a room.

She told him to sit on the bed then she grabbed a scissors and made short work of his black T-shirt.

"How'd this happen?" She asked as she pushed him to lay back on the bed so she could get a good look at him. The cut was about three inches deep and already slightly infected; she could see little red marks springing around the gash.

If she didn't hurry he would be rolling around in pain. Ah! Now there's a thought. An Uchiha rolling around on the ground. Sakura mused silently and a tiny smirk graced her lips but Uchiha Itachi didn't miss it.

"It was being careless." Was all he said. He said those words every time she asked him how he got his injuries. It was not as if she cared what he did because she didn't but her jab demanded that every patient needed to give information on how they ended up in the state they were when they arrived at the hospital.

But he never told her how he got his injuries. Which she and only her had to look after. He had told her that the first time she had seen him in the hospital that it was pay back for that time in the forest of death.

Not to mention that it wasn't entirely all her fault. She had thanked him for saving their lives but didn't stop there. She had told him that she was in eternal dept to him.

Great. Now he was here and always would be for payment. Nice going, Haruno. She thought angrily at herself. She was such a brat when she a little girl always talking before thinking.

"You know, you say that every time I ask you how you got your injuries." She told him holding both her hands over his wounds letting her chakra sooth and heals the inside as much as possible before she would start stitching him back up.

"Hn." Was all he said and Sakura gritted her teeth then added a little force to the flow of her chakra. Was that the Uchiha Significant word?

Itachi grunted then looked up at her but she paid him no attention. "Hold still this is going hurt." Sakura told him as she jab the needle in his flesh and began stitching it together.

The room they were in was mostly secured except for the grey swinging doors. It had IV monitors and Saline poles in the left corner and the bed in the right corner.

Sakura stood between the table holding the equipments she was using and the bed that Itachi Uchiha was stretched out on. "There, you're all set,' Sakura said tying and clipping the extra piece of string off of the needle as well as the cut.

Then she proceeded to dress the cut. "Could you tell your brother to meet us at Ichiraku's?" She asked removing her gloves as she turned away from him.

"Aren't you going to kiss my cut and tell me to get better?" Itachi asked and Sakura spun around to stare at him like he had grown another head.

"Right, I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that one," she muttered to herself while turning away from him. He seriously had to lay off whatever it was that he was on.

"What? No goodies either for being a good patient?" Itachi asked again while shrugging into his coat. Sakura bit her lips to keep from smiling and turned back to face him. He was sitting with his ambu jacket on the edge of the bed.

"The only goodies you're getting are those." Sakura said while scribbling the names of his prescriptions on her note pad then she ripped the page out and handed it to him.

"You can pick it up at the front desk on your way out. Now if you'll excuse me. It's time for my…" she looked down at her watch. Oh lordly! Her shift had ended.

"It's time for me to go home." She said turning to the door while shrugging out of her lab coat.

"Don't forget to remind Sasuke." She said with a light smile at the older Uchiha.

"Why don't you tell my brother yourself? Besides I'm sure you could invite Naruto over to the Uchiha compound. Mother always cooks enough to feed an army." Itachi said and appeared at her elbow in a flash and taking her arm.

"Besides we need to talk." He leaned in and whispered in her ear and she shivered.

"What?" She asked in astonishment turning to look at him. He stared at her blankly. Focus Sakura. This is your teammate's brother. What would he think if he knew that you were secretly hate-crushing on his brother?" She reasoned with herself.

TBC…

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