Chapter Two

Sakura was sitting on the couch waiting for her excited five-year old to come out of their room, so she could drive him to school before coming back home to take a quick power nap. Sakura had already packed a lunch for him and was now watching the weather channel on their TV.

The weatherman, a smiling and energetic sort of man, was chatting away about the warm and bright day they were going to have. It made Sakura smile, thinking about the many summers she had spent playing by the beach or lazing around the house with a fan. Her smile slowly faded as the memories of her past came flooding back into her head. She turned her head when she heard her son rushing out of the room.

"Mama, mama!" Kyo was shouting and laughing while running to Sakura. She smiled and picked him up, spinning him in the air. He was giggling and waving his arms in the air. Sakura stopped and pulled him into a hug.

"I love you so much, Kyo, please don't ever leave me." Sakura said and she put Kyo down. He grabbed her thin legs and hugged them. "Mama, why would I ever leave you? You're the best!" He beamed up at her. She smiled down at him and patted his head.

"Okay! Let's go to school!" Sakura announced, and Kyo ran to the door, stopped and put his shoes on. "Come on, mama!" Sakura grabbed Kyo's bag, his lunch and her cell phone. Kyo was shaking from the excitement of going to school, and she opened the door. They both walked out and smiled at Mrs. Kasumi-san.

Sakura bowed her head and said, "Good morning, Mrs. Kasumi-san, Kyo, say good morning." Sakura touched his head. He bowed and said good morning with a smile on his face.

"Hello, dears, off to school?" She smiled down at Kyo before addressing Sakura, but Kyo was the one to speak.

"Yep!" He jumped in the air, he grabbed onto Sakura's pale green dress and tugged. She looked down and nodded.

"Yes, we best be going. He's so excited," Sakura was saying, but was being pulled towards the elevators by her son, "Okay, okay, bye, Mrs. Kasumi-san!" And, with a wave she followed her son down the hall.

The elder woman sighed, "She's so young, but is such a wonderful and strong mother." She turned and walked into her apartment.

~~~000~~~

They pulled up in front of Kyo's preschool and Sakura parked in one of the empty parking spots.

"Okay," Sakura breathed out and turned to look at Kyo in his booster seat trying to get his seat belt off. "Hold on, hold on!" Sakura chimed. She got out and opened his car door.

"Mama, I'm gonna be late!" Kyo was so impatient. She smiled. "Okay, hold still so I can get the belt off!" He did as he was told and she unbelted it. She stepped back and watched her son jump down from his seat. He turned and beamed up at his mother before grabbing his bag with his lunch in it. Sakura bent down and hugged him.

"I love you and have fun at school! Don't cause the teachers and other students trouble, got it?" Sakura said and kissed him on his head. He nodded.

"Got it! Bye, bye, Mama!" Kyo waved as he ran passed the school gates to catch up with his friends. Sakura watched with a smile on her face.

She sighed and got back into her car. "I really should go shopping… We're running out of Kyo's favorite cereal." She murmured to herself before starting the car and drove to the store.

By the time Sakura made it to the store, it had gotten crowded with the usual housewives and their young children. She smiled at the happy and busy atmosphere. She walked over to the carts and grabbed the closest one to her. She hummed as she walked down the cereal isle, her green dress flowing behind her as she walked.

Sakura stopped in front of her son's favorite cereal and put it in her cart. She continued to make her way throughout the store when she paused in front of the ice cream. She hummed as she tapped her pointer finger on her chin, debating whether or not to buy it.

"Can't choose which flavor?" A voice asked beside her. Sakura turned her head to see a chest –or stomach more like. She blinked a few times before she rose her head to see a handsome man smiling down at her.

He was definitely tall. He had to be at least six foot six. His skin looked pale blue and his smile looked shark like. He was buff and had spiked up blue hair. His black eyes were looking down at her. He looked like he had gills tattooed on his cheeks, which really made him look like a shark. He had on a colorful tank top and what looked like dark gray cargo shorts. She didn't bother looking at his shoes, she was still too busy calculating how someone could be so tall.

"I know I'm quite tall, aren't I?" He asked cheekily. Sakura's cheeks turned a slight pink before she turned her head back at the ice cream. He barked out a laugh. He had a nice laugh, Sakura thought.

"You're pretty short yourself, Pinkie." Sakura shot him a look, clearly showing her disapproval of the nickname. He laughed again. "I'm Kisame. Hoshigaki Kisame." She blinked at him before she smiled.

"I'm Haruno. Haruno Sakura." She replied and they awkwardly shook hands. Not only was he tall and buff, but he had amazingly strong and large hands, next to Sakura's feminine small hands, she looked like a toddler.

"Cheery blossoms, huh? I should've guessed from your pink hair, huh, Pinkie." He winked as he said the nickname again. She has him a playful scowl.

"Listen hear, Sharkie-" She began before he laughed again. Sakura cracked a smile. He really did have a nice laugh.

"Sharkie… Hahaha, it's been awhile since I've been called that." Kisame spoke as he wiped a nonexistent tear from the corner of his eye. "Last I've been called that was in college." Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Oh?" She replied, putting a hand on her hip. Kisame's smile widened, if possible, and nodded. "Somehow, I just cannot agree with that." Sakura continued dramatically.

Kisame was about to say something when his cell phone started to buzz. "Haha, 'cuse me," and he turned around.

"Yo." He said into the phone as Sakura turned back to look at the ice cream. Kisame's head nodded a few times before he said his goodbyes and hung up. He turned around and addressed Sakura.

"Well, looks like duty calls, I'll hope to see you again," he gave her a toothy grin and she smiled back.

"Sure, here, I'll give you my number and we'll—maybe go out for coffee." She replied with her number and he winked before walking off to pay for his groceries.

~~~000~~~

Itachi walked into Red Cloud to see if Zetsu had found anything on his new obsession: Haruno Sakura. He had done his own fair share on the subject; however, with Zetsu's amazing skill in digging up information on anything, he let him dig further.

"Itachi-san." A voice called from his left. He turned to see a red head. The man was of average height, tanned, with chocolate brown eyes and a sadistic smirk always playing at his lips. Today it seemed he had a slight frown on his handsome face. He walked over to Itachi as he picked a piece of fuzz off of his casual button down shirt.

"Sasori-san," Itachi had addressed him. Sasori stopped a few feet away from him before he handed Itachi a brown file.

"It seems you're needed on another mission from Leader-sama." Sasori folded his arms a crossed his chest as he waited for Itachi to open the file. He looked it over for a few minutes.

Another assassination mission. Another traitor, thinking he could sell important information to another gang. He shook his head at the man's ridiculous choice.

"Is Kisame-san back, then?" Itachi asked and Sasori shook his head.

"He said he was on his way, 'he lost track of time.'" Sasori replied, rolling his eyes at the shark-like man. Itachi nodded before he moved to walk out the door again, however, he was stopped by Sasori.

"I've got something else for you. Zetsu-san said he wouldn't be able to give it to you," Sasori turned to grab another file off of the counter and handed it to Itachi.

"Not sure what it is, but he said you would know." Itachi nodded once and continued to walk out of the bar.

He stopped and got into his car before he opened the file. A picture of Sakura was on the first piece of paper he looked at. It looked to be her Doctor ID picture. She was smiling, her green eyes sparkling and her whole face looked to be glowing with happiness. Her hair was shorter and in a high bun on the top of her head. She was wearing a light green pair of scrubs with a cherry blossom on the front pocket of her shirt.

He started to read the first bit under her picture. From the looks of it, it had been just some normal medical information, some background knowledge and her relationships. He continued to read and stopped at a particular article. He read the title Haruno Yoishio Will Found.

He had heard that name before… He continued reading and his unanswered questions were answered.

Haruno Yoshio, 77 years old, passed away earlier this month. The retired doctor's will has been found and is currently looked at by numerous lawyers.

From what we've gathered thus far, it appears that the Haruno Estate is going to his lone granddaughter, Haruno Sakura. We have tried multiple times to get an interview, however, her parents have shielded her from the media. We have yet to figure out why the estate is being handed down past her father and down to her.

The two doctors, Haruno Kizashi and Mebuki, have been interview and they also have no clue as to why the estate was given to their daughter. But they have said and I quote, "our daughter is very smart and headstrong, so we can understand why my father would give it to her. However, we do still live on the estate and have control over everything. Our daughter is and will be handing over the estate to us very soon."

With this development, it appears that the two doctors have complete faith in their daughter about handing over the estate and as forth are going to continue running Tokyo Hospital. We also have asked some of the hospital staff how they think of this and they all believe Doctor Haruno is more than capable of anything if she puts her mind to it.

Well, with this strange, but interesting development, we'll just have to wait to see what kind of drama is to come about.

Takahashi Toshio, Tokyo News

Itachi frowned and looked up to see Kisame making his way to his car. He closed the file with the information on Sakura before carefully putting into his briefcase in the backseat.

"Yo," Kisame spoke while opening the car door. Itachi nodded and Kisame got in.

"So, I heard we've got a mission. What is it?" Itachi handed him the light brown file and he opened it. Kisame skimmed it before looking back at Itachi. He had a toothy grin on his shark-like face.

"So, another assassination mission? What's with these people thinking they can just give away Akatsuki secrets? Honestly…" He barked out a laugh and flipped the file closed before throwing it into the backseat. Itachi shot him a glare. Kisame just rolled his eyes.

Itachi started the car and Kisame put his hands behind his head. They had driven for what seemed like forever until Kisame said, "so, you'll never guess what happened to be today."

"Hn," Itachi replied letting Kisame know he was paying attention. Kisame shot him a shark-like smirk.

"I met a real hottie today." Itachi cocked an eyebrow at him.

"And, she didn't start running for the hills?" Itachi asked with a hint of a smirk on his beautiful face. Kisame gasped overdramatically.

"Well, just so you know, she even asked me out for coffee." Kisame boasted and Itachi 'hn.'

"She was drop dead gorgeous, though. She had the most unique hair color, too." Kisame spoke with a slight smile on his face regarding his earlier in counter with the pink-haired woman. Itachi glanced over at him.

"What color?" He asked and Kisame came out of his daze. He looked over at the black haired Uchiha before grinning.

"It was pink."