Itachi had noticed her weakening and he took her to the couch so she'd rest there. 'I guess I'll just wait for her to wake up. Besides… I didn't tell her that I've taken out most of the deadly poison in that bug. It's all because she didn't ask in the first place.' Itachi thought.

Moments later, Kisame woke up and noticed Sakura sleeping on the couch when he saw her go to her bedroom last night. "Hey, Itachi," He said through the door of the bathroom since Itachi was taking a bath. "What happened to her?"

"She got dizzy… since your tongeral got her." Itachi replied.

"Oh. So you've finally found Trongz." Kisame said. "I lost him last night. I thought she might've gotten somewhere over inside your room." Kisame sat down and took some of the food Sakura prepared and started eating.

"Seriously, you've got to stop taking in poisonous and dangerous bugs. Or at least, get them a new cage." Itachi said as he came out of the misty bathroom with a towel around his lower half. Then he walked to his room and closing the door after saying, "And you've got to hurry with it 'cause we've got a guest."

"Whatever. It's not like you care about our guest." Kisame said.

In the afternoon, Sakura woke up. But all throughout the time she slept, she was dreaming of Itachi training her. 'But how come I was different in my dream?' Sakura thought as she stood up to look for Itachi.

"Itachi-san…" she said when she saw him sitting under the tree, carving wood. Itachi looked up at Sakura. "I-I was thinking of starting the training?"

"Oh, that's fine. But you won. I should be the one doing your conditions." Itachi said, taking of a chunk of wood. Sakura rolled her eyes and said, "Whatever! You know what? Just forget about all my conditions and start training me!"

"Okay. So your changing your conditions again?!" Itachi said as the put aside the carving tool and the wood to stand up. "Well, okay. I'll accept that but you've got to do my condition for the other fight tonight."

"Fine. But please, let's start training." Sakura begged, putting her hands together for Itachi. But he just walked by her and told her to shut up and train.

Time passed by and Sakura quickly learned new techniques. And Kisame went out to watch them under the tree. Itachi also had to ask for Kisame to shoot water at Sakura for her training. And it was soon getting dark.

Sakura went in the house with Itachi and Kisame at her heels. She changed her clothes and started cooking. While she cooked, Kisame went into the kitchen to watch her. Then Sakura had an idea.

"Kisame," She said, getting a 'yes' from him, "Are you interested in cooking?"

Kisame tensed and gulped. 'How did she know that I'm interested in cooking?' He asked himself. "I don't know if I am." I was his answer.

"Okay then." Sakura said, a bit disappointed, "Tomorrow, Itachi-kun and I are going to train again."

"So its Itachi-kun again, huh?" Kisame said teasingly. "What happened to Itachi-san?"

"W-well… I meant… Itachi-san… hehe." Sakura said sheepishly. "I guess… I kind of mix it together?"

"Wrong," Kisame said, "I think you just have a crush on him."

Sakura blushed. "Oh, come on, you know I hate him big." Sakura dissed him. "You better get those plates ready or else, I'll be super tired."

"Fine, fine." Kisame said. And he did what Sakura said. And later, Itachi went out to eat with them too. They all ate in silence. And after that usual, silent, and boring meal where everyone is either trapped in his or her own thoughts or just spacing out, they all cleaned up and went to their own bedrooms.

Next morning, Sakura woke up with so much energy in training again that she ate all too quickly and got stomach pain which postponed their practice. "Thanks to you, I've got more warm-up time." Itachi shouted to the bathroom door.

"Whatever!" Sakura shouted back.

And soon, Sakura was ready. It was only 8 am and they were already practicing. Itachi put off lots of clones and Sakura had to fight them all at the same time. There was also a time where she tried to dodge all the kunai they'd be throwing at her.

She failed that 2 times now. But she wasn't hit on vital parts. She healed herself quickly whenever she got hit. Itachi gave her dodging tips that were really unique.

Sakura was having fun on the outside, but on the inside, she inner self was telling her that when Sasuke and Naruto finds out, they'd go nuts. She was standing under the tree, talking inwardly to herself and most of her concentration is in her head. She didn't see a clone (or the real one) charge at her.

Sakura was taken by surprise when she saw him really close. She tried to defend but it was too late. He got her pinned on the tree, his hand on her neck. But he didn't get her to suffocate.

Sakura lifted a hand with a kunai and tried to hit his hand. Itachi saw this move and pinned her wrist to the tree with his free one.

"Damn! He's got us tight…" Inner Sakura said. "What to do?"

'What about a kick?' Sakura thought. She tried to kick too but Itachi dodged it then he got his clones to get a rope and tie her feet till her stomach around the tree, except for the raised hand. Then the clones disappeared.

Now, everything was quiet, except for the soft sound of the kunai hitting the ground. "Let me go…" Sakura said. She stayed calm. But when she saw Itachi take out his Sharingan, she started shaking.

Itachi noticed this and decided to play with her. He stayed quiet as he moved his face closer to hers. Sakura tried not to face him she turned to another direction, her neck was about hurting now.

"I-Itachi-kun…" Sakura murmured. And at the suffix, Itachi felt like he wanted to kiss her. It's all because she never called him Itachi-kun in front of him before; she always used –san whenever she would talk to him directly.

Then Sakura noticed that he hasn't been moving since she called his name. She tried to think about how she could get away from the ropes and be free. But it was too late when she was about to start punching him because he had already gone back to the real world.

Sakura couldn't take facing another direction anymore. So she couldn't help but face back at Itachi since her neck already hurt so much. "Itachi-kun… Please…" she muttered. "Let me go…"

Itachi moved closer to her right ear then he licked it. (Gawd!!! This is toooo much) Sakura felt a wet, warm little something brush on her ear. Itachi sensed that Sakura tensed up a lot and she seemed to stop breathing.

So Itachi pulled back his head and he heard a big sigh of relief from Sakura. 'She thinks I'm finished with her… well, I'm not.' Itachi thought as he smirked.

"W-what are you planning?" Sakura said when she saw him smirk. Itachi came closer to her face again and, this time, he put his lips onto her soft ones.

Sakura felt a small hint passion come from him the time he put his lips on hers. Sakura was slowly getting into him by time. She opened her teeth which were closed since the kiss started.

They parted soon. Itachi looked at Sakura with different eyes. Sakura looked back at his dark onyx ones. They stared at each other for a while, each of them thinking almost the same thing.

'Sigh… this is gonna be a long day.' Sakura thought. While Itachi thought, 'This is gonna be a long year.'

Hey guys, guess why Itachi thought of a long year… hmmm… did you know that he just planned to keep her with them for a week? But could it be that… everything he planned would go wrong!?

Or maybe he couldn't help not thinking about Sakura even if she's already gone… till a year!? It's possible just like Coke! Hehe

No way!!! We'll see… ^^

Oh, and about that thing Sakura was supposed to do because she lost that first challenge, maybe I'll pass it up for this chapter. I'll try putting it in the next.

Anyway, sorry for not updating for sooo long. And this fanfic is purely fan-made. Ja ne!