I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

FLASHBACK: ITACHI POV

Itachi felt the anticipation hum through his body. He had hurried through the short mission the Hokage sent him on, and now he was on his way to see his little cherry blossom. He was eager to see whether or not she was going to be stubborn or not. He knew her well enough to know that embarrassment and then anger were going to be her first reactions upon waking up naked and reading his note. What he wasn't entirely sure of was if she was going to keep running from his obvious interest in her.

In his eyes, by putting her to bed without touching her sexually and then leaving, he was making what was tantamount to a declaration. For the first time in his adult life, he wanted more than sex from a female. The elders had been pushing him to get married, but he had refused to choose a candidate up to this point. But he could see himself married to Sakura. She was beautiful, fiery, sexy, highly skilled, kind, loyal, and she was no fan girl. He grimaced as he acknowledged that she would be much more easy to get if she was a fan girl. But then he wouldn't have wanted her.

He almost chuckled when he thought about how the clan meeting would go when he informed the elders of his choice. He could hear his grandfather protesting, not for any significant objection, but because of her pink hair. 'A pink-haired Uchiha! Not in a million years!' Itachi broke down and laughed briefly. It was a ludicrous thought that he may have a pink-headed son. The Uchiha genes were dominant in every pairing, so it was impossible, but the mental image was amusing.

His arrival at Sakura's apartment pulled him out of his thoughts and focused on seeing his woman. He knocked and then waited for her to answer. About a minute and a half passed, and Itachi scanned her apartment for her chakra signature, only to find her gone. So she's run. Well, that just makes finding her that much more satisfying. He filed through all the places she may have taken refuge, and headed off to the first place, Naruto's apartment. While he didn't find her there, he did discover that the Hyuuga heir and Nine-tails host were in a rather intimate relationship.

He checked the hospital next, and learned that it was her night off. He went to the last place on his mental list, hoping that she wouldn't be there. Ino Yamanaka was the village's biggest gossip, and he didn't want their relationship to go public until after he had told his clan first. Deciding that he would settle onto the rooftop and wait for her to come out, he was totally unprepared for what he saw when he arrived.

There was Sakura, his Sakura, looking incredibly provocative in a maroon and black velvet outfit that screamed 'Fuck me!'. In two seconds flat his dick hardened, and he was getting ready to leapt down and pin her to the wall, gossip be damned, when he noticed the Inuzuka brat swipe at his bloody nose and offer her his arm.

He literally saw red as his Sharigan activated without conscious thought on his part. OH HELL NO! His woman did not just dress up like a slut to go out on a date with another man! He was so shocked that for a few seconds he couldn't move, while he watched his cherry blossom smile and take the arm offered to her. She touched another man! His woman reached out and voluntary touched another man in a non-healing, non-combative way! He watched the sexy sway of her hips as they walked away, and his erection throbbed in time to her rhythm of her steps.

Anger poured through his body, stronger than anything he had ever experienced before in his entire life. He followed them, waiting for an opportune moment to ambush them and rip the younger man head off for touching, no- looking at his woman. As for his cherry blossom, she better hope like hell that he calmed down a little bit after killing the Inuzuka. The way he felt right now, she wouldn't be seeing the light of day for a month, and when she did, she wouldn't be able to walk a straight line!

Itachi gritted his teeth as he watched and listened to the reactions of all the men that were looking at his cherry blossom. His anger rose even higher, and he was outraged that she would expose her charms to the male population in such an obvious way. His only consolation was the uncomfortable look on her face. It was obvious to him that she was discomforted by all the attention she was garnering.

He dropped down here and there to teach the more offensive commentors a lesson in respecting his property. The maggoty civilian that had the nerve to propose to her, he ignored, afraid that he might actually kill the man. Uchiha protected the villagers, not slaughtered them. He had to repeat this to himself like a mantra as he followed the couple to the restaurant. He cloaked his body and slipped into the building unseen, taking up a position where he could see and hear everything that happened. Itachi gritted his teeth when he saw Sakura evade the brat's roving hand.

He managed to calm down a little as he watched and noticed that other than the food, she wasn't enjoying her date. Her answers were forced, and her smile was strained. His more rational side started to kick in, and he began to speculate about her reasons behind going out on this farce of a date. Was she trying to make him jealous, or was she just running from him desperately? Whatever her motives were, she wasn't going to escape from this unscathed. Uchiha men did not tolerate infidelity in their mates.

He saw his opportunity when Kiba excused himself to go to the bathroom and followed him stealthily. Making sure than no one else was in the room, Itachi cast a genjutsu on the door, making it disappear, and then erected a sound barrier. He unmasked his presence as strolled over casually towards the Inuzuka.

"So, Sakura Haruno. You are one lucky man." Itachi said. Kiba got a lewd smile on his face.

"Yeah, and hopefully I'll be even more lucky at the end of the night." He chuckled. Itachi's teeth ground together audibly, and in a lightening fast move, he reached out and grabbed the hand that Kiba had used to try and grab Sakura's ass. There was an audible snap, and Kiba let out a strangled shout of pain.

"What the hell was that for?" The young man hissed through his teeth. Itachi released his grip and took a step back.

"Sakura is mine. You used that hand to attempt to cop a feel of what is mine. I was merely instructing you on what happens when a man touches what I consider to be mine." Itachi told him sternly. Kiba's eyes grew large in alarm.

"Hey man, I didn't know! She approached me about the date, not the other way around!" Kiba said desperately as he backed away warily.

"I don't care. What I do care about is that you stay away from her from now on. This is the only warning you will receive, stay away from Sakura!" Itachi Sharigan flashed, and Kiba was caught in a genjutsu. He fell to his knees and grabbed his crotch protectively.

Satisfied that he had gotten his point across to the younger man, Itachi went to confront Sakura.

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END OF FLASHBACK

I think it is time I went to find my foolish little brother!