Tsuki-chan: Thank you for being patient with me people. I get sidetrack easily so if I start writing a new chapter I start playing computer games instead or something like that. I know, I know, that's stupid but it's true. T . T
I now have a beta or whatever you call the editors; it is none other than the great Ou Yang Jing or to me...JING-CHAN! Hehehe, thank you soooooooooo much for your help! n . n
Kin-Kin: AAAHHHHHH, DON'T HURT ME! I UPDATED AND EVEN MADE THE CHAPTER LONGER! O . O
ELIE: Calm down, I updated! O . O
Sailor Leo: Honey you think that cliff hanger was bad, wait until you read this. Hehehe (evil smirk)
aznpuffyhair: If Sakura-chan just healed herself than the story would be a little bit less interesting, besides I'm sort of getting bored with her taking too long to heal.
izumi-17: Some of your questions will be answered in the story, oh and about the age thing...damn, I was hoping no one would notice.
EVERYONE, PAY ATTENTION HERE! Miss Izumi-17 just asked a very good question, it is about Sakura and Itachi's age.
They are both 13, Sakura hasn't met Naruto yet. She was training with Tsunade and another sensei (my OC...well actually I think I'm going to borrow a character from my friend) when she got sent to the past. Itachi, in my story, is going to end up killing the clan like after a year so what we're going to read is what happens during that year. Also there's a bunch of stuff that's going to happen which I'm not going to say because that'd be giving it away. n . n
Sakura stared in front of her dumbly as she tried to clear her head; she just kissed her number 1 enemy…well number 1 in a way. Before she could speak a shinobi appeared from the corner. "Itachi-san, Shojikina-san is calling you! He wants to talk about your next mission." Without breaking eye contact he nodded, the unknown shinobi didn't notice but Sakura definitely saw the irritableness in his eyes.
"I…uh….BYE!" she screamed running away. The shinobi sweat dropped while Itachi licked his lips. Smiling he noticed traces of her essence on his lips.
'GAAAHHHH, I FEEL LIKE A GIRL IN A MANGA!' Sakura screamed mentally as she ran into the streets of Konoha, her face bright red. She ignored her irritating wound; she had wanted to save her chakra at first but decided to just heal it right away as she ran." Why, why, WHY ME!" she yelled grabbing her head.
She growled as she stomped down the streets, the citizens wisely got out of her path, even the cats and dogs seemed to walk away.
As she stomped through the streets she suddenly heard a whimper in the alleyway. Quirking an eyebrow she slowly walked in there. The place was dark and smelled….well, very bad.' Why…why does this place…look so…familiar?' Sakura wondered as she walked deeper.
Forehead girl, forehead girl!
'Who said that!' Sakura thought wide eyed as she whirled around, there wasn't anything except the darkness of the alley. Blinking she decided to continue her journey inside.
Look, she even has pink hair! I head that it's a bad omen!
Sakura flinched at those words but shook her head and continued walking. 'Is this some genjutsu that makes me recall bad memories?'
She's so weak. Weakling, weakling!
She cries too much too. Crybaby, crybaby!
Eww, she's coming near us! Run away!
'GET AWAY!' she thought wide eyed as she ran through the alley, she skidded to a stop when she heard the small noises of someone crying. Blinking she followed the source of the noise and found a bundle of pink curled up on the dirty floor. Her already wide eyes widened even more' Hell…NO!'
"Um…little girl…are you alright?" Sakura whispered as she bent down to get a closer look at the girl, she narrowed her eyes at all the gashes and cuts that were on her body. Studying them carefully she realized that they were made by rocks and by someone's hands. She reached out and touched the girl's hair that was damp by sweat, she sighed as the little girl flinched.
"It's alright. I won't hurt you." Sakura whispered as she lifted the small girl up carefully as to not aggravate her wounds, noticing the jaded emerald eyes." What's your name?" she asked gently, the little girl looked at her after rubbing her bruised eyes, wincing." M-My na-names Sa-Sakura….Haruno Sa-Sakura." She whispered.
"That's funny…my names Sakura too." Sakura said cheerfully as she held the small girl in her arms protectively.' I was right…she's me' Sakura thought as she walked out of the alleyway, the younger version of herself soon fell asleep as exhaustion caught up with her.
'Okaasan and Otousan were never there for me when I was younger…they were too busy with missions, they tried their best but they were too busy…when they finally try and become real parents to me…they get killed…' Sakura thought with a bitter look as she walked down the streets, her arms glowing as she healed the pink haired girl.' It's my fault…I wanted us to bond and while they were quickly coming home….'
Sakura didn't look up as the Uchiha estate soon came up. Sasuke looked up from reading a book; his eyes brightened at the sight of Sakura and ran towards her. "SAKURA-NEESAN!" he yelled, he slowed down when he noticed her solemn eyes. "What's wrong?" he asked, lowering his voice as he also noticed the sleeping girl.
Sakura looked at him and gave a forced smile. "It's not Sasuke-kun…where's your mother?" Sasuke frowned at the fake smile but didn't ask. "She's inside. Otousan left for work and Itachi-niisan still isn't back…who's she?" before she could answer she heard someone call out her name, looking up she saw Hikaru standing there.
"Sakura-chan, you're back!" she said walking towards them, she blinked when she noticed mini-Sakura. "Who's she?" Sakura chuckled. "Her names Haruno Sakura…I found her all bloodied up in the alleyway…studying her wounds, I would have to guess someone hurt her." Hikaru gasped. "Who would do such a thing?"
"I'm not sure…but she fell asleep and I have no idea where she lives." Sakura said lying through her teeth. "I see, c'mon. Let's get this poor girl to bed…wow; we're getting a lot of wounded guests these days." She said brightly, Sakura blushed. "I'm sorry for being such a bother." Hikaru shook her head. "Oh no, not at all. We just don't really get that many guests at our house."
After placing the little girl on the spare futon in the same guest room Sakura was staying in, they walked into the kitchen for a cool drink. "You know, she has pink hair just like you. It's surprising you two aren't related." Hikaru said taking a sip of lemonade; Sasuke just watched the two from his seat as she gulped the lemonade through a straw.
"Yes…that's true…the world really is a strange place." Sakura said with a sweat drop. They glanced at the door as it opened and Itachi entered. "Oh hello dear, what did Hokage-sama call you for?"
"Mission." He grunted as he took off his sandals. "Oh, Sakura-chan brought another guest. She was hurt, Sakura-chan healed her, and now she's resting in the same guest room that Sakura-chan stays in." Sakura blushed as Itachi turned his intense eyes towards her; she looked away quickly and focused on her lemonade.
"How long do you think you'll be gone this time? The trip to the summer house is in a few days." Hikaru said thoughtfully, most of the Uchiha's have been working hard so they decided that a vacation was in order, so Sasuke's family and a lot of other relatives were going for a relaxing vacation at their summer house.
"It'll only take a few hours; the village we have to escort the hime-sama isn't that far." He explained as he joined them at the table, Hikaru pouring a glass for him." So who's the wounded girl?"
As the words slipped out of his mouth the door leading to the hallway opened. Little Sakura stood there in a huge shirt with one hand in front of her mouth while the other held onto the door. Since her clothes were practically like rags they had changed her into a huge shirt. Sakura sweat dropped as Hikaru looked at her younger self with an expression that just screamed 'she-is-so-KAWAII!'
"Sakura-chan…you're awake." Sakura said with a gentle smile. Itachi sweat dropped as he also noticed his mothers look and one thought went through his mind' We really need more girls in the family' he shook his head as Sakura walked over to mini-Sakura who looked at her shyly.
"I'm sorry…for bothering you." Mini-Sakura murmured as she bowed apologetically. Hikaru nearly squealed as she held onto Sasuke. Since she couldn't hold Sakura she was squeezing the life out of Sasuke who was squirming for freedom. "Okaasan …Sasuke needs air." Itachi informed her as his sweat drop grew. Hikaru loosened her grip but still had a hold on Sasuke.
"Sakura-chan…where are your parents?" Sakura looked at the floor. "They're on a mission……again." She whispered. Sakura sighed as she lifted mini-Sakura up. "SHE COULD STAY HERE!" Hikaru practically screamed out. Apparently, she had been bursting to talk. "Besides, Sasuke needs a playmate. Since Itachi's always out and I'm busy Saku-I mean mini-Sakura-chan is perfect!" she squealed.
"Arigato but…my parents." She said coyly as she looked down. Sakura chuckled. "I'll talk to Hokage-sama. Don't worry." She placed her miniature self into Hikaru's arms who hugged her. "Don't worry; we'll take good care of you!"
'I hope she doesn't kill me' Sakura thought as she noticed the glimmer in Hikaru's eye as she held mini-Sakura. "Strange how she looks just like you." She heard a voice whisper from behind. She squeaked as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her arms and waist. Sasuke and Hikaru were too busy talking to her past self to notice.
"Yes…that is strange." Sakura whispered. "Is there something you're not telling me?" Itachi whispered next to her ear. She shivered as his hot breath blew against her ear. She blushed as he nipped her ear. 'What the hell is the idiot doing! His mother and brother are right over there!'
'Tell me about it. If we get caught we're dead!'
'Where the hell did you come from?' Sakura yelled enraged at her inner-self. Her inner-self sweat dropped and disappeared into the small box in her brain that Sakura created to keep her inner-self under control by stuffing her in there.
Turning her attention to the situation at hand, she squirmed as his right hand trailed downward; her arms were caught so she couldn't move.
"S-Stop you i-idiot." She hissed. She blinked when he complied. She sighed when she realized that the reason he stopped was because Sasuke had walked over. "Sakura-neesan, Sakura-chan is sooo shy…every time I talk she looks down and her face gets red." Sakura giggled nervously, trying to ignore the goose bumps that started to appear on her arms.
"Just be patient…Sakura-chan was hurt really badly by other kids so I'm not surprised she's nervous around others now." Sasuke blinked. "Other kids beat her up? Hmm…….SAKURA-CHAN!" he yelled whirling around. Mini-Sakura squeaked at the volume of his voice. "I'll protect you! A shinobi always protects the person he cares about so I'll protect you from now on!" Mini-Sakura turned bright red while Sakura giggled; she placed a hand on top of Sasuke and said confidently. "I know you'll take good care of her." He gave a sheepish smile as mini-Sakura gave a coy smile. "Arigato Sasuke-kun."
"That's so kawaii, my little boy is growing up." Hikaru said proudly" Okaasaaaannn." Sasuke whined with a pout. Sakura chuckled and than realized something. "Hikaru-chan, what were you talking about…about a family trip?"
"Oh, some of the family members have been working really hard so we decided a vacation was in order………you and mini-Sakura-chan are definitely going to come!" Sakura gulped at her fierce look. "But…I-I don't want to intrude." Hikaru chuckled. "What intruding when you're going to be part of the family soon…I-I-I mean when you're already like family!" she changed quickly. Sakura sweat dropped. 'Okaaaayyyyyy'
(A FEW DAYS LATER)
Sakura fidgeted under her baggy white Capri and tight baby blue tank top. The Hokage actually bought her all the things she needed. She had refused at once but he had insisted, saying that an old man like him didn't really need that much money and with his salary. It'd be like he never used any money at all. In exchange all he said was that when he needed her services she would give it, which she quickly agreed to.
The day of the summer trip was finally here. Kaosu stated that no one minded that Sakura and mini-Sakura were coming. Currently mini-Sakura was sitting next to her in a short yellow sun dress. "Sakura-neesan, are you nervous?" mini-Sakura's nervousness began to fade away only near Sasuke, Sakura, Itachi, Hikaru, and Kaosu. Anyone else, she'd go back into shy-mode.
"No, just thinking." Sakura murmured. Itachi really wasn't going to leave her alone. When he had the chance he would corner her but like always she would escape.
"Are you two ready!" Hikaru asked excited. Mini-Sakura nodded equally excited while Sakura nodded glumly. "What's wrong Sakura-chan?" Sakura shook her head. "Nothing, I'm fine. I'm just feeling a little sick." Hikaru nodded. "Don't worry; you'll feel better when we get there. We're hiking up the mountain, mini-Sakura-chan, do you need help?"
Since there were two Sakura's now they had dubbed the smaller Sakura, mini-Sakura. Since the other men had other ways of calling Sakura and mini-Sakura, Hikaru and whoever calls the older Sakura, Sakura-chan, ended up calling the smaller Sakura, mini-Sakura-chan.
"It's alright Hikaru-chan, I'll carry them." Sakura said lifting the smaller bag easily. Her own dark red duffle bag held on her shoulder. "Alright then, the others are outside. You want to go meet them?" Sakura smiled. "Sure, that'll be nice." Hikaru smiled back as she dragged the two outside.
She blinked when she saw a bunch of people wearing the Uchiha clan symbol and sweat dropped. 'I should have known that Sasuke-kun would have a lot of relatives.' She allowed herself to be dragged by Hikaru to a bunch of ladies who had come with their daughters. "Meiko-chan, this is Sakura-chan and mini-Sakura-chan. The ones I told you about."
A woman with dark purple hair turned around, her eyes, like all the other Uchiha's, were onyx. "Hello it's a pleasure to meet you." She said smiling kindly. "Sakura-chan, this is Meiko-chan, Emiko-chan, Keiko-chan, and finally Midori-chan." The ones she had called out were all adults, their daughters were around.
Emiko, apparently, was the twin of Meiko for she had the same hair and eyes. Actually Sakura couldn't tell who was who if it weren't for that Meiko had long hair while Emiko had short hair. Keiko had dark red hair that looked pitch black with traditional Uchiha eyes. Midori, like her name, had dark green hair that looked black as well and had traditional Uchiha eyes. (Midori means Green.)
"Hello, my names Sakura. This girl over here is named Sakura as well." the women fawned over mini-Sakura who hid behind Hikaru's legs. She peeked at the other women shyly and gave a small smile as a blush adorned her cute face. 'Geez, I'm not that cute.' Sakura thought with a sweat drop.
"Sakura-chan, our daughters are talking over there if you're interested." Midori said with a smile as she turned towards the older girl for a second as all the other adults tried to coax mini-Sakura out of hiding.
"Arigato." Sakura said with a bow, a smile, and one last glance at her past self she turned around only to be surrounded after a few feet away.
She blinked as she realized that they were all boys, all her age. Relatives of Sasuke and Itachi, she supposed. "Um…hello." One of the boys smirked, the famous Uchiha smirk. He had wild black grayish hair and the usual eyes. "Hi, I'm Uchiha Yukio. Who are you?" he asked, she really didn't like the glint in his eyes. (Yukio means a person who gets what he wants and someone God will nourish.)
"Uh…I'm Sakura, I'm a guest at Hikaru-chan's house." She said quietly, his smirk seemed to grow. "Oh, you must be the girl that Obasan (Aunt) always talks about." He said leaning closer when suddenly a boy slapped him on the back of the head. "What the hell, Fudo! What the hells your problem?"
"You shouldn't treat a beautiful lady like her so ungentlemanly. My name is Uchiha Fudo, a pleasure to meet you." He said picking up her hand and kissing it gently, a light shade of pink covered Sakura's face. Fudo had dark red hair that looked a bit maroon. "It's a pleasure to meet you." Sakura whispered as her bangs covered her face. (AN: Fudo means God of Fire and Wisdom.)
"Hi, I'm Uchiha Kano." The next boy had dark blue hair that seemed a bit violet. "I'm Fudo's twin brother and Fudo's wrong, you're not beautiful, you're gorgeous!" Fudo smacked him. "They mean the same thing, baka." (AN: Kano means God of the Waters.)
"Hi, I'm Uchiha Raidon. Nice to meet ya." He was a bit bigger boned than the others and had pitch black hair with golden blond bangs. He shook her hand, tightening his grip, Sakura's shyness disappeared as she smirked, tightening her grip as well. She was satisfied when he winced after a few moments and the two let go, she smiled and he returned it. (AN: Raidon means Thunder God.)
"Hey, I heard that there were two Sakuras'." Kano said looking around. "Oh, Sakura-chan's being coddled by the adults." She said motioning towards the female adults who were still gushing all over mini-Sakura who sweat dropped. "Whoa, Obasan was right, you look exactly like her. The only difference is the bust and -"SMACK!. "Don't say such vulgar words in front of me." Fudo said with a glare at Yukio.
"What are you four doing?" they heard a deep voice ask frostily, they all turned and saw Itachi standing there. They glared back at him as he glared at them. "Uh…hehe, hi Itachi-kun." Sakura squeaked out nervously as he turned his gaze towards her. "There you are, c'mon." he said grabbing her wrist, pulling her away. "Um…goodbye…it was nice meeting you!" Sakura said quickly as he dragged her away.
"What do you think you're doing?" Itachi growled as he pulled her far away from everyone else until they were at the other side of the house, he had pushed her against the wall with his sharingan activated. She glared at him. "I was making friends, is that a crime?"
"If all of them are guys, then yes, I don't like you flirting with other boys." He practically snarled, she growled. "Who was flirting? Besides, why do you care-?" she started to snap but was cut off with his forceful kiss. Her eyes widened before they tightened as she closed them. He nipped her lower lip making her gasp, giving him access to her mouth.
She whimpered at the brutality of the kiss as he coaxed her tongue to mold with his, when they came up for air her lips were bruised and she was out of breath. As she tried to catch her breathe he gave her a dead-sexy look. "You're mine cherry blossom and I'll be damned before I hand you to anyone else." He whispered in a low threatening voice, after placing a gentle kiss on her bruised lips he walked away.
'……WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!' she screamed after a moment, she shook her head and jogged out from the side. She blinked as she was surrounded once more, this time it was girls.
"You must be Sakura-chan, my names Uchiha Yumi." A girl with long violet hair said cheerfully as she held a hand out. Sakura shook it and the two smiled. "My names Uchiha Usagi, it's a pleasure to meet you." A girl with short black hair held her hand out and she shook hands again. (AN: Yumi means Beauty while Usagi means Rabbit)
"I'm Kichi, Uchiha Kichi. I heard so much about you from Obasan." Kichi stated as she flicked her brown black hair. "Yeah me too, she keeps going on and on about you." A girl with blue hair stated with an annoyed expression. "The names Mika. Nice to meetcha." (AN: Kichi means Fortune while Mika means The New Moon.)
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Sakura said with a smile. "What were you doing with Itachi-kun?" a girl with waist length dark green hair demanded. "Chill Leiko, what Itachi does is none of your business." Mika said with a glare. Leiko turned her nose up in the air and stomped away. (AN: Leiko means arrogant) She walked up to a bunch of other girls and started chattering like birds.
"That's Uchiha Leiko. Since she was born from a family who is closer to the main family than us she thinks she's all that." Kichi said shaking her head. Sakura arched an eyebrow. "You don't have a Branch House like the Hyuuga's, do you?" Yumi shook her head. "Nope, when we mean closer we meant people who are born in a family whose sharingan is most likely to activate at a young age." She said with a shrug.
"Can all of you use the sharingan?" Sakura asked curiously, the hike had started and all of them were now heading towards the summer house. "Well…not really but Leiko can't either, besides we're only 13. She and her group of friends think they're so cool when we could beat their asses all the way to the Lightening country." Mika grumbled angrily. "Don't mind her; she just gets on your nerves."
"Oh yeah, I see you met the baka-team a moment ago." Kichi said wrinkling her nose. "Fudo's a gentleman and all but all of them are dumbasses. They love to annoy us." Yumi grumbled as Sakura hopped on top of a boulder, continuing her way without stopping.
"Hey, is that little girl next to Sasuke-kun your sister?" Mika asked motioning towards Sasuke and mini-Sakura who were giggling together; they looked a bit tired but didn't look like they were going to stop anytime soon. The four Uchiha's 'awwed' as Sasuke helped mini-Sakura over a huge rock.
"Hehe, even if we do look alike we're not related. It's a bit uncanny how we look alike and all but we didn't know each other until I rescued her from the alley. Apparently she was bullied by other kids." Sakura muttered as she gave mini-Sakura a warm smile.
"Hey look, we're here!" Kichi exclaimed. "Wow, it's really pretty." Sakura commented as she looked at the tropical paradise in front of her. "Yeah, it even has a great hot spring." Yumi said with a happy look. They watched as mini-Sakura turned around after telling Sasuke something. They watched as she ran towards them and latched onto Sakura's leg, they cooed at how cute they looked together.
"Neesan…" she whispered. 'Great, I think of myself as an older sibling' Sakura muttered as she chuckled at the irony of it all. "C'mon Sakura-chan, Sasuke looks a bit lonely." She said patting the pink haired girl. There were other kids but they were bothering the team Kichi had deemed the baka-team. "Hai," she said letting go, with a wave she ran back towards Sasuke and engulfed him with a hug.
Sakura sweat dropped as all the other adults chuckled while Sasuke had a cute shade of pink on his face. 'This…isn't good…my younger self is in love with the younger Uchiha while…while I'M GETTING SEXUALLY HARRASSED BY THE OLDER ONE!'
"That is sooooo kawaii!" they heard Leiko shout.' Okay, even more weird. The girl who hates me likes my younger self' Sakura thought shaking her head, she caught Itachi's eyes and gulped, turning her head. "I hate to admit it but Leiko's right that is kawaii." Mika stated.
"C'mon girls, we have to decide who stays with whom in which room." Meiko yelled, they nodded and ran towards the huge…HUGE…summer house. Sakura sat on a huge boulder and watched with a chuckle as mini-Sakura and Sasuke ran towards her.
"Sakura-neesan!" Sasuke yelled as he ran into one of her open arms, Sakura landing on her other arm. "Are you two tired?" they shook their heads energetically although she could tell they were a bit weary by the look in their eyes. "Okaasan said she'll get a room with me and Sakura-chan." Sasuke said cheerfully.
"That's good; you're doing a good job protecting Sakura-chan." Sakura said ruffling his hair as he laughed. She looked up as Hikaru called her. "Well I gotta go." she said jumping down with a flip as she held them. The two laughed as they wobbled around a bit dizzy. She noticed the envious look from the other kids as they bugged the baka-team into doing that with them and shook her head as she walked towards Hikaru.
"Hai?" Hikaru smiled. "Well…there was a little problem with the rooming. It's usually two in each room. Itachi choose the back room and he really doesn't like rooming with his cousin's so….we were wondering if you would room with him." Sakura gulped' Oh hell no…HELL NO, HELL NO, HELL NO, HELL NO, HELL NO, HELL NO!' Sakura smiled nervously. "Of course, I'm fine with that." Hikaru smiled. "Okay then, I need to talk to Teishu."
"Teishu!" she called out, she found him talking to his cousins. "What is it Hikaru?" he asked curiously. "Well….can I talk to you in private?" he quirked an eyebrow but nodded as he nodded towards his cousins who left. "What is it?" he repeated.
"It's about…Itachi." He gave her a concerned look, although his face was impassive his eyes shone with that particular emotion. "No-No, it's nothing fatal…it's just he's going to room with Sakura-chan and I was wondering…well Itachi's a growing healthy boy and his hormones are probably kicking him by now s-so……"
"You want me to talk to him about…masturbating?" Hikaru face faulted at that sentence. "NO! I want you to talk to him about s-sex!" she exclaimed, her face as red as a cherry, Kaosu sighed. "Hikaru, he's a smart boy. I'm sure he'll know where to stick it in." Hikaru growled and huge hammer made of chakra appeared as she bonked her demented husband on the head with it. "I'm leaving!" she snapped.
Sakura walked nervously to the back room, Leiko had screamed at her when she heard this and tried to make her switch places but her mother snapped at her to back down. They were currently still yelling outside. Wringing her hands Sakura knocked on the door and opened it. She sighed in relief at the two queen beds; she noticed his black bag on one bed.
"Whew…looks like he's not here." She whispered as she walked in, she froze when the door closed by itself. "Who's not here?" she heard a husky voice whisper behind her. She turned around slowly only to drown in a sea of red and black.
Tsuki-chan: MUAHAHAHAHA, EVIL CLIFFHANGERS!Did you like it? I hope you did, well I gtg! n . n, if there's a lot of reviews I might update more quickly this time.