I apologize if this chapter is not very good. I was stuck on this one. Hopefully you'll like it...especially the ending :)

I do not own Naruto

With Akatsuki~

Kisame, Deidara and Sasori split up and ran through the forest looking for Sakura. "We're dead if we don't find her un" Deidara said panicking. "Find who?" Itachi said coming up behind the three with a bag in his hand. Deidara and Kisame gulped. "S-Sakura-chan escaped" Deidara said. They both winced when they felt a breeze run by them. When they looked Itachi was gone and the bag was on the ground.

With Sakura~

Sakura backed away from Orochimaru. Orochimaru took a few steps towards her. "Well if it isn't Sakura Haruno. The long lost kunoichi of Konoha" Orochimaru said with his eyes gleaming in excitement. Sakura didn't say anything only backing up slowly. 'I knew I should not have run away' she thought feeling her heart beating fast. Orochimaru grinned as snakes started moving around her. "How about we make a deal Sakura-chan" he said evilly. "You heal my arms and I'll give you anything you want" he said licking his lips with his snake like tongue. Sakura felt disgusted. "Like I can take you home. Back to Konoha where you can be with your friends again" he said getting closer to her. Sakura's foot touched a tree. She knew what it was. A dead end. Orochimaru was standing in front of her ready to take her away where she will never see the light again. His grin was so big the edge of his lips could touch his ears. Sakura closed her eyes. She felt a gust of wind and heard the sound of something being hit. She opened one eye. "Itachi?" she questioned.

With Itachi~

Itachi was running through the tree's. 'Her chakra is too low to be detected' he thought angrily. Suddenly he felt it. A familiar yet powerful chakra signature. 'Orochimaru' he thought. Itachi headed in that direction. As he got closer he felt Sakura's faint signature. Itachi masked his chakra and stopped in the braches when he spotted Sakura and Orochimaru. He had Sakura backed to a tree with snakes all around. Orochimaru started to speak that's when Itachi intervened.

Normal POV~

Sakura stared at Itachi's back. "Itachi?" she questioned. Itachi stared at Orochimaru with his sharringan activated. "I see. Akatsuki has already taken an interest in her" Orochimaru said. Itachi said nothing. Orochimaru's eyes trailed to his side where he saw Kisame, Deidara and Sasori. "I have no need to fight Akatsuki. But I will come for you Sakura Haruno" Orochimaru said then he disappeared. Sakura released her breath that she had been holding. Itachi turned and faced her. His sharringan activated. He grabbed her arm and took off. Deidara sighed as they left. "So are we suppose to take his bag back to cottage?" he asked. Sasori and Kisame walked away.

With Itachi and Sakura~

Itachi stopped in a small clearing. Sakura collapsed on the ground, holding onto the sheet wrapped around her. "Why did you leave?" Itachi asked. Sakura turned her head away from him. She stared at tree's, the ground, whatever she could find. It was better than looking at him at the moment. Itachi sighed and kneeled down in front of her. "Why are you wearing a sheet?" he asked. Sakura continued staring at a tree. "My clothes were too ripped" she said. Itachi opened his mouth to speak but Sakura beat him to it. "Why did you bring me here?" she asked turning her head to face him. She looked at his feet afraid that his sharringan was activated. Silence filled the air. The only sounds were that of the river near them, birds chirping and the soft wind blowing. "I brought you here because I thought it was better than leaving you alone" Itachi said softly finally breaking the silence. Sakura decided to raise her head and look at him. His sharringan wasn't activated. His black eyes stared at her emerald green ones. "I guess….I should thank you then" Sakura said giving a small smile. "For saving me…..and for being my first friend…..and my first love" Sakura said mumbling the last part. Itachi smirked and moved to beside her. "When did you figure out that I was your first love?" he asked a bit curious to see what she would say. Sakura sighed and laid her head against the tree behind her. She stared at the cloudy sky before closing her eyes. Taking deep breaths of the fresh air.

"The day when I showed you my secret place" she said adding a little laugh at the end. "I was so excited that I could share something so beautiful, and peaceful with my best friend" she said opening her eyes. She turned her head slightly and stared at Itachi. "At the time I was still young….but at your birthday when we danced…..That's when I realized how I felt about you. But I knew I couldn't have you" she said a bit sadly. Itachi turned and looked at her. Her eyes seemed frozen staring at his. He slowly moved his head towards her. His forehead touched hers. He froze. "That's when…..I fell in love with you" he said as he was getting closer to her. Sakura just stared. Her heart was beating quickly and she was sure that anyone could hear it. His lips softly brushed hers before he gently placed them on her lips and softly kissed her. Itachi slowly moved his head away still leaving his forehead on hers.

To Be Continued…

What did you think? I was stuck on this one what felt like forever :/

So was it good? bad? horrible? Give everyone cookies to bride them to read it?

I know, i try to be funny. Im so lame like that :D