Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

After sending Itachi's blood in for testing, finishing her shift at the hospital, and getting the results, Sakura made her way toward the training ground

"Hey, Sakura!" She turned herself around to find Tenten walking up to her.

"Oh, hey Tenten. What's up with you?" The pink haired girl asked.

"Team Guy just finished training. What are you doing?" She asked as they both started walking.

"I was just going to check up on Naruto and Hinata," Sakura said.

Sakura and Tenten made it to the training ground and saw that they were in the middle of a fight.

"They make a really cute couple," Tenten said as they hid behind the trees, watching as Hinata dodged a punch.

"Yeah, team Kakashi and team Kurenai are trying to get them together. It seems to be working well," Sakura said as Naruto crouched down and swept his leg at her's, making contact. Hinata then fell onto her back as the fight ended.

"Ah, she lost," Tenten said in disappointment as Naruto extended his hand out to pull her up.

Hinata accepted with a blush on her already red face and he pulled her up. Naruto used a little too much force, so she landed against him instead, there faces just centimeters apart.

"Oh my gosh," Sakura exclaimed as the two girls' eyes grew wider and they move forward to hear what was going on.

"Uh, I need to go, Hinata. I'll see ya tomorrow!" Naruto said in a hurry, as he quickly grabbed his equipment and left the training grounds. All three girls now had their mouths hanging open.

"What the hell just happened?" Tenten asked as she and Sakura revealed themselves to the blue haired girl.

"I should probably go talk to Naruto," Sakura suggested and they agreed.

Sakura finally found Naruto as he was leaving his house, his hair damp and sticking up in every direction.

"Oh, hi Sakura!" Naruto said as he locked his door.

"Hey, what's up with you?" Sakura asked, afraid that he would run away again if she got straight to the point.

"Nothing, just finished training and taking a shower. I was just going to Ichiraku's for a snack before dinner," Naruto said, "You want to join me?"

"Well, I'm not really hungry, but I'll come anyway. We haven't talked in a while," she said and they made their way to the ramen shop.

"Old Man, one order of the usual!" Naruto said as he took a seat with Sakura sitting to his right.

"Miso with extra pork? Got it!" Teuchi said, making his best customer's order.

"So, Naruto, how was your training with Hinata?" Sakura asked as they waited.

"It was great. She's getting really good."

"Yeah, I was walking by the training ground when I was going home and saw you two. I saw you guys fight and she was doing really well. You know, before you kicked her down," Sakura said as Naruto's order arrived.

Naruto got his chopsticks and said, "It's not my fault I beat her."

"I didn't say it was," Sakura pointed out, "But I did see what happened when you helped her up."

"Hm?" Naruto mumbled, unable to speak with a mouth full of noodles.

Sakura was now getting impatient, so she asked, "Why did you run away after you helped her up?"

He swallowed and said, "I don't know. It felt... weird."

"Do you like Hinata?"

Naruto looked away, thinking. "I don't know. I mean, she's always been nice to me and always supported me. Maybe I do like her."

'Yay, he finally admits it!' Inner Sakura yelled with joy.

Sakura smiled and looked at her confused, blond friend. "That's great, Naruto, because she likes you too."

"Really? It doesn't seem like it," he said, in denial, continuing to eat his ramen.

"Trust me, she does. Tomorrow, you should tell her how you feel," Sakura advised.

Naruto chewed on his noodles slowly, processing all of this, and said, "Yeah, I think I will. Thanks for telling me, Sakura."

"No problem. Now, I got to go home to do some chores around the house. Enjoy your ramen and good luck tomorrow!" Sakura said as she left the shop, heading home.

Sakura was about to start washing her clothes when she heard a knock on the front door.

"Come in!"

She walked back to the living room to find her boyfriend sitting on her couch.

"Hey, Sasuke," Sakura said, walking up to him and sitting down in his lap.

He pecked her on the lips and said, "Hey."

"Where have you been all day?" She asked.

"I was at the Naka shrine, thinking," he answered.

"About?"

"Tomorrow is eleven years since the massacre," he said, looking away from her.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Sasuke," Sakura said, sympathetically squeezing his hand.

"There's no need to say sorry. It's not like it's your fault," Sasuke said, standing up with her in his arms.

"Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise."

Sakura promised to close her eyes as he carried her to his surprise.

"You can open them now."

Sakura opened her eyes and saw that they were at the fields behind the academy again. A red blanket was spread out in the grass with a picnic basket sitting on it.

Sakura smiled as she said, "You're so sweet, Sasuke!"

He smirked and put her down on the blanket. Sakura then opened the basket to find rice balls, potstickers, lettuce wraps, napkins, two cold water bottles and paper plates.

"Wow, this looks so good. Thanks for doing this," Sakura said, opening the plastic containers and passing him his plate and water.

"Hn, no problem," he said as they shared the food.

After they're done eating, they packed everything back into the basket and Sasuke walked Sakura home.

"I still need to finish the laundry," Sakura said as she stared at the stars above, "And wash the dishes, and dust everything, and water the plants, and-"

"Would you like some help with that?" Sasuke asked, smirking at her.

"I'd love that," Sakura said, happy that he complied, as they made it to her front door.

As she was opening her door, Inner Sakura asked, "So, are you forgetting something... again?"

"Itachi!" Sakura said, mentally slapping herself for forgetting for the third night in a row.

"Come on," Sasuke said as he reached for the knob.

"Um, wait!" Sakura said, grabbing his arm.

"Sakura, just let me help you, OK?" Sasuke asked, taking his arm back and opening the door.

"No!" She yelled as he walked in. Sakura came in and saw that there was no Itachi.

"Why have you been acting so jumpy and weird these past couple of days?" Sasuke asked angrily.

"I...," Sakura started, "I can't tell you."

This provoked him even more as he stared at her. "So now you don't trust me?"

"No, it's not that, it's just...," she continued, but didn't want to tell him about his brother.

Sasuke sighed angrily and said, "I'll see you later."

"Wait! Come back here tomorrow," Sakura said, "Please."

"I have to go back to the Naka shrine tomorrow," Sasuke reminded her.

"Come late tomorrow night. Around nine or ten," the pink haired girl said.

"Fine," he said and left, taking the basket and closing the door behind him.

"Ugh, Itachi, where are you?" Sakura said, closing her eyes and taking deep breaths.

"Right here," he responded, walking down the stairs.

"You're causing me a lot of trouble, you know that?" The medic asked, taking a seat with him.

"You don't need to help, you know," Itachi said, looking at her.

Sakura gave a deep sigh and said, "Yeah, yeah. Anyway, I have your blood test results and they're not looking too good."

"How so?"

"Well, the problem is is that we don't know what you have! None of the specialists knew what it was, and even Lady Tsunade couldn't figure it out. Apparently, It's some kind of new bacteria or something like that," Sakura explained.

"So there's nothing you can do to make me better?"

"Right now there isn't, but Lady Tsunade and I are working on making a medicine to fight off this new bug. Hopefully, we'll have it finished soon so you can get better before it makes your health even worse."

"Hn, and Tsunade hasn't asked who's blood this is?" Itachi asked curiously.

"Luckily, no. She probably just thinks that it's from one of the ill patients in the hospital," Sakura said.

"That's good," Itachi said, turning to face her, "So why did you ask my brother to come over here tomorrow night?"

"Because you two are finally going to forget you past's and make up," Sakura said to Itachi, who raised an eyebrow in response as Sakura explained her plan to him.

***This, and all of my other stories, will be on hiatus for a while because school has started. I might update ever two weeks or so, depending on how rough school is. I hope you all understand because I really do love this story and I don't want to stop writing.***

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8-19-11