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"Are you spying on Naruto and Hinata again?"

Sakura turned around, wide eyed, and said, "Ah, Ino, you scared me!"

"Sorry, I was just wondering why you're still spying on them. I mean, isn't this like the tenth time you've stalked them this week?" Ino asked jokingly.

"Naruto's gonna tell her that he likes her today!"

Ino's blue eyes brightened as she immediately quieted and crouched down next to her pink haired friend.

"And now you see why I have to stalk them," Sakura said.

"Shh!"

Naruto and Hinata had just finished training, both of them cooling off.

'What if she faints when I tell her? What if she runs away? What the hell am I suppose to do then?' Naruto frantically thought to himself, taking another gulp of water.

"Look at him," Ino whispered, "It looks like he's about to throw up."

"Ew Ino, I doubt he'll do that. I'm just hoping that they both don't faint," Sakura replied as Naruto walked up to Hinata.

"Uh, Hinata?" Naruto said, making his move.

She turned around and faced the blond with her trademark blush on her face. "Y-yes?"

"I...," Naruto began, gazing into her lavender tinted eyes while playing nervously with the hem of his orange t-shirt.

"Are you guys training!" A voice yelled from the distance.

All four ninjas looked to the right to see a fast approaching boy wearing a green spandex suit.

"Oh my gosh," Sakura said in disbelief, covering her eyes in horror as Rock Lee ran between Naruto and Hinata and started dragging them away to train.

Before Sakura knew it, Ino jumped up out of her hiding spot and yelled, "Lee, if you don't leave those two alone, I'll kill you!"

Lee's already big eyes widened even more as his face paled. No one messed with a mad Ino.

"Uh, yes Ino!" He said and ran away, hoping that he won't have to encounter the wrath of the blond girl.

"Try it again, Naruto!" Ino dictated as Sakura got up and showed herself. Naruto looked at both girls with a red face as Sakura punched Ino and pulled her away.

"I'm so sorry," was all Sakura said to the embarrassed Naruto and confused Hinata. Once she dragged Ino away, Sakura loosened her grip on her friend and asked, "What the hell was that all about? You ruined the moment for them and threatened to kill someone!"

"Hey, I wasn't the one to start it. You should be yelling at Lee, not me," Ino said, shrugging off event like it was nothing and started walking to the flower shop. "I got to go back to work so I'll see you later, Sakura!"

Sakura closed her agape mouth and left, not knowing what to think. The day just kept getting weirder and crazier, and this was only the beginning of it. The girl then looked at a clock to find that it was four-fifty in the afternoon, ten minutes until her shift at the hospital today. Sakura made her way to work, savoring the cool, dry weather until she got there.

"Good evening, Lady Tsunade," Sakura said, stepping into the medium sized laboratory room.

"Hello, Sakura. I'm glad to see you," she replied, already wearing gloves, goggles, and an apron.

Sakura put on her safety gear and went to work.

"How far are we exactly?" Sakura asked as she grabbed some herbs and medicinal plants.

"I think that we're really close to finding out the cure to this disease but who knows. Something could happen or it could not work," Tsunade answered, measuring her solution.

The pink haired medic let out a silent sigh of disappointment. "Well, I hope it works."

"Yes, we wouldn't want Itachi's health to deteriorate any more." Sakura froze in the middle of crushing the herbs, her eyes wide as she turned to look at her teacher. "Yes, Sakura, I know."

"How?"

"You think I don't have his blood samples from years ago? All I had to do was compare them," Tsunade answered, continuing to mix her solutions like nothing happened.

'Dammit, why didn't I think of that?' Sakura mentally slapped herself for her stupidity.

"OK, I'm sorry for not telling you, but I promised Itachi that I would help him," Sakura apologized, "I was just afraid that you would do something if I told you that he was in the village."

"Sakura, I also know about the massacre. I am the hokage after all," she said, "I'm fine with Itachi being in the village... secretly of course."

"Well that's good to hear. I was planning on getting Sasuke and Itachi together tonight, after my shift is over," Sakura explained.

"I'm not sure that's a good idea. There is a lot of tension between them and today is also the day that-" Tsunade started.

"Yes, I know. Sasuke told me," Sakura said.

"Yes, well are you still going with your plan?"

Sakura nodded a yes and continued her work, "This would be the perfect time for Sasuke to know the truth, don't you think?"

Tsunade stayed silent, contemplating the thought. "I guess so, but if you do bring them together, Sasuke will most likely try to attack Itachi at first so you'll have to make sure you can restrain him until he hears the whole truth."

"Of course."

"No peeking," Sakura reminded Sasuke again as she led him to the fields in the back of the village.

"Hn." Sasuke came like he promised he would and now it was time to put her plan into action.

Sakura was getting butterflies in her stomach, making her feel queasy yet excited. She stopped Sasuke when she spotted Itachi crouching in his hiding spot.

'It's now or never.'

"OK, Sasuke, open your eyes," Sakura commanded as she signaled for his older brother to get ready.

The younger Uchiha did as he was told and opened his eyes to see nothing special. "What's this all about, Sakura? It's late and if this is a joke, then I'm going home."

Itachi jumped out of the tree that he was hiding in and landed about twenty feet away from them. Sakura positioned Sasuke so that the brother's were facing each other. It took a while for his eyes to find Itachi, but when they did, anger boiled through Sasuke's body and he charged.

Sakura then grabbed him from behind and Sasuke yelled, "Get away, Sakura! Don't you see who's here?"

"Of course I do. I'm the one who told him to come," Sakura responded.

Sasuke froze and angrily asked, "What?"

"Sasuke, I know you're angry at me and you'll be even more angry at me when I tell you this, but Itachi and I have been secretly meeting for the past couple of days," Sakura said to him.

"How could you keep something like that from me?"

"Because we were afraid that you would attack like you just did," Sakura came back, "Just listen." Sasuke's clenched mouth didn't answer so Sakura continued, "Itachi told me the real reason behind the massacre and I think that he should be the one to tell you the truth."

Sakura locked eyes with Itachi and nodded for him to start. He explained everything to his little brother, including the clan's history and how he wished that this never happened.

"I had to do this to save our village. I regret leaving you at such a young age, but the burden of what I just did was too much. I hope you understand my choices and forgive me," Itachi said sincerely.

Sasuke had stayed tense and silent through the whole story, staring at the grass while still trapped in his girlfriend's arms.

"Sasuke," she said. He then pulled away from Sakura and started walking away. "Sasuke!" He didn't say a word or even look back before disappearing into the darkness.

Itachi let out a sigh as he walked up to the pink haired girl.

"I see he's still as stubborn as usual," Itachi commented. Sakura had a worried expression on her face and he noticed. "Go."

She flashed him a quick smile before she said, "Thanks, and I'm so sorry for all of this. You can stay at my house if you need to for tonight."

Itachi watched as Sakura ran after his little brother and he slowly made his way to the Naka Shrine. Today was a special day after all.

Hey guys! It's been about two and a half weeks since I last updated because of school, but I finally made some time for this chapter. I revealed some things in this chapter and I'm hoping you liked it. I'll probably be updating in two weeks or so. No promises.

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