Summary: What if Sakura had known Itachi before he left and had been on his team? How would Sasuke react to finding that out? 'I cared for him and he cared for me. He watched my back and I watched his. I killed for him and he slaughtered for me.' Sas/Sak Ita/Sak

Btw: Itachi is only two years older than Sasuke in this story and I'm gonna make Sakura a year older.

Sasuke- 25

Sakura- 26

Itachi- 27

Naruto- 25

Hinata- 25

Neji- 26

TenTen- 26

Shikamaru- 25

Ino - 25

Thoughts

Chapter 2: Encounters

The room remained quite for a moment after Sakura left before Tsunade yelled and punched the wall, smashing her fist threw it. Everyone but the Uchiha flinched. He just stared at the ground, his sharigan still activated, as he thought.

Sakura, his girlfriend, knew his brother. He was shocked. Never in a million years did he think that she would know him. She seemed too…innocent to know a killer like him. Yet she did and she had kept it a secret from him. For over thirteen years, since they were put on their genin team at twelve. He didn't know weather to be angry or upset that she didn't tell him.

Angry that she had withheld information on his brother that he could use to find and finally kill him or upset that the one person he thought he could trust, the one most important to him, had lied and deceived him. He may not show it but he did care for her. Maybe not love right now, but he did like and care for her and he probably always would.

His heart twisted at what he had heard Tsunade say before.

'I think he still has feelings for you.'

He didn't like the way that sounded.

'Still had feelings for you.'

That would assume that his brother had feelings for his girlfriend.

'Still…feelings…you.'

That once he had liked…maybe even loved, Sakura. That did not go well with him because that meant that Sakura might have had…feelings for his brother. It meant that they might have been together once before. It meant that she might only be with him because he looked almost, exactly like his brother. He shook his head, clearing the unwanted thoughts out of his mind.

No that wasn't true. Sakura loved him for him. He loved him because he was him. Not because he looked like his brother. Not because he was related to him. Somewhere in the back of his mind, however, there was doubt.

"Teme…..coming?" He was brought out of his thoughts as the dobe called him.

"What?" He asked looking up at the dobe before looking around the room to see everyone gone.

"We're going to talk to Sakura-chan. Are you coming?"

"Whose going?"

"Just Neji, Tsunade, me and you if you want to come." Naruto told him and he nodded, his sharigan finally disappearing.

"Where is everyone?"

"Ino, Hinata, TenTen and Shikamaru went to get some Ramen. They said they'd wait for us there. Neji and Tsunade went ahead."

"Hn. Why is Hyuuga coming?"

"Believe it or not teme but him and Sakura are close. Besides he was on the mission with us," Naruto answered, an evil gleam in his eye, "Why?"

"Hn." The Uchiha said as he walked out of the room.

"Teme!!!" Naruto yelled as he went to catch up with the Uchiha.

"What happened during the mission?" He asked the dobe once he was walking next to him. Naruto glanced at him.

"We were attacked by Akatsuki."

"I know that, idiot. What exactly happened?" Sasuke asked, with a bit of annoyance in his voice. Naruto sighed.

"Well…"

Flashback

Naruto, Neji and Sakura were traveling back from a A-ranked mission they had just completed. They had to travel to Stone country to assassinate a abusive and cruel Lord, that once lived in Kohona. The mission had been fairly easy and had be completed within a matter of a day. They had stayed the night and were now heading back to Kohona. However, when they reached the half way mark, the hair on the back of Sakura's neck stood up and she stopped, her eyes searching the area.

They widened as she jumped off the tree branch she had just been on. Within a second the tree exploded and wood flew in every direction, as the leaves were incinerated.

"SAKURA!!!!" Naruto yelled as he saw the tree explode.

"Right here, Naruto." Sakura said from the ground below him. He jumped down and hugged her tightly, glad she alright. Neji jumped down next to them as Sakura gently pushed Naruto off her, assuring him that she was alright.

"What was that?" Neji asked her, searching the area, his Byakugan activated.

"Exploding tag on a Kunai." She replied as she too scanned the area.

"Two people, to the west of here, no more than twenty feet away." Neji told the two, as he grabbed a kunai from the holster on his leg.

"Class?" Sakura asked, as she pulled her black, fingerless gloves on.

"S." He answered and her eyes narrowed, flashing red for a moment before returning to normal.

"It's them, isn't it?" Naruto asked as he got ready to fight.

"Hai, most likely," Sakura answered him, giving a reassuring smile, "They won't take you. I promise."

"I know, Sakura-chan. Thank you." Naruto said to her with a broad grin as he turned towards the west. A sharp pain hit Sakura's chest as she heard those words.

'Thank you.'

She shivered as a chill went up her spine and she turned towards the left, to the west, to see two figures draped in black cloaks with red clouds, standing on a tree branch.

"Kyuubi." A cold, void voice said to Naruto, who narrowed his eyes.

"Look at this Itachi, they're ready to fight us. How cute." The other man said with a cold chuckle.

"Like you would know what cute is shark face." Sakura snorted and the two males eyes turned to look at her. Both widened in shock for a moment, one more than the other, before returning to normal.

"What was that you little brat?"

"Did I hit a nerve, sharkie?" Sakura taunted and the man jumped down from the tree, ready to charge at her. Itachi stopped him, placing a hand in front of him, as he landed next to him on the ground.

"Not now, Kisame." He told his partner, all the while staring at Sakura, who narrowed her flashing eyes at him.

"Right. I'll get you later pinky." Kisame muttered and a vein in Sakura's head popped.

"What did you call me?"

"Pinky."

"Sharkie."

"Pinky."

"Sharkie."

"Pinky."

"Shut up," Itachi said sternly, the last of his patience gone, "We are here for the Kyuubi, Kisame. Do not waste your efforts on little girls."

"Little girl? I'll show you little girl, you bastard." Sakura said as she charged him. Naruto followed behind her while Neji went to attack Kisame.

Itachi and Kisame quickly moved away from each other, in opposite directions, Itachi going left and Kisame going right. Sakura made a sharp turn, redirecting her attack towards him once more after he had moved. Naruto was behind her, although he wasn't too focused on attacking just yet. Neji had just caught up with Kisame.

Sakura aimed a punch at Itachi's cheek to which he dodged, leaning to the side slightly. He grabbed her outstretched hand and pulled, hard, causing her to fly towards him. In an attempt to stop it, she pushed her leg in front of her and pushed away from Itachi, removing her hand from his grasp. She flipped back and once her feet were on the ground, ducked as a fist flew towards her. She countered, smashing her own fist in his stomach, not too hard though, causing him to flinch slightly.

She sent another punch into his gut, with enough force to make him skid back a bit. Taking this opportunity, she stood and went to kick him in the head. He, however, grabbed her foot and twisted in, earning a wince from her. He than spun her around once before letting go, sending her flying back into a tree, her back hitting it.

The force she was thrown, however, was not much, and she wasn't seriously injured because of it. Perhaps a few bruises and cuts. She fell to the floor, her stomach hitting it first and groaned in annoyance. She quickly pushed herself up and looked towards where Naruto and Itachi were fighting.

She saw Itachi send a rather powerful punch at Naruto, sending him back into the air, before kicking him in the stomach, sending him straight threw a tree at the force. Sakura winced as she saw the tree break in half and fall, and watched as Naruto skidded to a stop as he hit against the ground, digging a trench. That would have serious injuries. Sighing she looked towards Itachi again to find his face right in front of hers.

"Cherry Blossom." He whispered to her with a smirk, his red eyes gleaming. Her response was sending a fist had his face to which he caught and pulled her against him.

"Let go." She snapped and he gave a light chuckle, as if asking why. Growling she stomped on his foot, hard, causing him to let go, than she punched him in the gut, with enough power and force to send him flying back a couple feet. He skidded to a stop on his feet. By this time, Naruto had managed to get up and limp over so he could see them.

"Leave. Now." Sakura told Itachi who was staring intently at her, ignoring Naruto. He thought about it for a moment before giving a slight nod.

"Kisame, we are taking our leave." Itachi told him. Kisame who had been busy fighting with Neji, appeared next to him.

"What? Why?"

"Because I said so. Let's go." Itachi told him and Kisame grunted but disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"See you, Cherry Blossom." Itachi said with a smirk and wink at Sakura before, he too, disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sakura gave an inward smile before sharking her head as she walked over to Naruto, getting ready to heal his wounds.

End Flashback

"How did you find out that she knew Itachi?"

"We questioned her about what his actions and she told us, making us promise not to tell but she said we could tell the Hokage." Naruto explained to him and Sasuke nodded.

'So it seems my brother does have feelings for her.' Sasuke thought and anger surged threw him. 'He will not take another person from me. She is mine and will remain mine.' He thought fiercely.

Sakura was his, weather or not she or his brother liked it. She was his girlfriend, the woman he was going to marry, the woman that was going to carry his children, not his brothers. Silently, he vowed that he would never allow another man, especially his brother, take her from him.

'Nobody is going to take my blossom from me.' He thought to himself with a smirk.

"Teme? We're here." Naruto said, breaking him out of his thoughts. He looked up and saw that he was indeed at Sakura's house. He twisted the knob and opened the door, walking in.

(A/N: End of chapter 2. OMG!! I never expected to get that many reviews for the first chapter. THANK YOU guys so much. I really appreciate it and I'm happy that people actually like the story. I hope you guys liked this chapter as much as the first. Thank you once again and please continue to review.)