DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto. I do own this plot and any OC characters I may create along the way.

Here's chapter 2. R&R please!

"Wake up...Sakura-san...wake up..." Itachi nudged his sleeping student "Wake up!"

"UAH!" Sakura cried, jolting up and hitting her forehead on Itachi's. Hardness.

"Eep! Gomen, Itachi-sensei! Gomen!" she bowed over and over again.

Itachi's forehead was red.

"Hn. You're finally awake"

"Yes." Sakura nodded "In 3 in the morning!"

"You cut your hair" he ignored the comment "It looks better this way"

Sakura felt a rush of heat climbing up her body.

"Umm...what did you want?" Sakura asked after her blush receded.

"Time to train. You'll be with me until 3 in the afternoon, then you'll be with Godaime-sama" Itachi answered.

Sakura gawked.

"What?" he raised an eyebrow.

"You can actually talk...unlike your brother who can only tease" Sakura frowned.

Itachi held some warmness in his eyes. As soon as it appeared, it was gone.

"Get up and change. I'll be waiting in the abandoned training area by the Forest of Death" Itachi said.

"How about my team?" Sakura asked.

"You'll be excused on the days you have training" Itachi said before he disappeared.

"Hmph. Damned Uchiha, waking me up at 3 in the morning and telling me to train..." Sakura muttered under her breath when he was gone.

It's what you wanted right? So STOP COMPLAINING!!

You're such a hypocrite.

I-I'm offended, Sakura...

Haha. Just shut up.

Sakura took a quick shower to wake herself up. She wore her new clothes, which consisted of black and white for the day. She wore a black tanktop and a white slitted skirt and black legging underneath. Sakura attached her new black ninja sandals and then her black forehead protector into her hair. She strapped on her weapon pouch and kunai holster and finally exited her apartment quietly.

-

"Sensei?" Sakura called, lazily.

"Hm?" Itachi asked from behind her.

"Ah!" Sakura yelped, clutching her chest "D-don't scare me like that!"

"Your sensing skills are off" Itachi noted.

"Hmph. I know that already...so. What are we going to do today, sensei?" Sakura asked.

"We'll work on your sensing skills. They need to be on a specific point to be able to notice genjutsu" he replied.

Sakura nodded.

-

"Ahh!" Sakura yelped as kunai and shuriken grazed her body. She managed to dodge one that nearly hit her neck.

"Are you trying to kill me, sensei?!" Sakura furrowed her eyebrows.

Itachi sighed in response "Shut up and concentrate. You need to be able to block all of these" he threw a few more shuriken and kunai.

Sakura's only defense was a kunai. She was also prohibited from using any ninjutsu or genjutsu. A binding technique locked her feet to the ground and disabled her to dodge.

Sakura took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"Open your 6th sense" Itachi suggested.

6th sense?

Yes girl. It'll help you locate the direction and area the weapons are coming from.

Sakura nodded. She closed her eyes again and left her mind blank. She allowed her senses to reach it's farthest length. Her body moved unconsciously, blocking all of the weapons being thrown at her with great precision.

Sakura opened her eyes and caught a kunai coming from behind her with her index and middle finger. The kunai was aimed at her spine. Thank god she got it, ne?

Itachi felt himself smirk.

"Now locate me" he ordered her. There was a poof and he was gone.

"Shadow clone?" Sakura furrowed her eyebrows.

CONCENTRATE AND FIGHT THE WEASEL, MAN!!

I'D BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE IF YOU'D SHUT UP!!

...Sorry...

Sakura cleared her mind again and instinctively took out a kunai and shot it at a bush with precision almost equivalent to Tenten.

Itachi came out.

"I'm surprised you could find me. I don't believe many can" Itachi said.

"Is that a good thing?" Sakura asked.

"For you, yes. For me, no." Itachi replied calmly.

"...oh! Okay! So what now?" she asked.

"200 laps around Konoha" Itachi ordered.

"Whaat?!" Sakura gawked at him.

"Go" Itachi ordered.

Sakura whined but reluctantly obeyed her sensei.

-

"Oi!! Sakura-chan!!" Naruto grinned, waving at her.

Sakura panted as she worked on her 178th lap.

"Why are you running?" Naruto raised an eyebrow, trying to keep up with her.

"Training..." Sakura panted.

"This early? With who?" Naruto asked.

"Sensei" Sakura said, remembering not to mention Itachi's name.

"Kakashi-sensei? I thought he was with Sasuke-teme" Naruto frowned.

Sakura didn't reply "Bye Naruto!" she quickened her pace.

She left Naruto thinking (whoa, shocker there)...about ramen.

"To Ichiraku!!" Naruto decided and rushed over to his favorite ramen shop.

-

"Done..." Sakura dropped to the grass where her sensei was watching.

"10 minute break, then meet me here again" Itachi said and left.

"Oi! Sensei! Why do you keep on disappearing like that?!" Sakura pouted.

"Sakura, there you are. Why didn't you meet us at the bridge?" Kakashi asked her nearly unconscious body.

"Ex...cused...for...training..." Sakura panted out.

"Training? Who gave you this permission" Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"Tsunade-shishou" Sakura replied.

"Hn. She's probably just trying to get out of the missions. They're too hard for her. Ain't that right?" Sasuke sneered "Just in case you didn't know. Drawing with kunai doesn't count as training"

Sakura smacked him.

"I've been up since 3 in the morning, training my ass off." She gritted her teeth "I have a 10 minute break and I won't allow you to ruin it, Uchiha" Sakura said before walking away.

"Haha! Sasuke-teme was smacked by Sakura-chan!!" Naruto laughed, rolling on the floor. Kakashi stifled a laugh.

"Couldn't you have dodged that?" Kakashi cocked an eyebrow.

"Hn." Sasuke replied.

I didn't sense it coming, he thought, angered.

-

After getting a drink and a snack, Sakura returned to the training grounds by the Forest of Death. To her surprise, Kakashi and the others were there.

Ahh! What do I do? What do I do?!

Chill out. Itachi probably knows. For now, just train alone.

"Hmph. And have them watch me? I think not" Sakura muttered, but reluctantly walked over.

Naruto and Sasuke were fighting against Kakashi.

"OWWW! Teme, you're not supposed to hit a teammate!" Naruto rubbed his head.

"Dobe" Sasuke muttered.

A kunai was heading her way. She caught it by the handle and threw it back without watching.

"WHOA! I didn't know Sakura-chan could do that!" Naruto gasped.

Sakura just ignored her blonde friend's comment and walked into the bushes where she sensed Itachi.

"You're getting better at this. Not even Kakashi-san detected me" Itachi sighed.

"Yay!" Sakura grinned.

"We have permission to enter the forest of death. We'll be training in there." Itachi said.

"What?! 2 times in there is ENOUGH, thank you!" Sakura crossed her arms stubbornly.

"Hn. Meet me there" Itachi left without a trace...AGAIN. What the hell is with that man?!

Sakura muttered under her breath and went out of the bushes.

She noticed her team panting heavily on the floor. Kakashi was only panting slightly and he reading his hentai book.

"Oi! Sakura-chan! Why'd you go into the bushes?" Naruto called out.

She shrugged "I don't know"

Liar.

"Oh. Where's your sensei?" Naruto asked.

"Somewhere" Sakura replied.

"Where are you going?" Naruto asked, his grin never leaving his face.

"Forest of Death" Sakura approached a gate.

"What?! WHY?!!" Naruto cried "You'll die all by yourself!!"

Sakura glared at him "Are you implying that I'm weak?"

"N-no! It's just that it's scary there and how about if something happens?!"

Sakura ignored him and began opening the gate.

"Who gave you permission to enter?" Kakashi demanded.

"I don't know. Ask sensei" Sakura waved 'bye' and disappeared within the trees.

"Who the hell is her sensei?" Naruto cried in frustration.

"Hn. It's not like it'll be any help. The girl is hopeless" Sasuke remarked.

"That's enough Sasuke. You are in no position to say that" Kakashi glared at him.

Sasuke didn't reply.

-

"UAH! Freaky caterpillar!" Sakura jumped "Oh no! Weird owl! Eek! Ginormous slug!"

Itachi sighed.

"Calm down" he ordered.

She immediately shushed up.

"Good. We'll be practicing here from now on" Itachi said.

"Why?" Sakura asked.

"It's less likely for me to be seen" he replied.

"Oh...mmkays!" Sakura grinned "What now?"

-

...She really shouldn't have asked. Sakura spent the rest of the day until 3, jumping and ducking and balancing kunai on the tips of her fingers. She had to be able to focus chakra on a kunai and throw it into the stream without it going in, so that it would stay on the surface. Extremely hard. Haha. Then it was time to go with Tsunade...who threw dodgeballs at her, and made her heal an injured bird. Then she had to dodge her immense attacks. The result to missing one, either that part of your body is blown away, or all the bones shatter. Sakura ended up with a broken leg—which Tsunade healed after—because she was unable to dodge a kick that Tsunade made to the ground...which resulted in the ground cracking like an earthquake struck...

Oh boy...how can I live with this? And it's only the first day...

WAHHH!!!

How was that? Not the greatest, I know. Mmkays then, review!

Ja Ne