Sailor Uranus: Hey Izzy, did you see anyone from the Negaverse?
Izzy: HOLY CRAPING SHIT! IT'S SAILOR FREAKIN URANUS! I LOVE YOU! TEACH ME YOUR WAYS, OH WISE HERO!
Sailor Uranus: What?
Izzy: I'm you're biggest fan! Will you please do my disclaimer?
Sailor Uranus: Umm… Ok? Issy111 does not own Sailor Moon, or Naruto.
Izzy: -glomps- I love you. -sigh-
In The Kazekage's Office
"Itachi, I heard something about a funeral?" Gaara asked, curious when the ex-Akatsuki member crushed the ring that used to sit on his right ring finger. The tall man raised his head to attention.
"Yes. The woman who saved my life gave hers in exchange for mine. I wanted a proper burial for her." Itachi replied in a respective tone, looking at the lifeless woman on a lonely couch in the back of the room.
"We can arrange that. Because of you, we still have Sakura, and a funeral is the least we can do." Gaara said, slightly smiling. Sakura squealed in delight and hugged Itachi.
"Thank you very much."
"We'll need a casket and a new gravestone. I can have those made quickly out of sand. When do you want for her to… go?" Gaara started, thinking about what they would need.
"As soon as possible. We want to finish the mission." Shikamaru interrupted. Itachi nodded in agreement.
"We can do it tonight. Then you all can rest up and be ready by sunrise if needed." Gaara suggested.
"That's perfect!" Itachi exclaimed. The Kazekage raised a small bell off of his desk and gently rang it. Within seconds, a girl with light brown hair had arrived.
"Matsuri, bring me enough sand to make a funeral casket and gravestone sand, please." He requested. The girl nodded and left the room as fast as she had entered. Sakura threw Gaara a questioning glance.
"She's my new apprentice. She may not look it, but she's been surviving my courses with flying colors. There's something special about her…" Gaara's voice trailed off.
Outside the Kazekage Tower, Cemetery
"Any last words?" Gaara slowly lowered the casket. Sakura stepped forward.
"We didn't meet officially. I didn't think you had a fiber of good in your body, especially after you tried to kill me, in my dreams and in real life. But when you saved Itachi's life, I couldn't believe it was true. I owe so much to you. Without you, actually, none of this would've happened. I would've never found Itachi and we wouldn't be together right now. So, Thank you." Sakura watched the case holding Karin's body sink into the ground. Itachi stood beside the pink-haired girl.
"My gratitude to you is unexplainable. I can't put it in words. It puzzles me. I've never been at such a loss of words in my life. Now, a woman who tried to kill the love of my life, then saved my life, has made me lose any words from my mouth. The only thing I can think of to say, is thank you." Itachi finished after a statement that made his tongue twist. He looked at Gaara, who nodded. Gaara used one hand to lower the casket and the other was used to cover it with sand. Soon, nothing was visible in the dim lantern's light. The crowd slowly made their way to the large sand-colored house they were staying in. Sakura ran in and took a deep breath.
"Ah. Home, sweet home!" She sighed as she plopped herself on a familiar couch.
"Make yourselves comfortable. What's mine, is yours. Except for my fan. You are NOT allowed to touch the fan." Temari snarled. After about five minutes, rooms were claimed and divided. There was a total of 10 guest bedrooms in the Sand-Sibling Abode. The girls decided to all bunk together in Temari's room, while the men each got their own.
"Where do I sleep?" Itachi asked, when all the rooms were pronounced taken.
"With Sakura, of course!" Temari exclaimed, skipping away. Itachi looked at the sleeping girl with pink hair, " The ony other room available is Gaara's, but we never know when he wants to come home from his Kazekage apartment, so we always keep it unoccupied. Oh, Sakura's room is the first one on the left. You'll be able to tell it's hers." The girl added, seeing Sakura asleep on the couch. Itachi nodded and picked Sakura up in his arms. He carried her to the first door on the left and looked around the room. There was pink…EVERYWHERE. The bedsheets were a cherry blossom pink, just like Sakura's hair and the walls were a soft baby pink. Itachi gently laid the sleeping girl on the bed and tiptoed out of the room.
"Where are you going?" Naruto stopped Itachi as he was about to walk out the door.
"Out to run an errand. I'll be back soon." Itachi reassured the blond. Naruto shrugged as Itachi walked outside.
Sakura rose from her bed.
"Where's Itachi?" Sakura mumbled to herself. She walked out the door and saw Naruto.
"Where did Itachi go?" She asked.
"He said he had to go run an errand. He also said that he would be back soon." Naruto replied casually.
"Oh, ok. Then I guess I'm going to be bored for the next hour. I'm going to visit Gaara and entertain him, because I know that he's probably super bored!" Sakura exclaimed, running out of the door, to the Kazekage Tower.
"Gaara! I've come to rescue you from the Boredom Monster!" Sakura yelled as she burst into Gaara's office. Gaara wasn't in his usual place, sitting at his desk. Instead he was facing the wall near the corner of the room. Sakura saw two arms around him that she couldn't recognize. A small pair of eyes opened and widened when they saw her. The arms pushed Gaara back. Sakura realized they belonged to the Kazekage's apprentice, Matsuri. Gaara turned around and saw his sister standing in the doorway, mouth in a petite "O."
"Sakura, I can explain.." Gaara started. Sakura laughed.
"You don't have to. Remember that tall handsome guy who used to be part of Akatsuki? Yeah, I completely get it. Besides, you wouldn't be able to. You're feeling emotions that can't explain, blah, blah, blah. Right?" Sakura rolled her eyes. Gaara and the girl next to him blushed madly.
"Sakura, please don't tell anyone…" Matsuri started. Sakura held up her hand, stopping her midsentence.
"I won't. Gaara knows that. Don't worry. Your secret of love is safe with me." Sakura smiled and put her finger to her lips, making the quiet sign. The embarrassed couple let out a sigh of relief.
By the time Sakura made it back, Itachi was already waiting in her room, reading one of her books.
"Where's you go?" They asked each other at the same time, "You first." They said together again. Sakura laughed.
"I was talking to Gaara about stuff." She answered, "You?"
"You'll find out soon enough." A sly smile pulled on Itachi's very kissable mouth.
"Fine, then I won't tell you MY secret." Sakura replied in a stubbornly playful voice.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!" They threw at each other. Itachi wrapped his arms around Sakura and pulled her down into the bed, falling into a heap of giggles. The last thing Sakura saw before she fell asleep was Itachi's eyes, looking deeply into hers.
The Next Morning
Sakura woke up in Itachi's arms, as she had the habit of doing recently. She got up and yawned loudly, walking up the man next to her.
"Morning, beautiful." Itachi grinned. Sakura giggled and planted a quick kiss on his lips. She ran out of the room, filled with laughter. Itachi chased after her, smiling the whole time. But by the time he cought up with her, she was already at the stove, cooking a delicious-smelling breakfast or eggs and bacon. People started to wake up and walk into the kitchen, being lead by their noses, wanting the source of the amazing aroma. Sakura started making breakfasts as fast she could, knowing that soon enough, they would have to leave as soon as possible to set off on the mission. Once everyone, including Sakura, was full and ready, they rushed to Gaara's office to tell him that they were going to leave.
"Kazekage-sama, we're ready to go. We won't fail you or Tsunade-sama." Sakura stated once they had entered his office. Gaara nodded, not meeting her eyes, but everyone else's. Sakura laughed inwardly; he must still be embarrassed after her walking in on him and Matsuri last night.
"Good Luck. They are an elite team, and I'm sure that with the right stategy, you can take them down." Gaara encouraged before dismissing them. The group ran out of the tower and over the village, reaching the gate in a quick couple of seconds. Once there, Shikamaru looked at Itachi.
"So, could you give us some light on what we're going up against?" Shikamaru asked.
"There are only five members left. The others have either been killed or have converted and left the group, aka: Me. There's Zetzu, Deidara, Kisame, Sasori, and Tobi." (A/N: I know some of these people are dead, but I didn't like the other members.)Sakura bristled at the mention of the demon who killed Itachi, " Zetzu will be hard to defeat, he's basically a plant. Deidara is an artist, he uses clay to make mini sculptures that explode on command. Kisame has a large sword. Watch out for that. Sasori is a puppetmaster, just like Kankuro, I see. And Tobi, well, he has two types of Sharigan to watch out for. He's the mastermind of Akatsuki. He can teleport and summon kunai's even if he doesn't have any with him." Itachi finished.
"So, it's five against fifteen?" Shikamaru asked, doubting defeat.
"We probably need more than three per member. They're extremely advanced." Itachi pinapple-haired boy nodded, trying to think of a plan. His train of concentration was interrupted when Kiba and his dog, Akamaru tensed.
"Something's coming." Kiba growled.
"Byakugan!" Veins appeared at the corners of Hinata and Neji's eyes.
"It's a person…" Hinata started. The trees rustled. Everyone got into a battle pose, ready for an attack.
"Sasuke?" Sakura exclaimed in surprise as the younger Uchiha landed on top of the gate. Sakura rushed to him and hugged him tightly. She pulled away quickly and scolded him.
"Don't ever do that again! Never make me worry like that!" Sakura slapped Sasuke's cheek. He rubbed it as pink tainted his pale complexion. Sakura twirled around and walked to Itachi's side, not caring if she hurt Sasuke emotionally or physically. He had scarred her emotionally, but she had learned to keep it inside, ever since she had become an orphan with Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro.
"Sakura, I'm sorry." Sasuke's voice said. Sakura froze.
"What?" She had never heard him apologize, and never expected him to.
"I'm sorry." He repeated, "I thought about everything I've done to you and actually I deserved that slap." Sasuke hung his head in sorrow. Sakura walked over and hugged him.
"I missed you." She murmered into his shoulder. She felt his arms hug her back.
"I missed you too. That's why I've decided to finish the mission. What happened in the past is forgotten." Sasuke replied, letting go of the girl in his arms, "Let's go." Sakura nodded and looked at Shikamaru. The brain shrugged.
"We'll just go with the flow. No plan here. Claim whoever you want and attack. Plans are too troublesome anyway." The crowd nodded in agreement and they ran off over the sand, to the trees.
At the Border of Konaha and Suna- Forest and Sand Terrain
"Someone's here…" Kiba said. The group slowed down and landed before the trees. Another group appeared from the forest.
"Itachi? You've turned against us, haven't you?" Tobi asked the former Akatsuki member behind his orange spiral mask, "We've been so lost without you."
"What you did was unforgivable. I wasn't going to let you get away with it. So I've joined the forces to take you down." Itachi hissed.
"Well then. Let's Dance!"
Izzy: Whew. That took my entire afternoon! My longest chapter for this fanfiction! Over two thousand words!
Itachi: =D I'm happy you sent me on that errand. I can't wait to-
Izzy: SHUSH! No spoilers! That's in the next chapter.
Sakura: Does something like what you made up even exsist?
Izzy: Nope! I made it up randomly. I mean, that's basically the only way to defeat it.
Sasuke: I've finally returned! Yay =3
Izzy: Leave me lots of reviews! Oh, and… HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SASUKE!
Sasuke: That's on Friday.
Izzy: So? I can't wait! So, everyone out there, remember, July 23th is Sasuke Uchiha's birthday! Don't forget to celebrate in your own way!