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Please be kind and rewind as I do not own the masterpiece called Naruto, just this thing I am calling a plot line.

This is a non-massacre, Itachi and Sakura pairing, if you don't like it please hit the back button as you are in the wrong section of fan fiction. Thank you. I am going to put this under M just to be safe.

Sorry for chapter two being so short. The internet was cutting in and out and I kept losing my work. So I just posted what I was able too. Better it be a little short then not at all right?

'Inner Sakura'

'thoughts'

Other separate comments that you will understand hopefully in the feature. Please just be tolerant. They are going somewhere I promise.

Regular

Last chapter…

"What's the plan? Do we engage in combat? " Ino asked.

"I think we better, just to make sure but not yet. Let's let them think they got away and see why they were spying on us." Sakura said with a grin.

The two women dropped back a bit and let the two males fight and run.

Chapter three

Sa...kur...a.. pl...ea...se.. d..on..t

After fighting for a while, both of the cousins quietly agree to stick with pure hand to hand combat. This way there would only be minimum damage done to their persons, it was also easier to fight on the ground this way. There was just more room to move around in. They also couldn't be sure if the two women were still around. Hopefully they would be able to spot them better without having to worry about landing, or not landing, on tree branches.

Most of their weapons were scattered around the area they were fighting in. They would have to be gathered and sharpen again before the next mission. Shisui was sporting several bruised ribs and a few scratches here and there while Itachi only had a scratch on his cheek. Even with his speed, Shisui just couldn't beat Itachi's ability to think five steps ahead.

Rising one hand, Shisui tapped the side of his nose twice. Itachi was quick to pick up this signal, recognizing it as one from their childhood secret codes. Moving fast, the cousins ran at each other and jumped onto a thick branch in a nearby tree while throwing 'punches' at one another. After half a dozen punches were thrown, they each grabbed the others wrist. Making it look like it was a stalemate to anyone who might be observing.

Pretending to be struggling with keeping his balance and holding off Itachi, who was 'trying' to push him off the branch, Shisui leaned forward and whispered. "It's been almost two hours, you think they left yet? I can't get a reading on their Chakras."

"I seem to be having difficulty locating them as well." Itachi replied equally as quietly. "They could have left. But giving how stubborn Sakura can be, they might still be around here somewhere.

"They were training here for a few hours; maybe they are done and went for a swim to cool off?"

"It is still a little cold for swimming."

"Bet they went to the hot springs then! We should go look!" Shisui said with a grin, a little too loudly for Itachi's taste. Itachi just hoped that the two hot head kunoichi weren't hanging around still.

"What are they saying? I can't read their lips, any luck with you Ino?"

Ino and Sakura were on the ground sitting between two different types of bushes. One a beautiful leafy green, the other one was a thorn bush. Unfortunately for Sakura, she lost the little race for the good spot. She was currently getting slowly impaled by many of the thorns in places she didn't want to think about. 'Stupid Ino, why did she get a head start?' Sakura growled in her head. 'I know right, but that's what you get for using up ¾ of our chakra just because of a pair of dark eyes. Dark, sexy, glorious eyes.' Cheeks starting to redden slightly, Sakura shook her head and took a deep breath. 'Will you stop that! He does not have dark, sexy or glorious eye! Well okay, they are dark but that's only when he doesn't have his spinning red globes of death activated.' 'Tall, dark and dangerous.' 'Pick yourself up from the floor and stop drooling your embarrassing yourself. Oh shit Ino's talking, shut up and go away.'

"They are saying… ummm… Two hours… Think they left yet… Aaaa… Can't get a reading on Chakras. Ugh, Itachi move your lips more. Haha there he goes. Good boy, you get a cookie. Okay he's saying… Having difficulty locating them… Could have left… Giving how stubborn Sakura is… Might still be around here…"

"I guess your gossip skills have their uses." Grinned Sakura.

"And you thought I was just wasting my time"

"Your gossip skills are matched by none, you are in almost every way superb. Have I told you how wonderful you are lately?"

"You could mention it more often"

''Bet they went to the hot springs! We should go look!''

"PERVERTS!"

With a roar, Sakura launched herself from their hiding place and punched the tree branch the Uchihas were on. It shattered instantly and the cousins fell to the ground. Ino was right behind her. As quick as she could, Ino smacked Shisui on the back of the head and tried to tackle Sakura to the ground before she could kill one of the Uchihas. Itachi swiftly jumped out of Sakura's reach and away from her line of site.

The only colour Sakura could see was red. She couldn't stand perverts. She was always throwing Naruto and Jiraiya out of the bath houses. Dodging Ino while moving into a better stance, Sakura, once again, launched herself at Shisui.

Ino recognized the look on her friends face; she also knew that if Sakura got her hands on Shisui, he would be spending some serious time in the hospital. Ino could not have her best friend back in the hospital just to heal Shisui, for surely he would end up needing grave surgery. They still had some vacation time left, Ino would be damned if Sakura got out of her vacation that easily. With this in mind, Ino ran at Sakura again and grabbed hold of her arms and tried her best to restrain Sakura.

"Calm down Sakura. Breathe in and out. You can get him later when you're NOT on vacation and you are at full strength." Sakura took a couple of deep breaths and, very slowly, she became master of herself again.

Shisui was painstakingly picking himself up from the ground; he didn't have such a lovely landing like Itachi did. He was pretty sure that his already bruised ribs had cracked in a few places.

"Ohh that's going to really hurt in the morning." Shisui groaned out while he was trying to sit up. "I'm going to need a soak later to night, ne Itachi. Oh hey Ino-San, hey Sakura-Chan. Would you two care to join me?"

"HELL NO! YOU PERVERT!" The two women shrieked. Both jumped at Shisui, and would have beaten him to an inch of his life if Itachi hadn't been there. With his quick reflexes, Itachi grasp both girls by the wrist. Using his height advantage, he twisted Sakura so that his arm was across her front, securing her back to his chest plate. With Ino on the other hand, he spun her around and picked her up. He felt a little like one of his mother's teapots, but at least this way he wouldn't get kicked by Ino and Sakura's deadly fist were stuck to her sides.

"Wow good grab Itachi. What do you think we should do with them?"

"I am going to let them go, mother would not want me to forget my manners."

"But.. But they will kill me. You don't want your best friend to get killed or something worse happen to him, do you?"

"What could they possibly do to you that would be worse than death?"

Shisui looked from Ino to Sakura. Ino's face turned into a wicked grin and she looked to Sakura. Sakura truned her head towards Ino and an equally wicked grin spread across her otherwise angelic face. A secret message went between the two trapped girls, one that any guy would have cringed at before running for their lives, well a more accurately, for any feature children's lives.

"Maybe if you say you're sorry, your body won't be too badly deformed. But I am feeling gracious, so I'll give you a three second head start."

"Itachi, you Bastard!"

"One….."

Shisui turned around as fast as his battered body could and took off running in the direction of the Uchiha compound. Itachi let go of Ino and watched as she sprinted after Shisui, without realizing she was missing one pink head friend.

"Let me go Uchiha" Sakura growled as she struggled in Itachi's iron grip. He wasn't hurting her but she couldn't get him to let got either. It didn't help that inner Sakura just melted into a puddle of goo either. This whole situation was just adding fuel to the blaze that was Sakura's anger.

"I think not Sakura. We can have you depriving Shisui of important body parts."

"Ino's going to do if she gets her hands on him anyway, so why not let me go, and you can just walk away with your shin bones intact." Sakura said with her best sweet smile. 'If you give him anymore of these smiles, your teeth are going to rot out of your head.' 'Go away goo girl I got this!'

Itachi, moving his free arm, reached across Sakura's body to lightly grasp her chin and gently turned her face towards his. Bending his neck a little, Itachi whispered into her ear. "Now Sakura, I think you are giving Shisui too little credit, he is use to running from angry females."

Sakura shivered at the hot air that was rolling down her neck. All she could sense was him; she could feel his warm body pressed up against her back, his aroma was so strong and spicy that she could practically taste it. 'Ohhhh he smells like the woods after it has rained!'

Itachi knew what he was doing to the petit female in his arms. He could see the goose bumps on her arms and the shaky increase in her breathing. He like the feeling of her in his arms, her body seemed to fit just right along his body. The fact that with every breath she took, her small breast would brush against his arm, just concreted this thought.

He didn't care what anyone said, she was going to be his. He would fight the whole world for her. Oh yes, Itachi was falling, and falling hard, for this young women.

Itachi leaned down and buried his nose in her hair. She smelled like her name sake and strawberries. 'If I died now, I would be content.' Itachi thought. Itachi tighten his hold on the small female in his arms.

Mean while Sakura was having her own battle with herself. 'I can't believe The Robot, Mr. No-touchy-touchy, is a snuggler.' inner Sakura was in heaven, she didn't care how uncomfortable Sakura thought she was. Inner knew that Sakura was just fooling herself. 'He's too close, this is way too fast, I barely know him! I got to get away. Is that his nose in my hair?' Sakura was in panic mode. Lifting her foot up, see kicked the male behind her as hard as she could at this moment with her heel. Fortunately for Itachi, it wasn't very hard, at least for Sakura. Still he would have had a bruised shin if it wasn't for his leg guards. Deciding to play it safe, he jumped back from the slightly dazed kunoichi.

Sakura was angry again.

"What gives you the right! You can't just stalk girls and embrace them whenever you want!"

"Hn."

"GAAA!"

Sakura ran straight for Itachi with a chakra charge fist which Itachi dodged. This didn't deter Sakura however; she followed up with two more punches and a kick, which Itachi still dodged.

"Stop moving you bastard!"

"That would not serve my purposes."

"AHHH!" Swinging her right leg up, Sakura tried to kick Itachi in the ribs. Unfortunately for her, Itachi caught her ankle in the iron grip of his left hand.

"This is quite the predicament you have gotten yourself in."

"Let me go!"

"No"

"LET ME GO NOW UCHIHA!"

"But you have such lovely ankles." With this said Itachi gently grasp her calf muscle with his right hand and bent over to kiss her calf muscle. "Where your boots bothering you or did you just have a desire to wear sandals today?" Oh how Itachi loved to rile Sakura up. She was just so cute when she was fuming.

"AHHHHG!" Using her right arm to help keep her balance, Sakura threw the best left hook that she could manage at Itachi's face.

Luck was not on her side, Itachi promptly let go of her calf muscle and grabbed her left fist with his right hand. This action forced her to stand on her tippy toe; it was also an awkward position for her to try to hold.

"My, my Sakura, this is unexpected." Itachi loved this. He knew that Sakura was spunky, but not this feisty! She was so stubborn to keep on trying to fight him. It was really foolish, for she had no chance of winning and her odds were draining with every move she made.

"ARG! LET ME GO! RIGHT NOW YOU...YOU... PRICK!"

The only answer Sakura received was a dark chuckle from the male who was currently holding two of her limbs.

'We are so screwed.' 'I have an idea!' 'Whoa first one ever, I should write this down.' 'Whatever, kick him, make him take all of our weight and break free using the momentum. Then nail him on the recovery!'

Smiling sweetly, Sakura did just that. Regrettably, Itachi had already guessed her move. He let go of her fist and side step. This ended in Sakura being hung upside down by her ankle.

"YOU SUCK!"

"You're the one who started this fight."

"Did NOT!"

"Yes you did."

"NO YOU STARTED THIS WITH YOUR DAMN STALKING!" She yelled at the top of her lungs.

Poof

"Am I interrupting something?" One of the Hokage runners asked with his eyebrows raised.

"NO!"

"Hn"

"Right well the Hokage wants you two in her offices As soon as possible, so you two finish up with whatever it is you are doing." With this said, the runner disapperared in a poof of smoke.

C..o..m..e

AN

Sorry for the short chapter last time, my computer decided it didnt want to work for me. I think I hit the self destruct botton

This story was edited by me, so if there are is spelling mistakes or other errors that I missed, please tell me.

Also, because this is a non-mass, Itachi never joined the Akatsuki. I am not sure how the members of the Akatsuki are going to play out. Kisame would have died from the fight with his kage and Deidara would not have been forced to join. Any ideas people? I really want them to be in but im not so sure. wonder if I can start a poll.

I WILL NOT UPDATE UNTIL THE POLL HAS RESULTS! TO MY PROFILE PLEASE