Sound Princess

A/N: Thank you all for the great reviews and I can see that everyone loved the last chapter. That is good, a little shocker at the end of it, but a good little chapter. Now everything is coming into my wonderful plan and things are happening that will blow your socks off. My sister and I have been thinking about this and you are all going to love it.

Kakashi-neechan, you are a great friend and sister along with Haku-neechan. I hope that you will be honored with his chapter and will forgive my brother and his crazy antics, there are just some reasons why he was named Itachi… and you get to see them sometimes. I can't wait until your story is out, and people seriously, take it from me, my sisters story kicks ass, I've been helping and so has my brother (and hers too) Itachi to get his character right. Therefore, go check out Mistrarose on here and look up her story.

What was happening…

Tears started to flow from her eyes down her face and made her face seem like a trail of diamonds was flowing from her eyes. The sound four knew the reason behind her crying; Sakura was deeply in love with Kimimaro.

On with the story…

The four shinobi around the fire bowed their heads and did not look at Sakura in her eyes. She was hurt, and when that happened, she was liable to kill. It rang out in everyone's mind how bad she was hurting, but more importantly if the four sound shinobi were paying attention they would have seen the look on Orochimaru's face.

He was looking at his own daughter with lust glazed over his snake eyes. It was no sin to him that he was in love with his own daughter, but what was not considered a sin to him did not mean that others viewed it that way too. He only wanted her for her body, and because she was so much like her mother.

It pained him to see her with tears or any other type of emotion beside happiness. It was accustomed that when she was bothered by something that she would seek him or Kimimaro out for guidance. Orochimaru hated to admit it, and he never will, but when Sakura went to Kimimaro all of those nights instead of himself he felt like he was being betrayed. Now, he wanted her to know how he felt, what he harbored for the sweet, cute, and deadly, girl he was proud to call his daughter.

Back at the Village…

Naruto and a now awake Sasuke were walking with their perverted teacher Kakashi though the village to the place where all the men were talking about. For some reason, a certain rumor about a pink haired girl dancing then disappearing as if an angel had them rushing to the scene. Naruto was in dread while Sasuke was secretly with him. Kakashi did not know what to think.

"Hey, Sasuke-teme…" Naruto started but soon dropped his voice when he saw Itachi on his knees in the middle of the park. The man was basked in the deathly light of the moon itself and his sharingan was activated to the highest level. It scared him a little to see the sharingan activated and look into the eyes of death knowing that this man could kill him in a second.

"I-Itachi?" Sasuke said a little hesitantly making sure that this was in fact his so feared brother. Was this the man that he wanted to kill? Was this what he was really like hurt, sad, angry? Sasuke saw so many emotions flow through his brothers old eyes but one that lingered was all the pain he had just been though.

Itachi heard his brother, and he knew that he was standing right beside him looking into the starry sky just like himself. He knew that Naruto was their, and Kakashi was even being serious for once. None of that mattered to him right now, all he wanted was to know that Sakura was safe and nothing was hurting her. She was his main purpose now, and even though he had made a promise to his leader to kidnap her and kill her father, none of that mattered.

"They took her." was all he could coax from his dry cottony mouth. Sakura, the girl he loved more than his own life, the one he always took for granted was gone. Over a couple of feet away laid the Hyuuga's body, split open from neck to pelvis. His chest was open and you could see every little organ he had. The only thing missing was the heart. Blood, his blood, was everywhere; it was on Itachi, the stone wall surrounding the park, even the grass was painted in it. Neji's face was marred up so bad that you couldn't even tell what or who he was. Not even the 'great' Itachi himself could have been human enough to do that to someone, let alone sit near it.

"Who took her?" Naruto asked coming to stand in front of him and shaking him back to reality. Itachi did not have to say but one word for all of them to understand what happened. "Orochimaru."

Kakashi was a little taken back. Orochimaru was Sakura's father the last time he checked and had just as much right to see her and do what ever he wanted with her. None of this made any sense to him. Why would a father kidnap his own daughter? Was Orochimaru really that sick and twisted of a man?

"Itachi-san, isn't Orochimaru her father?" Kakashi asked coming to sit in front of the eldest Uchiha.

"Hai, he is. Orochimaru was once married to a woman in the Haruno clan." Itachi started sitting more comfortably before continuing, "She was the Haruno clan's heiress and had great powers. She was natural at chakra control and was soon able to add chakra into her 

punches and kicks making them deadly like the sannin Tsunade, whom do you, think Tsunade learned her techniques? In time Orochimaru fell in love with this girl and she was just a mere girl of 10 when she was teaching Tsunade how to control her chakra."

"What happened to her?" Naruto asked tilting his head to the side. Itachi ignored the question. He had no reason to know what happened to her mother. It was no concern of his, and only one person knew what really happened to her mother and it was the third Hokage.

"She was so young but so strong. The Haruno clan is the mother of all clans; it is where the Byakugan, Sharingan, and Rinnegan, all types of kekkei genkai started. Sakura has every single one already mastered and perfected. She also has been blessed with her mother's outer world beauty, knowledge about all medicines and poisons, and the trademark pink hair. Many know of her wide and far, and many fear Sakura even though she is so young."

Sasuke felt his heart start to slow down and beat a steady deathly shallow beat for a second when he heard what Itachi said next.

"Sakura is the only girl to know of what truly happened to the Uchiha clan, and to accept me for it. She never feared me and all she gave to me was compassion and her love. And in the time that I have spent with her, I have come to a realization that I love her."

Sakura…

Nothing would settle her mind. No matter how hard she tried to sleep, it would not work. She would dream but her dreams scared her. Orochimaru watched as his daughter struggled right in front of his eyes. He wanted so badly to engulf her in his arms and kiss and hug away all of her pain, but he could not. She would have to come to him when she was ready, not the other way around. He would not be the one crawling to the other begging to know what was wrong.

'I could always go to Father, but I don't want to burden him with this problem. That is what he would call it anyway. I have become too emotional; I have forgotten my training and have failed. I promise Father to make it up to you, and I will not give up on your dream!' Sakura thought to herself while walking to Orochimaru. He might not go to her but at least he would talk to her once she was near.

"Flower what ails you on such a peaceful night?" Orochimaru asked sitting up and raising a black slender eyebrow. His snake like eyes watched Sakura as she sat down in front of him and bowed as she had done something wrong. She would not look into his eyes at all while she talked to him, and the only time she did it was a mistake.

"Flower, what is the -"

"Gomensai, Otousan." Sakura said still bowed over with her hands out in front of her. Her head was on the ground and fresh silver tears poured from her eyes.

"Flower?"

"I have failed you father, and for that I am very sorry. Please forgive me for forgetting my training and failing you. I will understand if you do not want me-"

Sakura felt a hand wrap around her and pull her into the warmest embrace she has ever known to her life. The only one she ever wanted to be in and stay all her life. She turned her body around and locked her jade cat eyes with another pair of jade just as strong as her own. White hair with red ties drifted by her face and a hand was brushing her diamond like tears away.

She could not make words, and her body would not listen to her. Sakura could not believe the face that was in front of hers. Something just did not seem like this was real, but another part was hoping, wishing, that this would last forever.

"Kimimaro-kun?" her lips finally mouthed, but no sound was heard. He walked with her over to his fire and sat down with her in his lap watching him as if he was a dream. She still could not believe that he was here, he really was here with her, holding her, touching her, and it was all real!

"Sakura, do not cry for me anymore." he said sitting closer to the warm fire. Sakura could not have been happier. She was in her sanctuary, a word in here that means the feeling of safeness, happiness, free from harm. With Kimimaro's arms around her and his body heat combined with the heat of the fire, she could not help but drift off the sleep with the remainder of her tears hitting the sandy like ground.

SUNA…

Several sand storms were battling it out across the barren desert land of the Suna country. A boy with two siblings sat in the Hokage house. One was a puppet master and the other used a fan. People feared them but most importantly, the one that was most feared was the youngest and smallest, Gaara.

His spiky hair -the color of the blood he loved- and his teal eyes- void of the soul he had- the kanji of 'love' above his eye- the only emotion he never understood- and his rough, velvety voice all combined together to make the demon he is. When he was born, his mother died and his father hated him for it. Also, he was born with the one-tailed beast, a mistake his father will never make again.

At the young age of six he was raped by his father and then later on by his uncle. His whole life he has been with out love and the proper emotions. All he ever knew was blood, death, and fear; nothing more, nothing less. The village feared him and his father wanted him dead.

"Gaara, are you going out again tonight?" Temari, his sister asked.

Gaara did not answer. He turned and looked at her with bloodlust in his full being and disappeared in a ball of sand. Temari sighed and thanked the gods for her life being spared. She was the oldest and the only female. Her blond hair was placed in four spiky ponytails and she carried a large fan with her.

Kankuro the middle sibling wore a black suite and head gear with warrior paint on his face. He might not look much but the mummy like thing he carried on his back was lethal. It was a puppet, and he had more in scrolls he carried on his being.

"Temari, you should know better than to ask him that. One day it's gonna get you killed." He said walking over to his sister and hugging her.

"I know, but I can't help but worry about him. Even if he thinks we hate him, and are afraid of him, he is still our brother."

"Are you ready to leave for the chuunin exams? We have to get the plan into motion as soon as we can."

"Hai, we'll leave tomorrow." Temari said smiling and walking to her room.

NARUTO….

A stretched silence lingered with the four men. The moon had not moved in the night sky but the color was that of a bloody red. Sasuke and Naruto along with Kakashi were still trying to figure things out but what they knew for certain was that Itachi loved Sakura.

"Y-Yo-You are in love with Sakura-chan?" Naruto said dropping to the ground and running his fingers though his blond hair. Sasuke could not speak. So many foreign emotions ran though he instant and he could not decipher any of them. He felt like a blind man. Slowly his hand moved to his heart and gripped the material of his shirt.

"YOU BASTARD!" Sasuke suddenly yelled as loud as he could while locking eyes with Itachi's sharingan. His eyes faltered and in that slight weakness, Sasuke was able to see it. Itachi's weakness.

"How can a monster like yourself, that killed our family, sit there and say that he is in love? You do not deserve it! You never once cared about the people around you, and you never once cared about the clan! Why the hell would Sakura be any different, huh?" Sasuke said advancing to Itachi and grabbing him by his collar, jerking the eldest Uchiha.

Itachi did not stop Sasuke from his little tantrum he was having, and he did not raise a fist or weapon against him. Instead he just sat there and let everything that was being said to him sink in.

"What makes you think that she loves you anyway? What makes you think she does not think of you like a monster for killing our family? What makes you believe that she does not want to kill you in the end? She doesn't love you at all; a monster doesn't deserve anything but death by torture."

"You killed them all. What is to stop you from killing again? If Sakura did love you and if you did have a family what is to stop them from having the same fate as the Uchiha's? Your nothing but a sick bastard that has out lived his time here!"

Sasuke pulled his fist back in a tight ball and let it fly into Itachi's jaw with as much power as he could muster. A bone-sickening crack was heard though out the peaceful night. Sasuke's breathing was harbored but that did not stop him from saying what he did next.

"If anyone is weak here Itachi, its you. You couldn't even protect her."

He let go of his brother and walked away. Kakashi watched as Sasuke passed him. His hands were in his pockets, his head was low, and he had a death like aura surrounding him. Kakashi shifted his only eye to the eldest Uchiha who was bleeding from his mouth. Itachi was on his knees still with his hands clutched into tight fists drawing blood. His hair was a mess and his face was emotionless.

"I couldn't protect her…" He whispered before falling forward into unconsciousness.

Naruto looked at Kakashi with a pained face and slowly walked over to him. Sakura was the only person to ever acknowledge him and not treat him like a monster. She was the only one that ever listened to him and helped him out when he needed it the most. She gave him a new reason for living.

"Sakura-chan…"Naruto said to himself looking at Neji's corpse, "Please be alright."

Kakashi heard Naruto and hoped the same. He has never been close to any one of his students but there was something about her that drew him to her. She was unlike any person he had ever known or seen really. Kakashi knew of the Haruno clan, and he knew of the woman Itachi spoke. It was the first time he met Orochimaru.

SAKURA…

The morning sun arose from its deathly grave of the sky showering the world with its light once again. Somewhere in a forest, a young girl sat with her long pink hair sprawled out around her and her body in the arms of a man. A smiled graced her fine lips, and the same could be said for the man.

The two were under a nearby tree that had enough shade to keep the sun from awaking them. The camp that they were at was well into diminishing and with it all the people that 

used it. Sakon/Ukon had well left on another mission taking the other three with him. Orochimaru was there watching from the sidelines like always.

In a matter of minutes the two under the tree were awake and aware of there surroundings. Sakura stood and stretched popping her back in a sickening way and also her arms and knees. Kimimaro followed suite never once saying one word. The silence between the two was something expected. Peaceful.

Sakura looked up at the sky and saw that it was noon. She panicked before feeling a pair of arms snake around her in a hug and pair of cold lips touch the base of her neck.

"Kimimaro-kun, what do we do now?" She asked while running a hand though his hair.

"Continue our lives and live." He said in between kisses.

Sakura turned so her body was up against his and she let her hand glow a light green before holding it to his forehead. He watched her with his own clear jade eyes and waited for her to be finished before he questioned what was happening. Sakura contorted her face into many emotions, foreign to her and him; pass over her in that quick second.

"There," She said removing her hand from him and kissing his forehead, "You are completely healed and will not die."

"How-"

"Kimimaro-kun, it was something that came with me when I grew up. Now go back home and check up on Father and make sure that everything is ok, I do not want him fussing about the village being in a complete wreck because I didn't take care of it." Sakura said smiling though out it all.

"Hai, as you wish Sound Princess." Kimimaro said before hugging her tightly one more time and disappearing in a dust full of leaves and dirt. Sakura let out a loud sigh and searched around the now demolished camp for her belongings. She just really wanted her chaps since when she woke up they were not on her person.

Those chaps held all of her weapons and also a lot of summoning scrolls and she wasn't going to loose them to anyone or anything. After searching for about a good thirty minutes, she found them and also a note attached to them from her father.

She put them on over her tight black shorts while reading the letter and going back to her new village.

'Dear Flower, I hope you enjoyed your night out of the village. You mean so much to all of us and I want nothing more than your best. You have not failed in your training at all, your only getting smarter and stronger just like my child should. Keep your emotions in check and do not fail.'

'Just like father…'Sakura thought approaching the village's gates and hoping over them with out being seen. 'He's right about my emotions…I have not been keeping them in check. I wonder what the people in Sound would think if me now…I've gone soft after all.'

Sakura returned to the teams training grounds for a moment before having to deal with all the people who were looking for her. She was not in the mood to deal with any of them, and really all she wanted right now was to be left alone to think.

Naruto…

Having to put up with a depressed and angry Itachi was not something Naruto really wanted to do again. The blond haired boy did not know how lucky he really was to be alive but in due time he would learn to appreciate the Itachi he was getting to know now. The night with out Sakura was a long and hard one. He was hoping that where ever she was that she was safe and not being harmed. It pissed him off when Kakashi said that they were still having training that day, but it also gave him hope.

"Naruto!"

The blond reemerged from his thoughts to see non other than Sasuke standing in front of him frowning more than usual. He could only think of how Sasuke must have felt with out having Sakura here as well. She had such a great impact on them in such a short time.

"Do not make me repeat myself." Sasuke threatened.

"What?" Naruto said a little annoyed. He didn't want to go to training and he didn't want to deal with Sasuke this morning but nothing could be done about it.

"Let's go," Sasuke said walking away to the training ground, "Kakashi-sensei will already be there before us if you keep holding up any more time."

'You're the reason Sakura-chan isn't even here now. I could have been with her and protected her, or at least a better place then trying to find your lazy ass.' Naruto thought to himself while walking silently with Sasuke to the training grounds. For some reason Naruto was actually beginning to think about things that were happening.

'Come to think of it…why was Sasuke-teme gone when Sakura-chan was gone? He was the last one to see her, and that rumor didn't really have him worried. Did he do something to her while they were alone? Did he…plan this?'

"Naruto! Snap out of it."

"Huh? What do you want now Sasuke-teme?"

"Look." Sasuke said pointing to the training grounds. Naruto followed his eyes and thento his arm. There was a person standing there, more importantly a girl, with pink hair, a hot figure, and a to die for outfit.

'Sakura-chan…it can't be…'

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto said a little uncertain if he was picturing this or if he was just going insane in some dream he was having.

The person responded to the name and that was all he needed for him to run off to her yelling at the top of his lungs, "SAKURA-CHAN!?"

Sasuke was shocked at first too, but also put at ease that nothing happened to her. He only felt sorry for Neji. That was a powerful and strong shinobi of the Hyuuga clan and also a very formidable opponent. His funeral was taking place somewhere right now, and Sasuke along with the rest of the village sent there silent prayers to his family and his clan.

"SAKURA-CHAN! SAKURA-CHAN! SAKURA-CHAN!" he heard Naruto yelling. He wanted to be right along beside him and yell for her and welcome her, but his pride and ego wouldn't let him. It was a sign of weakness, all emotions were, he needed to kill Itachi first and then he would be like Naruto.

Naruto ran full speed at the girl and captured her in a hug. His wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him and spun her around yelling her name. He was so happy to see her again, to hold her again, and hear her again. It was too much for him to contain in one sitting. He pulled away from her and got a good look at her making sure she wasn't hurt.

"Sakura-chan, I'm so happy you're safe." He said with tears starting to leave his eyes.

"Naruto-kun, you were worried about me?" She said in disbelief. Her face looked into his and there gem like eyes clashed together. Naruto shook his head yes and Sakura pulled away from him.

"Sakura-chan, what's wrong?"

"You shouldn't have been worried. It's not like I am some weak, helpless, little girl. I have seen things, actually I've done a lot of things that would make you not want to even glance in my direction, so don't treat me like some helpless little idiot who doesn't know their left from their right."

Naruto was a little taken back from what he heard. This wasn't the sweet innocent cute Sakura anymore. This girl, no, this person in front of him was dark, evil, and sinister.

"Who are you?" He asked in a threatening tone that did not settle well with Sakura.

"What do you mean, 'who are you'? I am Sakura, your teammate."

"No you are not. Sakura-chan is kind, loving, caring, sweet, innocent, and good. You are mean, evil, dark, wicked, and threatening. I don't know what happened to the real Sakura-chan or what made her change but you are not her!"

"Sorry Naruto, but people change. I can't be like that anymore."

"Why not?"

"I'm a ninja, a tool used for the safety of this village and the people living in it. A tool is not supposed to have emotions, or show them. It was part of your ninja training and I have been neglecting mine."

"I don't understand Sakura-chan, your emotions are what make you who you are and I am not about to let mine go like you have."

"I have no choice! I wish you understood, but you don't and I am not going to explain it to you." She said with bitterness in her voice that made Naruto stop from pressing the subject any more.

Itachi…

If a person walked by, or looked at the once S-class criminal known as Uchiha, Itachi they would sadly be mistaken. He didn't look at all like the person people made him out to be. His looks on the outside were the same and fine, but it was his attitude, and the look his dark, soulless eyes gave that would say different.

His own being changed that night when Sakura left, and for that day as a matter of fact. Men thought of him as the essence of pure evil now, and women were scared to even walk with in ten foot radios of him. Itachi didn't mind in the least. He wasn't paying attention to the people around himself, or what was going on. All he cared about was Sakura and her well being.

That girl meant so much to him, more than he would ever realize with his own mind, but she was also important to his organization. Sakura was not your typical girl, like he has said many times; her clan was the ultimate, in almost everything. The only reason that being was the fact that all the people in the clan were shimigami's- death gods- that ruled and took souls of the living while also helping them.

Sakura…

"I know that the both of you are still happy to see me and want an explanation but I do not have one and I have other business to attend too. Good day." Sakura said before running off into town.

Sasuke walked over to Naruto and watched the retreating form of Sakura. His heart went with her and part of him will always love her, but seeing all this and hearing what he heard last night set him off. He loved the girl to death, and would do anything for her to make her happy and see that beautiful smile grace her face, and watch her eyes brighten up because of him. She was such a mystery to everyone. Her attitude, looks, attacks, background, everything was amazing about her to him. Sasuke smirked to what he was thinking and shook his head.

'She doesn't love me. She loves Itachi…I could never provide for her like he can, and I can't be what he can. I guess, I really am a failure to everyone and am not worthy to even be here.'

"What are you smirking about teme?" Naruto asked with a hidden sadness in his voice that made Sasuke wish that he could brighten him up.

"Nothing. Just realizing something that was known from the start."

"What is it?"

"I lost the only person that might have understood me." He said walking away to find Sakura and figure out his feelings toward her.

"Oi, teme where the hell are you going?" Naruto shouted after him running to catch up to him.

"I'm skipping training today; I have a feeling Kakashi-sensei knows why already too." Sasuke said looking back at a tree near the training grounds and smiling a small faint smile before running off to where Sakura went.

Suna…

Gaara and his siblings arrived in Konoha faster than what they originally planned. Temari wanted to see the people and taste the food and look at the shops while Gaara wanted to kill the people that he saw or that saw him. His bloodlust was on an all time high and everyone knew it.

"Temari-neechan, I think that we need to let Gaara go out tonight. If we don't he might kill us." Kankuro whispered to his sister while eating at a very famous ramen shop known though out all Konoha as Ichiraku.

"Don't you think that we know that? Think about it, if we let him loose he might blow the plan too!" She argued back stuffing her face with ramen.

"We need to do something and soon. I don't want to die. I haven't even been lay!"

It was a shame that they were not paying attention at what was happening around them or they would have known that Gaara was missing, and had been gone for a while. He was walking through the village going to a place called The Forest of Death. The name itself drew him too it along with human curiosity, and the blood that littered the ground from the carnivorous animals that lived there. Also something inside told him that he would enjoy visiting the forest.

He had on his signature blank face and his cold steel teal eyes locked straight ahead. The gourd on his back filled with the murderous sand he called a friend was dying to be wet with blood of anything alive, breathing, and moving.

Sakura…

Sakura originally planned to find Itachi and talk to him but something kept her from it. She knew that he would find her eventually but she was drawn to a presence she felt coming at her. Something wasn't right about it either. Her cat-like eyes scanned the forest she loved dearly and landed on a boy about her age dressed in Suna attire and blood red hair. She noticed that he didn't know she was there and watching him. His face was dead, just like his eyes, and sand surrounded him like a protective mother does for her son. She saw each individual grain floating around the area and herself.

Gaara was only five feet away since Sakura was walking to him. Slinking was more along the lines of what she was doing. She snuck up to a tree that was behind him and walked up to the lowest branch and flipped upside down.

"What is your name?" She asked locking eyes with his own and letting her full power arise while keeping most of it hidden.

"I am Gaara of The Dessert."

"That's it? I thought that a guy like you would have at least had a more lethal and scarier name."

He didn't reply. Instead Gaara let his eyes roam over her body and read it while she did the same. Sakura knew right then and there that this guy, this boy, was the key to what her father wanted and she had to work with him.

"Gaara-sama, are you the boy my father talked about that was going to bring the leaf to its knees?" Sakura asked dropping from the branch and approaching him. Her face was in front of his and her body was almost touching his own. The sand was not reacting at all, even when she ran the back of her fingers down the side of his face nothing happened.

'Who is this girl? To think that she can touch me and my sand not kills her, it won't even let me kill her. Who is she and why does she refer to me as -Sama?' Gaara secretly thought while returning the gesture.

"Who are you?"

"I am Sakura. Orochimaru's daughter. It's nice to meet you Gaara-sama. My father told me to treat you with respect and to see to it that the plan goes as smooth as possible."

"I see." he said taking in the feeling of another's skin on his own. This was the first time another person touching him since he was raped. She was soft, fragile, and he loved the feel of her.

"So what are you doing in The Forrest of Death? Came to relieve some blood thirst or something?"

"Hn."

Sakura quickly turned around to see what had made that noise. Normally she would link it with Sasuke but this one boy, Gaara, was a little like Sasuke in his own ways.

"Since you came here for blood lust and the thrill of the kill why not go on ahead and have your little fun for now…just don't get carried away and ruin the plan. Father would have a fit if you did and my head would be paying for it."

"Hn…I do not need your approval to do what I wish."

Sakura smiled a coy playful grin and laughed while poking his nose and doing a hand sign for a transportation jutsu. She didn't plan on staying near him for long, and besides she had other things to do that were more important.

"Actually, Gaara-sama, you do have to have my approval…I'm the one calling the shots here and now, not my father, so listen and listen good. Failure is not an option!"

Itachi…

His mind played memories of her as early as he could remember. When he first met her to the day he started to train her and take her with him on missions.

.: Flash Back:.

Grassy lands blocked and covered some of the hide out of the infamous Akatsuki and mountain ranges covered the other side from possible attack if they were found. The base was blocked and hidden under three tight intricate and S-class genjutsu's that only the leader, Pein, knew. Just about everyone was inside and waiting to see what the leader was planning for them to do next. Itachi stood on the outside watching the evening clouds pass by the setting sun.

Colors from the reds and pinks reminded him fondly of his clan and what he had done not to long ago. The horrible truth of a mission that would ban, and scar him for life was the 

inedible. Once he made up his mind about something convincing him otherwise would be harder. The clouds finally bored him and set his mind in a relaxed state. No horrible thoughts of the clan being killed by his hand, no worry for Sasuke's well bringing, no nothing. Just peace.

His legs gave out from under him after all the work and training he had done earlier that day. While his bare back soaked in all the grassy mush and cooled off with his head resting back in the palms of his hands. The feeling was too good to be true, at first.

"Itachi-kun, what are you doing out here so late? Are you not supposed to be in the meeting?"

His head arouse to the familiar sound of what sounded like a snake. Itachi's head snapped to the direction he heard the voice and stood in shock at what was with it. Orochimaru was standing in the barrier with a little three year old girl beside him.

"Orochimaru…"

"You looked surprised to see me in one piece…"

"Are you here to have a rematch for my body and try to gain the sharingan?"

"Iie, I'm here on a social visit, for your benefit and mine as well. As you can see I have come with no weapons and unarmed. I do not wish to fight nor do I wish to create one." Orochimaru said placing a hand on his daughters head.

"HN, If you are not here for me and my kekkei genkai then what are you her for?" Itachi asked standing up.

"It's just business with Pein-kun, nothing more and nothing less." Orochimaru said walking toward the hideout. The girl, Itachi noticed, stayed in place and never moved. His curiosity about the girl was over whelming. She was very wise he could tell and strong for her age.

"Who are you?" He asked sitting back down but still watching her every movement.

"Sakura, and your Uchiha, Itachi. Nice to meet you, my father talked a lot about you before."

"Hn."

She didn't say any thing else, she didn't need to. Orochimaru came back and gave her the command to leave for home. Sakura did as was told and went home while Orochimaru stayed behind.

"She's very different isn't she Itachi-kun? Would you like to know her last name?"

"Hn."

"Its Haruno. Sakura, Haruno, the last one of her kind. Amazing what you can do to women when they are in love with you isn't it."

.:End Flashback:.

A/N: So sorry I haven't been able to update I don't have the internet now and my parents are moving too so it will be a while. So sorry but I will keep this story going.