Okay! Yes I am back and here's more of this story! I have not slept and it's freaking eight thirty can you freaking believe it? I feel like crap and can't sleep though so eh what can you do? I'm light-headed through lack of sleep which can't be good at any rate so it this chap is weird blame it on the no sleep ne? XD

Note to 'Val' who gave me a review anonymously : Neji and Hinata together as a couple? I don't like the two of them together, no incest for me lol Besides Neji is sort of having a love triangle with Sakura and Itachi here lol, I think Hinata is with Naruto in this fic as well, It's hard to remember with so many fics mixing together, sorry.

~~Kyo~~

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto of course.

Chapter five:

When Itachi woke, Sakura was no longer in bed. He was of course surprised because she had been gone a while now if the space next to him was any indication. The heat had left her spot in bed and so he figured she'd been gone almost twenty minutes. She had been waking up even before them for two days now. She always was the first to get up, but he usually woke right after her. He wondered why she was getting up so early for. A mission, work? He would have to ask. Hopefully Tsunade wasn't abusing her more then she already was.

He got up from bed and walked to the shower. He couldn't tract Sakura down today and question her, he spent enough time away from work, he had to get paperwork done and all the such. Neji as well had places to be, his Clan didn't like him away from them for more then a few days if he wasn't on a mission.

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Sasuke frowned at Sakura as she walked into the restaurant alone. She had to be meeting someone, she was almost never alone one way or the other. Sasuke had to admit he didn't enjoy spying on her but it was necessary his father actually asked him to find out what his brother was doing and where he was all the time. Sasuke was just gathering more evidence by spying on his brothers teammate of course.

He took a seat close but not too close to Sakura to see who she was meeting with. She sat alone at a table and ordered Sake. Sakura wasn't one to drink so early in the day let alone with out cause so she had to be stressed out. Listen to him he sounded like a wanna be detective. He cursed himself for being so determined to find out what was going on and also his lack of life obvious if he was following Sakura around for no reason.

He watched her for a few minutes until the waitress walked over and he had to order something. He did so and the woman went away thankfully, when he looked back to Sakura the Hokage was now sitting with her. Sasuke frowned. Well that wasn't any fun. He had thought maybe she was meeting her teammates or a lover or someone, no it was always work related, maybe that was why she was always better then him at everything she put her work before everything while he himself relied on his family name and Sharingan to get him by, it wasn't enough and here was a woman who had no special abilities of the inherited sort, and yet she worked her way up the hard way. Maybe he could learn from her and work like a man, work himself to the bone and stop following in anyone's footsteps. From today onward Sasuke Uchiha would get a LIFE! And he strolled out of the restaurant.

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Sakura watched Sasuke go with a little shake of the head. What an idiot.

" Is the brat gone?" Tsunade asked. Sakura nodded. Maybe the Uchiha would stop following her now.

" Anyway, moving on to why I know you called me here to talk off the record." Tsunade placed her hands folded as they were under her chin and stared at her daughter like special agent with amber eyes.

" Have you thought this out Sakura? I assume you would like either advice or your questions answered." As usual Tsunade was right on the mark. Sakura smiled softly at her sensei.

" I would like a few questions answered about the situation in Sunagakure yes. Though also what you think is best. You know very well that if you seriously feel I am needed for this mission I will do so, though I really hate to leave Konoha I will if I must." Tsunade loved that about Sakura. This was an opportunity, as much as Tsunade didn't want Sakura to leave the village she had to admit the girl may have to, though this was a good chance for Tsunade to finally get the girl married one way or the other.

" Of course ask what you need." Tsunade said taking a long drink of fresh Sake.

" Tell me Tsunade-sama. What is going on in Suna that Gaara would need to be married, and if it is serious enough that he needs a strong wife to help him, or one to simply show off and build bonds between our two villages further." Tsunade smiled. This was why she loved this girl.

" Of course there are some problems in Suna but I highly doubt there is such trouble or Gaara would have asked for you in particular to marry and not to just find him a wife. Though I will ask around, I would hope you of course would then ask around as well perhaps Kankuro would know some more?" Sakura nodded, she had already thought out.

" I'm meeting with him in a half hour." Tsunade smiled like a cat who got her cream. She knew this girl would always make things, great things, happen. She was glad this one bet she had taken to train this girl had not failed her.

" Sakura before you leave... I have to ask. If Gaara does not need you in particular have you found a suitable choice in marriage? You do only have a week, or less, to find someone and I would hope he's from a suitable background, and that he's not a random choice even if you are on a time line." Sakura smirked just a little.

" I'm still debating over that one Tsunade-sama. It seems a lot of our good men in this village are other wise taken." Which now that the Hokage thought about it was absolutely true. Though there were still some she knew would be a good choice, hopefully Sakura had them as options.

" Understandable. How many men do you have as candidates?" Just for curiosity sake she wanted to know. Of course Tsunade noticed Sakura's sudden uncomfortable air and frowned.

" One." Tsunade raised an eye brow. She would have know had Sakura actually liked someone already wouldn't she? Sakura never seemed to spend much time around anyone other then her teammates new and old. Well of course maybe it was one of said teammates? Tsunade nodded. That would be fine.

" I'm sure he is from a good clan then?" Sakura hesitated, then smiled a little nervously perhaps.

" An Uchiha." This surprised Tsunade, but she didn't show it did. Then was is Sasuke or Itachi? She would have to then say Itachi and had to say that was a little strange, though Itachi was a good man, slightly strange, but a good man. Though Tsunade had no doubt the man would be loyal. He seemed to not like touched at all, more so hated being touched or looked at, or noticed by woman in particular. Tsunade always thought perhaps he had a allergy of a sort or something.

" Good choice, well then either way I am sure you will come see me soon, perhaps in two days to see where you think you are heading be it to Suna or down the isle with an Uchiha." Sakura nodded and was that a light blush on her face as she walked away. She hadn't drank much Sake so thus it had to be she was embarrassed. So she did like Itachi then? Well now, maybe she didn't know everything what as going on in her village after all? That only meant Tsunade wasn't trying hard enough. She flagged the waitress and demanded more Sake.

Sakura fled the restaurant quickly. She couldn't believe her only option of marriage was Shisui. She would seriously be driven insane if she had to marry him, though if she had to she would. She never had thoughts he would really marry for love, thankfully she did love both Gaara and Shisui though not in anyway that would ever drive her to marry them in any other bizarre world.

She decided she needed to build more chakra before going to the hospital so she would maybe go home and read or perhaps go see how Shika and Temari were doing with the wedding. Of course why did Gaara need a wedding to help ' build up' the bond between the villages when his sister was marring Shikamaru? Wouldn't that be a build up enough? Perhaps like Itachi and Neji, Gaara was being hounded down on by the Elders of Suna and they figured with a wife he would changed into maybe the type of Kazekage they want. That made sense to her though this meeting with Kankuro would help her hopefully.

After she was through with this she would grab lunch and head to see if Temari needed any help though, she should rightly be finding out what to do and who to marry. She really didn't want to have to marry Shisui, but if she had to then it was better someone she knew well, and if she married really anyone out of the Uchiha family Mikoto would take it personally and hate her for not marrying into her clan so she could have a daughter in her. She truly did love Mikoto and even Fugaku as rough as he was around the edges.

Of course there were plenty of Uchiha's she could marry though she knew none of them well enough except Sasuke and Shisui. It seemed she was fated to be Sakura Uchiha after all. She needed to talk to Shisui, maybe he would have a better idea who to marry heaven forbid she talk to Sasuke who she reassured she would not marry into his family and take his place, now it seemed like she really had no choice and now he would think she did this on purpose as some weird plan to take his place in his family. She rubbed a hand over her head.

Why didn't Tsunade ask her to take this mission more then just a few days ago only giving her a bloody week! Wasn't the rest of her life worth more planning then a week to decide how it was going to end up one way or another?

She ran a hand through her hair. She would talk to Shisui later, right now it was Kankuro. She wasn't even sure if she had to be married to an Uchiha whether it be Shisui or not, she might have to be married to Gaara, so here's to the future she was going to have to work out in less then a week now. Six days and counting.

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Itachi frowned at the mountain of paperwork sitting on his desk when he walked in. Yes he really had a desk and yes it really could be described as a mountain considering there was some actually piled on the floor as smaller sub mountains. He knew this would happen, he looked out the window. Perhaps he could rope Neji Hyuuga into helping him do this, he didn't want to spend a week just going through this paperwork that would no doubt never end.

Yes Neji would indeed help, and he would let Sakura be, she was under enough stress already with out the current stress she was under now what ever it was, another thing he intended to find out, though if he didn't get at least half this done he would not make it out tonight. Thus he went to fetch the Hyuuga. One way or another the paper work would get completed.

( I bet your wondering what the heck this have to do with anything right? Well keep wondering because I won't say XD)

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Kankuro accepted and answered all questions easily, which made Sakura's day better if it had been useful. She now knew that Gaara did need a wife for the reasons she though first with the bonds and the elders not liking Gaara that much, but he did need a strong wife and there were not many strong wives, ninja wives, available unless medic's counted and she forgot to ask, she would run that over Tsunade next time they met up as a suggestion.

Still either way she was still stressed. She would have to marry someone one way or another, she would rather stay in Konoha of course, but at the cost of marring Shisui? Seriously? Which now she would go to Temari and see how that was going and if not needed find Shisui and talk to him. One way or another this was going to be a very long stressful week, and day apparently.

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Temari actually had a lot for Sakura to do because apparently she looked like the type who really wanted to go arrange flowers with Ino when she had better things like her future to worry about by hey she wasn't the maid of honer for nothing. Which she also just found out she was because Ino couldn't fit in her dress because apparently she gained weight while dating Chouji and apparently getting a new dress for her would be impossible. Why Ino was her maid of honor in the first place she didn't quite know.

So not only did she have six days to gather enough information to either marry Gaara or manage to marry someone from Konoha, but she also had to help Temari with her wedding the flowers and be the maid of honor all in one week. Scratch that less the one week but thankfully she was an ANBU and everyone figured being the Bad A she was in ANBU she was trained for situations like this. Sakura had refused to believe that anyone in ANBU had been trained on how to manage all this getting married to either the Kazekage in a week, or an Uchiha, or having to basically be thrown into a wedding with out notice. Yes she could really see Neji and Itachi also knowing how to do this on the fly.

Yes Neji would look nice with his hair french braided with yellow, no sorry, golden ribbons in his hair. Itachi would not look good in a dress but Neji might. Maybe she could even make him squeeze into hers. Yes that would solve things and create an amusing atmosphere. She was smiling just thinking about it and that image alone was what kept her from killing Ino as she cut herself for the hundredth time on a desert rose. Seriously? A desert Rose? Who used them for their wedding? In a week all these woman would pay. She would be married then obviously one way or another and then she would so make them suffer. Yes she was seeing bright pink bride maid dresses and frills. Yes she would torture them. That thought kept her going for hours more it seemed right through the practice section and the dress rehearses seriously who couldn't put on a dress who needed to rehearse that?

By the time Sakura was free it was late. Much too late to really do anything so she made a note to talk to Shisui in the morning or perhaps afternoon. She needed much sleep after that hell she had faced. Sakura made it into her apartment and flopped on her empty bed. Empty but not for long. She felt Neji and Itachi's presence moments before they flopped next to her. They both let out a exhausted sigh.

" How was your day guys?" She asked turning to look at Neji and smiled as she pictured him with gold ribbons in french braided hair and a golden dress. She started laughing. He turned to look at her and she shook her head and tired to smother her laughter in her pillow. She finally quieted down and turned to lie on her back. She laid her hand on Neji's chest and laughed softly.

" You are the only thing that kept me from killing Ino today. That and also realizing you look terrible in gold." Neji looked confused but Itachi obviously knowing what color the brides maids dresses were and or knowing Ino was in the wedding party. Either or he understood what she meant and what she was obviously picturing because he smiled at her and Neji.

Neji still looked confused as she started laughing and told Itachi to picture a french braid and golden ribbons. His laughter was deep and rough but he was truly laughing and at Neji who realized he was being laughed at but couldn't understand why.

She really would miss this. She was glad she wasn't going to ruin these moments while they lasted. She only had less then six days now. She hoped to enjoy every second of it. She turned to Neji and brought him closer she cuddled his back. Neji stiffened only a second before relaxing and sighing deeply. Itachi had only stood and got out of bed to remove his shirt then get back in bed and through a arm around her waist. They were warm regardless of them not being covered in the blanket they laid under. She smiled against Neji's back and slept.

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Itachi again woke to find Sakura gone before him. She had been gone at least twenty minutes again. He seriously needed to train himself better if she could slip out of bed and leave him here to sleep alone for at least twenty minutes. Where was she even going every morning so early? He turned over in bed and kicked Neji. Neji grunted and peaked through his hair, he glared at Itachi across the bed.

" What?" his voice was still groggy but angry as well. He hated being woken in the morning considering the male never woke for anything even waking him was a miracle.

" She's gone again, and get up the paper work isn't going to do it self Hyuuga." Neji turned over and flipped him off. Itachi smirked and shook his head. The next kick sent the Hyuuga off the bed onto the wood floor. He peaked his head up over the bed and glared. Itachi smirked.

" I'm not leaving until I shower, and eat Uchiha, so stop kicking me." Neji said standing and walking to the shower. Itachi walked after him to stand by the door. He shook his head as the shower ran for at least a half hour before it shut off.

" Ready to go yet princess?" Itachi asked as the Hyuuga walked out brushing his hair. Neji turned slowly to glare again.

" No." Neji said with that same glare.

" Really? Do you have to brush your hair a hundred times to keep it silky and shiny?" Neji made a face that was almost comical.

" Breakfast Uchiha. I haven't had any." Itachi raised an eye brow.

" We can grab something on the way, get dressed. I would like to get the paperwork finished today. I like sleep. Sleep is necessary to live." Neji grumbled something incoherent while pulling on clothes and typing his hair back and tying on his headband.

" It's not even my paperwork, your just too lazy to do it on your own." Itachi chuckled as they walked out of the room down the stairs to the streets of Konoha.

" I can always make you do all of it. Look at it as a mercy killing." Neji grumbled more things and Itachi smirked in his victory.

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Shisui frowned at the pink haired ANBU who is on the same team as his younger cousin and also had been on the same team as his youngest cousin Sasuke. She made Uchiha flock to her it seems, and now she was actually meeting with him? Oh he enjoyed life. More so when it involved seeing beautiful pink haired medic's in tight clothing with a doctors lab coat over it. Oh he's had fantasies like this.

She sat across him presumably ready for work after this breakfast meeting. She was sipping her hot drink with almost a nervousness that made him very curious and also very aroused the way she bit her lip like that.

She finally looked him in the eye signaling she was ready to say what she wanted to. He paid attention fully.

" I'm in a sort of problem so to say, need a little advice or perhaps help." Oh good god Sakura was coming to him for advice/help? They had been friends ever since she first came over to the Uchiha district and visited his cousins house as Sasuke's teammate. He had hit on her and she put him through a wall. Yes it was love at first punch. He loved making her mad. He could be called a masochist at times, but only with her.

" What do you need my love?" He asked folding his hands under his chin and eying her. She sighed and rubbed a hand over her eyes as if she was barely restraining herself from hitting him.

" Do you happen to know anyone who needs to be married in your clan? Or perhaps you would be interested?" He actually dropped his tea onto the table. The cup shattered. What fragile glass for it to shatter with a foot drop like that from his hands to the table.

" Are you asking me to marry you and or to tell you who is available to marry in our clan?" He was shocked seriously.

" Yes." He smiled. He had been waiting for her to realize her attraction for a long time.

" I knew you would finally come over to my side! I see how you look at my as-" Sakura punched him in the face he rocked back in his seat and when he recovered he wiped the blood from his nose calmly as if he hadn't just been hit. He knew that was coming.

" First of all, I do not look at your butt. Second, I've seen better frankly, and Third you need to eat more greens." She motioned to his plate where the greens were indeed pushed to the side of his plate. He made a face. He hated greens.

" But I don't like them." She eye him. She shook her head.

" Shisui I'm serious. I have six days before I either have to move to Suna married to Gaara or marry an Uchiha here in Konoha." He stared at her as he pushed the greens into his mouth he held his nose as he chewed and swallowed. He made a EWWW face and then shivered.

" First why the Kazekage, and only six days, Second, why an Uchiha, do you have a fetish? Third you are so using me." She smirked as she motioned for him to eat more he made another face but forced them down the same way he did the first mouthful.

" Well it's a mission from Tsunade-sama after Temari's wedding. The Kaze needs a wife because of the Elders pushing him so much, and she said if I found a bride for him in my place and also gave a reason for not being able to marry him then I could stay here in Konoha and live as normal. The way out would be marriage to someone else, and an Uchiha because Mikoto would kill me if I didn't marry an Uchiha like she asked and become her daughter." Shisui made another face as he drowned out the taste of the greens with her drink, he stole out of her hand. She glared at him for doing so but he glared back and told her it was her fault for making him drop his tea in the first place considering she said such shocking things.

" Well this is shocking. I would say seriously do not leave me here in Konoha with Itachi alone, he may kill me, he wants my glow in the dark pillow, he's been eying it all year. Moving on though, an Uchiha will be hard to find considering you did come to me everyone else will pale in comparison. I would be honored to take one for the team and marry such an abusive woman like you. I would make you bare such adorable children and we would have so much fun making them." She actually blushed, but glared which meant she really was serious. He was the only person Uchiha wise she thought of marrying which made him wonder why Itachi didn't say anything to her yet. It was clear Itachi loved her.

Which was the only reason he wasn't jumping at the chance to marry this beauty. His cousin would seriously no doubt kill him for taking the only girl he ever liked let alone loved.

" So tell me the names you have of the Uchiha's you have on your marriage list other then me of course." Shisui said nodding at her. He was willing to help his little cousin out this time. He owed him for saving him from drowning when he was younger. ( lol this is so dark though it is a joke, cookie for anyone who gets this.)

She stared at him. He waited for her to say something then finally understood why she wasn't. He gave her a very good surprised look.

" I'm the only one you considering marring from my clan?" She blushed again. Well maybe she did like him after all maybe he wasn't getting to old. The Shi-man still had it. ( O.O WHAT?)

" I don't know many people from your clan not over their thirties." He shook his head.

" So I'm not the only one you considered, not because you like me, just because you don't know anyone besides me. I really don't feel faltered here, for that our first child will be named by me." She smiled at him. He always loved when she did that. He always enjoyed when he could make her smile. He wondered if that was why he was considered to marry. He made her laugh.

" What about Sasuke you never thought about him?" He wasn't saying his little cousin should have her. Just trying to not be so obvious when putting Itachi in the line of fire.

She made a face. He smiled at that face.

" Shi-chan seriously?" He flushed at the sudden nick name.

" Is that what you'll call me? Shi-chan, well if were coming up with nicknames now...I think my little sexy pink kitten will do fine for you." She smiled at him though she punched him again. He wiped the blood from his mouth and smiled with blood smeared across his chin.

" I take it you approve then? What about Itachi then?" She looked at him a very long time he wasn't sure the look on her face but either she was shocked at the very thought, or she was shocked because the thought of marriage to Itachi was much too shocking to even imagine.

" Papa Fugaku is always asking when he will settle down and the clan Elders are getting on him more so now then ever. His birthday is close, in a few days actually." She frowned at him her eyes glazed over until a small smile lit her face and he knew for a fact his little cousin so owed him a favor. Maybe more then one.

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OMG! This chapter made me laugh when I went back over it! Who enjoyed that part with Neji and Itachi's morning? And the enjoyment of Sakura and Shisui? Or who liked the thought of Neji in a Golden dress with his hair french braided with gold ribbons more? :) Review will you! And I think I finally got the name of the fic! Yess! Mark this day! Lol only took me five chapters.

~~Kyo~~