A/N I AM SO SORRY. It has taken me so long to write. My excuse is that my mother has been taking me out to my grandpa's so much this past week and last weekend that I haven't had enough time to write and do my homework.
Priorities, right?
Once again I am sorry and hope you forgive me.
Any answers to my Trivia?! It is Naruto derived….
Through cracked eyelids Sakura could see it was a little past dawn. Closing her eyes she wished she could fall back asleep under her warm blanket.
Wait… Snapping straight up she looked down at her 'blanket.'
When did this get here? She wondered. Looking up at the bright blue sky she tried to remember what had happened. I walked….and walked…..and then I fell down….hard. After that Sakura's mind drew blank, so she assumed she had fallen asleep. Peeling her eyes off of the cloudless sky Sakura saw Itachi lying close by, curled up like a kitten, dreaming.
While staring at him she noticed he was missing…something…from the last time she remembered seeing him.
I could've sworn…Glancing down at her lap she realized her blanket was his jacket. Lifting the dew drenched thing off of herself she walked off a ways and began to shake it off. Water droplets flew about, soaking the grass even more. After a quick wiping off of herself, Sakura went back over to the slumbering Itachi and laid the jacket carefully on him.
Smiling Sakura looked about for a dry, sunny place to sit. After meticulous searching she came across a log by the little stream that cut through the grass, making a large gap where the earth was not. For a while Sakura simply perched there, content to relax to the melody of her surroundings.
However it was all interrupted by a loud yawn and the awakening of Itachi.
"Hn…..where are we?"
Sakura slumped on her log. Glancing over her shoulder she scowled at Itachi. "Good morning to you too, Itachi-sama."
"Ohh…..S-C-A-R-Y…." Itachi's sarcasms only made Sakura scowl deeper.
"Go boil your bottom under a silly person."
"…..Wha--" His face, for one brief moment, showed just how baffled he was. However he covered it up quite quickly with his usual cross between a frown and a smirk.
Standing up, Sakura balled up the jacket and threw it at his face with great force. The impact of the blow made Itachi rock backwards. Pulling the jacket off of his face Itachi noticed Sakura had disappeared.
"That…Ugh." Cursing his bad luck Itachi hopped up and raced after the shadow of Sakura that he could see. "Doesn't she know that she's the only way I can get out of this place?" He puffed under his breath after letting go an angry howl.
Sakura, up ahead, felt adrenaline pumping through her veins overtime. Never once did she glance over her shoulder, but it did not matter to her whether or not Itachi caught her, she hated the bastard's guts.
I….I wonder why I loathe Itachi so….
Out of breath Sakura looked around for someplace to rest up. Spying a pine tree Sakura crawled underneath it and laid herself down. Bittersweat dreams dropped themselves down on her like bombshells.
The wind sighed through the pine tree that protected Sakura under it's spiky boughs.
Itachi was only slightly out of breath when he saw something out of the ordinary. A sliver of pink clutching itself to a clump of pine needles.
Walking closer Itachi examined the pink and even gave a slight tug. When the pink thing offered great resistance Itachi decided to pull even harder. With a great heave Itachi freed the pink strand and even more came with it.
"S-S-Sak…." Thoroughly baffled Itachi just stopped and dropped the pink thing along with the rest of her. Backing up he considered high-tailing it out of there before he remember he did not have anyplace to run to. Lost without a clue he resigned himself to sit down next to the girl, though very unwilling was he.
"Stupid girl, had to go and run off without even a word…" He continued to rant for a while, trying to fill in the emptiness he felt at the moment. "Why doesn't she wake up?!...unless…" Peering closer at her face Itachi tried to discern whethere or not Sakura still lived.
"I can't tell if she is breathing or not…." It could be a vital sign telling me if she is alive or….Stealing himself Itachi moved himself and placed his ear by her mouth for several moments.
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"N-No way…" Itachi gasped, pulling his ear away from Sakura's mouth. "Is she really DEAD?!" Panic whelled up inside himself at the thought of never getting out of that forsaken place.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOO! Don't die……Please……" He truly sounded like a child as he cried out.
Sitting up Sakura looked up at Itachi with a great big smile. "Didn't know you cared."
"Hn," He grunted, back to his old self, "You're my only way out."
Silence stretched between them as the weight of his words settled in Sakura's mind. However, when it did anger boiled hotly in her veins and her face burned red. Standing up aburtly, Sakura teetered slightly and her eyes began to loose focus. Swallowing a deep breath she shook her head to clear her mind, at least for a moment, and stride over towards the every serious Itachi.
Leaning close to his face Sakura forced a smile to her lips. Itachi's heart was all aflutter with Sakura only inches away from him. Closing his eyes he let his mask slip and his composure fell. On the other end Sakura could feel his breath coming faster and see a little glistening of sweat above his brow.
A small chuckle bubbled up from inside of herself but the beaten and worn down, extremely pissed pink haired girl was in no laughing mood. Raising her hand she brought it down with tremendous force on Itachi's unsuspecting face.
The beautiful, dark haired man fell to the ground with a red welt across his left cheek. Opening his eyes he gasped in pain. There had been a lot of power behind Sakura's smack and his face was still stinging.
"What's wrong, my princess?"
Frowning at him and no one else Sakura turned her head and began to head away. Pushing himself up Itachi began to follow her as to not be left behind in unknown territory.
The two of them walked 'toghether' for a good length of time without having anything transpire. After a while Sakura paused and turned around to face Itachi. Her face was shiny and her mouth was set in a grim, tight line. Controlling her voice was hard and made Sakura sound quite like an old lady. "You bastard," Sakura said, "Why can't you just leave me alone?"
"Hn, You are my only way out." Itachi mumbled, barely audible enough for Sakura, many meters ahead, to hear.
His answer served to enrage Sakura even more. "Is that it? The only reason you are nice to me is because I can give you something?" Sakura's voice began to slip, her uneasiness and unhappy feelings started to leak into her words. "Just leave me alone, Itachi-sama." Turning around Sakura set off briskly.
"…" Itachi was stumped by Sakura's display. He could never imagine that how he treated others could affect how they feel. Letting his pride go, Itachi raced after Sakura as fast and quietly as he could. All the while his mind was working overtime.
HOW CAN I GET HER TO LIKE ME AGAIN?!
Not entirely certain why he cared, Itachi tried to think of how they did it in the movies.
Finally he caught up with her. Grabbing a hold of Sakura's hand the black haired man twirled her around and pulled her closer to him. Bending over he pecked her lightly on the lips.
Sakura was mesmerized by it all for a total of two and five seconds. For that short span of time Itachi wondered if it had worked or not. At three seconds Sakura looked up at Itachi, face as red as a tomato, and pushed him away. Itachi stumbled backwards, a little dazed.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR, MORON?" Sakura yelled.
"But it is how they make up in all the movies I've seen…" Itachi tried.
"What movie's kind of movies have you seen?" Sakura screamed even more frustrated.
They stood only a yard apart so Sakura's loud voice was ringing inside Itachi's head.
"Don't answer….I really do not want to know." A little quieter she added, "Itachi-sama, have you ever considered that the couples in movies are either married, dating or have a thing for one another?!"
There was quiet.
"Itachi-sama…." Sakura growled.
"Where did this Itachi-sama stuff come from?"
"Hunh?" Baffled Sakura looked up at his black eyes, black like Sasuke's.
Stepping closer, Itachi filled the gap between them.
"Can't I be Itachi-kun? Or…maybe just Itachi?" He suggested.
"Uh-h-huh…" The girl stammered.
"C'mon my princess….why can't we have a 'thing' for one another?" Sakura looked down and blushed deeper.
"I-Itachi…."
He smirked. "See? We do have something."
Lifting Sakura's chin up with two fingers Itachi bent over to give her another peck. Just as he was about to make contact Sakura felt another part of her fire up.
CHA!! NO WAY IN HELL IS ANYONE GOING TO KISS ME AFTER TALKING LIKE THAT!
Giving a little growl Sakura's green eyes lit afire and her fists clenched. Throwing her balled fists upwards she thrust it at Itachi's jaw, making him back up. While he staggered backwards Sakura raced off.
Stopping at the top of a hill the pink haired girl yelled back.
"ITACHI! You are a Lying-Jerk-of-a-Pervert-Cubed!"
Itachi was left there to stare at her disspearing form, rubbing his jaw with his hand trying to ease the soreness.
TO herself Sakura mumbled, "If I ever see him again he'll get more than a punch and a yell. OHHH….AGH!"
Kicking a little pebble Sakura kept on venting her feelings all the way home.
A/N Any Monty Python fans out there will notice I quoted The Holy Grail. I felt it fitting and funny. XD
I have totally messed up my posting schedule. I only hope now that I can post once a week at least. Random days with random stories….funfun.
Gomen. Sorry. Excuse moi.
Arigatou. Thank you. Merci.
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