It was lovely reading the reviews, praising the entire story. I can't thank you guys enough.

Naruto is going to be a little over-powered when he comes back from that trip with Jiraiya. I don't mean 'better than the Ten Tails' kind of overpowered, though. Jiraiya has the Namikaze scrolls... so that's already a hint on one of the techniques he's going to learn ;)

READ THIS: After some more planning and thinking, I have decided to scrap the Sugoi Herbs Arc. I don't want too many fillers because I'm anxious to start writing Team Itachi: Shippuden and the Sugoi Herbs Arc was meant to mainly show Sasuke's new abilities, but I guess you guys can look at that in the Jonin Exams Arc. He's going to become a beast, the typical Uchiha. ;)

Thus, this chapter will be of Itachi's date. I am an amateur at writing romance so hopefully this one will turn out fine.

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Lin: Anko? Maybe, just maybe... ;)

Guest: Don't understand much of your review, but I'm going to go ahead and guess you think the fillers are going to be shit based on their names. Just skip the filler chapters and wait for Shippuden to come out, I suppose :)

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"Really, Kakashi, really?" Itachi growled.

Kakashi put his hands up in the air, as if surrendering. "Hey, I thought it would be good for you."

Catching sight of the cheeky smile behind his mask, Itachi glared at him, contemplating a Tsukuyomi on his friend. "I doubt it. I think you're just trying to get me into some... really deep shit."

Kakashi laughed. Itachi never swore, nor did he get pissed off very much either.

And he had managed to make the Uchiha man do both.

When this thought struck him, Kakashi continued laughing his ass off.

"Kakashi!" Itachi roared at him.

The spiky-haired Jonin's laughter started to die down and all that remained was his cheeky eye-smile. "Just give it a go, will you? It can't be that bad."

Itachi wanted to punch Kakashi in the face. "We're talking about Anko here! Anko fucking Mitarashi!"

Kakashi's eye-smile remained, as he dug his hand into Itachi's secret Icha Icha collection behind his bookshelf. "So what?"

"What's this I'm hearing about Anko?"

Mikoto Uchiha stuck her head into the room.

Itachi's gaze swept towards Kakashi urgently, and the visiting man quickly withdrew his hand from the secret Icha Icha storage.

"Seeing as how Itachi here needs to do something other than training and being a ninja, I hooked him up for a date with Anko," Kakashi grinned beneath his mask, resting a hand on Itachi's shoulder.

"That's wonderful!" Mikoto clapped her hands in delight. "It's about time my little Itachi got a girlfriend!"

Itachi shook his head with a sigh as Mikoto entered, quickly rummaging through her son's horribly empty wardrobe. She then dragged her son out of his room and out of the house, presumably to get new ones.

Kakashi eye-smiled again, and with a puff of smoke, teleported away. This was going to be interesting to watch.

Itachi groaned.

He sat in the dango shop, staring down at the dango in front of him.

One common thing he and his date shared was the love for dango.

But other than that, nothing.

Itachi and Anko were polar opposites.

And their age! She was six years older than him. Somehow, Itachi found dating an older girl taboo.

He looked down at his attire. Mikoto had made sure Itachi was dressed up properly in a nice new shirt. He had tried to convince his mother that his standard, Jonin uniform was pretty stylish, but Mikoto didn't think so.

Too lost in his own thoughts, Itachi failed to notice the arrival of Anko, but she promptly announced it by shrieking into his face.

"Yo!"

Itachi looked up. The first feature he focused on were her abnormally-sized chest. They were easily one of the biggest in the village, second only to the Hokage. Blushing, he forced himself to tear away his gaze to look at her face and crazy purple hair, which reflected her personality.

"Um. Hello."

Anko took a seat and winked at the younger Jonin. "Looks like you took the time to dress up, hot stuff!"

Itachi glanced at Anko's outfit. It was the one she always wore. He sighed.

"My mom made me do it," he defended.

Anko smirked. "Looks like big bad Itachi is a mama's boy!" Ignoring the frown she got in response, Anko started flipping through the menu. "So Kakashi is saying you'll be treating."

Itachi, in the midst of drinking a glass of water, spat it out. "What?"

"That's the only real reason I agreed to come along," she snatched the dango in front of Itachi, finishing it off in one bite. "I've not had dango in weeks! Ah, it tastes as heavenly as ever."

Itachi looked away, silently cursing Kakashi. Is this payback for beating him up too hard in our training session last week? Dammit!

He checked his wallet and started panicking mentally, but on the outside, his lips just curled downwards, while his frown hardened. That's all my savings for the week gone...

Itachi badly wanted to ditch the crazy snake summoner there and then, but the Uchihas were all gentlemen, and he did not want to tarnish his clan's name.

Thus, he held the urge in as Anko started ordering dango after dango.

As they waited, she attempted to make conversation, having not really talked to this particular colleague of hers much before.

"So, what's up?"

Not really interested in his date, Itachi looked away. "Nothing much."

"Not the talkative type, are we?"

He looked back towards Anko, and started getting irritated with that constant smirk plastered on her lips.

"Just before you try to... hook up with me or anything, know that I didn't come willingly." Itachi wanted to make this clear. He had no interest in women... at least not at the moment. Obviously, he wasn't gay or something, but missions and being a ninja mattered to him more.

Anko shrugged. "I came for the dango." She licked her lips with her unusually long tongue as a tray of dango was served.

Itachi was surprised. Girls always tried to find a way to get into his pants. He guessed it was because he was an Uchiha and all, but Anko didn't look at all bothered by the fact he wasn't interested in her. To be honest, she seemed more interested in whether the dango tasted good.

"Uh... the problem is... Mother wants me out the entire day, so..." Itachi looked at the dango sheepishly.

Seeing the request he was making through his words, Anko laughed and nodded in agreement. "I'm going to leave if it gets boring though."

Not at all happy with what she'd said, Itachi sighed.

Well, I've done dangerous missions before. I've slayed dangerous shinobi, dangerous creatures. Why can't I do this? I'm Itachi Uchiha. I can do this. A date? No problem.

Anko and Itachi walked out of the dango shop.

"Surprise me, Uchiha-chan," the purple-haired woman said teasingly.

"My name is Itachi," he said, clearing his throat. "You may address me as Itachi-san."

Anko pouted. "This is no fun. I'm leaving."

Itachi's face reddened as she turned.

His mother had promised to lock him out of the house until the evening. Where could he go? He didn't exactly like going out. Sure, he could get a mission, but all that was left at the moment were C-Ranks and D-Ranks, and he couldn't bring himself to accept one of those.

When have you seen a Jonin walking a dog for some random citizen?

Exactly.

But more importantly, Itachi didn't want to be laughed at by Kakashi, and probably his fellow colleagues. His masked friend had probably already told people like Guy and Asuma.

"Wait!"

Itachi placed both of his hands on Anko's shoulders, forcefully turning her around.

"Hey, isn't it a bit too early for something like that?" She winked seductively.

He quickly released the woman, quickly finding out what she was getting at. "Fucking tease," he mumbled, under his breath. Straightening himself up, Itachi grabbed onto Anko's wrist, purposely avoiding her hand.

"You were forced to come, huh? Looks like you wanted to," she started to tease.

"I'm just making sure you're following," Itachi blushed, pulling her along the crowd.

They arrived at their destination.

The amusement park.

Sasuke took his little girlfriend here... Father took Mother here... let me continue the trend of the Uchiha, he thought to himself solemnly, and dragged Anko through the entrance.

Noticing where they had headed, Anko scoffed.

"I didn't know the great Itachi-chan was the amusement park type."

"I'm not," Itachi quickly replied. He set some money on the counter, politely asking the staff member on the other side for two tickets into the park.

Her one free hand ran through her purplish hair. "Anyway, the amusement park is boring. I've already done every ride here."

Itachi nodded in thanks to the staff member, who happened to be a teenage girl and fawning over his looks.

"Oi! Girl! Back off! He's mine for today!" Anko barked.

She shrank back in her chair, clearly intimidated by Anko's loudness, and hastily waved for the next people in queue for tickets.

Itachi continued dragging Anko by the wrist into the park. "You didn't have to be so rude..."

She giggled. "That's just my style."

"You have a rather... interesting style," Itachi commented, smiling slightly, as he finally released his grip on Anko's wrist. He glanced around, as if looking for something.

Meanwhile, Anko spotted a drinks stand. She pulled Itachi over, and slammed money down on the counter, before grabbing one of the alcoholic drinks. The owner of the stand glared hard at her, but he quickly retreated elsewhere when Anko responded with an evil Orochimaru-like smile.

"If you get drunk I'm not carrying you home," Itachi sighed, as Anko finished the bottle in a few gulps and tossed it into a nearby drain. "And there's a bin just over there..."

"My style!" Anko snapped in his face.

Itachi sighed, raising his hands in defeat. "Right... Anyway... over here..."

He led Anko towards a staircase that seemed to descend right into the underground of the amusement park. She looked around with curiosity, having not seen this place before.

"I had a feeling you've ridden all the scary rides," Itachi had to hide a smirk forming on his face. "So I took you to this brand new one."

"There's a new ride?" Anko fist-pumped the air. "Yesss! Let's do it!"

Itachi grinned.

There were literally no one queuing up for the ride. Anko read the sign, describing the attraction.

"Pathway to the Devil's Portal...?" She laughed. "What kinda cheesy name is that!"

Itachi looked up. The vehicle for the attraction was a mini roller-coaster of sorts. Sasuke had been telling him all about how this was the newest, and scariest ride in the amusement park, and he couldn't wait to see the normally tomboyish, rough Anko to be scared out of her wits.

"Go on," he said, a little bit too enthusiastically.

The staff member manning the attraction was a middle-aged man who looked like he would much rather be asleep at home than here. "I have to see your tickets please."

Anko dug into her pockets, and produced her own as well as Itachi's tickets.

"This way, please."

Seeing the man was gesturing for him to follow, Itachi stepped back with a polite smile. "No, no. I'm not-"

"Well, she showed two tickets, which means you're getting on," the man said gruffly. Itachi gulped.

"Don't be such a pussy, Itachi-chan," Anko grabbed Itachi's hand, pulling him along.

"Stop," Itachi tried to release Anko's hand off his, with reluctance. "If people see us like this, they'll get the wrong idea."

Ignoring him, Anko continued to walk hand-in-hand with her date, and forced him onto the roller-coaster. She then plopped into the seat beside him, grinning broadly.

"Woohoo!"

The staff member walked over to check if the seat belts were fastened. Soon after, he returned to where he had been sitting earlier, and pushed a few buttons.

Anko smirked at Itachi's face, which was turning pale as the vehicle started moving. "Sit tight, Itachi-chan!"

I can't take such rides. Have to... Itachi's Sharingan blazed into activation, and he glared fiercely at the man working the buttons. As soon as he relaxed his eye muscles, the man had slumped to the ground, asleep.

But then, the ride started going at a faster pace than before.

Shit... I've just realized it, but... now that I've knocked him out... there's no way he can stop the ride... shit, shit, I must get out of here.

Anko seemed to notice as well. "Looks like you got us in a real mess, Itachi-chan," she started laughing again. "You're funnier than I thought!"

"We could die on a roller-coaster," Itachi yelled. "How can you be laughing?"

Before Anko could reply, the ride suddenly shot down a steep slope, quickening it's speed.

Itachi started screaming.

Anko yelled with glee.

The vehicle started doing twists and turns, and Itachi started to feel extremely sick. Then, it jerked to a stop in front of a gigantic green face that stared down at them with creepy purple eyes, deeper than the color of Anko's hair.

The face had it's mouth open.

"Are you ready to enter the Devil's Portal?" A loud booming voice questioned.

"No," Itachi muttered, starting to cough.

"Very well." The voice faded, and the roller-coaster started to move again, into the mouth of the creature.

The tracks had stopped there. Beyond the mouth of the green face was nothing - just a void space. Itachi screamed again as the ride flew into mid-air. A few seconds passed, and the thrill in both Jonin rapidly rose as the machine they were in began to lose it's battle against gravity and descended.

Then, transparent ropes fired down from the ceiling, grabbing a hold of the ride.

Anko started laughing her head off as Itachi sighed in relief.

The mini roller-coaster was carried through mid-air by the ropes into a dark hole.

"I can't see," Itachi complained, his hands groping around for something. They landed on something soft. He immediately realized it was one of Anko's breasts, and swiftly removed his arm.

"Itachi-chan, you perv!" Anko's voice berated him in the darkness.

Itachi was about to defend himself, but the ride landed on ground and shot off again like a bullet, doing multiple sharp turns.

Blue light illuminated their surroundings and Itachi opened his eyes to find a skull staring at him right back in the face. He jumped.

The ride continued on again, and after going past dozens of skulls, artificial bodies and scary bats that were actually alive, the ride returned to where it had started before, but then continued on, with the staff member still fast asleep.

I can't take anymore of this, Itachi thought, feeling extremely nauseous.

Snakes shot out from Anko's sleeve, and rounded the giant sign, gripping onto it and pulling their summoner out of the ride, but not before she grabbed onto Itachi and pulled him out as well.

"Th-That was dangerous," he stuttered, resisting the urge to vomit.

The snakes returned to her sleeve. Anko looked up at Itachi and smirked at his pale expression.

"Well, that was fun!"

Anko whistled softly to herself.

A sleazy-looking man walked by.

"What is a fine lady like you doing out here all by yourself tonight?" He raised his eyebrow with a dirty smile. "Why don't you come with me-"

Anko was about to punch the guy's lights out, but Itachi stepped in smoothly.

"Sorry, she's my date."

The man snorted, and walked off.

"Your date, huh?" Anko winked at Itachi.

Red tainting his cheeks, Itachi ignored her.

Seeing she wouldn't be getting an answer, Anko simply smirked to herself. "So, how was your toilet break?"

"Horrible," Itachi replied truthfully. He had finally released all his vomit for the day, and silently apologized to the janitor who would be cleaning that particular cubicle later.

A chime on the amusement park's clock announced it was 12am. People were leaving. Anko stretched her body, and Itachi looked around. "Well, I guess we are done for today."

"Looks like it," Anko grinned.

They had gone on all the roller-coasters the amusement park had to offer. Itachi was still feeling sick. With all that vomit let out, he did feel a little better, but still needed a good sleep.

"I enjoyed it."

Itachi blinked, looking towards Anko.

"I enjoyed today."

Itachi blinked again. Then he smiled.

"... Me too."

"You didn't come willingly, huh?"

The Uchiha sighed. "Am I not going to hear the end of that?"

Anko shrugged, smiling cheekily.

The two locked gazes.

Itachi was about to look away, but Anko pulled him in. His eyes widened as their lips smashed for a kiss.

This is a bit too sudden, he thought in alarm. I've only just... really got to know her, and now we are...

They split apart, their kiss broken.

Not to say I didn't enjoy it though...

"My place or yours?"

Itachi spluttered. "E-Excuse me?"

"My place then."

She gave him that evil smirk, and grabbed onto his hand, leading him away from the park.

How did I do? Horrible? :(

I think I deserve marks for effort though... seriously. I always wanted to pair Itachi up with Anko, and now I've done it. Also, I am terribly sorry for the update delay, I've just been so busy lately...

Question of the Day: On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you because Itachi's going to get laid?

Next chapter, Sasuke takes on the Jonin Exams! See you all!