Chapter 6: Ice Skating

Sakura was greeted by the chilled air and...Ino?

"Finally!" She exclaimed. "We've been waiting like...forever! What took you so long forehead?"

Sakura glared at her best friend. "I had a ballet class to teach, pig." She mumbled walked to the bag Ino had brought with her name on it, Sakura smiled when she pulled off her light brown boots only to replace them with her old white ice skates.

Shikamaru was already on the ice with his girlfriend Temari and her two brothers Gaara and Kankuro.

Tenten was there with her boyfriend Neji and his cousin Hinata with Naruto, and Ino was there with her boyfriend Choji.

The only one's without a bf/gf was Sasuke, Itachi, Kankuro, Gaara, and Sakura.

"Hey Sakura," Kankuro called skating to the edge of the ice closest to her. "Wanna race?"

Sakura shot an amused towards Ino who giggled. "I don't think that's a good idea." She answered innocently.

"Oh come on, I'll go easy on you?" He smiled slyly.

Sakura couldn't help by smile and nod. "Okay." She stood and made her way to the ice, she wobbled a little but finally reached one side of the rink with Kankuro, everyone had cleared the ice so it was only Kankuro and Sakura on the ice.

"On your makes, get set...GO!" Ino shouted, a smile plastered on her face.

Sakura didn't hesitate to push off her toe pick, giving her the upper hand. She quickly picked up speed and wasn't surprised that she won.

"Damn...Sakura..." Kankuro panted, he pushed himself as hard as he could and still couldn't catch up with her. "How are...you so...fast?"

"Kankuro, when you challenge someone...make sure you know for a fact they're not good at what it is your challenging them at." Sakura smiled at his confusion.

"What are you talking about Sakura?" Naruto called joining them on the ice, along with everyone else...except Itachi, who stood watching them all from afar.

"She was the best ice skater at the age 10 in all of Konoha!" Ino bragged, pride sketched on her features.

"Is that true Sakura?" Tenten asked, disbelief and awe in her eyes.

Sakura smiled and nodded. "Until I twisted my ankle five minutes before the biggest skating tournament in the world..." A few of her friends gasped. "I didn't even get to preform." She looked down at her skates.

"Can you do a stunt for us?" Itachi spoke up from his position holding onto the wall far away from everyone else.

Sakura smiled and skated back away from everyone to gain momentum, then kicked off her toe pick, gaining speed then did an amazing spin in the air.

"Wow Sakura...that was so awesome!" Naruto shouted.

"That was a Quadruple Axel...and this is a Backspin." Sakura said as she skated a little, then spun and pulled her arms into her chest and spun, then as she stopped she looked over at her gang of friends all looking at her with their bottom jaws on the floor...or more like ice.

"Okay...you can stop staring now." Sakura laughed and slowly skated around her gang of friends. They seemed to snap out of their trans and started doing their own thing.

Sakura noticed that Itachi stayed by the wall, watching everybody else skate, he seemed sad and she didn't like it.

She skated to his side. "Why aren't you skating with everyone else?"

"I don't like crowds," He answered coldly, she opened her mouth to say something more when he spoke again. "You are an amazing figure skater."

Sakura was surprised but quickly regained her sense. "Thank you." She watched as he looked everywhere but her, watching everybody elses...feet...? "You don't know how to ice skate."

His eyes snapped to her's. "I..." He was at a loss for words.

Sakura smiled sweetly at him and grabbed his hand slowly pulling him away from the wall. "I'll teach you!"

-With Itachi-

He felt the warmth of her hand in his, that warmth seemed to swell within him, he felt like his entire body was on fire.

"I'll teach you!" She said, his eyes wondered over their hands and his stomach did little flips, he couldn't understand this feeling and he was more then positive he wanted to feel it more often...his brother was right...This was going to be interesting.

(A/N) I don't own Naruto...and thanks to everyone who likes this story...I'm so nervous about it...so thanks for the support! ^_^