December is gone and so are the blues,

But I've hurt my toe, now I can't wear my shoes. T_T

Hello! This is again a short chapter. I don't really think there's more than two left actually though and they should be up in the next few weeks sometime but I really wanted to post this. ^_^

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"Yes well tomorrow we party till our feet drop off!" Ino started bobbing her head to what seemed like imaginary disco music.

"Actually I thought we'd just stay in and have a movie marathon."

"That works too."

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Onwards!

"So did you tell Itachi?" It was Sakura's last day with her memories intact and she and Ino were spending it watching movies and making weird drinks while occasionally bursting into tears and having heart to hearts.

It was like every other sleepover they had actually. They had reached that part of the evening where they'd be discussing things seriously before trying to forget their worries by singing Bon Jovi songs loudly into hairbrushes (purple for Ino and lime green for Sakura).Mom and Dad Haruno had already equipped themselves with noise cancelling headphones .Suffice it to say that neither of the girls could carry a tune if it was duct taped to their hands.

"Did you tell Sasuke?" Sakura shot back and received an exasperated look in return.

"We aren't even dating yet! Anyway I figure they'd just adjust both of our memories considering he's not immune to spells like Itachi is. Hey what are they going to be doing about him? Wouldn't he be a loose end then? They can't erase his memories or anything right?"

"Huh, didn't really think about that."Sakura stroked her chin in deep thought before shaking herself out of it. "It's not like it would make much of a difference anyway .I mean come on, if I had no idea that the Gods and all that was real then there is no way I would believe a random guy I don't know who comes up to me only to tell me that we fake dated while on a mission to find his brother a girlfriend. Although I might pretend to believe him long enough to call an asylum to take him away and then dissect his psychological state of mind."

Ino stared at the girl before shrugging it off. It was true really and she had heard much more disturbing things from her best friend really.

"I still think you should have told him though. Honesty is the key to a successful relationship."

"You make it sound like we're in a committed relationship that we are utterly invested in. We aren't. The fact remains that right now we have the potential to be in love but aren't actually in it. It's nothing serious and we still have plenty of other opportunities to get together. When you and Sasuke make it official we're bound to be in contact at some point in time. And this time it won't be divine intervention it'll just be a girl and a guy. And that sounds much more exciting."

"If you say so but you know we were told to stay completely out of contact with Mikan after she was done with her assignments so for all we know ..."

"Yeah..."

The two sat and then after a few minutes of contemplative silence sighed simultaneously. The action made them look at each other and within seconds they were rolling around on the floor laughing for no reason.

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Miles away at the Uchiha residence, Sasuke and Itachi sat across each other at the kitchen table, Sasuke squirming in his seat while his brother calmly sipped his tea. Sasuke sighed and stopped shifting only to start flicking the cap of a ketchup bottle so that it clicked every two seconds. After two entire minutes of the noise, Itachi looked up from the book he was reading and raised his eyebrow in silent query. A voice in his head that sounded suspiciously with Sakura wondered why everything to do with Sasuke involved tomatoes in some form as his eyes perused the bottle in his brother's hands.

"Sasuke."

Distractedly Sasuke turned and focused on his brother while his hands continued their motion.

"Sasuke." He said again more forcefully though in hopes of some reaction or at least an end to that infernal clicking.

"Hn?"

"Why are you fidgeting?" He managed to say through clenched teeth.

"Huh? Oh just wondering why Ino and Sakura became so emotional tonight."

Itachi just Hn-ed along .It was something that he had been thinking about as well. Unlike Sasuke he knew what Sakura and Ino's jobs were and whom they worked for. Knowing that, he wondered if the consequences of Sakura's final assignment ending were more serious than they seemed. It wasn't everyday that a person worked with Gods after all and what entailed something like that was unknown to him.

The shrill ringing of his phone broke his train of thoughts only to meld with it as he caught 'Sakura' flashing on the screen. Speak of the devil and the devil shall speak as well.

"Hello."

"Hey Itachi, Ino thought that I should tell you so that if we ever meet and I have no idea of who are you wouldn't take it personally, but they're pretty much going to erase all my memories involving the job and replace them with different ones. Anyway I wish you the best on all future endeavours. Cya later alligator! Or maybe not. Huh."

With that the call was disconnected and Itachi was left staring at his phone in disbelief while Sasuke looked on with interest as his brother grabbed the keys for his car and left.

He wondered if he should have reminded Itachi that he only wearing a pair of boxers and his robe as the screech of rubber on cement filled the air.

Nah.

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"My assignment that sucks part six

I just realised how that title is incorrect considering that my assignment is dunzo. Now I can't call you anything but a diary. God that sounds so girly and Meg Cabot-y. Which I shouldn't really have a problem with considering the fact that I have most of her books in my secret shelves. But still! You're a diary. God that's disturbing.

To update you on the situation, I got Ino and Sasuke to bond over tomatoes and now will promptly be losing my memories. Ino thought it was important that I tell Itachi about that so that he wouldn't be hurt (her words not mine) when I call him a crazy stalker for knowing my name. So eventually I did call him. That was around fifteen minutes ago. It's funny how suddenly everything seems to remind me of him. Like that screeching of tires from what sounds like just around the corner. And then Ino went downstairs to make us a few watermelon daiquiris. Which is weird because I'm more of a whiskey girl. Eh they'll probably be virgin anyway.

And now I'm here. All by myseeelf, don't wanna be, all by myseeeeeelf ANYMO-

Holy shit Ino just barged into the room so excited that she can't even speak. Got to go love!"

"What happened?" Sakura asked a breathless Ino who was grinning like she'd seen Santa Claus.

"Itachi!"

"Huh? Sweetie you'll have to use more words than that."

"Itachi's here!" She said while flailing her arms around ecstatically.

"WHAT?"

"He's outside, hurry!

Sakura flew downstairs and rushed out the door thanking her parent only to double over in laughter at the sight of the Uchiha heir in a pair of striped boxers and a robe with the initials IA monogrammed on the pocket standing there in formal shoes. No man in the world could make a get up like that, look sexy. Except maybe Wolverine.

"What the hell are you wearing?" She said once she had the guffaws under control although a few giggles still slipped out while Itachi looked suitable affronted.

"They'll seriously erase all your memories tomorrow?"

"Yeah but-"

"And you won't remember anything?"

"That's what usually happens when memories are erased Itachi." She said sarcastically.

"Right then, into the car you go."

"What?"

"Come on we're going out."

"Out where?"

"On a date."

"What?"

"You say that a lot. Now come on we only have 6 hours till sunrise."

"Fine just let me change."

"No no what you're wearing is fine."

"It's a panda pyjama suit!" She screeched, pointing down at the black limbed white torso-d suit with the fuzzy, round eared hood and matching fuzzy slippers.

"And it complements my boxers wonderfully now come on, I have a whirlwind romance to achieve." He said, all but pushing her into the passenger seat. Ino, who hadn't stopped smiling the whole time waved goodbye as Sakura tried to recover from her shock before telling them to hold on a second rushing into the house and coming back with Sakura's phone in hand and taking a picture of the two before handing the phone over to a still shell shocked Sakura, telling them to go have fun.

Only when he started driving and she was thrown to the side as he turned the corner, did she realise that it was actually happening. She was going on an actual date with Itachi. And she wasn't wearing her seatbelt.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

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I was going to add the actual date bit too but realised I had no idea what to do with that. Or rather I had too many ideas and wasn't sure which one to go with.

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