Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, Itachi would be my bitch.

Theme: 20. Fortification

Number of words: Exactly 100

Pairing: Itachi x Sakura

Rating: K

Warnings: This chapter is dedicated to intelligent-and-ditzy-bookworm. 'cause she's awesome like that.


She was weak. Everyone knew it. It was in the soft curve of her smile and the warm glow in her eyes. Her weakness even manifested in her appearance.

So people scoffed when she joined the Academy. She wouldn't last a week… But she lasted more than a week, she lasted six years… through heartbreak, death, and destruction.

She never broke; never gave in.

Not once.

He found himself in awe of her strength.

And as he sat, mourning for his brother, she held him.

"He dead Sakura, he's dead."

"We'll get through this. We're going to be okay, Itachi."