Story: The Keeper.

Series:Naruto.

Summary:

Due to a malfunctioned summoning scroll, Sakura finds herself sent into back in a time where Sasuke is still innocent. As she tries to undue her mistake her reason for returning grows less every day she spends in a life where everything was simple.

Chapter name: All Fairy tales end.

Word count: 1000 (Cutting it close xD)

{A/n;; So I'm not entirely sure what the ending pairing of this story will be, I'm preety undecided whether sakura will end up with Itachi or Kakashi :/ So I need reviewer help, please vote on the poll on my profile for who you want Sakura to end up with. 3

When Sakura opened her eyes next she almost fainted again as her vision focused on the cause of her blackout: little Sasuke. His face looked relieved at her awakening, and the pinkette found herself smiling with him. She just couldn't help it, Sasuke was such a cute kid. But he wasn't like this in her world, she knew somehow she had traveled to the past. This itself was troubling as she had no clue on how to go about returning o her time. But surely someone else would. She was brought out her musings by Sasuke curious voice, "Ano, are you okay now lady?" Lady that made her feel so frickin old, she was barely even an adult!

"Yeah I'm fine kid, the names Sakura. Thanks for carrying me here, wherever here is."

He laughed lightly at this and Sakura was momentarily memorized by the strange sound, "I'm Uchiha Sasuke. I know another Sakura, but she's my age. Niisan carried you here Sakura-san to the Uchiha estate after you collapsed."

Itachi? In this time he was still Konoha? The Uchiha massacre had not yet taken place. Maybe she had been sent here for a reason? Yet, the thought of being in the same room with the to-be-S-class criminal gave her chills. Once again in daydream land, Sakura failed to notice the new arrival until her voice alone sent shivers down her spine, "Ah I see the princess is awake. Otouto you may coniunue you target practice, whilst the guest and I speak."

Sakura looked alarmingly to Sasuke who was clueless to her plight as he childishly waved to her once before turning to leave. Sakura really didn't want to be with 100 meters of Itachi Uchiha, yet here she was stuck in close quarters with him. He looked rather amused at her terrified face and continued to speak as if ignoring her deer0in headlight-look, "Sakura-san was it? What brings you to Konoha? Are you a shinobi?" She had left her headband back in the archives not wanting to get it dirty she remembered.

Swallowing her fear down, Sakura reasoned she had no reason to hate this Itachi he had yet to screw up Sasuke's life. Plastering an overly friendly smile on her face, Sakura replied fabricating a story as she spoke, "Sakura Hatake, I'm visiting my cousin who lives here from the sand village. Hai, I'm a kunoichi."

Itachi looked thoughtful at this, "Oh you must be a relative of Hatake Kakashi, I presume? I never knew he had any surviving family left. He does keep to himself though. Well, I'd be more than happy to take you to him, he must be expecting you already."

Inwardly Sakura grimaced at this, but showed no sigh of inner distress replying, "Oh no I wouldn't wish to trouble you any further Uchiha-san, I can manage on my own." Sakura stood up brushing at her skirt as if to look ready for anything, but her legs felt like jelly. Itachi eyed her movements with a trademark Uchiha smirk, "It's no trouble Hatake-san, I wouldn't dream of letting a young woman like yourself travel these streets at night. Oh you may call me Itachi, Uchiha-san is too fatherly for me." Sakura looked outside to see only darkness, how long had she been out?

"Very well Itachi-san, I wouln't mind a escort. But where I come from I'm a pretty formidable kunoichi I'll have you know!" If Itachi thought she would let him be on familiar terms with him he was mistaken.

A few minutes later they arrived at an apartment complex not to far where she had lived as a child. She had be careful to avoid her younger self at all costs, she was sure if they meet, something awful would happen.

"You know Hatake-san, it's been a pleasure but I must return home now to my little brother. If your every in the Uchiha neighborhood, please drop by for tea." With those words Itachi Uchiha was gone in a poof of smoke leaving Sakura bewildered. Itachi Uchiha had been a perfect gentleman to her, yet she had done nothing to deserve this. The very thought confused her further, and all she really knew is that she wanted to return home. But would Kakashi really help her? Afterall surely he was different now too?

The object of her thoughts was on the top of apartment building reading by moonlight. His anbu uniform seemed ghostly in the pale light. Sakura slowly climbed up to meet him as she puzzled over what to say. He looked up to her expectantly, and Sakura stuttered for the right words, "Ano…Kakashi-sensei, I'm Haruno Sakura your student. Oh yeah I mean, student from the future."

Barely raising an eyebrow at her words, he mumbled a quiet, "fascinating," before returning to his precious book. Sakura felt as muscle twitch at this and felt the chakra building in her fingertips. Sensing danger was a skill known to most ninja and Hatake Kakashi was no different, he chose to carefully leapt from the building to seek shelter on the ground. Feeling a rush of adrenaline at the thought of a chase, Sakura switched the building chakra to her feet and jumped down releasing the chakra to the spot where Kakashi had resided a moment earlier.

The group split in two from her impact as she eyed the surrounding looking for her prey. Spotting him not even thirty feet away, his book had been put away. He stepped from the shadow of a tree raising his arms in mock surrender, "If you really are from the future, you'll probably have some proof. I have a few questions in mind at least."

"Shoot."
"You obviously resemble an academy child, but yet you seem far different. What happened?"

Sakura smiled at this, her voice shaking slightly, "Well sensei I learned life isn't full of fairy tales. Oh and the best trained me to be stronger. With you and Tsunade-shishou, I learned to grow up."

{A/n; Yay for anbu ninja. Seriously the best costumes in Naruto xD Reviewers are like the inspiring icing to this fanfiction cake 3

-S.s