Chapter 5

I want to ask you guys some questions. What do you guys think about having couples in this story? What should the couples be? Should Sakura be in team seven or somebody else like Sai or something? There will also be another time skip. Make sure to review.

After talking to the Third Hokage about Orochimaru, the village was now on high alert. There are also some teams that are searching outside the village for any sign of him.

Sakura made her way to the hospital where she left Naruto to make sure he was not hurt. When she made it, a nurse said that they found nothing wrong that could be life threatening only a couple of scratches and bruises.

As they were walking back home, she felt someone bump into her side. She turned to see a little boy around Naruto's age. He had raven hair that stuck up from behind and onyx eyes. Sakura swore that he looked very familiar.

The little boy looked up and stared with wide eyes at her and whispered "Sorry"

Sakura smiled and crouched to his level "Its fine, no harm done. Are you ok? Why where you running?"

As if on cue someone shouted "Sasuke!"

Sakura turned towards the source to see Itachi running towards them. When he stopped in front of them, he was panting really hard.

Sakura stood up "Hey Itachi, what are you doing?"

"I'm *pant* trying to *pant*catch up *pant* to Sasuke *pant*" he said as he looked down to see Sasuke who is still staring at Sakura while blushing and Naruto glaring at him for staring to much at his older sister. 'Stop staring at my sister like that or I'll beat you up'

"Sasuke?" Itachi said trying to catch his attention. "Sasukeee?" Waving a hand in front of his face.

Sakura then looked back down to the blushing Sasuke who was staring at her as if she was the first girl he has ever seen. "Why is he staring at me like that?"

Then Naruto yelled "Yeah, quit staring at my sister. You're creeping her out."

Sasuke then looked down whispering another "Sorry" and blushing even harder.

Itachi then smirked "Oh, I see what's going on. It looks like my little brother has a crush on you."

Naruto gaped at him as if he was crazy "EH!?"

"Don't you think I'm too old for him?"

Itachi then shrugged and looked back down to Sasuke "Come on Sasuke, we have to go back home. See you some other time Sakura." Grabbing his hand and pulling him away with him.

"Alright, bye. Come on Naruto let's go back home."

Down the street with Sasuke and Itachi

Itachi smirked down at Sasuke who was still blushing and what looks like to be in deep thought. "So Sasuke, what did you think of my best friend Sakura?"

Sasuke looked up at him in shock "She's your best friend, I thought it was Shisui?"

"They're both my best friends and you're avoiding the question.

Sasuke blushed again "She's… she's pretty."

"Just pretty?"

"She's really pretty."

"Well, all I can tell you is that you are going to have a lot of competition."

"What do you mean?" Sasuke said with a confused look.

Itachi's smirk grew, "She has a lot of fanboys and believe it or not but she also has fangirls after her as well."

This caught Sasuke's attention "What!?"

Sakura and Itachi are now thirteen. Right now they were sparring with each other while their younger brothers were at the academy at the moment. They rarely had time with to hang out anymore with all the missions they had. Sometimes they would be paired up in a mission, but it was still rare since they are two of the strongest Anbu the village has. It will best to separate them to different teams to balance out the abilities of the group.

There was something clearly bothering Itachi while they were sparring and Sakura knew why. His father, Fugaku, is planning a coup d'état and is making Itachi spy on the village. Knowing that the coup would lead to another war, he instead became a double agent and reported to the third Hokage about the Uchiha's actions.

Itachi has also been quieter lately since Shisui died on a mission. They were both on their way back to the village when they were attacked by some guy. He has stolen Shisui's right eye. His reason is still unclear. Shisui then entrusted Itachi with his remaining eye and told him to protect the village and their family name before drowning himself in a river. Itachi has even awakened his mangekyo sharingan when he died. It got worse when some of the Uchiha started to blame that Itachi was the murderer. One time he had enough and lost his composure and attacked them. Luckily Sakura was with him at the time and as quickly as she could, she calmed him down.

Now and then Itachi would often come over to Sakura's house to get away from his family and cool down. Sakura would also offer to train him in the military arts in her underground base.

They have both decided to call it a day and both went back to their homes. As Sakura was walking back home, she was approached by an Anbu "Danzo has summoned you and are to report immediately." After that the Anbu kept on walking.

Sakura made her way to Danzo wondering what he could want from her. She approached Danzo with her Anbu uniform with her mask (since she had as a child) strapped loosely around her waist with her cloak over it.

"Ah, Sakura I wanted to talk to you about a certain matter."

"And what would that be?" Sakura responded

"I want you to do something really important for me."

Sakura narrowed her eyes at him

"I want you to slaughter everybody in the Uchiha Clan and that would include Itachi. Take it as a mission."

Sakura's eyes widen in shock.

"If you refuse, it would be a shame if something terrible would happen to Naruto."

"Like I would let anybody touch him." She said in a stern voice, turning on her eclipsed eyes and staring straight into Danzo's eyes. "I refuse to take this mission and as long as I'm alive nobody will harm Naruto!"

"Wha- What are you?" he said in fear.

"That is none of your damn business." And with that said, she left to go pick up Naruto from the academy.

As she was walking towards the academy, she was in deep thought. 'What could Danzo be planning? Why would he ask me of all people to do that? Should I tell Itachi? I should definitely tell him about this.'

"Aneki!"

Sakura snapped back to reality to see Naruto running full speed at her. She smiled, crouched down to his level and extended her arms out for a hug. Naruto ran into her arms hugging her as tight as he could. Sakura pushed him back slightly to see his face.

"How was school Naruto?"

Naruto then stopped smiling and looked down. "It was terrible, the kids won't stop bullying me."

Sakura smiled sadly and hugged him again "Don't worry. One day everybody will see how great you are. You know why Naruto?"

Naruto looked up at her with teary eyes "Why?'

"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it's going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming. Alright?"

Naruto smiled and nodded.

Sakura grabbed his small hand "Ok then let's go home"

The next day, after she left Naruto at the academy, she was trying to find Itachi. She couldn,t find him anywhere. She tried his house, Anbu base, the training grounds, and other places where he could be at.

'Damn it where is he?' Sakura suddenly stopped and mentally slapped herself 'How can I be so stupid?'

Sakura closed her eyes and opened them, revealing the eclipsed eyes, and focused on finding his heartbeat.

'Found you.' she headed towards his location. Itachi was sitting at the top of the Hokage's mountain (the stone faces). Sakura made it to his location and saw that he as in deep though like she was yesterday.

"Itachi."

Itachi flinched and looked up to see his best friend looking at him with worry.

Sakura sat next to him "What are you thinking about?"

Itachi shrugged and looked back toward the village. Then Sakura thought about something, and then narrowed her eyes while looking at Itachi. 'Could he have been summoned by Danzo too?'

Sakura decided to test her theory and asked "Have you been summoned by Danzo recently?"

Still looking down at the village, his eyes widened.

Sakura sighed and closed her eyes 'Knew it.' Sakura opened them again and said "I only ask because I was summoned by him yesterday after our spar. And after our talk I was in deep thought like you are right now. So, what did he tell you?"

Itachi looked at her as if he wanted to cry. Sakura noticing this extended her arms and hugged him tightly. "It's ok to cry." And with that Itachi broke down and cried in her arms holding her as tightly as he could.

"I don't want to do it, but I have to."

"Why? What did he say?"

"He said I either get killed with my clan or I kill them myself and keep Sasuke alive."

Hugging him even tighter she thought with anger boiling inside of her, 'That bastard!'

They stayed like that for a couple more minutes until Itachi calmed that time Sakura started thinking of a plan. Sakura looked into his red eyes and said "How long do you have until you have to… do it."

"Five days"

Sakura again started to think. After another couple of minutes she looked back up to Itachi and said, "Itachi, I have a really crazy plan that could actually work."

Itachi looked at her with curiosity and hope, "What is it."

Sakura explained her plan and Itachi looked at her as if she was crazy, but then thought about it. 'It could actually work.'

"Alright, what do we do first?"

Sakura smirked, "I'm going to need a lot of cranberry juice."

I had a day off today from school and didn't have anything else to do, so that's why I wrote this chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Think about the questions at the top of the page and review.