20 Crack and Not So Crack Pairings with Kinomoto Sakura

Note: I do not own Kinomoto Sakura or Sakura, because she is owned by CLAMP. Nor do I own the following characters that I would be adding in from different animes/mangas. Some of these one-shot fics or shorts are from the collection I've posted on livejournal, which I beginning to think of a side story. *argh, must focus!*

Extra Note: Card Captor Sakura is owned by CLAMP and NARUTO is owned by Maasashi Kishimoto.

Title: Valentine's Day Shyness (Happy Late Valentine's Day)

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi x Kinomoto Sakura
Other Pairings:Hinted Li Syaoran x Kinomoto Sakura; Uchiha Sasuke x Hyuuga HInata; Kinomoto Touya x Tsukishiro Yukito
Category: Anime or Manga. Card Captor Sakura x NARUTO
Rating: T
Genre: Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Romance
Warming: I'm sorry if the characters are a bit OOCiness, but that's what made this one-shot more fun to write about. This one is somewhat of a prequel to one of the themes I had for '40 Sentences of Uchiha Itachi x Kinimoto Sakura'. I like the thought of it though.

Note: I know I've promised Tsukasa-hime, that this chapter will be the a SubaruXSakura, Tsubasa fic, but I couldn't help but put this one. After a few others, I'm sure to create one.

Touya looked into kitchen, wondering what Sakura is doing up late in the evening.

"Oi." He smiled; amused to see her jump three feet in the air, Sakura grew into a beautiful young woman. Even though she is sixteen, he still treated her like a little sister. However, for Sakura being this beautiful, came with a price and she had somehow gotten fan boys over the summer, much to Touya's displeasure. He wasn't ready to see her go with another man, and if that boy appeals to him, he'll have to accept. Touya, wanted to test the person who is suitable for Sakura, but knew he can't interfere. It didn't help with the breakup she has with Syaoran, but it did give him an excuse to be more threatening to him if he ever came close to Sakura again.

"Nii-san!" Ah yes, back to the present. Touya smirk, and looked over to what she is doing. Ah, chocolates for Valentine's Day, the dreaded day he hated the most.

"Why are you making chocolates so late in the evening?"

"I was sort of busy during the day, buying ingredients and the pans." Touya nodded, that makes sense since she already finished most of her homework in the afternoon.

"How many are you making?" She huffed at him, not ready to tell him. Touya noticed, and shook his head.

"Do you need help?" Sakura look at him, she knows that her brother is a bit overprotective of her, but then again he wouldn't know who those chocolates are for, right?

"Sure." After helping her bake the chocolates and wrapped them up, Touya can tell that there are twelve chocolates being made. One for Tomoyo, one for him, one for Yukito, one for their father, one for Kero, one for Yue, one for their great-great-grandfather, one for Tomoyo's mother, one for that quiet lavender hair girl, one for that brown hair tomboy, but who has the extra one. It's a 'Sakura' shape chocolate, the rest are made up stars, which means Sakura found someone she like. Touya twitched, if that was true, then who was he and when did it happen? Touya twitched again, the boy that Sakura likes could be the same age as her. Sakura noticed her brother is twitching and shook her head in amusement. Nii-san, he must have found out that I have a sakura-shape chocolate for someone, and that I won't tell him.

After shooing him out of the kitchen, Sakura wrote something on the chocolate for her special person, it won't have a name of that person, but she knew that person will figure it out since he is a genius and all.

Morning came, and Touya groaned out of frustration of not being able to figure out who the person Sakura likes. He still hadn't figured it out even at work, Yukito looked at him, and chuckle.

"I'm guessing, you still hadn't found out who is going to receive that chocolate from Sakura-chan." Touya gave him a look, and Yukito laugh because it is really hilarious and adorable.

"Touya, Sakura-chan is a big girl. I'm sure she can handle a few boys." Touya sighed, although he has a sister and she likes someone, it doesn't mean he had to like it.

"I know, I just..." Yukito look at him, and understood that Touya never like the fact that Sakura might like someone.

"How about this, if Sakura-chan ends up going out dates with the person she likes, we will ask him to come over for dinner and meet him up." Yukito said, Touya look at him with a raised eyebrow.

"That must be Yue talking, wasn't he?" Yukito shrugged, his other self felt less comfortable about not knowing who the person his mistress likes. Meanwhile, somewhere nearby, twenty-one year old Neji is talking with twenty-two year-old Itachi, helping with the few of the items on the shelves.

"Should I be worried?" Itachi ask his fellow classmate, Neji looked at him focusing on the task on hand.

"Not mentally if you are wondering, but if I find out that your brother got that chocolate from Hinata-sama, he is going have to tread carefully with me for a month." Neji's eyes burned alight with fire in his and there was fire in the background, Itachi sweat drip because of his classmate's sister complex, but it didn't ease his worry about his brother. Neji calmed down when he heard Touya's and Yukito's conversation, Itachi listened to. As it turns out, Touya's younger sister gave a chocolate to someone. Neji whistled.

"I feel sorry for whoever receives the chocolate from Kinomoto-san's sister." Neji said, he heard about the break up between Touya's sister and her boyfriend, but that was last year. Even so, Touya continued to threaten the poor boy.

"Why?" Itachi ask.

"Kinomoto-san cares for his sister, and with that incident last year, he is a bit more overprotective of her when it comes to who she dates. Thankfully, Tsukishiro is around to calms him down long enough for the boy to get away." Itachi blinked, and recalled the break up between Sakura and Syaoran, even though Syaoran didn't mean any harm on her, he had hurt her. That's when the teddy bear in his hands ripped.

"Easy man, do you want us to lose one of our inventories?" Itachi blinked, before looking down at the teddy bear that's been ripped in his hands. He stares at it, and remember her green eyes filled with tears, it was enough for Itachi to want Syaoran to feel the pain he inflicted on Sakura. He sighed, what's done is done, and there was nothing he could do to heal that broken piece of her heart. He was able to be friends with Sakura, but Itachi loved her, even during her relationship with Syaoran, and he is afraid of her response to his confession. Would she cry? Would she laugh? Or would she look at him apologetic, and reject him?

"Itachi-san, are you alright?" Itachi looks at Neji, before nodding and deciding to put away the teddy bear and getting a new one.

"I'll be fine, thanks for worrying. I'm going to get a new one." Itachi went back into the storeroom, unaware that calculating white eyes stare at him. Neji knew something was up, whenever he mention about Sakura's break up along with Syaoran's name, Itachi would break something unconsciously. However, Neji refused to be curious and let his college friend handle it. It was not something that he should be bothered with.

It was in the late afternoon, and Itachi, being the last one, closed down the shop and sighed. There was no way he could tell Sakura he loves her, even after that break up with Syaoran. That break up however, was one year ago, but it didn't help either when he remember her tears when she cried into his chest, saying it wasn't fair. Shaking out of the thoughts, Itachi was about to close the door when he heard her voice.

"Itachi-san?" He paused, relaxes his body and is glad that the voice wasn't one of his fan girls when he turned to look at her. There she was, green eyes sparkling at seeing him, a small smile, she was still in her middle school uniform, and perhaps the cheer leading is today. Itachi noticed that she has a white shopping bag, next to her book bag, he brush the doubt away from his mind.

"Konnichiwa, Sakura-chan, how's school and practice today?" Itachi asked, Sakura grinned at him.

"School is fine, classes are normal and the cheer leading practice is well. One thing, could you tell your brother that his fan girls are annoying?" Itachi smirked, it wasn't something that can't be undone, and Itachi himself, is afraid of fan girls since he had some following him since he was an elementary school kid. He wasn't sure how Touya and Yukito were able to ignore them.

"I'll try, but I doubt it due to the fact that my brother complains it me about them." Sakura giggled, he loves her laugh, its sounds like a soft bell to him.

"So tell me, did Hinata-san gave him chocolate?" If Sasuke were to end up with those chocolates, he has to make sure to warn him to avoid Neji.

"I'm guessing her brother told you she was making chocolates." Itachi shrugged, a mock grin on his lips.

"Neji-san is worried and a bit over protective, but I don't blame him though."

"She did, she was blushing so hard that she nearly faint. Your brother, to tell you the truth, is shocked and I think he was blushing a bit with a dazed look in his eyes." That made Itachi chuckle, he'll definitely tease Sasuke about this.

"So how's work?" Itachi gave her look that made her laugh.

"I'm guessing boring, huh?"

"What gave it away?" Itachi said with mock sarcasm, though his grin gave it away.

"Say, Itachi-san, I was wondering if you can have this." The white bag was given to him, he looked in and his onyx eyes soften. He turned his attention to Sakura, blushing but also a bit nervous.

"I would love too, Sakura-chan." That's when she heard it, her smile is so beautiful, and he felt a blush on his cheeks.

"Thank you." Sakura said, with a kiss on his cheek, she left. Itachi stood there, tried to reel his mind and wrap it around him that the fact Sakura kiss him, on his cheek no less. He smiles. At least, that's a start.

Tomorrow came to quick, and Touya moped at the counter. Neji looked at Yukito, understanding the answer immediately.

"He still hasn't been able to find out who his sister likes." Neji smirked when he saw Yukito smile, he sympathize Touya, really he does.

"Yeah, he wasn't able to get the answer out of the answer from her last night, and she is very happy that she is able to give the chocolate to the person she likes." Neji shook his head, he really feel sorry for Touya. He went back to work where he is station to and saw Itachi nibbling on a piece of chocolate.

"You look happy, Itachi-san." Itachi smirk at Neji, Neji could tell that chocolate was from someone that is special to Itachi.

"So who gave it you?" Neji ask, curious on who the person that affected Itachi in more ways than one. Itachi looked at him, shrugging, he isn't going to be telling Neji anytime soon.

"Someone who is special to me." Itachi smile softly, he actually doesn't care if Neji saw him smile. In his mind, is Sakura, smiling at him. ((A/N:Here is what the note says on the chocolate. 'In the midst in being confused in my heart, you showed me that there are other people who care. That I agree, but there is one thing you are wrong about. Being with someone you love the most after getting their hearts broken, and with them needing you the most, shows enough emotion that you love them, that they are precious to you. Love, Sakura))

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