OK I hate this chapter with a passion cause it was really awkward and I'm a little warn out and frazzled today so please bear with me here. Special thanks to my new reviewers Crystalbutterfly04, cherryjubilee, and DUCKY692. Special shout out goes to Ladyridger whom is my mad grammar buster cause I suck lmao. Sasuke is acting the way he does cause he cant handle rejection. I figured that Kunoichi were flexible cause there bodies are part of there arsenal And it was fun to think about lmao.I believe that your partially right on both ends Nina. Kinda creepy that's why me and Ladyridger call him creepy stalker guy. Admit it we all wanted to see Itachi back hand Sasuke in the anime. lol ok I'll shut up. Please review.

Sakura lay under the trees of her garden a head cradled upon her lap. It belonged to one of her self-proclaimed protectors. Upon his return from what she assumed to be a mad dash around Konoha he scooped her up from the couch making sure not to jostle the book in her hands and lose her place. She had never seen Itachi like this in all the time she knew him. He was angry almost to the point of expressing it. So she allowed him to carry her to a shady spot. He sat with his back to her in silence to which she drew him back to lay his head on her lap. As if on instinct she allowed her fingers to drift to his face and rub gentle circles against his temples. His eyes drifted over her worried face causing him to reach up and caress her cheek gently tucking loose strands behind the shell of her ear. He almost didn't like the way she was making him feel as her emerald eyes softly cradled his face. Fear of losing her, the happiness of having her with him, the regret from ever trying to hurt her, and the relief that she did not fear him mixed within his shell. All of it was pushed away with the gentle smile that she chose to grace him with.

"Sakura you don't have to choose me..." He began gently.

"Itachi..." She interrupted but was silenced with a finger to her lips.

"You don't have to choose me but please do not return to Sasuke Take Shisui as your husband, hell anyone of them, but please do not become my brothers woman. I could not bear to see someone so undeserving have you." He was pleading with her, and it made him feel as if he was losing her until a soft smile curved her lips.

"Itachi I don't plan on ever going to Sasuke again. Is that what you were worried about?" She answered as he sat up turning to her and pulled her into a hug.

"Thank you." That was all he dare say before he fled. He had made his decision she would be his and he would worship her as if she was the goddess Nagato had claimed she was.

"He's always so serious." Sakura smiled as she sprawled out in the grass with a yawn and closed her eyes. She wondered how long Neji would stand there watching her before he would talk to her.

"If I were the enemy you would be dead Sakura." Came Neji's voice as his shadow cast over her body. His eyes tracing her gentle slopes as she opened a single eye.

"That would be the case if you and Sai weren't watching the whole time." She giggled pointing to the tiny black speck on the three above her. Sai was listening somewhere close she already knew but could care less. True to her suspicion Sai approached a few seconds later with a laugh.

"You make it so hard to be a spy." He complained as he flopped down beside her.

"It's a talent what can I say." She smiled stretching her body and turning towards Sai to poke his ribs. He kept a straight face, but that wasn't going to discourage her.

"It is inappropriate for a proper woman to act a you do with so many men Sakura." Neji growled noting the familiarity that she used with many of the contestants. Why couldn't she act this way with him again it wasn't that hard to pick up the pieces off what they had didn't she know that?

"Who says ugly is a proper woman?" Sai smirked as said woman punched him in the arm. It was worth it he decided.

"It's also inappropriate to live with a woman before marriage but that hasn't stopped any of you." Sakura shot back.

"The circumstances are different in this case." Neji defended.

"Sounds like a double standard to me." Sakura's tone was clipped and uninterested.

"I hardly think that..."

"No you don't think do you Neji. Even better why are you still here? In fact why don't you leave before dinner." Sai countered pulling Sakura into his arms with a smirk.

"That is not your decision to make. I would keep my mouth closed when two people of a higher class are in the middle of a conversation." Neji scoffed.

"You know I was born of the lower class Neji." Sakura's eyes locked with Neji's with a glare that could send the Kyubi running.

"That is different my blossom you are now a sanin and of the royal clans." Neji corrected. Why was he acting this way? He wasnt like this and he knew it. If Sakura wouldn't have been cuddled into Sai's arms then he would have let it go. Could he possibly be jealous of the artist?

"So you wouldn't be here if my social class hadn't changed?" Sakura countered this time. Sai stood with a smile and offered her his had which she took. He pulled her up and placed an arm over her shoulders.

"No I would not." Neji answered bluntly. "I do not believe that any relationship is worth my life."

"And that is exactly why you will never know what it is to love." A Shisui said walking up to the small group and smiled flicking Sai's arm away from Sakura.

"This has nothing to do with the Uchiha's Shisui-san. It is between MY intended and I so I must ask you stay out of this." Neji wasnt about to back down.

"Ah that's where you are mistaken Hyuga-san. Anything involving Sakura is our concern in fact it is every one of Sakura's suitors concern, or should we vote on that?" Shisui smirked confidently as he felt the spike in Sakura's chakra. "Oh and she doesn't like the possessive claim you seem to think you have."

"That is ridiculous Uchiha-san Sakura knows that she will be my wife. I have made my intentions clear and she has yet to decline." Neji gave a smirk assuming Sakura's irritation was the result of Shisui's statement.

"You are to pack your bags and leave immediately." Sakura interrupted the stand-off with a growl.

"You heard her Uchiha-san. Go home and find another woman to spawn your demon seed." Neji's smirk faded as Sakura pulled Shisui and Sai to her side with a glare.

"I was talking to you Hyuga-san. I would give my life for the man I love and if hee would not do the same for me he does not deserve me. Now get the fuck out before I have you removed." Sakura said in a sickly sweet voice.

"I see, well good evening then Haruno-san." Neji glared walking away. He was not about to give up yet. Clearly he had to work his way into her favor before he could pursue her again but that was fine with him.

"What the hell Shisui!" Sai coughed as said Uchiha removed his fist from Sai's stomach.

"Stop calling Sakura Ugly." Shisui flat-lined making it clear that their temporary truce was over.