Roses: Hello Peoples! Its bin a long time, but im finally back w/ chap 5, at least part 1 of it cuz its mad loooooong.  So anyways, for those of you who were worried about me discontinuing, thank you for your concern and I have decided not to discontinue. For some reason, my conscience keeps bothering me about it. So rejoice my readers!

Itachi: I don't forgive you for leaving this story off for so long. *insert Uchiha glare*.

Roses: Gomen, Gomen. Please forgive me? If you don't…. *insert big watery eyes*

Itachi: Must not look at the eyes, must not look at the eyes, must not….. Argh. Fine. You're forgiven.

Roses: Yayz! I love you Ita-kun!!!

Itachi: Call me that again and I'll mangekyou your ass. Anyways, Bleedingroses94 does not own Naruto. Thank god. If she did, that entire world would collapse from neglect.

Roses: Wah. Soo mean!

Itachi: Hn. As Roses has forgotten to write a disclaimer, I suppose that duty now falls to me. Disclaimer: Bleedingroses94 does not own Naruto. She only wishes she did. ~insert (AN: sexy, devilish) smirk~

Chapter 5:Apprentice

Part 1

"Nani?" asked Kisame.

"I want the two of you to teach me to be stronger."

"How strong do you want to get girl? You took out a platoon of Sound nins, killed Akasuna no Sasori, and you are Tsunade's apprentice."

"I want to beat his otouto and show everyone that I am not weak." Sakura jerked her head in Itachi's direction. This must be a dream. I cannot be bargaining with the Akatsuki for my life and an apprentiship to boot! Cha! We're well on our way to becoming stronger!

"Itachi, what do you think?"

"Hn."

Sakura's eyebrow started twitching. Don't Uchihas have a more extensive vocabulary? Apparently not.

"You heal us first. Then we'll teach you.:

"Hai."

Sakura filled her hands with green healing chakra and slowly approached Kisame. As she professionally looked over him, her eyes evaluated each cut and bruise. There were countless bruises on his shoulders, one semi-deep cut, which obviously came from a katana. And then there was his broken arm. She immediately healed his bruises and cuts. Who is skilled enough to do this much damage? Maybe we should ask them to teach us instead. I have two reasons why we shouldn't. 1: We're probably as strong or stronger than them. 2: They're definitely dead. Oh, right. Now can you get out of my head? Hmph. You're nice.Inner Sakura stomped off into the recesses of Sakura's mind.

Now, Sakura nervously stepped toward Itachi. He looked at her with cold, ruby eyes. Suddenly, they melted into a deep, almost warm onyx color. Sakura slightly gasped, His eyes are beautiful! As Itachi slowly slid his eyes shut, he softly murmured, "Try to blind me, kunoichi, and I will break your spine."

Sakura replied, "You're half blind already. And what good would it do me to blind you?"

"You were my brother's teammate." The air around them grew tense with the words Itachi didn't say.

"I'm no longer a fool pining over him. If he wants to kill you, he can do it without my help. And what makes you think I'm so easy to kill?" Sakura smirked as she slowly sent her chakra into his eyes.

They all stood in silence as Sakura finished her work.

"Arigato." The smooth, velvety (AN: totally smexy :P) voice of Itachi broke the silence, "Let's go."

They jumped into the trees and started moving at breakneck speed in a single line. Itachi was in front, Sakura next, and Kisame brought up the rear. After about two hours of traveling, a panting and worn out Sakura asked where they were going.

"You'll find out soon enough," was the gruff response from Kisame.

"And why are we going at this ridiculous pace?"

Itachi interrupted, "Your training has begun. This will increase your endurance, which seems to be one of your weak points."

The comment slightly stung the kunoichi, but she kept it bottled inside Inner Sakura. Sure there's room for improvement, but ya don't have to needle! Urusai, Inner. He's right.. And I suppose it goes with being a sensei, which we did ask for.

When they stopped for the night, Kisame said, "Lets have the kunoichi do all shifts tonight. We haven't gotten a good nights sleep in almost a month now." Sakura narrowed her eyes as she realized Kisame's thinly veiled amusement at her new predicament while Itachi gave the idea a thought.

"Hn." Itachi walked away into the forest. When Sakura heard this, she turned to look at Kisame, who was wearing his trademark sharky grin, and inwardly groaned. How the hell am I supposed to stay awake after running like that? We can take shifts with each other so we aren't tired. Thanks, Inner.

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~ 2 hour time skip~

Saku-chan! Wakey, wakey! Five more minutes, Inner, onegai? Iie! I need to sleep too! It takes a lot of energy to use your body. Fine.

Sakura opened her eyes and instinctively did a chakra check of her surroundings, finding only two other chakra signatures besides hers. Good. As Sakura whiled away the last dark hours of the night, she failed to notice a pair of red eyes watching her. When the first rays of the sun peeked over the horizon, Itachi jumped down from the upper branches of the tree Sakura was sitting against. She immediately jumped up, but lost her balance, and fell promptly on her ass.

"Itai…" she groaned. Thanks for warning me my legs were asleep, she growled at Inner Sakura, who snickered at her ungraceful position. As she looked at Itachi, she could have sworn she saw a glimmer of amusement in his ruby orbs. But the minute she blinked, it was gone, replaced once more with cold impassivity.

Roses: Hoped your liked this chappie! Itachi actually showed some expression! I really like this chapter the most because Itachi starts warming up to Sakura. I never knew how hard it was to create his persona! I mean, it's kinda like a talkative Sasuke (O.o). Yeah, really weird to write, but fun.

Itachi: I'm not a talkative Sasuke. ~insert Uchiha glare~

Roses: Hehe, gomenasai. Demo, this chapter is finally finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy. Normally I will start a story and then abandon it in the middle, but the thought of my readers getting mad at me was too much to bear. So, I'm continuing the story! My songfic is kinda weird, but I had to finish it cuz it was bugging me soooo much. I promise not to do that level of mush again. It melts my brain!