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Chapter 3 – Training Gift: Part 2

Class wasn't anything special. Our sensei was a funny man who always lost control of the class and eventually gave up. He really was a very good teacher, he was just lacking in the disciplinary section. I mean seriously, the poor guy just made it too easy.

"Neh, Iruka-sensei!"

The older man turned to look at me. "Yes Sakura."

I jerked my head to the left of the classroom where the windows were. "You do realize that all of your precious boys have gone AWOL again right?"

The poor bastard began to stutter and turn green. He looked like he was about to have an episode again, an unforgettable sight really as long as you were a good mile away from the ensuing violence of a crazed teacher. But man, the guy just let these kids walk all over him before he remembered he was the one that held the authority.

I watched as he reigned in his emotions before speaking to me in the most measured and polite tone he could muster. "Thank you Sakura for the observation. I will right back after I apprehend them and drag them back to class."

After he had run out the door I murmured a half hearted, "Good luck." Lord knows he was going to need it because the 'precious boys' in question were in fact the four class troublemakers of our class year that also happened to be in our class; Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba, and Naruto. These guys were relentless in their antics and pranks, but I had to admit, some of the stuff they managed to pull off was pretty impressive.

And now that our sensei was off chasing the four clowns of our class he wasn't going to be back for the rest of the day, and than meant class was unofficially dismissed by the students due to the lack of a teacher. Which also meant I now had a free afternoon to work on my Sharingan! Woot!

Sometimes fate was smiling down on you.

Snatching up my books I jogged over to the bookshelf where our class kept their books and put mine away. I had barely turned towards the door when the front of my body was shoved into the wall, a very hard concrete wall that pushed my cheek against my teeth and sliced it open. As the iron taste of blood filled my mouth I turned to glare at my assailant to see who it was, although I already had a soul deep suspicion.

A porcelain smooth face cut by the finest artist was twisted into a sneer with beautiful coal black eyes glaring hatefully at me. Fine raven hair fell around the face of the first person I ever truly hated in my short life.

"Sasuka-sama." I drawled. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your presence?"

He continued to sneer at me, as if my very presence disgusted him. And I sincerely hoped I disgusted him enough to make him sick to his pretty little stomach.

"Why was my older brother walking you to school again?" I could hear the anger in his voice aimed at me. Well geeze, I had never personally done anything to the kid but he was always acting like I was the bane of his existence. Stupid family and their damn politics.

"Yes, I was walking with Itachi-sama this morning, like I do every morning he's here. He usually picks me up too but he had a mission and won't be back for a while so I guess you're going to take this opportunity to 'show me my place' right?" I used the most empty and void tone I could come up with, hoping it would annoy him enough to leave me alone.

No such luck.

His fist contacted with my face and projected me back into the wall. Knocking my head against the stone I saw black spots crowd my vision for a few seconds before they cleared and the pain rushed along with a stickiness I could feel dripping down the back of my neck. Lifting my hand to the throbbing spot on my head I looked at the bright droplets of red staining my fingers.

Jesus Christ. This fucker had just busted my head open!

"You fucking prick! I only answered your damn question and you freak out on me. What the hell is wrong with you!?"

"Don't talk back to me. You're only a disgraced member of the clan. You mean nothing."

Suddenly I had an epiphany.

"Oh my god you're jealous!" I laughed in his reddening face. "You're jealous your brother spends more time with me."

"I am going to make you regret those words scum!"

And like most arguments we have, this one ended up with a fistfight. And like most of our fights end, a grown up showed up and separated us. But not before I had planted some punches and kicks to his stomach and legs, the only places I could aim because he had too much damn pride to tell on me if someone didn't find out. Otherwise people would notice if the son of a clan head was carrying around a shiner and busted lip.

Strong hands pulled me away from the prick and made sure I couldn't break free and start for him again. Looking up I met the two knowing eyes of our Hokage.

Flushing with shame I looked down at my feet and stood still obediently.

Sasuke was also being held back by a Jounin and was so blinded by rage that threw the only insult he knew would cut me deeply without noticing the ominous figure behind me. "You're not needed here failure! You'll never be needed by anybody!"

"Enough!"

Sasuke looked up quickly to find the Hokage staring at him disappointedly. "Uchiha Sasuke, I would have thought a young man of your station would not spew such harmful garbage at a fellow clansmen. I expected better from you Sasuke."

Sasuke lowered his head in shame, but not before shooting me a hate filled glare. Prick.

"And you Sakura." I blinked up at him, surprised by his abrupt speech.

"You shouldn't goad him with information you know will rile him. This is as much your fault as it is his. I am tempted to exact some form of punishment, but I think the knowledge of your own wrong doings is enough for the present. If this happens again, however, the punishment will be severe." Then he released me and strode over to the open door before stopping and looking back at me. "And Sakura, he was the one that informed me you might not heed his advice, so you can blame this occurrence on him." Smirking slightly he turned and left, the Jounin following closely behind him.

My left eye began to twitch at the news. " I am going to kill him."

Sasuke had been watching me ever since the Hokage had left and saw my reaction. Narrowing his eyes he opened his mouth to speak when a crash and resounding thud was heard. Me, Sasuke, and the rest of the students still present whipped our heads around and stared at the four groaning bodies writhing on the floor. It appeared the famous troublemakers hadn't really left at all.

Like I first said, impressive.

Naruto was the first to regain his balance and turn to all of us. "H-hey guys! Weird day huh?"

I titled my head to the side and grinned. "That was ingenious! Which one of you came up with that?"

Naruto pasted that huge grin I was beginning to label his 'trademark grin' and rubbed his hand behind his head in an awkward gesture. "Aw, it was nothing. We only hid in the ceiling while Iruka wasn't looking."

I smirked. "Yeah, but how did you manage to fool a Jounin?"

He rolled his eyes and waved absently at me. "Oh, that was nothing. We were only staying as quiet as we possibly could. Me and the guys have had to learn how to hide ourselves well because we're always getting chased."

I laughed at that. "True, but I was asking how you in particular managed to hold your words for this long. I mean, you're not exactly the most patient person I know. Strike that, you're the most impatient person I know."

He just grinned unabashedly at me like I had just given him a compliment.

"You're both idiots for all I care."

The snide voice called me back to the situation at hand. Namely Sasuke and his chump ass attitude.

"Well, you know princess, we can't all be thorough bred blue bloods like you. Some of us want to have a life beyond the rules of the clan and the council."

He growled back at me.

Naruto chose that moment to speak up. "You know Sasuke, you're a real asshole. How can you treat her like dirt when she's from the same clan as you? I don't get why you always go out of your way to be mean to her."

Sasuke gave me a once over and scoffed. "Baka. Do you see what she looks like? She's like a freak of human and spring mixed together. Who the hell ever heard of pink hair? All Uchihas are born with black hair and black eyes. And all of us possess the Sharingan. She is not an Uchiha. Her father's filthy blood made sure she didn't look like one of us, and her birth made sure she was never excepted as one of us. She's unwanted, a freak of nature that survived when she should have died in the womb!"

Rage simmered deep within my skin. I could feel the weight of his words sink in and begin to conjure up the ire sleeping deep inside of me. I sincerely loathed this clan heir standing before me, treating me like a freak and a failure for events that were not in my control. It was a birthing gone wrong so what! Lots of babies are stillborn. I was lucky enough to survive and this was the treatment I received? All because I wasn't a fucking BOY!

Thoughts and emotions began to churn and roil inside of me, waking up a presence in my mind that had only been a helping whisper in times of need and was now rousing in a roar of righteous fury.

I hate this boy.

Yes.

I wish he could bear the weight of everyone's hatred like I do.

Yes!

I hope he dies!

YES!

He will die!

YES!

Something fiery and liquid hot rushed through my veins as I glared hatefully at the boy before me. I could feel me and the other me gather whatever we had and push it towards a power.

A power we could feel instinctually but not see.

A power we knew could help us with this need for vengeance.

A power that needed to be awakened.

The power to kill.

My eyes began to burn with fire as I saw horror, pure unadulterated horror wash over Sasuke's face before my body began to throb and everything went black.

An insistent beeping noise roused me from the deepest sleep I think I had ever had. Blearily opening my eyes a scant centimeter I groaned when the lighting effectively awoke a violent throbbing in my head, particular above and behind both of my eyes. It was excruciating.

The beeping kicked up a notch as I rolled over and wrapped my arms around my head in a protective gesture that did nothing at all to relieve the pain. Oh god, when was it going to end!

"The pain will eventually fade. Just wait for the medic to get back and she'll give you something to dim the headache."

I froze. I'd know that deep baritone anywhere, and the underlying fury riding it. Wincing not from the pain but from the scolding that would undoubtedly be coming, but for what I couldn't yet remember, I rolled over to face him. But I still refused to open my eyes since they were the last, and only, shields I had against him. And the lighting hurt like hell.

"Look at me Sakura."

I took a deep breath and slowly opened my eyes; because there was no way in hell I was disobeying that voice.

My eyes were still screaming in pain but I was still able to look Itachi in the face, a very stern and tense face that frankly scared the shit out of me. Oh man, what had I done now?

Itachi studied my appearance for a moment before glaring at me. "Do you have any idea what you've done?"

I gulped and shook my head glancing around quickly to take in the hospital room I was obviously in.

He frowned. "What is the last thing you remember Sakura?"

I thought hard about it now since my life was obviously on the line.

"Rage and a voice." I mumbled.

"A voice?" He tilted his head slightly in question.

I nodded slowly. "Yes. A voice, telling me something."

"Was it a person?"

This time I shook my head slowly. "No, this was more like a whisper inside of my head. I remember it started out as a small murmur then built into a roar."

"Do you remember what it was saying?"

I frowned. "No. I seriously can't remember anything after you took me home the other day. Why? What happened Itachi? What did I do?"

But he didn't answer me. He had his head bowed in deep thought with his hands linked in front of his mouth and his elbows on his knees. The thinking pose. Never a good sign.

Oh shit.

"Itachi?"

"You awoke your Sharingan."

I blinked. Then blinked again. Then blinked some more.

"W-what?"

He finally raised his head and looked me in the face.

"You awoke you Sharingan exactly five days ago in your classroom."

My eyes widened to impossible proportions. "The classroom?!"

He nodded. "I take it you don't remember anything of that day so I will tell you what I know. I took you to school and, before leaving you, warned you against confronting Sasuke in any battle physical or vocal. You apparently didn't head my warning and fought with him anyway until the Hokage interfered and separated you two. After that Sasuke said something to you that made you finally snap, awakening your kekkei genkai. The only witnesses are student s who weren't hit by your Genjutsu, and by their accounts it was primarily Sasuke's doing. Regardless of his actions, however, I am none the less vexed at you for not following orders."

His dark penetrating glare made me shiver in fear.

I closed my eyes and nodded. I could feel the tears begin to prick at the back of my eyelids. How did this happen? Why couldn't I remember any of this? And what's more, Itachi was so angry at her he wasn't even giving her any reassurances.

Keeping my eyes closed I addressed him. "Itachi?"

"-sama."

I whipped my head up and stared in dread at him. "W-what?"

He stared at me with no emotion whatsoever. "-sama. You will address me as Itachi-sama."

Ouch. That one hurt.

Biting my trembling lips I nodded my head in acceptance.

Itachi gave me a once over and sighed. "You will address me as Itachi-sama, but only in the presence of the clan. I'm still your friend Sakura, that hasn't changed."

I heaved a huge sigh of relief that made him smile. But one thing still didn't make sense.

"Itachi, why are you making me call you formerly now?"

He grimaced and glanced away for a minute. The he grimly turned back to me. "Because you struck Sasuke with a very high level Genjutsu. He was trapped in it for three days and is still recovering. The clan isn't holding charges against you since it was your first time using it and you passed out, but they will be paying more attention to you. Thus you must address me properly in the clans presence."

My hands flew to my mouth. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean t-,"but I stopped mid sentence because it all came flooding back.

The fistfight, the Hokage, Naruto and the boys, and then Sasuke's words.

You should have died in the womb!

I placed my hands back in my lap and stared at them. These hands of mine, hands of a future kunoichi, had wanted nothing more than to kill Sasuke in the most violent way possible. And it wasn't theses hands that had done it. It was my eyes.

"So you remember now." It was a statement.

"Yes."

"What prompted the awakening?"

I blew out a breath before speaking. "He said I should have died in the womb. Of course that was the tale end of all that he threw at me, but something in me snapped at his words and a voice urged me on. I had wanted nothing more then to kill him in that moment, and me and this other…thing inside of me threw everything we had into a power we knew could hurt him. Possibly kill him. I guess that was the Sharingan then." I scowled and bowed my head. "I am so ashamed of myself right now. I let his words get to me and almost killed him. This is disgraceful."

Itachi nodded. "I agree that you were stupid into letting him goad you and using your awakened Sharingan to harm him. But this other presence of yours worries me. I will have to look into it." And with that he stood.

My arm shot out before I could stop it. "Wait!"

Itachi gave me his full attention.

"Is he okay? Are they…ok?"

He placed one of his hands on top of my head and nodded. "They are all doing fine. No one recalls what kind of Genjutsu they were in, and they don't have nightmares about it. Regardless I want you to know that if people ask you about your Sharingan tell them nothing, understand? I will begin training you myself and you won't have to worry anymore about getting married off. Now that the clan knows you are, in fact, an Uchiha they will undoubtedly let you off and hopefully leave you alone. Now get some more rest Sakura." He pushed my head back down on the pillows.

As he made his way to the sliding door I could have sworn he muttered something along the lines of, "Things have just gotten more complicated." But I could be wrong.

Closing my eyes I allowed the darkness to calmly trickle in and take me to the land of dreams. But not before a small voice whispered, Sleep for as long as you can, because you're going to need all the sleep you can get Sis.

Hot Damn it's done! That was by far the toughest chapter yet! Way too much dialogue. And I'm sure I forgot to tie in something so if any of you find a story mistake please tell me and I will fix it.

Hoped you like the long chapter and the little cliffy. Heh.

The next chapter will be a few months down the road, so look forward to it.

But the chapter after the next one is the REAL biggy! Hope you enjoy the suspense as much as I do!

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