Hey guys I came up with this a few days ago and I figured today would be the perfect day to publish it. I have another Itasaku fic Itachi Taichou so go to my profile and check that out. If you want more review.

Disclaimer:I don't own Naruto or this would be canon.

January

Itachi considered himself to be a good captain. After all he'd had the job for nearly ten years and the Hokage had yet to tell him to step down. But, if he was such a good captain, why was his team going through medics faster than the Hokage could produce them? It wasn't that they were dying on the battlefield. On the contrary Itachi generally did his best to keep them out of the fight altogether. But it seemed that the medic would always quite after only a few months on his team. It was getting ridiculous and Gemna was calling it the 'Curse of Squad One'. Itachi had no belief in such things but he was starting to get annoyed by the lack of consistency in his team members. On such an elite team you had to have complete trust in your partners. This trust was hard to keep giving if you constantly changed teammates. It was with these thoughts that Itachi made his way to the marketplace. His mother needed some tomatoes and rice for dinner and being the mama's boy he was he volunteered to fetch them for her.

Itachi looked around the marketplace and was surprised to find his brother walking around the marketplace so early in the morning. He was even more surprised when he saw his brother's idiotic best friend come up next to him. The two weren't known for being early risers but his questions were answered when he saw a slim pinkette walk up to them with her arms full of groceries. She said something to the boys and they frowned but held out their arms for her to put the groceries in. Itachi chuckled a little at the obvious control she had over the two shinobi. She smiled at them both before walking over to another stall. Itachi looked back at his brother and wasn't shocked to see the two boys arguing. The pink haired girl noticed as well and walked up to them. They barely noticed her and just handed back the groceries before taking off towards the training fields, chakra spiking.

The girl stood there dumbfounded for a minute before stamped her feet in obvious irritation. Itachi shook his head and made a mental note to talk to Sasuke about how to treat women. The boy was never to reproduce at this rate.

A high pitched squeal made Itachi look back over at the pinkette and he saw her struggling with all the groceries the boys had dumped her with along with the ones she had bought while they were arguing. Itachi looked at his watch and sighed before heading over to her and catching the groceries that had begun to fall. He looked up and was met with the sight of two startled emerald eyes that looked at him until he stood up.

"U-Uchiha-san", she stuttered as she readjusted her arms to comfortably hold the groceries she still had left.

"Haruno-san, I take it you need some assistance", Itachi said and she blushed slightly as she placed her grocery bag on her hip.

"It seems my helpers ran off to go kill each other so I'm sort of stuck", she told him her eyes narrowing as she spoke about her teammates. Itachi wondered if his brother should be worried. He knew the pinkette intimidated him but he wondered if the fear was valid. He had never seen the girl on the battlefield himself.

"Yes, my brother seems rather fond of fighting with the blonde idiot", I told her as she began walking to one of the other stands. She laughed softly but I could tell my presence was still making her tense.

"I swear they spend more time fighting with each other then they do with enemy ninja", Sakura chuckled as she paid the stall worker for a bag of rice. She attempted to situate it but I just grabbed it and tucked it under my arm making her frown slightly.

"Uchiha-san, I can break mountains with my bare hands. I can carry a bag of rice", she told me, her voice carrying a very forced polite tone. Itachi briefly wondered if she could really do that before looking back at her.

"Regardless of your strength you only have so much room in your arms", he said smarty and she pursed her lips together before walking to another stall. Itachi walked after her and he saw she was looking at a stall with various bags hanging from its shelves.

"This might not be the best place to buy a purse, Sakura-san", Itachi pointed out and she glared at him as she examined the bags.

"I'm looking for something to carry my groceries in", she told him and Itachi felt almost offended.

"Why would you need that if I can carry them for you", he asked and she sighed before looking back at him.

"Because I don't want to burden you Uchiha-san, I'm sure you have other stuff you'd rather be doing", she said and Itachi sighed as she flipped through more f the bags. Why were women so difficult?

"I actually have nothing else to do and my mother would kill me if I didn't help out her adopted daughter", Itachi told her and with that he walked away from the stall and she followed after mumbling incoherent things under her breath that made him smirk as he deciphered a few choice words that would make his mother gasp in shock.

"Whatever I got all the things I needed so I should head home", she told him holding her already full arms out for the groceries he carried. Itachi looked at the petite woman in amusement. She was rather hard headed wasn't she? Or maybe she was just stupid.

"Alright, lead the way to your home then", he told her and her mouth dropped open in shock in a way that wasn't the slightest bit attractive. If Itachi was a lesser man he would have told her so but she huffed and started heading towards an apartment complex before he could even think to say anything.

Itachi followed after her and lifted another package from her arms while she searched for her key making her glare at him nice again. She opened the door and headed inside and Itachi was greeted with the site of a barely clothed blonde girl sitting on the couch. The girl looked up at him and started a bit before looking at his arms and then at Sakura.

"I thought you were going shopping with idiot number one and idiot number two", she said and Sakura just sighed before heading towards the kitchen. Itachi grimaced as the blonde girl looked him up and down and he too headed toward the kitchen. He placed the groceries on the counter and he watched as Sakura put them all away. The blonde girl stayed on the couch but he could feel her shooting glances their way every few seconds.

"Are you staying for breakfast", Sakura asked him and he shook his head before heading towards the door.

"Maybe some other time, Haruno-san", he told her before closing the door.

"Geez forehead what did you do to make Mr. Sexgod run to the door"

"Just shut up pig"

Itachi walked over to training ground three and was pleased when he felt his brother's chakra signature swell to nearly rival the Jinchuriki's. Both signatures were quickly crushed when a new signature overrode them both and Itachi raised a brow when he heard a distinctly female victory cheer.

Itachi walked onto the field and was surprised to find both his brother and his blonde teammate lying on the ground, groaning as a small pinkette did a little victory dance.

"Ha, I win. That means you both have to pay for my lunch for the rest of the week. Ha", she jeered and Itachi smirked slightly as he saw his brother pound his fist into the ground in defeat.

"Aw come on Sakura-chan, can we have a rematch", the blonde asked his tone begging. Sakura shook her head, her grin far too smug and Naruto groaned before letting his face fall back in the dirt.

"Come on you two get up I want to go to that new girl place Ino-pig was talking about", she said and the two boys got up wincing as they did so. She frowned at them and walked over to Sasuke and Itachi thought she was going to hit him for being slow but instead she pressed her hand to his injuries.

Itachi could feel his eyes widen as all of Sasuke's cuts and bruises faded with just a few seconds of her glowing palm. He saw his brother close his eyes and sigh in what looked to be bliss. Sakura removed her hand and started tending to Naruto's wounds and Itachi watched his brother lean back and look over at his teammate as she healed the groaning blonde.

When both were healed they all stood up and headed over to their bags. It was only then that Sasuke appeared to realize his brother was in the clearing.

"Aniki", Sasuke called out puzzled and Itachi waved at him before walking into the clearing, three sets of eyes on him.

"Otouto, I was sent to remind you that mother wants you home early so you can relax before the clan meeting", Itachi told him and Sasuke winced as he caught the water bottle Naruto had thrown him.

"Damn it, guys I'll see you later", Sasuke called out and he tossed the water bottle back to Naruto and gave a little wave to Sakura, who looked disappointed, before he started running in the direction of the Uchiha compound. Itachi followed after him and the two ran side by side until they got to their house in the back of the compound.

"Letting her win won't allow her to improve otouto", Itachi reprimanded his brother and he felt slightly surprised when his brother responded by laughing at him.

"Is there something funny Sasuke", Itachi asked and his little brother just looked amused as he looked back at him.

"Well it's just if Sakura heard you say that, she'd kill you", Sasuke told him and Itachi looked at him disbelievingly.

"Are you saying she beat both you and the Jinchuriki and without even exhausting her chakra", Itachi asked and Sasuke nodded.

"She's smart, she figures out someone's moves and even if they're stronger then her she can beat them. The only one who can beat her is Kakashi and that's because he's smarter than Shikamaru", Sasuke admitted and Itachi could tell his little brother wasn't happy about his female teammate's abilities.

"Jealous", Itachi said his voice teasing and Sasuke nodded despite his brother's joking tone. Itachi raised a single brow but their conversation was interrupted by their mother.

"Ita-chan, Sasu-chan, I know you're out there. It's time for lunch", she called out and the two boys (A/N really men but who can say no to their mother) filed in.

"I wouldn't guess she was so strong", Itachi mumbled to himself as they sat down at the table. He didn't notice his younger brother's smile as they dug into their food.

"Itadakimasu"

Itachi winced as he laid down on the uncomfortable hospital bed. Shisui actually groaned and the only reason Gemna didn't make any noise was because he was unconscious. They had been ambushed on their way home and they'd had to drag Gemna's half dead body back to the hospital since they didn't have a medic on their team.

It was really becoming a nuisance.

"Haruno-sensei, they need you in here", a high pitched voice called out and Itachi felt his eyes twitch as a flash of pink entered his hospital room.

"Hello I'm Haruno Sakura and I'll be- Uchiha-san", she said her voice puzzled as she looked at Itachi and his two teammates. Her face schooled over though when she saw Gemna.

"Shit", she cursed quietly before leaning down next to him. She immediately pressed her palms to his chest and Itachi could feel her chakra pulsing. She stayed there for at least twenty minutes before she stepped away. Itachi could hear Gemna's even breathing and he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

The small nurse finally turned around and she made her way to Itachi but he shook his head.

"Him first", Itachi said simply and he saw Shisui open his mouth to protest but it was quickly silenced when the medic pressed her healing palms to his side. He let out a small moan and Itachi could tell he wouldn't be arguing anymore.

"Thank-you Sakura-san", Shisui told her when she finally removed her hands.

"Sasuke would kill me if I didn't heal his favorite cousin, Shisui-san", she told him and Itachi wondered when they had conversed before because it was obvious they knew each other.

"Uchiha-san it's your turn", she called out cheerfully and Itachi flinched a little when her chakra ran through his body. It felt like a mug of hot chocolate after a long mission or a rare hug from his mother. The very feeling oozed comfort and he could see himself getting used to the feeling.

After only a few minutes Sakura removed her hand and looked them all over before nodding, satisfied with her work. She made her way to the door and Itachi watched her leave before looking at his now healed teammates. Shisui looked ready to leave the hospital and Gemna looked more exhausted then injured. You would never guess he had been in critical condition less than an hour ago.

"Sakura-san is a good medic, neh Ita-chan", Shisui said recline against the wall behind his bed. Itachi looked over at him and nodded and he felt like rolling his eyes at Shisui's obvious hints.

"I'm going to give my report to Hokage-sama", Itachi told him as he got up and walked towards the door.

"You know Sasu-chan and Blondie are going to kill you when they find out right", Shisui called out before Itachi slammed the door.

In January was the first time that Itachi saw Sakura as her own entity instead of his brother's teammate

It was also the month that she was mysteriously chosen for ANBU squad one.

Ok that's it for January. I hope everyone has a great new year and may you all get a good dose of Itasaku this year. Please review

-Sakura478