Title: How I Met Your Brother

Author: TheTrueAwesomeness

Rating: K+

Setting: Alternate Universe with a bit of Ninja World parts (Not sure yet)

Pairings: Sakura X Itachi

Genre: Romance and Humor

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to any characters from Naruto. This story, however, is mine.

Summary: Sakura always said nothing good ever happens after 2 AM. Sasuke should have listened, but instead he went over to her place asking her to explain exactly how she and his Aniki, of all people, ended up dating. He had no choice but to listen as she began her long story by saying, "Sasuke, this is the story of How I Met Your Brother."

Prologue

To say that Sasuke was stunned is an understatement, the understatement of millennia, to be exact. It had been funny at first, seeing his face change from his usual mask of apathy to shock, then disgust, then hopelessness, finally settling on the one emotion he never had qualms showing: annoyance.

The look of hopelessness was something Sakura had never thought she'd see on the raven-haired man's face, but she understood what it meant; Sasuke knew well enough that nothing he did or say was going to change the situation. No matter how uncomfortable he was.

She glanced around at her circle of friends. Ino and Naruto were arguing about something or the other, their voices louder than necessary. Hinata was sitting next to the male loud mouth, keenly listening, ready to jump in, in case the two idiots needed a judge or referee, which happened more often than Sakura would like to admit, those two were as immature as they got. She recalled all those times when they argued about who her real best friend was. She remembered the most recent Sakura-best-friend debate the two blondes had like it was only yesterday. Oh wait, it was yesterday. She resisted the urge to shake her head. Those idiots.

She laughed when, after rendering Ino speechless, Naruto said, "Hokage'd."

The three of them had already calmed down from their initial shock at seeing the date Sakura informed them she was going to bring on their regular night outs at the Ichiraku's. Their initial reactions had been hilarious: Naruto had first sputtered like a fish out of water before he managed to find his voice and prattled on about how she shouldn't be dating him, asking why Sakura had never told them she even had a boyfriend, his protests only ending when Sakura finally hit him particularly hard on the head, pointing out that this reaction was exactly why she kept her relationship a secret in the first place; All Ino could do was wolf whistle, after she pulled the pinkette aside asking her how she had managed to get such a hot piece of ass, wondering aloud how she herself had never gotten him in her grasp being a girl who infamously "got around", if you know what I mean; Hinata was the only sensible one, shaking hands with the new addition to their group and treating him like he had always belonged.

That was earlier that night, now, with midnight slowly taking over, they all sat together like his presence wasn't out of the ordinary.

The only one really affected was Sasuke who was brooding more than usual, Sakura observed. She couldn't really blame him though, she felt slightly guilty, she had sprung the whole thing on him, she had given him no hints, no warnings whatsoever; his annoyance and sulking was justified. After all, it was his Aniki she was dating. She knew he was going to ask her to explain as soon as they were alone. That was a meeting she wasn't really looking forward to, so for the mean time the pink-haired woman decided she would enjoy the evening. She smiled at her boyfriend, gave him a peck on the cheek and then jumped into the conversation her best friends were having to give her opinion on whatever INOvation the pig was rambling on about.

Sakura sighed as she and Itachi entered her apartment. They were both tired and eager to jump into bed and sleep entangled in each other's arms, but they knew well enough that the night was far from over. There was still Sasuke and his inevitable need for an explanation.

"They warmed up to you quickly, didn't they?" Sakura beamed up at her love. She was utterly thrilled.

"Indeed they did," he agreed. "Except for my otouto, of course. He was being more of a brat than usual." Sakura looked a bit deflated.

Itachi smirked and put his arms around her from behind and nuzzled his cheek against hers. "Sakura," he said in a serious tone despite the affection he was giving her, "I am certain that I will not have you to myself tonight for much longer, I know my otouto will be arriving any minute now. I do not wish for him to keep you for long, so I am asking you, be as concise as possible."

She laughed, turning to look at Itachi as if he said something utterly ridiculous and un-Sakura-like. "It does not take me long to tell stories, Itachi."

He gave her a look that screamed Chyeah, right. "I am serious," he told her, "I expect you to be in bed with me within an hour."

Sakura scoffed. "You could just do the explaining with me, you know. To 'shorten' my explanation. As if that's needed."

"I would," Itachi began, "But I do not think my brother wishes to hear it from me. At least not tonight. I will talk to him when he is ready for me to talk to him."

He put his arms around her once more just as the doorbell rang, "One hour," he told her sternly, before giving her a lingering kiss and making his way to the bedroom.

"Okay, Itachi. Knowing your brother he'd want me to go straight to the point anyways. I'll be hugging you before you know it." She called after him. Itachi flawlessly executed the habit he had acquired from being with his impish girlfriend for so long, he rolled his eyes.

"Sasuke," Sakura smiled at him as she opened the front door wider to let him in. "Would you like some t-"

"Just cut to the chase, Sakura." He told her in an irate, tired voice. All he wanted to do was learn how she and his aniki - he resisted the urge to shiver in disgust - ended up being an item and then go home and sleep and pretend when he woke up in the morning that all of it was a dream. "Just tell me exactly how all of this happened so we can all sleep. It's almost 2:30 and like you always say 'Nothing good ever happens after 2 AM'."

A vein twitched in the pinkette's temple. Sasuke was going to be rude about this, hmmm? She was about to offer him some of his favorite tomatoes to try and make him feel comfortable, but if that was how he was going to act...

She smiled sweetly at him, guilt forgotten. He could see the evil glint his teammate had in her eyes. "Okay, Sasuke, I'll 'cut to the chase' and tell you 'exactly how all of this happened'." The raven-haired man couldn't ignore the sarcasm he heard in her voice.

She sat him down in the middle couch and took a seat on the chair directly in front of him. Her smile grew even more sickeningly sweet. The younger Uchiha knew well enough that this was not going to be brief, story telling was Sakura's forte. Especially the drawn out kind of story telling. Maybe he should have stayed at home and talked to her in the morning.

"Sasuke," she looked at him seriously, "this is the story of How I Met Your Brother."

From inside the bedroom Itachi heard the entire conversation his pink-haired partner and otouto exchanged. He did not miss the obvious irritiation in Sakura's voice followed by her sarcasm at being concise. He sighed, she was going to take more than an hour.

A/N: Soooo, waddya all think? I normally write SasuXSaku stories, but my OTP is actually Itachi and Sakura. I love Itachi. X3 I've always been hesitant about writing about them though, I'm afraid that I might not do them any justice. But this idea has been in my list-of-fic-ideas for a while now, and since HIMYM is ending soon (two episodes left *cries*) I wanted to make this as a sort-of tribute. I made sure to incorporate a few quintessentially HIMYM things but with a Naruto twist, and also there is one line from the Fairly Odd Parents (who got that? You rock. XD) I'm trying to mix the personalities of the characters from HIMYM with the corresponding ones from Naruto without making them too OC. I hope it's working.

Should I continue this story? O.o Reviews will be very much appreciated. =) (Actually, authors need reviews to thrive. We die when we don't get any. XD)