This little one barely avoided abandonment, I've placed it in the wrong folder thereby forgot about this poor story. It's meant to be a short two-to-three chaptered fanfic. Nothing big, just a slightly amusing plot to make you all out there relax in this hectic shedule known as life :D

Current mood: Stuck to the bone with a damn cold due to playing badmington with both nepehw swithout (sneeze) proper clothing. Take it as an example and wear (eyes watering) a jacket even if the sun shines brightly.

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Uchiha Itachi rarely slept in.

Contrary to popular belief Uchiha Itachi was not the emotionless, perfectionistic Shinobi everyone portrayed him to be, who thought of things such as laziness on a very much deserved day-off being beneath his emotionless, perfectionistic existence.

No. Uchiha Itachi actually very much enjoyed slacking off when the circumstances' allowed him to.

Whenever Uchiha Itachi finally managed to pull his insomniac self off the roster, he was off the roster period. This fact is well-known inside the walls of the enormous clan heir's mansion.

Even his beloved little sibling knows to stay put, far off, twenty feet away from Uchiha Itachi's room. Nobody made noise as long as Uchiha Itachi was in the confines of his room on a rare day off. It was one of the unwritten, golden house rules that nobody dared to mess with.

Not Fugaku.

Not Mikoto.

Not Sasuke.

Not the chipping birds.

Nobody did.

That's why when Uchiha Itachi, on his rare day off, awoke to someone animatedly knocking against their front door his family members automatically knew there would be hell to pay.

Uchiha Itachi rarely slept in and the poor soul that currently dared to disturb his healthy slumber would get more than a simple morning greeting.

His feet begrudgingly made contact with the chilly wood floor and he set course to the entrance of the manor. The more steps he took, the louder got the knocking which only added to his sour mood.

His hand turned the door knob and he literally had to clench his eyes shut against the broad daylight invading his irises. Despite his momentary sight loss he was very much aware of a certain chill in the air.

Had he been more observant Itachi would have sensed the murderous aura neatly stored in a pink haired person.

However. For the dark haired prodigy a day off is a day off.

"Ko- ni- chi- wa, Itachi-san~ " stated a very normal looking Haruno Sakura in a sing-song voice.

Itachi figured it would bring him problems if he would strangle this certain individual for breaking his peaceful sleep. The woman was after all Tsunade-sama's apprentice, who in turn just so happened to be Konoha's fifth Hokage. He had to stuff his anger away for the moment and maybe later Itachi would use it in a friendly spar against Shisui.

"Haruno-san, what can I do for you?"

His charcoal eyes swiftly took in her appearance. The seventeen years old teen had a blood red, short sleeved tunic and navy ninja leggings ending about ten inches below her knees. Her usual boots were replaced with standard Shinobi sandals. Her curves were perfectly visible, even for the sleep deprived Uchiha.

She certainly blossomed into a fine woman.

"I wondered, would you be please as kind as to call Sasuke? We have some unfinished business." Her smile was bright, angelic even. Her pearly white teeth showed themselves and he could swear the sun reflected on them creating a sparkle.

Itachi saw no flaw in the pinkette's logic, her body language has not lied nor did her overly sweet tone rang any alarm bells inside his head. He did not know this woman well after all, she was merely an acquaintance and appeared pretty normal.

"Of course. Would you like to come in?" A pure etiquette exchange.

"Nu-uh, I'm good." Usually her answer would be more fitting enveloped in mannerism together with grace, but what did he care he was no judge after all.

"Please hold on, I will be back shortly." A quick approving nod from the pinkette and Itachi was on his way to Sasuke's room.

On the threshold meanwhile Sakura cracked her knuckles in preparation, Sasuke would not even know what hit him that bastard.

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A short thud was all Sasuke got before his Aniki entered. He was just sharpening his weapons for tomorrows mission.

He raised his brows in surprise "Isn't today your free day Aniki? Did something happen?" It was anything but usual to see Itachi up when he could still very well be in lalalala land.

"Your teammate awaits you outside." Sasuke scowled, must be Naruto wanting to discuss their upcoming mission. Damn knucklehead, he knows not to appear on Itachi's day off first thing early in the morning. Sasuke had just warned him yesterday at Ichiraku's.

After a short thanks the younger Uchiha stalked to their front door. Itachi was just unlucky having his room right next to the entrance.

The future Uchiha head joined his younger sibling, he already was awake the only thing left for him to do was to put on some clothes and eat breakfast.

Itachi was just entering his room when he registered an earthquake like sound coming from the corridor. He immediately ran to aid his otouto, thoughts clear 'Ambush, enemy attack, assassination?'

What greeted him was anything but.

"Even Kami-sama would only forgive you once! Where the hell did you get the permission to do that!?"

Sakura had punched Sasuke through their corridor wall throwing him neatly into their living room's floor, to Fugaku's utmost shock. His father sat on their couch, steadily reading his morning paper up until now that is.

Sasuke was bleeding on his head, Itachi was sure he earned some broken ribs as well as a concussion. It was a wonder he was still conscious. Sakura on the other hand was shaking with monstrous rage, she took slow predatory steps towards her prey, creating little cracks on their floor in the shape of her tiny feet. There was nothing left from the previous smile. The Uchiha inwardly wondered about her most interesting ability to change from happy-go-lucky into I-kill-you in merely seconds.

"Sakura, wait! I- I can explain! We –"

"Shut up you lousy, good for nothing teammate!" Like an inferno Sakura flew towards her target; nothing would stop her iron-like body. She was now straddling Sasuke by the waist her knees on each side. Itachi could not help himself but appreciate her wonderfully defined muscles. He just had a thing for strength and courage. This woman was the epitome of both.

Breaking a wall with merely a punch in the Uchiha heir's home nonetheless, not even the bravest of rogue ninjas would dare to do that.

Another floor shockingly boom filled everyone's ears. Itachi squeezed one eye shut, minutely. It was horribly loud. Sakura just punched a new hole into their floor, merely inches apart from his ototuto's head.

Now the wood spotted a awfully deep hole; no thanks to Sakura. Oh joy, the moment his mother sets her charcoal eyes on this she will be overly thrilled. Surely.

Itachi could see his father sweet-drop from the corner where he stood. Was this perhaps a daily occurrence? The prodigy would have to ask him later. For now the Uchiha's attention was completely caught by a pair of expressive emerald eyes.

The emotions in them were so raw, alive. He was sure if it was possible they would swallow one wholly. Simply mesmerizing.

Well, probably not for Sasuke who was currently trying to cover his face. Itachi could not decide if it was because of the humiliation in front of his father or just fear.

Probably both.

After a few moments Sakura stood up, at the same time wrapping her hand around his ototuto's high collar in a vice grip. Afterwards she fumingly dragged him away while muttering various curses underneath her breath.

Itachi took after them up until their house gate even then he stood there for severely minutes watching how his little brother got handled, nothing short a sack of potatoes, while literally getting dirt inside his mouth.

Sasuke wriggled around similarly to a wrongly-ruffled chicken unwillingly approaching its butcher.

To Itachi's immense amusement several other individuals decided to watch the unfolding scenario, stopping in their daily tracks.

Somehow, Itachi decided, having Shisui as a teammate is not so bad after all. The prodigy could have been unluckier.

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She couldn't believe it.

The female could not believe it.

Sakura could not believe it.

These damn envious, obnoxious, moronic, senseless, shortsighted, unorthodox, dumb, thick-skulled –

"Sakura let my damn collar and person go; or so help I'm gonna get serio – " A quite violent smack against the road made Sasuke's mouth go silent.

"- pissed off you mean!?" Sasuke's only female teammate roared her usual battle scream ramming him against the dirty road, repeatedly. He was beyond himself. Not only did Sakura leave his poor home with heavy scars – mildly put- but she also decided to drag him throughout the entire Uchiha compound straight to the – Sasuke recognized the road, even when the dirt covered his perfect eye-sight – training grounds.

The young Uchiha felt humiliated, on the other hand Sasuke just knew Sakura would not suddenly change her mind and abandon him somewhere in peace. He did ask her, multiple times already, his tries ended with dirt inside his everything. Another plea – yes, Sasuke can actually plea – would be suicide.

He would rather gladly maintain his remaining pride and dignity, if acting as a stuffed turkey will help him through this so be it. With that decision made the ravenette hold his tongue tightly shut, awaiting the end of his teammates rage.

"I guarantee you Sasuke, no one is as pissed off as me in the moment and I have every right to be as well!"

Sasuke didn't even ask, he knew the question was unneeded. She would just –

"How could you two!" A violent toss towards his person "Not only did you, as well as Naruto, steal my first solo S – ranked mission but you just so told my parents!" Again, a very heavy toss against the dirt. "They gave me freagin' 'house-arrest'!" At this point Sakura stomped creating half- a-foot craters, Sasuke's body encountered it rather harshly. "Do you know how hard it is for me to live with my civilian parents?! No, of course you don't!"

After a few minutes of grumbling under her nose she added - "I love them alright! But they are at times overprotective. I haven't told them about my mission because I wanted them to know I can handle it! Of course, you two had to go all into 'boys-must-have-first-S-mission' and lied to Tsunade about my health! Then you twerps told my parents! CHA!"

At this point Sasuke had no feeling in both sides.

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I so will enjoy writing Naruto's fair share of Sakura's payback.

Leave me some thoughts please~~

-Doujin