A/N: Just imagine that Sakura and Ino never broke their friendship because of Sasuke, that they came to an agreement that their friendship was more important than some boy.

Because of someone who was kind enough to leave a review I will add the correction of the firs sentence "Just imagine that Sakura and Ino never broke their friendship."

There, done. I will continue my tantrum in the A/N at the ending of this chapter.

Instead of rivals in love, they are rivals, just rivals to see who can best the other. Characters might be OOC.

And I do not own Naruto in any way or form.

Poke.

Poke.

Poke.

"Knock it off."

Poke.

"And why, pray tell, should I?"

"Knock it off before I rip your arm off."

"..."

"..."

"Yeesh! What's gotten your panties in a twist?"

"It's 3 A.M.! I'm tryn' to get some sleep!"

"But Sakuura-chan!" The voice full of energy whined.

The absolutely menacing glare that came from the one called 'Sakura-chan' effectively shut the mouth of her companion.

It was silent for a few moments but Sakura knew the peace wont last long. It was only a matter of moments before she heard a frustrated grunt from behind her and she tensed lightly feeling the mattress shift underneath her. She rolled her eyes and turned her body over so she was facing the blond haired youth sitting in a lotus position and grinning smugly.

"Trouble sleeping, Forehead?"

"Actually yes, Piggy, I can't decide whether to smother you with my pillow or rat on you to your dad about your reading material." The reading material in question was something that certainly shouldn't be read by a girl the age of 6.

"...Eeeeew~ I'd rather you kill me with that pillow!"

There were giggles heard inside the small bedroom with a large window across the bed. The curtains were thrown back and the inside was illuminated by the moon.

The two girls on the twin-sized bed both sat up across each other and wrapped themselves in their favorite comforters- 'Piggy' in a purple one with a pink lining and 'Forehead' in a deep red one with white lining.

Ino, AKA Piggy, smiled mischievously staring with her bright blue eyes at her pink haired best friend.

Sakura, AKA Forehead, smiled tiredly before running a hand through her chin length pink hair messing it up even more. Her aquamarine eyes narrowed watching her friends smile turn up in a grin, resembling a fat cat that swallowed a cage full of itty bitty birdies.

"I have done nothing!"

"Is that so?" The blond haired youth twirled a bang of her hair with a knowing smile.

"Yes that is so!"

"Losing your cool so quickly Sakura? That's not fun."

"Just spit it out before I kick you out of consciousness."

"Yeesh, so pissy!"

"On with it!"

"Okay! So this little bir- "

"I said on with it!"

"I overheard some of the older academy kids talking about this guy Itachi, or something like that, that graduated at the age of 7!"

Sakura stared at her friend with confusion coloring her narrowed eyes. "Tell me again how this concerns me."

"What?" The slightly dumbstruck blond haired girl the same length of her friends stared back.

Sakura rolled her eyes and leaned her chin on the palm of her right hand that was propped upon her knee. "I mean, you started this conversation as if I had done something wrong, or at least wrong by your standards."

Ino shook her head slowly before straightening her back again, continuing on her story.

"Anyways, as I was saying, this dude, Itachi, graduated the academy at 7 and at the age of 10 became chunin aand yesterday at the age of 11 became ANBU!"

Sakura leaned closer and watched in awe as her friend finished. "Whoaa! He must be pretty strong, ne?"

"Ya think?"

Her blond haired friend only received a glare at that. She leaned back and tightly wrapped her comfy comforter around herself and clutched it tightly in her small hands. To be so powerful at that age. Is it really possible? Ino and her had just started the academy a few months back and they weren't learning anything that 'awesome' and 'ninja-ish', they were studying the history, maths and other things children in the civilian academy studied. Sure, they sometimes mentioned chakra and the use of it in performing jutsu, but that was all. They just mention it, not focus on it.

Her eyes squinted at the new found information. She was a curious child by nature, she loved to explore, learn and solve problems. The thrill of conquering something new to her was exhilarating.

Ino stared at her friend trying to burn holes in her bed. She knew Sakura was now in a whole other universe thinking. She sighed and fixed the pillows on her bed before laying down and trying to sleep. Now that Sakura began to process of filtering information and thoughts there was no use in trying to talk her into falling asleep.

The next morning Ino and Sakura had found themselves running toward the academy.

"C'mon Forehead, we're gunna be late!"

"I know Piggy!"

They arrived in class just as the bell rung, their teacher ushering them to their seats in a shooing motion. Sakura, still trying to regain her breath, watched sourly at Ino who looked just fine.

'I really need to work on my stamina.'Observing her other classmates she knew that none of them would wind up winded as she had. Her train of thought was interrupted as she saw the teacher approach one of their classmates, Uchiha Sasuke.

The teacher, Kaizen Doroi, smiled at the boy staring up in confusion and chuckled. "I just wanted to congratulate you, I've heard that Itachi-kun has made it into ANBU." Blushing Sasuke dropped his head to stare at his desk while murmuring a soft 'Thank you'. The teacher nodded and walked slowly towards the board. "You know kids, Itachi-kun was my student, at least for a short time, but I can tell you one thing: That child was a genius like no other."

The kids all 'aww-ed' and 'ooh-ed' While Sakura observed them. Her gaze went back to their middle-aged, short and choppy brown haired black eyed teacher shuffling papers across his desk. He didn't look as proud as he seemed but she'll have to do more work on reading body expressions before confirming her thoughts. Her eyes slid to Sasuke, who was seated two rows in front of her, to see his shoulders slump and head hang low.

'To the library it is.'

After class finished Sakura walked ouside of the academy and waited for her parents to pick her up. As she stood in the shade of the building her eyes strayed across the field observing, yet again. She watched her classmates and other academy students escorted away by their parents, siblings and guardians. Some, older ones or the ones that lived closer went home alone. Her eyes glued themselves on something familiar.

A boy, about the age of eleven or twelve, wearing black signature Uchiha clothes with black hair tied in a low ponytail reaching to his shoulder blades. He wasn't an academy student since he was wearing a Konoha forehead protector. Her mind already came to a conclusion that he was the child prodigy and the main talk of the Village.

As if sensing her stare his eyes locked with hers. She blinked once she saw their color. From the distance they seemed almost pitch black and unknowingly she approached him quickly only to stop about a foot away before he raised an eyebrow and crouched to her level. She was wrong. His eyes weren't black. They were a dark gray with a few specks of silver around the black pupil. Had she not been this close she would've missed it.

"Is everything okay, little girl?" His voice was soft but Sakura heard him clearly. She could see he was curious as to why she approached him.

Blushing slightly at the unexpected action her body took she lowered her head to stare at her feet. Mumbling softly she asked if he was the famed Uchiha Itachi.

"I am."

"How come you're so strong?" The raised eyebrow was joined by the other as he heard her question and Sakura blushed to a crimson red realizing how her question sounded.

"What I meant was, why are you so strong?"

There was a long silence followed and they just stared at each other. Itachi smiled softly at her before poking her forehead with his pointer and middle finger. She let out a low squeak before placing both hands on it as if to shield it from further abuse.

"Maybe I'll tell you some other time, ne?" Seeing the dejected expression on the younger girl he smiled again and asked for her name.

"Haruno Sakura, nice to meet you Uchiha-san."

Hearing a cry of 'Nii-san' Sakura and Itachi turned to see Sasuke running toward them. When he arrived he grabbed Itachis hand and tugged on it while shooting Sakura a glare.

"Come on nii-san, I'm hungry."

Itachi's response was to chuckle at his brothers antics and turn around towards the exit of the academy field. He turned his head and waved at Sakura over the shoulder before calling back "Don't grow up too fast Haruno-chan."

Sakura could only stare at their retreating backs before turning toward the source from where her name was being called. Running towards her parents she threw another glance at the Uchiha brothers only to find them already gone.

'Interesting.'

AN:

Honestly I've been thinking of writing a new story every day for a long while.

I spend my days running through different scenarios, but the problem lays within me writing it down. As soon as I sit and try to write it down I draw a blank...

I'll try to update as soon as I can but it will be on different time intervals.

Like I said, I am continuing my tantrum here.

Thank you dear guest for posting your review it was most helpful. 'Sakura and Ino didn't break off their friendship because of Sasuke. It was because Sakura didn't want to be in Ino's shadow any longer. Learn how to read.'

I'll just have to say that it has been years since I've seen the first season of Naruto and months since I've finished the manga. There is a major possibility that some details could be forgotten, or by your rather brash approach you haven't thought of that?

Maybe next time, before leaving a review you should learn how to not come of as a jerk. Learn how to read? Seriously?

Tantrum ends here, thank you.

Ether way I hope you like it so enjoy and stayed tuned.