Surprise thought Sakura to herself as she flicked through the documents, the only way to trough the mangoku eyes is surprise. Grinning with her new found wisdom she stood. The report in her hands was nearly done, she just need to know if it would work. Stretching cat like she smiled at the irony, her ANBU mask was of a black cat and her hair had been died to make her less noticeable, now it was a long raven black, she hated it but no other colour would hold in her hair, the bright pink seemed to over power everything but the darkest of blacks.

"what are you doing here?" the voice was emotionless and Sakura spun around, it had come from the darkness to her side and she felt fear grip her as she saw the black cloak that lay casually across the back of a chair, scattered across it where red clouds, she saw it for but a second before the lights cut, she strained her eyes trying to see by the thin patches of moonlight that fell through the high windows

"you still haven't answered my question, Sakura Hanaro" Sakura felt the blood drain from her face as though someone had turned on a tap and was glad for her mask that hid most of her face from vision

"How do you know my name?" inwardly she cursed at herself for not being able to stop her voice shaking she was an ANBU damn it

"Let's just say I've been watching you little flower" Sakura froze only one person had ever called her that, when she'd been young, before Sasuke became a cold hearted killer, when the Uchiha clan was among the best known. Unbidden memories flashed across her mind

Sakura ran through the streets her pink hair flying out behind her as tears raced down her face, blurring her vision. She tripped over a rock sticking out of the ground and fell forward, strong arms wrapped around her

"Easy there" Sakura looked up at the teenager that had caught her, his raven hair fell messily into his eyes she knew him of course, everyone did. Sakura blushed heavily

"Itachi-san" she said looking down, A gentle hand cupped her face and she flinched the hands now holding her face as though she would break where the same ones that had pressed a blade though the heart of many a man

"What's wrong?" he asked softly as his finger traced one of her tears

"The other kids, they called me forehead, they where teasing me about how big it is" Itachi smiled

"What's your name?" Sakura sniffed as more tears ran down her face

"S-Sakura" Itachi smiled and tucked a strand of lose hair behind her ear

"Well then little flower, lets go show these kids that your twice as pretty as they are"

"Remembering the past are we little flower?" the voice was mocking

"Itachi" she hissed furious, at least now she knew who was taunting her, there was a faint step to her right and she sent a blade flying in that direction

"Nice try but your not even close" hissed the ghost voice and Sakura felt a blade trace down her back, she stood for a full second then relised her shirt had been cut, the fabric falling uselessly to the ground

"Fuck" she snapped letting her anger get the better of her, there was a dark laugh from her left and Sakura sent another blade towards it,

"Closer, but you can't hit me little flower" Sakura let out a small scream of frustration

"What do you want from me?" she cried suddenly Itachi stepped forward into the thin patch of light. Sakura felt her breath leave her body, he looked so much like Sasuke that it hurt her heart and yet she could see enough difference to know that it wasn't her crush. Itachi's long hair was held back with a piece of red ribbon, and his fish net top showed off his smooth body, not a weapon had touched him it seemed, Sakura shivered as he stepped closer to her one hand gently stroking her cheek, the same hands that had beaten up his little brother, swung a blade though his parents bodies, now softly trailing across her skin

"Don't you remember our little promise?" his voice sounded hurt but Sakura knew he was only playing with her

"Itachi-san!" called Sakura as she walked past the Uchiha estate, Itachi was sitting in the lawn fingers laced silently watching her approach, she sat down calmly next to him not scared of his emotionless face like she use to be

"Hello little flower" he said with a smile, Sakura blushed

"what are you doing today?" she asked the older boy, Itachi turned to her his blue black eyes seemed sad as he looked over her pink hair.

"Sakura promise me something?" Sakura smiled he was a good 3 years older then her but he was her closest friend,

"Anything Itachi" Itachi smiled and carefully held her face; Sakura tilted her head into it, still trying to work out why he seemed sad

"Promise me that no matter what, you'll always remember me" Sakura laughed in the easy way only a ten year old could

"of course Itachi, I promise" thirteen year old Itachi smiled and pulled her closer to him so that she was sitting between his legs facing him. His eyes looked deadly serious

"No matter what?" he asked Sakura stopped smiling

"no matter what" Itachi's hand was resting on her shoulder but softly he let it travel down her arm and over her hand lacing there fingers together, his other hand held her chin still

"Look after yourself little flower, I've got to go on a mission and we won't see each other for a long time" Sakura frowned

"Don't you forget me" she said stubbornly poking the Uchiha prodigy in the chest, Itachi smiled

"Never" he pulled her closer and soft as a butterfly's wings kissed her lips. Before pulling back

"You should go to school" Sakura blushed but standing looked down at him and smiled before racing off to school

"Ah, you remember now" Came Itachi's voice, Sakura felt frozen. While she'd been lost in memories he'd stepped closer to her and now there body's where only millimeters apart, every time she breathed out her chest would touch his lightly. For a moment she puzzled over why she'd forgotten that piece of information that was the day he killed his clan, I went to school happy, and then when I got home I found out. I didn't sleep or eat for weeks after that. Sakura pulled back from Itachi's murderous hands

"you killed them" she hissed, Itachi sighed and stepped out of the light and towards her, she felt fear rising in her heart as hands grabbed her own, lacing there fingers together and pressing her back into the wall,

"what do you want from me?" she whispered fearfully, as Itachi lifted her hands together and held them in one of his, with his other hand he carefully removed her cat mask, which dropped to the floor

"I want to know why, every night, for the last month you have been coming here" Sakura shivered.

"I was looking for away to defeat the Mangoku eyes" she whimpered Itachi's hand was lightly playing with her hair

"Your hair looked better pink, little flower" Sakura tried to pull her hands away but he was to strong.

"you have what you want, please let me go" Itachi smiled and lent forward so his face was buried into Sakura's hair, when he spoke his hot breath hissed across her skin making her throw back her head

"Who said that's all I wanted?"

Madness from the author

Whoot, I love this pair hehe. I'm having so much fun writing them. Lol god I have no life. But still seeing as I'm leaving you on suck and evil cliffy I'll give you a lil bit form the next chapter

A little taste of what's to come

Sakura struggled against Itachi, desperate to pull free, but the older man was to strong, she froze as his lips brushed the nerves on her neck

"Tell me Sakura, did you finish your report?" Sakura stopped struggling, his breath was warm on her body and through her light uniform she could feel the heat of him pressing against her, "little flower, you are so brave, so intelligent. Tell me, have you found a way to throw the mangoku world?" Sakura's breath caught

"I think so" Itachi raised his head, the sharingan eyes swirling dangerously

"Lets test it then" he whispered and Sakura felt reality fading from around her…