Crimson cherry bloosm

Chapter 10

"Neh neh, Shino!" "Quiet, Naruto!" "But-" "Quiet!!!"

The Akatsuki guy was gone. Shino looked around, alerted. 'Now we're in trouble...' He thought. He stared at Naruto. "What?"

"I need to pee..." Naruto said slowly, smiling embarrassed. Shino sighed. "Why are you telling? Just go." Quickly, Naruto left. 'And he wants to become Hokage? Don't think so.' Shino thought. He send some bugs to search for the man again and waited for Naruto to come back.

But he didn't.

Shino crawled to the spot where he last saw his teammate. "Naruto?" He asked quietly. No answer. "Naruto...!" He said again, this time a little louder.

Shino suddenly turned around quickly and dodged the upcoming katana. The man they had followed had attacked him. Shino jumped up to attack him when the man turned in Naruto. Shino sighed annoyed. "Naruto! Stop this and become serious!" Naruto sighed as well. "Those Akatsuki are already gone! The others told me. I had to come and pick you up." Naruto grinned. "I just wanted to scare you, that's all, hahaha!"

"Naruto, you almost killed me." Shino said, while he turned around. "It was really-"

Naruto quickly knocked Shino out. Surprised, Shino fell down on the ground and became unconscious. Naruto poofed to turn back into Itachi.

"Idiot..." He mumbled, before he walked off.

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"Seems like you didn't need my help in the end, yeah." Said Deidara when Itachi came up to him. Itachi nodded and pulled his hat more over his for-him-useless eyes. "Took them all down?"

"Yup. That Hyuuga kunoichi and your little brother, yeah." Deidara smiled. "Sasuke was pretty attached to Sakura-san. He looked in love, you know, yeah."

It was quiet for a while.

"I don't care about the crushes my brother has." Itachi said emotionless, but it was actually killing him. Sakura had liked Sasuke for a long time, and although she was with him now, maybe she'd go to his annoying little brother when she heard he loved her now.

Deidara scratched his head. "Itachi." He started. "She would be a total idiot if she left you for that, yeah. And she's not an idiot. She's a very cleaver girl which loves you very much, yeah."

Itachi turned around and looked to his fellow Akatsuki. "And why are you sure. Tell me that." Itachi said cold. Deidara grinned a little. "Itachi, you know much about fighting, yeah, but you don't know anything about love."

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Sakura saw Itachi and Deidara walking towards her. She got out of the tree and looked at them.

"Don't look at us like that, yeah." Deidara said offended. "We didn't kill any of your friends, yeah!"

Itachi said nothing. He just stared at the numb body from his brother.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Sakura said, and turned to Itachi. "Can we go? ...Please?" Itachi nodded and ripped his gaze away from Sasuke. He would ask her later.

Deidara smiled happy and started walking, into the forest. Itachi and Sakura followed, walking beside each other.

"Always look at the briiiight side of life! Shala, sha la la la la la la!" Sang Deidara.

Itachi looked at Sakura. She gave a quick smile back.

Deidara was in a good mood, but they weren't.

"...I-... Itachi... Is something bothering you?" Sakura asked, not too loud. Itachi shook his head and kept staring in front of him. "...Itachi..." She said again. Slowly, he looked back at her. She smiled. "Please... Tell me."