Hi, guys. I guess I just can't get enough of SakuraXItachi (See my other stories.)

So, this is just the first chapter. Tell me what you think of it, and I'll keep going.

Read on!

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"This is ridiculous, Kisame." Kisame Hoshigaki had dragged an irate Itachi Uchiha to his favorite bar, sat him down, and bought him a drink. However, Itachi hadn't found this random stunt particularly amusing. He was now thoroughly fed up with his friend's antics.

"Remind me again why we're here?" Itachi asked in a bored voice.

Kisame grinned, showing his impressive array of teeth.

"Simply put, you need to get laid." Kisame shrugged as Itachi shot him a that-is-so-not-funny look.

"No, really. You're way too tense, and always acting like you have a ramrod stuck up your ass is really not healthy." Kisame looked at Itachi pityingly. He took a swig of his beer and set the bottle down again.

Itachi scowled. "Okay, joke's over, Kisame."

Kisame made a face, but dropped the subject. A few minutes later, though, he looked over at Itachi slyly.

"I know why you don't want to…" Kisame said, as if he knew all about Itachi's problems.

"Oh? And why is that?" Itachi asked skeptically.

Kisame shrugged. "None of these girls would have you."

Itachi rolled his eyes at this comment. He could get any girl he wanted if he put his mind to it. "Yeah. That's exactly it," Itachi said dryly.

"Oh, come on, man! You have gotten any in… what? A year?"

Itachi shook his head slightly. "That really isn't any of your business."

"Yep, just as I thought," Kisame smiled gloatingly.

"Damn it, Kisame, what do I have to do to make you shut up?" Itachi asked, exasperated.

"Simple," Kisame chuckled. "Seduce the girl of my choosing. Bring me her bra tomorrow morning and I'll know that you've done the job."

"You are so immature, Kisame. No. End of discussion." Itachi was sometimes amazed at how annoying his friend could be. This was not one of those times.

"Well… I guess I'll have to tell the guys about those pictures I have of you,'" Kisame taunted. Now he had him. Itachi would never risk him telling their other friends about the time when Itachi had lost a bet and had to dress up in a schoolgirl's uniform. Kisame still had the pictures.

The color drained out of Itachi's face. He knew he had lost. Kisame always hung the schoolgirl pictures over his head, and Itachi would probably never live it down.

"Fine. Pick the girl," he said shortly.

The blue man grinned and rubbed his hands together.

"Okay…" Kisame scanned the crowd. Then, he spotted a group of girls a little ways away from them. There was four of them, laughing and having a good time. Perfect.

"How about that one?" Kisame pointed at one of the girls.

Itachi looked where his friend was gesturing. "Pink hair?"

Kisame nodded.

The girl looked vaguely familiar to Itachi, but he just couldn't place her. Itachi shrugged.

"Whatever."

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Sakura Haruno inwardly sighed. She was trying to have fun, but she just couldn't get drunk enough to forget about him.

Sakura's life wasn't going too well right then. She was married to a man named Sasuke Uchiha, but their marriage was going downhill steadily.

He was handsome, rich, and nice.

But that was it. Just… nice. There was no passion or love between the two. Sakura had thought when she married him that it was going to be the perfect marriage.

She had loved Sasuke ever since they had been in elementary school. Everyone always said how they made such a cute couple, how it was so sweet that they were childhood lovers, how they'd always be together.

But Sakura just didn't feel the love behind their union anymore. The only thing was she didn't think that her husband would approve of a divorce. He would probably get very angry and Sakura didn't want to risk it.

And Sasuke seemed to think that all their problems would be solved if they had a child, but Sakura just couldn't seem to get pregnant. This resulted in many a nights spent fighting viciously, and ending in Sakura sleeping on the couch.

She had not confided this to her girlfriends yet, but she was planning to. They had invited her for a girl's night out, and Sakura had gladly accepted. Maybe she would finally tell them.

The gang was all there. Hinata and Ino were the same age as her, and TenTen was only a year older than they were. They had been friends since middle school and they told each other everything. So why was Sakura having so much trouble with informing them about her failed marriage?

Sakura sighed again and ordered another drink. They were all laughing and having a great time, but the pink-haired girl wondered if they were merely acting happy, just like her.

She shrugged and decided just to have a fun night.

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Itachi gulped. He sure hoped this worked. He was a bit rusty.

Itachi got up, shooting Kisame one last I-hate-you look. He walked over to the girls table casually, trying to blend in his white button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He hadn't really dressed to pick up any ladies, but his looks were normally enough. Itachi's dreamy eyes were dark and poetic, and he wore his long black hair in a ponytail, with the shorter bangs framing his face.

He walked up to the girls table with an easy, confident air. The group fell silent when they saw him. Fortunately, his prey had her back to him.

Itachi leaned against her table. The pink-haired girl slowly turned, and her somehow familiar emerald eyes lit up when they saw his face.

"Can I help you?" she asked teasingly. Itachi let a small smile smooth across his face. She was very pretty, but Itachi could tell there was something wrong by the sad gloom in her green eyes and the way her smile pulled down faintly at the corners. Itachi could swear he had met her before, but he just could remember where.

"Would you like to dance?" he said in a low, almost flirtatious voice.

The girl laughed; a beautiful, tinkling sound.

"Well, girls?" She turned to her friends, who all laughed along with her.

"Go ahead, Sakura, just don't get too overzealous!" the blonde on her right said, grinning.

Bells rang in Itachi's mind. Sakura. Where had he heard that name? And why were these girls acting so strange, as if they knew him?

Sakura got up, waving a hand at the blonde girl. "Don't worry about me!" She smiled at Itachi and took his hand.

"C'mon, Itachi!" she said slyly. Itachi was stunned, but he kept his composure. How did she know his name?

Sakura put her hands on Itachi's shoulders as he rested his hands on her small waist.

"So, what's up, Uchiha?" Then, it suddenly dawned on Itachi. Sakura was the name of his brother's wife. This was Sakura Uchiha, his sister-in-law.

Itachi smiled easily.

"Not much. I just thought I'd ask such a lovely lady to dance."

Sakura blushed slightly.

"So, how is my foolish little brother?" Itachi asked pleasantly. To his slight surprise, Sakura's eyes filled with tears.

"Sakura?" Itachi asked, concerned.

The pink-haired girl stopped and shook her head. She wiped at her eyes, trying to prevent the tears from coming.

"I'm sorry… It's just… Well, things aren't going too well between us," Sakura said sadly.

"Did Sasuke do something to you?" Itachi asked worriedly.

Sakura shook her head quickly. "No, nothing like that. I just don't… love him anymore."

Itachi frowned sympathetically at her. "He is rather hard to love."

Sakura giggled. "I mean… I used to love him so much, as if he was the only thing worth living for. But I just don't feel so strong about him anymore. And I doubt he ever felt that way about me. All he wants is an heir…," Sakura drifted off sadly.

Itachi inwardly sighed. So much for seducing her. How could he seduce his brother's wife? Even if she was very pretty…

"My brother is indeed foolish, to have missed out on someone so precious." Itachi smiled slightly at her.

Sakura looked up at Itachi hopefully. "Really?"

"Really."

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Sakura was a bit surprised at how friendly Itachi was being to her. He didn't like his brother at all, and so Sakura had just assumed that he would treat her likewise.

But Itachi was actually very kind, and he was a great help to her. Sakura was just so relieved to confide in someone.

Sakura talked with Itachi some more and then he walked with her back to her table.

The girls were packing up, having decided that it was late enough.

Sakura was reluctant to leave Itachi, but her friends were leaving, and she didn't have another ride.

Itachi stopped Sakura as they were parting.

"Do you want to stay a bit longer? I'll drive you home," the Uchiha offered.

Sakura tried not to seem eager. "You want me to stay?"

"Only if you do."

Sakura smiled at Itachi. "That would be nice. Let me tell my friends."

Sakura ran up ahead to Ino, Hinata, and TenTen.

"Guys, I'm going to stay a bit longer with Itachi, okay? He's going to drive me home." The group groaned.

"Eww, Sakura!" Ino said loudly. "That's incest!"

Sakura rolled her eyes and sighed exasperatedly. "I'm not going to be doing anything with him!"

The girls giggled. "Alright, Sakura!"

TenTen smiled at her. "See you tomorrow!" The three girls waved and walked out of the bar, while Sakura went back to Itachi.

"You want a drink?" Itachi asked her.

Sakura nodded. "That would be nice."

She followed Itachi back to his table. Kisame was grinning from ear to ear. Sakura was slightly taken aback by Kisame, but politely greeted the blue man.

"Kisame, this is Sakura. You remember her, right? She's my sister-in-law. We went to her wedding." Itachi looked smugly at the blue man, though Sakura couldn't figure why.

Kisame gaped at her, but composed himself. "Ah, that's right! Sakura. Sasuke's wife." He emphasized the word.

Sakura was slightly bewildered. Why were they acting like this?

"Is there something wrong?" she asked, obviously confused.

Itachi snickered. "Go ahead, Kisame. Why don't you tell her what you were going to have me do?"

Sakura's eyes widened. "What?"

Kisame turned a funny purple color. "Uhh…"

Itachi grinned arrogantly. The he turned to Sakura.

"Kisame wanted me to seduce a girl of his choosing. He picked you. I didn't realize that it was you until I saw your face, but if Kisame had gotten is way, I'd be taking you home right about now."

The now-purple man ducked his head. "Sorry. I didn't know you were… Sasuke's wife."

Sakura was absolutely in stitches. Not only was the odd color Kisame turned when he blushed hilarious, but the fact that the two had been betting on seducing her… Well, it was just too hysterical.

After a lot of talking and a few too many drinks, Sakura decided to call it a night.

Itachi hadn't had that much alcohol, so he drove.

First, they dropped off Kisame, who waved drunkenly at them as he got out of the car.

Itachi and Sakura waited in Kisame's driveway until they saw that he was safely inside.

As Itachi drove to Sakura's house, he offered her a place at his house if she ever needed it.

"If things get too bad, I'm always open," Itachi told her.

Maybe it was too much alcohol, or maybe she just could bare the thought of going home to Sasuke. Either way, Sakura started crying again.

Itachi pulled over. "Sakura, I'm serious."

The pink-haired girl looked at the Uchiha with sad eyes. "I couldn't impose!"

Itachi cupped her face with his large hand. "You wouldn't be imposing," he said softly.

Itachi though that maybe Kisame was right. Maybe it had been too long since he had been laid. That was probably why he was behaving so.

Sakura didn't mind, though. She smiled, and leaned closer.

"I'd like to stay with you tonight, Itachi."

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Sakura returned home to her husband the next day, with the excuse that she had just needed to get away.

Sasuke wasn't terribly bothered; he just wanted to make sure she hadn't slept with anyone. Sakura assured him repeatedly that she had been faithful. Of course, she was lying, but Sasuke never had to know.

A month later, Sakura found out that she was pregnant. Sasuke was very pleased. He was finally going to be a father. Sakura was happy, too, because she was sure that this would fix their marriage. Unfortunately, she was wrong.

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So, how was it? Awesome? Horrible? Mediocre? I'd like your opinions.

Also, about the AU-ness. Itachi of course did not kill his clan in my AU version, so he and Sasuke just don't like each other.

How did you like Itachi? Was he too OOC? It was an AU, so he's supposed to be slightly OOC, but still.

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