Disclaimer :Dont own Naruto nor other characters...hurmm...

Hurry! Hurry! She gasped as she ran across the dark hallway. Everything was so dark, and she didn't even know where she was reaching. All she could hear was her footsteps, gasps, and her pounding heart. She knew something was following her, and that's the reason why she was running. "Help me! Somebody!" her hands were reaching forward, reaching for anything in the dark. She had to run away. She had to.

"You can't run away from me, anymore. Never!" She glanced through her shoulder, shocked by the sudden voice. A pair of hands reaching to grab her. She screamed.

"Sakura!" Kisame woke the pink-haired women. He arrived early in the morning to visit her, just only found her gasping and sweating madly. Concerned, he grasped her trembling hands and wakes her. "Is she having a nightmare?" he murmured to himself. "Woi! Wake up!" he touched her forehead only to find that she was fuming. "Shit!"

Mikoto placed a steamy mug of green tea in front of her husband and sighed. Fugaku catched her hints in her sigh and waited until his wife spill the beans while sipping his tea. "Nee, it had haunted my mind this few days. What if he come back and hurt Saku chan? Kisame said that he hasn't been found yet."

"I'll find him no matter where he is." Itachi stated firmly as he emerged into the kitchen. "Good morning, haa haa ue, chi chi ue." He sat opposite his father after he placed a pack of new green tea on the table.

"Maa, Ita kun, don't scare us like that. And sorry for asking you to buy the tea early in the morning." Mikoto took the pack and walked away to make some tea.

"Have you visit Sakura?" Fugaku asked without glancing Itachi.

Itachi tighten his jaw after heard his father's question, which can be seen by Fugaku through his calm façade. Nothing can be hide from superior. Indeed. "No."

Before Fugaku could respond, Mikoto came in with a mug and served it to Itachi. Itachi sipped the tea just when he caught both of his parents shared glance. "What do you wish to tell me, chi chi ue?"

"We had discussed this matter last week, and we also had made a decision." Fugaku sipped his tea and sighed. "Itachi, we had decided that Sakura will be your responsibility in the nearest future."

Itachi narrowed his eyes at his father. Just what the hell did he said just now? My responsibility? "Chi chi ue, you have no right to decide about her future. He should decide her future! It's his decision!" he hissed.

"Ita kun, he also had decided it. It's him whom recommended this idea. We just simply decided it." Mikoto persuaded him as she grabbed his tensed arms.

"We made this also for your benefits, Itachi." Fugaku raised and walked away, leaving Mikoto and Itachi in the kitchen.

"Yay! Yay! Visit Sakura! Visit Sakura!" The two yellow haired boys shouted in the back seat. Luckily the windows were closed tight, or else the passerby might think that there were some physics running away from hospital.

"For God's sake, please shut the fuck up!" Sasuke shouted while drove the BMW. Seriously, he felt like want to suicide when the two bloods- related cousin meet together. He glanced the side seat, and frowned. There, Sasori sat calmly with a novel in his hand. "Woi, Sasori. How can you stay relax when the yellow storms are behind?"

Sasori turned to face him and reached to his ear, pulled the ears pluck. "What did you say?" Sasuke twitched.

"Thank God, you are awake." Mikoto smiled sweetly. Sakura smiled back, yawning. "You were passed out few days ago because of your fever. Don't make us scared again, will you?"

"Yeah, I guess." Sakura sat up and stretched her body. She felt refreshed. "What time and day is today?"

"Tuesday, 9 a.m. Why dear?"

"Whaat? Oh my God, I need to get to work." She jumped out of the bed and ran to bathroom. "Mikoto baa chan, tell the nurse that I want to check out now."

"Sakura chan? What are you saying?" Mikoto shocked by the sudden changes of the young girl. "What did you mean by 'work'?"

Sakura stuck out her head, frowned. "I had a big project that I need to do. I will not mourn about my brother loss. I have to look forward, to stay alive and accomplish my family's dream. I'm sorry for making the harsh decision last time, when I want to commit suicide. Such a stupid of me." She stopped talking as Mikoto trembled and dropped a glass. "Mikoto baa?"

"Ita, what will you do when something happen to me? Like death-"her statement were cut off as the said man kissed her hard. He hugged her tightly without pulling the kiss. Not to mention their nakedness as they rubbed their body together.

"Nothing will take you away from me." He eyed the woman with a look of passion and warmth. "I'll not let you go, Yuki." He kissed her forehead which responded by giggles.

"It's alright, Ita kun. You are my everything. I'll always respect your decision." She touched his cheek and smiled. "If you think that she is important to you, don't let her go. Ever. She needs you, Ita kun. Give her your light, brighten her future. You can change everything." Yuki slowly turned into ashes as her smiles widened.

"Yuki!" Itachi gasped as he sat up, awaken from his dream. He clutched his head as he recalls back his dream. It's just felt like true. Getting up, he walked to the bathroom to take bath just when his phone rang. "Kaa san, what is it?"

"Ita kun! She is back!" Mikoto cried in her phone. He could hear clearly her sobs. "Sakura…its Sakura…She is back!" Without words, he hangs up the phone and refreshes himself. After he finished, he grabbed his car key and disappeared.

Apparently, Mikoto had called all those who were available to the hospital as they waited at the corridor, outside of her room. Itachi nearly collided with some nurses when he passed a corner. Mumbled a sorry, he reached the sobbing Mikoto. "She acted strange today. She said she want to work and finish her project. She even doesn't remember about what happened between Madara and her. She-"Itachi hushed her as he hugged her mother, comforting her. "Ita kun, she is back. Our Sakura is back." Itachi didn't surprised by the news, he was more concerned about the incoming respond from the pink haired girl, since in either characters of her, he was the least people who she wanted to meet. Not to mention what will she does when his parents tell her about the upcoming event.

Suddenly, all of their attention were directed to the closed door, where they could hear someone was crying, Orochimaru. "Thank God, my Sakura is return!" (Imagine, his hoarse voice sounded when he was crying.) He opened the door and wiped his tears. "You can come in now. I'm going to prepare her medicine." He walked away without glance the others as he murmured something about adding amulet in her medicine.

"Mikoto baa chan!" Sakura smiled at the said woman as she waved happily when they entered in the room. "Dei, Sasori, Kisame, Hidan, nice to meet you all again." She greeted the entire visitor but when Itachi entered, her face turned blanked. She lowered her head and stared at her lap. All of them could detect the tense air between both of them, but they didn't know the cause. Mikoto hugged Sakura tightly as she started to sob again. "Nee, Mikoto baa, don't cry, please." She hugged the woman back and stared at the rest of the men. "I'm sorry for causing trouble for you, especially Kisame. Thanks for help me that day. If not because of you, I might not be here today. Arigatou." She smiled at the said man with some tears flowed down her cheek. "A-and, I won't do the same stupid thing again. I promise." She cried hardly after she finished her words. Even Deidara and Kisame sniffed, feeling grateful because their cherry blossom had finally come back.

"Actually, we want to tell you something, pinky." Kisame walked towards her and sat at her bed. "First of all, we want to apologize." He sounded serious, which makes Mikoto pulled away from her tight hug and facing Sakura with apologetic look. "Actually your brother still alive." They watched as she widened her eyes. She stunted for a while, with her a little pale lips gaping.

"What the hell is that?" she muttered softly after regained back her thought. "I thought you tell me, he…" she stared at her hands which shake a little. All of them thought that she might burst into anger for their lies but she acted opposite. She smiled. Then laughed happily with tears. "I knew it. He won't leave me alone. I knew it…" she wiped her tears while laughing. "That baka…"

Flash back

"Onii chan! Where are you? Saku scare!" a cute little girl which not more than 5 years old ran around the room searching for his brother after she wakes up from evening nap. Her parents were away that time and her brother was nowhere to found. "Onii chan!" she shouted a little louder and she started to sob. "Saku scares of ghost." She then ran into a locked bedroom (guestroom) and knocked it hard. "Onii chan!" she cried loudly as she rubbed her eyes while knocking or tapping the door. When she was about to leave, the door opened with a 'click' and Yahiko emerged, yawning.

"There, there. Come here little one." He knelt down and nearly fell backward as Sakura ran into him. She cried in his embrace as he patted her head softly. "Gomen, nii chan sleeps just now. Sorry for leaving you alone. Do you have a nightmare in your sleep?" he continued caressing her pink tresses.

"A monster wants to eat me. He said Saku so delicious like a cake." She managed in her sobs.

"Don't worry. Onii chan will protect Saku chan. Remember, Onii chan is your superman. Onii chan will always there for you, and never leave you. Tell Onii chan if the monster came, Onii chan will kick it away." Sakura hugged Yahiko tightly as he stood with Sakura in his embrace, walking downstairs toward the living room. "Saa, lets watch cartoon while we eat ice cream, ok?"

"Hai, superman nii chan!" she smiled.

End flashback

She felt uncomfortable as Kisame told her about her brother incident which led them to lie at her. Someone had planned those things out in order to banish her brother? She seems confused and happy after they said his brother was in good condition. But when she asked about Konan, they just shrugged and said that she should ask Yahiko herself. The plane that they used crashed at the airport just when the plane was about to landing because of the sudden auto-shut of the engine. It sounded like a made up story, but the investigation declared that someone had set the system. After hearing the full explanation, she concluded that someone wanted to revenge on her brother. "Not many people know the incident because Yahiko asked to keep it from public, so the avenger didn't know that he still alive. And for the reason why he kept it from you, you should ask him." Kisame received growls from her and just smiled back. They didn't want to tell her because she doesn't know any hell of the 'story' between her non-permanent characters with Madara.

"My head hurt, swallowed that huge on information in a time. And, can I go back today? I miss my home." She sighed.

"Of course dear, I'll stay with you after this. I want to take care of you if you don't mind, so that you won't be lonely." Mikoto smiled sweetly at her as she nodded happily.

Deidara eyes lighten as he squealed. "Aw, yeah. I want too. I want to stay with Sakura chan too, yeah!" And immediately, he received glares from others except Sakura. "I guess it's no then."

All of them laughed as they watched the yellow haired sulking. Sakura didn't join them as she wanders her eyes around the room to search the particular Uchiha, who had left earlier.