Title: Resigned Advice For Hard Times

Rating: M

Summary: Non-Massacre. Itachi never knew Sakura had such an amusing way with words.

'If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it is the light of the oncoming train.' - Robert Lowell

Politics

1. Itachi had left the dango shop after his somewhat interesting moment which involved an ice lolli and a very desperate fangirl. After the stupid noises she had made while playing (If you could call it that) with the ice lolli, he had kindly (Actually more like coldy) declined her offer of going on a date. After all, he certainly wasn't in the mood with his AHIS (All Hail Itachi-Sama) fangirl club when he had spent the most terrible time with the clan elders who were trying to teach him politics.

They failed very badly because a minute into the lecture, he 180-degrees-ed on his heel and left as fast as a bat out of hell.

He had met Sakura Haruno (He obviously recalled correctly, because who could miss that mop of bright pink hair?) on the walk back home and at some point he had grudgingly (due to Sakura's constant pestering) explained what had happend during his day. He was surprised and thoroughly amused when she said, "Did you know, the word politics is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'tics', meaning 'blood sucking parasites' ?"

2. When he met Sakura again, the same thing had happened except no fangirls this time. They had met in ANBU section of the library (He didn't know how she managed to get into this section but he had a suspicion that the Hokage had some part in this) and after he once again explained what happened they managed to get into a civil conversation (Though this was afterwards she had to find exactly where she had gotten her scroll from).

They had gotten onto the topic on what job path they would've taken if they didn't get into the Ninja Academy and yet again, Sakura had amused him when she had spoken certain tone in her voice, "My choice would've either been to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."

"He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career." - George Bernard Shaw