Sakura met Itachi once when she was very young. She hadn 't meant to get lost in the woods, especially when her parents had told her time and time again not to go off on her own. But the other children had been teasing her about her forehead again and Sakura had wanted to get away from them. She had been crying when someone dropped out of the trees and landed right in front of her, startling her in to giving out a high pitched screech.

The boy had his ANBU mask clipped to his belt and a somber expression his face. He looked like he was just getting in to his adolescent years. When their eyes had met, all of the color in the world around them slowly started to fade until all she was left with was shades of grey. The boy looked just as startled as she felt.

'Hello there, what 's your name? ' he had asked. She gave him a confused smile.

'Sakura. ' Her head tilted to the side. 'Where did all the colors go? '