Disclaimer: It's only a dream. Sadly, it's only a dream. I will never own Naruto. I am still just a poor student.
Key:
[...]- Short scene change
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Center and Italic - flashback scene
One word - 'Slam' 'Push' 'Slap' and many other are sound and movement SFX
Have fun reading!
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Chapter 1
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Drifting. Drafting. Clouds elegantly float across the scarlet horizon of the morning rise sun
Legends say
At the first dawn of light, if you paid close attention to the passing cloud beds overhead
You might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a few belated Angels
Tardy from their deep slumber
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"Ahh..." A satisfied yawn released under the over-fluffed cotton comforter. A pair of outstretched arms poked out and reached up high. Slowly, a splash of pink shined as the lightweight cover slid down. Bright, yet soft, only to a normal human mind would it be considered 'strange' for a hair color.
"Wah, such a beautiful morning! Well, when is heaven not beautiful?" A girl sat up with her bright emerald eyes to greet the morning glory. Flinging off the cloud bits, she stepped out from her fluffy cloud bed. Expanding her wings wide, weary muscles loosened up from the act.
A stunning pair of pink-feathered wings spread with grace. Magnificently, it opened up to envelope the small body. Because of her age, the size of her wing was more petite compared to the matured Angels. It, either way, was able to lift her fragile feminine frame high up above the sky effortlessly.
The girl fluttered her wings for the usual morning exercise. Wearing a long peach colored dress that flowed to her ankle, she appeared to be a floating blob of pink.
"Wai! This is the life!" she exclaimed, flying around her Roman style architecture chamber. The windows were big and wide. Fluffy clouds were floating everywhere.
From the distance, a high pitch voice caught her attention.
"Sakura! You're going to be late. It's your turn to guard the Harp today."
The girl turned her head at the sound of the Warden's voice. He supervised all Apprentice Angels, where Sakura belonged. Poor old man he was. Sakura pity the elderly man from the wrinkles on his skin. For endless years, he had to put up with the annoying bunch of Apprentice Angels. They were amateur angels that only caused him more trouble than actually completing their assigned missions. Well, in Sakura's case, she was among the most troublesome. Saying she was not the worst was an understatement.
"Oops!" Sakura started to flap her wings and flew toward the Harp Garden.
'Gotta zoom or I'll be really late. I don't want to baby-sit those Cupids again,'she groaned.
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[Down on Earth in an elaborate high-class office]
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Slam!
"This is unacceptable." A manila folder was thrown across the room, making the loud noise. Papers flew everywhere and made a mess.
"We're so sorry, Sir. We've tried our best to work out the best deal. They just won't accept our offers and move out." The young secretary was being brave, trying to explain to his boss. He was infamous to be an iceberg and a demanding freak. They named him the Ice King.
A cold, dark, icy voice chilled the room temperature to sub zero, "Then try harder. Is today your first day at work?" His voice was low and full of menace venom. "Here's how to deal with it. Most of them owed money to our loaning branches. Use that to give them a threat and if they still won't accept the deal again, give then a final warning notice and throw them out. This project cannot wait any longer. Now, get out." The man behind the desk gave the secretary one of his infamous dead glared.
"But, sir-" This person sure was brave.
"Out. Don't make me repeat myself again." His icy voice made the young secretary shiver and nod in fear, disappearing within seconds.
"Hn, useless." He sighed and turned his chair around to view the scene in front of him, The glorifying City of Konoha. For fifty years, the Uchiha Family had built this city from dirt to become the best in Japan. 'These people…lowly scumbags…when will they stop interfering…'
He squint his eyes at the sight of the bright sun as it showed itself from the gloomy clouds.
'Damn, it's too bright.'
He slammed the shutters shut.
'Better.'
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"Ah… Sasuke Uchiha. Quite a young lad. Very, very talented and has a bright mind. However… his heart is dark…very dark."
A soft, old voice sounded worried as its owner watched the man named Sasuke Uchiha through the mirror.
"What do you think we should do, Headmaster?"
The Warden appeared by the Headmaster's side.
"Hmm…We'll soon figure out a solution …Yes …We will…eventually."
The Headmaster was wearing a white toga, but the most interesting characteristic about him were his wings. There were six of them. Enormous pairs of wings that showed his high rank and status. The Headmaster's face, even though it was worn looking through the years and of old age, still looked at the world with the warmest smile and generosity.
"But-!"exclaimed the Warden.
"Don't worry! You worry too much. Uchiha will learn how to use his heart, he will care for others. He will."The Headmaster assured the Warden.
They returned their attention to the mirror where they saw Uchiha once again abusing his workers.
"The problem is... Who will-No, who can teach him?" His eyes lowered.
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"This is so boring. Gah! I'm dying from boredom here..." Sakura paused at what she just said," Bwuahahaha! That's funny-me dying. I'm already in heaven."
Sigh. It was already noon and Sakura had been guarding the Harp ever since early in the morning. Trying her best to keep her post during a lazy time, she forced her eyes to stay open.
For apprentice level such as Sakura, there were small errands they must attend to. Then, at a certain time every year, they will take a test to ascend to the next level. Sadly, for Sakura, she had failed the test three times. Who would have thought that for a genius such as her, an angel considered a flying encyclopedia, to have such bad luck with the tests? Why couldn't it be paper test?
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"Sakura this is your test. Please don't mess it up! I'm already being generous by giving you this assignment. Don't fail me. Now, here, find this kitty a home."
The Warden told Sakura with pleading eyes. His old shaky hand showed her a picture with the location of a tiny kitten that just got abandon. It had been a long time; the Warden had to deal with Sakura ever since she walked through the Heaven Gate. For three years, she had not passed a single test.
"Don't worry. I love Kitties!" Sakura screamed and started to fly off without any thought.
Sigh. "That child. She didn't even wait for me to give her the assignment document…Sakura! Get back here!" the Warden flew after the girl.
Unbelievable it was. Even with such simple assignment, this little angel couldn't even pass it.
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'What is so special about this Harp anyway?' Sakura's curiosity just hit a notch.
'We've always been told to guard with caution!'Sakura imitated the Warden's grouchy, high pitch voice. 'No one really explained what the use of this instrument… hmm? I wonder if I can …No I definitely shouldn't… but it's so shiny …'
Sakura's green eyes sparkled.
'Well … no one would notice if I just play a note, heh heh heh.' She thought mischievously as her body moved closer to the instrument.
With a soft pluck, the string snapped. Broken, it twirled around to mock her emerald shocking gaze.
'Oh no…'
All the afternoon sunshine just turned into a stormy, dark cloud over Sakura. She stared at the broken string in awed amazement.
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[caw caw caw]
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"What!? This can't possibly be happening to me!" She pulled her hair in frustration and tears pooled at the corner of her eyes.
Suddenly the door opened,
"-need to take the Harp- Sakura? What are you doing there …"
The Warden looked at the frozen girl,
"… on the Harp's pillar? I only told you only to watch the Harp! Get down! Bring the Harp with me to the Headmaster."
He waved for Sakura to come with him.
Sakura slowly climbed down the pillar. "Um, uh," She fidgeted, "I'm sorry! Please forgive me!" She fell to the pavement
"What did you d-?"The Headmaster fainted when he saw the damage.
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Sniff. Sniff."I'm so sorry Headmaster. I was only curious… I didn't mean to break the Harp." Sakura was kneeling next to the Headmaster, clutching his robe.
"Sakura, is it? Stand up, dearie."
The Headmaster looked at Sakura with a smile.
"Yes…?" Sakura looked at the elder with teary, puppy dog eyes.
"I've heard many interesting stories about you. Quite cheery angel you are."
"I'm so sorry Headmaster. Please don't demote me. It's not that I can be demoted anymore since I'm this low, but I'm so sorry!" Sakura cried her eyes out.
"…However, I can let this go and even let you advance if you complete this assignment for me. It's not an easy assignment. Will you do it?"
The Headmaster waited for the answer.
"Yes!" Sakura screamed without a second thought.
"I will send you to Earth now. Your job is to find this boy and teach him to be kind, to love, and to care. He must be taught how to sacrifice for others. Sakura, will you willingly search for Sasuke Uchiha and teach him how to?"
Sakura was surprised to hear the words escape from the Headmaster. How could he entrust such assignment to her? Her, of all the Angels! "Sir—I…I…"
"What's wrong now?"
"As much as I really want to complete the assignment and become a Mission angel…I…" Biting her lips, Sakura was perplexed of what to say. She knew she was not the ideal Mission Angel material.
"Sakura, my eyes may be old, but they have never failed me. You gave me an exceptional impression. I do not wish to give you such assignment under this condition but I believe it can't be helped. You were destined for this."
Eyes glimmering, Sakura felt astounded after hearing his announcement. The Headmaster's encouraging words brought strength to her.
"So, what is your answer now?"
"I will, Sir!" Standing up straight, Sakura showed him her newfound confidence, positive that she could complete her assignment remarkably.
At that instance, Sakura spread her wings wide. She flew away as the Headmaster waved goodbye to her. The Warden was in deep shocked.
"Sir! Are you sure she can accomplish such task?!"
Warden had come back to reality and protested the Headmaster's decision.
"Don't worry, don't worry. You really worry a lot. I'm sure Sakura will do fine. Here, to make you feel safer, I'm assigning this to you, then. Watch over her until she gets to Uchiha's safely."
The Headmaster looked over at him with a 'ha-ha-I-got-you smile.
"Nooooo! I'm too old for this." Warden cried out his old lungs.
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"Sasuke Uchiha, I'm coming to find you!"Sakura thought as she went down to Earth.
[…]
"Achoo! Damn those pollens." An annoyed raven stepped on the trail of fallen flowers. Dark eyes narrowed. A long day it had been.
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"Well well well, if it isn't Mr. Uchiha. What would you like for today's dinner?" The chef exclaimed in glee when seeing the ever so handsome Uchiha sitting in her restaurant.
Sasuke uninterestedly replied. "Whatever is recommended for today?"
"Well…" The chef prepared to describe her best dishes.
"And make it quick." Uchiha interrupted with a dark glare. He didn't have the time today.
Shiver ran through her spine as she was caught in his stare.
"Be right back with your meal." Quickly, the Chef retreated.
Riiing ring
"What?!" Uchiha picked up his phone and listened carefully. It wasn't long until his expression turned foul, "No, I will not agree to that price. Don't come back until you work out the deal." Sliding his phone shut, he slammed it down with great force and rubbed his forehead. 'Ugh …I need a break.'
Nothing was going the way he planned. Rarely would such occasion occur. However, in the back of his mind, Sasuke knew there was another pair of hands fiddling with his works.
He enjoyed a good challenge. However, it started to annoy him. Everything began to turn mediocre. Hn...
Shaking the annoyance away, Sasuke moved his attention to the passing lights of the ongoing traffic. Night began to swept over the city of Konoha.
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Wind chimed.
"Whoa… So this is Sasuke-kun's place. So elegant and clean." Sakura curiously looked around the expensive condo. "For a bachelor who lives alone, I imagined this would be a pigsty." She giggled.
She was right. Sasuke's apartment was one of a kind, spacious with four thousand square feet. It had three bedrooms, four bathrooms, two gigantic closets, one hell of a kitchen, wall-to-wall windows, in ground mini pool outside on the balcony with a garden, fifteen-foot ceilings and one hundred eighty-degree view of the city. All geared with the highest technology.
"Sakura, I really don't know how you are going to accomplish this if you can't even find his place."
Warden stepped into the room from the balcony.
"Oh please, I could have easily found this place by myself," Sakura paused," …eventually." Warden rolled his eyes. "Beside you want me to finish this assignment quickly, don't you?" Sakura reasoned.
"Sigh… Well here you are, good luck convincing him."
Warden about to turn around, but he stopped, and said
"And remember to stay focus on your task. You are on your own now."
He spread his wings and flew away.
Sadly, Sakura was too caught up in exploring Uchiha's condo to pay any ounce of attention. Finally turned around, she faced the emptiness of the room.
'Huh? I guess he left already…'Sakura smiled' Thank you Warden, you've always take care of me like the father I've never had.
Wide smile, Sakura return to explore her soon to be new home. Now let's see...
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The door opened.
A tall figure wearily walked into his condo. Loosening his tie, Sasuke's first stop was the kitchen to grab a glass of water. He was in a hurry to get rid of his so call 'dinner' after-tasted. 'I'm never going to there again.'
Looking at the kitchen's counter clock, Sasuke read that it was 7:18 pm.
'Hn, this is too early. The Dobe would be here to drag me to one of his low class club again.'Sasuke shuddered at the thought.
'I should go rest a bit'.Sasuke moved himself into his bedroom.
Opening the door, the Uchiha walked in as he took off his dress shirt and tie before throwing it carelessly on the armchair. He glanced around the vault of barrenness. Vast with simple furniture, in the center of the room was his king size bed with a blue shaded comforter. Above the headboard was a gigantic portrait of a sunset sky with reddish hue clouds. On the side of his room was a glass window wall with white and blue curtains and a sliding door that lead to the private balcony.
Sasuke moved closer to his bed as he unbuckled his belt, then paused as he noticed; besides with the quietness of his surrounding, there was a soft snoring sound and a hint of sweet scent hovering about his nostrils.
"What?" Sasuke was a bit surprise, finally noticing a small lump on his bed.
'What the hell is this?'He slowly removed the comforter.
Pink?
Gradually, a girl with pink hair was revealed to him. He stood there at the edge, dumbfounded, wondering if he was finally crazy or turning delusional from being over-worked.
She stirred and turned her back to him. The hem of her dress rose from her movement. He glanced at the girl again and this time he was in awe checking her from head to '… damn those legs.' With the help of the lights from the nearby building shining through the glass, her porcelain skin glowed. Her small frame gave him a chill.
'Who is this?'
"Mmm…" The girl's eyes began to flutter. "Wah?! Is it time to babysit the cupids again?" She mumbled and raised herself up to rub her eyes.
'Cupids?'Sasuke was definitely confused.
In a flashing second, Sasuke was on the bed with his arms on the girl's sides, nearing his face close to hers. 'Cherry Blossom?'"Miss, who are you? Where did you come from? What are you doing in my room…on my bed?" 'I really need some rest.'
But her ringing voice assured him. It was no figment of his never achieved before, imagination. Her soft breathing was fanning his skin.
Sakura was now awake and staring straight into Sasuke's deep dark eyes with her cheery green ones. "Um…" She backed her head a bit, and sweetly exclaimed, "Hey there, my name is Sakura, I'm an angel. I was sent from Heaven. A bit of a long journey to find my way here, so I thought I could rest a bit." Sakura innocently answered.
'Angel? Heaven? What other ideas can they come up with these days? Those low class places.'
Ding Dong! Ding Ding Ding Ding...! Sasuke was about to ask the mysterious girl more questions but the doorbell interrupted his session.
"Stay." He commanded before leaving the room to open the door and greet the interrupting guest.
Ding Ding Ding... The annoying ringing bell refused to stop. Irritated from the continuous bell, Sasuke unlocked the door and turned the knob in a hurry. Slam! Unfortunately for him, his special guest was too eager to wait until the door was fully opened.
"Hey, Teme! Liking the gift I send you?" The loud, obnoxious voice was from none other than the biggest Dobe ever a.k.a. Naruto.
Standing in front of Sasuke in his shining glory, Naruto was wearing a light orange dress shirt and black pants. His messy blond hair was blinding Sasuke's poor eyes.
'Naruto…Gift… Pink hair girl… Angel… 'Everything fell into place. Sasuke's hand tightly gripped the door as Naruto walked in and made himself at ease on his sofas.
"I thought with all that stress. You would appreciate that gift from me. It'll help you relax…" Naruto continued to rant his randomness.
'Relax?'Twitch…
"I'm a bit stressed out too. That why I got it for the both of us to enjoy!"
'Both…? Enjoy…?' More twitches.
"So did you try-Ah!" Sasuke had slammed a tray on to Naruto's head before the blond could finish.
"What the hell did you do that for?!" Naruto clutched his head in pain. His eyes were tearing up from the pain.
Sasuke stood with his hand in a fist, "Damn you, don't do useless thing. What were you thinking!?" Sasuke clutched his shirt and his eyes gleamed with evilness. "Whatever you had in mind? And your gift...I do not want any connection with."
"What? You don't like it? Why?" Naruto was utterly confused. "I thought it would be awesome!"
"No." He snapped. " Take the girl away...now." A little part of him was regretting the second request. However, Naruto needed to be shown the clear line that he should not cross.
Confused, Naruto cocked his head on the side, "What girl?" Anger boiled at Naruto's act of innocent, a split second of psychotic act flashed through Sasuke's mind. The two were too caught up to notice a young body slowly was moving toward them.
"Um, hello?" A small girlie voice distracted the two men. Their attentions turned to the direction of the bedrooms' hallway.
There stood Sakura in her sweet angel brilliance.
"What going on out here with all the noises?" Sakura turned her head to the side.
Naruto face was stoic. His sky blue eyes were wide and he was quiet for five seconds.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
"Whoot Sasuke, you sneaky bastard! I thought you swore to 'never to bring any female home'." Naruto yelled as he ran to Sakura.
"Hey there, I'm Naruto Uzumaki! Nice to meet yo-Whoa!" Sasuke pulled Naruto backwards.
"Stop playing that trick with me. What are you trying to do by sending her," The irritated raven pointed at Sakura "to my place and in to my room?" He stared at Naruto.
"Whoa there…I didn't do this. You know me…"Naruto glanced at Sakura," if I am going to send someone… "He looked at the pinkette again," I wouldn't send you a kid."
"Hey! I heard that." Sakura pouted.
Surely, compared to Naruto who was five feet eleven and Sasuke who was six feet three tall, Sakura being five feet two was very tiny. It added to her tiny frame.
Both Sasuke and Naruto turned their attention again to Sakura.
"So how did you get her? Did I interrupt something...is that why someone is cranky?" Naruto was nudging Sasuke, pressing him on. Clearly, he was playing with fire.
"Grrr..." Snarled under his breath, Sasuke punched the dobe making him fall to the floor, unconscious. The Uchiha was mad. He had no idea what was going on and the presence of his so called friend and his supposed gift was making his blood boil dangerously.
"Hn. Really. Who sent you?" Sasuke shot a steely glare at Sakura.
A bit surprised at his action, she recoiled a bit from him. "I told you I was sent from Heaven. The Headmaster specifically told me to find you. I…"Her voice was inaudible," …I …" 'Why can't I say it?'Sakura was beginning to worry.
"You what." Sasuke begun to get irritated.
"I-I... Gah! I have an assignment I need to complete and it deals with Sasuke Uchiha. You're Sasuke Uchiha. I'm your angel." Sakura pointed at Sasuke.
Sasuke was growing more irritated while Naruto was stirring from his state of numbness.
"What are you planning?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes, believing that he had much more important things to deal with than to listen to a child's tale.
"Buwahhahhahaah! Teme you are really- Hahahahah!" Naruto rolled around on the floor, "What else would a girl want?" pointing out the obvious.
Sasuke kicked Naruto in the shin. "Shut up." Making the man rolled toward the kitchen, away from them. Sakura could only look with her eyes widened at the sight, amazed how the blonde man didn't have any internal bleeding ... yet.
"Who let you in my house if this Dobe didn't?" Sasuke with his hands in his pockets stared the girl down. He raised his eyebrow as she turned her attention back to him.
"How many times do I have to tell you? And the Warden told me you're smart. Hmf. Yeah right," She crossed her arms and scoffed. "You had your sliding door opened so we landed on the balcony and walked in."
"Hn... Even idiots wouldn't believe a story like that. Who do you think I am? Now…"
Knock Knock! Their intervention was interrupted.
"Delivery! One special Massage chair for Mr. um… Mr. Uchiha! Please sign here!" The happy deliveryman was standing at the opened doorway with an extremely large wrapped gift.
Sweat drops could be seen, dripping off from both Sasuke's and Sakura's heads while Naruto…
"Sweet! Now that's my gift." He got up from the floor and ran to the doorway.
Scribble scribble!
"There you go. Please bring it in here. Come on now." Naruto started to instruct the men on where to place the chair until Sasuke suddenly pushed him out the doorway and slammed it shut; locking it.
-Outside-
"Saaaasssuuukkkee!" Naruto whined, leaning on the door, clawing at it.
-Inside-
"Go home, and take that piece of trash with you before I call security."
-Outside-
"Sasukeee…" Naruto turned gloomy.
The deliverymen looked at him weirdly and one said, " Um, sir … What are we doing with this."
"I don't care. Take it home with you or throw it in the trash or something … it's already pre-paid." Naruto dejectedly walked into the elevator.
-Back to Sasuke's-
After waiting for a while, it became quiet again outside his door. Sasuke sighed in relief and turned around to find the girl not where she was before. He started glancing around.
"Sakura?" He raised his voice.
"I'm in the kitchen!" The girlie voice answered to him.
Irritated, he walked to the kitchen to find Sakura settled herself at his kitchen counter with a cup of tea.
"Wai, I love this stuff! The only time I get to have this is whenever I was sent to earth. I just adore tea!" She happily sipped the cup and swung her legs.
'Legs…'Sasuke gave up. He needed some rest. His mind needed some rest.
After while, he sat himself on a chair opposite of Sakura's and watched her closely as she finishing her tea.
"Ahh, that was nice." Sakura placed the cup down after she had done with it.
"Hn. Now that you have finished your tea. You can go home." Sasuke stood up, walked over to Sakura's side, and picked her up. "It was very interesting to meet you. I really don't know how you got in here and I don't really care anymore, but I hope this situation will not happen again. Now leave and good night." He closed the door after placing her out side of his condo before the little angel can utter a word of response.
Click. Lock.
Sigh.' Finally peaceful here.'
Sasuke went back to his room and glanced around. Nothing was missing or out of place. His office was intact; all of his information was safely secured.'This must be a joke.'
After looking around his condo, Sasuke decided he needed a shower to calm himself down. When done, he walked over his bed to lie down. 'Cherry Blossom. '
Sakura's scent was lingering around on his bed where she had lain down to sleep. Frustrated, Sasuke sat up and looked outside his glass walls. The sky was now covered with stormy clouds. 'It's going to rain ,soon.'
'The windows...' He finally remembered.When he reached the balcony window, obsidian eyes widened at the sight of pink and green feathers all over his garden.
'What the hell?' He slid the door open and walked out to examine the place. There were footprints on his newly plow dirt patched. 'Is this for real? Feathers? Wings? Angels?'Sasuke stood in deep thought looking at the scenery around him.
The cool raindrops woke him from his daze. Sasuke remembered.
'Sakura.'
He dashed out the door to the elevator and out the front building to look for pink hair girl, worried for her condition.
'Where did you go?'
Running out of the building, Sasuke ran straight to the nearby park in hope of finding the little girl. Slowly jogging through the park, he carefully looked around the bushes and tiny areas that could be a shelter from the stormy rain. This rummaging around was starting to become fruitless. The rain started to downpour on him, but Sasuke would not give up. He continued to search and search and search…
Like helz this would happen
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The raindrops woke him from his daze.
'Better get inside… it has already started raining.'
Sliding the door close, Sasuke walked over to the kitchen counter and saw the cup Sakura left behind. 'Angel…'
"I have an assignment I need to complete and
it deals with Sasuke Uchiha. You're Sasuke Uchiha. I'm your angel."
'What does she want with me?'With his hand in his pocket and the other holding a hot steamy teacup, he looked out the window as the rain begun to pour down hard.
He set the cup down and went to the front door, grabbing a jacket, and walked out. 'This is only because I'm curious.'
As he got closer to the front entrance, he remembered, 'Umbrella.'But looking outside he thought…
'Hn... It doesn't matter. She can't be too far from here.'
Clutching his jacket, Sasuke walked out searching for the pink hair 'Angel'.
After what seemed to be a while, Sasuke became irritated 'Damn that kid. How far can she go with those…legs?' the raven paused,' Hn, she's an angel right? She can take care of herself.'He stopped searching.
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Soaked and drenched, Sasuke got off the elevator and walked to his door. Suddenly he stopped. The image before him gave him a feeling he never experienced before. Relief. In front of him was Sakura, all cuddled up against the corner of his door. She was snoring lightly again. Her dress and hair seemed to be dry. That must meant she was there all the time since Sasuke threw her out earlier.
Rustling his damped hair, Sasuke went over and knelt down next to Sakura. Looking at her soft features, her pink hair, her heart shaped face, her tiny shoulder, her long lean…limbs…
'What do you want with me?'It appeared that Sakura had fallen into a deep sleep since she didn't even notice Sasuke walking-running out.
Standing up, Sasuke unlocked his door and propped it opened. Then he leaned down to pick Sakura up. Closing the door with his foot, Sasuke stood at the doorway pondering. 'Where should I put her?' Looking down, Sakura was sleeping peacefully in his arms.
Finally, he walked into his room and placed Sakura on his bed. After covering her with his comforter, Sasuke stood at the edge to examine the scenery in front of him.
'What am I doing?' His eyebrow rose.
He suddenly uncovered the girl, picked her up and placed her on the armchair with the guest blanket and pillows.
'There.'
Sasuke went back to his bed and lay down to enjoy his slumber.
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A slight turn. A hard drop. 'Ouch…'
Sakura woke up on the hard cold tiled floor. 'Ouch…where am I?'
Looking around, it took Sakura nearly five minutes to recall where she was. 'Sasuke-kun's bedroom? How did I get in here?'
The morning sun's light had not yet reach the horizon and Sasuke's room was still under the moon's light.
Sakura got up and walked over to Sasuke's bed to find him deep asleep. 'Aw…did you bring me inside, Sasuke-kun? You're so sweet! I wonder why Headmaster wants me to teach you how to love and care. You're perfectly great at it. Ay! This assignment is a piece of cake. Tee hee!'Sakura giggled at the thought.
"Urgh…" Sasuke stirred in his bed "…water" he mumbled.
"Oh I'll get it for you!" Sakura dashed out to his kitchen.
She returned with a clear glass of fresh water. "Here you go." She placed it near Sasuke waiting for him to take it, but it seemed he couldn't get up and still asleep.
"Sasuke-kun?"
Sakura placed the glass on the lamp table and went to check his forehead.
'Oh my…he's burning. He's sweating so much… How in the world is he this wet?... I meant his … his clothes are soaking wet!'
For a minute, Sakura was unsure of what to do until she came to realization that she really need to take care of him.
She went ahead to uncover Sasuke's comforter and get rid of his soaked clothes, showing his firm, toned, lean, tan body. The girl was too worried about the sick boy that she didn't notice any of his godly features that caused the majority of Japanese women to swoon heads over heels over him.
After a while, Sakura had successfully found Sasuke's closet to get him new fresh dry clothes and extra dry blankets to cover him and placed a few for him to lie on. That was very hard to accomplish since Sasuke was so heavy.
'Phew, finally done…Who would have thought it would be this hard to take care of a human. It's as hard as taking care of those cupids!'
Sakura felt happy from her accomplishment. 'Hmm…He probably wants something to eat and medicine. I guess those tests can be useful even when I failed it.'
Sakura's first test was helping a sick elder lady. Well, it didn't end well, but she learned many human activities including cooking and cleaning.
The kitchen was her next destination to explore thoroughly.
o-o-o-o-o
'Ah…Soup is good. Medicine is here. Everything is fine and dandy! Yawwwn…I need some rest'Sakura lay down next to Sasuke and was fast asleep.
The morning sun was slowly rising up. Luckily, Sakura had already pulled the curtains shut for the two to enjoy their nap.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Riiing ring ring
"Hello?" Sakura picked up the phone.
"Sasuke, do you know what time is it! Where are you?!" a voice was screaming through the phone.
"Who is this?" Sakura mumbled sleepily.
"Who…What…Who are you?!" the voice sounded surprise.
"This is Sakura…" She answered slowly.
"I'm sorry. I must have the wrong number."
"It's alright…Goodbye." Sakura slid the phone closed, placed it on table, and went back to sleep.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
"What the fuck?!…This can't be the wrong number…I have Sasuke on speed dial…Shit, was that a girl?" The man with silver hair was in deep confusion.
"Hey, old man you got a hold of Teme?" Naruto poked his head in to the room with his normal morning idiot look.
"Hey… Hey...Old man…Kakashi… Hey... Hey…" Naruto continued his ranting as he walked closer to the silver hair man whose name was Kakashi Hatake. At the age of twenty three, Kakashi was the personal CEO advisor of Uchiha Corp. By the age of fourty seven, he was called 'old man' by the two children who he had helped educated. His life expectancy was shortening as the day went by. But at that moment, he just lost his mind.
'Sasuke Uchiha…It's either. One, he turned in to a girl overnight. Two, he's being kidnapped and raped by a girl. Three, some random girl must have stolen his phone...Wait why wasn't three… the first choice…?'
"Oi…Kakashi…Did Teme pick up his cell? Where is he?" Naruto was now poking the man.
Suddenly, Kakashi grabbed Naruto's collar "Sasuke turns into a girl!" he yelled.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Naruto scratched his head.
"I'm sorry…" Kakashi calmed down…But then grabbed Naruto's collar again with more strength than before. "Sasuke is with a girl. In his house!"
Crash! Tumble! Fall!
"What!" Every female on the floor rushed into Kakashi's office.
"Wai …" Naruto choked, "…uh…" He started turning blue, "…leett …gooo." The blonde struggled out of Kakashi's death grip.
"Sorry." The older man dropped Naruto.
Both of their attentions turned to the girls crowding up the doorway.
Naruto walked over, slammed the door shut, and closed the blinds.
Kakashi reacted, "Hey, you don't treat the ladies like that!"
"Pfft, Hinata is the only lady to me." Naruto crossed his arms.
"Never mind that. I'm calling Sasuke again." He quickly dialed the phone.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Riing ring ring
A small hand grabbed the phone on the counter and threw at the nearby lump on the bed.
"It's for you…" A small girlie voice mumbled.
A man's hand reached out and pick up the phone.
"What?" his voice growled.
-"Hey Sasuke, where are you right now?"- - Kakashi asked carefully.
"I'm at home, in my room. What do you want?" He was slowly getting annoyed. Sasuke was famous for his grouchy mood after waking up.
-Naruto voice was heard whispering "He's really is at home with that girl – woot!"Do you have any idea what time it is?-
"Hn." Sasuke slowly rose up from this comfy bed. Looking at the clock hanging on his velvet wall with the little help from the nearby lamp, he answered "One fifteen? What do you want from me this late? Talk to me in the morning." Sasuke rubbed his eyes in irritation.
-"Late? Of course, it's late. It's one fifteen in the afternoon."-
'What?!'Sasuke's eyes widened in shock.
-"I know you must be tired from last ehem-night-ehem or now, but tell that girl you have to go work. Damn it. There's a pile of paper work…"-
'Girl?'He shut the phone.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
"Oi… Sasuke!" Slam. The phone returned on the receiver with force. "Fuck that kid, he hung up on me. What's going on with him? He's never late. That girl must be goooood." His mind was filled with perverted thoughts.
"Oh ho ho ho!" Naruto burst with laughter. "I guess Sakura was really keeping him up!"
"Yea, she called herself Sakura. You have met her?" Kakashi was intrigued to know.
"I met her last night. When I was visiting Sasuke, but he threw me out." Naruto turned gloomy again.
"Really?" He tapped his chin. "Tell me more about it."
"Well, I was being the nice best friend that I am, visiting him with the best gift ever! Hmp! He doesn't have any manners at all." Naruto started his complaining. The two took their seats on the sofas in the office.
"I see…" Kakashi nodded in understanding.
"But when I got to his house last night. He opened the door in just his pants with his belt unbuckled." Naruto said in amusement.
"Reeaallly?" Kakashi followed.
"Yeah…He tried to hit and rushed me out. Then the girl, Sakura, walked out from his bedroom. His bedroom!" This was a shock to Kakashi too!
Naruto nodded, "It's true."
"I had a little chat with the girl. Very cute little girl. A bit young I think. And I think they were playing master and angel ... those kinna things..." The blonde laughed.
"So, Sasuke likes to play those games. Ha Ha Ha!"
The two men laughed evilly.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
'Girl?'Sasuke glanced around the room. Finally, he noticed the lump next to him.
'Pink? It wasn't a dream.'He pulled his legs up and laid his head on it with his hand going through his hair.
Moving the cover down a bit, Sasuke noticed the number of blankets under both of them and his change of clothes.
'What happened?'His headache was starting again and he clutched his head in pain. 'Argh!'
Ruffle Ruffle… Sakura stirred in her spot again.
Sasuke started to panic. Never in his mind would he think he'd be scared of a little girl. No, not a girl. Angel.
She popped up with the cover over her head. "Morning!" Sakura looked at Sasuke with her bright green eyes.
'Ugh. Her hair is even more annoying than Naruto's.'
"Hn." He slowly grumbled. 'Headache.'
"Are you feeling alright now" Sakura started to move closer to Sasuke checking his forehead. "Ah, your fever is down. You were sweating so much last night. It looked like you were drenched from the rain."
'I was in the rain, you doof.' He silently mocked in his head as he continued to look at the ranting girl. "You must be hungry. I couldn't get you to drink your medicine last night. But I made some soup. Wait here, I'll heat it up and bring it in. You can eat then drink your medicine. 'Kay?" Sakura was now at the edge of the bed looking at Sasuke, waiting for his respond.
"Hn." He looked to the side, avoiding her eyes.
"I'll take that as a yes." She rushed out.
'Hn.'Sasuke was feeling weird. It had been a while since he had been taken well care of. 'Mother.'He closed his eye to remember his mom's warmth. 'Why did you go?'
o-o-o-o-o
"Sasu, don't run too far hun. Be careful alright!"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine!"
A 7-year-old boy was running around playing with his kite. It was a new kite from his Mom. Gleefully running around with the biggest grin on his face, his life was perfect.
As he tried to guide the kite higher with the wind, the string broke. The strong wind picked the kite up and landed it in the middle of the road. Sasuke, being the child he was, ran to get it. Not caring to look both ways, Sasuke was standing in the middle as a truck ran by.
Beep ... Beeep Beeeeep!
"Sasuke!" Push!
o-o-o-o-o
"Mom!" He sat up from his bed sweating. "Mom..." Sasuke was about to be in his depressed mode again but…a lovely scent caught this attention as well as his stomach. Getting up from his bed, he slowly walked to the kitchen.
Leaning on the counter, he watched Sakura as she moved through his kitchen smoothly. 'What is the real reason for you to be here? I'm still not buying the Angel story... But the feathers and those footprints. Normal human can't get to the fortieth floor balcony and I doubt she can get past security using a helicopter.'
Sakura turned around, "Oh Sasuke-kun! What are you doing out here? You should be in bed. I'll be right in with your soup. You see, you didn't have much in your fridge so I can only make it with what I could find." She pulled Uchiha's hand to lead him back to his room.
"I'm fine. Plus, I don't eat in my room." He pulled her hand aside and sat back down.
"Oh." Sakura was a little hurt from Sasuke's actions. "Well here you go." She settled a tray of steamy soup in front of him.
Sasuke looked at it strangely for a minute before picking up the spoon.
"How is it?" Sakura blinked as the raven tentatively tasted the food.
'It's good!'
"Hn." He continued slurping the soup slowly.
"Hee. You're welcome." Sakura smiled stupidly in front of him.
Bam Bam Bam!
The loud knocking disturbed the room's silence.
"I'll get it!" Sakura ran to open the door before Sasuke could stop her.
She opened the door. "Sasuke you lazy dumbass Get your butt to office!" A middle-aged woman with blond hair yelled as she slammed it open. But she saw nothing when the door opened wide, until she looked down.
A petite body with teary puppy dog eyes was looking up at her.