Scene 1: the sudden news
The hidden village of kumogakure (land of lightning)
Thursday, 10 am, room of councils
He can feel the heat coming from every corner of the room. Beads of sweat formed and slowly rolled down those perfectly shaped face of his. 'You finally showed yourselves, huh.' he smirked. Not the proper behavior for his situation, i know. But it is HIM, we're talking about. What did you expect? Encircled over the lone high chair, his seat, are the members of the council. The powerful clans of the village have finally voiced out their thoughts and the current raikage has found himself backed on a wall.
"Hn, I'll follow your... 'law'," he seethed, finally giving in to their chaotic demands.
"but I'll decide who I'm going to marry and when I want to marry."
With that, the young raikage excused himself, and the leaders of the clans were left in a cloud of murmured silence.
"raikage-sama, the preparations have been made" a voice from behind him spoke just before he reached his room.
He grunted in response as he continued towards his room, sparing only a glimpse behind to dismiss the loyal servant.
The village hidden in the leaves (konohagakure)
Saturday, 3 pm, somewhere in the woods
(sigh)
"where could those damn herbs be hiding?"
The wind blew the already tangled pink hair of the troubled kunoichi. She's been looking for the special herb her shishou has instructed her to find, half the day has passed and she's been anywhere but near it.
A silent 'poof' was heard behind her and she's already alert for an attack.
"yada-na, saku-chan… don't point that at me." teased the intruder.
"Shigure-kun! What are you doing here? If shishou is complaining AGAIN, tell her it's her fault for giving me such ridiculous orders!" whined the green eyed pinkette.
The man in glasses laughed at her antics "Yeah right. I don't want to be the one getting all the 'trouble'…she's scarier than you, y'know?"
Shigure might be a tease, but he certainly knows when a joke can kill (not to mention suffering harm and pain far worst than death itself). He claims he's too young to die in the hands of his hot tempered drunkard of a master (he haven't even had the guts to ask Sakura out yet!).
You have to admit, Sakura has evolved into a responsible, popular and strong woman…not to mention HOT, SEXY and MOUTH-WATERING in the eyes of the villagers, men AND women.
She has been the center of attraction for quite some time now, and it's really, REALLY getting on her nerves.
"Tsuna-dono is asking for you" he winked at her before disappearing. WEIRD.
Hokage's office
'THUD'
"You could've knocked you know? But NO, you just had to destroy the whole GOD DAMN door!" tsunade exclaimed, waving her hands in defeat. Her student's inhumane power is getting really troublesome. Making her regret ever teaching that stubborn little apprentice of hers. But she smiled at the thought of their similarities. And that warm, cozy feeling she have for Sakura whom she treats as her own daughter acted up inside her, she started to be protective of her student after Sakura's parents died, reported to be assassinated by God knows who. Back then, Tsunade was scared for Sakura, because she was so fixated in revenge, just like Sasuke was, ironically. But she was proud of Sakura's development, she started to smile again, even laugh and enjoy time with her friends, things she stopped doing after the incident with her parents.
"ahahaha..gomen gomen" Sakura laughed nervously. Breaking her out of her trance.
"I...uh… passed by some weird guy on the way here and… you know, i…eh?…what's that?" pointing at the large envelope. Tsunade sighed.
"Remember the hidden village of kumogakure? The one that sent a memo last month about their new Raikage." the blonde woman asked.
She nodded in return.
"Turns out, not everyone was happy about the sudden appearance of an 'heir'. He was continuously being harassed by the heads of the 5 most powerful clans in their village. They're taking this opportunity to marry off their daughter to him, much to his dismay, there is a law stating that, he will only be accepted as the rightful kage, if he can present to them an assurance for an heir. A wife."
Our pink haired heroin raised an eyebrow. "OK… so, what's his problem got to do with me?'
"The raikage personally asked for our help," ignoring her student completely as she handed the large envelope.
"Here are the conditions and agreement for the mission," Sakura couldn't help but notice the sly look in her shishou's eyes.
Slowly, Sakura took a peek on the envelope now in her hands. She froze.
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"To keep things simple... I want you to marry him."