Summary:
Post Akatsuki/Konoha War. Sakura's checklist: Goal 1 Become a powerful ninja: CHECK. Goal 2 Hook up Naruto and Hinata: CHECK. Ultimate Goal Break the wall around Sasuke Uchiha's heart: CHECK!. The long-awaited wedding of the century. All ends well, right?. NO!… Enter, the baby maker and a borrowed husband.
"How could you teme?…" "It's was over before it even began…" He captured her heart yet tortured her soul.
Disclaimer:
Naruto belongs to the genius Masashi Kishimoto. However, the story's concept and plot were created by me dedicated to every Naruto fan out there.
"Conversation"
"Thoughts"
Chapter 1: A Typical Day
No one would have guessed that the once stoic, cold-hearted, cough"bitch"cough of an Uchiha would finally be broken by the sweet and subtle (ok not so subtle) cherry blossom. They were like the exact opposite sides of the world. One saw everything in shades of depressing colors while the other always has this vibrant colors like the morning sun. As most of the rookie nine would say, "They were like the night and day." But hey, they made it through all of the drama in their lives, ehem, mind you it was mostly caused by the Uchiha! And Kohona now proved that opposites really do attract.
In was a busy morning for the soon-to-be Uchiha matriarch. Sakura was already up before sunrise. A habit, mostly forced upon her by her job at the hospital but she wouldn't like it any other way. She was currently preparing breakfast in the kitchen of Sasuke's apartment. Wait scratch that, her and Sasuke's apartment. Yep you heard it, her and Sasuke's apartment.
She moved in right after Sasuke proposed to her. Well, more like Sasuke dragged her ass to his apartment with all of her clothes already packed and ready to go.
Point taken. Uchihas never waste time.
Well, works for Sakura. She was living the life that she had always wanted.
A year ago, Sasuke's apartment used to be decorated with dull, plain white walls, a black leather sofa, a 65 inch tv, and a bunch of ninja weapons.
Every time Sakura would visit Sasuke, she somehow felt empty and lonely the moment she steps inside his apartment.
No wonder Sasuke was so moody everyday. His apartment screamed "EMO!" and he just had to start his day waking up inside his depressing apartment.
Again, no wonder he has a bad perception of the world and a negative outlook in life.
But now everything was the exact opposite. Ever since Sakura moved in, she drastically changed his life, INCLUDING his apartment.
The plain white wall was now elaborately decorated with ancient artifacts such as ninja scrolls and paintings. Also, a portrait of Sasuke and Sakura, the team 7, and rookie nine with the Hokage were all hanging in the living room.
It didn't take much of convincing for Sasuke to let her redecorate, in his words "annoyingly mess up," his apartment.
He would always tell her how conniving she really was. Sakura knew that she outgrew her childish body. And now that she has the body of a supermodel and along with her charm, Sasuke was simply at her mercy.
Sakura's body was Sasuke's weakness. Being the smart one, she used it to her advantage. Although he strongly argued that his so called weakness was only her imagination. It was simply effortless on Sakura's part. A little strawberry, whip cream, and lacey underwear were all that was needed to change the mind of this one hard-headed Uchiha.
"Hmm, funny how things used to be so complicated and yet exciting, but now its so simple and…" Sakura's thoughts were cut abruptly by her ever so restless inner soul.
"MORE EXCITING CHA!"
"What the?! Shouldn't you be sleeping under a rock or something?"
"Whaaat? I can't bother you anymore now that you're so busy with our Sasuke-kun?" replied Inner Sakura with so much vigor which was strangely in contrast for someone whose supposedly grumpy in the morning.
"Very funny, you tryna be a comedian? Try 10 more years of practice and maybe JUST maybe then you could at least be a decent comedian. AND last time I checked, you weren't a morning person. Why the sudden change?" Outer Sakura sarcastically replied while continuing chopping tomato for Sasuke's omelet.
"Well look who's tryna be funny HA!. AND for YOUR information, I happened to have the best sleep last night. For some reason it was all peaceful and serene. First to be a strangely quiet sleep that I had, ever since you moved here. Not that I'm complaining or anything. HECK NO! Well I can't blame you, there's just too much sexiness emanating from Sasuke-kun, that you just CAN'T simply resist jumping him every moment you see him. Seriously you guys are like rabbits in heat"
Inner Sakura's eyes were mischievously glinting. Suddenly images of Sasuke and Sakura in their most 'ehem' rough YET passionate moment circled around Inner Sakura's head.
Outer Sakura was blushing so hard like a cherry tomato and at the same time these images left her breathless and she was slowly turning blue.
An awful mixture of colors for Sakura. She looked like someone who's having a hard time pooping.
"EY!! Don't suffocate me! BREATHE DAMMIT!…" shouted Inner Sakura who was currently turning blue as well.
"Cough, Cough, Cough… Damn, you know it was all your fault. You almost got us killed!"
"The HECK? Ey, don't blame it on me. You were the one who just couldn't stand these images. And you know what, this is really bugging me. Damn, its a big mystery on how innocent you really are even after all your experiences with Sasuke-kun. Makes me wonder on how you handle the animal in him."
"Will you shut up!! LALALA!…"
"Hey, don't even try to block me. Cuz it aint gonna work."
"Why are you like this? You should be thanking me because I had enough self-control to tell Sasuke-kun to stop last night because of his mission injuries, or you wouldn't have your so-called peaceful sleep."
"Yeah, yeah whatever PINKIE! I'm out. And by the way, you have no sense of humor whatsoever! POOPOOHEAD!"
"URGGHH" Sakura was slowly loosing her patience with her inner self while Inner Sakura was cheering for she knew she had won their little battle.
After Inner Sakura's parade, she just disappeared. Probably back under her rock to sleep some more.
"SAKURA-CHAN!!"
Sakura was so startled that she accidentally dropped the pan with sizzling bacon and eggs on her toes. Hissing loudly, she picked up the rest of the ruined breakfast courtesy of this soon-to-be Hokage's loud mouth.
She looked up just in time to see Naruto's blonde messy hair popped out of the corner towards the entrance to the kitchen.
He was grinning sheepishly while scratching the back of his head. By the looks of it, Naruto did something exceptionally stupid. AGAIN.
"Dammit, Naruto! Couldn't you have knocked first instead of just barging in here like you owned the place." Sakura fumed while glaring at Naruto.
Sakura had bits and pieces of bacon and eggs on her burned toes, pink short shorts and tank top, and all over the floor. If looks could freeze someone, Naruto would probably be turned into a giant-orange blob of an iceberg.
"Hehehe, Whoooppss… Sorry Sakura-chan. Well you see, I did knocked on your door, but as usual, your door couldn't handle my awesomenessly ninja skills."
"Naruto, again for the millionth time, awesomenessly is not a word."
"And I'm telling you, it is SO a word. Learned it from one of the greatest sannin ever lived."
"And I've been telling you! Jiraiya-sama's books do not have any literary merit. I still don't get how you and Kakashi-sensei stand those perverted books. And to top that, you even helped Jiraiya-sama in writing his manuscripts. AND ever since Kakashi-sensei found out that you are still helping him, he's been sprouting out random lewd and indecent ideas during missions in front of ME. Kami-sama, what is wrong with you people? I'm just glad that Sasuke-kun has no interest in those pointless books." Sakura stated with a disgusted face.
She started cleaning up the mess created by Naruto.
"PSSSH, Teme?! Not interested in ICHA-ICHA? He must have hid his copies very well."
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING?" Sakura stopped cleaning and yelled at Naruto's face.
Naruto held on to Sakura's shoulders trying to calm her down.
"Sakura-chan, your Sasuke-kun is not so pure and innocent. Bet you didn't know that some of those 'lewd and indecent ideas' were from Teme. Said he got those ideas from experience," Naruto wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.
He was trying so hard not to laugh at her reaction. Sakura's eyes were blazing with white fire and Naruto knew that he just crossed a very dangerous path.
"Naruto, YOU BAKA!… I'll pretend I did not just hear you talk about my private life."
"Think what you want Sakura-chan. But, I'm telling you, Teme is one of the most perverted guy I've ever knew. Well, next to Jiraiya and Kakashi-sensei." Naruto shrugged and started eating some of her freshly made bacon and cheese omelet.
Sakura ignored him and continued in making a new omelet because Naruto was currently vacuuming through her and Sasuke's breakfast.
"You know what, I'm really starting to sense trouble and feel concern for the future of Konoha. Considering the fact that your gonna be the next Hokage."
The image of Naruto ruling Konoha with his mischievous antics gave Sakura the shivers.
She really did feel bad for the citizen of Konoha.
It was bad enough that the current Godaime was a notorious gambler and frustrated drunkard, and now Naruto was next in line. Best of luck to the Fire Country.
"What's that suppose to mean?! And here I thought you're my number one fan," Naruto pouted and pretended to cry in front of her.
"Naruto, you better wipe those crocodile tears before I do it for you, and you know for a fact that you're not gonna like it" Sakura was known for her inhumanely strength specially when she's pissed. And it seems like today was not a "messing with Sakura" day.
In a blink of an eye, Naruto was back to his goofy self smiling widely at Sakura. She shook her head, turned around, and continued cooking.
"And I was just kidding. I know the real you. For some reason, you just have this certain hidden strength and loyalty that attract many people that would follow you to the end. I believe that you'll make a good Rokudaime for this country." She replied honestly while gently smiling at Naruto.
At times like this, Naruto couldn't help but thank Kami-sama for giving him a friend like Sakura.
Although, at first he was seriously enamored by her beauty and pursued her endlessly, Naruto soon realized that to him, Sakura was the family he was searching for all this time. She was like the innocent yet strong-willed younger sister that he just felt the need to protect, love, and treasure.
He was really happy that Sasuke opened-up his heart because if he didn't, he was surely missing on one of the greatest gift on earth.
His eyes started misting up with unshed tears. Only this time, it was for real. Naruto was moved by her faith in him that he couldn't help but embrace Sakura.
"Arigatou, imouto-chan." Sakura was not even surprised by his actions. She turned around and hugged him back.
She was used to him acting like this whenever they get on touchy subjects such as this.
She knew the loneliness he felt for she experienced it too when Sasuke left her.
During those lonely times, Naruto supported and cheered her up every time she felt down. He would constantly check on her at the hospital and dragged her many times to the ice cream shop. They would always order and share one-gigantic banana split with vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream covered in a thick layer of hot fudge. Times like those would always melt away her sadness.
And even though he went away to train with Jiraiya, she didn't lose communication with him. He would constantly send her a messenger hawk with a bunch of letters always accompanied with a single flower. Either a white rose or a pink cherry blossom.
"Aww, Aniki your gonna make me cry." Pulling back, Sakura started tearing up as well.
Their little emotional moment was suddenly cut off by a gruff cough coming from the kitchen's entrance.
Arms crossed over his chest, Sasuke was standing in the doorway in nothing but a white shirt and black boxers. His hair was neatly, only in his point of view, styled supporting his trademark chicken-butt hairstyle.
Staring intently at them, Sasuke pointedly looked at Naruto's arms over his girlfriend's tiny waist. His eyebrow starting twitching when he noticed that Naruto's right hand was dangerously close to touching HIS Sakura's finely shaped behind.
"Dobe, you better take your filthy hands off of her or you'll lose it." The young Uchiha prodigy was radiating murderous intent towards his best friend.
Naruto quickly, without a second thought, released Sakura.
"Ehehehehe, morning Teme. How's life?"
Sakura walked towards Sasuke and gave him a feathered kiss on the lips. She knew how possessive he was when it came to his territory. It can't be helped. After all, she was his greatest possession.
"Morning Sasuke-kun."
"Hn." Well bad habits die hard. And Sasuke's infamous one-word sentence was one of them.
She watched curiously as he walked towards Naruto. Without any notice, Sasuke thumped Naruto on the head.
"OWWW… What the fuck is wrong with you? Haven't you pulled out that stick stuck up your ass before going out of bed?!" Naruto started rubbing his sore head which now was sporting a large bump.
"That was for the door, Dumbass."
Sasuke casually walked to the counter. Sat on a chair. Started eating. And deliberately ignored Naruto's rantings about how ungrateful he was, blah blah, ramen was so good, blah blah, Teme's an ice-bitch, blah blah, ichiraku, blah blah, icha icha …
Another thump.
Naruto yelled.
Sasuke ate.
Naruto threw a punch.
Knocked off Sasuke's coffee.
Sasuke retaliated.
Naruto + Sasuke + Breakfast ... Equals... Massive Food Fight...
Sakura looked at them. Eggs, bacon, tomato, banana, orange juice, and pretty much everything on the table were flying across the kitchen.
"Why couldn't these two act like normal adults? They better not expect me to clean their mess" Sakura sighed. She felt an upcoming headache.
What a horrible way to start her day.
It was just too early for this. She really wished she didn't wake up early.
She was about to open the fridge's door when she realized what Sasuke said.
Suddenly, his words registered on her brain.
"Wait, Sasuke-kun? Did I just hear you say door?"
The battle was stopped. A cease fire was mutually agreed on by both parties.
Sasuke blankly stared at her and then glared at Naruto.
"Oh, no you didn't!?" Sakura gaped widely at Naruto. She walked out of the kitchen and rushed towards her front door.
There lying on the floor was her poor front door covered with dents and was currently sporting a huge hole the size of a basketball at the center. A loud curse followed by Naruto's name was heard from the hallway.
"Sakura sure has learned a bunch of colorful words from Tsunade-baa-chan." Thought Naruto.
"Dobe, you better start praying." Sasuke smirked at him, sat down the chair, and continued reading his now soaked newspaper. He was just staying behind to watch the show and see how Naruto would suffer under Sakura's wrath. Sadistic bastard.
Sakura emerged from the hallway.
"What the heck Naruto? I swear, you are like a walking disaster waiting to happen."
Naruto narrowly missed her fist aimed directly at his face.
Instantly, he was behind Sasuke trying to use him as a barricade between Sakura's raging fist and his delicate face.
"I'm SOOORRRYYY"
Another punch.
Dodge.
Poor Sasuke was stuck between these two lunatics. Well, served him right.
His eyebrow started violently twitching. Translation: he was starting to lose his patience.
"Dammit! That's the 26th door that you broke down."
"But you gotta give me some credit Sakura-chan. The last ones looked worst that this one." Naruto smugly retorted back.
"Gee, thank you for not breaking it in half or crushing it with rasengan this time around."
Sakura sarcastically remarked while still trying to hit Naruto.
Although, it was extremely hard because she doesn't want to accidentally hit and damage her Sasuke-kun's perfect face.
Naruto should have learned from past experience not to mess with her.
A few months ago, Naruto barged in their apartment at 3 in the morning. The sleeping couple was so startled and upon instinct Sasuke threw a kunai the moment Naruto opened the door to their room.
Naruto narrowly dodged the kunai aimed at his heart but unfortunately for him, Sakura released one of her chakra-enhanced punch knocking him out cold.
Realizing who it was, Sakura's medic-side kicked in. Later, they found out that Naruto came to tell them that he was chosen to be the next Hokage.
He just couldn't contain his excitement and without thinking straight raced towards their apartment, kicked the hell out of their door, broke it in half, and flew straight to their room.
When he woke up, Sakura gave him another punched for scaring the hell out of them. Then, showered him with hugs and congratulated him. She was one of the most temperamental girl Sasuke had ever met.
Sakura thought that he has learned his lesson for Naruto was sporting a broken nose and a nice purple black-eye for a week. Clearly, the nine-tailed fox's fast healing abilities were not enough.
But as usual, Naruto would always be Naruto.
He would never learn. And he, yet again, pissed off Sakura.
"Ey, look whose talking. If I remember clearly, you smashed Sasuke's door into pieces when he was confined at the hospital after a mission."
"That was a very different and EXEPTIONAL case. That stupid nurse wouldn't let me in just so she could spend some quality time peeking at MY Sasuke-kun." Just thinking about that nurse made her blood boil.
Good for her, Naruto was present to relieve her anger. An image of Naruto limping out of her apartment sounded just about right to her.
Their banter continued on. To Sasuke, it was utterly pointless and stupid. The dobe would never change. She was just wasting her breath trying to talk some sense to someone who has mind of a three year old.
Unnoticed, Sasuke quietly stood up. Looked at their direction.
Blank obsidian eyes turned from bored to an icy glare.
Walked towards the two.
Grabbed Naruto's shirt, hurled him out of his apartment, picked up the door, forcibly slammed it shut, and infused some sealing chakra to keep it in place.
Naruto was pounding at the door, yelling obscenities, and challenging him for a fight.
"Dobe, Get Lost!"
With that final word, he turned around, walked down the hallway towards the kitchen, and came face-to-face with Sakura looking strangely at him.
He stopped in front of her.
He glared.
She stared.
And out of nowhere, he pulled her and smashed their lips together.
She was so caught off guard that she lost her balance.
Sasuke's strong arms held her frozen in place. Tilted her head to the side and resumed harassing her soft lips.
The kiss was rough yet passionate at the same time.
She couldn't help but moan and open her mouth when he sensually licked her plump lower lips. Silently asking for entrance.
Their tongues battled each other for dominance.
As usual, Sasuke won. For Uchihas never lose.
He picked her up and carried her up to their room.
And the day dramatically switched from a regular day with Naruto annoying the heck out of them to a more exhausting yet blissful morning for the young Uchiha couple.
But, what could have possessed Sasuke to act like this?
Well, first he just got fed up with the commotion the two were creating, so he stood up to tell Naruto to fuck off but what he saw made him to totally lose his self-control.
Apparently, Naruto's face was just too close to Sakura's for his liking.
Plain and simple. Sasuke was just jealous.
And the rest was history.
To be continued…
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