This is a story I wrote to fight off my sister's and my boredom. So beware, it contains fluff that doesn't make sense, and nonsensical things that your mum probably thinks it would be a waste of time to read.

Otherwise, thank you for reading this story. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have writing it!

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Angry Spouses

Chapter 1

Temari was angry, and of course, if she was angry, it must be because of Shikamaru.

It wasn't unusual that they fight. In fact, anyone would say that they always fight. But this time, he finally went too far. He really managed to piss her off this time.

She couldn't believe that he did this.

She was really, really pissed off.

Shikamaru sighed.

He sighed for the forty ninth time as of today already.

He got kicked out of the bedroom last night.

Violently…

And he had no idea why.

For a genius, this was one of those rare times when he was completely lost as to what was going on, or what he had done.

Temari was really pissed off, no doubt about that. He could see it clearly in her eyes. If the looks could kill, Shikamaru would have been a dead puppy lying on the floor by now.

He slept on a couch last night, and that gave him a terrible backache. But that wasn't as annoying as the fact that he couldn't understand what was going on with her. Usually, when she was angry, she would shout, she would call him names, she would throw tantrums.

But this time, she was deadly quiet.

And it worried him.

Now he was lying on the grassy hill at his favourite cloud-gazing spot. It was also his favourite place to devise plans and strategies, too. He discovered long ago that the peace and quiet helped him think better.

But today, even his genius brain was running slowly. Even with his lazy attitude, he usually could think much faster than he was doing now.

He focused at the fluffy white object that was floating in the sky, trying to figure out what made Temari so angry.

Unfortunately, he failed.

So much for his genius brain…

Shikamaru sighed once more.

He'd never understand women.

He finally gave up thinking and continued gazing up the sky, wondering what on earth she was doing now.

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Sakura was also very angry.

"Insufferable bastard!" The pink haired kunoichi spat out as she threw her medical bag strapped around her waist onto the floor unceremoniously. That action should have made her feel better, but it didn't. She marched inside the house, making as much stomping noises as possible just to express how angry she was.

"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!!!"

Actually, scratch that comment. Sakura wasn't angry.

She was furious.

And when Sakura was as furious as she was now, everyone around her would feel her wrath, especially the cause of her anger.

If the cause of her anger was Naruto, as it usually was, he would cower in fear before her might. However, this time was different.

"Sakura, calm down." An unaffected voice from the 'cause of her anger' followed her from the doorway, seemingly undisturbed by the mist of anger emanating from his usually loving wife. Sasuke picked up the pouch Sakura left lying in the hallway and put in back in the place where it was supposed to be. Then he made his way to stand face to face with his infuriated spouse.

"Don't you dare telling me to calm down!" The fiery tempered Sakura shot back at him. "Not after what you did!"

As if to make sure he knew how she felt, she stomped her foot on the floor again to emphasise her anger. The meaning of this gesture, however, was lost on the Uchiha survivor. He stood facing her with his usual stoic expression, as if they were only just arguing about what they want for dinner.

"What did I do?" He asked in his usual toneless voice, and that made Sakura seethed even more.

"What did you do?!? You have the nerve to ask me that???" Sakura was practically shouting now, and Sasuke grimaced at the sheer volume of her voice. "You interfered with my mission, you arrogant bastard!!!"

"Watch the language, Sakura." Sasuke chided his cherry blossom with a slight frown. "Don't say things like that."

"Don't you dare tell me what to do!" Sakura snapped at her stoic spouse. She took a deep breath, as if trying to calm down. As much as Sakura felt like maiming her husband, she still wanted to know why he did what he did.

"Why did you interrupt my mission briefing anyway?" Sakura asked in the most calming voice as she could manage at the moment. Her anger was boiling again as she continued to speak. "You got me kicked out of that mission!"

Sasuke raised his perfect brows, incredulous at her question. Seriously, did she even have to ask? Like hell he would let her go on a mission in her current condition.

His expression suddenly became tender and fiercely protective, all at once.

Not in this lifetime, or even the next one, would he let her go on a mission when she was a month pregnant with his child.

But Sasuke, being an Uchiha, would never admit how much he worried for her. So he kept his silence. As he turned away to hide his feelings, he missed the expression of hurt on her face. He disappeared into the kitchen, and the sound of him preparing for tea echoed clearly in the quiet house.

The feeling of hurt made its way to Sakura's heart as she lost herself in her own thoughts. After all this time, he still thought of her as weak. All the efforts she made, all the trials she had put herself through, they were all unrecognised by the person whose opinion mattered to her the most.

Unbidden tears watered her eyes, and she blinked them back so that Sasuke wouldn't have the chance to see them. She couldn't cry in front of him right now. That would confirm his belief, however wrong it might be, that she was weak. Why? Because the Uchiha was stupid... stupid, stupid, stupid!

Sakura shook her head and steadied her thoughts. Who cared what that anti-social retard thought, anyway? She wouldn't this time!

She was going to teach him a lesson for belittling her!

So, while Sasuke was busy worrying about Sakura in the kitchen under the guise of watching over the kettle boiling, Sakura grabbed her purse and ran out of the house as quietly as possible.

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Temari was walking around Konoha, hoping the walk would clear her mind. She didn't have much thing to do lately, and it gave her too much time to think.

She really wished she could distract herself from thinking, but she already cleared all of her paperwork, and there was no mission near in sight. She could do some housework, sure, but she was also sure as hell she didn't want to do that bastard any favour at the moment. So that didn't leave her with a lot of choices.

She sighed again, for god-knows-how-many-times that day.

She tried to remember what it was that she usually did in her free time. And it clicked her mind. Oh, of course. She usually spent her free time yelling at Shikamaru. So much for trying to find a distraction from her present trouble...

She already calmed down a lot, but she was still angry at Shikamaru.

She sighed again, trying to not think about it for a while. It would just piss her off again.

Instead, she thought about what she could be doing. She wasn't much of a shopping type, so going shopping wouldn't do her any good. It might tire her, but not enough to distract her from such gloomy thoughts.

Hinata was on a vacation with the whisker face, or rather, a honeymoon that had now reached a month time period. Damn those love birds... So visiting the Hyuuga Heiress was out of the question.

Ino was probably busy with her work at the Yamanaka flower shop. Either that or she was shopping. No help from this girl, either...

Tenten was out for a mission and wouldn't be back for a while, and that was that.

So it left Sakura.

The idea brightened Temari a little. She hadn't talked to Sakura for a while already. Their timetables had been clashing for a while now, and they hadn't had an opportunity to really talk in ages. So she decided it was time to go visit her pink haired friend at the Uchiha Residence.

A few minutes later, Temari arrived at the Uchiha Residence. It was only a few streets away from the Nara's, so they were living quite close to each other. She always visited Sakura whenever she had some spare time, and Sakura always did the same.

As she neared the gate of Uchiha Residence, she saw Sakura coming out of the house.

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As Sakura was closing the gate of the Uchiha Estate, she was greeted by a familiar voice.

"Sakura, are you going out?" Temari asked as she saw Sakura. The kunoichi from Suna often visited the pink haired medic ninja whenever she had spare time, and Sakura often reciprocated the favour. After Sakura had saved Kankurou from Sasori's poison, both kunoichi had become close friends and discovered they had a lot in common...

...including romantically retarded husband...

"What's going on? You don't look well." Temari remarked as she saw Sakura's ashen face. Her sharp eyes could see that Sakura's eyes were glistening a little too brightly than usual.

Sakura let out a small sigh. "Nothing much... it's just... just Sasuke."

"Oh..." Temari didn't really know what to say to that, especially when she just had a fight with her pineapple head husband, too.

Damn it. Why did all of them suddenly decide to be so... so... annoying now, all at the same time?

"You don't look good, either." Sakura broke the silence between them. "Your man pissed you off, too, huh?"

Temari shrugged, trying to appear nonchalant about it, but the expression Sakura saw in her eyes said otherwise. "Let's go find somewhere to talk... privately."

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In Tsunade's favourite Sake House, Sakura and Temari sat at their usual especially reserved VIP table. Both kunoichi often came here to... well, for the lack of better words, bitch about their retarded husband, and today, the stream of conversation regarding their spouses flowed as quickly as the sake served in this place.

"Damn that pineapple-head, lazy ass, good for nothing husband!" Temari raised her tenth-something sake glass. Her hands were wobbly from the intoxicating effect of alcohol and she almost spilt the sake into Sakura's lap. "I'm so fed up with him and his attitude! Troublesome, my ass!!!"

Sakura, who was equally drunk, giggled and cheered her friend on. "Yes! You tell him, -hic- Temari!" The pink haired medic hiccupped and continued to wave her empty sake glass around. "And I'm gonna tell Sasu-cakes how he should –hic- take that stick out of his ass!"

Clear, ringing laughter from the kunoichi could be heard throughout the sake house. Nobody was paying attention, however, as most of the patrons here were drunk, anyway. This was why this was the safest place to... ahem... have a discussion about their man, as no one would hear anything of it.

While they were both trained to be aware of all their surroundings at all time, none of them could care less about what was going on around them. Both girls were so absorbed in their own conversation, they didn't notice that there was a person approaching their table until she was standing in front of them.

"Yosh, Sakura, Temari." The gruff voice greeted them. Both women turned to see the owner of the voice.

"Lady Tsunade!" Sakura exclaimed happily. Luckily for all, Sakura was mostly a happy drunk. Everyone, especially the owner of the Sake House, didn't dare to imagine what she would be like if she weren't. Tsunade, however, was another case entirely.

"Nice to see you –hic- here!" Sakura hiccupped her greeting to her mentor.

"Lady Tsunade!" Temari also greeted the Hokage rather more cheerfully than usual. Most of the time, Temari would maintain her serious and professional demeanour, but in her drunkenness, she was able to be at her most relaxed state of mind and lost all of her reservation and formality.

"Those men pissed you guys off again, huh?" Tsunade said knowingly.

Actually, it was Tsunade who first recommended them to come here to have a session where they could freely 'discuss' the faults of their beloved. After a while, it became a habit for the two of them to come here every so often. Now, they only had to wait for Hinata to join, since she just married Naruto a month ago...

Sakura invited Tsunade to take a seat with them. Tsunade obliged her without hesitation, and soon, the three women became odiously inebriated. The owner of the Sake House told his waiters to keep a watch on the three of them closely, and a deep frown creased his face as he worried for the safety of his shop and his patrons.

As the three of the greatest kunoichi of Konoha were getting drunker by the minutes, the conversation of how all men were pigs became even more heated.

"He needs to open his eyes and sees that I'm no longer weak, I'm telling you! He, of all the people, should know how strong I am!" Sakura banged her fist on the table, and the owner of the Sake House cringed, worrying whether his table was going to survive under the forceful fist of the Fifth Hokage's apprentice, all the while praying fervently that it would.

"I know how you feel!" Temari volunteered; her voice high-pitched with emotion. "Shikamaru should start picking up his slack, that lazy bastard! He's always troublesome this, troublesome that, and that's so troublesome!!!"

"I'm not sure I understand what that means..." Tsunade rubbed her temple. Her eyes were already glazed drunkenly. "But anyway, if they bother you so much, why don't you just leave?" She suggested helpfully.

"What!?!?" Both kunoichi asked instantly. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, just to teach them a lesson!" Tsunade giggled uncontrollably. "Let them all fret and worry for a while, while you guys go and have the time of your life!"

No one would ever say that Tsunade wasn't a strategist.

"It would be fitting!" Temari raised her fist in agreement. "Let teach those pigs a lesson!!! I'm gonna show him what the word 'troublesome' really means!"

"SHANNARO!!!" Sakura also raised her fist in agreement. Her eyes were now glazed with drunkenness, and something far more devious.

"Good!!!" Tsunade spurred them on as she handed them the paper she was scrawling on a moment ago. Sakura took it from her hand and stared at it dazedly, while Temari looked over Sakura's shoulder to see the content on the paper.

"Here's the permission for both of you to leave the village! Now, go, my children! Go towards the light of freedom!!!"

After taking a full minute to absorb what her master just said, Sakura stood up straight instantly.

"Hai, Shishou!!! I'll obey your order!!!" Sakura saluted and ran out of the Sake House top speed. "Freedom, here I come!!!"

"Wait for me!!!" Temari followed closely, taking a sake bottle in her hand with her as well. "I'm gonna be free as well!!!"

"Fly free, my children!!!" Tsunade shouted after them. "FLY FREE!!!"

The owner, the waiters, and the patrons of the Sake House pretended they did not witness any of the above mentioned happening at all.

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