A.N.B.U.
by dreamaker13
"Will I ever be enough for her?"
Chapter two: Sasuke
"You are weak." Itachi punched him in the stomach.
"Why are you so weak?" The elder Uchiha pinned his little brother on the wall by his neck.
"It's because you lack..." Itachi smirked evilly as he whispered in his ear, "...hatred."
Sasuke opened his eyes with a gasp, his breathing uneven and a thin film of sweat on his forehead. His left fist clutching his pillow as he stared blankly at the clock in front of him. His dark orbs shifted from the clock to the picture frame sitting beside it. A smile touched his lips as he gazed at the picture of him and his girlfriend, a bright smile on her face. Unclenching the pillow, Sasuke pushed himself from lying on his bare stomach to roll to his side.
"Saku-" Sasuke blinked when he felt an empty space beside him. He sat up and picked the note that was on the empty side.
Sasuke,
Received an early call from the hospital.
I'll be back tonight.
Have fun in your mission!
- Sakura
Sasuke smiled when he saw the pink kiss mark beside her signature. Placing the note on his bedside table, Sasuke got out of bed and walked towards the shower while unwinding his shoulders and neck.
x x x
The youngest Uchiha, now dressed in his ANBU uniform, faced the mirror in his bathroom, his hair limp and slightly wet from his shower. He reached for the bottle of hair mousse on the counter, sprayed a generous amount on his palm, spread the mousse on both his hands then ran his hands through his hair, carefully shaping it into his usual wind-blown hair style.
As he looked from left to right, inspecting his work, Sasuke paused when he saw a sore mark on the left crook of his neck...
"Sasuke."
"Hn?" Sasuke turned around as he dried his hair, clad in his pajama bottoms. He saw his girlfriend, her hair up in a messy bun and her towel clad body still wet from the bath. "Nani, Sakura?"
Sakura walked over to Sasuke, placing her hands on his shoulders then trailing them down before she wrapped her arms around his waist and embraced him from behind.
"Your muscles are tense," she said, placing her flushed cheek on his bare back. "Do you want a massage?"
Sasuke clutched her hand in his as he answered, "Aa."
Sasuke lied on his stomach as Sakura straddled him from behind as she squeezed his taut muscles and released the tension on his spine. Sasuke felt himself feel drowsy as Sakura continued her massage. He was already half-asleep when he felt Sakura's torso press upon his back.
"Sasuke," Sasuke half-opened his eyes at the whisper of his name. "It's gone."
Sasuke opened his eyes a bit wider and tried to look at his girlfriend who was perched behind him. "What's gone?"
"Orochimaru's seal."
The Uchiha sighed and closed his eyes once again. "It's been gone for a long time, Sakura."
Sakura giggled. "I know."
Sasuke sighed and relaxed. He felt his girlfriend place soft kisses on his shoulder. Another wave of sleep was about to consume him when he felt a prick of pain on the crook of his neck. Sasuke opened his eyes and quickly rolled on his side, caressing the broken skin where his neck met his shoulder.
"Gomen, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said, laughing beside him. "Demo..."
She gave the wound a long feline lick before she whispered in his ear, "Orochimaru had you once. Now, it's my turn."
A smirk went to his lips as he slightly felt the sore bump on his neck.
Finishing his morning routine in the bathroom, Sasuke picked his sling bag, his cloak and Sakura's note up and headed down to the kitchen. He was about to head over to the cereal cupboard when he saw a full meal assembled on the table.
'Don't worry, I made breakfast,' was what the note on the table said. Sasuke blinked as he read and re-read the note. He smiled then looked at the meal.
With a shrug, Sasuke sat down, picked up his chopsticks and muttered, "Itadakimasu." before eating his breakfast.
When the clock chimed, Sasuke placed his chopsticks on the table, put his palms together and said, "Arigato, Sakura."
Sasuke looked at the clock. 7.00
He stood up, wore his cloak then slung his bag over his shoulder. Once he had stepped out of the house, he immediately sped off, planning on taking a quick detour before heading for the meeting place.
x x x
"Ara, Sasuke-san," the nurse clerk exclaimed, seeing Sasuke enter the hospital. "You're here early. Do you need a check-up?"
"Iie. I'm here to see Sakura," the nurse fidgeted as Sasuke gave her a blank stare. "Where is she?"
The nurse gave an uneasy smile. "A-Ah, she's supposed to be seeing a patient right now, she-"
"Tsumiko," Sasuke turned his gaze to the pink-haired medic who was making her way to the reception. "Tsumasaki-san just cancelled. He said he'd be coming by tomorrow instea-Ah? Sasuke!"
"Ohayou, Sakura," Sasuke said with his smirk now in place as he starts walking towards his pink-haired kunoichi.
"Why are you-" Sakura gasped when Sasuke cut her off with a kiss. "-here..." Sakura licked her lips as they pulled away, tasting the miso she made that morning.
"Arigato, Sakura, for the breakfast," Sasuke whispered as he still held her close.
Sakura smiled up at him. "Mochiron. I know how hopeless you are in the kitchen."
"Maa ne," The couple held each other in front of the reception, whispering sweet nothings in each other's ear. Everyone watched the Uchiha heir and the pink-haired medic-nin publicly display their affection.
A clearing of the throat was heard. Sasuke turned around while Sakura looked over his shoulder and gasped. "Tsu-Tsunade-shishou!"
The Fifth Hokage nodded at her student. "Ohayou, Sakura," She then turned her sharp eyes to the dark-haired companion. "Uchiha."
"Hokage," Sasuke stopped. Tsunade narrowed her eyes at him. "-sama." Sasuke smirked up at her, his eyes challenging and taunting. The Godaime distrusted him. It was weakening but it was still there.
Tsunade gave him one last glare before addressing her student. "Sakura, I have a patient for you."
Sakura stepped away from behind Sasuke. Tsunade stepped to the side and revealed a young man with strewn brown hair and amber eyes. He was leaning against a crutch and his arms were bandaged. On his forehead was a forehead protector, not with the symbol of Konoha but with two rows of three diagonal lines going down.
"Shigura Tetsuya from Kirigakure. He was spotted by the guards in the northern part of the village. He had multiple hemorrhages and severe wounds..."
As Tsunade explained the condition of the patient to Sakura, Sasuke stared at the Mist-nin with a frown. He felt a lingering feeling of doubt towards the character of the foreign ninja. He took one step closer when amber eyes immediately turned to him. Sasuke froze, his eyes wide and his heart beating rapidly.
"Uchiha," Sasuke turned around, snapping out of his reverie and looking at the Hokage who had an eyebrow raised. "I believe you have a mission?"
x x x
"That bastard!" Naruto cried out as he hit another replication.
"Naruto, look out!"
"Kuso!" Immediately, Naruto jumped out of his previous spot at the warning of Shikamaru. Once again facing his opponent, Naruto threw three more kunai before dodging another attack from his opponent.
After losing sight of the opponent once again, Naruto joined Shikamaru in the centre of the clearing and looked around, panting. "Where is that yarou?!"
Shikamaru, equally out of breath, stayed quiet and looked around, his sharp eyes looking from right to left.
"When I find that bastard," Naruto slammed his fist into his palm. "I'll kill him!"
Eyes still alert and body still tense, Shikamaru slowed his breathing and straightened. With one more look around, he quietly closed his eyes and crouched down on his toes, his arms lying limp on his knees.
"Oi, baka! What do you think you're doing?!" Naruto cried as he saw Shikamaru crouch down. "Now is not the time to-"
"Sh!"
Naruto stopped at the sound. Shikamaru looked at him with half lidded eyes. Naruto smirked then leaped out of sight. You're dead.
x x x
Sasuke pushed off another branch, keeping his eyes on the leaping shadow in front of him. "Oi, Shino, is that still him?"
"Aa." Shino said leaping closely behind him. "The males can still smell them."
"Do you really trust your bugs that much," Sasuke asked, keeping his Sharingan on the opponent.
"I trust them with my life," was Shino's reply.
Sasuke risked a glance at his teammate before focusing back to their opponent.
"He's stopped," said Shino as Sasuke stopped at a branch. Sasuke looked around, his Sharingan still activated. "He's on ground."
Sasuke looked down and answered, "Aa." before jumping down.
Upon reaching the ground, Sasuke's eyes darted at every direction, tensing at every shadow. Shino, still in the canopy, held a bug perched on his finger closer to his face. He pressed the ear piece closer to his ear.
"He's behind the tree about fifty meters in front of you."
Sasuke looked straight and smirked. "Aa."
Quickly making the seal, Sasuke faced his palm down on the ground. His chakra was then visible and the sound of chirping was emitted. Sasuke looked back at the tree and charged at it with a loud cry. When he was within half a meter of the tree, he saw movement behind and smirked. Got you.
"Chidori!" Sasuke collided his palm with the trunk of the tree and his opponent. But Sasuke's eyes widened when he found himself hitting a replication. Immediately, he looked up and behind, looking for his opponent.
"Sasuke!" Sasuke looked to his left and saw his opponent hovering above him, his arms crossed over his chest. Sasuke tried to face his opponent but found himself restrained. He looked at his arms and legs. Thin thread was wound around his limbs, halting his movement. He frowned and looked up at his opponent. Chikushou!
x x x
Shikamaru stayed crouched on the ground, his sharp eyes closed. The tips of his fingers faintly touched the ground. There had been silence for a few minutes when a soft breeze blew over Shikamaru's form. The grass and the leaves swayed with the wind. When the wind died down, silence once again took over and his sharp eyes immediately opened.
With in that moment, Shikamaru leapt out of the way as two kunai impaled themselves on the ground where he once crouched on. The enemy landed in the middle of the clearing and looked around. He frowned at the silence then jumped back when a pair of kunai was thrown in front of him. He then looked up.
"Kage Bunshin no Juutsu!" Naruto cried out as four replications of himself appeared. Naruto smirked as he let his four clones charge down on the opponent.
"U-zu-ma-ki," four full punches were delivered to the opponent's body before the real Naruto took his turn. "Naruto Rendan!" Five kicks on the chest pounded the opponent. Naruto jumped away from the opponent, his form crouched and his right arm ready.
When the clouds of dust cleared away, the enemy was still standing amidst the multiple bruises on his face and chest area. He started laughing. Naruto stood his ground, looking at the opponent carefully.
As the opponent calmed down from his loud laughter, he looked at Naruto and smirked. "Che, you think that pathetic move hurt me?! It seems that Konoha's ANBU is weaker than before!" Naruto frowned at this. His fingers twitched, itching to blow his head off.
The enemy formed a seal then smirked. "Don't think that you could play ninja with me!" As he was to strike, he felt himself frozen on the spot. "Nani?!"
"Play ninja?" a voice from above called out. Naruto smirked as he saw Shikamaru holding his shadow juutsu seal. "Who said we were playing?"
Naruto took this as his queue as chakra started rotating on his right palm.
"So you think we're weak, huh?" The chakra on Naruto's palm started to rotate faster. "That just gives me another reason to kick your ass!"
The enemy's eyes widened and sweat started to trickle down his face when Naruto started to charge at him.
Naruto pushed his right shoulder back to gain momentum before, "Rasengan!" He pushed the ball of chakra into the enemy's stomach.
At that moment, Shikamaru released his shadow juutsu causing the opponent to spiral then crash into the tree where Shikamaru once stood.
x x x
Sasuke looked up at his opponent, his Chidori still chirping in his palm. He tried to move his limbs again but they were still held by the wire. The opponent chuckled at his helplessness.
"Uchiha, ka?" The wire tightened around Sasuke's limbs, drawing blood. "Is this all you've got?" He gave out another chuckle before stopping.
He felt multiple legs crawling up his neck. He looked to the side and saw hundreds of bugs crawling up to his forehead, sucking out his chakra.
Sasuke felt the wires loosen. Immediately, he reached for a kunai and cut through the wires. He jumped farther back and heightened his Chidori once more.
As the opponent descended from the air, Sasuke charged and took advantage of the enemy's weakened state. The enemy looked up.
When Sasuke was close enough, he took the split second opportunity and smirked as he said, "Ja ne. (See you)" before swiftly pressing his Chidori into the opponent's person.
x x x
Naruto arrogantly dusted his hands over the bound and unconscious form of their opponent. "Heh. Take that, teme!"
"Mendoukusai na," Shikamaru whined as he walked towards his blonde teammate. "He almost got away, anou yarou."
"Demo with my Rendan combined with my Rasengan..." Naruto gave Shikamaru a thumb up with a wide smile on his face.
"Hai, hai. Oh-" Shikamaru looked behind him and saw a cloaked figure, a mask covering the bottom half of the person's face and a hood shadowing their eyes. Naruto followed Shikamaru's gaze and frowned upon seeing the figure. Naruto's body tensed and was ready to strike when, "Ah, it's just you."
"Ha?" Naruto asked, a dumbfounded look on his face. He frowned up at the figure, scratching his head. "Who's he?"
Shikamaru suddenly stopped and looked back at him with wide eyes while the figure narrowed their eyes at him. "'He'?!" they both said.
Naruto looked from Shikamaru to the newcomer with a confused look. "What?"
"Baka," Shikamaru said, hitting Naruto upside the head. "She's a woman."
"Nani?!"
"Oi, dobe," the figure said as 'she' lowered her hood and lowered her mask.
"Ah!" Naruto cried out, pointing to the woman. "Temari!"
"Che. Usorakontachi."
"What did you say, Sasuke-teme," Naruto yelled, looking back Sasuke and Shino who had just arrived.
Temari brought her gaze down to Sasuke's arm and smirked, "Got excited, Uchiha?"
Naruto - who was half strangling Sasuke - and Shikamaru looked at his arm with a frown. Sasuke just smirked and looked away. "Uruse. I'm not interested."
Temari just raised an eyebrow in reply. Cocky bastard.
"He is just a few hundred meters west of this point. He will not be difficult to spot due to his..." Shino paused as he took a glance at Sasuke's arm. "...state."
"Aa," Temari said as she snapped her right hand. Two Sand ninja's came and went as they quickly picked up the unconscious body.
Temari proceeded to put her hood up but stopped as she was placing her mask back on. "Oh and," she looked up at the four. "Kazekage-sama reluctantly thanks you." And with that she jumped out of sight.
Shikamaru looked back at Sasuke's arm.
"Hora," Sasuke easily caught the fabric thrown at him. He looked at the object. "Wash that off. The smell is bugging me."
Sasuke looked up at the back of his squad leader, the thrown towel in hand.
x x x
Sasuke gazed down at the spot of red that tainted the water before it was washed away by the steady current of the river. He picked the now pink tinted towel up and slowly dipped it into the water. He squeezed out the excess and gently rubbed the towel on his right arm.
Suddenly alert, Sasuke stopped cleaning himself when he felt someone come towards him.
"Mendoukusai na," Sasuke relaxed a little when he heard his squad leader. "I was out all day on a mission when I could have spent it cloud watching instead. Kuso na."
Shikamaru looked down at Sasuke who was crouched down beside the river. "Are you done?"
"Almost." was Sasuke's abrupt answer as he leisurely scrubbed his right arm.
Shikamaru watched the Uchiha for a few more moments before he sighed and lay down on the ground with his arms cushioning his head. Only the chirping of the birds, the river's running current and the occasional sloshing was heard as the two comrades minded their own business.
When Sasuke squeezed the excess water out for the last time, Shikamaru said quietly, "Naze? (Why?)"
"'Naze'?" Sasuke asked, not looking back.
"Why did you have to do that, Sasuke," Shikamaru softly said, letting the wind carry his words to Sasuke's ears.
"I was just following orders-"
"The orders were to capture them," Shikamaru said, keeping his eyes on the clouds. "You were to kill only when it was completely necessary. And I highly doubt that you were in a position where the need to kill was required."
The Uchiha didn't move. He stayed on the riverbank, crouched down and silent. Shikamaru looked at Sasuke, not bothering to lift his head or change his position.
"What's the matter," Sasuke said, as he stood up and slung the towel over his shoulder, his arrogant voice unnoticeably shaking. "I finished the mission. It doesn't matter how I do it. If he died, then it was his fault for being weak."
"Why must you always be superior?" Sasuke stopped and widened his eyes at the question.
"Why must you always be superior," his sensei asked, looking him straight in the eye.
Sasuke held his breath as if ready to yell but instead, "Are you done," he asked, his tone colder and more distant.
Shikamaru stayed silent, watching him from his position. When he didn't answer, Sasuke turned around and walked past him, his eyes unreadable. Shikamaru sat up when his teammate walked on.
"Power is not everything, Sasuke. If you still can't understand that, then maybe you shouldn't have come back to Konoha," Sasuke stopped. "And maybe," Shikamaru looked at Sasuke from the corner of his eyes. "You never deserved her."
Sasuke's fist shook from the force of his grip as he tightly clenched his fingers. He glared at the spot in front of him before releasing his hold then smirking.
"Heh, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you're just interested in my girlfriend."
"Baka. If you're not going to be serious about this, then might as well hand her over to Rock Lee. He'll make her happy."
Kuso! Sasuke thought as he gritted his teeth. "Uruse," Sasuke spat out before walking away.
Shikamaru sighed when Sasuke was finally out of earshot. "Aitsu (That guy)..."
x x x
Slowly, step by step, Sasuke walked to the hospital. His surroundings were quiet as he walked the street to the hospital. Reaching the hospital, Sasuke stepped in as the rain started to come down. He spotted Sakura speaking with Tsumiko, the clerk.
"Power is not everything, Sasuke. If you still can't understand that, then maybe you shouldn't have come back to Konoha. And maybe...you never deserved her."
Sasuke clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he glared at the sitting chair in front of him.
"Uchiha Sasuke, the last of the Uchiha clan," Sasuke turned around at the voice.
"Who-," Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw the ninja from that morning still in his crutches.
"Shigure Tetsuya," he said, holding his right hand. Sasuke immediately slapped the hand away. Tetsuya just smirked and placed his right hand back on his crutches. "Yareyare, I've heard a lot about you and your," Tetsuya's amber eyes narrowed sinisterly. "Betrayal."
Sasuke stared at him blankly, his hold tightening on his sling bag and his fist tightening on his side.
Tetsuya laughed at Sasuke's expression. Sasuke frowned. "What's so funny?"
"Isn't it just amusing how two members of Konoha's so called great Uchiha clan betrayed their own village to seek out power," Tetsuya calmed himself, breathing in and out. "Demo, tell me, Uchiha-kun, how was it," Tetsuya looked at Sasuke with his golden-amber eyes glinting with malice. "Being Orochimaru's toy?"
In a flash, Sasuke dropped his bag and clutched at Tetsuya's shirt, bringing their faces closer to each other. "Omae wa dare ka?! (Who the heck are you?!)"
"Ohoho, did I hit the target, Uchiha-kun," Tetsuya casually said, seemingly unaffected by Sasuke's threatening move. "But you had some nerve, didn't you? Coming back to your village while you were labeled as a missing-nin. And what's worse, you hade to claim something of your own."
"Nani," Sasuke spat out as he clutched at Tetsuya's shirt even tighter and brought their faces closer. Tetsuya just kept his cocky smirk intact.
"Sa-ku-ra," Tetsuya said in sing-song. Sasuke's eyes widened at her name.
"Face it, Uchiha. Both you and I know that you don't deserve her and yet you claimed her," Sasuke glared at Tetsuya. "Why, Uchiha? Why? Why did you claim her?"
Sasuke risked a glance at Sakura who was laughing at something Tsumiko said. "Was it for recognition, for acceptance? Was it for love?" Sasuke frowned down at Tetsuya. "Do you even love her? Have you ever told her?"
Sasuke brought Tetsuya up, their noses were touching and the crutches were dangerously dangling on the side of Tetsuya's body.
"Sou, you haven't, have you? It's because you can't."
"Uruse!" and with that, Sasuke punched Tetsuya, making him land on the floor with a clatter.
"Sasuke!" Immediately, Sakura rushes to her patient's side before the Uchiha could administer another punch. "Sasuke, stop it. You know better than to punch an innocent man, more so injured!"
Sasuke glared as he watched Sakura gently cradle Tetsuya's head as she asked him what hurt.
"Why," Sasuke asked, shaking. "Why are you defending him? Why are you taking his side instead of mine? Why? Why?!"
"You know I have to, Sasuke," was Sakura's reply as she looked up at her boyfriend. "He's my patient."
Sasuke's shoulders started to shake as deep chuckles came from his throat. It then escalated into a laugh as he said, "Because he's your patient, Sakura? Even if he was the enemy, you would still protect him?"
"Of course!" Sakura cried as she stood up. "I would protect my patients from anything. Even from you!"
The chuckles immediately halted at Sakura's exclamation. Sasuke looked up at Sakura with a confused frown but she gave him her own frustrated one.
"Why do you always have to be superior?"
Sasuke froze and his eyes widened at the question.
"Power is not everything, Sasuke. If you still can't understand that, then maybe you shouldn't have come back to Konoha..."
"Face it, Uchiha. Both you and I know that you don't deserve her..."
Sasuke came back to his senses when Tetsuya gave out a groan from the floor. Sakura immediately went back down to his side.
"Go home, Sasuke," Sasuke looked up at his girlfriend who supported Tetsuya up. "I'll be home in a few hours." And with that final statement, she lead Tetsuya to his room.
As they turned away from Sasuke, Tetsuya flashed him a smirk with his malicious amber orbs. Sasuke frowned and tightly fisted his hands. Seeing Sakura and the Mist-nin disappear into the corridors, Sasuke picked his bag up and ran out into the rain.
x x x
Surprise came over the former ANBU when he opened the door of his apartment where Uchiha Sasuke stood, dripping wet in his ANBU uniform. His eyes were dark and clouded.
"Hn? Sasuke? Wh-"
"Don't ask," was Sasuke's abrupt reply as he stepped inside Kakashi's apartment. He wasn't in the mood to talk about anything, not even to his old mentor.
Kakashi sighed and sweat-dropped, hanging his head. "Ne, Sasuke, you still haven't-"
Without another word, Sasuke dropped his bag on the floor and laid his wet person onto Kakashi's living room couch. Sasuke turned to the side, facing the back of the couch and closed his eyes. Kakashi's gaze softened as he 'tsk-ed'.
"Yareyare," Kakashi said, spreading a blanket over Sasuke's wet and surely cold body. After turning the lights off, Kakashi walked to his bedroom. Stopping at the doorway of the living room, he looked back and sighed before walking on and closing his bedroom door.
Once Kakashi left, Sasuke brought a hand up and felt the mark Sakura gave him the night before...
She gave the wound a long feline lick before she whispered in his ear, "Orochimaru had you once. Now, it's my turn."
Sasuke smirked at the declaration and with his ninja reflexes, he pinned her down underneath him. He held one of her hands and placed it on his chest.
"I am yours, Sakura," He brought his face closer to hers. "Always."
Sakura brought a hand up to his cheek as a small tear ran down the side of her eye. "I love you, Sasuke."
"I know," was Sasuke's answer before he closed the gap, kissed her and loved her the whole night.
Sasuke gritted his teeth and fisted his hands as a sob overwhelmed him, creating a tear that flowed down across his face. Chikushou...
x x x
Both Naruto and Shikamaru had equally shocked faces when they saw the Uchiha Sasuke lift the small drapes of the Ichiraku. They both gulped when the towering form of Sasuke entered the stall, his aura dark and ominous. Naruto and Shikamaru froze when Sasuke's obsidian gaze ventured at them.
Sasuke kept his gaze on them for half a minute before he said in a low, dark voice, "Uruse."
Naruto froze as he stiffly turned his head towards Shikamaru. "Kowai (Scary)..."
Shikamaru, equally frozen, just nodded his head.
"Anou sa, anou sa," Naruto's voice shook as he whispered, leaning closer towards Shikamaru. "H-He's even scarier than that b-bakemono, Gaara."
"A-Aa," Shikamaru said with a small nod as he compared the Kazekage and the Uchiha in his head.
"Oi, you two," Naruto and Shikamaru shivered at the sound of Sasuke's low voice. "You do know that I could hear you perfectly from here, na?!"
Naruto looked back and saw the dark glare that Sasuke gave through his dark hair and cringed. "G-Gomenasai, Sasuke-te-...ah, iya, S-Sasuke-kun. W-We were j-just-"
"Gaara, ka?"
Shikamaru and Naruto held on to each other, both shivering at the tone of voice the Uchiha sent them.
"G-G-Gaara? H-Hehehe. D-Doko? (Where?)" Naruto said in a humorous tone to lighten the mood. Unfortunately, Sasuke didn't have a sense of humour that afternoon and instead gave them a murderous glare with his Sharingan.
"Baka," Sasuke said in his dark tone. Naruto and Shikamaru held on tighter to each other. "You..."
"DON'T YOU DARE COMPARE ME TO THAT AHOU!"
"T-T-T-T-TASUKETEEEEEE!! (Help!)"
Tsuzuku...
The A.N.B.U. Case Files: Golden Edition
Knock, knock, knock...
"Coming," said a voice from the inside.
Sakura waited as she heard footsteps coming towards the door.
"Hai," The door opened and Kakashi showed himself, his usual Icha Icha Paradise in his right hand and a blow dryer on his left...matte!
"A-anou, Kakashi-sensei," Sakura said sweetly, her green eyes constantly darting at the pink blow dryer Kakashi held limply in his left hand. "I-Is Sasuke in there?"
"Hm? Ah, iie. Sasuke isn't here. Demo," Kakashi looked at the blow dryer in his hand with a frown. "Sakura, do you happen to know how to use these? I just borrowed them from Kurenai and they seem like a newer model than the ones I'm used to."
Sakura blinked at the blow dryer before she caught herself. "A-A-Ah! I do, Kakashi-sensei. You just flick this," then the blow dryer came to life.
"Ah! Sou ka," Kakashi then aimed the blowing part at his head. He then turned it off. "Arigato, Sakura-chan," Kakashi said, smiling while delicately touching his silver locks. "It really helped a lot."
"Glad I could be of help, sen..." she looked at Kakashi oddly. "...sei."
"Maa. I'll see you later, ne? Ja ne."
"A-Ah."
As Kakashi closed the door, Sakura wondered, So that's how they keep their hair that way. A picture of Sasuke holding a blow dryer to his head as he styled his hair came to her mind. Finally, Sakura let out the peals of laughter she had been holding in.
But what it really was...
"Yoshi," Kakashi said, flicking the switch of the blow dryer as Sakura had shown him. "Now I can finally do this."
Kakashi sat down on a chair and aimed the blowing end of the dryer...
...downward.
"I can finally dry the couch that Sasuke no baka wet last night."
OWARI
Standard disclaimers apply.
Translation key: (I will not be putting up the terms that I have put up in the last chapter which are also present in this chapter. This would somehow shorten the length of this key.)
Tsuzuku - to be continued sorry, forgot to put this in the last chapter.
onii-chan - elder brother; big brother again, forgot to put this in the last chapter.
Demo - but
Arigato (gozaimasu) - Thank you (very much)
Ohayou (gozaimasu) - Good morning
-shishou - master; teacher It's a bit higher than a sensei, I think. It's more for someone who had mastered a certain skill. If you watch Rurouni Kenshin, you'll get the gist of it.
Kirigakure - Hidden Village of Mist in the Country of Wave
Chikushou! - Damn it!
Rendan - Combo (?) I don't know if it's Rendan or Randen or Randan or Renden. (sigh)
Kage Bunshin no Juutsu - Shadow replication technique
Usorakontachi - moron; dumbass
Matte! - wait!
Owari - The End
Here's the second chapter! I hope it was as good as the first or even better. I had a bit of a writer's block on the hospital part but I managed.
Liked the Kakashi blow dryer flick? I just had that in mind.
Do you guys think you know what the trend in this story is? If you think you do, message me or leave a review. Complete this sentence:
When their love lives are in trouble, the A.N.B.U. go to ...
I'm sorry if Sakura seeming a bit distrustful in this chapter. It had to be done for the sake of the fic so, I apologise. It will remedied in further chapters, don't worry.
I know this story is emotional but don't you all agree that the anime Naruto has its emotional sides as well?
I know the mission seemed a bit lame but that was what I could come up with.
Oh, and if I had missed any Japanese phrases or if my translation isn't right, please tell me and I will try to remedy them. Arigato!
Saa, until the next chapter!
Next up: Shino!
