(back in the hospital room with Sasuke. Sakura's POV)
"No, Naruto, he can't come to Ichiraku with us."
"Aaaww come on Sakura-chan. Don't be like that. I'll watch him really carefully so he won't do anything suspicious and if he does I'll stop him. If you can't trust him then trust me!" Naruto said in hopes she'll say yes.
"I said NO Naruto. Who knows what he could be up to? For all we know, he could be Orochimaru by now. You're too trusting, Naruto."
"Aaaawww Ssaakuuraa-chaan. Plleeeaasse? He won't try to do anything while I'm around. Plleeaasse Sakura-chan? Please please please please pretty plea-"
"Uugh. Ow."
Terrific. He's awake. I liked him better unconscious.
"SASUKE-TEME!!YOU'RE AWAKE!!" shouted Naruto.
"Shut up, dobe. You're giving me a headache."
Same ole' Sasuke. What a shame. I was hoping he'd change. For the better.
"Sa-Sakura?" said Sasuke in a surprised tone.
Great. He's staring at me. Just what I need. Another fanboy.
"Let's go Naruto. The UCHIHA needs his rest."
"Hey, Sasuke. Me and Sakura-chan are going over to Ichiraku's later. After you're rested, you should come over and eat with us. It'll be just like old times! After that, you can get reacquainted with everybody!"
Of course. Naruto HAD to invite him. I should've seen this coming.
I'm gonna kill him.
We walked out and once we were out I elbowed Naruto in the rib and glared at him.
"Ow! Sakura-chan! What was that for?" asked Naruto as if he didn't do ANYthing wrong.
"I told you not to invite him! But nnoooo you just HAD to invite him. Why'd you do that?" I asked through gritted teeth. It took all the strength I had not to punch him through the ceiling.
"Sakura-chan. Don't you miss the good ole' days? Those days when we were a team? Don't you want to know what it feels like to be a team again? For four years I've been waiting for Team 7 to be back together again. To train like we used to, to go to missions like we used to, and to eat ramen like we used to. I want everything to be back to the way it once was. Only THIS time Sasuke's not going anywhere. I'll make sure of it. Believe it!" Naruto shot me his famous happy-go-lucky grin.
I couldn't help but smile at his optimism. As long as Naruto was there, things wouldn't be too bad.
"Yea I guess you're right. I worry too much." But I couldn't help but feel that something wrong is going to happen.
At Ichiraku(Author's POV)
Naruto was there first like always. When it came to ramen he was always the earliest one there.
Sakura came next and sat next to Naruto who was already eating.
"Naruto, how many bowls have you already eaten?"
Slurp "Seven, why?" Naruto said as if it was no big deal.
"Ugh, nevermind. You know, Naruto, one day all of this ramen will catch up to you," Sakura warned.
"Don't be ridiculous Sakura-chan. Look there's Sasuke! OI SASUKE-TEME!!! OVER HERE!!"Naruto, yet again, shouted.
"Shut up, dobe, I'm right in front of you." Sasuke said irritably.
Sasuke sat next to Naruto but didn't order anything.
"Geez, Naruto you should warn me when you do that. You almost made me deaf," said Sakura.
"Ehehehe…Gomen Sakura-chan."
Sakura just rolled her eyes and began eating her meal.
"Sasuke-teme, you missed out on a lot! Me and Sakura-chan are now highly skilled Chunins! Or you could say we're soon-to-be Jounins. And Shikamaru just tur-"
"Wait. Did you just say highly skilled Chunins?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura heard the emphasis put in the last three words he said and clenched her fist.
"Yeess. Me and Sakura-chan are stronger than you give us credit for Sasuke."
"Hn," Sasuke just scoffed which caused Sakura's temper to rise even higher if possible. She was ready to prove him wrong, but decided against it.
"Well ANYway, like I was saying, Shikamaru just tur-"
"Hey Sakura-chan!"
"Oh, hi Neji-kun!" Sakura said with a warm smile.
Sasuke noticed this and he was confused.
When we were Genin Sakura barely talked to this guy. Now she's smiling at him like she's his-
"Oh yea Sasuke, I forgot to tell you. Sakura-chan is Neji's girlfriend and he's her boyfriend. They're dating." Naruto whispered and then greeted Neji.
Sasuke gawked at this. He stared wide-eyed and looked at Sakura then Neji back and forth. His jaw had dropped the moment Naruto said the "G" word. Before they had the chance to see his shocked expression he went back to his calm, apathetic self. But on the inside, he was still gawking.
How could she date someone like HIM? Not that I care, but Naruto would've even been better, Sasuke thought.
"ANYone but the HYUUGA." Whoops. Sasuke said something that was meant to be in his thoughts. And STAY in his thoughts.
Crap. That wasn't supposed to happen.
Everyone stared at him. Their eyebrows were raised and they had a confused look on their face with a slight look of shock to hear the Sasuke Uchiha say something like that.
"What?" Sasuke said, annoyed at the sudden attention.
Neji smirked. "Nothing. It's just not everyday you see THE Sasuke Uchiha get jealous."
Sasuke scoffed at this. "Me? Jealous? I don't think so. Especially not jealous of you."
Neji's smirk just got bigger. "Oh really?" Neji wrapped his arm possessively around Sakura who didn't want to get involved in this.
Sasuke did what he did best. He glared. HARD. He tried to hide it but the anger was too overpowering.
Then just when things couldn't get worse for Sasuke, Neji kissed Sakura. He just loved to test the Uchiha's limits. But don't worry. It was only on the cheek.
Cheek or not, Sasuke was furious and decided to leave before he did something he regrets.
"Where are you going, Uchiha?" Neji was just ASKING for an early funeral.
"HOME," spat Sasuke.
"You know, it's common courtesy to at least tell us you're going before leaving. Haven't you learned your lesson the first time you left us without mentioning about it?" Neji reminded him of when they first met and how Sasuke left the village.
"Are you looking for a fight?" Sasuke challenged as his eyes turned red from his Sharingan.
"I've already found one." Neji replied as his veins beside his eyes became visible, showing that he was using his Byakugan.
They both glared at each other. Eye to eye, kekkai genkai to kekkai genkai. Or in other words, bloodline limit to bloodline limit.
Naruto and Sakura just stared at them and then at each other. They knew it was pointless to try and stop the fight. The attempt would only be ignored.
The two prodigies were about to attack when-POOF!
Kakashi appeared in front of Sasuke, therefore stopping the fight.
"So it is true. You are in Konoha. Welcome back Sasuke! Oh, and the Hokage would like to speak to you, privately in her office," Kakashi said with a welcoming smile but you couldn't see it anyway because of his mask.
Sasuke only glared then he took off to the Hokage's tower to face his doom- I mean, punishment.
All eyes were now on Kakashi, but he didn't notice until the awkward silence came.
"What? Did I interrupt something?" Kakashi asked with a puzzled look which you also couldn't see.
They all nodded their heads, but went back to their meals.
Back with Sasuke
Knock, knock
"Come in," said a voice that sounded tired and drunk and belonged to Tsunade.
"I was told to see you," Sasuke said in a monotonous tone.
"Oh, right. Come here and sit down, Sakuse. We need to discuss your punishment issues." Tsunade's breath was reeking of sake but lucky for Sasuke, he wasn't close enough to smell it.
"It's Sasuke. Not Sakuse," Sasuke corrected.
"Whatever, Sassy."
SASSY??!!!!
Sasuke glared at the drunk Hokage and his eyebrow twitched in aggravation. He did as she told and waited patiently for his punishment.
"Are you aware of the fact that betrayal of the village can lead to execution?" Tsunade was starting to get back to normal.
Sasuke remained silent and waited for her to continue.
"Well, since I'm nice and if I executed you Naruto would never leave me alone, I've decided that your punishment will be… to dress up like a girl."
Sasuke broke out of his cool composure and yelled, "WHAT?!"
Tsunade started to laugh. "Your expression was PRICELESS! You should have seen the look on your face! I'm just kidding, just kidding. The sake hasn't quite worn off yet. That's not your actual punishment so don't get your shorts in a twist."
Sasuke's vein throbbed in irritation as she reminded himself of Naruto.
"Your actual punishment will be to stay within the compounds of Konoha for 20 months or until you're trustworthy enough so you can still do missions as long as they are in Konoha. Naruto will be looking after you in case you don't do anything suspicious. If he's out on a mission then I'll get you a replacement until he gets back. Oh yea, and I sold your place by the way so you're gonna have to bunk in with Naruto until you get your own place to stay in," Tsunade said as her senses began to kick in.
Breaking his composure yet again, Sasuke shouted, "You sold my PLACE? AND I have to live with NARUTO? Why him? Now I'll never get any sleep!"
"We were running low on money and I didn't expect you to come back anytime soon so the only thing I could do was sell your house. And Naruto was the only one who volunteered to have you stay at his place. As for the sleep thing, that's not my problem."
Sasuke just stormed off without attracting too much attention towards himself.
This day just couldn't get any worse.
Then at that moment, while he was walking to Naruto's place he saw Sakura and Neji. KISSING. And it wasn't on the cheek this time. It was on the lips.
Just did.