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Backwoods noun plural: remote or isolated place
Baki knew he had found the backwoods of Tea country when the only "public" building he could find for miles around was a rundown tavern. Still it was better than nothing. After two days in the pouring rain, he was tired and grumpy. He wanted nothing more than some warm sake and some warm food. Ten minutes out of the rain wouldn't be so bad either, he thought with a harrumph as he trudged into the tiny tavern.
Looking around he found the place to be completely deserted except for the barkeep and one customer seated at the bar. From the customer's small form and the shock of pink hair sticking out from beneath the dusty traveler's cape, he had a feeling that this was no stranger seated before him.
"I wonder what the Hokage's prized apprentice could possibly have done to be sent so far from home in such dreary weather," he called out.
The cautious bright green eyes that turned to regard him confirmed his suspicions that this was indeed, Haruno Sakura of Konohagakure. As he pulled back his own hood and sat down beside her at the bar, a smile of recognition blossomed on her face. In that moment, Baki couldn't help but think that her smile put her namesake to shame.
"It's good to see you again, Baki-san," Sakura said with a smile. "I'm just returning from a medical mission in a village a few miles east of here. Some new bacterial disease had sprung up and Tsunade-sama insisted that we investigate. I volunteered just so I could get out of the hospital for a while," she spoke with exhaustion but there was laughter in her eyes.
Baki gave a slight nod in understanding to her statement. He had no doubts about her busy schedule. Her role in saving Kankuro-sama's life had given her quite a bit of fame and following within in his village. Her subsequent later trips to check on the puppeteer's progress and to share medical practices with the Suna medic-nins had only furthered his own respect for her. During those trips he had been assigned as her escort and just a few days of watching her work had left him exhausted.
As he listened to her babble about some new medical herbs she wished to share with his village's medic-nins, he couldn't help but think of other things he'd like to do with her that would leave them both exhausted. She was young and vibrant with a smile that shined like the dessert sun.
After having seen her fiery temper before when she was dealing with some green-eared medics, he really couldn't help but wonder what she'd be like in bed. If only he was ten years younger and didn't care about inter-village politics. A stolen night in the backwoods with the Hokage's beautiful apprentice would be so worth it.
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