Chapter 2- Mission: Start!
When Sakura got to Ino's door, it was unlocked, so the female just assumed that she had no need to knock.
The sight that she was greeted with made her freeze both physically and emotionally.
'So Sasuke really is talented in every single way! Not as if I suspected otherwise,' Inner-Sakura said, as her voice cracked a little.
The couple on the couch looked up at their intruder, their eyes still not completely devoid of lust.
"I'm sorry, the door was unlocked and I didn't think you two wouldn't be…."
Sakura hated her voice at that moment. It was wavering slightly, and she felt Inner-Sakura losing her temper at an abnormally rapid pace.
Sasuke stood up elegantly, not even bothering to hide his body in all its glory from her.
'Bastard,' Inner-Sakura fumed, as Sakura refused to allow her eyes to stray any lower then the Uchiha's chest.
Ino quickly stood up and straightened her top with one hand, as another nimbly zipped up her skirt. Due to the forced look of composure, it was quite obvious that she didn't notice the mess of her hair.
In the meantime, Sasuke was acting quite the opposite. He slowly slipped his clothes on, his taunting blood red eyes resting on Sakura's slightly pink face the whole time, the smirk still evident on his face.
Ino quickly grabbed a scroll from the table.
"Um…Yeah. Here," the blonde kunoichi said, sounding almost annoyed.
'Of course she sounds annoyed,' Inner-Sakura huffed, 'You just interrupted their baby-making, and her boyfriend didn't seem to mind other people seeing him nude.'
'I've always imagined Sasuke without clothing…but I never expected that...'
'Seeing it for the first time like this? Don't worry, you're not the only shocked one,' Inner-Sakura assured coolly, somehow managing to gain her 'see-if-I-care' attitude rather swiftly.
"Thanks. I guess I'll see you in a couple of weeks," Sakura said through gritted teeth, while making sure that Sasuke understood that she was directing her words to Ino, and Ino only.
The sharingan-user didn't flinch, but just walked to the direction of Ino's bedroom.
Being that Sakura had been to Ino's house several times, she could easily imagine the other female's bedroom. Add Uchiha in it and the thought just seemed wrong.
Ino's hands were already ushering her outside as she nodded.
Sakura felt her friend shoving her out the door and onto the street.
"Thanks again, Sakura."
The pink-haired kunoichi stared at the light blue door in front of her blankly, as half of her brain registered the click of a lock.
Today was seriously NOT her day.
'No discouraging thoughts, Saku-chan,' Inner-Sakura chided cheerily.
Too cheerily.
'You aren't one to talk,' Sakura mumbled to her inner self, while walking down the street slowly.
The lack of response made the world seem even drearier, if that were even possible.
'Oh well, now I have to pack for the mission.'
The fact that Inner-Sakura hadn't responded to even that didn't go unnoticed by the kunoichi.
(Scene Change)
Sakura peered around the corner cautiously.
There would probably be no intruders any time soon.
"Henge no Jutsu!" (Transformation Technique)
Sakura casually strolled out of the alleyway, while making her way to the main gate.
"You have a mission too?"
Blue eyes met green.
"As a matter a fact, I do," Sakura said, from her temporary form of Ino.
Looking at herself was slightly amusing. Ino hadn't messed up Sakura's face while doing her transformation either, more then likely because the pig had finally realized that this was an important part on not only Sakura's role, but her own too. If Ino thought it was tempting to add warts and unattractive blemishes on Sakura's flawless skin through the transformation, the feeling was rather mutual.
Together they walked to the exit of their town.
The silence was slightly awkward, but they both decided not to break it.
"Sakura, Ino," the Jonin guarding the front gate acknowledged.
"We will part ways here," Ino said.
Sakura mentally smirked at the slight tinge of impatience in her friend's voice.
Right when the thought completed itself, Ino leaped into the air and into the trees, her (technically Sakura's) thin form disappearing quickly.
"She seems more enthusiastic then usual…."
Sakura winced at the male's comment. Idiot Ino-pig. It wasn't a shock that she'd make a flaw in the already limited amount of work she had to do.
The guard seemed to snap out of his reverie, being that he turned to look at Sakura.
"The person you're escorting is Tanaka-san. He should be here soon…ah, there he is."
Sakura whirled around, and the blonde hair flowing from her head nearly hit the man standing across from her.
The person approaching them was in his older years, but he still bustled over quickly.
"This is my escort?
Sakura nodded, and the guard wrote something onto the clipboard.
"Just follow the instructions Tanaka-san gives you, and you should be able to make it to Suna safely."
'Heh, he thinks that we're nervous because of the dangers when going to Suna,' Inner-Sakura snorted.
"Off we go then," Tanaka cheered.
With an exchanging of nods between the two Konoha ninjas, both Sakura and her escort were off.
(Scene Change)
Almost immediately after Ino entered the forest, she transformed back into her regular self.
Not long after wandering a bit, she felt something wet on her ear.
The kunoichi shivered and stopped her running. She knew all to clearly of who it was.
"My little pearl," a husky voice whispered from somewhere near her neck.
Suddenly the warmth behind her was gone, only to return almost immediately.
Ino squealed when she felt her boyfriend lift her up bridal style.
After a loving kiss, Sasuke hopped easily from branch to branch to where they were going to be for the next few days.
Unknown to the currently thrilled Ino, her fate would only go down from here….
End Chapter 2
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