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_ To Be Dead _
_ Chapter 2 _
It was around five in the morning when someone(s) barged into Tenten and Sakura's shared room. The intruders found themselves trapped against the wall next to the open door. The light flicked on and the intruders, a.k.a Lee and Naruto, were stuck to the wall by Tenten's kunai. Said girl and one other glared at the two boys from under their covers.
"If you want to live, leave." they spoke in ominous tones.
They had never seen the two hyperactive ninjas moved so fast in their lives, nor did they see them actually get out of a trap so fast. The two girls flicked the light off and went back to sleep. Three minutes later the light was turned on and both girls were flipped from their beds. Groaning they got untangled from their sheets and looked up to see who the intruder, or intruders, were this time. It was Temari with a grin on her face.
"Wake up sleeping beauties! It's five o' seven and it is still dark outside!" she ignored the glares she was on the receiving end of. "Oh, and dress in something comfortable, you both and the others will probably do a lot of walking today." with that she walked out of the room with a grin on her face.
"Remind me to murder anyone who crosses our paths today." growled Sakura as she grabbed a change of clothes and stomped into the bathroom that was joined to their room.
"Will do."
Both girls walked downstairs yawning every few minutes and sat down in the two empty seats besides their team mates. Temari was arguing with Naruto about something, probably ramen or his 'amazing' techniques and such, Sasuke was glaring at Neji and vice versa, Lee and Gai were loudly talking about youth, Kakashi was reading his porn, Kankuro was sleeping in his seat, and Gaara was drinking coffee.
"Why the hell did we get up so freakin' early?" Tenten snapped.
"Because the schedules will be announced and Gaara's first meeting of the day starts at six." Temari said as she smacked Kankuro out of his seat, waking him up and having him glare at her.
"Ugh." both girls groaned.
"Those who will be joining Gaara in his meetings will be Sakura, Neji, and Lee. Kankuro will also be joining as he usually does." Temari began. "Naruto, Sasuke, and Tenten will be coming with me to do some errands and to help patrol the area outside of the gates. Kakashi and Gai will be accompanying Baki and making sure that nothing out of the ordinary is happening."
"So basically we are guarding you guys." Naruto summed up.
Temari had a thoughtful look on her face before answering, "That seems about right."
And so the day started, and would end hopefully very soon.
Three meetings passed without any incident, which was good, but the fourth and fifth meetings nearly had Sakura kicking some ass and yelling several profanities. By the time they were on their lunch break, she was nearly pissed to the max, now if only Lee would stop commenting on how wonderful and youthful she was.
"Lee, for the last time SHUT UP!"
"Haruno."
Sakura looked up at the Hyuuga male and shrugged. "He had it coming." she said and she went back to eating her dango.
When Lee returned, the others had come to the same shop and were conversing. Tenten and Temari dragged Sakura over to a different booth, ignoring the curious stares of the boys.
"Is it true?"
Tenten and Sakura looked at Temari in confusion.
"Is what true?" Tenten asked.
"That you two have been weird since that one mission?" Temari whispered so no one would be able to hear.
The two Konoha kunoichis looked at each other before looking back at Temari. Sakura sighed while Tenten fiddled with her bangs.
"Define weird." Tenten spoke.
"As in you two have been hanging out more and more and the fact that any time Sakura get hurts you run to her aid, ignoring anything or anybody else. That and vice versa."
"It's complicated." Sakura sighed. "Very complicated and our senseis need to be with us in order for you to know."
Tenten quit fiddling with her bangs and looked in shock at the pink haired girl next to her. "Are you seriously going to tell her?" she hissed. "What if…"
Sakura cut the brunette off, "It's alright. Besides, if we are going to be here for awhile we need someone else to talk to."
Tenten dropped it and just fiddled with her bangs for several seconds before stopping. Looking up at Temari who watched intently she sighed.
"Once we have told you, you must never tell anyone unless we give our permission. We wish to keep this quiet for as long as possible." Temari nearly went wide eyed at the serious expression on Tenten's face. The aura around the brunette made her nod, she knew it must be a pretty big deal if it caused the usually happy brown haired girl to be like this. As well as the pinkette.
"You have my word."