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As the birds sang outside her window Sakura was slowly waking up from her slumber. She yawned tiredly. Her green eyes opened slowly and stared at the ceiling. Turning her head to look at the time, her heart skipped a beat when she noticed it was ten in the morning. Bolting straight up in bed, she was ready to throw the sheets of her and racing into her bathroom, when she noticed the scroll lying on her desk.
Remembering her forced vacation, she slumped back in bed. One hand coming up to cover her eyes as she released a heavy breath. Looking through her fingers at the ceiling, she remembered her evening visitor as well. Never in her life had she thought Sasuke would come to her asking for help. Ever. He thought she was weak when she was young, an annoyance that should be taken rid of. It hurt her then, but as she grew up, she got over her childish feelings and saw him as just a teammate.
He was quite surprised when she didn't pine after him anymore when he came back. But even if they could work well together that time, they still didn't grow close like she was with Naruto. And for some reason she didn't even care. She loved him like a friend and would heal him whenever he needed it. But that was about it between their friendship. No small talks, only a nod acknowledging each other before going on their own way.
So finding him on her couch last evening was quite a shock to her. And not the fact that he asked her to help seducing Naruto shocked her. To be honest, she already had a hunch that her teammate was swinging the other way. When they had a mission to a resort and protect the owner for couple of weeks, he was surrounded by beautiful women all pawning over him. And some of them were even well known fighters and none to be considered weak. But even then Sasuke didn't give them one look.
She smiled then, lowering her hand to the side. She would have a lot of fun trying to teach Sasuke to seduce him. It took Naruto ages to find out Hinata loved him, and even when the shy Hyuuga said it to his face he missed it. It would be a hard task and she didn't even know if Naruto was swinging that way like the dark haired Uchiha. Naruto did talk much about him, but only in a friendly/rival kind of way. Like she was talking about Ino, just best friends.
But seducing, she never had seduced anyone. She really wanted to help Sasuke with this matter. But how? While she was thinking of ways to help her friend, she finally climbed out of bed. Showered and dressed in a pair of jeans, and a warm dark green sweater that stopped at mid-thigh. Walking down on her socks, she smiled as she saw that Sasuke was still sleeping on her couch. One leg was swung over the rug, his feet dangling in the air. The other was resting on the couch arm, his ankle being supported while the rest of his foot was also like the other dangling in the air. One arm supported his head while the other was thrown lazily over his stomach. Thank god for him she had kept the heater on last night, otherwise he would have frozen to death.
Deciding to let him sleep longer, she silently tip toed past him into the kitchen. Setting some coffee and preparing breakfast for two. Her mind went over ideas of how she could help Sasuke. But her mind went blank. Sighing she placed the blade upon the cutting board with slight frustration. Was there nothing she could do? Okay, what had Shishou said once? Trust on your abilities. So what was the thing she excelled at? Her chakra control but how... her eyes widened slightly in realization. That's it! Turning off the stove so the food couldn't burn, she quickly whipped her hands off with the kitchen towel before racing into the small room attached to the living room.
She didn't stop when Sasuke called out sleepily. Opening the door to the room she flipped the light switch. The room was filled with bookcases. Grabbing a small rung she placed it before one of the many bookcases. Tapping her fingers over the rugs from the books lying on the top shelf, she searched for the title she was searching for. She made a small sound of triumph when she found the book she was looking for. Pulling it from the shelf, she blew the small layer of dust away. Opening the book she skipped through the pages until she found what she was looking for. Quickly skimming the page to confirm her theory, Sakura smiled brightly when it had done so.
Slamming the book close, she tucked the book under her arm, jumped of the rung and flipped the light off when she exited the room. Her eyes settled on the Uchiha now sitting straight on her couch, his dark eyes looking at her when she re-entered the room. When he only cocked an eyebrow she shoved the book in his arms before walking further towards the kitchen to continue on their breakfast.
"I found a way how I could help you with your issue. Look at page 488 till 495. If you still don't get it, I'll explain it after breakfast."
Sasuke didn't say anything. But Sakura knew he'd heard her ,when she heard him skipping through the book to the pages she picked out. Setting the breakfast out on her dinner table, she called Sasuke while pouring coffee it two mugs. Sakura warned him if he would spill anything on her book she would personally knock him over the Hokage mountain before she began to eat, smiling as Sasuke was reading the pages thoroughly. She noticed some eyebrows rising here and there and knew it wouldn't be without any questions. Figures though. Shinobi learned the best and fastest when they had an example. She could do it herself, but she didn't really feel like it to get in such vulnerable state before her once crush. And besides, she couldn't show him then how he could do it without being noticed by the person it was used upon. So she at least needed someone to help her with the example. Her mouth end pulled up then, a wicked grin and her eyes twinkling in delight as her mind found a victim, no helper. She snickered slightly.
Sasuke looked up then, wondering what gotten Sakura so amused. But as he saw the wicked grin and glint in her eyes meaning she was up to no good, he silently prayed it wasn't meant for him and felt a slight ting of remorse for the person who was in her mind right now. Averting his eyes from her he kept reading, taking another bite of his food and chewed thoughtfully as he turned over another page.
When Sakura was done cleaning their mess up, she moved back to the living room where Sasuke was just done with reading. She sat down on the opposite chair, throwing one leg over the other as she stared at Sasuke.
"So any questions?" She said smiling.
"First of all, what has this," he waved one of his hands to the book now lying on the coffee table between them, "to do how I can seduce Naruto?"
Sakura snickered, shaking her head as she thought how oblivious Sasuke was being right now. Either love really made him blind or he has an idea in his head and wants to see that's the idea Sakura also has. Seeing his offended look, she stopped her laughter and cleared her throat. "Everything."
Sasuke pulled a face then, making Sakura sigh in desperation. "There are two kinds of systems running through our body. Well, exactly there is more but those are not relevant for what I'm about to teach you." She stopped shortly, trying to think of the fastest way to explain it.
"The ones I'm talking about are the nerve system and the chakra system. They are very similar on how they work and react. Every human being has these two, even civilians. But with a civilian they haven't trained their chakra system so is the less sensitive of the two. So their nerve system is the dominant one. By us Shinobi, we trained our chakra system and is far more effecting than our own nerve system. We still get pulses from the nerve system, but our chakra system is the dominate and most sensitive of the two.
The technique I'm about to teach you will work best on people who trained their chakra system. It can be done on people who didn't but it can be lethal with even the tiniest mistake. So please, only use it on people who trained their chakra system."
"I get all that, but I still don't see how this helps me with Naruto." Sasuke replied after her short lecture.
Sakura shook her head sighing. Even Naruto would have gotten it by now. "Like I said, nerve and chakra systems are similar to each other. The civilians get their pleasure pulses through the nerve system. We also get it from the nerve system by simply touching excreta. But a far more imitate and better result, we going to use the chakra system to send pleasure pulses through the chakra system by sending chakra pulses through them with our own chakra."
"But with all the times you healed me, why didn't I feel pleasure then? You pushed chakra into my system."
"Good point. That's because I'm using green chakra for healing. You can only cause pleasure when you use your own chakra." Lifting up her hand she concentrated the three different types of chakra into her fingertips without the slightest effort. One was light blue color, the other was a green and the last one was a soft pink. Knowing he'd seen what she meant, she let it go. "See what I mean?"
Sasuke nodded. "Good. Only people with outstanding chakra control can separate their chakra like that."
Sakura stood up. "Now your first step is to concentrate your chakra into your finger tips like I did, and separate them. I'll be sharpening my weapons. Come to me when you can do it without even thinking. If you need hints look at my notes in the back of the book." And with that said she left to room and moved back upstairs.
Walking to the other door on the end of the hall she opened it from its slot and pushed the door open. The room was filled with shurikens, kunai and three katanas hanging proudly on the wall. Grabbing the things she needed she sat down on the only chair and started to sharpen her weapons, humming a soft melody while she was working. When she'd done the majority of her weapons she finally heard stumbling upon her stairs. And as the door was pushed further open, she stopped her movements to stare at the person standing in the doorway.
Lying down her sharpening stone and kunai, she crossed her arms before her chest. Seeing that her attention was now aimed at him, he raised his hand and soon three different types of chakra were on his fingertips. His normal light blue, black and dark blue. Sakura smiled, placing the equipment back on the places where she'd gotten them. Then she turned around. "Good, I knew it wouldn't be so hard for you."
They moved back downstairs, Sasuke sitting back on his spot as Sakura stood before him. "Activate your sharingan." And when his eyes turned red and focused upon her she smiled. "As you can see there are one-hundred-sixty-four chakra points in my system. If you look closely, you see there are a few larger than the others. Those are the chakra head points, the ones we're going to push our chakra in."
"Why those?" Sasuke asked in confusion.
"Because through these main points there will be the most 'chakra traffic' through them and so far unlikely for the person to notice you pushing chakra into them. Another reason is because they are connected to all the chakra points in the cells in that area and the other head chakra appoints. So if you touch one of them, you affect the whole body. Now, the head points are located in behind the ear, neck, wrists, on your back between your shoulder blades, just below your belly button, in the knees and lastly the palm of your feet. The amount of chakra you push into them can be variable and obviously a different affect. If you push only slight chakra in them it's only a small jolt. So the higher or rather stronger the push of the chakra, how higher or more pleasure the target will feel."
Sakura stood up then and moved to the front door, Sasuke following her. When they had their shoes and coats on Sakura grabbed her keys before opening the front door. She motioned for Sasuke to move before she closed the door behind them. And in silence they began to walk into the direction of Ichiraku.
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When Sakura told Sasuke her plan he stiffly agreed. Both of them looked up at the sound of pans being placed on the stove, the clattering of glasses and chatter. Inhaling softly, Sakura smiled as the scent of Ichiraku's invaded her nose. Pushing away one of the banner's she stepped into the small place. Her eyes immediately focusing on the person sitting in the middle of the bar, two empty bowls already resting next to him as he ate from his third.
Sitting next to him she ordered a bowl for herself, glancing out of the corner of her eye at blond guy sitting next to her . When he hadn't spoken to her yet, she sighed. Even when her chakra signature was entirely exposed and even talked when she sat next to him, he still didn't recognize her or even say hello if he did. She would have make the first step then. Again.
"Hello Naruto," she began. Twirling her chopsticks in her hands while she continued. "I haven't seen you for awhile."
Stopping with his mid shove, he turned his head to regard her, some noodle strings still dangling from his mouth. His bright blue eyes shimmered then in happiness, seeing it was Sakura that had spoken. He swallowed his bite of noodles then, whipping his mouth with his sleeve before launching himself out of his chair to hug his friend.
"Sakura-chan! It's so good to see you!" Sakura laughed, throwing her arms around her hyperactive friend. As the newly two arrival were waiting for their food to show up, they talked about everything while they were apart. She only turned around, ignoring the comment Naruto made over her best friend when she felt a familiar presence.
Glancing at Sasuke he seemed to notice it too. He tilted his head slightly, giving her the signal he wanted to know what she was thinking about. A small smile appeared on her lips, her eyes resting on Naruto's form before turning around fully. Before Sasuke knew what she meant she lifted up her hand whilst calling.
"Kakashi! Over here!" The silver haired ninja looked up from his book when he heard his name. When his lone eye met hers, he smiled. Pushing the book away in his back pouch he made his way over, seeing that his other two former students were sitting next to her.
"That's a long time seeing you three together," Kakashi commented when he seated himself next to Sakura.
Sakura simply shrugged, ordering a bowl for her friend who looked quite amused by her actions. While he went back to his book he continued to glance over the top. His eye crinkled in a happy smile that his former team still maintained the bond they had years ago. He hadn't realized until then that he really missed their banters between each other. Even if he really didn't want to admit it, but he missed those times. And for the first time he felt old. The youngsters he'd trained those days were grown up and turned, shaped into perfect soldiers for their village with their own strength to be recognized with.
He sighed deeply, placing his book on the counter-top next to him when his lunch was served before him. His hand reached out for his wallet, but when Sakura saw what he was trying to do she grabbed his wrist with her hand. Sasuke hearing the audible slap of flesh hitting flesh looked into their direction.
Sakura knowing Sasuke was watching her, smiled reassured at her friend whom risen an eyebrow at her. "Don't worry about it Kakashi. I called you over so it's my treat." Meanwhile she summoned her chakra, releasing it in his main point she was currently touching and watched with satisfaction a shiver running up his spine. She noticed his eye widened slightly, wondering probably what just happened. She already removed her hand and was busy paying for his bowl of ramen.
Acting innocent when she noticed he hadn't attacked his ramen yet, she faked a concerned tone. "Are you alright Kakashi?" Her voice soft and sweet at the same time. Kakashi blinked then, coming out of his daze.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just surprised it's all."
Sakura snickered. "Is it that hard to believe I would treat you to lunch Sensei?" she asked teasingly. But without waiting for a reply, she turned around to join the conversation between her two former team mates again. Her eyes met Sasuke's and winked, knowing she just gave him a small example what a small amount of chakra could do.
Naruto after having eaten four bowls of ramen, stopped eating. His eyes twinkling when an idea came into his head. "Ne, Sakura-chan…"
"Yes Naruto?" Sakura replied a bit confused why he asked her with such a weird tone.
"You told me you were on a forced vacation right?"
"That's right Naruto. I just told you a couple of moments ago."She rolled her eyes at her long time friends forgetfulness.
"I propose a battle." He straightened his back, his bright blue eyes twinkling in childish delight. "Me and Sasuke against you and Kaka-sensei in a two to two snowball fight."
Sakura smiled. She didn't know what she could do later today. And with this new outcome, Naruto given her an excuse to stay close to Kakashi and observe Sasuke as he tried the same technique on the hyperactive blond.
"I accept the dual," Sakura grinned, shaking his hand as they both laughed at the upcoming fun they're going to have. But then the eldest ninja decided to speak up.
"I never said I was going to join."
Naruto turned around whilst frowning. "You don't want to hang out with your old team?" But before Kakashi could reply, Sakura spoke first.
"No, I think he finds himself too old for a snowball fight. Ah, I could ask Yamato-san if he wants to come then. Besides maybe it's better that way. He probably can't even keep up with us." She placed cash upon the counter, decking everyone's lunch.
Sasuke watched. Not bothering to contain or hide his amusement, she was smart to trick their old sensei into joining. She had a way with words where she tricked everyone to do exactly what she wanted.
Naruto shrugged jumped of his stool. He and Sasuke already moved towards the training ground where the battle was going to be held. Sakura followed Naruto's example and started to walk out when Kakashi touched her shoulder. Stopping, she turned her head to regard the man; his eye narrowed slightly. She guessed it was about her old comment. It was after all a sensitive subject to him. Maybe she was being evil, using that to him to force him to come along. Because knowing him, he would come to show them he could keep up just fine. Oh, how easy the mind of the men sometimes worked.
"I'll come."
Sakura faked indifference. But inward she was cheering for her triumph. "It's okay Kakashi. We understand if you don't want to come."
She moved to the training ground then, knowing that Naruto and Sasuke would be waiting for her there. Not a minute later she walked out of the restaurant Kakashi slipped next to her. To her surprise she didn't see him pulling out his book. She opened her mouth to ask about it, but quickly decided against it.
"We only have a few more minutes left Sakura," he suddenly said.
"Left for what?" Sakura asked her brows furrowed in confusion.
"We're going into battle. Now is the time to think through our strategy before defeating those two. Remember what I taught you." He gave her a smile.
Sakura smiled her memory flashing back to their very first training session. "Teamwork makes us strong."
To be continued…