Update! I don't own anything familiar. If anyone knows anything about honorifics, could you tell me about them. I want to know which ones to use when addressing different people.
Sakura couldn't believe her eyes. In front of her was a very lanky boy, with black eyes and a bowl haircut. She noticed that his eyebrows were incredibly bushy, but she really shouldn't say anything, considering the size of her forehead. He wore a teal suit and orange socks. He smiled widely when he saw her. Before she knew it, she trapped in a bone crushing hug, and was lifted from her seat. "Sakura! I've found you!" he screeched. He tried setting her down on the floor, but the moment her feet found the floor, she screamed and fell. Her jade eyes trailed up to the person who dropped her.
"Who are you?" she inquired, while trying to get back in her chair. A hurt look crossed the strange boy's face. A girl walked into the dining room, her brown hair in two buns resting on either side of her head. Her shirt was white and she had red pants on. The same metal plate as Naruto's covered her forehead. Her sandals were black.
"Sakuraaaa! It's me! Lee!" the boy said, tears clouding in his eyes. Sakura blinked, trying to figure out how this could be Lee. "I won't look like this, Sssakura," he said. She sighed and then smiled.
"So now you're human?" Sakura asked incredibly, earning an eager nod. "Well, you sprained my ankle. You need to fix it," she said, half angry. She couldn't walk and she needed to find what she was searching for. She needed to be able to use both of her legs. What if she ran into Itachi, again? What if this Sasuke turned out to be a creep? There were too many reasons to use her legs again than not too. A sly smirk crossed Lee's lips, and suddenly she didn't trust him anymore.
Without hesitation, Lee grabbed a kunai and slashed his tounge. Then he held his tounge over Sakura's throbbing ankle, much to her disgust. Slowly, the pain started to subside. She looked up to him with curious eyes. "How did you..?"
"I was an enchanted snake, so I was able to talk. Now that I'm human, I need to have some sort of special ability. So my blood heals people." Sakura smiled and stood up, not feeling her ankle anymore. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him.
"You're not going to sparkle, right?" she asked teasingly. Naruto and then girl with brown hair exchanged glances and Naruto shrugged. Sakura then turned her attention to the girl. Only one female servant, she recalled. That must be her, Tenten. Sakura smiled at her, then bowed gratefully. "Thank you, Tenten." The brown-eyed girl looked over at the pinkette.
"How did you know my name?" she asked hesitantly. She had a natural distrust about people, and learned it was better to be weary of the people around her. Sakura smiled and extended her hand.
"Excuse me. Sasuke left me a letter, explaining what's going on. I'm Haruno Sakura, by the way." Tenten's eyes widened in surprise, then a small smile settled on her lips. Sakura, eh? she thought happily.
"You're real?" she asked in genuine surprise. Sakura's eyes widened, of course she was real. Was something wrong with this girl? Giving a confused glance to her, she sighed. "Never thought I'd see you," she remarked before leaving. Sakura gave a desperate glance to Naruto, who smiled sheepishly.
"She must be tired. She's been working so hard lately, she's barely had time for herself," he said sheepishly. Sakura gave a nod in understandment, thinking that the girl simply overworked herself. She knew all about it. Before she came into this mysterious land, she had a job at a diner in Ichikawa. They gave her odd hours and sometimes, if she wanted to maintain her GPA, she didn't sleep. Those days, she'd be tired and confused and somehow ended up in trouble. "I'll go make sure she gets some rest," he said before leaving the room.
"I understand," she said.
"Tenten. Sasuke-teme told us not to tell her about it!" Naruto yelled/whispered to the brown-haired girl in the kitchen. Tenten smiled at him.
"Whoops. At least I didn't tell the whole story like someone who have," she said, glancing over the white-haired butler, who simply smiled, showing off his jagged teeth.
"Just choose your words carefully, Tenten," Naruto said and walked out.
She smiled at him when she head a door open. She turned her head, and met a pair on eyes the same color as licorice. They seem warm, yet cold. Somewhat distant and intent. She couldn't tell what lied beneath them, but she knew one thing about them. They're gorgeous, she thought happily.
Jade eyes trailed down the person who had such captivating eyes. She noticed his spiky hair and deathly pale skin tone. She smiled at him and bowed gratefully. "Thank you, Sasuke," she said softly. Sasuke gave a sideways glance at her. Naruto smiled at him mischievously and snickered.
"For what, Haruno Sakura?" he asked, tilting her head back up. "There's no need to bow to me. I'm not the king, yet," he said cooly. He stared into her jade eyes, holding her chin up. Sakura could feel something - she didn't know what - working inside her. He's gorgeous, she thought. She could feel the butterflies fluttering around in her tummy. Her ankle felt fine, better than ever, but her knees felt like jello. She smiled at him and a faint blush dusted over her cheeks.
"Have a cup of tea with me," he said walking to a seat at the far end of the table. She followed and took the seat across from and Naruto sat next to her. "Naruto, bring us some tea," Sasuke ordered.
"I'm not the maid," Naruto protested. A glaring contest started between Naruto and Sasuke, leading up Naruto leaving. It was then that she noticed Lee was missing. Oh well, she thought. I'll find him again.
"So, would you like to hear about why Itachi tried to kill you?" Sasuke asked, with a smirk. She nodded, moving her pink locks up and down with her, causing them to fall into her face. Brushing them out, a man with whitish/blueish hair and violet came with two cups of piping hot tea. A bright smile from Sakura and a 'hn' from Sasuke sent the man away. "Well, Mandara Uchiha, founded it. It was a wreck, and he made it beautiful. Everything you see around here, isn't because of him. It's because of Itachi. I could go on and on about how Konoha was formed and who did what - but that's not my job. And it's incredibly boring. I'll tell you the important things. My father and mother ruled over the land, until the were killed -"
"By Itachi. He told me that, before he tried to drown me," Sakura said with a forced smile. Sasuke stared at the girl for a moment. Long, pink hair. Bright jade eyes. Thin, pink lips. Saukra...she's defintely the one. Why did he talk to her? he thought, placing one hand over the other. She sipped her tea quietly, noticing the Uchiha staring at her, again. A blush dusted itself onto her cheeks, yet again, and she angrily fought it off.
"What else did he tell you?" Sasuke inquired, his interest in her becoming noticable. She sat back after sipping her tea. She noticed how he stiffened when she mentioned Itachi.
"Not much. He killed his - your - parents a decade ago. He said something about it being a happier place. It's not the same as it was," she said softy. Sasuke stared with such intensity, she bet Lee could feel it.
"That's all he told you?" he asked curiously. He would've told her. He likes showing off, he thought.
"Then he threaten to rip my heart out if I was faster than him. Since I was slower, he tried to drown me. That's where you come in," she said, sipping her tea. Sasuke shot her a questionable look. He would have teased her, he thought. He bought his tea to his lips and sipped quietly.
"Did he...taunt you? While dragging you to the pond?" Sasuke asked, his gaze intensifying. Sakura nearly choked on her tea. Why would he ask that? she thought. He sighed and stared at her. "It's important, Sakura. Did he say anything else? Anything?"
She thought about it. "He started counting down by twenty-five. In between counting he would tease me. Stuff like that," she said, looking at his with the say intensity. The corners of his lips turned up in a snarl.
"Do you remember exactly what he said?"
"Not exactly...I was panicking. At twenty-two he talked about my ankle, knowing it hurt," she said slowly, trying to remember. "He called me pretty. He said that I was going to stop some dark king or something." He was telling her about Orochimaru, Sasuke thought.
"I was going to break some kind of curse." Ino, Shikamaru, Neji and Hinata, he thought, his face twisting in anger.
"I was polite and going to heal people." Tsundae.
"I was going to save everyone." Kakashi
She started thinking again. She knew he said something else, but she was too busy screaming to listen. She thought back, reflecting on her surroundings. She could feel the cool grass under her. She could feel the dirt, collecting under her fingernails. She could feel the pain he inflicting on her ankle by gripping it so tightly. She heard his voice, cold and taunting. "Sakura Haruno would've made the perfect bride!"
In another second, she could feel herself trembling in her seat, across from Sasuke. She looked up from her lap, her jade eyes wide. Her bottom lip trembled and tears threaten to leak from her eyes. What the hell did I just do? she thought.
"I would've made the perfect bride," she said slowly. Me, Sasuke thought. He swallowed. He told her everything that would've made sense if she was from here. Now it seemed like broken jeers, thrown at her. He sighed and ran a hand through his spiky, ebony tresses. I'm going to have to tell her, he thought.
"Do you want to hear a story, Sakura?" Sasuke asked, throwing the shaken girl off guard.