Chapter 3: Awkward
"We're here! Finally! It took us 2 days! FINALLY I CAN GET OUT OF THAT FRICKIN' SAND HELL!" Isis exclaimed in a very much exaggerated manner.
"Hn. You're the female version of the dobe, aren't ya?" Sasuke stated in a very much annoyed tone.
"Well, you aren't any better, Mr. STICK-UP-THE-ASS!" Isis shot back. There was a twitch of an eyebrow on Sasuke 's face.
"Look, you might be hot and stuff, even I have to admit that..." Isis said, watching a smirk crept onto Sasuke's face , replacing the twitching eyebrow, "...but you really need to stop the goddamn emo facade! It's getting so damn BORING!"
"That's it." thought Sasuke as a vein popped on his head.
"Well, I don't see you cutting that Miss-Little-Good-Girl act. Don't think I don't know that you've backstabbed people." Sasuke said back smugly.
Isis was caught in disbelief when she heard that comment. "Uchiha Sasuke! Don't take me as those kind of lowly people! I hate those assholes who talk behind people's backs! They're the lowest of the low!"
"Well, then why do you only talk about them when they're not around?" Sasuke, this time more serious, spat back at her.
"I don't! I only say they're assholes! That's it! Like you! Do I ever talk about your things behind your back? No, I don't, I only say you're an emotionless-void-faceless-asshole. That's it! I swear! You can ask…"
Sakura just sighed at their bickering and shoved their voices into the background. She went into her own world, thinking what would they do here until all this madness has died down. She was somehow sure that things weren't going to go as planned for them but she just shrugged it off as if it was just the sand getting to her head.
Oh... but how wrong she was to just ignore it...
"Ne~ Sakura-chan~ Sakura-chan~ I'm getting tired talking to emo over there. Can we just get on with it and find Gaara now? I'm tired and sweaty from the 2 days we were in that damned sandstorm, also from that stupid ambush we encountered just, what? 10 minutes ago? Also, I wanna see my favourite Kazekage!" Isis exclaimed in a very relaxed tone.
A fist, namely Sakura's, was intact to Isis's head as soon as she finished complaining.
"Would you just stop complaining and act like a teenage girl of your age already? And we're supposed to meet our escorts by now. There!" Sakura said as she pointed the two shinobis walking towards their way.
"Hey guys! Always nice to see some Leaf-nins in the Sand! Was your journey a pleasant one?" Temari asked in a surprisingly rather cheerful manner.
Isis was the first to say something.
"Yes, yes it's alright, lady. I'm very happy to hike ten miles and a quarter through raging sandstorms on the hottest days of the year and the get ambushed unprepared just to come here empty-handed just because your boyfriend forgot to sign the freaking agreement and lost it! No problem!" Isis then flipped her midnight black hair at Temari, eyes squinted and added, "Let's see you try it."
A vein popped on Temari's forehead and she then said, " Oh yeah? Fine, let's see you deal with hormonally insane teenage girls 24 hours a day because they're after my goddamn idiot of a brother. Why did he have to be born with such good looks, minus the eye-liner part."
Sasuke choked.
"OK, it's on sista!" Isis said with a slang.
"Bring it." Temari said as she glared at Isis earning a glare back from her.
"Ehe... " Sakura struggled a laugh, but she wanted to get over with this soon so she could take a bath and relax and forget about the world. So she interrupted saying, "Um... I know you guys are having fun and all... but can we please see Gaa- I mean, Kazekage-sama now? We have to explain what happened on our way here."
"Oh yes, I'm so sorry I forgot about you Sasuke, Sakura." Temari looked up seeing as to where the sun's position was to estimate the time.
"Wow, look at the time. Well, it's about time we be there by now. Anyway, c'mon, let's go." She said with a smile directed to Sakura and Sasuke.
"Yes! Lets!" Isis, more than eager to get over with it and descended to the Kazekage's tower.
"Oh Gaara dearest!Where are you?" Isis shouted as she barged into his office, earning a few looks from the people around them.
"Gaara! Gaara! Where are-" Isis's voice was muffled by Sakura's hand.
"Isis... would you mind being a little less louder than you normally are? That would be a great favour for all of us here. Thank you." Sakura said as she slowly took away her hand from Isis's mouth.
"Awwwww... Why? Me and Gaara are so close!" A cheeky grin appeared on her expression.
"Well, I wouldn't mind it that much anyways... besides, Gaara doesn't mind." Sasuke stated as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Guys." A quite pissed off Gaara appeared at the door. Temari turned to look at Sasuke and said, "What did you say about Gaara not minding?"
"Gaara! C'mere you little baka!" Isis said as she nudged his head.
"Hn, girl version of the dobe." Sasuke said with a smirk.
"Ya, ya! Say what you want emo-derp-shit. You ain't gettin' nothin' from me." Isis said as she messed up Gaara's hair.
"Uhum! Well anyways..." Gaara said as he slowly escaped from Isis's grasp. "Temari, show them to their inn, and report to me tomorrow. I have things to do, so see me tomorrow morning."
Temari nodded and escorted them out of the office. Sasuke and Sakura bowed slightly whereas Isis waved "Bye bye Gaara!" earning Sakura's hand pushing her head down to make it as if she was bowing.
"OK, let's go to your inn." Temari said with a small smile.
Isis was first to run to the counter. "Anoo~ baa-chan, three rooms please. Overnight.".
"I'm sorry dearie, but we only have two rooms left. But on the bright side, each room can fit 2 people!" The nice old lady told them.
"Oh, so it won't be a problem then. We'll take it." Sakura nodded.
"Well... sorry to break it to you Sakura, but I am the last person you'd want to sleep with. So, I guess you have to sleep with Sasuke." Isis said without a hint of embarrassment.
"WHAT?!" Sakura said as her cheeks turned a shade of bright pink that could almost match up to her pink hair. She pulled Isis further away."Don't be crazy Isis. How can a grown man and woman sleep with each other? Even though we did it as kids but we were just still kids that time." she stated.
"Wait let me explain this. Number one, I snore really, really loud. I mean like elephant-ish loud. You won't be able to sleep a wink. Two, I sleep talk. A friend told me that when I was over at her house for a sleep over. She recorded everything and well... let's say I didn't say the best of things."
"Three, I tend to move around, a lot when I sleep. I used to kick my sister off our bed whenever we slept together. Four, I sleep walk. Five, I sleep really late and usually sleep at 4 in the morning. Before three, I will either be walking around or having trouble falling asleep, so when I try to I have to do this sort of ritual things to make me sleep. And well... the list just seems to go on..." Isis said sheepishly with a hint of embarrassment of the fact that she does all these things when she sleeps.
"So yea... and now I will..." Isis snatched the keys on the front desk and ran away to the destined room.
"Hey!" Sakura took the other set of keys from the front desk and ran off, tailing her was a frustrated Sasuke.
Although Sakura and Sasuke were right behind her but they just couldn't seem to catch up to her. When they caught up they were already at her room door.
Just in time, Isis opened the door and went in.
"Have fun tonight you two!" she slammed the door in front of their faces.
"Damn!" Sakura said as she wiped the sweat that was slowly forming on her already big enough forehead.
They could hear her snicker on the other side of the door.
"So what are we gonna do now?" sked a panting Sasuke.
"I...I guess we have no choice..." Sakura said, trying best not to feel shy.
"Hn." Sasuke said as a small blush crept up his face.
"L-let's go..."Sakura stuttered as she unlocked the door to their was a nice cozy room. Spacious, a queen sized bed, a comfy looking couch that could fit three people, a TV and a small coffee table in front of the couch.
After a few minutes of checking out theroom, they unpacked.
"I'm going to take a bath first. You can go after me..." a blush formed on Sakura's face.
"OK." said the stoic Uchiha.
Sakura than grabbed her stuff and went into the bathroom.
As soon as she shut the door she thought to herself, 'Isis, you are gonna pay for this!' She then undressed and stepped into the shower area, and let the cooling sensation wash away the madness.
Sasuke thought about the same thing.
He plopped onto the bed, 'What mess have I got myself into? And what did I do to deserve this?' OK, maybe he did do a lot of things to deserved this, but he's done his time, what else did he have to do?
10 minutes later, Sakura came out of the bathroom in a pink tank top and a pair of latex tight fitting pants.
"Sasuke-kun, your turn to use the bathroom..." Sakura said timidly.
"...hn."He stood up, took his things and went in the bathroom.
When he got in he thought to himself, 'What the hell was I doing?! Was I ogling at Sakura's figure?!' He blushed a deep red as he remembered the clothes she was wearing, 'And what the hell was she wearing?! That's too much skin exposure! Ughhh! I'm gonna wash these thoughts off...' At the same time, mentally cursing the girl next door.
"Whew! Today was another successful day!" Isis said as she grinned to herself. "Now I just have to take a nice long bath to wash all the dirt off." She said to herself as she stepped into the bathroom and filled the bathtub with nice warm water.
She dipped her hand in. "Ahhhh... just nice..." she then took off all her clothes and slowly made way to the bathtub.
She stopped suddenly in front of the mirror. Turning to her left, the tattoo of the Leaf symbol can be seen on her upper arm. She moved her right hand and touched the tattoo. She smiled softly yet sadly at the permanent mark on her left arm.
"This brings back a lot of memories..." She said softly just a little above a whisper.
Many might not know, but only a few have the mark and those who did were those who swore their loyalty to the village forever, promising to complete every task or mission even if it meant for them to die.
Pledging their loyalty to something forever... like a dog chained to a steel wall... never thinking of breaking away to be free...