AUTHOR's NOTE: English isn't my native language, so please forgive me if there are some sentences wrong grammar, incorrect spelling and incorrect punctuations. For Filipinos out there if you want to read the tagalong version same theme almost same plot visit my wattpad account with the username LilMissCyree entitled TGMTD (The Gangster Meets the Demon series): The Demon was Tamed
This is a gangster story wherein Sakura is the real leader of Akatsuki.
Akatsuki – 4th Year
Sakura- 4th year in Amegakure University
Konoha 12 exept Sakura – 3rd Year
Temari- 4th Year
Kankuro – 3rd Year
Gaara- 3rd Year
Sai – 3rd Year
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto and all the things connected to it.
After a fifteen-minute drive from the Airport they finally arrived in the grounds of a huge yellow slash gold with a touch of orange villa. Golden fence protected the estates and behind the fence are some very well cared bushes and trees. In the middle is a Victorian styled fountain.
"We had arrived at the Kobayashi Mansion Sakura-sama" the driver told Sakura as he lowers the glass that divides the driver's seat from the back seat.
"The mansion had changed," Sakura stated as she gave the mansion a short gaze.
Suddenly, the limousine's door had opened revealing two men-in-black wannabes guarding the honey colored double front door. With poise and class, Sakura walked out of the limo with her orange Hermes sling bag on her right shoulder and her fur coat on her left arm, which she handed to one who opened the limo's door.
Then, the man on the right opened the right side of the double doors, then a man in gray suit with red tie, with short hair as white as snow; and little grey eyes appeared and bowed down at the sight of Sakura.
"Welcome home Lady Sakura" He greeted with a friendly tone mixed with longing.
"It's been a while, isn't it Jasper?" Sakura greeted back with light smile on her lips. "And you are still the butler" she continued
"It's been a while indeed" the man answered back. "Come inside my lady, Lady Mebuki is already waiting at the receiving area" he continued as he gestures to come in.
"Thank You" Sakura replied as she stepped inside the mansion and walk to the receiving area.
"May I announce the arrival of Haruno Sakura" Jasper announced, loud enough to be heard upto the receiving are that made Mebuki and a man there stand.
As Sakura arrived at the receiving area, she spotted a man, who wore a khaki colored Versace suit, with fine short black hair, and amused but hard amber looking eyes, staring at her. And her mother, who wore a white exclusive mid-afternoon suit; existed of a skirt that reached her knees and a blazer, with her long blonde hair that was pulled into a tight bun.
"Sakura, come sit with us" Mebuki greeted her with a fake smile plastered on her face.
'What is she trying to do?' her inner asked
'She's faking again' Sakura answered herself
'The fake smile is killing me'
'Same here.'
"Good Morning, and who would you be?" Sakura said as she sit down beside Mebuki.
"You had grown into a very fine young woman, Sakura-sama. I am Jeeves Smith, your grandfather's lawyer" the man said, extending his hand to shake hers.
"Very well then it's nice to meet you Mr. Smith" Sakura said as she shakes Jeeves hand.
"May you please call me Jeeves, Sakura-sama" Jeeves asked her.
"Okay, let me ask you ask you a question, What is your business here? I heard that my grandfather has already passed" Sakura demanded rather than inquired.
"No need to get haste Sakura-sama, I'm here to discuss about your inheritance that was written in Kobayashi-sama's Last Will, or rather I'm here to give you something that your grandfather wants you to have, since we all know that all things he owns belongs to you now" Jeeves explained.
"Oh Jeeves, I'm sorry for my daughter's actions, she doesn't trust people easily" Mebuki said sweetly still maintaining the fake smile on her lips.
"No need to apologize, I know that anyone can become paranoid especially when you came from a rich family. By the way your grandfather wants you to have this" Jeeves handed Sakura an ivory envelope with the Kobayashi seal intact in front of the envelope.
Sakura grabbed the envelope slowly then she hesitantly opened it, revealing her grandfather's last words for her written in black ink.
Sakura, my grandaughter
When we lost your brother, I thought I lost everything. I hated you, I despised you, and I even disgusted you. I can't even look at your emerald eyes that are same as mine. We put all the blame on you without thinking that it's not your fault he died it's ours. Instead of comforting you in times of your endeavor I pushed you away and let you fall. I don't know how can I ever pay the times that I hurt you emotionally. It's just then that I realized that it's not really your brother that we lost, it's you. I found you my angel. But the moment I found you, you don't need me anymore, you have the Akatsuki to lean on, I want to fulfill my duties as your grandfather but I can no longer do it. But one thing I'm happy about is, you are so open to me, you trusted me my angel, even the about the gang that you made. I can't imagine how you cope up, because ever since your brother died you carried the burden of being the heiress of both the Kobayashi's and the Haruno's, for your mother can't become the heiress because of her mistakes along with your father.
Sakura, I am your grandfather, we share the same blood but when you needed support I wasn't there. I never did anything good as your father but to push you down, I know no riches can pay the time that we missed. But Sakura, to you I leave all my properties. I know I'm in no position to ask you but please study in Konoha, where everything began. Start everything again with a clean sheet.
Sakura you had grown up without experiencing parental love, you became a beggar asking people to pity you and give you love. Sakura you are my jewel I love you no matter what, I want you to do things that you want without other's judgement. Please forgive me for not telling this to you in person. Sakura, I love you…
As Sakura reads the letter tears started to escape from her eyes, because of his grandfather's sincerity. And deep down she knows that her grandfather loved her as her own child, and not as his grandchild. She wipe the tears on her cheeks with her hand.
'We never hated grandpa, but look he's saying sorry to us' her inner said
'I never had grudges against him for I know he loved us. I love grandpa, and I'll study here in Konoha for him'
"Sakura-sama, are you okay?" Jeeves asked her .
"Yeah, I'm okay" Sakura answered as she folded the letter nicely and put it back on its envelope. "Do I need to return this?" she asked raising the envelope.
"You can keep it, Sakura-sama"
Sakura kissed the letter before she hid it on her bag. "Thank You Jeeves, for giving me the letter"
"Its my pleasure Sakura-sama" he replied as he stand and bow infront of Mebuki and Sakura. "I need to leave now"
"Thank you very much Jeeves for visting" Mebuki said as she extend her hand to himwhich he grabbed then shake. "Let me lead you outside"
Sakura watched the retreating figureof Jeeves and Mebuki as she re-read the letter from her grandfather, in the middle of reading the letter her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Sakura" she heard the smooth and calm voice of Itachi on the other line.
"Itachi, why did you call?" she responded with her sweet voice that is only exclusive for the Akatsuki members.
"What's the meaning of the formal gathering launched by the Kobayashi Group of companies?" even though his voice is calm his tone is demanding.
"What?!" she couldn't help but raise her voice
"Told ya" she heard Kisame said smugly on the other line.
"Very well then, we'll see you tonight for the gathering" Itachi ended.
Sakura can't process the information she just received from Itachi, she was about to begin her tantrums but she spotted her mother and readily ran towards her to confront her about the formal gathering.
"Mebuki!" she screamed hysterically
"Sakura, tone down your voice" Mebuki ordered her.
"You don't have the right to order me" Sakura said harshly.
"What's your problem?" Mebuki asked.
"Itachi told me about a Kobayashi Formal Gathering, or what do you call that shit?" She asked angrily as she pull her hair tie, and turn her back at her mother.
"The world needs to know your existence. You've been stuck in Ame for a long time" Mebuki tried explaining to her.
"But I don't want the world to know about me" she said facing her mother.
"It has been spread all over Konoha, no need to back out now, Beside Itachi and your Akatsuki friends will be coming" Mebuki told her with a bit of disgust upon mentioning the name of Sakura's gang.
"But I wasn't informed, that's the point" she answered back.
"I was planning on informing you the moment Jeeves is out of the mansion" Mebuki said.
Sakura sighed before saying something to her mother "Besides, no one must know that Haruno Sakura has pink hair"
"Why?" the only word that Mebuki managed to say.
"I'm planning to go to Konoha University as a normal girl, perhaps a scholar of the Kobayashi heiress, with my old get up: glasses, and short pink hair" she explained.
"Then, I'll ask your hair stylist to buy a wig" Mebuki said turning her back to her daughter and away, while Sakura collapsed on to the nearest couch.
-=SASUKE=-
"Hey Teme! What do you think Haruno Sakura looks like?" Naruto asked with his usual enthusiastic self.
"Hn" Sasuke grunted in response.
"Hey Teme that's not even an answer" Naruto replied back.
"Shut up dobe you are being loud again." Sasuke told him with his usual monotone voice.
"Teme, are you PMSing?" Naruto asked.
"Do you even know what PMS means?" Sasuke asked him.
"Nah... So Teme what do you think would Haruno Sakura looks like?" Naruto asked again.
"Perhaps another squeling fangirl" Sasuke answered with a smirk on his lips.
"Don't be over confident Uchiha, the world doesn't revolve on you" Neji said in the same manner as Sasuke's.
"Troublesome people thinking everything revolves around them" Shikamaru said lazily as he sits opposite to Sasuke.
"Bye hon" the familiar flirtatious tone was heard at the back "Hey yo!" Suigetsu greeted as he sit beside Naruto giving him a high five.
"Hey Suigetsu who's the new girl?" Kiba asked, as he approach he group
"Don't bother asking him the name most probably he already forgot." Shino said calmly.
"Atleast I remember the first letter, her name starts with A" Suigetsu defended himself.
"Hey! Hey! What do you think of Haruno Sakura?" NAruto asked the group.
"The gathering requires us to wear formal attire" Neji informed everyone.
"Its too troublesome" Shikamaru commented.
"Everything is troublesome to you bro!" Kiba told him.
"Hey! Why are you ignoring me?" Naruto whined.
"You are noisy dobe" Sasuke answered NAruto
"What did you call me Teme?" Naruto asked.
"I called you dobe, dobe" Sasuke answered
"Teme"
"Hey yo! Enough with the dobe's and teme's" Suigetsu said in attempt to stop the two, luckily he succeeded.
"Are you going to the gathering?" Shino asked.
"All of the sons and daughters of the prominent people are always required" Neji stated in an as-a-matter-of-fact tone. "And for everyone's information the time is moved"
TIME SKIP
The Kobayashi event's hall is so huge, the place seemed to be more like a castle with Greek architectural designs. the giant ballroom was so amazingly decorated, that would made anyone's eyes go wide of astonishment. A chandelier, hung at the ceiling. And the guests are piling up inside the event's hall.
"Sasuke, I heard Itachi will be present here today" Mikoto, wearing her black sleeves long gown that reached her ankles adorned with silver belt on her waist that shows her curves, told her son enthusiastically.
"That would be nice" Sasuke responded to his mother. "I heard Itachi and the Haruno girl are close acquaintances"
"Yes honey, Itachi and Sakura are close friends back in Ame, I wish the two of them would end up together, they make a cute couple" Mikoto commented.
"I would like to announce the arrival of the guests from Ame, Uchiha Itachi, Hoshikage Kisame, Watanabe Pein, Ito Konan, Sato Hidan, and Kudo Kakuzu"
"I would like to go to my family for a while" Itachi told the others.
"Same goes for us" the others said in unison.
"Just look for the table reserved for us, Sakura told me it has the Akatsuki symbol" Itachi told the rest then he walked towards the other Uchiha's .
"Father" Itachi greeted.
"Itachi"
Itachi took his mother's hand and planted a soft kiss on top of it. "It's good to see you mom."
Mikoto hugged his oldest soon whose wearing a custom made Versace suit, with color dark blue and a blood red tie. "Oh honey I miss you"
"I miss you too, mom" Itachi responded then he was released by his mother then he looked at her brother.
"Little brother" Itachi said calmly with a smirk on his lips.
"Itachi" Sasuke said coldly "Father, Mom please allow me to meet my other friends" then he left.
"If you would excuse me too, I have to be with my peers" Itachi said, then he walked away.
"Teme!" Naruto wearing a black suit with an orange tie shouted to capture Sasuke's attention.
"You are being loud again dobe" Sasuke told him.
"Ne… Teme you are in a bad mood again" Naruto said as if he can read Sasuke like a book
"Shut up dobe" Sasuke said "Where are the others?"
Naruto pointed the table where Neji and the others wearing black suits are seated. Neji having a brown tie, Suigetsu with purple tie, Kiba with silver tie, Shikamaru with green, and shino with gray.
-=SAKURA=-
"Sakura-sama, Itachi-sama is on the other line" one of the maids told her, as they hand her a wireless telephone.
"Itachi, look for Mebuki, you will be my escort for today. No more complaints" Sakura said giving Itachi no chance to talk then she handed the phone to the maids.
-=SASUKE=-
As Naruto and Sasuke reached the table, the announcer started speaking.
"Since, the important guests are already here, let's give the floor to Lady Haruno Mebuki" the announcer said then the spotlight flashed to a woman upstage in the middle of two curved stairs, wearing a black shimmering evening dress that was V-cut, that went low, flashing a part of her breast and two high slits at either side of her dress.
"Thank you for accepting my request and for coming here tonight do may I introduce to each and everyone of you my daughter, Haruno Sakura" Mebuki said then the lights went off, leaving the spotlight on a place on the end of the right stairs.
Then a girl started to walk to the light as the light hit her everyone's eyes was only on her, her hair, a color of midnight blue that contrasted her ivory flawless and soft looking skin, almost reached the end of her back. She looked so small and fragile, like a glazed doll you could only look and admire. It was like if you touched her too hard she would break into thousand pieces. She looked so sweet and soft. A soft smile playing on her beautiful and kissable lips, which were shinning by the little amount of lip gloss they put on her. She was wearing a long down flow dress. It was so loose at the top that all of her back was showed, and what a sexy flawless back that was… the dress was supported to her shoulders by a think black strap that connected to the bottom dress. A few folded down flows of the black dress covered Sakura's breasts and showed her cleavage, but still it looked elegant on her. The bottom part of her dress was sliced by her left leg which showed her flawless left leg. The right part of the dress flowed down up to half of her knees, and her feet adorned with black patent leather heels.
She walked slowly down the stairs and at the end of the stairs there stood Itachi who took her hand and assisted her like a gentle, and was awarded by Sakura a very sweet smile. But this made Sasuke dig his fingers on to his palms forming small crescents on to it.
"Good evening everyone" a sweet and soft feminine voice filled the ballroom. "I feel so blessed to be standing here before this huge amount of people who complied with our request for tonight. It's been a while since I last visited Konoha, and now I'm here in front of you. I would like to thank everyone for being here today and making this special gathering a success." She continued, then she locked her eyes at Itachi.
Then violins began the intro and in that same second. Itachi took Sakura's petite hands and they went in the middle of the hall. Her small right hand was in his much bigger left hand until he swiftly tugged her to him. The familiar song of Johann Strauss began in play and sure enough, the two Hyuugas actually danced the Waltz. Step, step and slightly lift, step, step, and so on and on. After they had opened the dance, being in everyone's attention for a full minute, more couples went in perfectly onto the dance floor. None of the couples missed a step and all of them moved exactly on the same time. It seemed as if it was rehearsed. More people went to join the dance.
Then, Itachi left Sakura in the middle to be danced by Hyuuga Hiashi, followed by Namikaze Minato, then her best frien Pein, followed by Kisame, a man named Hatake Kakashi, then Sarutobi Asuma, followed by Uchiha Fugaku.
"You had grown" Fugaku told her with his usual dull, and deep voice.
"Thank You Mr. Uchiha" Sakura said.
"Let me ask you what are your relationship with my son, Itachi?" Fugaku asked her that made Sakura blush.
"U-u-uhm… We're just friends" Sakura answered stealing a glance at Itachi.
"Then, what's the blush that I can see?" he asked
"Really Mr. Uchiha, Itachi and I are just friends" Sakura answered, then Fugaku spinned her then Fugaku bowed in front of her while Sakura curtseyed.
"It's been a pleasure dancing with you"
Then, Hyuuga Hizashi danced her, to be followed by his son, Hyuuga Neji, then Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, then Uchiha Sasuke.
She gasped when he made her twirl 360 degrees, her dress flaring slightly up, giving the twirl much more effect, then pulled her to him.
Instantly his right hand found her naked back, and his left hand found her right one. She instinctively put her unoccupied hand on his shoulder.
He didn't even look to the other couples around to see in which step he should fall in. He just kept his gaze locked on hers and, within the same second that he had tugged her to him, he began to lead her.
They moved exactly like everybody else.
The band kept playing Strauss and so everybody kept in tight quick moves to the beat.
She's been leaded and twirled, her dress flaring around her, while they kept eye contact locked at all times. But no one dared to speak.
Thirty seconds had passed between them in complete silence. Thirty seconds that seemed more like thirty hours than half a minute and shockingly, Sasuke had broken the trance.
"It's nice to meet you Haruno Sakura, I am" He began but Sakura cut his sentence
"Uchiha Sasuke, Itachi told me about you" She answered calmly.
"Its nice to meet one of my brother's friends" His face was as collect as his tone.
"I never thought you would call Itachi your brother, as what I have heard you call him on first name basis" Sakura responded simply, got twirled by him again like any other female on the dance floor.
Sasuke connected their hands as quickly as it came when she returned to him.
"Why are you back here in Konoha? Sure enough you can't be here only for this ball, are you?" he asked
"Actually, my mom is trying to force me to study in Konoha University home for the…" Sakura said cutting her own sentence
"Home for the?"
As they talked they danced all through the hall. Between other pairs but moving all alike all the while.
"Nothing don't mind it."
"But you declined"
Sasuke twirled her again, his hand finding her back once more, only a little bit lower than before he had twirled her.
"Obviously"
"Why?" He remarked as soon as she was returned to him.
"Let's say I don't want to be separated from my friends, from Itachi, Kisame, Hidan, Konan, Pein although some already transferred. But Mebuki is hard to convince" Sakura retorted.
"It seems like you have more males as friends than girls. How about your relationship with Itachi? What is he like when he's around you?"
"That's not your problem, Uchiha-san." She injected him, still having the smile on her lips. "If you have problems with Itachi you don't have to ask questions from the people who are close to him. Ask him directly"
"True." He stated, not showing that he was slightly offended. "As much as it isn't my business to mingle in my brother's life-"
"Then don't." She did it again.
She felt him closer than she was comfortable with and she was surprised when her much softer chest hit his hard one. She let out a silent gasp but before she could lose her footing, Sasuke had held her steady and continued going on with the dance on Strauss' originally tune.
There was only one twirl for all the ladies to be made before the Waltz was over. He did it slowly, making her turn about by his own hand, and instead of stopping her mid-step like all the other couples were doing, he lightly pulled Sakura back to him.
And he dipped her.
They were the only ones like that; Sakura dipped low, and if it weren't for Sasuke's strong steady grip, she knew that she would be flat on her back now, he didn't pull her upright immediately like at a normal dip one would do.
She stared up with into his onyx orbs, emerald clashing with black, his face so close, his bangs tickling her cheek and their breaths mingled in the little space between them.
"As you wish," He talked low, whispering even, and replying to her last comment. "Sakura."
After the dance Sakura immediately walk towards the Akatsuki table.
"I'll kill your brother Itachi" Sakura said angrily as she sit on the nearest chair. "If the two of you have some problems keep me out of it."
"What did he told you?" Itachi asked her
"Well, he first asked about my friends, and I know that he will soon ask about you so I did the thing to stop him from aking and how dare he dipped me" she ranted
"Uchiha's are really crazy people" Kisame said.
"I'm hungry." Sakura said.
"We'll get something for you. By the way Nice hair" Kakuzu said, as he asked everyone to come with him.
Then a man with white hair and purple eyes approached her.
"Hi, I'm Suigetsu, and you must be Haruno Sakura" he said in his usual flirting method.
"Flirt with someone else" Sakura said. "Or you can flirt with Kisame later"
"Sakura-chan, did you just said Kisame? As in the Hoshikage Kisame?" Suigetsu asked.
"Yes, I'm pertaining to that giant talking fish" Sakura said as she sneak a peek at Suigetsu, who's dazed and jaws open. "Oh God! Another Fish lover"
"Did he thought you how to wield a sword? Is he a great teacher? Is he a great friend?" Suigetsu asked him.
"Uhm… No, definitely No, and somehow yes, Please excuse me" Sakura said as she walk away and follow the other Akatsuki members, only to be pulled by Itachi who pressed his lips on to hers.
"Sakura" Itachi said slowly as she walk away from her.
