Luka1Sakura: What is up my wonderful readers!!! Uhh.…sorry about not updating in such a long time. My computer broke down….TWICE!! And I was on a blank soo yea….sorry about that, but I hope you are still willing to read my oh-so-awesome story xP. On with the story!!
"Thanks" Sakura told the cashier as she paid for her popcorn and left to the designated theatre. 'Hm...Theatre 14, 14….ah ha! 14!' she walked through the doors with a sign that said '14' in bold, block numbers. As she walked into the dark room she heard a shout that sounded strangely familiar "Alright! Princess Gale you rule!" she heard him shout "Hey what the hell do you think you're doing up there?!" another man's voice shouted back and soon after a thud followed by a groan. "Hey what's the big idea?!" Naruto groaned as he rubbed his head from his fall from the ceiling "Don't play stupid! You snuck in here without paying you lousy little freeloader!" the man who seemed like the owner as she can see, argued with Naruto "H-hey wait you've got it all wrong! We were just getting a little training in while we watched the movie!" Naruto shot back as he tried to reason with the man. "Training, for what?" the man question when Sasuke finally followed Naruto down from his position on the ceiling, but his feet actually landed on the ground unlike Naruto who was still sitting sprawled on the floor.
"We have tickets" Sasuke showed the man his ticket as the man seemed a little bewildered. "Are you ninja from the Leaf Village?" he asked as he looked from Naruto and Sasuke. "You bet we are!" Naruto finally stood from his seat and grinned madly towards the man "You're looking at the next Hokage! Oh yeah, Naruto Uzumaki, live and in the flesh!" he boasted with a slight twirl to his movements, until he was hit with a bag of treats "Hey shut up! Can't you see we're trying to watch the movie!" a man shouted.
'Idiot' Sakura continued to walk towards them as she rolled her eyes at her blond teammate's idiocy. As she made her way a cup of what seemed like a soft drink was aimed at her head but she dodged it just in time by reclining her head just a few inches to avoid being splattered by the cup's contents. Sasuke seeing her approach called out to her "Where have you been?" he asked her as he stuffed his hands in his pockets as he ignored Naruto being bombarded by trash. "I had to run some errands for the Old Lady, I just arrived" she explained as she watched Naruto struggle to dodge the objects being thrown at him "What I miss?" she asked her dark haired teammate as she took more bites of her popcorn, "Just the movie. Tsunade is really working you hard" he commented lastly. "Unfortunately" she told him in a tired sigh as she saw Naruto get hit again.
Now they were waiting for their sensei to arrive for their mission in a small alley that had supplies in it and a large wooden gate right beside the trio. Sakura was getting agitated as she munched on her popcorn and stared at Naruto as he drooled at a billboard ad with a picture of the actress that played a character that she was supposed to see but arrived too late, her character's name was Princess Gale.
She was leaning on a pile of large tubes of some sort as Sasuke sat coolly on them and Naruto was crouched in front of her drooling over himself as he stared up at a movie billboard that they had seen recently (Except for her). "Kakashi's late again" she mused as she continued to munch on her corn. "So what else is new?" Sasuke asked sarcastically, she sent a small glare towards him at his snippy reply but remained quiet.
In the past months Sakura and Sasuke have been getting a bit close, as she didn't bother him as she used to when she was infatuated with him. Not close enough to become friends, but close enough to become tolerable to be around each other. Especially, after Sakura began to gain a bit of an annoyance or dislike to her previous crush from his constant jerkiness and emoness. Also they didn't spend as much time together like they used to with all the team training and all. Her training with Tsunade was going extremely well considering how fast she was learning everything.
During that time, Team 7 hadn't been able to hang out together which Naruto always seemed to whine about, according to Sasuke. They would go hang out at the Ichiraku and eat a bowl or two, in Naruto's case about 5 or maybe 10 bowls. Sakura and Sasuke always wondered where he put it all, but they could really care less. And over that time not only Sasuke and Sakura gotten a bit close but all of Team 7, including Kakashi whenever he would drop by and hang out with the three. Those times were rare now though, Naruto is off doing missions with other genin, Sasuke is training and occasionally some missions with Naruto, but Sakura was training her ass off with Tsunade, and she's also sort of become another secretary to the damn old woman.
Though Tsunade's anger issue was insufferable her training was paying off and her skills as a ninja have increased dramatically. This mission with Team 7 is actually the first mission in a long time that she has been assigned to complete with them, since she became Tsunade's apprentice. She had a feeling that she was going to enjoy seeing the faces of her team when they see what she can do…so far.
"Ah man, that movie was so cool…I don't think I've ever been so blown away in my life—" Sakura could only glare at the idiot and launched a popcorn at his face "I didn't get to see it Naruto, and thanks to you I couldn't even see the ending because we got kicked out. I even missed that hot guy in the movie…" she daydreamed with a soft sigh. Then glanced back at Sasuke "Of course he can't compare to Sasuke-kun" she teased with a fake apology of a look on her face. Sasuke could only give her an annoyed glance as she suppressed a laugh "Man I don't know where you got your taste in men Sakura, but it stinks…" Naruto commented. Sakura could only roll her eyes towards Naruto "Excuse me?" she asked a little too sweetly with her creepy smile "Eh…I'm sorry what was the question again?" he asked her dumbly and afraid. She could only smile to his reaction, not bothering to explain to him that she was just teasing their Uchiha friend. She takes a seat on the ground and munches down some more popcorn.
"Eh…Sakura?" she heard Naruto call out to her nervously. "Hm?" she responded as she chewed on the snack "You think I can have some…you know… some of your popcorn?" his voice small and unsure of his own question. "Sure" she told him as she shrugged her shoulders and passed him the bag of corn. He greedily scarves down half of the bag's contents and shyly makes to give it back to her when they hear the sound of hoofs of a horse racing towards them, coming from the direction of the wooden gate. They all move from their relaxing positions and wait for the upcoming person on that horse.
The horse and its rider which seemed to look like Princess Gale from the movie came galloping over the tall fence. "Was that the what's her face actress?" I asked dumbly as the two stared at me like I was stupid "What I forgot her real name" she snapped at the two. Suddenly the wooden gates close to them slam open as a group of men on more horses chased after the 'princess' the swinging door shoves Naruto to the ground, along with the bag of popcorn. Sakura and Sasuke jump away in time to dodge the swinging door and Sakura stares at the wasted popcorn "Bastards" she muttered grimly as she mourned for her buttery snack. She and Naruto take off after them angrily 'They'll pay for what they did to my popcorn!' running after them as she made her silent threat to them, and Sasuke following behind them.
The chasers toss oil for her horse to slip on and she does and falls off her horse "Get her!" one of them with glasses ordered as some men jumped on her to put her down. In the struggle she elbows one of the men in the head and her appearance transforms into a short pink haired girl with furious jade green eyes. And they automatically become confused "Hey, where did the princess go?" one of them stupidly question. Sasuke appears behind the one that called the shots with the small round glasses and hit him in the neck unconscious. The other men cower and try to make a run for it when they run into a very pissed off Sakura "You'll pay for what you did!" her creepy face makes Sasuke roll his eyes at his childish teammate.
Sasuke and Sakura tie up the men "Oh dear…what are you guys doing?" the two genin look up and see Kakashi looking at them disappointed "Killing time" Sasuke informs him as he dusts his hands "What he said" Sakura said as she looked at her sensei with a very bored expression on her face . He disappears and reappears before them and releasing the men they had just tied up from their bindings. He helps the one that seemed like the leader to his feet and apologizes "I'm…really sorry about this" Kakashi told the middle aged man awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head.
Kakashi looks back at the two "Guys this is the gentleman that hired us for our mission today. Sakura you knew that, why did you do this?" he asked her truly curious to his students actions. Sakura could only shrug her shoulders "Hey they dropped my popcorn, I needed to make them pay somehow" she told him nonchalantly as she put all her weight on her right leg and put her hands on her waist defiantly. 'All this for some spilled popcorn?' all of the men could only ask themselves as they all sweat dropped at the crazed girl's reason and sighed in defeat.
"Our mission is to guard Yukie Fujikaze, the actress known best for her role as Princess Gale" Kakashi explained to his two remaining team "Guard?" Sasuke asked as he sat on his plastic chair lazily and as 'cool' as ever. "Well maybe not guard, but escort her" Kakashi clarified, his response only made Sakura's brow rise in question, but ignored it and looked around the room they were in. They were in a studio of some sort and many people bustled as they did their job to move the props and things like that around.
Sakura's eyes moved to a wall next to her filled with framed photos of the actress as a picture of a cliff made of ice caught her eye 'That seems familiar somehow…' she wondered as she stared at the beautiful scene. "Big cliffs" she commented as she continued to stare at the photo "Oh, that's the rainbow glaciers in the Land of Snow" a male voice informed her she turned to look at her informant to find a bald man who played one of the characters in the movie and another who also played an important part in the movie.
"Hey, you guys are some of the lead actors in the Princess Gale movies" she realized with a thoughtful look on her face. "Land of Snow? Long way to go shoot some scene for a movie" Sasuke commented with a bored expression on his face as he didn't even bother to look at the two actors. "Yukie's manager here Sandayu recommended it. Apparently he tells us this rainbow glacier turns seven different colors during the springtime" the producer told them, as Sandayu bowed his head respectfully at his name's mention.
"No…that's just an old legend" Kakashi denied as he continues "The truth is there isn't any spring in the Land of Snow". Sakura and Sasuke look back at their sensei "What not ever?" Sasuke questioned "Does that mean its winter all year long?" Sakura waited for his reply. "Uh huh, you got it" he answered with a short nod if his head.
"Kakashi wasn't it?" the director called out, but Sakura had heard enough and zoned out into staring back at the photo and wondering if she's seen it before.
It was night time now as they searched for Naruto and Yukie when Sakura hears a woman shout "Shut up! Go bug someone else" she stops dead in her tracks "Was that Yukie?" she asked her manager Sandayu, as he simply takes off into the bar and bumps into a man but ignores him to confront Yukie. "Miss Yukie! Our boat to the Land of Snow is about to sail! Please, we don't have much time…" he urged her as he approached her and Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura followed in the bar.
"No thank you…" the woman slurred and wobbled a little "I'm bailing out as the princess" she confessed as she put a small shot cup to her lips, Sandayu could only gasp as well as Naruto. "What on earth are you talking about?!" he panicked. "Ah, don't worry…it happens all the time, okay. I mean lead actors are changed from sequel to sequel. Com'on, directors change every five minu—" her manager cuts her off. "That's enough! You listen to me; there is nobody on this whole planet that can play Princess Gale other than you! Nobody!" he scolds her as she drunkenly stares down at her sake and downs it in one gulp. Sakura can't help but grimace in disgust at the reeking smell of the strong alcohol and imagining the bitter taste in her mouth.
"Besides if you blow this off, your place in this industry will be gone!" he reminded her again, she sighs tiredly "So…who cares?" she slumps in her seat. "Well, I guess there's no other choice" Kakashi finally speaks as she turns to look at him, he activated his Sharingan and she falls unconscious and he immediately catches her before he hits the ground. "What a troublesome woman" Sakura commented as she crossed her arms. "You've been hanging out with Shikamaru too much" Sasuke commented towards her and she smirked "I have no choice, He's one of Tsunade's advisors and i have no choice but to do errands and paperwork with him" she replied with mild interest as she caught a glimpse at the man that she had bumped into, standing outside and listening in on their conversation, but he was gone as soon as she turned to look back at him. 'Who was that?' she wondered as she grew suspicious of him, but shrugged it off.
They were on the ship now and sailing the ocean, the movie people running around everywhere as they tried to put things in order. All the while Team 7 watched the crew work, Sasuke was slouched on the railing of the boat staring at the sea beneath them, Naruto crouched and staring at the crew run around, Kakashi reading his book as always, and Sakura leaning her back on the rail and reading a book about the wonders of the human body. All was loud and buzzing with chatter when the sound of a door slamming open and Yukie came running out of her cabin looking bewildered and so shocked she looked like she would faint from the anxiety. Then followed by aloud shriek from the damn woman "You have got to be kidding me!?!" which made Sakura cringe in annoyance 'Argh…shut up!' she tried to ignore the woman and stuck her face into the book as to try and concentrate more.
"I don't know…I don't think I can deal with this lady" Naruto commented as he sat on the deck of the ship and stared at Yukie get ready for a take. "Ditto to that" Sakura mumbled as she continued to read her book, but it was certainly heard by her teammates. "What are you talking about guys? You have to deal with her; you've just sworn to protect her. Come on this is an important mission" he tried to reason with his students as he finally took his eyes off his precious book. "Mission?" Naruto questioned as he gazed at Kakashi curiously. "Yes, an A-ranked mission" Kakashi explained to the blond in his usual bored tone. "This is an A-ranked mission?" Naruto stared at the silver haired jonin in fascination. "I don't really think our babysitting a little pampered actress would be all that difficult" Sasuke commented as he looked over his shoulder to gaze at his sensei. "That's not true, Sasuke. Big celebrities are targeted all the time. Besides, it's hard to predict whose after them, just be on your guard" he finished with a warning. "With her attitude, who wouldn't target such a rude woman" Sakura commented again with a sneer but still continued her book, which also earned her a smirk from Sasuke and a suppressed laugh from Naruto.
Soon a take was getting ready to be done and Sakura decided to watch how the woman worked and closed her book shut. The woman wasn't bad on camera, "Whoa, I don't even feel like I looking at the same person anymore" Naruto awed at the woman's acting skills as Sakura and Sasuke continued to watch the scene unfold. Her manager explains to Naruto mostly that she's an amazing actress when the camera is rolling. Apparently one of the partners of the Princess Gale in this scene called Shishimaru was dying as she cried out to him not to die and all that crap, but when she called her manager to bring her, her teardrops Sakura immediately opened her book again. "Shishimaru!!!" she could only hear Yukie cry out as Naruto slumped his shoulders in disappointment with a twitch on his lip.
The next morning, Team 7 wake up to the producer's shouting in a panic as it seemed that a problem was that a large piece of ice land was in the way of their destination. She groaned as she sat up from her bed and heard an echo of her groan from her blond friend as well. The director suddenly gets the brilliant idea of shooting a scene on said ice land "This man is insane…" Sakura groaned as she got ready to go out into the snow.
So now Naruto, Yukie, and Sakura herself were standing close to a small heater trying to get warm, they all yawn at the same time as they stood in the cold…in the ungodly early hours of the morning. 'Damn cold weather…' Sakura cursed to Mother Nature's creation on this land and breathed out a deep breath that came out as hot air in the cold air around them.
She was wearing a burgundy colored t-shirt with a white long sleeved shirt under that, a pair of black cargo pants similar to Kakashi's, her black oh-so-warm,closed ankle length boots, her new black gloves that Tsunade had given her as part of her training and her tan colored coat (Or cape or cloak …idk) with red trimming at the bottom of it. She looked over at Naruto as he wore his usual orange jumpsuit, but the only difference was that he wore the same kind as ankle length boots as she did but he had on navy blue ones on, with the addition of the similar tan colored coat on as well only his had brown trimming at the end.
Then she looked at Sasuke who was watching his surroundings a little too seriously and saw that he was wearing a navy blue t-shirt with a blue faded out long sleeved shirt under that, his usual white shorts, his exposed legs wrapped in white bandages, and similar gloves, closed ankle boots, and coat on as Naruto. Her eyes then slowly traveled to the slouching sensei of theirs, the only difference in his outfit was the brown scarf around his neck and the closed ankle length boots.
"Alright people!! We are good to roll!!" the producer yelled out to the crew. And everyone got to their places "Okay, scene thirty-six, cut twenty-two, and…ACTION!"
As the camera started rolling some old guy that Sakura presumed to be the evil guy in the film began bellowing idle threats and boring speeches at Princess Gale and her teammates. Sakura stared at the scene for a minute until she caught a slight spike of chakra behind a mountain opposite from them. "Hmm" she hummed to herself in lying content as she continued to stare at the mountain for any sudden movements. 'Must have been my imagination….' She proposed as she looked in another direction of the god forsaken land of ice they were standing on. 'So…boring' she whined to herself.
A blast suddenly came from behind from where the 'evil man' was standing and Sakura looked over in that direction and then glanced in another as she felt that familiar chakra spike again. Suddenly, Kakashi was lowered in a stance in front of Yukie, staring at the direction where part of the mountain was destroyed due to the explosion. "Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" the producer asked bewildered by Team 7's sensei's sudden action as the camera continued to roll. "Everyone get back!" he warned as he waited for the unknown enemy to show himself.
A man with lavender colored hair and an unusual armor under a white sheet emerges, his cocking smirk in place and his posture straight and confident with his arms crossed lazily. "Welcome friends, to the Land of Snow" he greeted cynically. "You..." Sakura hears Kakashi say as his eyes widen just a fraction. A woman with a different shade of pink hair than Sakura's also appears on a tall icicle with a hand on her hip with the same unusual armor as the first guy. "Greetings Princess Koyuki, I do hope you're still carrying around the hex crystal" she spoke out cockily as well. Kakashi seems surprised and looks back at Yukie in shock.
"Princess…Koyuki?" Kakashi stutters out momentarily as she simply looks at him bewildered. "Who the hell's Koyuki?" Sakura questioned stupidly with a raised brow as Sasuke just sent her an annoyed glance at her. "What?!" she asked him as he just shook his head and looked back at the enemy "It's Yukie…and I thought Naruto was an idiot" he commented lastly. Sakura's cheeks burn into a deep red in anger "Hey, watch yourself Sasuke! Don't make me sock you in the face" she threatened with a raised fist as Naruto just snickered in the background, but shut up as she sent him the most menacing glare she could muster.
Then another person emerges from the snow, a husky guy with brown messy hair and the same armor as the other two. Although each of their armors were a bit different, they were strikingly similar "You're as good as they say Kakashi. Unfortunately, it's not good enough!" he taunted. Sakura tsks at the man's comment towards her sensei, clenching her hand into a fist and jumps a bit when said sensei calls out to them "Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura" Naruto replies with a slightly dumb "Huh?" as he seemed a bit jumpy as well from Kakashi's calling. "You three protect Yukie" he ordered and looked back at the film crew. "Everyone get back to the ship!" he ordered them as well as to not get in the way of the battle that was to come.
Then one of them charges after giving out some orders to his comrades, and Kakashi jumps up to one of the high cliffs from the mountain; accepting the unknown snow ninja's challenge. The two seem to reacquaint as they exchange short words with each other before battling, the other was called somewhere along the lines of Nadare, but the name didn't interest Sakura at the moment as she and her teammates had the other two charging towards them.
Team 7 forms a triangle around Yukie and her co actors ready to protect them. "I don't know what's in the script, but I always wanted to be in a movie!" Naruto babbled on as he got ready for his own fight. Sakura can't help but smirk and roll her eyes at his remark, "You've always liked the attention Naruto" she told him jokingly as his grin grew wider. He continues to babble and charges towards the husky looking one as he takes out a board and slides down the mountain towards them with it.
Naruto nearly gets hit by the guy on the board and jumps away for safety a couple of times. 'Well let's get started!' Sakura crouches low as Sasuke throws perfectly aimed kunais and a fuuma shuriken towards the guy, but they seemed to bounce right off him like some kind of barrier. Then the pink haired chick flings an ice jutsu at Sasuke which he dodges by a series of back flips and performs a fire jutsu towards her. Sakura's eyes twitches 'Great, I forgot that I'm the one always stuck with actually staying with the damn client while Naruto and Sasuke do all the work. Great, just freakin' great' she thought as she still stood her ground and watched all the battles around her unfold.
"Back to the ship everyone!" She told the people she was shielding and watched as Yukie just stood there and stared at the flames that Sasuke created in horror, she didn't move. Sakura furrows her brow "That means you princess" she called out to Yukie in slight mockery, but she still wouldn't budge. Sakura looked back to the hot flames then back to the irritating woman and tsks when a sudden flash of that nightmare she had all those months ago. All the houses burning and the sounds of screams fresh in the air, she quickly snaps out of it as she parries a kunai heading her way on reflex. "Princess!" Sandayuu called out to Yukie as she looks back at him in shock as he risks his life to save her by coming back for her.
She watches as Sasuke releases another fire jutsu and Yukie suddenly falls on her knees in fright. "Damn it lady, get up!" Sakura yells out as the black haired woman just sits there on her knees with her manager at her side. Apparently watching Yukie fall Naruto gets distracted and gets hit by the enemy, but Kakashi goes to help so Sakura stays put, even though she itches to get out there and kick some ass. She looks back at the actress then back to her comrades fighting to protect said actress then glances at the camera crew still trying to catch the fighting on film making Sakura roll her eyes.
The big guy then moves to where Yukie is on his board and launches some sort of grapple at Yukie, Sakura moves just in time to cut the rope with a kunai and launching it at him and then charging him. 'Damn! If their armor is made to deflect chakra then I can't use chakra!' and aims a fist in his face. Sakura growls as her fist successfully connects with his fat face "Shannaro!!" and sends him flying off his board a few yards back. Her success makes Sakura smirk in the guy's direction, cracking her right hand's knuckles. "Good thing I don't need chakra to pack a punch" she taunts him as he gets up and jumps back on his board and charges her again "Get out of the way you little girl!" he yells out which makes Sakura's eyes narrow into slits, but Naruto tackles him off his board and into the snow again. The guy makes to punch Naruto with both hands but Naruto's own hands get a hold of his fists and he stands his ground.
'Naruto's chakra…it's incredible!' Sakura stared at her blond friend in awe but snaps out of it to see Yukie still not in the ship "Yukie get in the damn ship already! You're in the way!" but she just continued to stare at nothing which made Sakura tsk again. 'My patience has its limits lady!' Sakura grounded her teeth against each other. "What are you doing?! Get out of here!" Naruto shouted at her as well as he struggled to hold down his opponent.
"Princess, please we must get to the ship" Sandayuu tried to reason with her as he spoke. "No…" she could only respond in a desperate tone. "We've got to go now! Your life is—" he raised his voice to her finally but she cut him off. "I don't care if I die! I won't…I won't go back to the Land of Snow!!" she said as she put her head in her hands and shook her head violently. "We don't have time for this, okay!" Naruto yelled but the fat dude swung him around and into the snow "Naruto—!" Sakura made to help him but the enemy shot his grapple again but she didn't have enough time to get Yukie out of there so she ran into the thing and let it take her. He yanks the wire to the opposite side and makes Sakura slam into some hard ice as it lets her go. Pain shoots throughout her arm and back to her most likely dislocated shoulder, as she squeezes her arm to stop the pain and hisses as more pain shoots throughout her whole body this time at the contact. "Sakura-chan!!" she hears Naruto call out as her vision dims but she fights back as the black dots penetrate her vision.
On the ice floor Sakura feels the tremors of Kakashi's battle with the other snow ninja and then a larger one after that as she feels muscled, warm arms snake under her knees and around her shoulders which makes her winces in pain. "What the hell?" she looks up and sees her sensei carrying her back to safety "Put me down Kakashi!" she told him through gritted teeth as she yelped from the pain. He just ignores her and finally sets her down when they make it back to the ship "That hurt you scarecrow!" she hissed at him and she gripped her shoulder tightly.
"Ne Sakura-chan, are you okay?" Naruto asked her as he stared at her pained expression "Yeah, Naruto just fine. Don't worry about it" she reassured him as she stood up from her seat on the deck and walked into her own cabin. Naruto could only scowl at her dismissive tone "What's wrong with Sakura-chan?" he wondered out loud. "She's hurt loser, she's just in pain" Sasuke told him as he walked inside of their shared cabin as Naruto followed.
Sakura walked in her small room and sits on her bed with a grunt and sighs and slips off her shirts over her head and was now left with a mesh tank top. 'Alright…one, two, three' she snaps her shoulder into place as she squeezes her eyes shut and biting her lip as not to scream, and quickly moves to heal her arm from the ripped tendons that the dislocated bone had made. Her room was silent aside from the soft humming of her healing chakra 'I'm still not strong enough to even protect myself' she thought darkly as she continued to heal her arm. 'All I did was get my ass hurt like an idiot!!' she scolded herself as she grounded her teeth together angrily, when she hears her door creak and looks at her audience consisting of Naruto and Sasuke. "You guys need something?" she asked them as she stops the flow of her healing chakra and looks back at the boys lazily.
"Sakura-chan that was so cool what you did right now!! You think you can teach me? Did Old Lady Tsunade teach you that?!" Naruto babbled as forgot to answer her question. "We wanted to know if you were okay" Sasuke spoke so Naruto could shut up. Sakura cracks a smile at the two and ushers them to come in the room with her hand. They walk in reluctantly, afraid of what the pinkette would do to them because of their snooping. "I'm fine guys and yeah the old drunk taught me to heal Naruto. I could try to teach you but you need precise chakra control and a lot of studying, Naruto. Some thing's you lack in" she told them with a small smile as she slipped her shirts back on which made the two blush and look away from her. "Well…we just wanted to make sure…later Sakura-chan" and they both walked out quickly.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders and gets up from her bed and moves to put her medical things away when a light knock catches her attention. "Yeah?" she called out not looking back at her door "Kakashi is asking for you, he needs you to attend a small meeting about the client and we reached the harbor" Sasuke informed her in his usual low voice that sounded so much like his wretched brother. The sudden thought of the eldest living Uchiha made her blood boil 'Damn him…he's more of a bastard than Sasuke'. "Sakura" she her the familiar voice again "Yeah, yeah I'm coming teme" he narrowed his eyes towards her at the nickname mostly used by their blonde fool of a teammate as she told him as she finished putting her things away and walked out of her temporary room, but not before sticking her tongue out to her teammate to tease him some more. He only shook his head and stared back at her in amusement "I think you've been hanging out with the idiot too much too" which made Sakura grin and laughed quietly. "Nope, not enough" she corrected with a mischievous grin which made Sasuke roll his eyes.
They were in the meeting room with Sandayuu, the director, the producer, Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and of course Sakura herself. They were speaking about the now known Princess Koyuki and how she was to get the Land of Snow to her people and all that junk. And let's just say Sakura was bored out of her mind 'Urgh…this is like listening to Tsunade-baa-chan's lecturing' she coughed in attempt to hide her giggles which earned her a few looks but they looked away as soon as they saw her upcoming glare. The meeting had been going on for about a half hour when Sakura was beginning to feel her eyes drooping in sleep. The sound of a new feminine voice among all the male voices made Sakura become wide awake with the addition of Sasuke's soft jab to her ribs. It was the object of their discussion Yukie also known as Princess Koyuki, "I told you I'm not going back there" she told him coldly. "But…you must! Your people need you!" Sandayuu argued back like always. "Don't you get it?! Doesn't matter how hard you try you can't defeat Dotou!" she selfishly insulted her loyal servant.
The chair to Sakura's right screeched as it was pushed back by its blonde occupant "Don't give up so easily!" he growled out and glared at Koyuki. Sakura stared at her teammate from the corner of her eye as he continued "This old man is risking his life to make that dream come true, and all you do is insult him?". Sandayuu can only stare at Naruto in admiration "Naruto-dono" he mumbled out.
The old director started yammering on about a dream coming true and that their movie would be changing and becoming greater than first expected. With the producer also agreeing with the white haired old man Kakashi couldn't help but burst their bubble. "Unfortunately, there is only one option left. There's no place to hide now that Dotou has discovered you. We have to fight in order to live".
Sakura couldn't help but breathe tiredly "So I take it we're still on with the mission?" she drawled out with half lidded eyes. "Obviously, Sakura-chan! Princess Gale will go on to Snow Country and defeat the bad guy!". "Don't be such a fool!!" Koyuki shouted as Naruto's grin faltered "This is real life, not a movie. There is no such thing as a happy ending in this damn world!". "Not if you're willing to fight for it!" the director shouted back. Sakura couldn't help but let her eyes open at the statement. "I would recommend that we return to the village for back up for this kind of mission" Kakashi spoke. "That would be a waste of time. We're enough for this mission" Sasuke spoke after so long of silence "I agree with the teme" Sakura finally spoke as well. "So it's decided, the movie will continue!" the director spoke with finality. Sakura stood from her seat "Well if this meeting is over and done with, I'll be leaving" she excused herself and walked towards the door and glared the 'Princess' down, who was in the way "Can you move….Your Highness" she stated more than questioned, also adding a slight taunt at the end. She made no move to get out of her way so Sakura tsks and pushed passed her while bumping shoulders.
As Sakura made her way out onto the deck of the ship she couldn't help but take a big breath. A cold shiver ran down her spine as the cold air seemed to slap her in the face. She made for the rails and leaned on them with not much of a care in the world. She stared at the beautiful glaciers that were to come in their journey by snow mobiles. "That was unlike you" she heard the all too familiar voice of her teammate speak behind her. "Yeah, well I don't like her" Sakura admitted without hesitation "That's obvious" he chuckled which made Sakura boil with anger "Shut up Sasuke" with a pout. They stood there in silence as the wind blew through their messy locks "We're heading out real soon, so you should go get your things" he told her as he walked back inside. 'What was that all about?' she wondered as she stared back at him as he went back inside, soon following she went to her room and got her things to head out.
They were driving on the edge of the road as they made their way towards their destination, where ever that was. Naruto was babbly on about random stuff and occasionally getting into an argument with Sasuke who was sitting beside her and getting into the occasional argument with Naruto but kept to himself, Kakashi would smile towards them and go back to his provocative reading, while Sakura stayed quiet the whole time and read her book about extracting poisons. There was a while that the car was completely quite because Naruto had fallen asleep during the ride….well more like knocked unconscious after asking Sakura if her book contained anything about the woman's human body. 'He should learn to read the title of the book before asking such stupid and perverted questions' her action caused an unexpected 'Thank You' from Sasuke and a sigh of relief from Kakashi, which she shrugged off. After a couple more hours of traveling they decided to make a stop, which a now awake Naruto ran out the door and joined the producer and the cameraman to take a leak. "Idiot" Sakura muttered with a roll of her eyes.
After their short brake they got back into the cars and preceded in entering a dark, cold cave "I can't see the exit" Naruto commented as he leaned on the glass window to look outside. "Long time ago, this place used to be a railroad" Sandayuu told them. Sakura stared out and saw no railroad on the snow covered ground. "Doesn't seem like it" she told him as she shoved Naruto off of her as he looked outside and she was seated next to the window. He could only grin sheepishly at her as she scoffed at his stupidity. "Right now it's covered by ice, but there really are tracks underneath" he replied as she stared back at him then back to the window. "Hmm" she could only say as she went back to reading her medical text.
After exiting the cave the vehicles stop to start filming again when the most irritating and most frustrating problem was found. Now team 7 was out in the snow looking for a distressed and stubborn woman who refused to be anywhere near Snow Country. "This damn woman is officially on my list of 'Most Things I Dislike', next to perverts, jerks, and idiots" she mumbled to herself. She was currently walking, more like stomping her way through the frozen woods when the sound of a twig snapping made her senses alert. She expertly slipped a kunai out of her holster and sent the weapon hurtling towards the direction where the sound came from. A loud yelp came from behind a tree where she sent her kunai "Alright, alright you found me" a woman's voice came from the tree. "Get down here" Sakura ordered the unknown woman.
Down came a woman with night black hair and beautiful yet unique colored eyes that consisted of a hazel color and an azure blue outlining her black pupil. She was wearing a gray coat that covered her entire body and a ninja headband that had the symbol of the Hidden Snow Country engraved on the smooth metal. Once those eyes met with her own she couldn't help but notice how familiar they looked. "I see you've grown, Sakura-chan and your aim hasn't failed yet" the woman grinned towards her.
Luka1Sakura: I finished this chapter so long ago and I wasn't able to update O.O Shame on me!!!! Well I hope this chapter was okay and I will be updating the next one soon! Thanks for reading and please review and if you've got flames…please be gentle!