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I present to you... Chapter 4 !
Enjoy.
1 week later…
So far, everything had just been normal for Sakura. She trained, reported to Lady Tsunade, and hung out with her friends. It seems that the that little cry she had last week did her good because she no longer felt the strange heaviness inside her chest, she felt a bit more free. Today was the day of her blind date with the mystery man Ino set her up with, she wasn't really looking forward to it because she hated arranged meetings like this. She walked through Kohana's streets, heading towards the Yamanaka flower shop to have a chat with Ino. Listening to indie music, she looked down to change the song, she kept on walking until she ran into something. She looked up into the eyes of her team member, Sai.
"Oh my….I'm so sorry Sai, I didn't mean to r….."
Putting on his famous fake smile, he interrupted her. "Could you watch where you are walking please?"
"I'm sorry….I was going to say I didn't mean to run i…."
He once again interrupted her. "Fine, but next time please watch where you go."
"Okay, okay S…"
"Ugly."
Her eye brows rose in shock and her mouth hung open. Just when she thought they were becoming closer as friends, he destroyed those thoughts with one word. Her shocked expression turned into a rather angry one as she roared his name and pulled her arm back in preparation to blow him away. "Sai!" With the incredible speed she threw her arm, all he could do was watch with wide eyes as her fist landed on his jaw. He flew back a pretty good distance until he landed on his back. The merchants watched with shocked expressions as she marched over to him. He rubbed his jaw and frowned as he looked up at her, she had her hands on her hips and was beaming death rays at him.
He stood up and dusted himself off, then spoke again. "Oh come on hag, you know what I said is true. You simply are not attractive to me…. I mean I don't want to lie and call you something you're not. Heh." He plastered on that fake smile again. Everyone could see the steam shooting out of her ears, she was definitely pissed the hell off. No one except Naruto has ever successfully made Sakura this angry but today, Sai broke a new record. She pulled her arm back once more, ready to smash him to the next life, but was stopped by a strong hand. She looked back to see who would dare interrupt her and was surprised to find that it was none other than her silver haired teacher. "Kakashi-sensei?" He nodded and released her. "What did he do this time Sakura?"
"Just the usual; throwing insults my way."
He quietly laughed, as he looked at Sai. "Usually I would let you guys work it out, but it seems Sai has gotten even paler than he usually is. " Sai just stood there with that big fake smile of his , which made Sakura even angrier. Kakashi looked over Sakura's head and smiled under his mask.
"Ah, perfect timing."
Sakura and Sai turn their attention towards the blond-haired boy who was happily walking towards them. He waved at his team mates and sensei as he approached them. "Hey guys! What's up?" Sai smiled and greeted him. "Hey weirdo." Naruto ignored Sai's rude comment and looked at Sakura, who seemed irritated.
"Sakura-chan, what's the matter?"
She glared at Sai, then smiled at Naruto. "Oh nothing Naruto."
Kakashi laughed, then went on to say "They were just having a mini strength training session." Naruto furrowed his brows and frowned. "What?! Why didn't you call me earlier, I want to train with you guys too! You know I'm always up for training."
From an ally way in the shadows, Sasori watched the blond boy rant and whine like a child as Sakura and the other two attempted to calm him.
"The blond boy….he must be the Jinchuriki. Who knew a Jinchuriki could be SO annoying."
"Weirdo, stop being so loud. It's hurting my ears."
"Quit calling me a weirdo! You Sasuke wannabe!"
"I'm not a wannabe!"
Having enough of hearing the two guys bicker back and forth, she decided to take her leave. "I'll see you guys later, I've got to be somewhere else." Both Sai and Naruto look back at her. "Okay, goodbye then Ugl.." Before he could finish that last word, Kakashi covered his mouth and nervously smiled. "Bye Sakura, have a nice day." Naruto, totally oblivious to what was happening just smiled at her. "Bye Sakura-chan, see ya later!"
She suspiciously looked at Sai, then waved goodbye to them and took her leave. When she finally arrived and stepped into the shop, she was surprised that she was not greeted at all so she took a closer look and saw that Ino was dreamingly gazing at a note she held in her hands. She leaned over the counter and saw a neatly wrapped bento on the table next to her, then looked a bit more closely at the note in her hands, it read: 'Sorry I couldn't stay and eat lunch with you today, I'm free tomorrow so I'll see you then.' At the bottom it was signed with Shikamaru's name.
She looked at her friend's face and slyly smiled. "Ah, so that's why you're all googly eyed…teeheehee." She stepped back and cleared her throat, then yelled and pounded her fist on the counter. "CHA Ino-pig!" Ino jumped back out of her chair and tripped over some flower pots, then fell to the ground.
"Ow…that hurt…" She jumped to her feet and raised a fist towards Sakura as she yelled at her. "What the heck Sakura!" Sakura only laughed and pointed at her frustrated expression. "What's the matter Ino? Too busy gawking at Shikamaru's cute little note?" She continued laughing as Ino hid her warm cheeks. "Shut up forehead! But isn't Shikamaru the sweetest?" As her expression quickly changed from an annoyed one to a dreamy one, she smiled and raised her hands over her heart and had a mini fan girl moment.
"Yeah, I've gotta admit, that is pretty sweet of him." Ino snapped out it and looked at her with a serious expression before stating "Remember your date is tonight, so dress nice and be nice to him okay? He's pretty nervous… Do you have any nervous feelings too?"
"Not at all."
"Good, confidence is key. Just don't scare him off okay?"
"Scare him psh….wait did you give me a pansy guy?"
"No he's not a pansy, he's just a bit shy. Knowing your overbearing personality, you might run him off heh." She started giggling furiously.
"Cha, whatever Ino-pig. He'll probably be head over heels for ."
She stopped and pumped her fist in the air, cheering her on for the sudden positive change of heart. "That's the spirit, bubblegum head!"
Peering out of another dark alleyway, across from the Yamanaka flower shop, Sasori watched his pink-haired prey as she laughed and chatted with her friend. Her smile was beautiful and like no other, her confidence radiated off of her and it impressed him. Everything about her captivated his attention and he didn't know why, after all he was supposed to start his perfect revenge plot against her for destroying him. But no….instead he was watching and following her silently from the sidelines. His new human feelings were so strange, when he looks at her, his heartbeat speeds up. When he is close to her, his heartbeat speeds up. When he listens to her sweet voice speak, sing or laugh, his heartbeat speeds up. The reason why? Yeah, he still hasn't figured that out yet. But for the time being, all he knew was that he wanted to know more about her.
Later that evening around 7:00pm….
She was dressed nicely in a sleeveless black dress (which was decorated with a floral designs) that reached the mid of her thigh and black dress shoes with a medium heel . She combed through her soft hair and added a small flower accessory to top it off. Then put on a bit of a tinted lip balm and mascara to complete her face. She looked in the mirror and smiled at herself, satisfied with her final look. After grabbing her purse and keys, she left to meet with the mystery guy.
The red haired puppet master watched the beautiful kunoichi lock up her home and leave. There is no way he was going leave his pink-haired beauty alone with whoever this mystery guy is...no way.
xD Will Sai ever learn?
Yes, no one notices Sasori-kun because he is just that good.
Who is the mystery guy/date? Read the next chapter (which I will post soon) and find out for yourself!
