Yosh! So I have finally updated after months! v.v;; Gomenasai! I had writer's block for like...forever, and I started feeling inspiration a week ago or so. Ohh! And I thank all of my lovely reviewers! You guys mean the world to me for supporting this fanfiction that came out from me! Domo Arigato! ^^
Chapter o3: Feelings
Faint rustling sounds from outside the secluded room he was in echoed in his ears. Being the light sleeper he was, Uchiha Sasuke positioned himself into a sitting one on the bed.
He rubbed his eyes and blinked a few times before he finally stretched and moved towards the edge of the bed. His bare feet touching the floor.
The bed beside him shifted, making light sounds. His senses had come to life. Alert and ready.
Sasuke's piercing onyx orbs landed on a sleeping woman. He immediately stood on his feet, and stared down at the sleeping form of Karin. His teammate and his so-called girlfriend.
He wasn't used to having another person in the same bed as him. Uchiha Sasuke wasn't used to having another person that close to him. And by close, I mean by the distance of their bodies.
Even when they were back in Sound, Karin and Sasuke had different quarters to sleep in. They had never slept in the same room. Ever.
But as part of his probation, he had to be put under house arrest, thus landing him here with his said comrade. (He wasn't really used to calling any female his girlfriend…so why start now?)
Sasuke sighed and proceeded to the door of the room. He twisted the knob and pulled the door towards his direction.
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Sakura was busy zipping up her black knee-length boots when Sasuke had stepped out of his and Karin's room.
He spotted his ex-teammate on the couch in the living room, seated as she was bent down slightly, too preoccupied in zipping her boots.
"Hn." He grunted. Sasuke wasn't the type of guy who said, "Good Morning." And so he resorted to grunting instead.
No response.
Sakura's hand moved from her right boot, which was zipped up already, to her left one.
"Hn." He grunted once again.
Still no response.
He finally grew annoyed of this. Wasn't she a Kunoichi of Konohagakure? Kunoichi's were taught to observe their surroundings at all times. No matter if they were preoccupied with something or not. It was part of the basic rules to be aware at all times.
"Sakura." Sasuke stated gruffly as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. His eyes clearly showing annoyance.
"What?" Sakura finally replied as she looked at him. Her jade orbs meeting his onyx ones.
'Heh. She'll be the first one to look away.' Sasuke thought smugly.
Seconds passed.
Seconds that had turned into a full minute.
Her eyes had held his strong gaze.
His smugness had died down as it was replaced with annoyance once again,
"Hn." Sasuke grunted as he walked right past her and proceeded to the kitchen, where the countertop which had platters that were covered in foil were placed.
"That's breakfast for you and your…girlfriend. I have an errand to do, and ANBU will be the ones who will be individually escorting you two, in replacement of me for the day. Well Ja, I'm off." Sakura called from the living room as Sasuke heard light footsteps slowly sounding much fainter than the last one. And finally, he heard the door being pulled open, and shut back close.
The second Sasuke couldn't sense Sakura's chakra, he felt two new unfamiliar chakras around the premises of Sakura's house.
'ANBU.' Sasuke thought simply as he began taking the foil off to begin his breakfast. He still had to meet up with Kakashi, Naruto and that other dude, Sai, in the training grounds. No doubt another spar shall occur.
A few minutes after he was done with his breakfast, (of course leaving some for Karin as well) Sasuke began heading to the bathroom. A quick shower and the routinely grooming shall do before he proceeds directly to the training grounds (with an ANBU of course, following him.)
Karin had appeared from their room. Her hair (the straight long side) in disarray as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
A yawn escaped her lips as she greeted Sasuke.
"Good morning, Sasu-kuuun!" she said. Her voice high and very pitchy that morning.
'What's she so happy about?' Sasuke thought inwardly as he grunted in response. He continued towards the bathroom before Karin had prevented him from going any further as she had caught his wrist with her hand.
"Ne, Sasu-kun, where are you heading to?" she asked sweetly.
Sasuke shook his wrist free from her grasp in a harsh manner as he answered her without making eye contact, "bathroom." He stated as he left her on the spot she was standing on.
He didn't actually know her all too well. Her attempt of acting flirtatious seemed to have ended up as 'die hard trying' to Sasuke.
He didn't respond as he slammed the bathroom door shut.
The edges of Karin's upturned lips dropped as she trudged towards the kitchen. She hadn't sensed the pink girl's chakra anywhere…so then why was Sasuke acting extra cold today?
'Could it be that… nah, that couldn't be it.' Karin thought as she sat down on one of the stools and picked up a fork before digging in for breakfast. She still had work today at that damn ramen store.
Karin sighed. "Another day, wasting my special abilities." She muttered to herself as she plopped her elbow on the counter and placed her hand on the side of her face.
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"So how's the babysitting job, forehead-girl?" Ino questioned before chuckling as she leaned on the wall across the door to the Hokage's office.
They were both called on the phone by Shizune last night, informing them that the Hokage had requested for their presence the next day. The reason? She did not mention.
Sakura rolled her eyes at the blonde girl beside her. "They're both hormonal adults that need to be kicked out of my house." she practically hissed out.
Ino's smile immediately dropped hearing her bestfriend's tone. "You…you're not over him…are you?"
Sakura's head immediately whipped to the side, catching and holding her bestfriend's gaze through her own eyes. "You―you must be kidding me! Hell no do I have feelings for that―that jerk!" Sakura exclaimed, laughing afterwards.
Faker… Liar…
"Don't lie to me, Sakura!" Ino said. Her eyes were hardened as her lips were set in a grim line.
No. She did not love him. Not anymore. She knew it. She did not love him…she couldn't.
"Sakura, tell me the truth!"
(No…I don't dammit…I don't love him…I already told you guys about how stupid and idiotic he is with his girlfriend…how everytime I see them kissing it tears me apart…how everytime he looks at me, I always wish to find an emotion…love, in his eyes.) Sakura wanted to scream those words at her bestfriend. Nothing made sense anymore.
She was confused.
"I know you still love him, Sak. Even if you had convinced me, the others, and even yourself that you don't. It's still there. Those emotions are the solid evidence, Sak. And you know why it's unhealthy for you to continue living like this."
Her explanation…Ino's explanation made Sakura's knees wobbly and unsteady.
("I have a family and I have friends... but if you're gone…it's the same as being alone")
She felt moisture in her eyes. Her vision became hazy and foggy.
("I love you so much! If you stay with me, I'll make sure you won't regret it! Everyday will be fun! I'll do anything for you. So…please stay! I'll help you with your revenge, I'll do something!")
"S-Sakura…"
"S-Sakura! Gomen! I- I didn't mean to make you…cry."
Drip…
("If not…take me with you…")
Drop…
("If you go…I'll scream!")
…
("Sakura…Arigato.")
…
("Sasuke...kun.")
"Yo, Sakura! You're scaring the hell out of me!"
Sakura's face was covered by her bangs as she stared at the ground. Her lips formed a sad grim smile. Her eyes were shut tight, lightly covered by a few strands of her long hair. Tears were spilling now from her eyes, landing and forming dark spots on the wooden floor beneath them.
"I still…love him…" was her last thought before her head began to pound ruthlessly. She felt dizzy...andjust like that, her eyes automatically closed.
"Sakura."
"Sakura!"
Why is Ino…panicking…?
And she could only see black now.
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"She's been unconscious for almost an hour." Ino had explained to Naruto.
Ino had caught Sakura's body which was about to land on the hard wooden floor due to the fact that she had suddenly lost consciousness. She had fainted.
The blonde girl had yelled immediately for the Hokage, barging in on whatever business the Godaime was currently attending to. Her bestfriend was much more important than being reprimanded for her actions. The consequences could wait. The life of her friend couldn't.
"Tsunade-sama!" she had shouted.
Said blonde woman immediately stood up, and dismissed the ANBU in front of her when she had noticed her unconscious pink haired apprentice being carried by the Yamanaka girl.
After that, Tsunade had checked on her. Sakura had been stressing herself out. Her mind was in turmoil, due to the fact that she was dead confused and the aching pain of her heart everytime she saw the two together drove her to an extent wherein she would not eat. Wherein she never touched the plate of her food. Wherein she would stay up late at night.
She had thought that the lack of appetite was just normal. Unfortunately, she was in denial.
"I'm guessing that this has something to do with the decision I made on the punishment of the Uchiha and his…female companion."
Ino had snorted. 'What gave you that idea?' She thought sarcastically as she stared at her bestfriend's lying figure on one of the couches in the Hokage's office.
"Honestly Baa-chan, what were you thinking?!" Naruto had said.
He was informed on what had happened with his female friend. Hearing the news, he immediately rushed towards the Godaime's office.
"It was more…suitable."
"Feh. Suitable my ass." Naruto muttered.
"Shut up, Naruto." Ino said. Her azure orbs focused on the amber-eyed elder as she spoke. "So is Sakura alright?"
Tsunade nodded. "Hai. For now she just needs a lot of rest and she must start eating the right amount as before."
Naruto growled. "Old lady, how can you even suggest that, when the problem lies within the four corners of her home?! I bet that Sakura-chan would be experiencing difficulty going back to her old routine if that four-eyed witch will still be there…waiting…" Naruto shuddered.
He never did took a liking for Karin.
"I think Sasuke is the problem too. Not just that red-head slut." Ino said.
"Hmm…Nah! Teme and Sakura-chan are…cool with each other. I guess it's just the red-head standing in the way…" Naruto said. His fingers were rubbing his chin as he spoke.
"Standing in the way of what, exactly?"
"OF THEIR YOUTFUL SOON TO BE BLOOMING LOVE OF COURSE!" Maito Gai suddenly appeared, perched on the window of the Hokage's office.
"RIGHT ON!" Naruto exclaimed.
Gai flashed him his signature pose as he jumped off the window, out of their sight.
"See what I mean? Even Gai-sensei saw that one coming!" Naruto explained.
"Hmm…" Tsunade said as her thoughts drifted to something distant.
"Baa-chan? What are you thinking?"
"Hmm…"
"Baa-chan."
"Mmmm…"
"Baa-chan."
"…"
"Baa-chan! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING???"
A vein throbbed on the Godaime's temple as her fists raised. "Well for one, I will pound you into oblivion if you don't stop calling me that." She said.
Naruto backed away slightly. "Hehehe."
"And second…"
Naruto and Ino stared at the current Kage of the leaf.
"I think…I will place the girl with Sasuke under a different roof."
Naruto's eyes shined. "Really?"
"Maybe…"
Ino felt uneasy. "Are you sure about this, Godaime-sama?" Ino acquired.
"What's up with you? I thought that you were Sakura-chan's friend! Don't you want her to be happy?"
Ino glared at the cerulean-eyed ninja beside her. "Of course I want her to be happy, baka! It's just that…I think Sakura's love for Sasuke is…unhealthy."
Both Tsunade's and Naruto's eyes were on her.
"What do you mean?"
"Hokage-sama, what I mean is that, I think that Sakura's love for Sasuke isn't healthy for her. Just the slightest things Sasuke does, even if he just brushes her off, I bet Sakura will be feeling something close to aching in her chest. I know her that well, and I love her like a sister. I don't want her to lose herself to a guy that's as heartless as the Uchiha." Ino explained. The glimmer in her eyes had shown pure honesty and pain. Ino felt pain whenever she would witness Sakura suffering.
"No, you're wrong." Naruto answered.
"Huh?"
"When teme is with Sakura-chan, I can see that he's happy. That he enjoys her company. It's the same for Sakura-chan. I bet within time, she can change teme. That Sakura-chan will be able to warm up the ice bitch… I mean, the teme's heart."
"Hmm…the issue is…debatable." Tsunade said. "But for the meantime, I will think about your ideas. My answer will be ready by sunset. I expect you two to be back here by then. Am I understood?"
"Hai." Ino and Naruto answered.
Before anything else could be said, the three blondes heard a soft groan coming from Sakura. Ino and Naruto had immediately rushed to the pink-haired medic-nin as Tsunade followed not very far behind.
Sakura's closed eyes tightened before they slowly fluttered open. Jade orbs gazed confusedly at the three pairs of eyes that stared down at her.
"G-gomenasai!" Sakura said as she sprang up into a sitting position. Her head felt heavy as the consequence. Everything swirled slightly. She felt a little dizzy by her previous action.
"S-Sakura, you must rest." Ino said as she gently pushed Sakura down on her back.
"What happened?" she questioned as she held the side of her head.
"You fainted…due to the fact that you changed…your daily routine and stopped eating the right amount." Tsunade explained.
"Tell me the truth, Sakura. Do you still love Sasuke?" Ino had asked.
They needed to really know the answer. It would affect the decision of the Godaime.
Sakura was silent at first.
"Sakura-chan?"
"H-Hai…" Sakura said, her voice feather light and barely above whisper.
Silence…
"Hmm…very well then." Tsunade said as she walked back to her desk and sat down on her chair behind it.
"Baa-chan?"
"I called you two here because I need you guys to do something for me today." Tsunade informed the two other female ninjas in the room.
"Hai?" Sakura said as she slowly sat up.
"I need you, Sakura to fetch the other two Team Hebi members held under house-arrest in Kakashi's house. The other Jounin today were sent on a short patrol around the fire country border and will be back in a very short while. So in order not to waste time, you will have to bring them to the training grounds today. Unfortunately, the ANBU that I have as well placed to watch them for the time that Kakashi isn't able to, is scheduled for a mission in a few hours." Tsunade explained.
"As of now, I declare the old team 7, back to the way it was, with added members, Sai and Yamato. So that means, that you guys will have occasional trainings from time to time. Of course, the training will not be like the ones you've had when you were Genin. It's for the purpose to increase and improve on your abilities when you are not needed on dangerous missions and all that."
Naruto was a jumping mess.
"DATEBAYOOOOOO!"
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"Naruto, would you please stop bouncing?" Sakura hissed as she walked with Naruto towards Hatake Kakashi's house. Sakura had taken Naruto up on his offer on accompanying her to fetch the other Hebi members. But now, Sakura was currently regretting her decision.
"Gomen, gomen, Sakura-chan! It's just that I'm so happy! The ol' team 7 is back!" Naruto exclaimed as he punched a fist in the air.
Sakura rolled her eyes. She was beginning to regret ever admitting the truth to the three blondes. Now that she had told them so, it was a definite admission of her true feelings for the Uchiha.
"Ne, ne, Sakura-chan, what's the matter?" Naruto questioned. Both of his hands were behind his head as he walked alongside with her.
Thankfully Tsunade had called on Ino at her office today, not to accompany Sakura, but to inform the blonde girl that she would be the replacement of Sakura in the hospital for the day.
That way, Sakura wouldn't have to endure the look in Ino's eyes.
Sympathy mixed with different kinds of emotions.
Sakura shook further thoughts in connection to the previous events. 'I'll talk to her later.' was her last thought before her and Naruto stopped in front of Kakashi's main door and knocked.
Knock Knock…
Silence.
Waiting, waiting.
Stare stare
Knock Knock Knock.
Incredulous look from Sakura
Waiting…waiting…
Impatient growl from Naruto
Louder knocks.
Silence.
"THAT'S IT! I'M BUSTING THE DOOR DOWN!"
"Naruto."
"I MEAN SERIOUSLY! WHAT THE HELL IS TAKIING THEM SO LONG?
"Naruto…"
"WHAT'S SO HARD WITH OPENING THE DAMN DOOR?!"
"Naruto!"
"STUPID OTHER TEAM HE―"
"NARUTO!"
"H-huh?"
Around Sakura's index finger dangled a key on a silver loop chain.
"Tsunade-shishou gave me the key, remember?"
Insert sweat drop from Naruto.
"R-Right!"
"Uh-huh."
Once the door creaked open, in came the sight immediately of a blue-ish-white-ish haired guy with chin-length hair. He stared at them.
"Who are you?"
A vein throbbed at the side of Naruto's head. "More like what's wrong with you?"
Sakura sighed before turning towards the white-ish-blue-ish haired guy with semi-sharp teeth.
"I'm Haruno Sakura and he's Uzumaki Naruto. We're here to escort you for the rest of the day." She explained.
Suigetsu was too busy scanning her body up and down with appreciative eyes to even notice that she was done.
This made Sakura annoyed.
"Ahem, if you're done looking at me, can you please call your other teammate so that we can leave?" Sakura hissed through gritted teeth.
Suigetsu's eyes traveled back to her eyes. "Hm, sure thing, babe." He replied before winking at her and walking off to get their other teammate, Juugo.
"S-Sakura-chan, you know that Suigetsu dude was―"
"I know, Naruto. I know." Sakura replied as she leaned on the left side of the doorframe.
Suigetsu had no manners at all. He didn't even bother to invite them inside. Hmph. Well whatever.
Moments later, Suigetsu came back with another guy that was much larger than he was. He had orange hair and walked beside the smaller man with a bored expression etched on his face.
The four of them walked to the training grounds in silence. Well, that was before Naruto had decided to interrupt said silence.
"Why did Sasuke need you guys anyway?" he had questioned walking backwards. He was facing them as both of his hands were behind his head.
Suigetsu rolled his eyes. "Why would I tell you. As far as I've heard, you're just a dobe."
"NANIII?! I AM NO DOBE, DAMMIT! I AM GOING TO BE THE FUTURE ROKUDAIME OF KONOHAAAAA!!" He yelled, punching a fist in the air soon afterwards.
"Right, right. And Orochimaru is my boyfriend. Psshhh, yeah."
"I thought Orochimaru was dead." Naruto replied. His cerulean orbs showed signs of confusion.
Suigetsu almost felt the urge to drop on the ground anime style.
"Is he really that stupid?" he whispered to Sakura.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Depends. Is your red-haired teammate really that bitchy?" she questioned back.
"Hehehe. Yeah."
The training grounds came into view. The four of them had immediately spotted Karin and Sasuke standing on the farther side. Sasuke, being the broody type he is, was leaning his back on a trunk of a tree, whereas Karin, was standing right beside him. A flirty look was plastered on her face as she continued talking to him.
Sasuke had sensed their chakra nearby, and so did Karin.
His eyes opened to reveal onyx orbs. He stared at the four with bored eyes.
"Oi, look! It's Sasuke and Karin!" Suigetsu exclaimed as he walked towards them, followed by Juugo.
Naruto glared at Karin as she scowled back at him.
"I'll give her a piece of my mind." He muttered as he stomped his way over to them.
Sakura remained where she was as she felt two different chakra signatures close by.
"Thanks, guys." She said.
Two males clad in ANBU attire complete with masks emerged behind one of the tall big trees behind her.
"No problem, Sakura-san." The one on the left had stated.
"We shall be on our way now." Said the other one.
And in a poof, they vanished.
Sakura turned towards the big fussing group before her. Sighing, she walked over to them.
She didn't actually stay in the same spot as they were in, she stopped by a few trees near them and sat down under it's shade.
"Might as well get some extra reading." she murmured to herself before taking a small pocket book from the white ninja pouch readily tied to her waist and flipped it open to the page she stopped on last night.
She was too focused on understanding the medical techniques that she didn't notice two obsidian orbs staring at her.
A few moments later, a hand from behind her prevented her from reading any more words from the small handy book.
"Sai, I know it's you." Sakura said in a bored tone.
Said person immediately retreated his hands to his side before she would grab the chance to bite them off and plopped down beside her.
"Morning, ugly!" he greeted. His fake smile could be seen on his face. Though this time, Sakura sensed that it wasn't all that fake today. As if Sai was truly happy in a way. Still, he called her ugly.
Twitch.
"Want to have an early morning beating, Sai?" she replied, smiling as well.
Sai was still smiling as he inched backwards. "A-Anyways, what are you reading there?" he questioned, hoping to divert the topic to something less…ruthless.
"Hmm. Just some helpful medical techniques I can use on my next shift at the hospital." Sakura replied as her jade orbs looked back at the said book.
"You know Sakura-san," Sai began, "I read an interesting book last night."
This caught Sakura's attention. "Oh really? And what might that book be?"
"Well, it was quite…interesting actually. I didn't quite get what it was at first, but I trusted Kakashi-san's decision. He told me that I should really be reading that kind of book at my age."
'Uh-oh.'
"And, what might that book be?"
Sai took out an orange book from the small bag behind him.
Another twitch.
"See, Sakura-san, there are pictures that are quite interesting. I don't fully get what the writer is implying, so can you please explain them to me? Kakashi-san said that I should be learning some…skills. But I don't really know what he's talking about." Sai explained as he turned pages from the book. Probably finding the page that needed to be explained.
"S-Sai, don't―"
Too late. Sai had opened a page in the said orange book and showed it to Sakura.
There was a certain picture…with a man on top of a woman…and they were…
"I don't really get it…when the writer said that the guy had inserted his―"
Sakura flushed red as she whipped her head to the side. She tuned out the words that were coming from Sai's mouth.
'Oh I'm going to kill that pervy man.'
From the trees close to them, Naruto's eyes had landed on the two. A flushing Sakura and a smiling Sai.
"Hey, look! Sai's here! And… is Sakura…blushing?" Naruto questioned as he pointed towards the two with a dumbfounded expression.
All their heads whipped over to the said two, as Sasuke's slowly turned towards them in a bored manner.
He saw Sakura blushing and looking away, as a guy that looked similar to him was smiling.
His onyx orbs bled crimson as the black coma-like wheels turned.
"Sasuke-kun, why is your Sharingan activated?" Karin asked from beside him.
'What the…'
The blood-red eyes immediately faded back to obsidian.
"Hn."
'What the hell just happened?' he thought to himself.
He couldn't think anymore as Kakashi walking towards them with a brown-haired man beside him was staring directly at him.
Sasuke could sense that Kakashi was smirking under his mask, yet the other brown haired man wasn't pleased at all when he noted how many missing-nins were with them.
Kakashi spoke some words of reassurance towards the said man, it seems as the brown haired man relaxed…slightly.
The two men stopped before them as Kakashi turned towards the two on the other side.
"If you two lovebirds are done, you might as well come over here." Kakashi said teasingly, catching Sakura's and Sai's attention.
The two followed orders as Sakura glared at Kakashi.
Once they were near enough, Kakashi could sense that Sakura had a murderous aura surrounding her.
"Kakashi-sempai" Sakura inquired sweetly as she stared at him.
"H-Hai?" her tone was too sweet that it was a little scary directed for and to him.
"Do you know what happened just a while ago?" she asked. Her voice still coated with sweetness.
"U-uhh. Does the result involve my early, untimely death?" he questioned.
Sakura stared at him with a murderous intent as she tightened the leather gloves on her hand.
"What were you thinking when you gave Sai an ICHA ICHA PARADISE book?!" she hissed.
"H-He was too young and naïve, Sakura! I felt the urge to want to begin teaching him on the birds and the bees!" he defended, as he backed away slowly, his palms raised in front of him.
Sakura cracked the knuckles on her hands as she flexed her neck. A sign of preparation.
The others could only stare in astonishment.
"Ne, Sai-baka, why is Sakura getting so worked up over the fact that you read Icha Icha Paradise? I mean, I read it too, so I don't see a reason for her to get so riled up."
"Oh?" Sai flipped through the pages in his book before stopping on a certain one and showing it to the group before him. "Because I showed Sakura-san this page, and I asked specific details on it." he replied.
Karin's face turned bright red as Suigetsu's hand appeared under his chin…thinking. Juugo looked indifferent as he immediately turned his head to the side, Yamato slapped a hand on his head and sighed. Afraid of his dear friend's life. Sasuke ignored all of them, as blood trickled down from Naruto's nose.
"O-Oh! I can see why Sakura-chan got so riled up." He replied.
Sai raised an eyebrow. "So do you know the explanation to this picture?" he asked innocently as he raised the book a bit to match Naruto's eye-level.
"Yosh! I do! Well you see, that there, is a position. Part of the many, many, many positions there are to s―"
"NARUTO! I DARE YOU TO CONTINUE THAT SENTENCE!" Sakura yelled.
She and Kakashi with a noticeable bump on his head were walking back towards them.
"A-Ah! Sakura-chan! I wasn't…well I didn't― no wait! I wouldn't―"
"Oh shut the hell up, pinky. They're men, they should know about this stuff!" Karin interjected as she examined her nails. She didn't even bother to look up.
A vein appeared once again at the side of Sakura's temple. "What did you just call me, red?" she hissed.
Karin looked up this time. Her ruby orbs directed towards her. "I called you PIN―"
BOOM!
The sound of a body hitting the trunk of the trees from the ones planted near them were heard.
Karin had already tested Sakura's patience enough. The thin line that was the remnant of her patience snapped once Karin had dared to call her pinky once again.
Sakura had retreated a fist, only to have it coming towards Karin's stomach. The fist Sakura had used to punch Karin was loaded with chakra, making the said red-head girl fly a few feet away.
Suigetsu and Juugo went over to her.
"Woah! She's unconscious!" Suigestu exclaimed from the spot he was in.
Sakura huffed as she stomped on her right foot and looked away. "That's what the skank deserved anyway." She muttered.
Sasuke was astonished. He wasn't able to see Sakura's other abilities besides the while medic-nin thing. Today was his first day to actually see Sakura up-close when in combat.
Now to say that she was still weak would be unfair on her part.
She had…improved.
"Tch. Next time, Sakura, at least try to go easy on her." Kakashi said as he pulled his oh-so-favorite orange book from out of it's hiding place and flipped it open.
"Yeah, Sakura-san. I think it's best if you held back a bit." Yamato piped in.
So she's really this strong, huh?
"Hm. I think that girl deserved whatever came her way, anyway. She was testing Sakura's patience." Sai commented.
Sakura turned to him and flashed him that oh-so-lovely smile of hers.
The ones that she used to flash for him.
Sasuke noticed this, and he couldn't help but allow his eyes to narrow as a reflex action for some reason.
Not only did he come up with a conclusion on the said person that was supposed to be his replacement after he left. Sasuke had also figured out that for some reason…he did not seem to like this Sai...
at all...
.::TBC::.
So like, Juugo and Suigestu finally appear in this chapter! Woot! I'm not exactly impressed with the way I wrote this part down though. v.v;; Oh, and thankfully this chapter explained Sakura's feelings, deep enough to answer some of your questions. I have big, big plans for the next chapter. So watch out for the update. Till then, I thank these awesome people who reviewed the last chapter:
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