(A/N) I'm happy that you people are reviewing favoriting and all that stuff. Makes me happy inside
(SQUEAL)
And I know Sasuke was an ass hole but now I'm gonna make him a softy :)
I mean it's hard to make Sasuke nice when he's never ever ever ever nice. Hahaaa.
How many of you can go a day without smiling? I smile for not absolute reason and I smile when I don't even know that I'm smiling.
It takes some skiiilllsssss to not smile.
Gold medal for Sasuke-kun.
Chapter 6: Mission Time
Sasuke was sitting at the table, his eyes staring at the frame that was in his hands. The frame held the picture that Sakura was looking at before- the picture of the Uchiha family.
The family before the massacre.
The family before Itachi killed each of them, one way or another, emotionally and physically.
The family before things went so wrong.
The family Sasuke wished he could bring back.
'Wham!'
Sasuke jumped when he heard the door suddenly be slammed open. He quickly took the frame and put it back up on the wall carefully. He spun on his heels and turned around to see Sakura standing there, panting.
"Sakura?"
"Sasuke! Guess what?"
Sasuke looked at her confused. He raised an eyebrows at her and smirked at her appearance. Her hair was messy and her knees were covered with dirt- she probably fell down one way or another on her way here. He watched her lips breath in and out, but they still held a small smile of excitment.
"Come on, guess!!" she exclaimed, raising her voice higher.
Sasuke sighed and shrugged his shoulders, "Uh, Naruto turned down a bowl of ramen?"
Sakura giggled and pushed her pink locks out her face and carefully put them behind her ear, holding them in place. Sakura then nodded and bit her bottom lip.
"Wrong!"
Sasuke was getting tired of this- he didn't like these games. Hanging out with Naruto all the time was making Sakura into a mini Naruto, but of course no one could be as energetic as him. Sasuke frowned.
"Come on, Sakura, just tell me what the hell you want to tell me!"
Sakura smiled and Sasuke could swear she was about to jump out of her shoes and bounce off the walls.
"Team 7 is being reuinited! We're going on a mission!"
Sakura ran over to Sasuke and stood in front of him, smiling. Sasuke stood there, not knowing what his expression looked like.
Sasuke didn't know that Team 7 would EVER be reunited, especially because he betrayed the village, he didn't think he'd ever get a chance to go out and do mission again-
"Well, actually not all of Team 7. Kakashi can't go because he's going with Lee, Tenten, Neji, and Guy on another mission to go see some weird hide-out place in some mountains or something about the Akatsuki. We aren't gonna do a high ranked mission or whatever but it's a start! I'm so excited!"
Sakura bounced around the room, giggling musically. She and Naruto really were a lot alike- Sasuke only hoped whatever voodoo Naruto put on Sakura wouldn't happen to him. He didn't want to end up like a hyperactive energizer bunny, but the energy seemed to make Sakura more happy.
"When are we going on the mission?" Sasuke asked
"Tomorrow! I went to the Hokage's office before I got here and she told me we're going on a B rank mission. Of course Naruto's not happy about it, but I'm happy with it. I mean, it's a good start for us, right? I mean it's been a white since me and Naruto went on a mission with Sai, and Sai is in the hospital because oh something about his weird jutsu he uses with ink and stuff. He made a snake with the ink and it attacked him because he gave it extra large fangs and-"
"Sakura, relax." Sasuke said, grabbing the girl by the shoulders and shaking her a bit.
Sakura just smiled and stuck out her tongue at the Uchiha. "I'm just excited."
Sasuke was surprised how quickly Sakura's mood had changed since her mother-well, died. Sakura has no other family, and you'd think losing the closest family you have would bring the old Sakura to tears, but she's stronger now. She's grown, he could admit. But, he still was curious.
"Sakura," Sasuke choked, "you're mom is dead. Why're you so happy? Your family is gone."
Sakura's eyes widened as she looked into Sasuke's eyes, her emerald orbs glassy. The end's of Sakura's lips curled up a bit as she desperatly tried to smile a bit.
"She's not my only family. Sure, I'll miss her. But she's not really gone. She's still with me in spirit, and she gives me strength. Anyone who's close to you who dies becomes your guardian angel, and they watch over you."
Sasuke didn't know what she ment- but one thing troubles him in her statement.
"What do you mean she's not your only family?"
Sakura closed her eyes and her smile grew bigger. She blinked and looked into Sasuke's eyes.
"Everyone that is close to me is my family. Sure, we're not blood related, but they're family. Tsunade, Naruto, Tenten, Lee, Neji, Kakashi-sensei, Might Guy, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Kurenei, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and you, Sasuke. You're all my family. Asuma died and now he's the guardian angel of Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji. When you die, only physically you leave this planet. Naruto still feels like Jiraiya is with him, and he believes that he's still with him in sprit. You're family is watching over you, too, Sasuke. And you, too, still have a family in this village.
Sakura's eyes were staring into Sasuke's. Emerald clashed with obsidian. Sasuke smirked at the petite young woman standing in front of him, staring at him with hope, fear, and excitment.
Naruto was running frantically with a smile planted on his face, teeth baring. The fox-boy ran to Ichiraku's Ramen shop and jumped onto a seat, his smiling shimmering.
"Come on, old man! Bring on the ramen! I'm celebrating!"
The owner of the shop quickly put a large bowl of ramen infront of Naruto. "Thanks, old man!"
Naruto took a set of chopsticks and broke them in half, separating them. He dug into the large bowl of ramen, taking up noodles into his mouth along with some pieces of pork.
"So, Naruto, what's the occasion?" the owner asked, serving a bowl of ramen to someone next to Naruto.
"Team 7 was just assigned a misssion! It's a lousy one, but it's a mission! It's only B-ranked, but boy am I excited! We're going to the Land of Bringing to kick some serious-ass! There's some raids goin' on down there and our job is to protect the innocent villagers who're going through bad economical-crap. I'm so excited!" Naruto yelled, finishing off his ramen bowl.
"Slow down, boy! Treasure the ramen, I work hard making that!"
"Thanks, old man, I appreciate the tip! Anyways, I'm gonna go over to Sasuke's. Sakura's living there with him and we're gonna talk some serious stradegy! See ya!"
"Hey! You didn't pay!"
"I'll pay you laterrr!"
Knock! Knock!
Sasuke opened one eye and looked over at the door.
Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock-knock-knock!
"Who the hell is at the door!?!" Sasuke heard Sakura call from the shower. Sasuke jumped off the couch quickly and cursed under his breath. He opened the door to a very annoying fox-boy.
"Hey, teme! What's up?"
"Dobe, what're you doing here?" Sasuke asked, irritated with his wide goofy smile.
"We're going on our mission tomorrow and we're setting out at 6 A.M. so I was wondering if you guys have gotten any info or something on the mission-"
"Naruto, what're you doing here?" Sakura asked, walking down the stairs with her wet tangled hair over her face.
"Sakura-chan!"
Sakura was combing her hair with her fingernails, shovering her hair out of her face.
"The idiot's here becasue he wants to talk about the mission." Sasuke sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets.
"Naruto, we can discuss the mission later! It's 9:00 right now, you should be home!" Sakura scolded, making Naruto think.
"Well, we SHOULD discuss the mission! So, Sakura-chan, did you learn anything about the mission?"
Sakura nodded her head up and down. She smiled and sat down on the couch/her bed.
"I've learned some stuff, not a lot though. But, I drew out a map that shows the fastest route to get to the Land of Bringing. It's a long way away, so it'll take a while to get there, which is probably why Tsunade is making us leave right in the morning..."
Naruto groaned. He wasn't a morning person.
"anyway, when we get there we're going to be guarding the village from raids, right? And raids are well, giant groups of people who attack the town, so all 3 of us will have to be on duty at all times. It won't be easy, so we'll have to be sure to stay away, alright Naruto?"
Naruto smiled and threw his fist in the air, "Yeah! No way am I gonna fail this mission!"
Sakura's musical laugh filled and room. Sasuke smirked and looked up at Naruto, "You'll fall asleep. You're about as lazy as a sack of potatoes."
"Hey, that's not nice!" Naruto argued, shaking his fist at Sasuke.
"Hey, stop it guys, we've got more to talk about! Anyway, I did some research on the raids that're going on down there. It seems that they're not that big of a deal, they're just small gangs of thugs that're comming down. But, they said that there are some rogue ninjas mixed up in the bunch. They're highly skilled, but taking them down shouldn't be a problem. They only know a few forbidden techniques, which isn't that impressive for rogue ninja. We'll take them down easy."
Naruto smiled and hugged Sakura in a tight embrace. "Naruto- can't- breath- stop~!"
Naruto loosened his embrace and jumped out the door. "See you guys!" he shouted, running into the darkness of the village streets. Sakura smiled and walked over to where Sasuke was standing.
"You look worried."
"Hn?"
"Yeah. You look worried." Sakura said, putting her hands on her hips. "Don't lie, Sasuke, what's wrong?"
Sasuke sighed and walked over to the couch, sitting down on it. Sakura skipped over and sat next to him, putting her hand on his back in a comforting matter.
"Tell me."
Sasuke raised his head and looked Sakura in the eye. She looked worried about him- why was she so worried? She was so unselfish and always cared about her and Naruto. Maybe that's why she wanted to become a medical ninja; so that she could help them.
"It's just- weird," Sasuke sighed, shaking his head, "it's weird to be going on a mission. It's been 5 years since we've all gone on a mission together. I remember all those silly missions we used to go on. Naruto would always want a better mission. You would always smile and just make him get into line. Those missions we used to go on are nothing like the one's we're allowed to go on now. We're not gennin anymore- well, that's not entirely true. I'm still a gennin, and so is Naruto, but it's different."
Sakura smiled and blinked 3 times. She put her head on Sasuke's shoulder as she took his hand in hers. "I know," she breathed, biting her bottom lip, "I miss how simple things used to be, too."
Sasuke twisted and turned in his sleep. Something felt funny- something felt different. A strange feeling was bubbling up in his stomach, and it wouldn't go away. This feeling has started ever since he saved Sakura when her mother died, and it's just been getting worse and worse. He didn't like the feeling, and it made him feel uncomfortable.
Sasuke gripped his bare chest, digging his nails into his skin, making marks. Sasuke's eyes flickered open to the darkness of the room. He jumped out of the bed quickly and stood there for 5 minutes, leaning against the bed.
He didn't know where this strange feeling was comming from- and he didn't like it at all. It was a feeling of sorrow and happiness inside him. Sasuke fell back on the bed, shoving his head into the fluffy pillow.
"Wake up, Sasuke!" Sakura yelled, throwing a pillow at Sasuke head.
"Hm? What the hell..." Sasuke said, grabbing the pillow she threw at him and throwing it back at Sakura, still half asleep. The pillow his Sakura forcefully, making her fall on the ground. Even when he was half asleep, he was still so strong.
Sakura grunted as she hit the ground and gripped the pillow in her hand.
"Wake up, Mr. Ego! It's 5:30 and we have to leave at 6!" Sakura yelled, putting the pillow in her hand on the bed.
Sasuke cursed her and pulled the covers over his head. He was tired.
"Sleepy-head, wake up!" Sakura said musically, jumping up and down on the bed. Sasuke could hear the springs in the bed as Sakura jumped up and down, comming dangerously close to hitting her head on the fan.
"Sakura..." Sasuke said drowsily, getting irritated.
"Wake-up! Wake-up!" Sakura sang, continuously jumping up and down on the bed.
Sasuke quickly shot out his arm from under the covers and grabbed Sakura's ankle, making her fall.
"Hey!" Sakura squealed as she came down ontop of Sasuke. Surprisingly, it didn't hurt as her weight fell on him. She was light and petite, so it didn't hurt at all.
"Leave. Me. Alone." Sasuke demanded, scooting Sakura off him and pushing himself to the edge of the bed.
"Sasuke..." she warned, but it was too late.
Thud!
Sasuke was on the floor, taking the covers and a pillow down with him.
"Damnit."
Sakura giggled and looked over the bed at him. "That's what you get for being a lazy bum!"
Sasuke sighed and finally gave in. He stood up and rubbed his eye. He yawned lazily as he picked up the covers and pillow and threw them on the bed, not even bothering to make the bed neat looking.
Sakura was sitting on the bed, her knees up to her chest. "Well, now it's 5:45. Get ready!" she exclaimed. Sasuke walked sluggishly into the bathroom to take a shower, not bothering to say anything like 'good morning' to Sakura.
Sakura sat there on the bed as she heard the water running from inside the bathroom. She smiled and laid on her back, sprawling all over the bed. She breathed in through her nose. She liked the smell of the room.
It smelled to masculine.
It smelled like Sasuke.
She liked it.
Sakura grabbed the pillow Sasuke was sleeping on and held it against her chest. She curled up in a little ball and smelled the pillow. She curled around the pillow like it was a stuffed animal.
Sakura listened to the rushing water from the shower. It sounded like rain...
Sasuke's room was so nice. She wished she could stay here forever....
Sasuke got out of the shower and sniffed in the fresh air. The glass mirror in front of him was covered with fog. He put his hand against the mirror and slided his hand down it, sliding down the condensation.
Sasuke took a towel and dried his hair until it was completly dry.
Sasuke quickly put on his clothes and liked the smell of being clean. It was a lot better then being dirty. He opened up the door to his room and there on the bed was a sleeping Sakura. She looked so peaceful. She was cuddled around Sasuke's pillow and the edges of her lip were curled into an adorable smile. She was snuggling into the pillow and breathed slowly. She was mumbling in her sleep and kept moving around in her position, but her arms stayed clung to the pillow.
"Sakura..." Sasuke whispered, sitting on the bed next to her. "Sakura..." he said a bit louder, but all Sakura did was stir a bit in her sleep and mumble.
"Sakura, wake up. It's time to go."
Sasuke sighed and shook Sakura's shoulder. "Wake up, Sakura. Come on, let's go. We have a mission."
"Mission!" Sakura yelled, instantly letting go of the pillow and jumping up. Her eyes were bewildered and she was panting. She looked over at Sasuke and her eyes softened.
"Oh, did I fall asleep?"
Sasuke nodded and Sakura facepalmed. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry I-" Sakura looked over at the clock on the wall, "Holy shit! It's 6:02! Naruto's probably there wondering where we are! Damnit!"
Sakura jumped out of bed and instead of going out the front door, she opened up the bedroom's window.
"Come on, Sasuke. We're jumping out the window!" She exlcaimed playfully and she swooped out without another word.
Sasuke was shocked and he quickly ran over to the window. He looked out the window and down below to see a smiling Sakura.
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Sakura's smile widened when she was the worried expression on Sasuke's face. "Come on!" she exclaimed. Sasuke quickly flew out of the window and dropped down next to her. Their gaze held for a split second then Sakura was running, leaving Sasuke in the dust.
"We're gonna be late!" she yelled over he shoulder at the lazy Sasuke. Sasuke sighed and ran after her as they both manuevered themselves through the village until they came to the village gate.
Naruto was leaning against a pillar lazily, cursing under his breath words like 'dumbass' and 'good-for-nothing' and 'lazy'.
"Hey, Naruto!" Sakura exclaimed, slowing herself down.
"Sakura-chan! You're late!"
"I know, I know, so let's get going! I memorized the route to get to the Land of Bringing so we should get there in maybe a day or two." Sakura exclaimed, panting.
Sasuke ran up 3 seconds later, but didn't stop. He just zoomed past Sakura and Naruto.
"He doesn't slow down for anyone, that ego-filled dumbass." Naruto scowled. Sakura smiled musically and they both ran after him as they started on their way to the Land of Bringing.
(A/N) I had no idea what to name this chapter so 'Mission Time' sounds kind of cheesy.
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Chapter naming is not my specialty.
Anyway yay Sasuke is having a weird feeling in his tummmyyy! Anyone know what that feeling is ? ? hmm....
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