title: Road to Sakura
pairing: possible eventual SasuSaku.
summary: Neither of them were backing down. Bring it on.
notes: So, anyway, I might be taking a short break from fanfiction writing to re-watch some of the Naruto anime. The last time I watched any of the earlier episodes was, like, three years ago or something like that, and so I'm a bit rusty with some things. So far, so good, but I'm not going to take any chances. Plus, it'll be good "research" for my Two Beats and A Red Sin fanfic. But then again, I might get lazy and not watch any of the episodes. Who knows?
notes 2: So, yeah, last chapter you saw the fight between Sasuke and Sakura, and so you guys have probably figured it out that Sasuke will probably become a playboy because of that. But it's not going to be very soon as of yet, okay? You guys have gotta wait, just a bit longer. And this chapter is a bit lighter than the last one, okay? There's also a little twist at the end of this. (Hint, hint: See if you can remember who Kaiza is. Wink, wink.) I don't really like this chapter...
notes 3: Lyrics from Hyun-Ah and Hyun-Seung's Trouble Maker (I had a hard time choosing lyrics for this chapter, so don't complain please if the lyrics kinda don't match the chapter)
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Road to Sakura
"When I look into your eyes,
I'm a Trouble Maker
When I stand next to you,
I'm a Trouble Maker"
Team 7 wasn't as bad as Sakura had intially thought they'd be. Their teamwork, if not shabby, was actually very remarkable. There were just a few tiny fights here and there, courtesy of the Haruno and Uchiha. And at times, those fights would lead to something going astray in their D-ranked missions, but the two were the top students in their grade, and so they were able to fix any of the problems before having the mission end in complete failure.
And, thus, here they are, in front of the Third Hokage, recieving another mission.
"Well done, Team 7. Another successful mission. Now, your next duties are babysitting, helping with the harvest, and shopping in the—"
"No, No, and No Thank You!" Naruto almost screams, throwing a little tantrum. And it is actually a good thing, too. Neither Sasuke nor Sakura could take anymore of those tedious missions, especially not another Find-Tora mission. "I refuse to do any of those! I want to do, you know, a more incredible mission! Find us a better one!"
"Naruto, don't disrespect the Hokage like that!" Minato stands from his seat, appalled that his son could yell right in front of the village leader and his peers.
"Everyone starts off with simple duties and work their way up!" Iruka seconds the Namikaze's notion.
"Yeah, Dobe," Sasuke tells his friend. "You shouldn't say things like that."
Sakura only scoffs. "Suck-up," she mutters under her breath, loud enough so that Sasuke could hear. She is satisfied when she sees his eyebrow twitching.
"Give us a better mission!"
Sasuke and Sakura were too busy glaring at each other to notice just how far Naruto's arguement with his father and Iruka had actually gone.
"You know, Uchiha, I take back what I said a few days ago," Sakura says. "He's not a total moron, actually. He's just childish." Her smile grows when Sasuke can find no words to counter hers.
"Okay. If you want it that much, I'll give you a C-ranked mission."
Ignoring their sensei's "Yosh! Naruto's spunk has won!", Sasuke and Sakura both wear faces of astonishment. The idiot actually succeeded in doing something...
"It's a protection mission of a certain individual."
And that certain individual walks in, a scar in the shape of a lop-sided X on his chin. "This is the perfect team, Hokage-sama," the man says, flashing a smile. "Though that short brat may seem to be a little trouble from what I heard from the other room."
Naruto, not knowing any better, only laughs at the man's accusation. "Haha! Who's the short brat who'll cause trouble?" He looks back and forth from his teammates, trying to see which of them is the shortest one. And he's only met with disappointment, Sakura giggling and Sasuke smirking at his ignorance. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Ugh, Naruto, you can't kill the client," Minato says, facepalming, as Kakashi holds back the angry blonde ready to maul someone.
"My name is Kaiza form the Land of Waves," the man introduces himself, flexing a muscle before point a finger at the team. "And, until I get back to my country, I expect you four to provide me with super protection!"
Sakura smiles because, at the very least, she knows that this mission will not be boring, thanks to her knucklehead teammate and this strange client of theirs. And as she looks over to see Sasuke with a smirk, she knows that he is thinking the same exact thing.
When he finally looks at her, having felt her gaze on him for too long, she gives him an innocent smile before going back to staring straight ahead, her smile turning into a smirk. You can get anyone to like you, huh? Well then, let's see what you've got. Before the end of this mission, I'll show you just how much I hate your haughty attitude.
And Sasuke seems to to know exactly what she's thinking. Bring it on.
"I'll keep being in front of you
so you can't forget me
I'll keep shaking your heart
so you can't escape me"