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Two men proceeded to walk into a spacious room which was meant to be the head division's main room. Kagame, the head division, eyed the two men infront of her. Waving her hand for them to come forward, her bloodcurdling eyes locked on to theirs. Never missing even the slightest movement. One reason, and one reason only, that she is named to be the leader of the organization. Reason? Because she's superior than everyone else. Not necessarily just in fighting, which is also required to be a good leader. What makes her a greater leader is possessing the ability to actually lead.
Her vibrant and long dark green locks fell all the way down to her torso, with jagged layers to her bangs that were moved to the side. Her eyes were a deep red, menacing and dark, that no person would never even want to make direct eye contact. Her skin was smooth, yet sickly pail as if the sun never once made contact. What really struck every man to want her, and what every woman to be her, was her figure. Still, no one dared to be the courageous man in the crowd to be forward and make a move on her. It was like asking for a death wish. She spoke up, her voice vibrating through the whole room.
"Since the last mission was a complete failure." said Kagame, giving Kyuri a glare. "I need the both of you to work together this time. The instructions are the same as last time. Simple and easy to follow. You may arrange a plan on the way if needed. However, I will tell you what is not needed. Coming back here empty handed a second time. Do not fail me or else this day will be your last. Do I make myself clear?" She stood up and slammed her fist on the desk, growing impatient and aggravated. Mostly toward Kyuri. Who, was sent on the last mission to capture the son and daughter of the most royal and wealthiest family in the country. The Takamine family. Kagame was not the one to raise her voice at her subordinates, despite her appearance being malicious.
"Yes Kagame-sama. As you requested, we will not fail." said the monotonous voice, bowing down to his leader before she dismissed him. The two walked out of the room, closing the door behind them.
"Man, she's always on my case with everything. It's not like I'm the only one who fails a mission from time to time. In fact, this is only my first time. And that's saying something since I've been here for a whole 3 years." scoffed Kyuri. He wasn't really a man to keep quiet or keep his thoughts to himself. Gives a pretty good clue to why there's a fight every now and then in the place with other subordinates.
"It was not a very difficult mission for someone as highly skilled as you. You have been on many other missions that required more effort than that."
"You know what. I don't even know why I talk to you, Shizu. It was bad enough that I was paired up with you."
Not responding back to his partner, he just walked beside him quietly. Not even acknowledging his presence. You could say that was the most Shizu had ever talked. The two were completely different. In personality, and appearance. Shizu had medium black hair that fell down to his neck with golden eyes and rarely talked. While Kyuri had orange hair with a relatively cocky attitude and a big mouth to add.
Regardless of all their differences, they still made a pretty good team.
She stirred around in her warm and soft bed. Not bothering to look at her clock to see what time it is, nor to get up at all to do anything productive today. Besides, a few minutes couldn't hurt. She was too comfortable with the radiating heat next to her. Which was strange. This 'heat' that was coming from had arms. That were wrapped around her waist, very close to her.
Very carefully and slowly, she twisted her head a little to the side to see who was beside her. To say so herself, she was actually very please with herself that she didn't scream at the top of her lungs. Because if she did, Sasuke Uchiha would wake up and wonder what in the world is wrong with her.
She took deep breaths, trying to calm herself and think of everything that happened last night before she fully fell asleep.
'Okay, let's see. After the whole incident happened, I woke up and and started being a whiny baby because I was afraid of the thunder outside. Which added to that, Sasuke kissing me and I regretfully kissed him back. And...and...What am I missing? How did he end up in MY bed with ME.'
'And your inner comes into the conversation not giving a shit. Good morning, sunshine. How is your beautiful morning going so far?'
'Not funny, inner. Now tell me what happened.'
'Very graphic if you ask me. Since, you know, you did it, after all.'
'Wait..you mean..'
'Yup. Congratulations! You're not a virgin any more!'
'OH MY GOD. Please tell me you're joking.' She moved her left arm, carefully trying not to bump her elbow into him. Feeling her hoodie on her with her bra and every other piece of clothing, a wave of relief hit her.
'If only I could kill you.'
'Aw. That hurt, Sak. That hurt really deep.'
Not paying attention to her inner, she averted her attention to someone else.
Her head was resting on her soft pillow, while his face was buried in her neck, feeling his warm breath. His arms were wrapped around her waist, her back pulled close to her chest. What really worried her was the way both their legs were tangled with each other. Now there was a lower chance of getting off the bed without him waking up.
She tried to wiggle out of his grasp, but his grip was too strong. Surrendering in defeat, she relaxed once again, drifting off to sleep.
What seemed like seconds, she woke up again. Colder than before.
She stood up, and looked around. No one. 'Hm. He probably left. But where? We're supposed to go to Tsunade's today.' Brushing off the fact that Sasuke was in her bed before, she got up and looked for clothes to wear for today. Since she was most likely going to be switched to a different village, she would have to wear ninja gear. Then again, she does have to act and look like a mother as well. Deciding on going along with the actual plan, she took a light purple v-neck, underwear, bra, and denim shorts since it was going to be even hotter than before.
Walking to the bathroom, she closed the door behind her and put the clothes on the counter sink. She took off her hoodie which she apparently wore the whole time, as well as her tank top and pants. Leaving her in only her undergarments. She stopped in her tracks when she saw the door knob turn. She was freaking out, and not for the right reasons. She was half naked in front of Sasuke, and Sasuke was literally naked. The only thing that kept his 'manhood' covered was a towel around his waist. Which she could have sworn that it was threatening to fall off any second.
'Oh come on. You know you just want to rip that towel right off. Or you know, at least let it casually fall off.' Ignoring her perverted inner, who was sadly right in her part. She couldn't keep her eyes off of him. He was just so...perfect. His eyes were darker than black, which she thought wasn't even possibe. His hair, despite everyone saying it looked like a ducks ass, was original and different. His body was like some sort of god, with perfect broad shoulders and well toned abs. With a V line even going all the way down 'there'. Even his smirk that he always does when he's amused or wants to laugh but is too cool for it. Or the way he gets acts like he doesn't care when he really does. Or when...
Wait... smirk? She shyly averted her attention back up at his face. There. A smirk spread across his stupid and arrogant face.
"Like what you see?" Her face was flushed red, not really sure because of how she eyed him just now or of pure anger.
"No, actually. I was thinking of how much better you could do than that." retorted Sakura, crossing her arms. She would give herself a high-five if she could.
"Hn. Really? It doesn't look like it to me." said Sasuke, inching closer to her.
"Yeah, well it does to me. Now if you will excuse me, I would like to take a shower. Alone." Somehow, she knew all along that she wasn't fully clothed. Yet she didn't particularly feel uncomfortable or shy about her body around him. It felt like she was used to it in a way.
"Hn. Alright. I just came to get my conditioner." Before getting the conditioner by the sink and leaving, he walked up to her and gave her a kiss on the lips. It was difference this time. It wasn't a forceful kiss or filled with lust. It was a plain kiss that felt playful and a couple-like feeling. Slightly blushing, he turned away with a smirk, opening the door and walking out, going to the other bathroom in the hallway.
Grabbing her clothes on the floor, she threw them in the laundry basket and undressed the rest of herself. Now she was all alone with her thoughts to think about it. Stepping into the shower, she let her mind wander.
'Hey...inner.' said Sakura in a light, soft tone.
'I already know what your going to say. You're getting attached to him and you don't know what to do, right?'
'Sort of like that. I just feel as if getting attached to him like when I was younger isn't the right thing to do. Putting the mission aside, what if I do end up liking him again?'
'Yeah, again. You're saying like you actually stopped liking him. Either way, so what if you do? It's not like it's a bad thing. He likes you back if that makes you feel any better.'
'No, that actually makes me feel worse. I don't need him developing feelings for me back. I just want him to be my teammate. My friend. My brother.'
'You don't kiss your brothers' though now do you? No. So stop friendzoning him and let it go however it goes.' Without letting her say anything else, she cut them off, leaving herself alone to think about everything.
After showering, she got fully clothed and ready. Which to that, got the kids ready as well and were now walking to the Hokage's office.
"Did something happen that it's that urgent to have requested Tsunade-sama at a time like this?" asked Shizune worriedly, walking done the corridor.
"Yeah, we're hoping that she'll have a clue or something about it." said Sakura. While the two went on talking, Shiro and Hikari looked at each other, very confused. Shizune knocked on the door, letting Sasuke and Sakura both in. Yet leaving Shiro and Hikari to stay with her since it would ruin the whole mission if they hear about it.
"What is so important that you would need me at a time like this?"
"Last night. They attempted to take away the kids." said Sasuke. He really didn't need to explain the whole situation, just the important details that would somehow lead clues to the ninjas.
"They? Who's they?"
"All I know is that it was a man. Most likely in his 20's, orange hair." Tsunade started biting her thumb nail. This didn't give her much information to sent out a search or even give her a lead to where the organization is located. For all she knows, the man could still be in this village or maybe even left a long time ago.
"I can't really say that we'll find the man with no clue left behind. And anything with a scent of him probably faded by now to track down. Nevertheless, I'll try to send a search team whether it succeeds or not. Besides that, the children are both unharmed, right?"
"They were knocked out unconscious, but no harm was done." said Sasuke. Tsunade gave a glare for not being more cautious, her face quickly softening afterward.
"I'll let this one slide, only because I know you two are better than that and it won't happen again." said Tsunade narrowing her eyes. "Is there anything else you'd like to add?"
"We were hoping to transfer to a different village, so they won't find us again." spoke up Sakura abruptly.
"Sorry to say this, but moving to a different village right now wouldn't be the smartest thing to do. Staying in this village for a few days is all we can do for now. They're most likely going to be thinking that right after the stunt they pulled, that you would go to a different village to try and get away from them. That's exactly what they want us to do, were not going to, though. After the third day, you'll go to Sunagakure." explained Tsunade. "As for you Sasuke, I know that this is an S-class mission, so you'd think that I would set you free and give you your chakra back. Keep in mind that that's not going to happen. If anything were to go wrong, Sakura would just have to come in and save you." Tsunade gave a sweet satisfactory smile, as if saying that he needs a little girl to save his sorry butt.
"Like I said, three days from now. There is no need to come back to my office, if anything happens that I must be informed, then I supposed it's necessary. If there are no questions, both of you are dismissed." Both bowing down, they left the room. Of course, leaving Tsunade alone to do all her lovely paper work.
Tsunade sighed, leaning back on her chair, worrying for her little pinkette.
'No Tsunade, you need to stop treating her like a child. She's already 22, and coming so far with all her training and hard work, I'd have to say I've never been more proud of her all of these years.' She smiled at the thought.
She walked down the streets of Konoha, like every other boring day. Hikari and Shiro both held on to her hand, while Sasuke held Hikari's. Shiro's stomach growled, quickly looking up at Sakura.
"My tummys' making noises, mommy! I'm hungry!" pouted Shiro.
"Looks like we'll have to buy food if you're so hungry, Shiro. We'll buy you guys your favorite, okay?"
"My favorite too!" yelled Hikari.
"Yes Hikari, your favorite too." said Sakura. Now all she had to do was pick out a store that had the cheapest prices and-
"Sakura! Over here!" She looked behind her. Hinata, Tenten, and Ino all running to her while everyone around them is looking at them like they're crazy. Which is strange since you'd think everyone would be used to this by now.
"Sa-sakura...Where ha-ave you been. We've been looking for you, t-this whole t-time." said Tenten through deep breaths. From the looks of all of them all out of breath, they did actually look like they were looking for her. And a long time at that. But why? What was so important that-
'Don't tell me you already forgot.'
'What that hell do you-'
'You were supposed to hang out with them, remember? They told you yesterday.'
She winced at the thought. What was she supposed to do now? She can't leave Sasuke alone with the children with what happened yesterday night. But she also can't just bail on her friends with a lame excuse saying 'Sorry I can't because I forgot and now I'm busy', just because she can't say anything about the mission.
"Not a bad outfit, forehead. Now let's go, we're wasting time." said Ino grabbing Sakura's arm, pulling her.
"Wait, wait Ino. I, um, can't." She pulled back her arm, giving her an apologetic look. Sasuke nudged her arm, leaning down to whisper in her ear.
"Just go. I'll handle everything, don't worry." She looked back up at Sasuke, guilt in her eyes. Knowing she won't listen to him, he took Hikari and Shiro's hands, and walked them along side him.
"I'll see you back home." said Sasuke kissing her cheek, and then leaving without letting Sakura argue with him. She felt so many feelings right now that she couldn't even count them on all fingers. She was happy now that she had time to spend with her friends since she hasn't even seen them for so long. Yet she's worried in a way with Sasuke and the children because of what happened last night. Even a little relaxed that Sasuke was kind enough to do all of the work. Which also led to being confused and guilty because she was leaving him all alone with so many things to do. And even with the whole act and being a mother and all, she felt like he was being so...real? Like he actually wasn't faking it. It was either that or he was born to be an actor.
Turning around, she found all her friends looking at her with the biggest smiles on their faces. A little too creepy if you asked her. Now being nervous was added to long list of her emotions. She somehow had this big feeling in her gut that they would be asked a million questions.
"Wow. Ino was actually right." said Tenten with her mouth agape.
"Mhm. I told you I wasn't lying." said Ino, turning to look at Tenten. "Now where's my $20 bucks?"
"$20 bucks my ass. As if I would ever give money to you."
"YOU ARE SUCH A LIAR, I CAN'T-"
"AHEM." Everyone else turned to Sakura. She wasn't really a fan of people arguing. Especially when it came to betting on your best friend on whether or not she's dating her childhood crush or not.
Silence fell upon them, everyone just staring at each other, not really knowing what to say. Hinata spoke up, which could only make it either worse or better.
"Uhm, c-congratulations...?" Yup, much worse. Being choked up with three of your best friends with a million questions is just asking for a headache.
"Okay, okay. Okay!" yelled Sakura, everyone went silent. "I'll only explain everything and answer all your question if you behave like normal human beings. Got it?" They all nodded in unison. "Good. Now where exactly are we going?" They all looked at her innocently before grabbing her hand and yanking her with them to god knows where. Except Hinata, who just stood by them, looking worried as ever.
In front of her eyes was a bath house, women only. Which she thought was always better in her opinion since she didn't enjoy men around when she was butt naked. Even if it was separate.
Walking inside with her friends, she went into the dressing room to change in a towel. After everyone's clothes were put away into the small shelves and towels were wrapped around their bodies, they opened the slide in doors to find that they had the bath house all to themselves. Much to their enjoyment. All of them took their towels off, letting them drop to the floor and getting into the hot soothing water. It didn't bother any of them that they were naked in front of each other. They were best friends after all.
"You know, I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this day to come. You're both finally together. It's like, life is so perfect these days." said Ino. Sakura just raised an eyebrow, everyone else joining in.
"Sure, besides the whole ninja life and possible death for every mission we go on, life is perfect." commented Tenten sarcastically. Ino narrowed her eyes.
"Okay fine then. What I meant is her love life. She was the only person who didn't have a boyfriend. Besides me, I'm still trying." said Ino. Sakura was fed up with the whole talk about having Sasuke as a boyfriend. It only made her think to herself how in actuality, she'll doesn't have him as a boyfriend and probably never will. It was only just a lie for a mission. Before yelling at the two to stop arguing, she stopped to rethink what Ino had just said.
"She was the only person who didn't have a boyfriend."
"Uh, you mean to tell me Ino's the only one single?" asked Sakura, silencing the room. Ino and Tenten stopped their arguing, and so did Hinata who tried to stop the two. Who sadly failed at it. "I mean, it's not like any of you got boyfriends while I was gone on a mission and you all forgot to tell me, right?" Tenten laughed nervously while Hinata was beet red. Thankfully she didn't faint like she did when she was younger. Fainting while you're in the water isn't really a good idea.
"How do I put this? I guess you could say Neji asked me to be his girlfriend about two weeks ago and I said yes. That's pretty much it I guess. Nothing too interesting." said Tenten. To be honest, she saw it coming since a few years ago. The way Neji looked at her kind of gave it away. Though she thought it was pretty sad how it took him all those years to ask her that.
"That's fine. I'm happy for you two, though." said Sakura, shrugging. She turned to Hinata with an eyebrow raised. "And what about you, little miss sunshine?" She fiddled with her fingers, looking down at the water.
Ever since she found out that Hinata liked Naruto, they strangely became very close friends over the years. They bonded and found out that they had many things in common. She even tried to set her up with him on a date multiple times. And as you could see, the outcome wasn't successful. Though she was genuinely curious to find out who she would date other than Naruto.
"W-well I-I'm a-actually-y d-dating...u-um.." Her face was the reddest it's ever been, her stuttering even came back. Usually she didn't stutter around any of them, only when it came to Naruto.
"She's dating a certain blond haired fox boy." said Tenten nudging Hinata by the arm. Hinata quickly snapped her head to Tenten, worry and fear shown in her eyes. Sakura quickly noticing this, she asked in a calm voice to not startle her or for her not to get any bad ideas.
"Hinata. Are you okay? Is there something wrong?"
"She was just scared that you would get mad." answered Ino for her. In a way, this shocked her to say.
"Hinata why would you think I would be mad? Naruto's my bestfriend and nothing more. I've never had any feelings for him, so I'm overjoyed that you're finally together with him. Besides, I, um, have Sasuke." said Sakura in a not-so-reassuring tone at the end. At that, a big smile spread across Hinata's face, showing how happy she is to have such an amazing friend.
"See, it wasn't that bad Hinata. Now that we got all of that cleared." said Ino, turning to Sakura. "Tell us, everything." Sakura just sighed. Might as well get it over with.
"Fine, what would you like to know?" asked Sakura in a sarcastic tone.
"Have you kissed him yet?" asked Tenten curiously.
"Oh my god, she did! I saw it when I was at her house yesterday. It was the cutest thing ever and-"
"Ahem." interrupted Sakura. "I thought I was the one answering the questions. And yes Tenten, I have." They all 'awed' and moved in closer to listen for more gossip.
"Is he a good kisser?" asked Hinata.
"Yeah, a little bit too good for someone who has never been kissed before."
"Well Naruto kissed him back in our academy days." said Ino.
"Hah! That was hilarious. Too bad for our little Hinata here. You're not Naruto's first kiss, but you're still his first female kiss." said Tenten patting Hinata on the back.
"Okay, okay, my turn." said Ino. "Have you had sex with him yet?" A deep blush spread across Sakura's face. It amazed her how Ino could say that so easily like it's nothing.
"No! Why would I go that far with him, I've only been in a relationship with him for a few weeks." Ino just rolled her eyes.
"Because you're 22 and you just got your first kiss the other day. And you've known him since you were like 12. You're the closest person he has, besides Naruto."
"Yeah, about time you got a boyfriend. I mean, not in a bad way. We're just looking out for you that's all." said Tenten. Even though what she said meant no harm, she was still offended by it in a way.
"W-well I for one think it's really sweet that she waited that long for the right guy to come along. Sakura could get any guy she wanted. But instead, she waited for the right guy. And that was Sasuke." said Hinata, taking in a deep breath of air. Everyone just looked at her awestruck. Ino gave a low whistle.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." said Ino.
"You just said that it was about time she got a boyfriend 5 seconds ago." interrupted Tenten.
"Well so did you!" said Ino.
"You know what, fine. It doesn't matter. We should all be happy for you Sakura." said Tenten. Sakura sighed with a smile.
"Thank you. It's honestly not a big deal. It's not like I'm going to get married with him and have kids."
"Oh yes you are! And afterwards you're going to tell us how big it is." said Ino nodding to herself. Tenten face palmed while Hinata looked at her with concern. Despite all of them having a slight blush at what she said.
"Yeah. Remind me to write it down for you later Ino." said Sakura sarcastically."And I think you should be worrying about someone else first. Maybe someone like, oh I don't know. Shikamaru?"
"Shut up! You know I'm working my ass off for him to notice me. And in more ways than one. It's just not working. Maybe he's not in to me." said Ino softly. "I do remember him saying when we were kids that he'd like a girl to not be too ugly, but not too pretty either."
"Yeah, guess you fall under the too ugly category.." said Sakura. Ino splashed a huge amount of water at Sakura, making her face burn with hot water. "I was kidding! God, I was just teasing you."
"Well teasing isn't going to help me!"
"Okay, okay. I have an idea." said Tenten. She moved Hinata and Sakura closer to her and whispered to them, not letting Ino hear. A maniacal smile crept on to their faces. They turned to Ino. She suddenly scared for her life.
Wow. That just took a very unnecessarily long amount of time for this chapter to be up. Literally a whole month, I thought I haven't updated about 2 weeks tops. I had no idea what to write half way through the chapter, so I just left it sitting there in my tabs, open. Thinking I'll get somewhere just by staring at it. No anna, that's not how things work in life.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, the mission is being put to the side for a short while. Sakura will be having a little fun, not worrying about the mission for now.
Yeah, don't really have much to say here. So, I kindly ask all of you to pleeaase review. It would make me very happy c:
