Oh My Goldsfish! I actually got 18 reviews! Thankyou! You guys have officially made my day. So I shall be faithful and update.
For those who read The Exchange, I will update soon. As for Moments, I don't know, maybe tomorrow or the next day.
Please PLEASE please review! I love you forever if you do! And thank you to those of you who do, you're on my fake Christmas list! :D (I expect 22 this time)
Btw, a katana is a light weight sword.
Cherry Blossom Katana
Sakura swung the pink handled blade in the air a few times, before admiring the sun shining off the new, sleek metal. She grinned.
"Thanks Sasuke-kun!" he had gotten it for her as an early birthday present. His real intentions were for her to learn to use it and be able to protect herself, were he not there.
"Hn" he replied, his form of saying 'your welcome'.
"Now, you said all I have to do to put it back is to press the symbol on my arm...?" she looked at the paper wrapped around her arm, just above her elbow, and traced the symbol for the katana.
"Yeah."
She pressed it, and the sword disappeared with a 'poof' and cloud of smoke. She smiled at a job well done.
"Tomorrow we'll work on training with it, I don't know a lot, but I'll teach what I can" Sasuke said, turning away. "And for now, don't worry about putting the sleeve over your arm, you've got to get used to the placement of the access point."
Sakura understood that he meant she'd have to train herself to hit that spot when in danger as second nature. That right now if she were to wear the sleeve it'd only throw her off and cause her to hesitate. After she got used to it, she'd be able to put the pink sleeve on her arm, covering the symbol so that the enemies didn't know what she had there.
She trotted out from beneath the tree in between fences and followed Sasuke.
"Where are we going?" she wondered aloud.
"To my apartment, so that I can study up on something."
"Oh" she blushed "I guess I'll held home then..." she trailed off, starting to walk away.
He sighed, did she always have to be so difficult? "Sakura, you're coming with me."
She stopped mid-step, her blush growing brighter, "I-uh...Are you sure?"
"Yeah. Hurry up."
She turned around, running to catch up to him. She would actually be going to Sasuke Uchiha's house? She was so going to rub it in Ino's face later.
"So what are you studying?" she asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.
He looked at the sun-baked ground, think that by summer she'd be adequate in handling the katana. "Records of the past, Konoha history."
"Oh. Well that sounds interesting!" she chimed in, being the brainiac that she was.
He didn't say anything but they walked on, until they stood at the door of his apartment. As a team, each member knew where the other members lived in case of an emergency. Even though, Sakura had never been inside of Naruto or Sasuke's apartment. She excitedly waited as he unlocked the door.
He stepped inside and she followed suit.
The living room was unexpected, and didn't match what she thought of Sasuke at all. In fact, it looked like it was rarely used. The room had a color scheme of tan and crème. The kitchen that stretched off of it was a little better, with black marble counter-tops and a black tile floor, but the cabinets were all stark white.
He directed her down a hallway, with a door on each side. She assumed one was the bathroom and one was the bedroom. Sasuke opened door number one.
This room was more how she pictured Sasuke. There was a queen or king sized dark blue bed and all the furniture was a dark oak, and there were curtains covering the large window that matched the bed spread.
Sasuke walked to the closet and pulled out some scroll cases. He pulled out an old looking scroll and spread it out on the floor, sitting in front of it. Not knowing what to do, Sakura walked around the room looking at the furniture. She stepped to the bed and placed her hand on it, feeling how soft it was. I wish my bed were this soft...
Sighing she walked towards the small desk to the left of the bed. Not much there, just a jar containing pencils and a jar of ink and a box of brushes, with clean scrolls propped up to the side. Turning to her left, there was the closet, but she couldn't see inside because he had closed the double doors. Turning left again, she would see the bedroom door several yards away, and on the same wall, across from the bed, was a tall wooden wardrobe.
On the wall opposite to the one that the closet was on, there was the giant window and a polished oak dresser. She walked towards it, seeing the same picture she had in her room, the one they took the day they had officially become a team. She smiled, setting the picture back down.
Now that she had looked around, she was bored again, so she plopped down next to Sasuke and looked at the scroll he was studying intently. It was a list of business men in Konoha, and how much they had contributed up to several years back.
"Where did you get this from?" Sakura asked.
"The Uchiha Personal Library in the Uchiha Compound. Normally I wouldn't be able to get such a document, but being as I am the only who can get into the compound..."
"Oh" she looked at the scroll again, seeing her father's name, she looked closer. Her eyes widened. That's a lot of money.
All of sudden Sasuke rolled up the scroll and pushed it back into its case, setting it in the closet. This time she caught a peek of what was inside.
There were many casual shirts hanging up containing the Uchiha symbol on the back to the left, and his ninja wear to the right. He shut the doors, and turned around to face Sakura.
"It's getting late, we need to get you home."
She sighed, knowing what awaited her at home, "Okay."
They walked out of Sasuke's apartment, down the metal stairs, and onto the path. They walked in the direction of her house. Sakura's house was a good distance away though, so they had plenty of time. Since it was dark, Sakura pressed the symbol and waved her Katana around. Looking at the lightweight weapon, she admired the handle.
It was pink, shaped as the trunk of a cherry blossom tree and with flowing branches that wrapped around the beginning of the blade, holding it in place. There were cherry blossoms carved into the shining white metal. Sakura traced the blossoms, not paying attention to anything around her.
Then she was shoved into an alley, her face pressed into the dirt.
"Stay down!" Sasuke commanded in a harsh whisper when she started to struggle. "Mask your chakra."
She did as he said, trying to figure out what the sudden urgency was about.
Then she heard it.
Footsteps.
But why would Sasuke be afraid of people walking around? This is town after all.
"I know that Uchiha brat was here, I felt chakra."
"They must of sensed us, you baka! We were supposed to be undercover!"
"Fuck off man! Any other genin wouldn't have paying enough attention to notice it." Meaning that most genin aren't to the point where they constantly focus on their surroundings.
"Well this isn't any other genin! Come on, let's go find them."
Retreating footsteps.
They stayed still, waiting, making sure they were gone.
Sasuke rolled off of Sakura, she stood, Katana still in hand.
"Keep your chakra hidden, let's get going. I'm staying at your place tonight."
She kept silent, still afraid of being heard. Sakura went through the front door and up the stairs silently, hoping her parents were asleep. Sasuke said he'd go through her window. As she walked through her bedroom door, expecting to see Sasuke, she saw her father instead.
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Eh... Not my best chapter, but it's okay. And thanks for the reviews again! Oh, and can someone PM me and tell me what a LEMON is?
Also, I think I'm going to add a chapter about the Cherry Blossom Katana to Moments as well, like as a birthday gift or something...?
