Author: Hello Saturday! I am SO disappointed with the anime store at the mall! They don't have the plushie that I'm looking for! So disappointing. Anyways, I got this cool necklace with the Konoha symbol on it and a line across it, just like Itachi's forehead protector! Yeah, anyways, that's it to it. Moving on. BTW: I'm excited with this chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. XD
.The BodyGuard.
CHAPTER 6:
"An Annoying Request"
"Sasuke, this is your cousin…Ayame." Said Fugaku as he patted his 6 year old son on the back and pointed towards a girl from across the place he stood. Sasuke looked at the girl named Ayame who was his "cousin" and studied her appearance, she had the same bluish-black coloured locks like he did, and the same Uchiha eyes, but in a feminine version. She wore a black dress with a rose on the side, and ruffled at the bottom with two shiny black shoes on her small feet.
"Hn." Sasuke replied, crossing his arms as he looked at her with such annoyance "She looks annoying, and maybe she is annoying. What is she again?"
"Sasuke, that's not nice. She's your cousin." Fugaku told his son, ever since he was a small child, Sasuke was always like this towards people…unless they were his father's important friends "And she's important."
"In what way?"
Fugaku sighed and stood up "Come brother, let's leave this children alone…to get to know each other" he told an unknown Uchiha who was supposed to be her father "And hopefully…Sasuke would change his mind." He muttered to himself as he exited the small playroom with his brother following him, it was easier with Itachi, he accepted her well…the only challenge was Sasuke…
In the playroom, Ayame sat on the floor, looking at an ignorant young Sasuke whose arms were crossed, and a face that didn't bother to look at her at all. "Sasuke, right?" she asked him as she played with the lollipop that she was holding.
"Hn. Yeah."
"I'm Ayame." She told him shyly, she didn't know how to approach her cousin, and with his attitude and his looks…it seemed impossible. Its like he'll ignore you and think you're useless.
"I know that."
"Why do you hate me? We just met!" she pouted. She was close to crying, but no, she won't show him that she cries, she'll show him that she is strong…and worthy of his attention and respect.
The boy rolled his eyes and walked towards her and leaned to meet her at eye level "Yeah, we just met. But everything about you…seems so…annoying." He told her as he leaned back "That's why."
"So…you really hate me?"
"Yes." He replied with no hesitation "I do."
"And you won't care if something happened to me?"
"Yes. I won't care…at all."
Madara, despite being drunk and sober at the same time, reached for his phone, which lay still on the solid oak table beside his elegant black chair. He pressed his speed dial number, which directs to one of his loyal and trusty hitmen. Earlier, when he sat down and thought of things he came up with a brilliant strategy to eliminate his blood enemies, and was quite confident that it would work out.
As the other line picked up, a man answered his call "Madara-sama." he greeted respectfully towards the Uchiha "What can I do for you?"
"A very well-paid job." he replied "I want you to eliminate a certain Uchiha, but I warn you, this person's a pretty dangerous...ANBU..."
"No ANBU is match for me..."
A designer who was about to talk to Yosuke, stopped in his tracks when he saw the Haruno "Its really her!" he exclaimed as he walked towards Sakura and walked around her, eyeing her from head to toe "She's very beautiful..." he complimented "I'm Taro, Taro Hatori." he introduced "I'm the one who will design your dress..." he told her as he pulled out his measuring tape and began measuring her eagerly without permission. "Okay, arms vertical please..." as he measured her arms "Hmm...it would be somwhere here..." he muttered "Do you mind?" he asked as he measured around her chest "No worries...I'm no pervert or anything, it's just my job...okay...I see..." he said as he took the measurement.
"N-No, I understand. It's because its custom-made right?" Sakura told him as he spun her around and started measuring her again. She was surprised at first when he started measuring, she sensed the eagerness of the designer when she first met him, and now here she was, still as a statue, with the zipping and sharp sounds of his measuring tape.
She looked around for a certain Uchiha and saw him leaning on the wall, with folded arms, his eyes watched her with fascination as Taro measured her and was completely passionate about his job to design her dress. "All done." Taro told her as he stood up and folded his tape measure, "You are a very lovely looking woman, Ms. Haruno...your figure is fitting for a model..." he complimented.
"Thanks" Sakura smiled as she tossed her bag on the nearby couch, she looks towards Yosuke and tried to meet his eyes, when she became successful, she started talking "I'll be going for a walk, okay?"
"Yes, Sakura-chan." said Yosuke as he returned to his conversations with the designers and planners.
She gave him a small smile and turned her heels towards the Uchiha, and jerked her head to the door, telling him to meet her outside. The man understood her signal immediately and leaned out of the wall to head out the mansion, while Sakura quietly followed.
When they reached outside, she turned to him saying "Walk with me."
"Why?" he questioned.
"Please?"
Sasuke sighed before nodding "Alright then..." he agreed as they started walking in a slow pace "What is this about?" he asked.
"I...don't know." she answered, shaking her head, she looked at the cloudy sky, the sun was gone, and all was left were these adorable puffs of gas. The wind was slightly chilly, but not strong, it was nothing but small, unnecessary blows.
"Hn." came a reply from the silence "Is this about your debut?"
"Maybe. Time is so fast; I can't believe I'm 18..."
He looked towards her direction and studied her face "I don't think its that, there's something else going on in your mind..." he told her as he read her facial expressions, it was along with his training, it helps him see if the person is lying or such. He looked at her and he felt a slight tinge of concern, he didn't know why, but two weeks of being with her all the time, gave him this kind of feeling, but he was sure that it was just along with the assignment, it would go away soon.
"Take me somewhere...with your car..." she requested as she walked in front of him, facing his handsome face "I want to talk to you about something..."
"Here...your assignment." Itachi said as he tossed a file on her lap "He often hang around a certain street, I think it would be best to sniper him. There was a special request enclosed to the file to use a sniper when assassinating, you can get away with it..."
"Sounds good." Ayame nodded.
"Don't fail."
"I never did."
Keeping that in mind, Ayame sat on the roof of a small motel building, setting up her sniper to have it ready. Picking it one by one, she assembled the sniper skillfully, the pieces correctly clicked into place as she attached them to each one. She was wearing a black leather leather jacket, and white skinny jeans with black converse. Her bluish-black Uchiha hair was teased and messy, giving her the emo-scene look.
She peaked on the telescope to look around the scenario below, and saw two unexpected people. Coming out from a familiar black Mercedes, she saw Sasuke and his assignment Sakura who started walking along the sidewalks. Ayame followed the Haruno with the gun's telescope until she finally stopped...a foot from her target with Sasuke walking towards her.
The female Uchiha groaned "Why now?" she muttered as she grabbed her phone from her pocket and dialed Sasuke's number. As the phone rang, she looked through the telescope once again to see if the man would answer her call.
"Why here?" Sasuke asked the pink haired girl as they stood. He looked around, it was pretty peaceful. Less people talked, and fewer cars passed. The weather improved by bringing a bit of sun shining on the area, and the annoying wind calmed and left a cool temperature that contrasted with the sun's heat.
"I wanted to ask you something..." she started shyly, looking down the floor. Sakura knew she was nervous, she was afraid of what he'd say after she told him. She was afraid that he might think its stupid. She rocked herself back and forth with her heels and toes to eases her feelings.
He raised an eyebrow "Are you alright?" he asked, there was something wrong with her movements, it was like she was very scared of something...something he didn't know about. Was this related to what she'll tell him?
Before he could ask, his phone began ring from his pocket, he rolled his eyes and reluctantly took it out "Sasuke." he answered to the call.
"This is A.U." said a very loud voice from the other line; he parted the phone from his ear, and placed her on loud speaker.
"What?"
"I have a story. The bird wants to catch the fish, but on the water a flower and a bee was in the way. It prevented the bird from getting to its prey, so it begged the bee to MOVE AWAY..." Ayame told him, specifying the last words clearly.
"Is the bird hungry?" he asked.
"Very. And a boring bird told it to get that very fish because it was special..."
"Which fish?" he said as he looked around, for a moment his eyes fell on Sakura, who gave him a puzzled reflection. He looked passed her, searching for Ayame's target.
"The fish had black and blue, with a nose ring..." the female Uchiha told him, and Sasuke immediately understood, a man wearing black and blue jeans with a nose ring.
"What time was the fish there?"
"3:00" came a reply. Sasuke looked at the direction that Ayame told him to, 3:00...it was at his right. He turned to the said direction and saw the described man a feet away from them. "If the bee doesn't want the flower destroyed, it must take it to a distance..."
Ayame was right, if they stayed there, Sakura will probably be traumatized, thinking that someone's out looking for her…and if she was smart enough, it would make her suspicious, she had so many undercover bodyguards in her whole lifetime…she's smart enough to know things. "Alright then." He told her as he hung up, he looked at Sakura and grabbed her by the wrist "Wanna get a drink?" he asked her as they walked. He won't let anything happen to her…it was his job; he'll protect her at all costs.
"Yeah. Wait—what was that story thing about? About the birds, the fish, and the flowers with the bees and stuff…" she asked, puzzled. She was confused, very confused, after the strange phone call, he was just acting so…weird.
Sasuke noticed the way he was acting, he was too obvious…why was he panicking? Was he actually concerned? No…this was nothing, and he'd convince himself that until this assignment's done. It was his job…it was. He stopped and turned towards her "Why? Don't you want to?" he questioned as he walked towards her "And while we're there…you can tell me about that thing you wanna talk about."
"O-Oh yeah. About that…sure." She nodded, and then the Uchiha smirked, resuming his grip at her wrist and started to lead her to the nearest coffee shop. He just had to get her away from here…he had to.
"Much better." Ayame muttered as Sasuke and Sakura walked away from the to-be murder scene. Now it would be easier for her to sort things out with her target, she only had one chance with this…one missed shot, and the target would have the opportunity to leave. She couldn't let that happen, she can't fail…she never fails.
She peaked on the telescoped and focused it on the man's head, to ensure a perfect headshot once the trigger was pulled. She looked at the sky and then her watch, she had little time before sundown, and she had to take advantage of the sunlight before it vanishes. She placed an eye on the scope with her hands on the gun, ready to fire "Goodbye." She said as she cocked the gun to fire.
But then pain intercepted. Sharp, stinging pain filled her head…a foreign object…maybe metal had landed on her head—where did it came from? To begin with, the last time she checked around…there was no one else on the roof but her…who was this? "Fuck!" she exclaimed as she grabbed her head and felt something liquid flowing from it, she shakily brought her hand up to her front to see what it was…
It was blood.
She was bleeding.
And when she tried to turn, a kick met her ribs and she thrown to the wall, falling flat on the dusty ground. How did this happen? Her guard was down…she was so stupid. She slowly turned her head to the side to see who it was…
It was a man.
"Hello, you little ANBU." Said the man as it he kicked her once more, Ayame winced in pain "How does it feel…being the one assassinated, huh?" he asked her, along with cruel and intimidating laughter.
"Fu….Fu…Fuck you. Who are you? Who are you working for?"
"That…is none of your business…you'll never know anyways…even if you did. You'll die first." The man said as he cocked his gun, and pointed it towards her head "Now…goodbye to you."
"No." said Ayame as she tried her best to grab the gun from the man, through bleeding and injuries…she will survive this…no matter what "I won't…let you win."
"Try. Just try."
She knew it was hopeless in trying to grab a gun from a very strong man, she needs to kill him…but with what? It's not like she had enough energy to do martial arts. Slowly, she pushed the gun towards his direction and fired. It sadly missed, but it startled the man and made the killing object flying away from them both. They looked at each other…they were unarmed now…
The only thing left was….
…the sniper.
Ayame figure she'd make a run for it, it was the only thing near them both, she had to get there…before…it was too late.
After a few minutes, Sakura found herself sitting on a table with a cup of Iced Cappuccino sitting in the middle of her two hands. She fascinated herself as she looked at the patterns of the grey coffee table and the shiny texture it held, while in the back of her mind, she thought about the words she wanted to tell him.
"So what's that thing you wanted to talk about?" he asked suddenly.
Sakura looked up from the table to meet his eyes "Oh...that." she said as if she forgot about it "I don't know how can I put this into words...but-"
Beep. Beep beep. Beep.
Sasuke checked his phone, it was a 911 alert call, and it was coming from Ayame. Why was she calling for 911? Did something go wrong? After the beeps came a ring on phone, Sasuke quickly picked it up and answered "Hello?"
"Sasu...ke...I...help...please..." her voice pleaded on the other line "Track...location...find..." after those last words, the other line was cut and broken, leaving Sasuke with no more contact with his cousin.
"Hello? Ayame!" he said, but no one responded. He pressed a certain button on his phone that quickly showed where Ayame's beep was coming from, it was at the food store right across them.
"Sasuke, what's going on?" asked Sakura as Sasuke immediately stood up from his seat and grabbing his bag.
Sasuke turned to her; no he can't leave her...what if something happened to her?
No...he can't let that happen. He looked at her and grabbed her wrist to drag her along with him.
"Hey! What's going on? Where are we going?" she asked while they exited the coffee shop. Sasuke led her to his Mercedes, opened the passenger seat door and pushed her inside, and she looked at him with a very startled expression.
"Stay in the car." he said sharply as he shut it close and locked it from the outside. Sakura slammed the window in protest, mouthing words that Sasuke understood. "Stay." he commanded as he ran to the store to find Ayame.
The store was busy like a store could be, people were walkig around the aisles of different kinds of food merchandise, and the counters were busy insterting cash in their cash registers and exhanging cash with the customers as they purchased what's on their basket. The counters were a long horizontal table that blocked the entrance to the rooftop, an obstacle to his goal.
Sasuke pulled out his semi-fake FBI badge. It was fake because it was standard to ANBU to forge one in case of emergencies when the likes to be discovered were needed. It wasn't that fake since the FBI approved it for ANBU use. ANBU was a company with lots of connections, it was wrong to mess with them.
He showed it to the nearest counter "FBI." he said in a low whisper "May I have access to the rooftop?" he asked the counter girl.
The girl looked at him suspiciously "Are you sure? You don't look like an NBI, you're young...how old are you?"
"18."
"Oh. I see."
"Are you gonna let me in or what?"
"Alright, ok." she said as she walked to the door of her table, with a click, it opened easily without no effort "In you go, FBI kid. Do what you want."
"Hn." he replied as he ran towards the rooftop door and went upstairs. He opened the door to meet roof. It was quite dim now, so it was slightly hard to see, but he saw a sniper on the ground, a gun without its magazine, and a magazine without bullets. He looked around to see Ayame leaning on the wall, one hand on her stomach, and one hand on a bloody knife.
"Sasu...ke." she said weakly at the other Uchiha who stared at her and at her unbelievable state "You...came."
"What happened to you?"
Ayame tried to answer, but she couldn't anymore, there was too much pain and it stinged so badly, she was shot at the stomach, wounded at her head and the next thing that happened was her falling into an unconscious state, slowly blacking out because of the pain it produced and how it radiated throughout her blood covered body.
Sasuke looked at her, how did this happen to her?
He picked up picked up her sniper, disassembled it, and placed it back on the case that laid flat beside the stand. He picked up the case, stuffed it inside his bag, slowly carried Ayame and headed down the rooftop.
What was taking the guy so long? And why did he have to lock her up in his car for? Sakura groaned as she slammed her back against the seat. She folded her arms, in a way she found his absence a time for her to sort the words she wanted to tell him. So that she won't stand there and look stupid.
A few moments, she heard a click coming from the outside of the car...she was free, but why? She turned to see the Uchiha, carrying an unconscious female in his arms...
It was Ayame.
Red coated her stomach and head, she was bleeding. Sakura was shocked; she couldn't do anything but stare in disbelief. She looked at the Uchiha who opened the back seat door and placed the unconscious figure of his bleeding cousin inside. "Sasuke? What happened to her?" she asked as he headed to the driver's seat and began driving.
"She got into a fight with some tough guy..." he lied as he drifted the car in the sharp turn "Now I gotta get her to the hospital..."
"...So she called you."
"Yeah..."
"You know, that's really nice of you. Coming after her and stuff…I admire you for that Sasuke." She said, a small blush showed on her face "I never thought you would be this kind of person who would do that…at all."
"…Hn."
When they reached the hospital, Sasuke quickly got out of his car to pick up Ayame from the backseat and ran to the entrance in the hospital with Sakura following behind him. When they entered, the nurses immediately prepared a bed for the unconscious Uchiha to settle on, and they instantly headed straight to the ER.
"Prepare the oxygen and the things we need, she's losing too much blood…" Sakura heard the doctor tell the nurse as they marched into the ER with Sasuke looking helplessly after it as the ER doors shut closed.
Sasuke ran a hand to his forehead and groaned, this was a heavy problem. If she was losing too much blood, what if she doesn't make it? Who wanted her dead? Her enemies back at school won't go as far as this…this—whoever did this must really have a grudge against her.
Sakura, feeling out of place and concerned about Ayame at the same time, sat on one of the chair in the hospital, watching Sasuke as he walked around the floor, running his hands through his hair as if his head was about to explode. Sakura could do nothing but feel bad for him…if she just knew what she could do to help…
"Hello? Itachi, Ayame's…" she heard Sasuke say, but the next sentences were low mutters that Sakura couldn't hear nor understand, but she knew that Sasuke told Itachi what has happened to their cousin. After their conversation, Sasuke walked to her direction and sat beside her.
"Is there anything I can do?" she asked.
"None…at the moment."
Sakura sighed "Sasuke-kun?" she asked, she knew it was the wrong timing, but what is the better time? Now that they were alone, she should take the opportunity to ask him what she wanted, a tiny request that she hoped he'd accept…
"Yeah?"
"Can I-"
"Mr. Uchiha, she is stable now, we managed to give her the blood she needed since we had her blood type available in our blood supplies…" interrupted the doctor as he appeared out of nowhere in front of them "She is now in room 6, if you like you can visit her…"
Sasuke nodded coldly "Alright, thank you." He replied as he stood up, in the insides, he was relieved, but he won't show that…he won't let her know he was concerned, at all.
"Sasuke-kun?"
"What?"
"I figured that people kept interrupting me, so I figured I'd tell this to you now before something else interrupts me…"
"Which is…?"
"Can I have a request…since you're my friend and my birthday's coming up? She asked him as she looked down the floor, avoiding his gaze, she was nervous…but it was now or never.
"Hn. What is it?"
"Can you be my escort? The one who would be my partner for the first dance?"
Sasuke stared at her; did she just say what he thought she said? Him, as her escort for her debut, and the guy who would dance her for the first dance? Did he hear it right? He looked at the Haruno who was embarrassed more than ever, she knew what she was doing was stupid, and he knew that too. When he opened his mouth to answer "I-"
"Sasuke!" Itachi's voice interrupted "Where is your cousin? Where is Ayame? What room is she in? What happened to her anyways? The last time I talked to her, she was fine and well…"
"Room 6, we were about to go there…" said Sasuke as he placed his hands in his pockets "So…shall we?" he asked his older brother, who nodded in response "Alright then, let's go" he said as he followed Itachi as they headed to the said room.
Sakura sighed; time wasn't just on their side. Why does something always have to interrupt them? Will she ever get her request? It was just so annoying that the fact that interruptions were in the way…
Author: That's why this was called "An Annoying Request" because she could never actually ask it to him without someoe interrupting. Hmm, who was the guy who attacked Ayame? And now that she asked her question, what would Sasuke's answer be? REVIEW to find out!
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Chapter 7: First Intro and Her Awaited Answer
Ayame is safe. Thankfully, but what is the back story of
what happened with her back at the roof? And who was that guy who attacked her?
What answer will she get from Sasuke?
"I...heard him talking about someone named..."
"Named who?"
"Someone named...Madara Uchiha."
