Fighting in a Man's World!
Summary: Sakura is not your ordinary lady and well Sasuke….he's the guy she's pointing her sword at.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Chapter 9
Sakura and Ayama clashed swords and they both melted their eyes into one another. They were sparing for about an hour now and neither girl seemed eager to give in. Sakura swept her leg under Ayama's feet throwing her to the ground. Ayama's sword flew up into the air and landed in Sakura's hands. Ayama eyes were wide for a second and then she laughed.
"Okay you're good. The best I've ever faced yet." Ayama said, "Who taught you?"
Sakura was playing with the sword in her hands then she stopped and whispered, "My father."
"Oh he must have been real good." Ayama said with a smile. Sakura smiled sadly. She had to control her unwanted tears that were building up just below her eyes. "My father taught me as well." Ayama admitted, "My dream was to become head captain like he was."
Sakura's eyes widen for a while and then she whispered, "You were the captain's daughter?" Ayama nodded. "That's a wonderful dream." Sakura told her.
"I know and it looks like that's all it's going to be. Just a dream." Ayama said.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"The new advisor Orochimaru told Ouji-sama the other day that women shouldn't even be allowed to work as common maids. That their only place should be marriage." Ayama told her. Sakura's eyes opened wide and she shouted, "Nani!"
"I know right." Ayama said, "That Orochimaru is so not here to help us. He's just a problem." Sakura was about to ask another question when a frustrated woman's voice filled the air and came closer to them. Sakura was ready to hide but Ayama told her not to worry.
"It's just Tenten." Ayama assured her.
Sakura indeed then saw a beautiful young woman with her brown locks up in a bun and a very feisty look edged into her chocolate brown eyes.
"I hate him!" Tenten shouted.
"Hello to you to Tenten." Ayama said as she watched her friend. Tenten seemed to finally noticed Sakura and covered her mouth. "So you're the famous Tenten." Sakura said with a smile, "I've heard a lot about you. Is it true that you have mastered almost every weapon known to man?"
Tenten's face lit up and her smiled became bashful. "Yep that's me. I always hit my mark to." Tenten added. "So I heard." Sakura said laughing.
"So who's got your hair all tangled up today?" Ayama asked leaning against the tree.
"Hyuuga Neji that's who!" Tenten shouted. Ayama burst out laughing after that. It was a belly laugh that kind to make your stomach hurt really bad afterwards.
"S-s-shut it!" Tenten shouted. Her face as slightly red and her arms were thrown up in the air as she spoke. "Gomen, gomen demo you always get work up over him." Ayama said.
"What's wrong with him?" Sakura asked.
"Okay listen, listen." Ayama said still holding back her laughter, "Back when Tenten was around fifteen, she met Neji-sama okay she more like threw all the wet laundry on him but that besides the point."
"Doesn't Neji-sama live well else from here." Sakura asked.
"Yeah he does but he visits Konoha a lot on clan businesses and when he first came here he was greeted with wet laundry. Every since then Neji-sama requests that Tenten be his maid while he's here." Ayama said. Sakura giggled as Tenten began to explain why she was furious.
"He told me that I should stop OGLING at him!" Tenten shouted, "Me ogle at that! Please I was spacing out thinking about all my weapons at home! Everyone knows when I space out the world could come to an end and I won't notice. So I was spacing out NOT ogling at him! He just so happened to be in front of me when I was spacing out!"
Tenten when on and Ayama whispered in Sakura's ears. "She'll ramble for a bit. We're trying to think of a way to get Neji over here to kiss her and shut her up."
"That's such a cliché." Sakura whispered back. "I know." Ayama replied. The two girls giggled some more as they listened to Tenten ramble on.
CherryFlower05
Sakura found herself outside the vice-captain's office after she was dragged by some crazy maid saying that Sasuke-sama wanted to see her. They didn't seem very happy to give her the message but Sakura was sure that they didn't want to risk getting their precious Sasuke-kun mad at them. She knocked on the door and watched as it slowly opened in her face.
"Itai!" Sakura shouted rubbing her nose. "Hn." Sasuke said.
"Well at least say sorry!" Sakura shouted as she walked into the room, "Why did you want to see me anyway."
"My Otou-sama is out of the country today." Sasuke said as he leaned against his desk. "Mmm and what does that have to do with me?" Sakura asked. "Can your friend see my Kaa-chan today?" Sasuke said. He wasn't looking at her when he said that and it made Sakura asked herself if he was embarrassed. "Oh you mean that friend." Sakura said, "So you trust me then?" "Hn." Sasuke replied.
"Alright you'll have to pick him up at Oba-chan's." Sakura said clasping her hands today. Sasuke just nodded as Sakura wrote down where her aunt lived. She handed it to him and then walked out of the room to go and get everything ready.
CherryFlower05
Tsunade was obviously not surprised when her niece came home and told her that everything was ready for her to see Uchiha Mikoto. She was proud of Sakura's choice to help save this woman and the lengths she when to do it. Sakura's fate just seemed to be wrapped around helping people. Tsunade got dressed quickly and then waited for the fancy carriage with the Uchiha family symbol painted on it to show up.
Sasuke was the one who was driving and Sakura was asked to come along by her aunt to explain the situation with Mikoto. Sakura was forced to sit up front with Sasuke because of all the stuff her aunt had to carry with her and it was beyond Sakura how Tsunade hid that large chest of hers under all that clothing.
"Who owns the house?" Sasuke asked. Was he really trying to make conversation with Sakura?
"My Uncle Nawaki. He's my Oba-chan's otouto demo he lives with his family a bit further out in the countryside. The house is under his name but Oba-chan lives there with Hinata, Shizune and myself."
"Hn." Sasuke replied. The rest of the trip was very quiet after that.
Sakura couldn't help but gape at the mansion when they came closer. The beautiful garden with a pond greeted them along with several servants.
"Konban wa Sasuke-sama." They greeted. Sasuke just nodded as he reached out to grab Tsunade's bags. The entire things weighted him down and he heard Sakura stiffening giggles behind him. A small hand reached out and grabbed one of the large bags and Tsunade grabbed one herself and walked off as if there was nothing inside of it. Sasuke struggled with the one bag they left him with.
They got inside and Sasuke immediately showed Tsunade his mother. Tsunade entered the dark room and left Sakura and Sasuke alone. For a while, Tsunade called on Sakura a lot and soon she was stuck in Mikoto's room helping her aunt. Sasuke with all his nerves was in the living room waiting. Sakura joined him after about an hour.
Sakura entered the living room and Sasuke looked up and his eyes asked how his mother was.
"She's going to be fine." Sakura said, "The Healer's Man already figured out what's wrong with her and is making a herbal tea for her to drink."
"What's wrong with her?" Sasuke whispered.
"An old illness like back in your grandparents' kind of time." Sakura replied. She watched how tense Sasuke's body was and sighed. She was going to hate herself later for this. Sasuke felt a small warm hand placed on his own. He looked up and saw Sakura looking at him with a friendly smile but a worried look in her eyes.
"Stop that. Your mother is going to be fine. You'll see." She gave his hand a small squeeze before Sasuke asked her. "Why are you doing this?"
Sakura cleared her throat when she heard this and then smiled. "Why am I doing this?" Sakura asked. She make a noise deep in her throat and then said, "Maybe because no one should have to lose their family when they're completely unprepared for it. Yes it happens and there's nothing we can do about it but…if we can stop it why shouldn't we…."
Sasuke watched Sakura's eyes grow sad and almost glassy. He then remembered her saying that she lived with her aunt so what happened to her parents. Sasuke put two and two together.
"You lost your parents." He whispered. "You're very smart Sasuke." Sasuke breathed out, "I lost them because someone took them away from me."
"They were murdered." Sasuke said. Sakura just nodded. "Do you know who did it?" Sasuke asked. He didn't know why he was asking all these questions but maybe he thought that if the person was still out there he could kill him just to return the favor Sakura was doing for him.
"No he was neverseen or heard of again after he set my parents house on fire and ran like a coward." Sakura hissed out. Tsunade walked into the living room and called Sakura using her fingers. She whispered something in her ears and Sakura nodded. Sakura turned her body towards Sasuke and she had a big smile on her face, "Your mother is awake." She said.
Those words were like life itself for Sasuke. After all this time his mother was finally waking up from her terrible illness. He walked out of the living room and headed towards his mother's.
Mikoto was still in bed when he entered the room but she was awake and leaning against the bed frame. She had a smile on her face when she saw her son but her voice was hoarse when she spoke.
"Sasu-chan…." Mikoto greeted hoarsely. Sasuke walked over to his mother and touched her cheeks. She placed her hand over his own and smiled bigger. The door opened and Sakura walked in with a tray filled with some food for Mikoto.
"Oh what a beautiful young lady." Mikoto said on seeing Sakura, "What's your name?" Sasuke almost wanted to laugh when he heard his mother. She was always the type to make friends as they came. Sakura rested the tray on the side table as she poured some tea into the cup.
"Haruno Sakura."
Mikoto's eyes when wide and then she whispered, "Haruno? Are you Hana's and Shun's daughter?" Sakura could have dropped that tea right then and there when she heard her parents' names. She managed to hand Mikoto the tea and asked, "You knew my parents?"
"Knew them? I was best friends with your mother." Mikoto said excitedly, "Oh I remember when I first met you when you were a baby." She clasped her hands together and her eyes filled with new life, "You tried to eat Sasu-chan's fingers back then."
Both Sakura's and Sasuke's face turned beet red.
"Demo….you two were just babies. Sasuke was two and little curious because he has never seen a baby before. So when all of us had our backs turn, he crawls off and pokes his head into the cradle and you grabbed his fingers and pushed them in your little mouth." Mikoto laughed after she said that, "I remember how Sasuke started to scream up a storm when you did that and when he pulled his hand away you broke loose crying." She shook her head not realizing how embarrassing the things she was saying were.
"You have to come over and spend some time with us." Mikoto said drifting away from story time. Her eyes then became serious as she asked, "Did they ever get that monster that killed Shun and Hana?" Sakura shook her head. Mikoto bit her lip and faced forward, "I hope one day he pays for his sins. Hana and Shun never did anything that deserved them the fate of death."
Sakura nodded and then explained to Mikoto that she would have to drink this tea for a while until she was completely better. She nodded and listened carefully to all of Sakura's orders and then everyone left the room to allow her to rest.
"I can't believe we met before all of this." Sakura said as soon as they were out of the room.
"Gomen about my Kaa-chan she's like that a lot." Sasuke said.
Sakura just smiled, "Well that means she must be feeling a lot better if she's acting like her old self."
"It's late we should get back to the castle." Sasuke said as he walked outside. Tsunade was already in the carriage and refused any payment that Sasuke was offering her. The healer man's saw the ill and healed them out of the kindness in his heart not to be paid and get rich.
They dropped Tsunade off at her own home and headed back to the castle.
CherryFlower05
Sakura was surprised when Sasuke offered to walk her to her room when they got back. They were now in front of her door and she was telling him goodnight and thanking him for walking her here.
"Well see you when I see you I guess." Sakura said. She opened her door and then her eyes when wide. Her sword- the one she was using for training as well as the midnight rider- was resting on her bed and she just had to open the door all the way with Sasuke right behind her.
"Is that a sword?"She heard Sasuke ask her. Sakura was sweating buckets now. Why did she had to be so smart and leave the sword where people would see it. She turned around and said, "Yes it is! It's my family's heirloom! I never go anywhere without!" Sakura rushed to her bed and picked up the sword in her arms. Sasuke watched the sword and couldn't help but think that he had seen it somewhere before.
"Family heirloom?" Sasuke asked.
"Um….yeah it belonged to my father. It's the only thing I have left of him." Sakura said. She wasn't lying completely. The sword did belong to her father once upon a time. Sasuke took the sword from her hands and Sakura was afraid that if she protested against it the situation would only be turned worse. Sasuke looked at the sword carefully. If he was right, this sword was used very often and very recently.
"You used this sword." Sasuke said. Sakura could have dropped dead right then and there.
"Yo Sakura…." Itachi said as he walked towards her room and seemed surprised to see his little brother inside the room as well.
"Itachi-sama what is it?" Sakura said pushing herself in front of Sasuke to hide the sword from Itachi. It was bad enough that he knew she could fight now add sword fighting to that it won't be long before he puts two and two together.
"Um I heard you met Kaa-chan and well she sent a maid over here to say that she wanted you over for breakfast tomorrow." Itachi said.
Mikoto was Sakura's personal hero right now. "Okay that's great! Well I better get ready for bed if I want to make that breakfast on time." She pushed Sasuke out of the room and grabbed the sword and hid it behind her back before slamming the door in both Uchiha brothers' faces.
"Well that was new." Itachi said.
"Hn." Sasuke replied.
A woman can multitask. She can do more than one thing at once. A man can't do that.
A/N: That is very true okay. I learnt that in Social Studies class when we were talking about the roles of women and how they have changed. That may have had something to do with the creation of this story. Anyway I'm very sad on how the reviews have dropped. In chapter 7 I had 11 reviews but the last chapter I got 6. I am very happy that those reviewers came and shared their thoughts with me. I thank you for taking your time to do that but where are the rest of you guys! Anyway please review! I hope to see more faces this time around please!
CherryFlower05
