herro! :3 Ren here. Its been over a week. Surprising I know. I was supposed to update Wednesday but that was my birthday and figured I got a pass and yesterday I was pretty busy. Sorry to keep you guys waiting! Hopefully this chapter will console you and make you forgive me xD this also happens to be one of my favorite chapters. I love it and hope you will too.
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~* This is a letter to heaven
I found your angel, she stole my heart though
I'm not giving her back~* Letter to heaven by Khalil Underwood
Chapter 9: His Blessing
SAKURA SIMPLY STARED AT HER shirtless, wet, only covered in a towel fiancé (She'll never get tired of calling him that). He had just taken a shower after he had visited the Hokage (A.K.A their Sensei) and was pointedly entranced in how beautifully his body was structured until he said something that caught her off guard and she made him repeat what he said. She was astonished to say the least.
"B-by the end of this week?!" She stuttered. He simply gave her a curt nod like planning the biggest event of her life under a short amount of time wasn't a big deal.
"Wha?- Sasuke! I thought we agreed to take it slow and see how 'us' goes before making the leap! I know I said I would marry you but I-I didn't think y-you wanted to so soon" She flustered.
Great
She sounded like Hinata.
Said man looked at her for a few seconds and didn't seem to be letting up on what he decided any time soon. "I want to continue my journey. We can get married and you can come or I go and you can wait until I come back"
Sakura perked up "I'll come of course!" She'd been wanting to journey with him since he said he was doing it. She honestly didn't want to be wait any longer to be with him and wanted to be by his side. Sasuke knew this of course so before he turned away to put on some clothes he said "Very well" with a small smirk. Sakura blushed at being read so easily but she was very happy.
By evening Sakura knew that all of Konoha knew of her engagement. How you ask? because as she passed citizens and fellow ninjas as she walked to the hospital they all gave congratulated her, wished her the best, gave her some type of advice about being married and so on. As a recent tradition or maybe it was always like that there was A LOT more stuff in front of her door instead of the normal flowers and letters -though they were still there- there was gifts piled up. It was like her door was some type of memorial. She didn't mind though , she was grateful and appreciated such kindness from the people of her village and brought the gifts inside. She was going to do the same for the flowers and letters until Sasuke came to the door, saw what she was doing , glared at them and set them on fire with his Amaterasu. Sakura had shrieked in horror, not because of the sentiments but because of the cherry blossom filled bouquet recently set there.
"Sasuke!" she sighed "I really wanted that one..."she sulked and he simply snorted and turned back into the house.
Believe it or not she wasn't mad in the least, she actually found it quite attractive (and a turn on if you must) that he was feeling a little possessive over her and it made her smile.
"What are you so giddy about?" Teased a feminine sly voice.
Sakura's attention drifted back to the present and she realized she was at the hospital and standing in front of her mentor/Sensei Lady Tsunade, Former Hokage. This made Sakura break out into a grin and Tsunade laughed. "I guess the rumors are true" she glanced at her ring "Very true" she added with a smile. Sakura nodded enthusiastically and opened her mouth to say something until Tsuande interrupted "And I pray to kami that you aren't here to work instead of cuddling with your fiancé because if you are-"
"No" Sakura giggled and waved that off "I came for you, you did say you wanted to help me plan my wedding one day right? well I need that help now" Tsunade blinked in response but Sakura didn't allow her to ask questions " Call the girls, we have things to do" she grinned
One of those things...included talking to her parents and getting them to meet Sasuke, Sadly she had to do that on her own. Her parents didn't get out much or have much friends so they weren't really in tune with the village's 'hottest gossip" going around, which in a way she was glad for because she wanted to tell them herself. Ino was in charge of floral decoration, Tsunade was in charge of the invitations and decoration placements, Temari the cake and Tenten her hair and make up. She herself was in charge of the whole theme, her dress and bridesmaids and getting her parents approval. They were known to be a hardass (at least to her) and could imagine what they'd say.
"Your too young!"
"You've never said you had a boyfriend"
"The man that went rogue and attempted to destroy konoha? Absolutely not!"
Instead they said..
"Oh thank god! I thought you'd be lonely forever, buy more cats and visit us daily" Her mother remarked in relief. Sakura had to stop her jaw from hitting the floor, she was not expecting that reaction. "Your a smart girl Sakura, if this is what your heart wants I wont stop you, make sure he treats you right and makes you happy. I know your not the kind of girl to fall straight into marriage with a man you only dated for a short while so I will trust your judgement" was what her father said. Well at least he wasn't all that relieved like her mother and was being open minded. "Thank you dad.." Sakura said happiness coursing through her.
"We still want to meet him" He said afterwards with her mother nodding in agreement and Sakura sweat dropped. She purposely left out who she was getting married to, not because she was ashamed to marry Sasuke but because it would be better for them to meet face to face than her telling them majority of the things about him. "Of course, I'll bring him over soon" ...'Now..' she wondered at first 'How was Sasuke going to react to that?'
As soon as she left her parents house she went in search of wedding dresses. She looked for awhile and just when she was going to give up and leave something caught her eye. It was a Kimono, a very traditional wedding like one and she knew it was perfect for her at first glance. It was white with cherry blossoms with a white bow in the back. But the cherry blossoms weren't pink it was a mixture of blue and red, the Uchiha colors. She gazed at it in aw, like she had found her true love, she 'had' to have it no question and when the time came she couldn't wait for Sasuke to see it!
It was getting dark and Sasuke had returned to Sakura's house after doing some business of his own when he found that she wasn't there, only her cat was. His eyes narrowed and debated if he should go look for her, He knew she was preparing things for the wedding, her told her she could plan it however she see fit, he didn't care much. He just wanted to marry her and knew it would make her happy to plan their wedding the way she wanted it to be, she's probably been dreaming of planning the perfect wedding for years but did it really take that much work?
He waited awhile and when it reached ten he finally decided to go look for her, just to make sure she was in no danger. He checked Ino's flower shop first.
"Yamanaka" He called coolly and the blonde jumped nearly ten feet in the air before turning around. He had scared her half to death, whether it was because she was engrossed in her work that she hadn't notice him approach or his stealthiness was just too good. "Jeez! Damn you and your quiet feet" she exclaimed with hand over her heart, she seemed to be doing some floral arrangement but he wasn't concerned with that. He ignored her remark.
"Where's Sakura?"
Ino raised a brow. "I don't know I haven't seen her since yesterday. She's probably planning the wedding 'you' should be helping her with" She snipped accusingly.
Sasuke fixed her with a deadly glare, by damned if she was Sakura's friend he wouldn't tolerate someone speaking to him like that. "Don't speak on things you have no knowledge in. I let her plan it, its what she wants, its what would make her happy. The wedding is more about her than it is me and she deserves to have it go however she wants it. Tch, I shouldn't be explaining myself to you" He muttered and disappeared and all Ino could do was stare shocked at where he once stood.
Dammit, Searching for Sakura wouldn't be a problem if she hadn't masked her chakra. He knew it like the back of his hand and walked around ignoring the peoples stares in the process as he looked for her. An old lady suddenly came up to him after awhile of searching and said "She went off to the graveyard near the Uchiha Compound" She pointed in a direction he already knew. 'Graveyard?' Sasuke frowned. But that particular graveyard was- "Arigatou" Sasuke murmured lowered his head in a bow as a sign of respect and toke off "Good luck young man!" She called afterwards.
Sakura, kneeling towards three graveyards together -one a recent added one being Itachi Uchiha- lifted her head from her prayer stance as she was done and gazed at the three tombstones with freshly placed flowers on them.
"I promise I'll make him happy.." She said softly
"Sakura" Said a voice behind her and she screamed a little in surprise. She was hoping said person wouldn't find her here, she turned and looked up. "S-sasuke...um I-" She fumbled to explain as he toke note into what she was doing. She'd been paying her respects to his family and not only his parents he realized as he looked among the rest of the graves with flowers, his whole entire clan. His chest filled with something he couldn't entirely place, none of it was unpleasant and he turned to the pink haired Kunoichi who had stood up beside him. She noticed the tenderness in his eyes as he looked at her and the affection on his face. She knew he wasn't mad and was happy to witness such emotion come across his face, it rarely happened. In fact this is the first time seeing something as close to joy and love on his face, so obvious even to anyone and not just her. He was satisfied.
"I wanted to-" Sakura started and stepped closer in front of him "Pay respects to your family, to ensure them that I will take care of you. And that then to your clan...to ensure that their legacy will continue and the Uchiha clan will be restored and that I was happy -am happy- that I was chosen to make that happen one day..."
For once Sasuke was rendered speechless, what she did was so thoughtful and meant so much to him that it only made her more appealing in his eyes if possible, made him more drawn to her and kami knew how he had acquired her. He drew her closer and held her to him, letting himself be enveloped in her wondrous sweet scent. "Thank you, Sakura"
She was his blessing.
A/N- Yay? neigh? maybe say? Don't worry guys the wedding will be coming soon, I just want to make sure I can get all the detail I can before their Journey starts and how they ended up to Orochimaru's hideout. I hope this chapter made you smile like how much I smiled writing it :) Don't forget to review! Ciao!* ~Ren
