Goddess' Love

Nicknames for Main Characters

Sakura – Forehead Girl / Billboard Brow / Sakura-chan / Hokage's Apprentice / Blossom or Cherry Blossom / Cherry / Saki, Saku or Kura

Tenten – Panda or Panda Bear / Bun – Bun / Nine – Nine / Tennie / Weapon's Mistress / Youthful Flower

Hinata – Shy / Hina-chan / Hyuga Heiress / Hina

Ino – Ino-pig / Blondie / Shopping-crazy blonde

Sasuke – Sasuke-teme / Teme / Uchiha / Sasuke-kun/ Sasuke-san

Naruto – Dobe / Idiot / Baka / Naruto-kun / Uzumaki/ Naruto-san

Shikamaru – Lazy ass / Shika-kun / Nara / Shika/ Shikamaru-san

Neji – Neji-kun / Hyuga / Teme 2 / Neji-san

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Flashback

Inner Person

Narrator

Chapter 9 – Slowly Developing Romance

The week passed by fairly quickly for the Kunoichi.

Sakura has been approached by both Sasuke and Naruto regarding the scrolls. It turns out Naruto has already met his parents when Kurama a.k.a The Nine-Tailed Beast, has encouraged Naruto into taking off the seal on the bars that kept him locked up. That was when he met his father, Minato Namikaze. The other time was when the whiskered male gained control over Kurama's power and that was when he met Kushina Uzumaki. She helped him achieve this goal. He also learned what had exactly happened 15 years ago. (AN: I know that in the Anime Naruto is 16 years old when this is revealed but they are 15 in this fic.)

Sasuke just refused to come to terms with the fact that it was a mission that his clan was murdered. He refused to accept the information written on the scrolls. He believed that it was right to kill his brother from his view of the events.

Sakura has met Itachi a few times on missions. She made it a mission for herself to make Itachi open up to her. Their relationship was shaky at first, but now they are standing on the faint line between an acquaintance and a friend.

In the time they had together, Sakura learned that Itachi loved Sasuke like any other brother would. Their bond was deep since Sasuke was born. She also knew that Itachi had an illness. He takes pills to longer his life as much as he needed.

I want to die by Sasuke's own hands, Itachi has said, by my own flesh and blood.

Sasuke needed to realize the fact that he was so into getting revenge that he can't think straight anymore.

So this was why the both of them were training together at a lake, a rare occasion. He has asked Sakura to train with him, since she is an ANBU.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

"Dragon Breath."

They both dodged.

Sasuke has improved, Sakura had to give him that, but she was not about to lose. Sasuke was thinking on the same lines. The fight they had from the mission earlier when the boys came back was only a little taste of her power.

Sasuke quickly grabbed 8 Shuriken from his weapon's pouch, one in each space between his fingers, and threw it at the pink-haired ANBU. She dodged with grace.

The battle continued on for hours until they were nearly drained from chakra.

Sakura sat between two gigantic roots of an equally gigantic tree as she tried to catch her breath. Sasuke leaned on the tree opposite as he too, tried to regain his beloved oxygen, which was much needed.

Silenced enveloped them in a slightly awkward moment, but they it was mostly comfortable.

"How did you become ANBU?"

Sasuke's question caught the Fire Goddess slightly off-guard but it was answered nonetheless. "They saw my skills and I completed the ANBU exams." Short and Simple.

"Hn."

Sighing silently, Sakura got up while her legs wobbled underneath her. A pill was shoved under her eyes. She looked up to see Sasuke holding out the pill while he looked away. If she was 12 again, she would have squealed, but she was 15. She no longer squealed at the sight of any cute boys, no longer fawned over them. No longer a fangirl.

But, it would be a lie if she said her feelings for Sasuke vanished. Her love merely just turned into an act of affection, not a crush, not a blinding love.

With a small smile, she accepted the pill.

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Sakura POV

I lay on the roof, doing nothing as I stared at the night sky. A beige blanket was wrapped around me as the wind howled softly. The stars twinkled as I thought about today's events. I spent the whole day with Sasuke.

I discovered a new side of him today, probably a side he has developed during his mission away from the village. This side of him was fiercely protective over his friends and comrades, always on high-alert, he looked relaxed, but looks can be deceiving. The tenseness of his muscles told me that. He was ready for any possible attack.

I admired this side of him. Of course, I would willingly take a suicide mission any day before I admit that.

He has slowly slid through my protective walls and he has reached my heart. He broke my emotional barrier. The barrier that I have created after Pele was sealed into me.

Unconsciously, I looked at the red flame shaped tattoo on my right palm. I can feel the power pulse in it.

Sasuke and I have arranged that we would meet again tomorrow for some more training; he was practising for his first Jonin exam.

For some reason, I felt pleased.

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Sasuke POV

I never would have thought that the girl who was so obsessed with me before my mission would become so powerful.

….Her presence made me feel warm and happy….

What is this feeling?

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The days dragged by slowly, days turned into weeks, weeks into months. And now it was the Jonin exams. This exam was held in Sunagakure. Kunoichi was on a vacation to the same village. Currently they were tourists, but since Temari was originally from there, the group was considered residents by the majority of the village, including the Fifth Kazekage, our one and only Gaara!

Poor Gaara and Kankuro, when Kunoichi arrived safely, they were immediately out of oxygen as Sakura and Tenten had them in a very familiar suffocating hug.

Many races have been started, including running races, who can jump the highest, ramen eating contests….

And to simply put it, they were always exhausted by the end of the day, but none of them could deny the amount of fun they had everyday.

Tenten and Sakura has ganged up and they are on a mission of their own. The mission name? 'Annoy Temari'. Rank? S-Rank. Reason for rank? Temari is a dangerous Temari when annoyed. Reason for mission? Tenten and Sakura are bored.

So far, it has been successful, but it wasn't over yet. Oh, it was far from over.

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Gaara and Kankuro were relaxing in the indoor jacuzzi in one of those rare moments when Gaara doesn't have Kazekage duties. This was a 'brother-bonding-time' as Kankuro put it.

The male who Sakura has taken a liking to call 'Panda-chan' could feel his muscles relax from the hot water. Gaara made a mental note to thank the pink-haired girl for suggesting him the creation of this jacuzzi, claiming that it help erease the tension in the muscles. This was heaven!

Gaara was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a muffled shriek. He opened his eyes to see his brother covering his mouth with his hands while his eyes were wide and filled with horror. The red-head raised a non-existent eyebrow.

"I feel Temari's chakra spike like a bitch outta from hell."

Gaara focused on sending out his chakra, scanning the area for his older sister. A common way to identify chakra signatures is by creating a mental image through the mind's eye. Every chakra signature is different for everyone, taking either a brighter or darker glow according to the person's intentions. The size of the chakra that circles each person indicated the strength of that one particular person. Gaara knows as a fact that Kunoichi has a huge amount of strength.

Bright green eyes snapped open when he felt a very dark, very powerfuland a very annoyed chakra signature.

Oh well. Not his problem.

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"GET BACK HERE LITTLE BITCHES!"

"NO! NEVER!"

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!"

"THAT CAN BE ARRANGED!"

"AAAAAH!"

"INO! HINATA! HELP!"

Ino and Hinata, being the good girls they were, sat at their wooden table in the great (sand) garden of the Kazekage's residence, calmly sipping their ice tea with at least 6 ice cubes within the drink while their so-called "sisters" were running for their lives from the grim reaper whom taken the form of Temari.

As Konoha 12's males stepped through the village gates with permission for entrance, they witnessed 2 flying blobs in the sky which taken the colour of pink and brown respectively before they heard a scary voice scream after the blobs.

"AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR ANNOYING MOI!"

Needless to say, the men shit their pants.

The next few days is bound to be fun.

I know this is short and all, but I am suffering from a very bad illness called "writer's block". I get it very often. I know.

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