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"Speech"
'Thoughts'

Chapter 10: Shisui the hottest Uchiha

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Sasuke's POV

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He was glad that his mother seemed to stop setting him up for surprise dates. He was off to Yamanaka flower shop with Shisui to meet his brother Itachi. Due to the events of the recent months, also known as his mother's matchmaking surprises, the Uchiha brothers decided to make the flower shop their unofficial base. Shisui, who was back from his ANBU mission, informed him that he had an important news for him and his brother.

He was greeted by a flying kunai as soon as he opened the door to the shop. "Did you forget to take your medications again Ino? I always knew that there's something wrong in your head. I just never knew that it was crazy beyond calculation." He said as he caught the kunai.

"You're not welcomed here chicken butt." Ino replied, as she threw another kunai aimed at his head.

"Don't take your frustrations out of me. It's not my fault that you're getting rounder." He teased, further vexing the already incensed blonde.

Ino tackled him and tried (emphasis on the word tried) to beat the life out of him. "How dare you imply that I am fat?"

"You really don't have to try to beat me up. Your weight is doing a thorough job as it is. And stop making excuses so you can jump on me." He continued to rile up the blonde. A few slaps and smacks are small prices to pay in order to have his revenge for all the riling up that she did to him.

Further abuse of his body was stopped due to the arrival of his brother. "Sasuke stop annoying Ino." His brother chastised him. Why was he taking her side? He was family. "Calm down Ino. I brought this for you." Itachi said to Ino as he passed her a bag of pudding. The blonde immediately focused her attention to the pudding and began eating. "Your name really fits you." He goaded and the firecracker was alighted. His brother sighed and calmed the blonde for the second time today.

"I never thought that it was true when they said that boys tease the girl they like but who would have known you're such a boy Sasuke. I guess you can't join Itachi and me because we only do manly business." Shisui joked. That changed his mind in provoking the blonde. "I don't like her. I'm just getting my retribution from all the annoying she did to me." He defended. "Just keep telling yourself Sasuke. Maybe one day we'll believe you." Shisui continued tormenting him. 'Whatever happened to blood is thicker than water.' He sighed and grunted "Hn".

"So you're Ino, I am Shisui the hottest Uchiha man around." Shisui introduced himself to Ino.

'I am sure there's a dictionary somewhere that has shameless defined like this. Shameless [sheym-lis] adj. 1. Lacking any sense of shame 2. Naruto 3. Shisui.'

"It's nice to finally meet you Shisui. I've heard things about you." Ino said.

"Good things, I hoped?" Shisui asked.

"All good things but they don't seem to give you the proper justice." Ino answered.

"I like her Itachi." Shisui addressed Itachi and told Ino: "this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship Ino and if you ever have troubles with Sasuke. I'll always be on your side."

"Thank you Shisui. I really felt the familial love." He commented.

"Are you getting jealous Sasuke? Well, I really can't blame you because I am the best man there is. I'll get threatened too if someone like me is around." Shisui said.

Ino laughed, Itachi smiled, Shisui prided himself and he grunted. "Hn."

"As it was I who was able to make the lovely lady laugh. If it wouldn't be much of a bother, can you grant this noble man the knowledge on why you had the sudden urge to practice your kunai throwing skills to Sasuke aside from the entertainment of damaging his chicken butt hair that is?" Shisui asked Ino while pretending like some noble lord.

Ino's expression darkened and she sighed heavily. "I, who was innocently manning our flower shop, received these scrolls from your Mother," she glared towards him upon mentioning his mother, "and was told on how happy she was that Sasuke," another glare directed to him, "and I are getting along exceedingly well." She explained.

Shisui decided to check the scrolls and laughed. Upon seeing the questioning looks he began reading the titles of the scrolls aloud.

The dos and don'ts of an Uchiha

Traditions of the Uchiha Clan

Guide for an Uchiha-bride-to-be

Uchiha Homemaking Manual

Guide for when your child awakened his sharingan for the first time

"She said that she'll send me the others after I finished those. As I was the one being harassed, I believed that I deserved to have a few kunais embedded to the one at fault." Ino said, while reaching for her kunai.

"Why are you blaming me crazy woman?" He asked.

"If it hasn't escaped your notice, your mother is under the impression that we're a couple. You must have done something that gave her the misunderstanding." Ino blamed him.

"I did not do anything. I was mostly hiding from mother." He defended himself.

"Were you hiding here Sasuke?" Itachi asked him.

"Not always." He answered.

"Not always but quite often. If you were staying here a lot of time, then it wouldn't be farfetched to assume that you smelled like flowers on the rare occasion that mother ambushed you. Seeing as you smelled flowers, mother would assume you were in close contact with a female and since you're not that observant you may have failed to notice that mother makes friendly visits with the Inuzukas these days. With all these information given I'm sure we understand how mother arrive to her conclusion." Itachi explained.

"I knew it. It's your fault." Ino said.

"There's no need to murder Sasuke. I'll explain to Aunt Mikoto that the both of you are not dating and that Ino actually preferred my company than Sasuke." Shisui said.

Ino calmed down while he frowned upon hearing Shisui's words. Don't get him wrong he definitely like to have the misunderstanding cleared but he doesn't like how Shisui is becoming too friendly with Ino. They'd only met each other today while he and Itachi had known the girl since the academy days. Granted that he's not a very friendly person and Itachi only knew Ino when the latter escorted him towards the academy but still they'd known her longer.

"Sasuke informed me that you have news of great importance to share." Itachi mentioned.

"Aunt Mikoto visited the Hokage office with Elders Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado in order to file for a petition regarding the Saving Sharingan Program. This program would force the eligible Uchiha Shinobis ages 18-30 years old to take B ranked and lower missions in a two man team. It doesn't sound bad right? But wait until you hear the final clause in the program. It is requisite that the other half of the two man team is an eligible Kunoichi from ages 18-30 years old." Shisui revealed.

"Why was there a need for Saving Sharingan Program?" Ino asked.

"They said that the war took a toll on the Uchiha clan but the birthrate of Uchihas is too few and too far in between. The youngest Uchiha is Minato and he was born 18 years after Sasuke. The three of us are the only Uchiha shinobis that fall on the program. Considering the fondness of Uchiha shinobis with dangerous missions and their indifference to romantic relationships as well as their partiality to a single child. The council believed that the Sharingan will truly be lost in a few years if this continues." Shisui explained.

"I somewhat understand the council but it doesn't mean I agree with it. If I was not involved then I'll probably not mind." Ino said.

"You wound me Ino and I was looking forward to be partnered with you yet you're rejecting the idea." Shisui exaggerated.

"There're no sharp words that are spiky enough to penetrate that shameless skin of yours." He said.

"I'm so glad that you cared Sasuke." Shisui replied.

"Hn." He grunted.

"Moving on to more pleasant matters how much progress have you made in your romancing Romeo?" Shisui asked Itachi.

"To pacify your nosy self, Sakura has been busy these days but we had some friendly lunch here and there as well as exchanging news on what we've been up to. I've also acquired permission to take her on a romantic date tomorrow." Itachi replied.

"So… what's your plan for this" Shisui made an air quotes as he said "romantic date?"

"I'd rather keep the information a secret for reasons that it would surprise Sakura and would impede meddling family and friends from spying in our date." Itachi answered.

"Don't be a Sasuke because a Sasuke is a stingy person who took other people's fun. Share the happiness and inform your ever dependable friend Shisui." Shisui said which earned him a glare from his slighted cousin.

"You're the most garrulous Uchiha I've met." Ino commented to Shisui.

"Why thank you pretty lady. I tried to be best on everything there is. My family seems to lack a lot of personalities. I try to cover up for them." Shisui replied.

'Shisui is an Uchiha of his own whether it was on techniques or personality.'

Itachi bid them farewell and left the flower shop. He was left to the company of Ino and Shisui not that he had any problems with being alone with Ino or Shisui. He just hasn't been left alone with the both of them together. He just hoped that the two would not work together in grating on his nerves.

"Who wants to join in spying Itachi tomorrow?" Shisui asked.

"Me… Me… Me…" Ino answered enthusiastically.

"A very wise choice young one, this is a high stealth mission." Shisui said with the air of importance.

"I understand the magnitude of the mission and would ask Sakura the necessary details with care." Ino replied.

"Are you not going to join Sasuke? I would have thought that you will be the first one to join seeing that the successfulness of the date would help you on steering your mother's attention away from you or have you forgotten when Itachi left for a 3 week mission in Suna and you're left alone to deal with Aunt Mikoto's matchmaking." Shisui told him.

'His shamelessness aside, Shisui knows how to get the people to his side.'

"Sasuke make yourself useful and man up the store. You've been hiding here for weeks; it's time to pay your rent." Ino said.

"Don't pass your job to me and have you forgotten all the crates that you asked me to move. That should have been enough as payment for my temporary stay." He argued.

"That was a favor from a visiting friend to his friend. Also that's not enough. It's either you man up the shop or you go outside the flower shop and attract customers namely your fangirls." Ino compromised.

"Why do I have to attract customers? You've earned more than enough to make the flower shop going." He asked.

"It's for additional shopping money Sasuke. One can never have too much money for shopping so man up the shop while I squeeze the details of the date from Sakura." Ino demanded.

'Bossy and demanding woman with penchant for too much shopping'

"Hn." He grunted. He doubt Ino would really consider his rebuttal. Ino sees disputes to her demands as suggestions which she just simply ignore.

"She has you housetrained." Shisui laughed at him.

"I'm not." He refuted.

"Denial is not only a river in Egypt." Shisui badgered.

"Hn." He grunted. He decided to ignore Shisui. The man will get tired soon, hopefully really soon.

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Time passed slowly, Shisui amused helped himself to the cookies in the counter while reading the magazines. It has been an hour and Ino still hasn't returned. The good news was there hasn't been a new customer since she left. After another 45 minutes, Ino finally returned. Ino divulged the information she gathered such as the type of clothing Sakura will wear and the time and place Sakura had to meet Itachi. After further scrutinizing the information it was decided that Shisui would follow Itachi because there's a chance that Itachi predicted that they'll get information from Sakura and would inform her later for a change in plans. Shisui has the highest chance of being undetected by Itachi among the three of them thus he was tasked to follow Itachi. Ino would be staying with Sakura to help her in preparing for the date. Sakura had a pet bird which will temporary host Ino's consciousness as she followed on the date. Lastly, he was tasked to stake out on the meeting place. There's still a chance of Itachi making clones to divert their attention. If everything goes well then the three of them will meet up on the same place and if not at least one of them is bound to know what really happened in the date.

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