Hello everyone.
I would like to apologise for the long wait. I know I took forever and a day to update. Thanks to starting my junior year and my wonderful -note the sarcasm- business studies and accounting teacher, things have been rather hectic. And having a case of writer's block didn't help.
I have been jotting down all of the crazy ideas that have been popping into my mind and my friend Shavaun has been giving me so many ideas for the upcoming chapter.
But enough of that. Here is the next chapter. I hope I answered any hanging thoughts. Hope you all enjoy.
Dedicated to: Shavaun... you motivated me to get my ass into gear. And thank you so much to everyone who gave suggestions ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto but I did get this awesome Naruto necklace with all of the handsigns on it and a sexy picture of Gaara ^_^
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Chapter 10
Wedding Week: Day 4
Troublesome Thoughts
"NANI!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP MORON!"
"YOU'RE ALSO SCREAMING DUMBASS!"
"Both of you shut up," Sasuke was mentally beating the shit out of Naruto and Kiba. The pair had decided that they were going to wake at the first signs of dawn and have an all out screaming match that began by Kiba accidentally stepping on Naruto's foot and Naruto spilling hot coffee onto Kiba.
"Huh?"
"What the?"
The pair looked all around them for Sasuke's voice before concluding he wasn't outside and looked up to the second story to find Sasuke leaning out of the window with a scowl on his face.
"Shut the fuck up or I swear to Kami-sama I'll trap you two in an endless genjutsu where you screw each other till the end of time."
"Urgh," Naruto made a gagging gesture.
"Anal rape…nasty," Kiba held onto his pant.
"You're the uke," Naruto spoke after a moment.
"NANI? You're the freaking uke. No way I'm letting such a pansy dominate me!"
"Shut the fuck up!"
The pair instantly shut up and looked back at the window to see Sakura leaning out. She had a murderous look in her eyes and the vein just above her eye was twitching. The two gulped before looking at each other, back at Sakura and running as far as their legs could carry them. Haruno Sakura was not a person you would ever want to wake in the mornings.
Sakura slammed the window before turning and walking back to bed. She paid no attention to the Uchiha who was giving her a rather dirty look after she so rudely pushed him out of the way to silence the bickering fools.
(Sasuke: -ehem- you mean flung into the opposite wall. Sakura: Gosh you're such a freaking baby. GA: Guys…could we um maybe –cowers away from Sakura– possibly get back to the story… Sakura: Babies)
After pulling the warm covers over her body, Sakura sighed and thanked Kami-sama for giving her a little grace today and holding in her stomach contents for the time being. A few moments later she heard the sheets ruffle and weight pressing down next to her.
Sasuke lay listening to Sakura breathe. Though he would never admit it, sometimes when they were still together, after a nightmare or if he woke in the middle of the night he would listen to Sakura's breathing and thank Kami-sama that she was with him.
Now that it was all different, he found himself thinking why he allowed things to go so far.
"Thank you," Sakura's voice brought him out of his thoughts.
"Hn," he knew she was talking about the previous day.
"Did you have to burn my clothes though?"
"They were soaked in blood."
"Oh," Sakura decided against saying anything else. She knew that seeing people covered in blood freaked him out. After his parents death he couldn't look at blood without seeing their faces and after they got together her would have nightmares that she was killed along with them.
She knew that some nights when the nightmares were that bad he would pull her close and hold her like there was no tomorrow. It was on those nights that Sasuke was at his most vulnerable. She would wake whenever he would pull her closer and would kiss him in reassurance. She wondered how he had handled it after she left.
"I haven't dreamt about that in a long time," Sasuke knew what she was thinking. Even though he knew that the nightmares came even more when she wasn't around, he didn't want her to worry. Whenever he had had those dreams in the past two months, he would go to her apartment and slip in through the window and make sure she was alright, calming himself in the process, before going back to the Uchiha Compound.
Sakura remained silent and after a while drifted of to sleep. Sasuke knew by the change in her breathing that she was asleep and looked over at the pinkette.
"I really screwed up big time huh?"
He spent a while looking at her peaceful face before placing a light kiss on her lips and getting up to shower. He didn't notice the light smile that placed itself on Sakura's face or hear the sigh of content that past her lips.
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"Hinata-chan?"
"Hai Sakura-chan."
"Would you mind if we postpone the bachelorette party by a day?"
"Not at all," Hinata smiled.
"Whew," Sakura smiled as well. "At least now nothing will clash."
"Hey forehead," Ino leaned her arms on Sakura's shoulders and placed her head atop her arms. "We have something that absolutely has to get done today."
"Of course," Sakura smirked. "Hinata, Tenten, prepare yourselves."
"Why do I have the feeling that this involves spending money?" Tenten asked. "And why does my wallet already hurt."
"Hehe…" the pinkette and the blonde simply chuckled.
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"NO! NO! NO! Absolutely freaking not! There is no way in hell you're making me wait an extra day!" Naruto yelled from the top of the shuriken posts. He watched as Sasuke threw another, only this time he jumped away since it was aimed at his head.
"I wasn't asking you. I was telling you," Sasuke resumed his target practice.
"But why!"
"Because."
"Because what?"
"Because I said so."
"No! No! No!"
"Shut up," Sasuke hissed and threw a kunai at him. Naruto barely managed to dodge before a second one implanted itself into his left thigh.
"TEME!"
"You'll live," Sasuke rolled his eyes before resuming his shuriken practice.
"At least tell me why!"
"You'll find out."
"When!"
"Eventually."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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Trudging up the long stairway and down the longest of passageways, Shikamaru sighed at how troublesome this was.
He had been looking forward to a calm day of cloud gazing while the rest of the guys sparred or did whatever they wanted to.
Of course Tsunade had other plans and had summoned him before he could even so much find a good spot that wasn't completely covered with snow or was soaked said precipitation.
Pulling on the scarf around his neck, he felt slightly cooler. The insane temperatures that they had the air-conditioning set to felt like an inferno to someone who was bundled as warmly as he was. There wasn't even a need for such high temperatures considering they were expecting a few days of comfortable warmth blowing in from Suna before winter fully settled in for the rest of its stay.
As he approached the door to Tsunade's office, he could hear the sound of voices and couldn't help but wonder what the Hokage had in store for him.
Knocking on the door before getting the go ahead to enter, Shikamaru was mildly surprised at who stood before him.
"Shikamaru," Tsunade greeted him.
Nodding in response and greeting the inhabitants of the office, Shikamaru focused on the Hokage. "You called Hokage-sama."
"Yes," Tsunade leading back in her chair and waved her hand at the other people in the room. "You are well acquainted with the Kazekage and his siblings."
Shikamaru nodded in acknowledgement.
"If you wouldn't mind, would you show Gaara, Kankuro and Temari to the Hyuga compound? Once they have settled, Temari is to join the girls at the spa. I do believe that Sakura, Hinata, Ino and Tenten are shopping at the moment and will meet Temari outside of the spa in an hour."
Mentally sighing at the troublesome task, Shikamaru accepted the task and shifted his scarf. Ino was not going to like the fact that he was once again stuck chaperoning Temari around. He prepared himself for the flirting that would ensue and the jealous girlfriend that he would have to reassure.
Mendokusei.
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"KYAA!" Ino squealed in delight.
Throwing a flimsy piece of material into Hinata's hands before moving onto the next rack filled with various pieces of lingerie, Ino sighed in content at their current pass time.
Tenten shook her head in pity at the Hyuga heiress's misfortune before resuming her own search for something, heaven knows whet exactly, but for something none the less.
"How about this one?" Sakura asked from beside her.
"For you?"
"No. For you."
Tenten looked at the piece that Sakura was holding up and nearly fainted.
"Are you mad!"
The pinkette looked at the lacy almost see-through black lingerie set with while trimmings and cocked her head in confusion. "What's the problem?"
Tenten almost chocked at the question. "Why-Why in the world would I buy that?"
"Why not?" Sakura asked. "It's cute, in your size and I'm pretty sure that Neji would totally go crazy if he saw you in this."
"But-but Sakura…I-I would never-"
"All the more reason."
"But-"
"I'll buy it for you. You just simply can't let cute things like these be left behind," Sakura stated proudly, completely ignoring Tenten's protests.
"Ohhh…Sakura that's so cute! Ino squealed as soon as she caught sight of the lingerie. "Tenten would look fantastic in it!"
"I know!"
There was just no winning today for Tenten.
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Sai smiled in content as he walked towards his apartment to store away the new art supplies he had just purchased. He could hardly wait to begin drawing and painting with the new brushes and array of colours that were in the bag he was holding.
A glint of pink caught his eye and he stopped just in time to avoid getting knocked down by said glint of pink.
"Hello ugly," Sai smiled.
Sakura twitched at the nickname and desired nothing more than to punch the pale male in front of her but stopped herself and greeted him with a smile.
"Hello Sai."
"You know, you really should be more careful Ugly. After observing you yesterday, I noticed that your movements are slowing down and you do seem to be putting on weight. You might want to consider a diet perhaps."
Sai didn't have time to give the pinkette one of his usual smiles before he was punched all the way down the street. Luckily for him, he managed to protect his new supplies from the wrath of the pinkette and they were still intact.
Sai made a mental not never to point out that Sakura was gaining weight while he had new art supplies with him ever again.
Sakura glared at the artist from her spot just outside of the clothing shop she had just come out of.
She muttered out the word "Dick" before turning to look at what was keeping the rest of them.
"HOLY! WHAT DID YOU DO TO SAI!" Ino came out of the store yelling at her.
Sakura shrugged and muttered that the git deserved it before mentioning that they should get moving along before they were late to meet Temari.
At the mention of the older blond female, Ino's eye's narrowed.
It was no secret that Ino wasn't particularly fond of the older woman especially considering that Temari was constantly trying to get Shikamaru's attention.
Thankfully, over time, Ino had seemed to get over the older woman's advances on Shikamaru and made a concerted effort to bring up and emphasise that Shikamaru was hers.
"Yay," Ino rolled her eyes. "Let's go meet up with her."
And thus the wondrous pampering began.
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"I need help," Sasuke stated.
"WHAT!" Naruto looked his best friend before grabbing him by the shirt collar and shaking him. "Who the fuck are you and what the hell have you done with teme?"
Smacking the blond away from him, Sasuke sent him an evil glare.
A giggle could be heard from one of the snow covered branches and the pair looked up to spot Kakashi engrossed in his novel.
"Oi Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto called up. "There's someone here imposing as Sasuke."
"Huh?" Kakashi looked away from his book. "How could that be possible? Sasuke is one of the best Anbu that Konoha has. It's almost impossible for there to be someone pretending to be him."
"He asked for advice."
Kakashi's eyes widened and he swiftly stored away his book and jumped down from the tree in a single motion. Getting out a kunai and lifting his mask over his eye, he got ready to fight.
"Naruto, you cover the right, I'll take the left."
"You two are retards," Sasuke said rolling his eyes. "And you shouldn't be telling your opponent what you plan on doing in such a casual manner. It's a wonder the two of you have survived for so long."
"I take that back," Naruto sighed. "Only teme could be that mean."
"Maybe it's a fever or cold or something?" Kakashi shrugged as he packed away his kunai and straightened up.
"Fuck you," Sasuke hissed. "It's not that impossible."
Kakashi and Naruto glanced at each other before breaking out into a laugh.
"Teme, you NEVER ask for advice," Naruto managed between laughs.
"You usually find out the answer on your own," Kakashi added.
"Hn," Sasuke scoffed at the pair. "Dicks."
After their laughter had died down, Kakashi sighed. "Naruto, you and Sasuke can spar today while we talk. Go nice on each other."
"Yosh!" Naruto got into his fighting stance.
"Aa." Now this was something Sasuke would enjoy.
A few moments after the fight had begun; Kakashi asked the question of what it was that Sasuke wanted advice on.
Dodging the attack coming from Naruto, Sasuke thought of the best way to phrase his question. "I need… advice about Sakura."
"Wha-"
Being caught off guard by the fact that Sasuke would actually ask for help with Sakura, Naruto almost fell over the rock he was balancing on. (Naruto: the snow made it slippery. I so was not in shock =.= GA: Sure… -.-)
"Be more specific," Kakashi spoke.
This conversation would definitely be a first.
"I-I have no idea what to do," Sasuke admitted. "I mean, I thought that when she left two months ago that it would be the right thing to let her go. She wasn't happy so I thought that it would be the best solution."
"Che, look where that got you," Naruto pointed out.
Sasuke glared at the blond Jinchuriki before forcing him into a taijutsu fight, ensuring a couple of rather punishing blows for that comment.
Kakashi watched the pair for a few moments while they went all out with their taijutsu and punched the other. A while later, the pair called a truce and collapsed on the ground, the snow having been sent flying in several directions thanks to their fight.
"Sasuke?" Kakashi called for the Uchiha's attention.
"Hn?"
"You approached the situation with Sakura in the wrong manner," Kakashi began. "You did what you thought was best by giving her space but that was not what she needed correct?"
"Hn."
"Sakura is the type of person that is always reassuring people and more often than not, people forget that she needs to be reassured herself. You should not have let her leave but rather tried to work things out."
"Stop telling me what I already know," Sasuke rolled his eyes.
Kakashi smiled, his visible eye crinkling with his smile. "We all know that you know what you need to do and sadly it is the one thing that you're not particularly good at."
"Hn?"
"Communication," Kakashi sighed. And here Sasuke was supposed to be the genius prodigy. "Go and tell her everything. Tell her how you feel. She needs to hear you vocalise it."
"And swallow your pride teme," Naruto added.
"Aa," Sasuke was silent for a moment. "I am never asking you for advice again."
"But that was totally cool," Naruto whined.
"Fag," Sasuke smirked.
"Meany," Naruto stuck his tongue out.
Round two was about to begin and now they could do things properly.
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Tsunade's eye twitched at the sight before her. She had the insane desire to rip the idiots in front of her to shreds. Mentally tearing them to apart, she once again found herself wondering why in the hell had she chosen today to visit the hospital and make sure everything was in tiptop shape.
"Ehehehe…" the blond before her laughed.
"Hn."
Tsunade rolled her eyes at the duo before shaking her head at their stupidity.
"Um… baa-chan," Naruto laughed nervously. "Do you mind healing us?"
"No."
"Thanks!"
"No, I meant that I have no intention of healing you."
"But-"
"Shut up!"
"Hai."
"Moron."
Glancing once again at the pair on the hospital beds, Tsunade could only imagine what training the pair had done. She only prayed that the training ground were still there from the looks of the blond and the Uchiha.
"Shizune!" Tsunade called.
"H-Hai, Tsunade-sama."
"Take care of whatever needs my attention while I heal these morons."
"But Tsunade-sama-"
"Do it!"
"H-Hai," Shizune squeaked before rushing out of the room.
Tsunade turned to the pair and promptly gave each of them a good smack on the back of the head before beginning to heal them.
Well at least it was better than doing paperwork.
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"Ah…" Tsunade let out a sigh of content as she slid onto her office couch.
She had walked in and blatantly ignored the mountain of paperwork that was waiting patiently for her. For the moment, she wanted nothing more than to enjoy a moment of absolute peace and quiet.
-BAM!-
So much for that idea…
Sitting up with a rather temperamental groan of anger, Tsunade glared at the person who dared to barge into her office.
Making out the silhouette of the person in front of her, she assumed that it was female.
"What?" Tsunade barked.
"Eep!"
Definitely female.
"Hokage-sama, I have the lab results you requested," the figure spoke.
It took Tsunade a moment to figure out that the person in front of her was the lady that worked down at the genetics labs, Keiko.
"And?"
"Um," Keiko stumbled around in the dark office until she managed to hand Tsunade a manila envelope.
"How the hell am I supposed to read this thing without light. Put the lights on."
"H-hai."
It took a moment before Keiko could successfully discover the light switch and flick it on.
Opening the folder with caution, Tsunade felt like she was about to have the biggest secret revealed to her. Scanning the contents, Tsunade glanced up at the female.
"Are you sure this is absolutely correct?"
"Hai."
"Good work," Tsunade dismissed the female.
Keiko bowed in respected before hastily retreating. There was no way in hell she was going to hang around with the hokage.
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Ayako hummed to herself as she climbed into her warm and inviting bed. Shifting around and getting comfortable, she sighed in bliss at the feel of warmth.
Running a hand over her tummy, she giggled in excitement. She had never thought that she would get pregnant with such a handsome man's child.
"Baby, okaa-san definitely made you with the right person. He's so handsome and mysterious. I think I might love him," giggling again, she felt just like a teenager sharing her secrets about her newest crush.
As she was falling asleep, Ayako thought back to the Halloween weekend and just how wonderful it was.
Never before had she had such a passionate lover and he was so charming to boot.
She could barely wait until the next time she saw her wonderful lover. He would be ever so surprised to find out that she was expecting their child.
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AN: Dun dun duh... I know I'm being mean by leaving it hanging but I felt like it... ;P
I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I will do my best to work on all of my stories during the upcoming two week break I have. I can't promise anything but I will try.
Please drop a review and tell me if you have any ideas for the bachelorette and bachelor parties. They are coming up in the next chapter so review if you want me to work in you ideas.
~Simone ^_^