A/N; So after a night of having chapter11 out, I changed my mind and decided that I was going to try and re-edit it to make it so the most simplest mistakes aren't there. So let's hope this chapter is better than the first.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. All credit goes to Masashi Kishimoto.
Special Thanks; To .uchihanin. For letting me use her characters
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Sakura's Guide to the Hatake Boys: European Style
Have you ever wondered why people think it's their right to run your life?
Like everything you do is up to them?
It's like they don't even think about the other person.
Well, I'm not going to let them get away with this...
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Sakura leaned against the headboard of her bed in her hotel room as she listened to Itachi and the rest of the Akatsuki argue back and forth with Pein and Konan. The new members of the band sitting across from her on the loveseat her room offered. She didn't know what to do, she definitely didn't want to talk to them, especially after one of them tried to hit on her when she had went to pick up her cell phone that she had dropped earlier when she had first heard the news.
`Why don't you say something? Strike up a conversation, insult them, curse them! Do something! I'm dying here.' Inner-Sakura exclaimed irritatedly as Sakura once again avoided eye contact with any of the three.
The pinkette didn't know what to do, she definitely didn't want to talk to them.`Why don't you just... Shut up!' She retorted inwardly with an indignant huff.
`Oh yeah, what a great comeback. I'm quaking in my boots.' Inner-Sakura sarcastically shot back with a snort.
Sakura inwardly rolled her eyes and accidentally started to mutter to herself out loud, making the three look up at her weirdly. At that she ducked her head down, embarrassed. `Oops...'
`Great! Now they probably think you're a freak. As if the pink hair couldn't make it anymore obvious.' the outlined inner huffed moodily.
`You know? You are really, really starting to get on my nerves.'
`Yeah, well what else is new?'
Finally managing to shake out of her thoughts; Sakura looked up only to see the one who had hit on her earlier, looking down at her with a cocky smirk as he held her vibrating phone out in front of her. Without so much as a blink she snatched it out of his hand and held it close to her chest, her eyes wide from surprise. She could have sworn she had set her phone back in her pocket when she had picked it up earlier.
The young man smiled cheekily and held out his hand. "Hello, gorgeous. Did you fall from Heaven cause you must be an Angle?" he asked flirtatiously as he kissed her hand gently.
Making a disgusted face, Sakura carefully pulled her hand back away from his grasp and smiled a forced and uncomfortable smile. `I can't believe Itachi had me bring these guys into my room. Does he not know that I could possibly get raped by this younger version of Jiraiya?!'
`I wouldn't give him that much credit...'
`... I'm not even going to reply to something like that.'
Sakura gave the man a critical look, as if sizing him up. His hair was black, it went all the way down to the nape of his neck and his bangs nearly touched the tip of his nose, you could barely see his eyes but could tell they were a deep ebony; almost like Sasuke's. He was tall, looked about near his twenties, maybe. If she remembered correctly, his name was something like, Izuna.
Next was the girl, who in fact, was actually Izuna's twin sister Yasake. The young woman was pretty, tall, her hair was a deep shade of raven and her eyes were a nice blend of a gray and blue, she was also pretty tall and seemed to be very intimidating. Sakura felt like if the girl stared at her long enough then it could very well be possible to burn from someone's intense stare. The rosette shivered uneasily as she quickly looked away from the girl and over to the third member of the group.
She couldn't quite get a good look at him, he had a hoodie over his body that covered half his face and dark shades over his eyes. He seemed to be the most mysterious out of all of them. Sakura began to wonder why he had, as of yet, to introduce himself.
`Maybe he's really ugly and he just doesn't want to grace us with his hideousness...?'
`That was ridiculous, even for you.'
`What? I'm having an off day, so sue me.'
"-- Uh, hello? Is anyone home?" Asked Izuna as he waved his hand in front of Sakura's dazed face.
The rosette blinked a few times and then looked up, only to see the one named Izuna staring at her with big dark eyes and a cocky smile. With a shriek of surprise, Sakura pulled back swiftly and hunched herself over her pillow. From the position she was in, you could only see the front of her legs and the top of her head.
With a scowl, Sakura snapped at the male. "What do you think you're doing? Haven't you ever heard of personal bubbles?!" she screeched in annoyance and embarrassment.
Izuna just stood back up straight and scratched his chin thoughtfully, then after a minute he smiled a toothy smile and shook his head. "Nope! Can't say that I have," he bent down till they were at least eye level. "Usually women jump at the chance to be so close to me as you have been." he stated, he winked at her and blew her a kiss.
Sakura rolled her eyes inwardly. `You can tell this one is rather into himself.'
`He knows it too.'
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Sasuke sighed as he watched his brothers argue over the remote control. He had been waiting, rather impatiently, for Sakura to call back. Ever since Pein and Konan had shown up, he wasn't able to talk to her. When she dropped her phone, she had quickly picked it up and informed him that she had to go and that she would call him back as soon as she could.
It had been two hours since then, and already you could feel an annoyed air starting to surround him thickly.
"She'll call back. Stop getting all moody about it already, you're scaring Kiba." stated Neji to Sasuke as he held the remote control over his head as Naruto tried to reach for it, and instant cup of ramen being balanced carefully in his free hand.
"Hey!" Kiba shouted indignantly from the other side of the room.
Sasuke just ignored his brothers and grunted a, "Hn." then went back to staring at his phone.
"Why did she hang up on you in the first place anyway?" Naruto asked through a huge mouthful of ramen.
The onyx eyed teen scowled at his blonde brother and threw a pillow at him for being so disgusting, and also for his stupid comment. "Dobe, she didn't hang up on me. Sakura was busy and said she would call me back." he grumbled irritably.
The blonde mouthed an "O" in understanding. "If that's the case, then why are you acting like it's the end of the world?" he asked innocently.
After a moment everyone, besides Sasuke, burst out into fits of laughter.
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"So~," started Izuna as he leaned against his palm and stared at Sakura longingly. "Do yo have a boyfriend?" he asked.
The rosette spared him a glance before turning back to her iPod. "Yes. As a matter of fact, I do."
"What's his name?"
"I'm not obliged to give you that." she quipped in boredom.
"Why not?" he asked in annoyance, getting really tired of her nonchalant answers.
"Wouldn't you rather meet him in person?"
"Is that going to happen?"
"Possibly."
"Is he scary?"
Sakura smirked and cocked her head to the side and stared at him with wide, innocent eyes. "That's for me to know and for you to find out."
Izuna sat back up and backed up on to the couch, he was pouting, feeling very dejected at the moment. But before anyone could think he that he had finally given up, a smirk graced his features. The other two didn't bother speaking to either Sakura or Izuna. They knew how much of a flirt Izuna could be. They also knew that he doesn't back down from a challenge.
"Don't start anything, Izuna." voiced the hooded figure.
Said male scoffed and turned away from his sister and his male companion. "Mind your own business, K." he snapped angrily.
Before "K" could snap at Izuna for being rude and disrespectful, the door opened and stepped in a furious looking Pein and a stressed out looking Konan.
"Get whatever it is you brought with you and get going." the orange haired male barked out, making the three scurry up to their feet and grab their bags and jackets and follow the two out of the door and out of the hotel room. They even went as far as slamming the door as loud as they could as they went.
Sakura turned her iPod off and stepped out of her room, walking to the living room where she knew Itachi and the others would be. As she came in, she noticed the angry expressions of her band mates and started to wonder whether or not she should ask about what had happened.
`Do you think it's safe?'
`How should I know?'
Sakura sighed inwardly and stepped closer to the guys and sat on the arm of one of the chairs. "So... What happened?" she asked hesitantly.
Kisame was the first to speak. "Well, the good news is that Sasuke and the boys can come back. The bad news however..." he trailed off, a scowl forming slowly.
"We have to quit Akatsuki... No matter what, yeah." Deidara finished with a growl.
Sakura's eyes widened in surprise. "What? Why?!" she asked.
"Due to the fact that Pein practically owns us, that's why." snapped Hidan.
Sakura sighed and rubbed her temples. This could not be happening. "I don't believe this. What are you going to do?" she asked skeptically to Itachi.
The elder Hatake stayed silent for a few minutes before speaking. "Well, I say we should just form a new band. We didn't come this far for nothing, and I'm sure as hell not going to let Pein get away with what he did."
Deidara hopped up on his feet and smiled walking over to Sakura and wrapping his arm around her shoulder. "Awesome, yeah! And Sakura here is going to help us out!" he stated with a nod.
The rosette blinked a few times and looked up at the blonde male. "What, if you mean singing, then I already knew that..." she trailed, noticing the looks they all were giving her. "What?"
Sasori stood and paced the room as he started to speak. "Pein and Konan took all of our instruments and music."
Sakura gaped like a fish out of water. "What!?" she looked over towards an angry looking Itachi. "Can he do that?"
"He did do that!" Hidan exclaimed loudly, his arms waving around in the air dramatically. Dropping his arms to his sides, he frowned deeply and slumped into the couch. "He took my piano..." he trailed off sadly.
Kakuzu slapped the silver haired DJ on the head. "I believe that was my piano. I bought it." he grumbled lowly.
"Yeah! Besides, Hidan-san never used it anyway! Tobi's the one that always used it! Tobi wants it back." Tobi exclaimed sadly.
Sakura shook her head at all of them... Is this seriously what happens to males when precious cargo are taken out of their hands? "Well, what are we going to do? How can we continue on with the competition if we don't have any sheet music or instruments?" she asked skeptically.
They all went silent at that. Thinking about what all they could do.
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"So, she hasn't called yet, huh?" Naruto asked as he sat next to his younger brother against the wall.
Sasuke shook his head and plopped his phone down on his lap. "Hn."
"Why don't you try calling her?" the blonde asked confusedly.
"Hn."
"So what if she's busy! What if someone's hitting on her?" he asked skeptically with a raised brow.
"Dobe." Sasuke muttered as he slapped his blonde brother over the head. "Go bother someone else."
"I don't wanna~!" he whined, making Sasuke flinch by how shrill Naruto's voice was.
With a roll of his eyes, Sasuke stood up and cleared his throat, making everyone turn towards him in wonderment. His onyx eyes looked at them in nonchalance as he placed his hands in his pockets he said, "Well, I'm not going to just sit around here in this dump and do nothing." he started walking towards the door, not even sparing his brothers a second glance as he walked out.
The others slowly followed, silently wondering what they were going to do without hardly any money and no idea as to where they were headed.
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Kakashi was silently reading his precious book when Anko had called him and told him she needed to speak with him. His eyes had rolled upward, thinking that his wife never wanted to just "talk" to him. What she wanted was to order him around and make him heed to her every beck-and-call. "I'm coming dear. What is your craving for the day?" he asked nonchalantly, not glancing up from his book.
Anko pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. "What is with you and that darn book? Why don't you ever pay any attention to me?"
`Oh, here we go...' Kakashi thought as he inwardly rolled his eyes, again. "Don't worry honey, you know you are the only one for me." he muttered as he turned the next page of his book.
Anko growled lowly under her breath and tried to sit up. "You jerk, you're cheating on me aren't you?!" she shouted loudly, still struggling with trying to sit up straighter on the bed.
The masked man actually took the liberty to glance at his distressed wife. "What is going through your head this time?" he asked hesitantly.
Anko stopped what she was doing to look at her husband with wide eyes, bubbles of tears started to prick at the corners. "You didn't deny it! You are cheating on me! It's that skank from the porno shop isn't it? I knew you were banging her behind my back when she wouldn't stop winking at you!" she blubbered loudly, pushing his hands away as he tried to help her sit up on the bed.
The silver haired man tried really hard not to roll his eyes. "Anko, the woman winks at everybody, intentionally and unintentionally. And really, if I wanted to cheat on you, do you seriously think I would choose someone as low as a cashier?" he questioned.
Anko paused for a second, then looked up at her husband with tear filled eyes. "You still didn't deny it!! You jerk! I hate you!" she sobbed.
Kakashi sighed and rubbed his temples. `I swear, this woman.' he thought with a low chuckle. "Anko, you should know that I would not cheat on you, especially when you're carrying my kid. Whatever it is that your messed up hormones are telling you, I assure you, they are not true." he reassured, patting her head affectionately and kissing her on the cheek softly.
With a soft sniff, Anko nodded and wrapped her arms around Kakashi's neck. "Sorry I've been such a witch." she muttered into his shoulder.
He sighed and rubbed her back saying, "I wouldn't be a good husband if I couldn't stand your random mood-swings."
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Sakura sighed as she tapped her pencil repeatedly against her notebook. "Maybe we can call your dad...?" she suggested, looking towards a stoic Itachi.
The elder Hatake shook his head. "There's not much he can do. Instruments cost a lot of money and he has more important things to worry about." he stated, thinking about his mother and his unborn sibling.
The rosette nodded in agreement. "Right..." she trailed off awkwardly, looking around uneasily. "There's not much to do then, is there? I mean... What can we do without music or gear... The jerk even managed to take our amps!" she exclaimed with an indignant snort.
Deidara grunted and continued to type on his lap-top.
Sasori raised a brow and nudged the long haired blonde male with his foot. "What are you doing, Deidara?"
Said blonde held up a hand to silence the red head, surprising everyone with that simple action. Everyone knew Deidara showed extreme respect for Sasori, and it was always a great surprise when he did, in some way, ignore the red head. "Hold on, yeah." he murmured quietly. "I'm looking into this competition, thing..." he trailed off.
"Why?" Kisame asked, leaning over the blonde's shoulder to get a better look at the computer screen. "Oh..." was all the blue skinned man managed to say.
"What is it?" Itachi asked, sitting straighter on the couch.
Kisame looked up and smirked. "The competition offers instruments for some band members who had either lost there's or has had there's stolen. When can just give them some of our information and documents and that will clear that part up."
Sakura smiled widely in understanding. "Awesome! Then all that's left is the music and lyrics!" she exclaimed.
"We're all going to have to start from scratch." Deidara quipped.
They all nodded. "Shouldn't be too hard." Kisame shrugged.
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While Sakura and the Akatsuki figured out what they were going to do. The others walked around London aimlessly, not really having a destination, but also not really wanting to go back to their stuffy motel room. They all managed to talk about things, including the stuff that has happened to Ino. It took a while for Shikamaru to get it all out and everything, but he managed to do it.
Of course the guys were sad, though only Naruto and Kiba showed it on the outside, the two blubbered for at least an hour before they managed to hold in their sniffles and sobs.
Not only that, Naruto kept on complaining about how weird Hinata had been acting lately. All they did was roll their eyes and think about how much of an idiot their brother was. They were beginning to think he was never going to figure it out; I mean the poor girl made it so blatantly obvious, only an incompetent moron would have to miss it. Well, then again... there is Naruto.
"I mean, don't you think it's weird, every time I talk to her or wave at her she blushes, and don't even get me started on what she does when I try to touch her!" he complained, his arms behind his head and a stick of chocolate pocky hanging from the corner of his mouth.
Gaara and Shikamaru gave each other looks and rolled their eyes upward. With a long drawled out sigh, Kiba smacked his elder brother on the head and gave him an, "Are you seriously that dumb?" look. Naruto stopped his ranting to look at his brother.
"What?"
Kiba shook his head. "Are you really that stupid? I mean, come on, how can someone be that oblivious!? I would have thought you realized this weeks ago, but no, those blonde chemicals in your brain are making you even more stupid than you were when you were a brunette!!!" he shouted in exasperation.
Naruto held up his hands. "Whoa, dude, chill out. What are you talking about?" he asked confusedly.
Everyone groaned and Kiba actually slapped his forehead. "Oh for the love of Kami..." he trailed off.
Sasuke sighed and decided it was about time his brother had a wake-up call. "Naruto. Think real hard. Why would Hinata-san do all those things? Why would she blush a deep crimson whenever you talked, smiled, or even waved "hello" towards her. Or why would she faint just by you wrapping a friendly arm around her shoulder, or giving her one of your friendly hugs. Hmm?" he asked, wondering why he was even taking his time to help the clueless blonde in the first place.
The orange clad teen dazed off for a few minutes before his eyes widened and an imaginary light bulb blinked on over his head. With a few blinks he looked over at his brothers in surprise and said, "Oh, my god! I'm such an idiot!" he exclaimed, pulling his spiky blonde hair and banging his head against a wall.
"Stop that, Naruto. You don't need to lose anymore of what's left of your braincells." Neji commented dryly.
Naruto just scowled and walked on. "Hey, Sasuke?" he said after a minute of silence.
"Hn?"
"Can I see your cell phone for a second?" he asked innocently.
"Don't you have your own?" the onyx eyed teen questioned stoically.
"No..." he trailed off shyly, twiddling his thumbs nervously as they walked down the sidewalk.
Sasuke raised a brow in confusion. "And why not?" he asked.
"'Cause I accidentally dropped it in the toilet last night..." he trailed off once again.
The raven haired teen sighed and rolled his eyes, then threw his dark blue and black phone at his brother. "Don't you dare ruin. I will kill you." he growled.
The blonde just waved him off and scrolled through his younger brother's contacts. "Hey! When did you add Hinata-chan as your top ten?!" he asked with blazing blue eyes.
With a blank face he said, "When you smothered my face in the pillow and demanded that I add her as a friend." he bit out tersely. When he heard his brothers chuckle in the background, he began to imagine himself running his blonde, idiotic brother over with a bulldozer.
Naruto laughed at the memory and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, remembering that day fondly. Though, torturing Sasuke was always a joy to experience. He smiled foxily saying, "Oh, my bad Sasuke. But you know if I didn't take action, you would have never added her." he shrugged.
Sasuke scowled and smack the blonde over the head. "I had no reason to add her, you moron!" he exclaimed through grit teeth.
With a wave of his hand, Naruto walked off talking to Hinata, not even paying attention to his furious younger brother.
Sasuke stalked off, ignoring his brothers as they laughed at him.
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"So..." said Sakura as she paced the living room up and down, her cell phone to her ear. With a sigh she closed her phone shut. "Well, Sasuke isn't answering his phone, it's busy."
Kisame snorted a laugh and said, "Sasuke's actually using that thing?" he asked in surprise. "Bah! That's funny, the only time he ever used it was when he was talking to you or if he needed it for emergencies."
The rosette arched a brow in wonderment. "Really?" she said more to herself that anyone. "Interesting."
Deidara rolled his eyes and clapped his hands, snapping everyone out of their dazes. "Yeah, alright, enough of these distractions, we need to come up with some new songs, yeah. We'll call the guys later, right now we have more important things to worry about." he stated impatiently, tapping his pencil on his chin nervously. Anyone could tell out of everyone Deidara and Itachi had to be the most stressed, even if the elder Hatake didn't show it.
Sakura nodded in agreement. "Right, he's got a very good point. Even if we don't have a guitar with us to go along with the tune; he's still got a point." She rolled her eyes as understanding finally flickered in Deidara's bright blue eye.
Itachi shook his head and stood up, walking towards the door. "Alright, we'll get everything tomorrow. I just got a text from Shikamaru. We're going to meet all of them at the restaurant we went to the other day." he stated and walked out the door.
Kisame shrugged and stood along with the others. "It ain't like we got anything better to do."
Sakura shook her head and followed behind without protest, at least she'd get to spend a little more time with Sasuke during dinner.
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A/N; Okay, this is the revised version of the 11th chapter. I hope you like and I hope all the previous mistakes are fixed. Sorry for everything. Please review and tell me what you think.
~blonde insomniac~