Sakura watched as the students she taught healed the bloody red head. Over and over again she wondered why she didn't just killitjust then, when she had the chance. Oh well, God willing, she would have that same chance over. Her glare became more hate filled when Kajishi looked at the person on the bed.
Green eyes looked at older, wiser hazel ones. "What happened to this lady?" Kajishi asked. The Hokage looked at her pink haired ex-apprentice.
"Seeing as Sakura is your mother, it is not up to me to tell you," Tsunade answered. "Sakura," she addressed. The blossom of Kohona looked to the village's Hokage, "do you want her to know?"
Sakura looked at Sasuke then back at Kajishi. "When she's old enough. Anyway…" Sakura changed the subject and stood from the bland white chair she was sitting on. A green hand ran over the boxy body. "She's from the sand, a missing nin…" Sakura informed.
Sasuke's raven head looked to her. "I didn't know that…" he deadpanned.
"Gaara would love to know that," Tsunade hissed. The three adults sighed deeply and let it go.
The white door slammed open. Naruto, Hinata and Sai came in. Sai was all better after the week. "Ooh, goody!" Naruto exclaimed. "You guys found another one!"
"Another one?" the Hokage repeated. "What do you mean, another one?"
Sai leaned on the white wall. "We found a missing nin from the mist." He answered.
Sasuke's brow furrowed. "Name?" he ordered.
"S-Suigetsu…" Hinata spoke, "he-he wouldn't tell us an-anymore…"
Sasuke nodded. "Before shipping him back to the Mist, I'd want to talk to him."
The navy blue headed ninja nodded. Sakura looked to the Huuga heiress. "Hinata," her honey voice called. "I want to talk to you please—alone. You too, Tsunade-chan…" The two nodded and left with the pinkette.
"What happened?" Naruto asked, walking to his best friend.
"Nothing, that," Sasuke pointed to Karin, "came to my house and woke me. Sakura came, 'cause Kajishi wanted me. Right Kajishi?" Sasuke asked. The hazel headed girl nodded. "Sakura came to my room, Karin insulted her. Sakura brushed it off and ran to Kajishi. I went after her. Karin came after us; insulted Kajishi and Sakura lost it. Thus," Sasuke waved his uncaring hand in Karin's direction.
"Never insult a woman's child," Sai put in the moral of the 'story.' Naruto nodded in agreement.
"Especially Sakura's."
~*~
"What happened?" Tsunade asked as Hinata played with her middle fingers.
"Arg!!!" Sakura screeched. "That baka I hurt—that's what's wrong! She's so obsessed with Sasuke!" The pinkette started pacing the short, bland hallway. "She insulted my little girl—because she didn't like me being with 'her' Uchiha."
"Some-someone's jealous…" Hinata teased.
"I am not!" Sakura growled. "I got over him years ago! What I am is mad! What I am is in a murder mood! What I am is an overprotective mother!"
Tsunade stood next to her pink headed ex-student. It was one of the rare times when she wasn't drunk or doing work. She understood perfectly what the young woman was saying. Though the busty blonde wouldn't say it out loud, she knew Sakura well enough to know she was jealous, and angry, very angry.
"Sakura," the Hokage called calmly. The pinkette's green eyes looked into the hazel eyes of the village leader. "In my eyes, you were like that before, only, you liked Sasuke for his personality."
"Yes, yes, I know I did, and do," Sakura said. "But insulting a little kid? That's a low that not even I would've reached!"
"I-I know, B-Blossom, but so-some people are b-bakas," Hinata agreed.
Sakura threw her head back—her short silky hair reached the middle of her back—and screamed at the top of her lungs. Damn it, she really needed to blow off some steam.
~*~
Sasuke and the other tow heard the bloodcurdling scream and jumped in their seats. "Hn," Sasuke said as he thought, 'Sakura's got lungs!'
"Sasuke-teme, it sounds as if Sakura wants you…" Naruto said. Sasuke's brow furrowed. "Every time she thought about you she got really mad…" Naruto explained.
Sai chuckled. "She slapped me because I told her to calm down, and because she said I looked like you."
"Hn…"
"Honestly, I don't see it." Sai said. But, truth to tell, they did look alike, they had the same color hair and they were really alike in personality, only Sasuke softened in Sakura presence. Everyone but Sasuke and Sakura noticed it.
Naruto stood up and opened the door. "You're on your own, teme," he said as he motioned for Sasuke to go.
Sasuke grunted and walked to the screaming woman. He placed a tanned hand over her lips and held back a shutter at the feel of her soft, plump, pink lips. "Shh," the Uchiha told her. "You'll wake Kajishi."
Sakura shut her mouth. "Where is she," Sakura asked. Her lips brushed onto Sasuke's skin causing a small shiver to go down his spine.
"Asleep, in the bed next to Karin's," Sasuke answered. Sakura nodded.
"Sasuke, I've got to work, can you watch her please?" her voice was soft and sweet as honey. Sasuke nodded and watched as Sakura walked inside the room, gave Kajishi a kiss on her forehead, and walked out.
~*~
Damn work, so easy yet so much of it! Can't life be easy, for once? Oh well, you got what you give. Not that she gave a lot of work, but life's not fair whatsoever. At least she had done most of it already.
Sakura turned her head to the stack of children's work. The first one on there was 'Haruno Kajishi.' What do you know, still more paper work. But then again, it could be the birth documents. Sakura lifted the manila folder and opened it. Out slipped the oh so very official birth certificate.
Green eyes popped wide. Tomorrow was Kajishi's birthday! 'Holly cow! Yay! Birthday!' Sakura thought. Looking up at the newly risen mood, she sighed. Three hours to go until her shift is over…
~*~
"So, Kajishi, is it?" Naruto asked, eyeing the hazel haired girl with blue eyes. The girl nodded. Naruto turned his head to Sasuke, who had Kajishi sitting on his lap. "She's just as quite as you!"
Sasuke grunted. "Believe me, she's no where near that…"
"She's got ugly's eyes," Sai commented. He was exploring the mansion, and all its glory, when he came back to the huge living room.
Kajishi whimpered and pulled on Sasuke's white sleeve. "Onii-san, who's ugly?"
"That's what Uncle Sai calls mommy, because he's scared to admit that she's beautiful." Sasuke answered.
Naruto shook his head and turned it to Sai. "I'm-I'm sorry; did you just hear Sasuke-teme say someone was beautiful?"
"I think I did, Gaara's going to love this one." Sai answered.
"Hn…. What does this have to do with Gaara?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto chuckled. "Have Sakura tell you, she knows." Sasuke was confused but he shook it off. "You know, they dated after you left."
That caught Sasuke's attention. "What?" Sai nodded to confirm Naruto's comment. Sasuke let out one of his oh so famous shaky breaths and rubbed it off.
By the time they looked at the clock it was already time for Sakura to be home. But she wasn't. A knock on the door told the men that. Sasuke went to open it and was greeted by a very happy Sakura.
"Kajishi's in bed right?" she asked. Sasuke nodded. "Good. Guess what?"
Sasuke shrugged. "You know I hate to guess."
"Yah, yah. It's Kajishi's birthday tomorrow!" Sakura squealed. She sounded happier then Kajishi would be—heck she hounded happier then a fat kid in a candy shop! "I'm going to make her cake."
"You do that," Sai told her.
"Sasuke, can I sleep here today, I don't want to wake Kajishi." Sakura stated. Sasuke grunted his 'yes,' and Sakura ran off in search of the room Kajishi was in.
"You could've said no," Sai told him.
"Hn," was Sasuke's response.
Hours later, Sai and Naruto left. Sasuke decided to hit the sack.
In his room, he fell onto his big bed. Strange thoughts clouded his mind. Why did he let Sakura stay? Years ago her would've, no doubt, kicked her out with no second thought, why didn't he do that now? Sasuke let out a tired sigh as he fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
~*~
The next morning the smell of cake filled the air. Sasuke followed the sweet sent. It, of course, came from the kitchen.
"Hn…" Sasuke grunted. 'Smells nice…'
The pink head that was cooking twitched to him. She was wearing a navy blue dress with Uchiha fan on the shoulders. It was short, it exposed her porcelain colored, long legs. A cream apron covered the front of the dress, it was longer then the outfit for it ran down to her knees. Sakura's pink hair was in a messed up bun, slips of hair were falling over her green eyes. 'She looks…she looks…' Sasuke couldn't put his finger on it. He got it… 'Kami, I can't believe I'm about to think this…but…Sakura looks hot!'
"Hi, Sasuke," she greeted him.
"Hn," him his famous one word answer.
Hours later, Naruto came over. A nose like his never misses the smell of sweets! Kajishi was up and was already blowing her candles out. The hazel haired girl smiled when she was done.
"What'd you wish for?" Sakura asked.
"You and Daddy to kiss," was the simple answer.
Sakura's jaw dropped and quivered with words that wouldn't come out. "What!?" Sakura—who managed to control her voice—and Sasuke said, at the same time, in nothing more then a whisper.
"You heard her," Naruto teased, "don't let a baby's birthday wish go unanswered." Most of his words were smothered due to the face that Naruto had already started gulping down the cake. "Kiss! Kiss!" Naruto chanted—along with Kajishi—as he spooned more cake to his mouth. Sasuke rolled his onyx eyes, but Naruto didn't stop.
Sasuke rolled he eyes, he was getting annoyed with Naruto—not with Kajishi, I mean who can get mad at such an adorable face?—why did he have to be such a dobe? Rolling his eyes yet again, he said, "If it'll shut you up." In truth, he did want to kiss the pink kuniochi; he wanted to know what her pink lips tasted like, see for himself if they were soft and sweet.
Sakura's eyes widened as a light blush tinted her face. She felt a cold finger trip her chin up and, before she knew it, soft lips crushed down on her own. Her green eyes closed as she enjoyed their taste: soft, sweet, and nothing like she's ever tasted before.
Sasuke lost control, something toke over, he didn't know what. He didn't now it, but his tongue pressed to the soft lips he was kissing, begging for access to the unknown. Hesitantly, Sakura granted it. His tongue, along with hers, traced teeth and cheeks, then wrestled with each other.
They stood there, enjoying each other, for who knows how long. Naruto covered Kajishi's eyes. "She wanted a kiss—not a make out session!" the blonde yelled. The two hesitantly pulled away.
Both pairs of lips tingled, they wanted more.
"Hn…" was Sasuke reply.
"Uh…" Sakura stumbled.
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