Chapter 11 – a day spent with Sasuke, pt 2

Wow, this was actually a pretty quick update for me

Your P.O.V

"Where are you taking me Uchiha?"

"I already told you, it's a surprise" Sasuke said for the fifth time. He was leading you through the forest. He had taken your hand to help you down a slope and the two of you were still holding hands, (both sides-awwww) his fingers laced with yours. (Both sides-double awww)

"You're lost, aren't you" you asked, as he stopped to look around.

"I'm not lost. Its right over there" Sasuke answered, pointing in what seemed like a totally random direction.

"Sure it is" you muttered.

"No, listen" he instructed. You were quiet for a moment.

"Is that a river?" you asked, trying not to sound too excited. Sasuke nodded, amused. Losing you cool attitude, you clapped your hands happily giggling and darted off in the direction of the river. You loved to swim because you didn't get much opportunity for in Suna. You burst through the tree line, skidding to a halt right at the edge of the riverbank. You grinned, eyes wide in wonder. It was beautiful.

"I thought you'd like it" Sasuke said, coming up to stand right behind you. You spun around, wrapping your arms around him in a big thank-you hug. His face glowed bright red and he cleared his throat. You let go and he nodded, still red, to a picnic lunch set up on the opposite shore.

"Wow, who did you blackmail to get that done?" you asked, back to your old sarcastic self. He just gave you a that's-for-me-to-know-and-you-to-find-out look. You smiled at him once more and kicked off your shoes and taking off your dad's Jounin jacket and tucking both under your arm. Sasuke began taking off his shoes as you waded into the river. To your disappointment, it was barely knee-deep at the deepest point. The bottom was soft and sandy, but not mucky and with no hidden rocks to step on. You waded to the other bank and put down your jacket and shoes, then climbed out and lay in the grass, yawning sleepily. Sasuke sat down next to you. You watched him out of the corner of your eye, remembering…

Flashback

"Mommy, I'm bored….there's nothing to do in this stupid village." You were around four years old, visiting Kohona while your parents made the final arrangements for your and Sasuke's betrothal.

"Why don't you go play with Sasuke-kun? I bet he knows some fun stuff to do around here."

"Sasuke?" you whined. "He's no fun. All he wants to do is train" yes, I realize he's only four. He can still train "I don't like him" you finished, scowling.

"Well you're going to have to learn to like him." Your mother said sternly. "He's your future husband."

"But mom!" you said, stamping your foot.

"No buts!" she pointed at the doorway, "go and play with Sasuke."

another flashback

You were seven years old, playing in the living room of your house. Someone knocked at the door. You got up and answered it, expecting to find one of your father's Jounin friends. Instead a little boy your age, dressed all in black, was standing there, and staring at his feet.

"Uchiha. What are you doing here?" you sneered.

yet another flashback

The only light in your room was the full moon shining through the window. You paused to look at it, feeling slightly guilty. Poor Gaara-kun was probably all alone, unable to sleep. Gaara was one of your best friends, and you were his only friend. You made a mental note to find him in the morning, then continued to crawl, catlike, down the hall. You stopped outside the living room doorway and listened silently to the conversation your parents were having.

"Well of course we're going to let him stay," your mother was saying. "We're the closest thing to family he has left."

"Poor kid" your father said. "He's taking it so well."

What? You thought. Uchiha? Stay with us? Not cool!

"Besides," your mother continued, "it'll give him and Kiryoku a chance to get to know each other better"

You mentally groaned and crawled back to your room, where Sasuke was laying wide awake in a sleeping bag on the floor.

"What did you hear?" he whispered as you slid under the covers on your bed.

"Put a sock in it Uchiha, I have training tomorrow." You replied angrily. "And you better not snore."

end flashback

You were a very cruel child…

You sat up, "lunchtime?"

"Fine" he got up and headed to the picnic blanket.

"Sasuke" you called, holding out your arms. He rolled his eyes and reached down to help you up. Once you stood, you found your face was inches away from yours. His face grew red once again. Without letting go of his hands, you sat down on the blanket, pulling Sasuke down next to you.

After lunch, Sasuke sat on the riverbank, watching you standing in the water.

"Come on Sasuke-kun! Aren't you going to get in?"

"No."

"Fine" you turned your back, making hand signs. "Tsunami no jutsu" you muttered. A huge wall of water crashed onto shore, soaking Sasuke.

"Kiry!" he yelled, springing to his feet, dripping wet.

"Why do you always blame me for everything?" you asked him innocently, hands on your hips. Sasuke growled, running foreword and tackling you. You were standing in the deepest part of the river where the water was knee-deep, so you went completely under. When you came back up, coughing, Sasuke was sitting on your stomach, arms crossed.

"Sasuke can't…breathe" you spluttered.

"And?"

"Please get off" you asked, catching your breath.

"No, I'm quite comfortable" he said, leaning foreword so his face was inches from your face. After a few minutes of struggling, you managed to roll over so you were on top of him then, using a summoning jutsu, you made a very large rock appear on Sasuke's chest, pinning him underwater. (Side 2-MUHAHAHAHAHA! Side 1-OMG! He'll drown!)

Of course, it only took a few seconds for him to heave the rock off himself, but by then you were already up on the shore, out of his reach.

"I could have drowned!" Sasuke gasped.

"Well so could I" you shot back.

"You started it"

"Well you could have been the mature one and not reacted" you said. "Come on, let's go home, I'm soaking wet" you grumbled, shivering. Sasuke's eyes slid up and down your body. I believe the term to use here would be 'undressing you with his eyes'. You quickly remembered that all you were wearing was a white tank top and khaki shorts and grabbed your dad's jacket, outing it on hurriedly. Sasuke chuckled at your embarrassment.

"Shut up." You growled, throwing his shoes at him. You were aiming for his head, but he dodged and they landed in the river. There wasn't much of a current, so the shoes just sank, but he glared like they had just gone over a waterfall.

"I liked those shoes" he grumbled, heading back to the river.

a little while later

"Hey Uchiha…" you said as Sasuke dug in his pocket for the house key.

"What?"

"Do you ever take your mail into the house?" you asked, staring at the mailbox, which was stuffed full of letters. Real letters, not bills or ads.

"No. Those are all love letters from fangirls. I don't even bother to throw them away any more."

You giggled evilly, taking all of them out of the mailbox and carrying the huge armful inside. You dumped them on the coffee table and collapsed on the couch.

"Well, I've found my afternoon activity" you announced.

"You're going to read my fan mail?" Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Mmhm. We can have a bonfire later tonight, most of these are pretty old and they'll make good kindling"

"You're going to burn my fan mail?"

"Yep. Ooh! We can roast marshmallows!" you heard the door close as Sasuke went off to train. Hmm…he didn't seem very enthusiastic about the marsh mellows. You thought. Then you grabbed a letter off the top of the pile, ripping it open and reading the contents. You smirked as the writer began professing her undying love for Uchiha through the magic of poetry. This is going to be fun.

After about half an hour of laughing at the gushy love letters your eyes fell upon an envelope that was, strangely enough, addressed to you. This must have been delivered today, it's right on top of the pile… the return address was in Suna, and was as familiar to you as your own old address. It was from your best friend and teammate Chimeiteki Cho.

Kiryoku-chan,

I miss you I miss you I miss you!! Team training is so boring without you. (I know you've only been gone three days, but still.) Hahena-chan and Kirakuna-sensei are no funYes, you are on an all-girl team I hope baka Uchiha isn't giving you too much trouble. Remember, I'm always here for you if you decide that murder is the only option. It's what I've been telling you for years. The future Kazekage and his siblings say hi. Kankuro and me still haven't seen under Hahena's mask, but we're still trying. It's not the same without you. Your teammate Nazomeita Hahena wears a mask and is really serious all the time, so you and Cho are always playing pranks on her Gaara killed some guy the other day. There was a lot of blood. It was awesome, but it made me think of you. Remember the first time we saw Gaara kill somebody, and we wouldn't stop screaming, and then Gaara got all sad because he thought we hated him? …boy, we had some screwed-up childhoods. Oh, I finally got Kirakuna-sensei to let down her hair. It's long. And shiny. Anywho, miss you. Promise to come visit soon? If baka Uchiha won't let you, I'll come kill him, kay?

Best Friends Forever!!

Cho

You sighed and folded the letter up and tucked it in your jacket pocket as Sasuke returned from his training session. You had known Cho all your life, almost longer than you'd known Sasuke.

Flashback

"Kiryoku!" Cho cried, waving you over to where she and an eight-year-old Temari were standing. "Don't you love Saturdays? I love Saturdays because there's no school."

"Well duh." Temari rolled her eyes. "Who's this?" she asked, nodding at Sasuke who was standing silently beside you.

"This idiot? Uchiha Sasuke."

"Uchiha…didn't something happen to your clan?" Temari questioned.

"They all died." You stated bluntly.

"Oh yeah, I heard about that," said Cho. "Anyway…"

End Flashback

"Are you still reading those?" Sasuke asked, nodding at the still-huge pile of love letters.

"Yep. Did you buy marshmallows?" he decided not to dignify that with a response and continued towards the bathroom to take a shower. You couldn't help but noticed how good he looked when he was all sweaty…

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