CHAPTER 11: You've got Competition
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"I miss Naruto already." Sakura whined, while sitting on the floor frowning.
"Me too." Suigetsu high-fived her.
"I don't." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"HEY- Oh, I get it. Sasuke here's in denial." Suigetsu grinned.
"Tch. No I'm not. Back to business."
"Sheesh…all he thinks about is business…" Suigetsu muttered as he stood up along with Team Hebi and walked towards where Sasuke was.
"So what now?" Sakura asked, hands on her hips- impatient.
"We head towards the Land of Tea. It's said that Kisame and Itachi were last seen there." Sasuke stated.
"Hey! Isn't that where Idate is!? We could pay him a visit on the way or something!" Sakura smiled. Sasuke muttered a 'no' before leading the team away to their destination.
"NARUTO UZUMAKI!" Tsunade screamed as she slammed her fist on her table, which broke in half again. Izumo and Kotetsu, who were at the sides, sighed and muttered "Great…another broken table…"
"What!" Naruto replied, annoyed. Kakashi, who was beside Naruto, sighed upon what was going to happen next.
"Where were you and what did you do?!"
"What do you mean hmm, baa-chan?"
"I won't repeat my question a second time."
"What question?"
"Where were you and what did you do?!"
"You said you wouldn't repeat it!"
"What?!"
"You said you wouldn't repeat the question a second time!"
"So!?"
"Baa-chan's a LIAR!"
"Answer-
"LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR! I'm utterly disappointed in you, baa-chan! To think I looked up to you before as a hokage!"
"Naruto Uzumaki! ANSWER MY QUESTION!"
"… What question?"
With that, Tsunade threw her chair out of the window. Naruto took this opportunity to flee with Kakashi. "Did you just…escape from the hokage's questions?"
"Yup, works EVERY time." Naruto grinned as he walked to his favorite ramen stand with his sensei.
Team Hebi were jumping from tree to tree, when Karin told Sasuke that she sensed two people coming towards them. Team Hebi came to a complete halt, when Karin mentioned that one of them had high chakra levels and the other was an average ninja. "Do you want to ambush this one?" Suigetsu asked. "They are coming from the direction to Land of Tea, Sasuke-kun!" Karin added on. "Aa. We'll ambush them for information on Kisame and Itachi." Sasuke replied. Sakura, Sasuke and Juugo jumped to the trees on the left side, before masking their chakras and hiding behind the trees. Suigetsu jumped into a nearby bush and masked his chakra. Karin jumped onto a tree branch and hid herself behind the leaves of the tree, then masked her chakra.
"You're so slow!" A man's voice came shouting towards his comrade. This one had high chakra levels.
That voice sounds familiar… Sasuke and Sakura thought to themselves.
"Well, it's not MY fault that they assigned you to me!" A female voice came shouting back, louder. Sakura's eyes widened. That…that voice! The one that caused my painful childhood…Before I even entered the academy…
Flashback
"HAHAHA you're so weak, huge forehead!" A girl mocked Sakura and laughed. Sakura didn't ever like her childhood, because of the constant bullying she received because of her forehead.
"Yeah!! A plane could land on that forehead of yours! Hahaha!" Another girl laughed.
"I…I…" Sakura stuttered.
"You what, huh!?" The girl screamed as she pushed Sakura to the floor.
"You have ugly pink hair and yucky green eyes! Who will like you!?" The girls taunted.
"Yeah! Don't even try fitting into society with that ugly face of yours and stop eyeing MY Sasuke-kun!" The girl pointed at Sakura accusingly.
"Since when was I ever yours?" A voice came out. Stepping out of the shadows was none other than Sasuke Uchiha. "S-Sasuke-kun! We-
"Don't even bother. Shut up and go away." Sasuke glared at the girls bullying Sakura. The girls quickly ran away in fear.
"T-thanks…" Sakura stuttered nervously as she tried to get up, falling back while doing so.
"Aa." Came the reply from Sasuke as he lent Sakura a helping hand and pulled her up.
"Stop being so weak..." Sasuke said as he began to walk away. "By the way… I don't think there's anything wrong with pink hair and green eyes." Sasuke looked back at Sakura with a small smile as he went walking away.
"Ami, I will be stronger then you one day!" Sakura said, eyes glimmering with motivation.
Ami. The one girl with her gang that ruined almost the whole of Sakura's childhood. The girl who taunted her and made her life miserable every day.
(In case you forgot Ami, go search for her on NarutoPedia or any other websites that have full details of Naruto information. She's the one that Ino threw a flower into her mouth during the flower gathering session in the flashback during Ino and Sakura's chuunin exams battle.)
Sakura took out her gloves from her pouch and started to put them on. Sasuke and Juugo noticed this, and the death aura surrounding her. "Wha- Before Sasuke could question Sakura on what she was about to do, Sakura jumped out from her hiding place and prepared to punch someone. Just at that moment, the two ninja's that Karin sensed came running through. Sakura locked onto the girl and punched her on the face. "KYYAAAA!" The girl went as she flew a few metres away. " Hey! What do you think your- Wait… are you Sakura!?" The man questioned.
"I-Idate?!" Sakura turned towards the man in shock. Sasuke, Suigetsu, Karin and Juugo then emerged from their hiding places.
"Morino. What're you doing here?" Sasuke glared at Idate. "Oh, it's you, Uchiha. You're heading over to the Land of Tea? Ami over there's supposed to escort me to Konoha. The south part of the village is under construction because of the attacks recently, so be sure to not go there." Idate sighed as he explained the many attacks they had been receiving. "Itachi…" Sasuke seethed.
"HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Ami came screaming towards Team Hebi.
"That was for ruining my childhood." Sakura glared. Ami stared at Sakura for awhile before finally registering who Sakura was.
"IT'S YOU, HUGE FOREHEAD!" Ami pointed at Sakura. "Hmph, seems like you still look like a clown don't you? With ugly pink hair and idiotic looking emerald eyes."
"Ami, stop it." Sasuke seethed.
"WHA- HEY! Are you Sasuke-kun?! Hello! How've you been!? Still single?" Ami ran over to where Sasuke was. "Tch, go away." Sasuke rolled his eyes in annoyance. "HEY SASUKE-KUN'S MINE" Karin shouted. Ami walked towards where Karin was and started arguing with her on who Sasuke belonged to.
Sasuke walked over to where Sakura and Idate were talking. "Idate. Who attacked your village?" Sasuke interrupted the conversation between Sakura and Idate.
"Men in…black cloaks with red clouds on them." Idate replied seriously.
"How many?"
"Two. One had blue skin, the other had long hair…and he strangely looked kinda like you…" Idate replied, eyeing Sasuke. "Where were they headed to after destroying the village…?"
"Oh…that I don't know. I only know they were headed towards the west from the Tea Village." Idate scratched his head. Sasuke nodded. "Oh, where's Naruto?" Idate asked. Silence stood between all three of them for a moment. "He…wasn't assigned on the mission we're on." Sakura lied, smiling nervously. "Oh… I see. Do you want us to escort you to the Land of Tea? We still have lots of time left anyway." Idate smiled. Ami shouted a "YEAH! SURE WE'RE FREE!" while looking at Sasuke, grinning. "N-
"Oh sure! The more the merrier!" Suigetsu grinned as he grabbed Sakura's arm and started skipping off. Juugo just followed. Sasuke rolled his eyes as he walked along with his extra company- Idate and Ami. The perfect troublemaking pair.
"Naruto… I think you should stop eating now… The store seems to be running out of noodles, and you've eaten about 25 bowls!" Kakashi smacked Naruto on the back.
"Arghh… I miss Sakura-chan and Teme! Oh Suigetsu and Juugo too! Not much of Karin though." Naruto whined.
"You haven't told me about your little 'escape' yet…" Kakashi said softly.
"Sakura-chan…she said she wanted to stay with Sasuke and his team, so she can slowly bring him back." Naruto smiled.
"You're just letting her off like that?" Kakashi asked, concerned.
"Yeah. Besides…She'll be fine with Team Hebi. They're a good bunch, though they have a bad motive." Naruto yawned.
"How about Sasuke?"
"Sasuke-teme… he seems warmer, even if it's only by a bit. Sakura-chan will be fine with him."
"What? He's a missing ninja!" Kakashi said with seriousness in his voice.
"Sasuke will take care of Sakura. I trust him. He'll never do anything bad to Sakura. I assure you." Naruto replied confidently.
"So Sakura! Do you have a boyfriend yet?" Idate asked, smiling.
"Err…no…why?" Sakura asked back.
"Just wondering." Idate grinned. Sasuke narrowed his eyes. There's always a reason for every 'Just wondering'.
"Sasuke!" Suigetsu shouted.
"Tch. I'm right beside you, stop shouting. What do you want?" Sasuke turned to Suigetsu, annoyed. "Gah, I'm hungry…" Suigetsu grumbled. Sasuke rolled his eyes. "ME TOO!" Sakura raised her hand with a big grin. Chants of "Me too!" Began to come from everyone in his team.
"Go get something to eat then." Sasuke closed his eyes.
"OKAY! Come on, Sakura! Let's go catcha some fish!" Suigetsu said with a huge grin plastered on his face. He locked arms with Sakura and they skipped along away towards the river. "Oi." Sasuke called out. Suigetsu and Sakura froze, turning their heads to look at Sasuke with expecting faces. "Take this two annoying ones with you too." Sasuke pointed at Ami and Karin, who in turn became depressed. "WHAT!?" Sakura and Suigetsu screamed in sadness. "Go." Sasuke ordered. "Sheesh…fine fine." Suigetsu and Sakura rolled their eyes as they dragged their feet, with Ami and Karin sulking behind due to Sasuke's comment. That left Sasuke with Idate and Juugo.
"So…Sasuke. How's life?" Idate smiled.
"…The same."
"Oh…got any girls yet?"
"No."
Juugo stared at the two men talking. What a dead conversation it was. Both of them were glaring at each other for some reason.
"Say! You and Sakura are pretty tight hmm? So, what type of guys does she like?" Idate asked. This got Sasuke to narrow his eyes. I knew it.
"How would I know?" Sasuke seethed.
"What's with the attitude huh, Uchiha?" Idate glared. No reply came from Sasuke. Idate decided to push this off his back and asked another question. "Do you think I stand a chance?"
"Do you want an honest answer or a supporting answer?" Sasuke asked back.
"Hmm, maybe both!"
"No, and No." Sasuke 'tch'ed.
No's not a supporting answer… Idate thought to himself. Juugo was getting frightened with the tense atmostphere.
"So…how has Sakura bee-
"Quit asking me questions about her. I don't see why you need to know all these stuff." Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Hey, hey. Uchiha…since when were we on bad terms huh? Why are you giving me this attitude?" Idate asked, annoyed. "Tch. You like Sakura don't you? The whole world gets it." Sasuke snapped.
"Yeah, so what if I do? Don't tell me you are going to get in the way." Idate smirked. Sasuke turned his head away from Idate's face. "Where's your 'No I'm not, hn.' Line hmm?" Idate mimicked Sasuke, which caused Sasuke to turn back to face him and intensify the glare. Right then, Idate grinned. "I knew it. I just knew it! You like her! Since that time when you guys were genin and were assigned to escort me. So many signs of your liking her were shown! Like… ah! When she had an injury, you quickly turned your head to look at her with a concerned face when she screamed! Uchiha, you're so obvious! To think you still like her till now!"
"How annoying." Sasuke rubbed his temples as he said that, interrupting Idate's talking. "Hmph, then you've got competition, Uchiha."
"Who said I liked her?" Sasuke said, only to get a reply from Idate that made him very pissed off. "Your actions."
How the hell did he find out?! We're SOOO NOT obvious.
Tch…
HAH! So you finally admit you like her hmm!
No I don't.
Ah, the child's not admitting it. What's Idate's history? I don't see how he could have found out.
Why would I care? Naruto also found out, and he's simple and stupid.
HAH! YOU'RE INDIRECTLY ADMITTING THAT YOU DO LIKE SAKURA-CHAN!
Tch, whatever. Stop being annoying.
Whoohoo! Oh, I get how both of them get it.
What?
You see, this is the theory. "Idiots find out things that normal people would never be able to see."
You're trying to say Idate and Naruto are idiots- making them being able to find out?
Exactly! But wait wait, one question. Why don't you feel angry or jealous or whatever when Sakura goes or hangs with Suigetsu, only when she's with Idate?
…Suigetsu doesn't like her in that way. Her relationship with him is like that of Naruto's.
OHHH! SO you only go all jealous when she's with people that like her in THAT way!
…
I see…that explains everything.
"Oi Sasuke! Stop daydreaming. So Ju- Hey! Where'd he go? Juugo!" Idate stood up. Juugo had gone missing. "…He's probably with the birds." Sasuke sighed. "Wuh-what?" Idate scratched his head at Sasuke's mysterious words.
"So…its just you and me huh, Uchiha?" Idate smirked. "Whatever, Morino."
Right then, an entertaining stare battle began.
"WHOOOO! CANNON BALL!" Suigetsu screamed as he jumped into the river. Sakura giggled. Karin and Ami on the other hand were arguing again about who Sasuke belonged to.
""HE'S MINE, KARIN YOU BAKA!"
"NO, HE'S MINE!"
"I SAW HIM FIRST!"
"I BECAME ALLIES WITH HIM FIRST!"
"YOU HAVE RED HAIR! NO ONE WILL LOVE YOU!"
"YOU HAVE AN UGLY BODY SHAPE; NO ONE WILL EVEN LOOK AT YOU!"
Sakura and Suigetsu rolled their eyes and tried to block out the noise coming from Ami and Karin. "As if Karin wasn't enough…" Suigetsu muttered, before he dove into the river to grab fishes. For every fish that came out of the water, Sakura threw a kunai to it, making it strike the rock beside the river. Suigetsu couldn't bear to see his 'fish friends' get eaten by them, but desperate times call for desperate measures; they were awfully hungry. Soon enough, they had 15 fishes to bring back- enough for 2 each per person. Suigetsu carried 8 while Sakura carried 7 fishes back. Karin and Ami didn't want their hands to get 'dirty and filthy', leaving all the fishes to Sakura and Suigetsu to carry all of them. "HEY! WANNA HAVE A CAMPFIRE!?" Suigetsu suddenly suggested. "Yeah! But how about the marshmallows?" Sakura frowned. "Oh…well… we could always have substitutes! Maybe…fish cubes!" Suigetsu grinned. "Meaning we slice the fishes to cubes and go barbeque them?" Sakura asked. "Yup!" Suigetsu happily shouted. With very big smiles, Sakura and Suigetsu rushed off to meet Sasuke and the rest, with Karin and Ami behind.
"Hey…Let's patch up our relationship shall we? I've got a plan." Ami grinned maliciously.
"Huh? What the hell do you mean by that?" Karin asked.
"You know how Sasuke-kun actually kind of hangs with Sakura more then he hangs with us?"
"Well…yeah…actually he does. He's almost always with her…Like as if he likes her more or something." Karin pouted.
"Let's get rid of Sakura." Ami smirked.
"What? She's not all that bad you know…" Karin replied, remembering the times when Sakura was nice to her.
"Do you want Sasuke-kun or not!? You love him don't you! Sakura's trying to steal him away from us!" Ami shouted, trying to brainwash Karin, which did a great job.
"You're right! LET'S DO IT!" Karin shook hands with Ami on agreement.
Hah, I'll have Sasuke-kun ALL to myself then! I'll immediately snatch him away once I have him! No way am I going to share him! Both Ami and Karin thought to themselves.
With Juugo.
"Hey birdies! Sorry for interrupting you're nest building! Its just that Sasuke and Idate were really scaring me! Shall I help you?" Juugo asked the birds. All the birds did were chirp.
"YO SASU- Uh…am I interrupting something here…?" Suigetsu stopped in his tracks. Sakura, hearing his words, immediately rushed up to Suigetsu. "Suigetsu! What's happening? Are they fighting? Injured!?" Sakura asked. "No…" Suigetsu replied as he pointed towards Sasuke and Idate. They were lying on the floor…ARM WRESTLING. Both Sakura and Suigetsu gave 'what the freaking hell…" faces. "You're going DOWN Uchiha!" Idate screamed as he pushed his hand down. Sasuke 'tch'ed and pushed it back to his direction of winning.
"Hey! What on earth are you two doing?!" Sakura screamed.
"What does it look like?" Sasuke replied.
"Couldn't you two find a better way to compete?! THIS IS SO BLOODY LAME!" Suigetsu sighed.
"This was the only thing on my mind, so why not give it a go!? Oh and how did you know we were competing?" Idate asked Suigetsu. "Duh… both of you keep glaring at each other, its so obvious!" Suigetsu yawned. This got Sasuke and Idate's full attention. Did he find out about…us and Sakura? Both Idate and Sasuke thought in worry to themselves.
"Both of you… just want more fish then the other! Oh don't worry! THE EXTRA FISH IS MINE!" Suigetsu grinned. Sasuke and Idate both sighed in relief. "Okay okay, stop it, guys!" Sakura interrupted Sasuke and Idate's arm wrestling battle by pulling Sasuke up from the floor, followed by Idate. "Sheesh...Idate, you sure remind me of Naruto, just a more childish version." Sakura sighed. "Well, do you like childish people?" Idate smirked. This caused Sasuke to twitch and electrify Idate by putting a finger on Idate's back. "GHHH! WHAT THE! THAT HURT! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Idate screamed at Sasuke in total anger and pain. "Sasuke! What'd you do that for!? Idate's two years older, mind you! Show him some respect!" Sakura hit Sasuke. Sasuke in turn just turned his head away from them and grunted.
"Hey Sakura!" Ami and Karin came running towards them. "What?" Sakura replied.
"Why not come with us to the river to soak our legs? Its been a long day anyway!" Ami smiled.
Something's fishy here…Sakura thought to herself, suspicious, though still pushing that thought off her back. "Erm..okay." She replied as she smiled at them and ran towards them. Maybe they're just trying to be nice for once. She thought happily to herself. "Can I come with?! I wanna swim!" Suigetsu smiled. "NO! Err…we meant only girls! Yeah!" Karin replied quickly as they ran off with Sakura.
"Suigetsu." Sasuke called out to him, who in turn turned to face Sasuke. "Make a water clone and follow them. Something's up. Hide your chakra." Sasuke narrowed his eyes. I don't think all they want is to soak their legs in the water…If we all go, even if we hide our chakras, Karin would still be able to sense us. "Hai!" Suigetsu replied, as he made a water clone of himself and it went running after them.
Me: Whooo! What will happen?
Sakura: I don't know, but something's gonna happen to ME!
Me: Mmhmm, look, I know I said that I'd only update after I get 90 reviews, but its taking forever and I find that that method of getting reviews is kind of lame. :) I'll update when I get at least enough reviews and when I have an Idea for the next chapter, to not disappoint the lovely readers.
Sasuke: Hn.
Me: Say the line, Idate!
Idate: Read, review and give ideas! :D