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Chapter 11: In Love and Battle
Sasuke lay beneath her as he stroked the smooth flesh of her back, the occasional lines of scars crossing under his fingertips. The slightest imperfection meant nothing to him, her beauty could not be matched by any woman.
"Sasuke." Her voice a light moan.
"Yes"
"I have tomorrow off. We can drop off Haru with my mother and take the other kids to the training ground." She moved herself to sit upon him, her body light and slender upon his.
He looked up at her, "That would work. Have you spoken with Hinata about it?"
Sakura smiled at him as she moved herself off of him and walked across the room, her whole body exposed for him to watch. She opened a tall cabinet and pulled out a small, short red cotton dress and turned to face him, "I spoke with her and she has agreed to let the twins come and watch the training as well, as long as I was going. She doesn't seem to trust you and Naruto by yourselves." She pulled the dress over her head and let it slip upon her body before returning to him.
Sasuke looked at her a little disappointed before he pulled her back down to lay upon his form, "Don't you trust me?" his hand still roaming over her body.
She laughed lightly, "Of course I trust you. Now come on. I should get back to work and you need to go and get the kids." She attempted to get up, but he held her steady in his arms and just smiled. She sighed playfully, "Sasuke, we can't just lay around all day. It was fun when we were younger and had time but now is the time for us to go do what we have to do and I have to go to work and you have to go and get the kids."
"Alright then." He sat up with her still on his lap and pressed his lips to hers. She responded, pulling her arms around him and parting her velvet lips. His hands on her hips as her body pulsed against his.
They parted and Sakura stared into his eyes, "Nice try, now get dressed and go get the kids before I kick you out of my office in your naked glory." Her voice stern and hard, the smile still on her face. She said nothing else put patted his head and stood up. He couldn't help but watch the sway of her hips as she walked across the room to her desk.
He bent forward and picked up his shirt from the floor, "Your quiet cold at times, you know that?" he pulled his shirt over his head and tugged it down his torso.
As soon as his head came out the top she threw his pants in his direction and he caught them just before they hit him, "I do what I must."
He looked over at her as she slipped on the medical coat that she had dropped at the door, her feet still bare. As he finished dressing, he watched her graceful and silent movements about the room before sitting back down behind her desk to look back at him.
"Why do you keep staring at me?" her voice filled with a hidden laugh, "Your acting like a teen girl in love or something."
He walked over to her with a smile on his face and knelt between her legs, "Maybe because I've fallen in love with you all over again." To him this was the first time he had fallen in love with her, maybe he was acting like a teenager but he didn't care. He couldn't stop staring at her or keep his hand off her. She had become a drug addiction, and he liked it. She leaned forward and placed a kiss to his lips. He wanted this drug for the rest of his life.
The next day, Sasuke, Sakura, Akira and Haru walked the streets to leave Haru with Sakura's mother. Sasuke just followed his wife's lead since he had no idea where he was going. Akira was filled with excitement as he walked in front of them and continued to call for them to hurry up. Sasuke couldn't help but smile at how his eldest son was acting.
When they arrived Sakura opened the door without knocking and called out, "Hello, mom. We're here."
From the other room Sasuke could here, "Come in, I'm in the Kitchen."
They walked in and Sasuke took in his surroundings. The house was not small, but much smaller than their own home. He couldn't help but admire the simply décor. As they walked into the kitchen he saw a small woman, much shorter than Sakura pouring herself a cup of tea. Sakura walked up to her and hugged the woman.
"I'm sorry we haven't been visiting as much, but we've been busy." Sakura told her.
"No, I understand. Two working adults with two kids can have such a hectic schedule." The woman turned to Sasuke, "My Sasuke, every time I see you, you seem to get more handsome. I hope my grandsons' age as fine as you have."
That's when the boys ran up and hugged her, "Oba-chan." Akira cried as he embraced her.
Sakura smiled, "I'm going to say hello to dad." She left the room silently and was gone.
"So you will be taking Akira training with you. Don't you think he's rather young?" the woman said.
"I was about his age when I started learning my father's techniques." Sasuke calmly countered.
"Well, I just hope you are careful. I don't want anything happening to my grandson." She patted his head.
"Oba-Chan, we will be careful. And dad says we might play hide and seek." His voice filled with anticipation.
"Oh my, how exciting."
Sasuke wanted out and he said the only thing that he could think of, "I think I will go pay my respects as well." He followed through the door way and found Sakura knelling in front of a small shrine. Sasuke could feel the small pang in his heart. Her father had died.
Sasuke went beside her and knelt as well and she immediately took his hand. He shut his eyes and thought back to how long ago he had passed.
Both of them were fifteen at the time, almost sixteen and had been secretly dating for almost two years. Sasuke stood outside her door to pick her up for training when the door slowly opened. He could feel that she and her father were the only ones home and her father was upstairs asleep. He immediately felt something wrong.
"Sa-sasuke… I-." her voice paused and her shoulders shuddered slightly, eyes cast downward. "I can't go to training to day. Please tell Kakashi-sensei that I'm sorry."
"Sakura what's wrong? Are you okay?" his voice filled with concern.
"It's my father, he's sick and I have to take care of him." She still did not meet his eyes.
He could already tell there was more than she was telling and he was going to find out. He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her inside. He was met with little resistance as he shut the door behind him and pulled her to him, "Tell me what's wrong. You know you can tell me."
She clung to him and broke down, her tears flowing freely and her knees giving out causing them to slide to the floor. It was several minutes before she spoke at all, "He's dying, Sasuke. There's nothing they can do. Tsunade can't save him and he's going to die." Sasuke held her closer as her knees gave out and they both knelt on the floor, "I can't save him."
Sasuke said nothing but let her cry, let her cry till she had no tears left. There on the floor of her house, Sasuke watched as she lost herself in sadness and clung to him. He died two months later. He knew how important tradition was to her family; how he was suppose to ask permission from her father to be with her but couldn't since their relationship was a secret. So while Sakura was on a mission, he went to see him and exposed their relationship and the reason it had to stay secret. Sasuke confessed his feeling for her and his plans to spend the rest of his life with her if she would have him. Her father smiled and told him he was glad his daughter was in good hands.
Sasuke knew deep down how much Sakura loved her father. He squeezed her hand reassuringly and gave a silent thanks to his father-in-law. They both stood and walked back to the kitchen were the kids and their grandmother sat eating homemade sweets. Unlike him, the kids had taken a liking to sweet things.
"Come now, Akira, we must be going." Sakura said as she went and kissed her mother on the cheek, "Will be back to pick him up before dinner."
"That means you must stay for dinner, I'll make your favorite." She said to her.
Sakura smiled, "It's a deal." She turned to him, "Let's go."
With that they were out the door and on their way to the training ground. Naruto and the twins were already waiting and had been practicing their kunai throwing. Kakashi was still missing as always. "Sorry were late, had to drop off Haru with Sakura's mother." Sasuke said as Akira ran up to join his friends.
"It alright, Teme. At least you beat Kakashi here." He smiled and turned to the kids, "Should we start without him?"
"Wouldn't waiting for him be more like out times? We spent a lot of time waiting on that bridge for our sensei." Sakura said, all three shinobi laughed.
"I told you not to call me Sensei anymore." They all turned to see the masked shinobi standing on the branch of a tree.
"Well you're here sooner than expected." Sasuke said to him.
There was a puff of smoke and then another as he reappeared near the kids, "Today is a special occasion. We have all of the old Team 7 and their kids."
"Since when have special occasions made any difference for your arrival?" Sakura scoffed as she walked over to him.
Kakashi just smiled under his mask and looked at the kids, "Now who's ready to learn how to climb trees without using their hands?"
All three parents went wide eyed as the kids screamed in excitement. Did Kakashi understand that these kids were only six years old and not twelve like they were when they learned how to do it? There was no way he was going to let Akira try that.
"Are you crazy? I almost cracked my head open trying to learn that, and we were twelve when you tried to teach us that." Naruto screamed.
Another smile, "Then what do you suppose we teach them, they are here to train?"
Sasuke smiled, "Why don't we let them watch us practice. We'll have paired matches, just like old times."
"That's a great idea." Naruto said.
"That's fine with me, as long as you two aren't paired together." She looked between the two him, "How about you and me Sasuke?"
Sasuke looked at his wife. Was she serious? That she really wanted to fight with him. The smile that grazed her lips told him she was. It was just a training session, what could it hurt, "Alright then."
He heard Akira say, "Mom and dad are going to fight?" a hint of excitement in his voice.
Sakura smiled and walked across the clearing, placing her famous black gloves on as he watched her hips sway once more. He would never tire of watching her walk away. This would be interesting. The rest cleared to the side as Kakashi explained simple rules they had to follow since the kids were there. 1. The winner would be declared after third blood. 2. No using Senine Justus or other extremely high level Jutsu. 3. Avoid destroying the landscape beyond the battle field. 4. Try not to cause major damage to your opponent.
I guess they did have to restrain themselves since the kids were there. Sakura stood several feet away from him, a playful smile on her lips, her eyes filled with an excitement greater than their sons, "Are you ready, Honey?" The last word said sweetly as if mocking him.
He smirked, "Whenever you are, Darling." He followed her mocking tone.
"Alright then, Begin." Their old sensei said and the two took no time at all to start.
Sakura gathered chakra in her hands and ran in his direction before disappearing. Sasuke turned around just in time to duck her attack and swing his leg at hers. She jumped back and landed on her hands before she pounded her feet into the ground causing it to shatter and shake beneath him. He jumped into the air and disappeared, reappearing right behind her, a kunai in hand. She was fast but not fast enough. He flicked his wrist as he felt her hand graze just above his arm missing him by an inch. The two jumped apart and landed feet apart.
"First blood, both sides." Kakashi said.
Sasuke looked at the masked shinobi then to his arm only to see a thin cut upon his arm from an inch above his wrist to his elbow. Damn. He hadn't even felt it.
"Wow Sasuke, you've gotten so much quicker. I didn't even feel you come up. Mine was just a lucky shot." She said to him before disappearing once more and appearing right in front of him.
Sasuke ducked and weaved his way, avoiding all her swings at him, a smile upon his face the entire time, "And I think you've missed too many training sessions, Sakura. You seem to be getting a little slow." He saw the anger rise in her eyes. He wanted her angry; she would get careless in her fury.
"I think you should shut up before I make you." She raised her fists in the air and brought them down in a final attack. The ground was like glass beneath her touch as it shattered and shot upward in his direction.
He used his arms as a shield as he moved towards her and leapt over her, pushing himself of her shoulders and landing behind her.
"Second blood, Sasuke."
She stood and turned to face him and then look at each shoulder. There upon her left shoulder was a thin line of blood from a small pin he had been holding. Her anger turned into fury as she reached into the pouch upon her hip and pulled out a scroll and held it between her hands. Immediately he knew what she was doing and he started doing hand signs as she did. His fire dragon jutsu was a second late as his flames shot nothing but the smoke she left behind.
He turned this way and that, trying to figure out where she would come from. There was no trace of her chakra anywhere. He closed his eyes and stood still, all he needed was to focus. That's when he felt it, a sudden rush from above. It felt like waves of electricity all over his skin as he looked up to see coming at him with her hands ready to strike. He braced himself for impact before the thought occurred to him that something was not right. That's when he felt her arms around his shoulder and her finger tips across his cheek.
"How's that darling?" her voice mocking him as the Sakura above him disappeared and only the one who was embracing him was there.
"Second blood, Sakura."
She had tricked him. Damn her. He could feel the soft trickle of blood run down his cheek. She kissed his blood stained cheek and jumped back the smile once again upon her lips where traces of his blood were. She was lucky they were not using full power here.
This was ending now, he thought to himself. As he turned to fully face her his hands felt around in the pouch upon his waist and smiled. They were tied and neither wanted to lose. Sasuke waited patiently as Sakura got into stance and brought chakra to her hands. She came at him, her hands held in fists in front of her. It was all he could do was to dodge her strikes as she took swing after swing at him, her sharp as blades chakra flowing around her fists. He flicked his wrists and jumped back, she stopped immediately. There around her neck was the threads he used for his flame jutsus, one little tug of his wrists and it would draw blood.
"Do it." She said to him, her face stern and serious.
He smiled and lifted the hand with the end of the thread, just as he was about to pull it, Sakura cut through it with the chakra in her hands and took a lunge at him. Just as he thought, he was ready to catch her as their bodies made contact and fell to the floor.
"Third blood." A pause, "Both sides. It's a tie."
Sasuke saw the thin line of blood around the front of her neck as she sat up on him and he could feel the new wound on his arm. He had almost not grabbed the end she had cut off in time. She smiled at him and leaned forward to place a kiss to his lips and mumbled, "If you ever go easy on me again, like you did just now, because we both know you gave me the chance to cut the thread, I will make you eat my fist."
She pulled away slightly and he smiled up at her, "And what makes you think I did it for you." Swiftly he turned the tables and had her pinned to the ground and kissed her deeply and unhurriedly. He pulled back to let them breath, "maybe that's what I was really after."
She smiled at him as he moved to get up, pulling her up too. At this point the kids were running over, "Mom, Dad, that was so cool." Akira's voice filled with excitement.
They both just smiled at him before Sakura took his hand, "Now come over here so I can treat your wounds." He turned to her to see that she had already healed her own wounds and had cleaned up some of the blood that had dried. He sighed and let her lead him to sit on a large rock while the kids watch her seal and clean the wounds she herself caused.
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