Chapter 24
The chirping sounds of birds coming from outside of the window woke up Chizuru. She opened her eyes and look at the clock over the bedside table, it was already noon and the sun rays from the window are already reaching them.
Sasuke who was embracing her from behind is still sleeping soundly; she could feel his equal breathing on her nape. The both of them passed out from exhaustion after their marathon sex several hours ago.
Carefully, she turns and faces him. She can't suppress a smile as she stares at his peaceful face while asleep. Her hands moves up and brushes away his bangs that is covering his eyes.
"I know that the time will come that we have to part ways, so I want to cherish each moments that you're still here with me." She said then sighed,
It saddened her just thinking that Sasuke would soon leave and her life would be back to the way it was.
Chizuru removes his arm from her waist carefully that she won't wake him then leave the bed. She pulls her robe and wears it and starts to picks up the scattered clothes on the floor and put his clothes over the couch properly folded, and then left the room to take a bath.
Sasuke's eyes snapped open after he heard the door closes. He laid his back on the bed and stare at the ceiling.
"The time that we have to part ways, huh?" he said,
When Chizuru gets back at her room she saw Sasuke sitting on the bed, the blanket covering his naked body. She walks inside and sits in front of her dresser, drying her hair with towel.
"Ah, you're awake. Suigetsu-san and Jugo-san were looking for you, Sasuke." She said as she combs her hair. "Jugo-san was saying something about training and Suigetsu-san kept on complaining about the world being unfair." She added then sighed.
"Oh," was just he answered, obviously he doesn't give a damn about the two. His eyes were busy watching Chizuru as she put some lip gloss on her luscious lips. She was wearing her red and white kimono with flower patterns at the ends of the cloth.
She stands and grabs the cloth bag with her musical instrument from the corner of her room then walks towards the door and look at Sasuke who is still sitting on her bed.
"I'll go now," said Chizuru and left the room.
Sasuke wearing his black yukata with Uchiha crest on the back walks out of the bathroom and is to go back to Chizuru's room when he runs to Miyowa and Tobi.
"Why, good afternoon Sasuke-kun. Tobi-sama and I will just go out for a bit, please look after my Chizu-chan while I am away. Bye!" Miyowa said smiling as he patted on his shoulder and walks past him with Tobi.
Tobi stopped and look back at him. Sasuke also looks at Tobi while he dries his wet hair with towel.
"Just an advice Sasuke. Don't fall in love with Chizuru, it will make you weak." Tobi said,
Sasuke stopped drying his hair and just look at Tobi, and then he laughed sarcastically.
"I don't know where you got that idea. I am not in love with anybody, thanks for the advice though," Sasuke said
"Good." Tobi said as he turns his back at him and walks beside the mistress.
Sasuke is still standing at that spot and staring at the stairs where Tobi and Miyowa disappeared from his sight minutes ago.
Fallen in his deep thinking, images of Chizuru came flashing in his mind. The way her smooth skin felt against his, the sweet scent of her long, silky black hair, her addictive luscious lips that taste like honey, her voice as she calls his name, her eyes that are transparent like an ocean, all of her seems to linger in his system.
"Me? Fall in love?" he said to himself half laughing, and then he just shook his head and go back to Chizuru's room.
After accomplishing her objective, Chizuru immediately leave the establishment. When she arrived at Kyozu earlier she had seen konoha shinobis starting their investigations in the store stalls at the outskirts of the town.
The coachman of Rukiya who is suppose to escort her by riding the carriage is currently at the stable and it will take few minutes before she could talk to him due to the after effects of the mind manipulation jutsu.
Chizuru decided to walk. On her way she met residents who call her and chat with them for a bit.
"Chizuru-chan, I heard from the girls of Rukiya that you are leaving the town to get married," The old woman of the butcher shop said,
"Ah, yes… that's true" Chizuru said smiling, observing the shinobis nearby with her eyes.
"So it's true!" the young man behind the old woman said, "Chizuru! What does that man have that I don't?" he said wiping his eyes while chopping some meat.
"Shut up and get back to work, you good for nothing son!" The old woman blurted out,
"I heard that he is from a rich family from a far away hidden village, I wish you to be happy, child." The other vendor beside the old woman said,
"Thank you," Chizuru politely answered and bowed to them,
Chizuru were to leave the place when a man wearing an extravagant green sleeveless coat and pale yellow under shirt with gray pants stands before her. He was with four men and she was certain that they are his bodyguards.
"Good afternoon to you, Setsuo-sama." Chizuru greeted and bowed to the man in front of her.
The slender man grinning at her with his arrogant demeanor looked very pleased with her. The people around the area watching them start to mumble to each other.
All of Kyozu town's people know that Setsuo, a relative of the Lighting Daimyo who resides in the town is infatuated to Chizuru. He bribed Miyowa to give her to him as a bride, and even tried to kidnap her but failed miserably.
"Good afternoon, Chizuru." He said as he walks around her, looking at her body very maliciously.
'Of all people to walk into, this lecherous man is the last one I want to meet.' Chizuru said to herself, still smiling and hiding her disgust perfectly.
"I heard that you are getting married," Setsuo said looking at her large breasts boldly.
"What you heard was right, Setsuo-sama." She responded politely,
"Hm, why don't you just forget him and marry me instead? I am rich, and I am a relative of the Daimyo, I am very influential." He said boasting,
"I am sorry, but I cannot do that." She said that make the slender man grit his teeth, "If you'll excuse me, my fiancé is waiting for me." She bowed and walks past them,
Both of her arm were grabbed by two of his body guards and turns her to him again, Chizuru look at Setsuo with a pokerfaced expression.
"Staying calm at a time like this, that is very like you my love. Though I want to hear you scream… in my bed." He said placing his fingers on her chin,
She looks at the people around them and see them avert their eyes and just stand there doing nothing. That is quite understandable; they don't want to be involved. It was very easy for Setsuo's family to destroy their source of living or even salvage them.
"Mistress Miyowa was out of the town, and there's no one that could help you now." He said, pulling the neckline of her kimono down to expose her cleavage.
"Hey, you guys! What are you doing to her?"
All of them look at the direction where the voice come from and saw a pink haired kunoichi standing behind her with three other shinobis that is younger than her.
"You!" she pointed at Setsuo, "Tell them to let go of her, it is very obvious that she doesn't want to go with you" she said bravely,
"Why, you! Did you know who're you're talking to?" one of the bodyguards shouted,
"He, Setsuo-sama is a relative of the Lightning Daimyo, show your respect!" the other body guard beside Setsuo said,
The pink haired kunoichi didn't even flinch and they heard a "Che!" from the teen age shinobi who wears a long blue scarf around his neck beside her,
"I said, let go of her!" the pink haired kunoichi,
"Don't meddle with us, you flat chested woman!" Setsuo shouted, his hand gripping on Chizuru's wrist.
'This is getting messy. To actually run into konoha shinobis after I manipulated the Rukiya staff's memories.' She suddenly felt nervous, she looked around her.
"Did you just say… flat chested?" Sakura said with her hands clenched tightly glares at the arrogant slender man.
"Sa- Sakura-oneechan!" Moegi said as he stands beside his frightened team mates, Konohamaru and Udon.
"Shannaro!" Sakura shouted as she leaped towards the guys who are forcing the beautiful woman.
Chizuru was just sitting on the ground as she watched Setsuo with his body guards getting beaten by the pink haired shinobi.
'What the heck. Can I leave now?' she said inwardly.
"Are you hurt, Miss?" Moegi immediately run at Chizuru and helped her to stand,
"Ah, no. I'm fine, thank you" Chizuru said to the teen age girl while standing up,
"I'll remember your faces! You'll pay for this!" Setsuo said while being dragged by his body guards and running away,
Sakura with Konohamaru and Udon walks towards her. Sakura stop babbling when she looks at Chizuru,
"Hey, you're bleeding!" she said,
Chizuru looks at her back arm and saw a bruise that is bleeding. She gets it after being pushed to the ground by Setsuo. Because of konoha shinobi's presence, she can't use her reflexes as a kunoichi or reduce the impact of her body being hit to the ground.
Before she could speak, Sakura already started tending her bruises.
She stares at the pink haired kunoichi, she noticed that her medical ninjutsu are on a high-level. She wondered why a high ranked medical-nin would go to a place very far from their land.
"Uwaaa… to actually see a bishoujo here," Udon said staring at Chizuru,
"What a babe!" Konohamaru remarked,
Moegi looked at her drooling team mates then to Chizuru and she noticed that her kimono's collar was too low that her cleavage was exposed.
"Perverts!" Moegi hit Konohamaru and Udon on the top of their heads,
"Okay, done." Sakura said after she tied a bandage on her bruised arm,
"Thank you, miss kunoichi-san," Chizuru said,
"Ano, onee-chan… your collar," Moegi said,
Chizuru looks down at her kimono and arranged her collar, "Oh, thanks"
She hopes that the konoha shinobi doesn't inquire anything about her identity, she needs to leave now. And to her horror, the teen age girl sat beside her and inquires,
"Onee-chan, what's your name? You are really a beauty, are you a model or a celebrity?" Moegi asked with her eyes sparkling,
"Ah, no." Chizuru just answered,
"Is there anything that you ate or included in your diet that makes your breasts big?" Moegi with a notepad in her hands getting carried away,
"What? There is no such thing," Chizuru said,
"Ano, Moegi-chan…" Sakura said half smiling, "The world being equal is a big lie!" the inner Sakura with a disappointed reaction said while looking at her chest.
"Will you stop that Moegi!" Konohamaru argue with Moegi,
"Why are you questiong her embarrassing things, Moegi!" it was Udon with her cheeks reddened,
"I'm sorry but I need to go now," Chizuru said standing up,
"Uh, we can escort you to your place" Udon said,
"Thanks, but there is no need to," she said smiling, "Thank you very much for protecting me earlier and for tending to my bruise." She bowed to the konoha shinobis and left.
"Aw, such a shame, we didn't get to know her name!" Konohamaru said,
"Must be pretty like her face," Moegi said, "I want to become pretty like her,"
"Ah! She forgot these," Udon said, pointing the shopping bags with the logo of butcher shop,
"Stay here," Sakura gets the bags, "If I run I might be able to catch on her,"
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