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The invasion was over, the Third Hokage is dead and villagers had rebuilt their village. Everything is seems pretty normal right now, though, there are some things that still concern some people; and by people, I meant Team 7. Kakashi and Sasuke are still on the case of Sakura's past and about Orochimaru. Naruto still has no idea what they're up to but still worries about Sakura, but things got a little out of hand when…
Flashback…
Academy…
"Alright class, I'm giving out your grades for this year," Iruka said, some of the kids aren't so thrilled about seeing their grades. So as Iruka passed around each of their grades,
"You did very well Mr. Uchiha, you got the highest grade in class," Iruka said to Sasuke as he gave him his grades. Sasuke looked at his grades and saw that he has over 100 above average. "Ha! I have the highest grade in class, I'm a lot smarter than everyone else," he thought then he slowly turn to the other side of the desk, and saw Sakura, "I'm even smarter than her," he thought.
As Iruka passes out more grades to the class, "You did excellent Ms. Haruno, you got the highest grade in the whole class," Iruka said to Sakura as he gave her, her grades. Sakura look at her grades and saw that she has over 150 above average, she giggled after that.
Sasuke heard that her grades are higher than his, so he raised his hand to get Iruka's attention. Iruka saw his hand up, "Yes Sasuke," he said,
"You said I have the highest grade in class, how come she has higher grades than me?" Sasuke asked as he pointed at Sakura,
"You do have the highest grade in class, but Sakura has the most above average as the other class combined. So apparently, her grades are much higher than you'll ever make Mr. Uchiha," Iruka said. Sasuke sat quiet then he led his eyes to Sakura, she gave him a smirk on her face and stuck her tongue at him; he glared at her for a moment, then looked away.
Lunch…
The children are having lunch outside behind the Academy,
"I-I heard… that you made highest grade in class Sakura," Hinata said while sitting next to her at the table. "Sure am, Iruka-sensei told me I did an excellent work… I even out-smarted that Uchiha," Sakura said. "Oh… I see that… you're still mad at him," Hinata said before she took a bite of her sandwich,
"You know it! I can't believe his fan-girls are blind for his good looks and talent; for all I know, he's just some jerk-face who act so superior than everyone, that he only cares about himself. So no doubt in the future, he always will be," Sakura said after she drank her juice. "Sakura," Hinata thought, Sakura got up from her seat, "I'm going to get something; you want me to bring any?" she asked Hinata, she shook her head, "No thanks… I'm good," she said with a smile. Then Sakura head towards the food counter.
Sasuke is sitting alone at the table eating, he's still mad about what happen in class this morning. "What makes him think she's better than me, she's not that special," he thought as he took a bite of his rice-ball. "Why can't she just move to another Academy and stay there; I don't want her here," he thought again then he felt like eating something else, so he left his table and head towards the food counter.
Food Counter…
Just as they both made it to the food counter, they suddenly spotted each other; they started to glare,
"Not her again," Sasuke thought,
"Not him again," Sakura thought as they glare at each other for a moment.
"Sakura," Sasuke said,
"Sasuke," Sakura said then they both walk up to the food counter. "I've been hearing rumors about you for the pass few days," Sasuke said, "Oh…" Sakura said. "About you been to other villages and you've been home-schooled in ninja training," Sasuke explained, Sakura become stun at that moment then she come to her senses. "Well what you heard about me is none of your business Uchiha," she said as she and Sasuke look at the food counter. They both spotted a small plate of tomato… the problem is… it's the last one. They glared at each other for a moment for they wanted that tomato, so at that second… they both grabbed the tomato at the same time.
"Hands off!" Sasuke yelled, as they both started playing tug of war over the tomato,
"I saw it first!" Sakura yelled back as she pulled the plate towards her; and the fact that they got some attention from the children. They all saw them fighting over the tomato, even Hinata saw them, "Oh no… not again," she said.
"Get your own tomato!" Sasuke yelled as he pulled the plate towards him,
"How about you get lost, jerk-face!" Sakura yelled back and pulled the plate towards her again.
"Not gonna happen, ugly!" Sasuke pulled back towards him,
"LOSER!" she pulled back,
"WITCH!" he pulled back,
"CHICKEN-ASS!" she pulled back,
"BIG-MOUTH!" he pulled back. Just as Sakura was about to pull back again, Sasuke suddenly let go of the plate, which made Sakura pulled it back but the tomato splattered all over her shirt. They saw what just happened and some of them started laughing,
"Seems like you have the tomato after all," Sasuke said with a smirk on his face. Sakura became very angry as she clenched both her hands, "You…! YOU…!" she said in an anger tone but couldn't find the words; so she turned to the counter and spotted whip-cream vanilla cake with a cherry on top. She grabbed it then… she splattered the cake on top of Sasuke's hair, which made more kids laugh even more. Sasuke became angry as he growled and gave her an evil look, so he quickly grabbed a small bowl of chocolate pudding. He was about to throw it at her until someone came from behind and snatch it from him,
"Not the pudding!" he turned and saw Choji after he took the pudding from him. Choji sat the pudding down then he picked up a small bowl of mash potato, he gave it Sasuke, "Use this," he said. So Sasuke grabbed the mash potato and finally threw it at Sakura; but Sakura quickly ducked and dodged the mash potato that it splattered on Shikamaru instead, all over his face. Shikamaru wiped some mash potato off his eyes and saw who threw it at him, "Hey!" he said as he became upset then he grab a small bowl of his mash potato from his tray and threw it at Sasuke. Sasuke saw it coming as he ducked and dodged, that it splattered all over Choji's face; it made him fell over. He tried to grab something to stop him from falling, but instead he grabbed the edge of the counter and it fell with him; that all the food fell from the counter all over the floor. And then…
"FOOD FIGHT!!!" Kiba yelled, as he and the other children grabbed some food and started throwing at each other. Kiba threw some food at Naruto, then Naruto threw some food at Sasuke, then he threw some at Sakura; she threw some back, and so on and so on.
Academy…
"I'm grateful that you were able to come, Lord Hokage," Iruka said as he and the Third Hokage were walking through the halls, "I figure I wanted to make some few words with the young ones. So I'm more than happy to…" he stopped speaking when he spotted a young girl running up to them. It was Hinata as she just came from outside,
"Hinata, what's the matter?" Iruka asked,
"Well…" she said.
Outside…
The children are still throwing food at each other, just when Sasuke threw some pudding at Naruto he felt a splatter of strawberry ice cream behind his hair. He quickly turned and saw who threw it at him, and it was Sakura as she stood glaring at him. Sasuke glared back and then, "THAT'S IT!" they both thought at the same time then they charge each other.
A few moments later…
Iruka came outside and saw the children throwing food at each other, then Naruto threw a piece of pie at Kiba but he ducked and dodged it; that it splattered all over Iruka's face. "Gah!" Naruto respond after he threw a pie at his sensei, as Iruka wiped some pie off his face,
"ENOUGH!" said the Third Hokage, then the children immediately stop what they're doing and turned to him. "What is the meaning of this… who's responsible…?" he asked, as he looked at all of them, no one said anything until they heard…
"Big-head!" Sasuke yelled as he and Sakura are fighting on the ground, again. They all turned to them,
"Jack-ass!" Sakura yelled as she's on top of him, she punched him in the face,
"Pinky!" he yelled back as he's on top of her, he pulled her hair,
"Baka!" she yelled back as she punched him again, then he hit her back; they're hurting each other again. Then Iruka came in and separated them,
"Break it up you two, this fighting has got to stop!" he said to both of them as they try to hurt each other again.
The Third Hokage saw them, as they try to kill each other, then he looked at the pink-haired girl as she glared at Sasuke,
"So that's the new student I heard about, from the looks of her she seem to be a talented little one… yet very strange indeed," he thought. Then he turned to Sasuke as he glare at Sakura, "And from the looks of the youngest Uchiha, he seem to be taking much interest in her… even though he doesn't bother showing it," he thought then he made a small smirk on his face.
Later in the afternoon…
The children left the Academy and head home, all except Sasuke and Sakura for they both stayed in detention for starting a food fight and started fighting each other again. They both have bandages on their faces for hurting each other and they sat apart in two chairs with their backs turned; also with their arms folded. Iruka was there,
"This is the fifth time you both fought each other but this time you both started a food fight at lunch outside," he said to both of them.
"He ruined my outfit," Sakura murmured,
"She ruined my hair," Sasuke also murmured,
"The both of you need to stop fighting once in a while and try to get a long, isn't that so hard to ask," Iruka said. Then the Third Hokage appeared and found Iruka talking to Sasuke and Sakura,
"Honestly, I don't understand you two," Iruka said,
"That would be all Iruka," the Third Hokage said, they all turned to him, "Lord Hokage, I didn't see there," Iruka said. The Third Hokage smiled, "Not to worry, I'm just here to have a word with you," he said then he turned to Sasuke and Sakura, "You two should head home now," he said to them.
"Yes sir," they both said then they both left Iruka and the Third Hokage.
"My Lord, I don't understand, they both got in trouble for fighting… and for starting a food fight," Iruka said, "I know," the Hokage said. "Then why you let them leave?" Iruka asked, the Hokage turned to him, "Let's say… I can tell from those two, that they won't be hating each other for very long time," he said. Iruka stood clueless, "I'm not following you," he said, the Hokage chuckled a bit then said, "Maybe you might not see it, but maybe in time you'll know what I'm talking about," then he started walking away. Iruka watched him leave,
"I'm still not following you," he said to himself still not understanding what he's talking about.
Outside…
Sasuke and Sakura got out of the Academy and they're about to head home, until Sakura spotted Hinata waiting for her at the big tree.
"Hinata, what are doing here? I thought you went home," Sakura asked as she ran up to her,
"I was… b-but I wanted to wait for you… since you got in trouble again," Hinata said. "Oh… well thanks for waiting for me Hinata; maybe we can walk home together," Sakura said with a smile, "Um… yeah, sure," Hinata said. Just when they're about to leave, they both spotted Sasuke as he's walking pass them; he and Sakura glare at each other again then they look away.
Sakura and Hinata started walking and passed Sasuke, both heading home now; just as they were apart, Sasuke couldn't help but led his eyes back at Sakura. She's still walking with Hinata heading home… until the next thing he know, he saw her led her eyes back at him. They look at each other for a moment, but no anger or a glare is time, they looked at each other and the next thing just happened……
Sakura giggled with a smile on her face, which surprised Sasuke and made him stop walking; she looked away from him as she kept walking with Hinata. Sasuke on the other hand is still surprise… and a bit confuse, he slowly looked away and blushed a little, "What was that?" he thought to himself. He stood still for a moment… then he continue walking home.
Flashback over…
Sasuke opened his eyes and found himself in his room, lying in bed. He just remembered his childhood with Sakura, "How come she's in mind all the time?" he thought to himself as he looked at the ceiling for a while… then he shut his eyes again.
Village…
Naruto just left the ramen place and walk through the village, he's on his way to visit Sakura at the hospital (yes, she's in the hospital.) He was passing through stores and houses… until he heard,
"Hey Naruto!" someone called his name, so he turned and saw Racarsu running up to him. "Great, it's him again," he thought, "I'm sure glad I found you, I need you to do me a big favor," Racarsu said. "I rather punch you in the face," Naruto thought, "What kind of favor?" he asked then Racarsu pulled out a dozen red roses to him. "I want you to give these to Sarla, I was about to visit her today but I got orders from my sensei to have a meeting with her along with my brothers," Racarsu explained as he gave the roses to Naruto.
"You want me to give these to her?" Naruto asked while holding the roses, "Yes, you see last week was our anniversary and I wanted to give her roses; since they're her favorite…" he said with a smile. Naruto twitches his left eyebrow a bit, "She also like lilies and cherry blossoms," he thought deeply wishing he want to punch him in the eye; but he has to lay low. Racarsu continued, "But I have to meet with my sensei along with my brothers, you don't want to know how she is if I don't show up,"
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked, "Well…" Racarsu said as he remembers the time when he and his brothers first met their sensei.
Flashback…
Racarsu, Racardu and Racarnu are all eight years old, they're all waiting in a room for their new sensei to arrive.
"I can't wait to start our ninja training," Racarsu said, as he's excited,
"Yeah, just as soon as our sensei arrive, he can teach us some cool jutsu, take us to missions and everything," Racardu said as he's excited too. Racarnu is curious while scratching his head,
"Yeah, but who is our sensei?" he asked.
"Perhaps some cool Jounin, or a legendary warrior," Racarsu said,
"That would be awesome!" Racardu said, "Yeah!" Racarnu cheered for excitement.
Then they heard someone entering through the door, they all turned and saw… not a man but a woman; with blackish-brown long hair has two orange-reddish eyes and wearing red lipstick. Wearing a master's uniform with long sleeves and has the color red with white lines; also wearing dark-gray pants that match her platform shoes. Their excitement has sunk down along with their smile as she looked down at them with anger in her face and is in bad mood; she walked up to them.
"Are you our…" Racarsu was about to ask her until she cut him off,
"DID I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SPEAK?" she yelled at him in an anger tone. They all started trembling in fear a bit, "Actually I was…" Racarsu try to explain until she cut him off again. "I DON'T NEED TO HEAR YOUR EXCUSE, SO PIPE DOWN AND LISTEN UP!" she yelled at them. The Ichiba brothers stood still and started listening, she stood among them and lower her tone, "As you should all know, I'm Erlu Mushima, your new sensei of this squad. So you brats better do as I say if you know what's good for you," she said.
"So when are we going to start trai…" Racarnu try to ask until Erlu cut him off, "SHUT IT BRAT! I DID NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SPEAK!" she yelled at him with her anger tone again.
"But we were just…" Racardu try to explain but Erlu cut him off,
"KEEP IT UP OR I'LL REMOVE YOUR TONGUE!" she yelled at him; Racardu covered his mouth. "And since you three brats are here unprepared, we're starting training at three a.m. tomorrow," Erlu said in the same tone.
"What!?" the brothers, "But that'll be early in the morning," Racarsu said, Erlu got up to his face, "Do you want to make it twelve a.m.?" she asked while glaring at him. He shook his head, "No," he said then she moved away from his face, "So for this day forward, I'm your sensei so whatever I say goes; and if either of you ever disrespect me, you'll all suffer the punishment. Do I make myself clear?" she asked,
"Well actually…" Racarsu try say something until,
"I SAID DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?" Erlu yelled at them even louder and angrier. The brothers quickly stood up and solute to her, "Sir, yes sir!" they both said at the same time, except Erlu made a vein pop on her forehead as if she's about to eliminate someone. She yelled at them again,
"I'M A WOMAN!!" her yell was powerful that it made the Ichiba brothers fly in the opposite direction and hit the wall behind them. They got hurt but quickly got back to their feet; reverse their solute to her, "Mama, yes mama!" they said at the same time again.
"You're all dismissed," Erlu said as she walked towards the door, "But we're just…" Racarnu try to say something, but made it worse, she opened the door and turned to them with anger on her face. "I SAID YOU'RE DISMISSED!" Erlu yelled at them then she 'SLAMMED!' the door very hard; causing cracks to appears. That starts from the door, up the ceiling above the Ichiba's; when the cracks circled above them, parts of the ceiling fell and hit the Ichiba's and the rest of the ceiling collapsed on them.
They're all buried in a pile that fell from the ceiling, as they're now in ultimate pain; they managed to dig themselves out of the pile, they turned to each other.
"She's scary," Racarnu said while trembling,
"I never thought our new sensei is a woman," Racardu said while dusting some dust off of him,
"But on the plus side, at least she's going to train us tomorrow; so surely she can't be angry all the time," Racarsu said trying to stay positive. Until the next thing they knew, the other parts of the ceiling collapsed again and their falling towards them,
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" they all screamed as the whole ceiling fell on them; and now they're in extreme pain.
Flashback over…
"Let's say she hates it when I made her wait," Racarsu said to Naruto, Naruto didn't say anything after that, "So will you give these roses to Sarla… I mean, are you on your way to visit?" Racarsu asked. "Uh, yeah I am… and sure, I'll give these to her," Naruto said, Racarsu smiled, "Thanks Naruto, you're a big help," he said then he started running away from him, "I'm gone now, and tell Sarla I said hi," Racarsu yelled as he kept running, leaving Naruto alone.
After he left, Naruto looked at the roses he's holding and wonders, "Why is he keep calling Sakura 'Sarla,' I mean, that's not even her name… or is it?" he thought to himself and then… he started giggling to himself, "Ha! That's ridiculous, that's won't be Sakura at all, there's no way she could keep some big secret from me," Naruto said to himself then he continue his way to the hospital.
Hospital…
Sakura was placed in bed in a room, her injuries was full recover just as long she doesn't over do it. She was looking through the window watching the clouds passing by and birds flying through the sky.
"I see that you recovered well Sarla," Sakura heard a voice and turned, it was her aunt carrying a basket full of fruits and vegetables. "Aunt Kom," Sakura said as Kom walk towards her and place the basket on the nightstand nest to Sakura. "I must say, your injuries are quite critical in your age, especially when you used that one jutsu I taught you," Kom explained as she sat on the bed in front of her. "I know," Sakura said as she look down a bit, she sat quiet for moment… then look up to her aunt,
"Aunt Kom, I'm not sure how long we should stay in the village, many people are on to us… and I'm no sure how long we can stay hidden from him," she said as she's concern. "Apparently, since he knows where we are, we might have no other choice but to leave this village," Kom said, Sakura stuttered, "Leave!?" she said.
"If we stay any longer, we could endanger the village… we could endanger your friends," Kom explained, "But I couldn't just leave them, sure they don't know about whom we are but I can't just abandon them. I don't want to leave this village and start a new life again," Sakura said as tears appeared in her eyes, "Sarla," Kom thought as she watch her niece flow with tears.
"I don't want to lost all of them… just like back in our village… we both already lost dad… all our friends in the village… and we lost Nanako," Sakura tighten her sheets as tears fell through her cheeks. "I just…I…I don't want to go through that again… not again," Sakura whimpers as more tears overflow through her eyes. Kom didn't say anything but watch her niece overflow with tears, "Sarla… you have suffered the same pain I had a long time ago," she thought deeply.
As Sakura begin to wipe some tears in her eyes, Kom said to her, "That will never happen to you," Sakura look up to her again as she continues, "Because you still have me, just as long as I'm here, I won't let anything happen to you," Kom said to her. Sakura became silent again then Kom said,
"And there is the fact that some of your friends might not know who we are… but I know someone does," Sakura stuttered again after what she just told her. "Isn't that right… Ms. Yamanaka?" Kom said as she slowly turned to the door, Sakura turned to the door and saw Ino standing at the door.
"Ino," Sakura whispered as she saw her holding some cherry blossom flowers, Sakura is surprise, "…But how… how did you…?" she tried to ask her then Ino answered, "Ever since we fought in the Preliminaries at the Chunin Exam. When I used my Mind Transfer jutsu on you, I stumbled inside the inner thought of your memories and saw more than enough about you and your aunt." She walk up to her, "When I first know who you are, I didn't want to believe it's true and I couldn't stop thinking about what I saw in your memories; when your village being destroyed, that the people were all killed, and the time when you're sister was murdered… by that Snake sanin," Ino explained. She quivers a bit when she mention about that snake demon.
"So you're not mad/upset the fact that I lied to you?" Sakura asked, Ino shook her head and gave her a small smile, "While I was taking my time of facing the truth about you and your aunt, I understand what you both going through and why. Just as I understand you both leaving the village," Ino explained, Sakura became more silent since Ino has heard her conversation with her aunt. Then Kom got off the bed and walked pass Ino, "I'm afraid I have to go somewhere, so I'll leave you two alone," she said as she walk towards the door and left them.
"Ino, I never want you to know about us nor be involve in this," Sakura said to her, Ino placed the flowers next to the basket and sat on the bed in front of her. "Listen Sakura, sure that your from another village and sure that you and your family are all in hiding, but it doesn't change the fact that I still like you," Ino said. Sakura turned to her, "So even if I didn't tell you who I am, you still accept me as me," she asked. Ino smiled, "Of course I do, I mean after all, to me you're still a pink haired girl with a big forehead in the village," she said; Sakura twitches her eyebrows a bit when she's still picking on her forehead. Then Ino said, "Plus you're also my best friend, and that what counts the most," Sakura blushed a little after that, "And you don't need to worry, your secret is safe with me," Ino said. Then Sakura manage to make a smile though she felt tears coming out again, she quickly wipe her eyes again and said, "Thank you Ino that means a lot to me."
"Forget about it, just as long if you know what you're doing because me or Hinata can help you with anything," Ino said, "I wish I know what I'm do… wait a minute, Hinata knows about this too?" Sakura asked, as she became surprise again. "Oh no-no-no, she doesn't, but her cousin Neji is on to you; so you're aunt asked her to keep Neji away from you," Ino explain, "Do you think that's possible? I mean, Neji maybe be the lower branch of the Hyuga clan but no doubt about that he could take her out easily," Sakura explained, as she became worried. "Not to worry, I'm sure that she knows what she's doing," Ino said,
"Really?" Sakura asked, Ino shook her head, "No."
Hyuga resident…
After Hinata ate some lunch, she was thinking of going to the hospital to visit Sakura, so put on her shows and was on her way to the door.
"Hinata," someone called her name, she turned and saw Neji walking up to her, "Where are you going?" he asked, "I-I'm visiting a friend," she answered.
"I'm guessing you're on your way to see Haruno are you, because I was thinking I can tag along so I can see her," Neji said. Hinata stuttered, "Well…uh…"
Flashback…
"Now Ms. Hyuga, I urge you to keep your cousin away from my niece, I can't tell you why…" Kom placed her hand on her shoulder,
"But I will tell you that if your cousin knows what we know, it would danger his life…including yours and your clan" Kom explained. Hinata stuttered after what she just heard.
Flashback over…
She remembered what Kom told her back at the arena, so she has no choice but…
"I'm not visiting Sakura," she lied, "You're not?" Neji asked after he raised his left eyebrow. "Y-yeah… I'm going to visit… Ino at the flower store, t-to help her out; I-I tried to visit Sakura the day, b-but there won't be any visiting hours… until next week," Hinata lied.
Neji still gave her the same look, "Normally, I want to use my Byakugan on you, but I don't want to waste my energy," he said then he turned his back on her, "I'm leaving," he said as he walk away from her. Hinata took a deep breath after he left, "T-that was close," she thought then she finally left her home.
Training field…
"So you mean to tell me you both got bitten by beetles?" Erlu said her comrades as they both sat on some cold pack of ice to ease away the sting from the bites. "It's true sensei," Racarnu said, "We don't know how, but they came out of nowhere and bit us," Racardu explained. Erlu has he arms folded, "…Yeah and I got bitten by black widows," she said in a sarcastic tone; thinking that's the lamest excuse she ever heard. Then she spotted her last comrade as he just arrived,
"You're late Racarsu," Erlu said in an anger tone, Racarsu smiled, "Sorry sensei, I was at the village to get some…" he tried to explained until she cut him off, "Save your breath!" she yelled at him as she's in a bad mood.
"You three should know better than to lolly-gagging around the village, we're not here for vacation or goof around, which means NO GOING AROUND THE VILLAGE WITHOUT ME KNOWING!" she yelled at them with anger.
Kakashi and Gai…
Then Kakashi and Gai appeared as they both left the Academy, Kakashi is trying to get away from Gai but he's following him. "Oh come on Kakashi, it wasn't so bad; I'm you failed to ask her out again but there's still hope as long as you have THE POWER OF YOUTH IN YOU!" Gai said. Kakashi sighed, "How long are you going to keep following me?" he asked, Gai stood in front of him, stop him from walking away from him. Gai chuckled and made a shine from his smile, "Come on Kakashi don't be like that, as I should know, you couldn't possibly pass an opportunity of winning a woman's heart," he said.
"I'm not sure if…" Kakashi tried to explain until Gai cut him off, "Well take it from me, if I ever spotted a woman who stole my heart, I would definitely, no doubt about, ask her ou…" Gai suddenly became stun as he just spotted… a beautiful angry woman yelling at three boys at an open field. "Gai…?" Kakashi asked as he notice Gai stopped talking and he's looking at something, so he turned and saw a female Jounin yelling at her squad.
"Uh… Kakashi, I have to go over there real quick, so I'll be right back," Gai said as he made a big smile and kept his eyes on the angry female Jounin. So he walked away from Kakashi and head towards her to the out field, Kakashi on the other hand, "Oh Gai," he said to himself then he left the area.
Erlu and the Ichiba's…
"AND FURTHER MORE, IF YOU BOTH EVER SHOW UP LATE AGAIN I'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU BOTH WALK IN FIRE ROCKS UNTIL YOU LOSE FEELINGS ON YOUR FEET; DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!" Erlu yelled, the Ichiba solute to her, "Mama, yes Mama!" they said at the same time. Then at that moment they heard,
"Now that's a way of corporating a squad," they all turned and saw a man wearing green and have big, thick eyebrows appear. "I have to say, with much enthusiasm mix with demand; I see there's much power of youth in you than mankind," he said while giving them a thumbs up and a shine from his smile; the same pose. They all look at him for a moment…
"And may I ask who you are?" Erlu asked after she lower her tone,
"The names Gai, the handsomeness devil of the village and one of the best ninja there is," he said as he made another goofy pose. He bowed to her, "And may I ask for yours Ms. Beautiful?" he asked, Erlu raised her left eyebrow after what he just called her; apparently, no one has ever called her 'Ms. Beautiful' before.
"The names Erlu Mushima, one of the top Jounins of the Mountain village…" she said then she stump on the ground and made a large rock jump in front of her; she caught it. "And one of the best of the best," she said then she crashed the rock into pieces with one hand. Gai became surprise and snapped, "Whoa! I like that fire of youth in you, so pure and strong, and shows no fear; you also show much beauty through your anger and that's the truth," he said to her. Erlu became surprise that it's the first time someone actually complimented her anger; and it's not like the time she beat up a guy who try to hit on her. So after that… she slowly made a smile and giggled a bit, "Thanks," she said to him.
The Ichiba's became surprise when they saw and heard their sensei,
"I never heard her giggled before," Racarsu said,
"Nor seen her smile," Racardu and Racarnu said at the same time.
"Apparently, that's not the only reason why I came over here, I was thinking maybe we can go out sometimes, if you're available," Gai said, Erlu became more interested that someone ask her on a date, so she said, "I like that, how about tonight?" Erlu asked, Gai smiled, "Tonight it is… oh and by the way, do you by any chance have a friend?" he asked her.
An hour later, somewhere in the village…
"You did what!?" Kakashi said in shock,
"I set up a double date for both of us, no need to thank me," Gai said with a smile. Kakashi on the other hand doesn't seem so satisfied, "How could you set me up on a date with someone I don't know," he said, "Well since you didn't bother asking out Ms. Kom, I figure once you meet Erlu's friend she'll help you overcome your youth so you'll be able to win Kom's heart," Gai explained.
"I don't know Gai," Kakashi said, "Relax there Kakashi, I'm sure tonight with be divine," Gai said.
Somewhere in the forest…
"A double date!?" Kom said, as she became surprise,
"Yeah, some guy asked me out and wanted to bring a friend, so I figure we both get two dates," Erlu said as she's now in a good mood. "Well I never thought about going out with someone or at least thought about a relationship," Kom said. "Me neither, but surely tonight won't be so bad," Erlu said, "I guess not," Kom said.
"And let's not forget our rule for our first date," Erlu made a smirk on her face,
"How could I possibly forget our rule… maybe I could use that spear I've been holding for a special occasion," Kom said with a smile under her mask. "That's the spirit, and I'll be able to use my double swords," Erlu said with a smile,
"I believe tonight is going to be splendid," Kom said,
"Indeed," Erlu said.
Uchiha resident…
Sasuke was busy looking at the necklace and trying to solve part of a mystery about Sakura. He took a good look at the red crystal, "How could she possibly have this kind of crystal, I never seen anything like it before… so no doubt about wherever this crystal come from it's from an unknown village… but where," he thought deeply. Sasuke try to figure out the clues about Sakura… he lay on his bed again trying to relax, he close his eyes trying to think… but little does he know, someone was at the window.
The figure opened the window and quietly went inside, it walked quietly toward Sasuke as he lay in bed. Sasuke still has his eyes close and everything was quiet… until he felt lips pressed against his. He immediately opened his eyes… and saw Sakura kissing him, he grabbed both her shoulders and gently pushed her way from the kiss. "What are you doing here?" he asked her as he sat up,
"To see you Sasuke," she answered, "I thought you're supposed to stay in the hospital," Sasuke said. "I was but I'm fully recovered, and I decided to come over to see you," Sakura said Sasuke became confused at that moment; she's not mad at him, she never visit and she mostly call him by his last name. "Why?" he asked then Sakura got closer to him, "Because I wanted to thank you for saving me from that assassin back at the forest…" she got closer to his lips, "And I wanted to make it up for it," she said. Then her lips pressed against his again, Sasuke's eyes was open as he's surprise that she's kissing him again; then his eyes became wider as he felt her tongue touching his front teeth. After that, Sakura placed her hand on his chest as she removed the kiss from him; then a few seconds later Sasuke pressed her lips with his.
They both deepen the kiss, tongue to tongue then Sasuke gently pulled Sakura to him as they both lay in bed kissing. Sasuke was on top of her, tasting the sweetness in her tongue then he touch her hair with his hand. Sakura tighten his shirt at the front and the back near his crest. Through their passionate kiss, Sasuke stopped kissing her and started kissing down her neck; he used his tongue to taste her skin and made her a bit tickles.
They both pour out their love for a while… until Sakura smiled and whispered to Sasukes ear, "You know what's funny Sasuke?" Sasuke stopped kissing her neck and slowly look at her, she still have that smile on her face and giggled a bit then said, "That what we're doing… is nothing more than a dream."
Sasuke gasped as he immediately opened his eyes and sat up, he found himself in bed alone, except he was blushing and was sweating a little; he tightens his sheet and was panting a little. "What just happened…? It all felt so real… what's wrong with me…?" he thought deeply as he quivers a bit, and then… he suddenly felt a pain in his heart, "Argh!" he cried in pain. As he place hand and crouched down as the pain beats in his heart, "Argh!" he cried in pain again as his heartbeats even more. Sasuke panted heavily as the pain of his heart kept on beating,
"I can't be…" he thought again then he slowly turn to his nightstand, where a picture frame of Squad 7 is, he looked at her at the middle in the picture smiling.
"I can't be…" he thought while feeling the beat of his heart and looking at Sakura in the picture; so there's no doubt about that he's…
To be continued…
So sorry about that but I know what know what's going on, so it's a thought. I figure that you all wanted to know who pair up with who; and since I'm more of a mystery type person, I wanted to test you guys out. If you know what I mean, though I was wondering, is pairing is something you all care about? If so, find out for yourselves while I'm working on updating the other chapter of the other stories. Please review me about this, I really like that very much; until then, farewell and goodnight.