From her feathery pink hair to her original fashion
sense, it wasn't hard to see Sakura's wonderfully
acquired appearance. Sakura was always cute, but when she
reached 16, she was beautiful. She had gotten her growth
spurt a lot later than the girls her age and she was
ridiculed for it, but she could laugh at everyone else
when it was her turn. She abandoned her Chinese outfit
and wore a more gorgeous one, a red dragon Chinese gown.
She swung her purse over her shoulder as she glanced at
her watch and left her house. Sasuke watched her
carefully and followed her course.
Sakura had become a beautiful and wonderful lady, and boys had taken notice.
Naruto and Lee weren't the only ones who offered Sakura dates anymore. Surprisingly, she chose Lee and all the boys had gotten over their misfortune like play boys. Lee hadn't changed his appearance like Sakura had. He still looked pretty much the same, if not just a little more handsome. He refused to change his look just to get people to like him. That only attracted Sakura more. Plus, he had friends like Tenten and Neji.
"Are you going to stare and follow me everywhere, or are you going to walk with me?" Sakura's feminine voice asked. Sasuke smirked. Even if Sakura had the best genjutsu-detecting skills in their group, that used to be all she could do. She still wasn't as good a fighter as her teammates, but her presence-detecting skills got better. Better than Naruto's or Sasuke's and maybe it even surpassed their old sensei's. "Are you going to answer me?" she asked, a little more impatiently, "I'm not stupid."
"Are you sure about that?" Sasuke walked away from his hiding spot while Sakura growled at him. Turning her chin up, she flipped her cascading rose hair.
"I need a favor."
Sakura's surprised eyes followed Sasuke's gaze as they walked to the Konoha market place to pick up some produce.
~
"So exactly /how/ does this help Sakura-san?" A nearby Lee asked.
"It does, trust me. I'm her friend." Naruto answered, still in his Sexy no Jutsu.
"So? I'm her boyfriend."
"Believe me, it's going to." Naruto's fangs showed in his - her trademark fox grin.
~
Sakura picked up some fruits while Sasuke followed behind her. "I don't think your plan will work, Sasuke-kun."
"All we need to do is pretend to be acting like a couple long enough for Naruto to see."
"Naruto? Oh, you mean Naruko, right?"
"Yes - wait, how did you know?" Sasuke asked, slightly surprised.
"Well, I'm not stupid."
"You mentioned before." Sakura glowered at Sasuke.
"You can't tell me you haven't seen Naruto's Sexy no Jutsu before...?"
"..."
A boisterous laugh escaped Sakura's red lips. "So, let me get this straight. Konoha's genius ninja, who has been married to Naruko for...a year, hasn't even seen his wife's - husband's Sexy no Jutsu before?" Another laugh.
"I've seen it...I just didn't know. So will you do me the favor?"
"If you asked me years ago, I might've agreed. But then again, I wouldn't have noticed what a NICE guy Lee was." Sakura emphasized the word 'nice' as if trying to make Sasuke jealous. Sasuke sighed.
"Are you going to help me?"
"Of course not. I have to go wait for Lee." Sasuke rolled his eyes. He wasn't going to give up his plan yet.
~
Sakura glanced at her watch again as Sasuke tried to convince her to join his plan, still not giving up his cool demeanor. She looked around, watching for Lee, strangely sensing a familiar presence. She narrowed her eyes.
"It's only going to be for one day, I promise. Maybe even one aftern - "
"No." Sakura answered, just as quickly Sasuke had blinked.
The presence got stronger as Sakura realized who it was. Naruto! And some other familiar person.
Sasuke watched as Naruto had come into the marketplace, looking a little occupied herself. An identical grin to Naruto's lighted Sasuke's face.
"Please play along." Sasuke muttered, grabbing Sakura.
"What do you think you're doing?" Sakura shrieked. Sasuke ignored her as he glanced back up. His eyes widened quickly. Someone was with Naruto! Wrapping one arm around Naruto's waist and using one hand to play with her hair, it made him sick. Mostly because /he/ was the only who could do that...
'Cool down, Sasuke' Sasuke thought, 'He's not /that/ handsome.'
He actually was, in a way not like Sasuke's. The weird thing was, Sasuke had never seen a man in Konoha who looked like the one Naruto was with. Screw calm, Sasuke was getting angry. He abruptly let go of Sakura and she plopped on the ground softly.
"Naruto, what do you think you're doing?" Sasuke asked, angrily. Sakura rolled her eyes at the familiarity of the questioned. She picked herself up off the ground and swept the dirt off her clothes. She recognized the other person slightly...
"What do you mean 'what am I doing?' You're the one who was with Sakura." Naruto stuck her tongue out at Sasuke.
"Am I with her now?"
"Sort of."
Sasuke growled as Naruto chuckled.
"It's funny to see you all riled up like this." And it actually was, because Sakura hadn't seen Sasuke mad so many times. How come Naruto could make him so angry, so sad, and so happy? "If you really want to know."
The man next to Naruto puffed into a cloud of smoke and revealed his true figure...
Which was Lee. Sakura smiled knowingly and walked over to Lee while Sasuke blinked surprised.
"What the - What's going on here?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, you see, knowing your plan, Naruto decided to turn it over on you using Lee. Weird enough, he knew you were going to come to me." Sakura answered.
"How come she knows too?" Sasuke glared at Naruto.
"I didn't tell her..."
"Because she's smart. For Sakura's best friends, I thought you would know that." Lee joined the conversation. Sakura brightened.
"Well, that was dirty." Sasuke muttered.
"Ohhh, so it's dirty when I try to play a trick on you, but not when it was your original idea?"
"When you say it like that, it is."
Naruto sighed as he grabbed Sasuke's hands and they disappeared into a puff of smoke.
Lee wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist charmingly. "Do you want to go home now?"
"I haven't picked up all the food for dinner yet..."
"Ok, then, go ahead. I'll follow."
In a way, Naruto's little scheme /did/ help Sakura a little...sort of. Because if he didn't find a way to retaliate, Sasuke would still be trying to get Sakura to help him...
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AsnGothic: Ok, so I won't answer the reviews yet because I'm trying to work on my other fanfics while I'm still in the writing mood. But generally, I'll answer one. I didn't realize that this was angst...I really meant to keep it comedy, but I'm a bad comedian. This, of course, isn't the end yet. Heck, I haven't finished /any/ of my fanfics except the one-shots, which I'm making sequels of. Expect more coming. It might take me a while to update, but I won't abandon my stories. Please review! It makes me want to write more. =D
Sakura had become a beautiful and wonderful lady, and boys had taken notice.
Naruto and Lee weren't the only ones who offered Sakura dates anymore. Surprisingly, she chose Lee and all the boys had gotten over their misfortune like play boys. Lee hadn't changed his appearance like Sakura had. He still looked pretty much the same, if not just a little more handsome. He refused to change his look just to get people to like him. That only attracted Sakura more. Plus, he had friends like Tenten and Neji.
"Are you going to stare and follow me everywhere, or are you going to walk with me?" Sakura's feminine voice asked. Sasuke smirked. Even if Sakura had the best genjutsu-detecting skills in their group, that used to be all she could do. She still wasn't as good a fighter as her teammates, but her presence-detecting skills got better. Better than Naruto's or Sasuke's and maybe it even surpassed their old sensei's. "Are you going to answer me?" she asked, a little more impatiently, "I'm not stupid."
"Are you sure about that?" Sasuke walked away from his hiding spot while Sakura growled at him. Turning her chin up, she flipped her cascading rose hair.
"I need a favor."
Sakura's surprised eyes followed Sasuke's gaze as they walked to the Konoha market place to pick up some produce.
~
"So exactly /how/ does this help Sakura-san?" A nearby Lee asked.
"It does, trust me. I'm her friend." Naruto answered, still in his Sexy no Jutsu.
"So? I'm her boyfriend."
"Believe me, it's going to." Naruto's fangs showed in his - her trademark fox grin.
~
Sakura picked up some fruits while Sasuke followed behind her. "I don't think your plan will work, Sasuke-kun."
"All we need to do is pretend to be acting like a couple long enough for Naruto to see."
"Naruto? Oh, you mean Naruko, right?"
"Yes - wait, how did you know?" Sasuke asked, slightly surprised.
"Well, I'm not stupid."
"You mentioned before." Sakura glowered at Sasuke.
"You can't tell me you haven't seen Naruto's Sexy no Jutsu before...?"
"..."
A boisterous laugh escaped Sakura's red lips. "So, let me get this straight. Konoha's genius ninja, who has been married to Naruko for...a year, hasn't even seen his wife's - husband's Sexy no Jutsu before?" Another laugh.
"I've seen it...I just didn't know. So will you do me the favor?"
"If you asked me years ago, I might've agreed. But then again, I wouldn't have noticed what a NICE guy Lee was." Sakura emphasized the word 'nice' as if trying to make Sasuke jealous. Sasuke sighed.
"Are you going to help me?"
"Of course not. I have to go wait for Lee." Sasuke rolled his eyes. He wasn't going to give up his plan yet.
~
Sakura glanced at her watch again as Sasuke tried to convince her to join his plan, still not giving up his cool demeanor. She looked around, watching for Lee, strangely sensing a familiar presence. She narrowed her eyes.
"It's only going to be for one day, I promise. Maybe even one aftern - "
"No." Sakura answered, just as quickly Sasuke had blinked.
The presence got stronger as Sakura realized who it was. Naruto! And some other familiar person.
Sasuke watched as Naruto had come into the marketplace, looking a little occupied herself. An identical grin to Naruto's lighted Sasuke's face.
"Please play along." Sasuke muttered, grabbing Sakura.
"What do you think you're doing?" Sakura shrieked. Sasuke ignored her as he glanced back up. His eyes widened quickly. Someone was with Naruto! Wrapping one arm around Naruto's waist and using one hand to play with her hair, it made him sick. Mostly because /he/ was the only who could do that...
'Cool down, Sasuke' Sasuke thought, 'He's not /that/ handsome.'
He actually was, in a way not like Sasuke's. The weird thing was, Sasuke had never seen a man in Konoha who looked like the one Naruto was with. Screw calm, Sasuke was getting angry. He abruptly let go of Sakura and she plopped on the ground softly.
"Naruto, what do you think you're doing?" Sasuke asked, angrily. Sakura rolled her eyes at the familiarity of the questioned. She picked herself up off the ground and swept the dirt off her clothes. She recognized the other person slightly...
"What do you mean 'what am I doing?' You're the one who was with Sakura." Naruto stuck her tongue out at Sasuke.
"Am I with her now?"
"Sort of."
Sasuke growled as Naruto chuckled.
"It's funny to see you all riled up like this." And it actually was, because Sakura hadn't seen Sasuke mad so many times. How come Naruto could make him so angry, so sad, and so happy? "If you really want to know."
The man next to Naruto puffed into a cloud of smoke and revealed his true figure...
Which was Lee. Sakura smiled knowingly and walked over to Lee while Sasuke blinked surprised.
"What the - What's going on here?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, you see, knowing your plan, Naruto decided to turn it over on you using Lee. Weird enough, he knew you were going to come to me." Sakura answered.
"How come she knows too?" Sasuke glared at Naruto.
"I didn't tell her..."
"Because she's smart. For Sakura's best friends, I thought you would know that." Lee joined the conversation. Sakura brightened.
"Well, that was dirty." Sasuke muttered.
"Ohhh, so it's dirty when I try to play a trick on you, but not when it was your original idea?"
"When you say it like that, it is."
Naruto sighed as he grabbed Sasuke's hands and they disappeared into a puff of smoke.
Lee wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist charmingly. "Do you want to go home now?"
"I haven't picked up all the food for dinner yet..."
"Ok, then, go ahead. I'll follow."
In a way, Naruto's little scheme /did/ help Sakura a little...sort of. Because if he didn't find a way to retaliate, Sasuke would still be trying to get Sakura to help him...
~
AsnGothic: Ok, so I won't answer the reviews yet because I'm trying to work on my other fanfics while I'm still in the writing mood. But generally, I'll answer one. I didn't realize that this was angst...I really meant to keep it comedy, but I'm a bad comedian. This, of course, isn't the end yet. Heck, I haven't finished /any/ of my fanfics except the one-shots, which I'm making sequels of. Expect more coming. It might take me a while to update, but I won't abandon my stories. Please review! It makes me want to write more. =D