Artheph's Note: HEY ALL! Actually, I kind of already have this entire story written out. I just have to revise, create transitions, and have two or three more paragraphs to write. I'm just slowly updating though... heh heh. SORRY! I just wanna keep the chapter format. But yes...the end of this is rather awkward, but I couldn't write it any other way. Fine, I didn't wanna write it any other way. But enjoy!
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"Sasuke, what the HELL are we doing here? We never drink!" Sakura whined.
Sasuke pointed at Naruto. "His fault."
Naruto chose to ignore that. "RIGHT! Let the drinking BONANZA begin!"
"Bonanza?" Sasuke and Sakura both raised their eyebrows.
Naruto also chose to ignore that. "C'mon let's go!" And he dragged the other two in.
After a couple of drinks each, Naruto decided to break the silence. "Ok! Let's play a game now."
This better be good, Naruto, both Sasuke and Sakura thought.
Naruto chugged down another drink. "Right. So. Sakura, we'll ask you a set of questions, and every time you say yes, you'll hafta drink another cup of sake!"
Sasuke's jaw dropped. Sakura's jaw dropped. Was that just the stupidest thing I've ever heard? both wondered to themselves. Is this really the guy we made Hokage of Konoha?
"Whatever. Let's just get this over with," Sakura sighed.
"GREAT! OK! FIRST QUESTION IS: do you like CUTE, ADORABLE, LITTLE PUPPIES?"
Another eyebrow-raising duet. "Umm...yes?"
"Your answer was YES! A cup of sake for the lady! Now for the NEXT question: do you like..hmm...BEING A NINJA?"
"Naruto, what kind of questions are these??"
"In-depth questions that totally tell about your personality! Now answer the question pleeease!"
"Fine. Yes."
"Another cup of sake!"
Sasuke sweat-dropped. Was this Naruto's brilliant plan for making Sakura marry him?
Ten cups later, Sakura was getting rather woozy. It was all she could do to stay upright and attempt to focus on the questions Naruto was drilling away.
"Are we almost done?" Sakura slurred.
"Ok, Ok, LAST question! Would you...MARRY SASUKE?"
"Hmmm..." Sakura swayed in her seat. What did he just say? Would I... something... something...something? Oh the heck with it. "YES!" Then she slumped forward, letting her head drop onto the table.
Oh ... My... God... Sasuke thought. Naruto's plan ACTUALLY worked.
"Wow Naruto. I can't believe you did this. And that it actually was a success."
"Why, thank you, Sasuke." Naruto took a bow.
"Right. Let's get to the temple then."
"Now?"
Well, when else? She just said yes."
"Ermm... isn't that kind of rushing it?" Naruto was beginning to doubt whether he should have helped Sasuke in the first place. Sasuke certainly wasn't showing any of that lovey-dovey stuff Naruto was hoping for.
"No. Let's go NOW."
Naruto winced. This did NOT look good. But Naruto had given his word, and he wouldn't back out now. It was his way of the ninja.
Sasuke was officially married. The previous five minutes were definitely not a perfect wedding a girl would have imagined since she was three. The trio had stumbled over to a nearby temple. Because Naruto was the Hokage, he could preside over any wedding, and when he had found the official document for marriage, Sasuke signed immediately. Then, they looked at Sakura, who was squinting at the paper.
"Wha..." she started out. "Wha...Wha..."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. He took Sakura's hand and guided it in the flow of her signature. It was done.
Naruto twitched his mouth. This was certainly not the way his first wedding should have been done. He looked over at Sasuke, who was carrying an unconscious Sakura on his back. Man, Sasuke could have at least carried her bride-style. Hmmph. Naruto was getting more and more aggravated with the situation. He looked over at Sasuke again. Sasuke now had his stupid "I'm better than everyone" smirk on. Now Naruto was mad. How could Sasuke do this to our best friend? How could he be so COLD? So... EVIL? So...UGGH! Naruto decided to momentarily forget that he had volunteered to help and punched Sasuke in the jaw. Hard.
"WHAT THE HELL NARUTO?" Sasuke had stumbled sideways while attempting desperately to not drop Sakura.
"You're being an ass."
"And what are YOU being?"
Naruto death glared Sasuke. "You...You..." And, for lack of a better word, "YOU SUCK!"
And Naruto stalked off with that.
Sakura woke up to the sun shining full on her face.
"ARGGHHH! GO AWAAAY!" she yelled at the sun, trying to block light with her arms. It didn't work.
"Here, have some water for your headache."
A cup nudged her hand. "Sasuke?"
"Drink it."
She gulped down the cold water. It didn't work. Her head still pounded. Why did her head ache? How did SASUKE know her head hurt? Sakura slowly opened her eyes. The room was still too bright, and she quickly closed her eyes again.
"Am I...at your house?"
"Yes."
"...Why?"
"Do you remember anything from last night?"
Sakura pondered. The three had gone to a bar. Naruto made up a stupid game of asking her questions that she was BOUND to answer "yes" too. It was almost as if he WANTED her to say "yes". And when she was so drunk she could hardly say "yes", or even "no" for that matter, Naruto had asked one last question. What was it? Would you...hmm...something that started with "m". M-m-a-...OH! Marry. Would you marry...S-S-...S-...Sasuke? Ok. Would you marry Sasuke? And I said...I said...MOTHER HELL! I SAID YES! And then what happened...hmm...we went somewhere. Sasuke signed something. Then he made me sign something. What did we sign...
"Sasuke? Where did we go after the bar?"
"...A temple."
"A temple? To...TO...TO MARRY YOU??" Sakura jumped out of the bed to face Sasuke.
Sasuke squirmed from the yell.
"WHY??!! WHAT THE HELL? WHY??"
"I needed to revive my clan."
"SO YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME??"
"There WAS no other way Sakura! Would you have said, "yes" if I had asked you straight on?"
She was about to say "yes, I would do anything to help," but then she realized...Hell, I would've said NO!
"No...I wouldn't have. But that doesn't mean you should have TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ME WHEN I WAS DRUNK, YOU ASSHOLE!"
And she was about to storm out of the room when Sasuke hugged her from behind.
"Please Sakura..."
She paused. Was this...déjà vu, except reverse positions?
Sasuke stood up, with Orochimaru's curse seal marks tattooed on every part of his body.
"Who hurt you Sakura?"
The Sound nin haughtily proclaimed, "I did!"
Sasuke looked over at him and proceeded to break both of the Sound nin's
arms. Sasuke looked at the other Sound nin, and he was about to approach his opponent when...
"Please... Sasuke...stop." Sakura had hugged him from behind.
Sasuke paused. His curse seal retreated.
Artheph's note: oh, that was one LAME flashback. But you guys know the gist of it, right?
Sakura turned around. Sasuke still had his arms around her.
"Why? Why me??" Tears started falling down her face.
"WHYY???!!" she shrieked, punching his chest as hard as she could.
Sasuke only tightened his hug.
The punches gradually stopped as Sakura cried her heart out.
"I'm sorry," Sasuke whispered, but Sakura didn't hear.
When no more tears came out, Sakura slipped out of his arms and crawled into the bed. She looked up at him. "Fine."
And Sasuke crawled into the bed next to her...
Artheph's note: COUGH COUGH you all know what the DOT DOT DOT means. I don't really like writing those erm...situations. Especially since I still squirm uncomfortably when people have sex on tv, while my parents are watching it too. I usually let my eyes roam around the room until it's over. Crysthur knows what I'm talking about...so hopefully you guys do too.