Chapter 7: Very Ape
One thing love does to people, Sakura found with considerable surprise; is that it makes the things you used to annoy them with the things they can't get enough of. Their nightly escapades (which were often approved by a knowing Juliya with a "hot" and a sly Roxy with "Wooh Hoo! Finally someone around here is getting some!"), turned out to be nights of much giggling by Sakura on Sasuke's request. It was odd, considering the guy used to do everything he could to achieve the exact opposite.
"I love your laugh," Sasuke whispered to her amourously every night.
"Oh, just my laugh?" Sakura would ask, look up at him from under the covers with eyes that plainly said, "I'm innocent--for now."
"No, I also love your hair," Sasuke would answer, kissing her hair, "Your nose," he'd kiss her nose, "Your hands.." And so on.
What Sakura also found out was something she wished deperately she had known when they were Genin; Sasuke was ridiculously ticklish. Often she held him at her mercy, but that was not the only way. She found she had a lot of power when she went down on him("You may be on your knees, but you've got him by the balls," Roxy said with a knowing smirk).
Sakura did not really have any trouble trusting them not to let anyone know about her realtionship with Sasuke. "Honey," Juliya had assured her, "We're just so happy one of us is getting some, don't worry, the only ones who'll gonna fuck it up are you and Davey."
You couldn't say they weren't supportive.
But of course, there was the other secret matter. And this was the secret she had to keep.
The meeting the day after she got the message was mysterious and discreet. The expert they had met kept his face covered, but Sakura could tell he was no more than a cheap thief. His hands were dirty, he snickered a lot, stunk of alcohol, and after the exchange was over, Mariah slipped him a large roll of cash, and the man was gone.
However, the discomfort of the situation was worth it, for Mariah found exactly what she needed. "This is excellent!" She had exclaimed with bright eyes. "An Uchiha IS allowed to take a concunine as long as that concubine has not had Lord Tojo's children!"
Sakura smiled at this news. She was going to be free. "How long is it until Sasuke's term is up?"
"Only six months, and that's plenty oftime to draw this together to make your case!"
"As long as that slimeball is butchered," Sasuke said with a smirk.
This was the start of much celebration between Sasuke and Sakura. MUCH celebration. And soon Sakura''s days were filled with sex, The New York Dolls, and her two favorite girls, Mary, Jane.
Maybe it was the pot, but Sakura was always hungry.
Sakura looked at her inbox. A bright red flashing note from Mariah. Sakura's stomach gave another lurch. Ugh! She really needed to stop using that Cherry-flavored insence. She opened the note.
There was one line, but it made her throw up all over the keyboard in shock.
Tojo has a new concubine. A girl named Yamanaka Ino.
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"Aira?" Roxy's sweet little voice came from outside the bathroom door.
Sakura got up from where she hovered over the toilet. "Yes?"
"I just thought you might want to use this." A thin box slipped under the door. Sakura grabbed it, looked at the cover and swore.
"ROXY! I DON'T NEED THIS OF ALL THINGS!"
"Please?" Roxy pleaded. "Just to be sure, humor me."
"OK, fine."
Sakura looked at the bar for three straight minutes. Finally, little blue line appeared. Sakura flung herself over the toilet again to vomit some more. As she spewed out the final remains of what had been in her stomach.
"Fuck," came a little whisper.
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AN: Yeah, I know that was short, but I had to leave it there. But don't get too excited, we've got a while to go. Don't be so sure you know what will happen, because this is where the story REALLY takes off.