Take it Like a Man
Chapter 4: Bad News!
By: Vampire Toy
Disclaimer: Me no own (sadness)
"Talking"
(Inner Sakura)
:Sound effect:
A/N: Well we have two more options, Ino and Tenten! If you guys would like I could write out sort of a 'moment' between Sakura and all the choices so you can see who they might interact. So vote for your Sakura pairing you'd like to see from the choices below:
Orochimaru
Anko
Tenten
Ino
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"W-why won't I like it? How long will I be a guy? A month? A year? It's a year isn't it! TELL ME!" Sakura screeched shaking her sensei viciously.
"CALM DOWN!" He cried gripping her shoulders tightly. Sakura took in a few deep breaths until she was composed enough for Kakashi to continue.
"Now listen closely and PLEASE….wait before you begin screaming again."
"Ok…ok…" Sakura nod slowly.
"Now some of the ANBU have found out that Orochimaru might be in the area…"
(What does THAT have to do with ME?) Sakura thought irritably.
"I've told Tsunade-sama what happened and she believes that he might have…interfered with your 'practice' in some way."
"What? How! How could I not sense him? And why me? I'm not even that strong!" Sakura whined.
"Orochimaru is very unpredictable, we're not really sure if he did it intentionally or by accident."
"How can you even interfere with that technique! What did he do?"
"We're not sure…"
"How do you know it was him then!"
"An ANBU was patrolling the area and saw him leave."
"But he didn't catch him?"
"He tried, but was severely injured."
"Oh…."
(Oops…..)
"Wait..." Sakura said after a second or two of silence, "When will I change back then?"
Kakashi sat uncomfortably and scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "Weeellll…."
"Kakashi-sensei……"
"Unless we figure out what he did or he decides to change you back….urm….never?"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT!"
…
Kakashi easily snuck out of Sakura's home when she passed out. He quickly put her in bed and went back to Tsunade's home.
He flopped down in a chair in her office as she stood looking over some charts.
"Should we tell anyone else?" Kakashi asked wearily, still recovering from Sakura's piercing scream.
"I don't know if that's such a wise idea, it might cause panic and it might be unnecessary." Tsuanade replied.
"Unnecessary?"
"She might change back tonight for all we know. Until we find out exactly WHAT Orochimaru did we don't have a plan of procedure."
"It's just…"
"Something bothering you?"
"I always have concern for my students but I've never…really had to worry about Sakura, her emotional state was usually unstable, but she wasn't the likely target of someone as powerful as Orochimaru or Itachi even. As much as I'd like to think that bastard just made some stupid mistake, this seems too well planned out. He knew the ANBU would be there, he was obviously ready for the attack."
Tsuanade frowned and sat down behind her desk.
"I hate to admit your right…and even though she's begun training under me….I know she's not strong enough to catch the eye of anyone power-hungry. Perhaps we should put her under 24 hour watch?"
"No, she'll notice, she'll definitely be paranoid by now."
"What do YOU suggest we do?" Tsuanade sighed.
"Well, we already have our 'guise' up."
"Yes you've told me of that, Seeu, correct?"
"Yes, we should probably have her continue life normally as 'Seeu' in Sakura's place. We could pretend Sakura and Seeu switched places for a while for family reasons or for better training experience."
"Yes, Sakura is always open for a chance to get stronger, most will believe that."
"After a while though…they might get suspicious."
"Let's hope we find out what Orochimaru wants before then." Tsuanade said grimly.
"Orochimaru? What about him?" a new voice asked from outside the office doors. Both Kakashi and Tsuanade became tense and watched as Anko came through the door.
"What's this sudden silence?" she smirked.
"We were just talking about…what he might be up to." Tsuanade said as calmly as she could.
"What might he be up to?" Anko asked crossing her arms.
"Why are you here, tell us that first." Kakashi asked.
"Oh," she reached into her coat pocket and tossed some papers onto Tsuanade's desk, "Work you requested…..now…about Orochimaru?"
…
Sakura felt warmth on her face and opened her eyes slowly to the bright rays of the sun through her window. She yawned and sat up, her pink hair sticking out awkwardly around her face as she rubbed her eyes. She froze suddenly and looked down at her hands making a disgusted face.
(So it wasn't a dream)
Or nightmare…
(What now? Go on through life as your own cousin!)
Orochimaru will pay……
(Don't think too far ahead….)
Sakura let out a heavy sigh and dragged herself out of bed, slowly going through her morning routines, spending an extra bit of time studying herself in the mirror before putting on the only clothes she had that would fit.
(My life sucks)
Yeah.
"Good morning! Is anyone home!"
(What the-? Someone's in my house!)
"Seeu? Seeu? That's your name right?"
"Uh.. Yeah! Hold on a second please I'll be right there!" (That voice sounds familiar, oh well, so at least it's not a burglar…)
Sakura's bedroom door suddenly flung open and she saw Anko's head peak inside.
"What the-?"
"Oh! Hehee, there you are! My God, your just like they described you! Almost like Sakura's male version!"
"What? Who? Why are you in my room? Who told you about me? What do you know?" Sakura sputtered quickly.
Anko gave her large toothy 'Naruto' grin and walked over to the confused Sakura, swinging an arm around her shoulders.
"Your Sakura's cousin, don't worry I know everything, my names Anko by the way." She winked. Sakura turned pale and mentally strangled her sensei for getting more people involved.
"I'm here to protect you."
"Huh?"
"Well, isn't that why you came to Konoha and Sakura went to your home? Because Orochimaru is after you! I'm like your…personal body guard." She grinned.
(Personal body guard?…so she DOESN'T know I'm…ur…me……)
"Uh…well I'm really ok…"
"No way, I know this guy, Tsuanade-sama was right to make me your watcher!"
(Urgle…..is it really that bad? How much more about this have they found out?)
"Well…ok then….I guess…well, I have practice today, what will you do while I train?"
"I'll watch you of course!"
"Ok….so, after training you go home? That should be an entire day for me…"
"Are you kidding? I have to stay with you at night too! I'm sleeping over!" Anko grinned putting her hands on her hips.
(……….!)
"Oh…."
"Well come on now! You don't want to be late!" Anko cried dragging Sakura out the door.
"Ack! You're choking meeee!"
…
Sakura and Anko finally arrived at the usual place Sakura and her teammates met on a bridge. Sakura sighed knowing that her sensei would be late again and she'd be stuck with TWO Naruto's for no less than an hour.
"Hey who are you!" Naruto cried almost in shock pointing at Sakura.
(Oh, right…)
"My name is Seeu! I'm Sakura's cousin, we kinda traded places for a while for training purposes, so I'm temporarily on your team…."
"Uh…ok, so when's Sakura coming back?"
"I…"
"Not for a while, where's Kakashi?" Anko interrupted.
"He's never here on time." Naruto huffed crossing his arms.
"Where's Sasuke?" Sakura asked trying not to sound too eager."
"I dunno." Naruto muttered, "Always Sasuke, Sasuke….hey wait, how do YOU know him?"
"Er…we met yesterday!" Sakura laughed nervously, "Yeah! He showed me around and said…" Sakura froze and both Anko and Naruto gave her a funny look and leaned in to examine Sakura as her face twisted in horror.
"AHHHHHHHH!" she shrieked suddenly
"WHAT!" Anko and Naruto cried in terror.
"OMIGOSHHESAIDHEWASGONNACOMEGETMEANDIMNOTTHEEEREEEEE!"
"Wah?" Anko asked making a strange face of her own.
"Sasuke-kun is waiting for me and I'm not there!"
"Sasuke-KUN?" Naruto asked.
"I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!" Sakura cried sprinting the opposite direction only to be quickly tackled to the ground by Anko.
"Get off! I have to go! He's expecting me!" Sakura yelled trying to claw her way out of Anko's death grip around her masculine waist.
"No can do Seeu-kun, you're my responsibility and I can't let you go anywhere without me!"
"I'm confused!" Naruto announced from behind them.
"ARG!" Sakura dropped her forehead to the ground in defeat.
"Hnn, I see you found your way just fine." A 'slightly' bitter voice said from above Sakura. She timidly looked up and gave Sasuke a sheepish grin.
"I-I'm sorry Sasuke-k….Sasuke-sama! Please forgive me!" she cried jumping up and out of Anko's grasp only to bow her head low in front of Sasuke.
"Whatever, now you know where we train….." he turned to Anko who got up and brushed herself off calmly, "Why are you here?"
"I'm Seeu-kun's watcher."
"Watcher? Like…a babysitter?" Sasuke smirked at Sakura.
"No! She's just showing me around like you did yesterday!" Sakura cried.
"You guy's don't know yet?" Anko asked ignoring Sakura's whines.
"Know what?" Sasuke and Naruto asked in unison.
"Now, you can't go telling anyone else this, the only reason I'm telling you guys is because Seeu will be training with you most of the time." Anko said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Ok…" Naruto pressed.
"No! Wait!" Sakura yelled, unsure of what Anko would tell them.
"Orochimaru is after Seeu."
"What! Why? Is he from a special clan?" Sasuke asked immediately.
"Huh? Is he super powerful?" Naruto asked.
"We're not sure WHY, but I'm here to help protect him, and you guy's should too now that you know."
"What? No! She's lying! Everything is ok, really!"
"What clan are you form?" Sasuke asked, his face hovering close to Sakura's.
"I-I'm not from a clan!"
"You don't have a demon in you then, heh? Hehee." Naruto shrugged.
"No, I don't have a demon in me…" Sakura sighed.
"What's this about demons?" Kakashi asked from his place on the bridge railing.
"Sensei…." Sakura hissed demonically.
"Oh….hehe….Seeu…you don't look so good, are you feeling ok…?" Kakashi asked meekly.
"No…sensei…I don't feel good….in fact I'm feeling kinda crappy….do you wanna know why?"
"Ur…not really….let's get to training!"
"Not so fast!" Sakura cried angrily.
"G-good morning Seeu-kun!" another voice cried out. Sakura sighed and hung her head, turning to see who it could be.
"Good morning Tenten-san." Sakura said wearily.
(When I get him alone….)
"Did you hear?" Lee asked Sakura from behind the brunette, "We're all training together today! Maybe we can get that spar in!"
"Oh…" (………………)
"Yes, after that little warm up we can fight." Neji smirked.
(God help)
"Hehee….that…sounds great……"
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A/N: BEHOLD! A really long chapter, kinda sucky and I apologize! Eh, well there were SOME good points of this I guess, I fit in almost all the love interest options except Orochimaru who I will try get in soon. I might not do Ino since it seems too much of a crowd to have that many teams + Anko + Orochimaru in one place. So I was thinking Sasuke could become slightly jealous? It's not sasusaku but he's always fun to mess with, besides, him struggling with liking another boy gives him purpose XD (ahem) anyway, R & R PLEASE!