Wishful Thinking
by: Sakuranime
Disclaimer: I'm going to ask Santa for Naruto on Christmas…D Until then…nope…(boohoo)
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"Quotations"
'Thoughts'
(( Flashbacks ))
Chapter 3: Ramen, anyone?
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Normally, one would explain something in great detail to one who doesn't understand you. That's what normal people would do. Tragically for Naruto, this was Sakura the genie-fairy-spirit-deity we're talking about. And she wasn't normal.
Sakura took the gaping fox-boy by the ear and brought him closer to her. Naruto's eyes widened even further, if possible, and he asked nervously, "Uh…Sakura-chan? Wh-wh-what are you d-doing?"
Sasuke's eyebrows rose. 'Is she going to kiss him!'
Naruto's face was now inches away from Sakura's smiling lips…centimeters away…
He began to sweat but didn't pull away from her grip. "S-S-Sa-Sakura-chan…? What-?" A playful spark went through Sakura's eyes, making him even more nervous. Sasuke twitched. What was she going to do?
Millimeters away… Naruto could feel her breath caressing his lips…
'This is just like a Icha Icha Paradise movie!' Kakashi giggled inwardly. He always got this fluttery feeling in his stomach whenever he thought about his favorite manga. A habit he picked up from somewhere.
Sasuke was twitching uncontrollably now and he didn't know why. 'WHAT is that dobe think he is doing!' He demanded silently, watching as Sakura's lips were a mere millimeter away from Naruto's. The brooding boy seethed even more as Naruto closed his eyes and puckered his lips to welcome the 'kiss' he was about to experience…
Suddenly, Sakura turned Naruto's face around, startling everyone, so that his ear was in front of her mouth and shouted sharply.
"I'M A GENIE-FAIRY-SPIRIT-DEITY! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU! GEEZ, ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS UNBELIEVABLE!" The pink-haired girl said, err, shouted in one breath. When Sakura was done, she inhaled, taking huge gulps of air.
Naruto howled in pain, clutching his ear as Sakura let go of her vice-like-grip. "AHHH! MY EARS! THEY HURT SO MUCH!"
Sasuke closed his eyes and exhaled, suddenly relieved. 'Relieved of what?' He wondered, but didn't have time to conjure an answer because of the orange-clad-Konoha-village-idiot. "Naruto, shut up." He said gruffly, stuffing his hands into his pockets, an annoyed look on his face once again.
"HUH? WHAT DID YOU SAY SASUKE-TEME?" Naruto yelled, a bit too loudly for the rest of Team 7 plus Sakura's taste.
Kakashi chuckled, resuming his reading of Icha Icha Paradise. "Looks like Naruto has a temporary dose of deafness."
"Ah…whoops." Sakura laughed nervously, a hand on her head. "I guess I yelled a teensy-weensy-itty-bitty-jumpy-lumpy-munchy-crunchy-teeny-weeny," Sasuke stared at the girl's choice of words. Was she educated or not? "too much…heh."
"WHAAAAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!" The annoying loud voice of the great Uzumaki Naruto cut through the air like a hot knife through butter.
"Shut up, dobe." Sasuke gritted his teeth. His cool was about to fall any moment now.
"I'm so sorry, Naruto!" Sakura apologized and bowed. 'Ah…I'm supposed to be a genie-spirit-fairy-deity thing! Which means, grant wishes…not make innocent people deaf!'
Naruto cupped his ear and with a questioning look on his face yelled, "WHAT DID YOU SAY!"
Sakura took a deep breath. "I SAID I'M SORRY!" She screamed, making Kakashi and Sasuke wince in displeasure.
"WHAT!"
"I'M SORRY!"
'Their voices rival each other…' Sasuke grumbled. 'Why the hell are they so annoying!'
Kakashi gave a fake-apologetic look to Sasuke, putting away his book. "Sorry, Sasuke but I have no intention of going deaf so I leave them in your hands now!"
Sasuke seethed, wanting to murder the man who was their 'teacher'. "Wait…you're leaving me with them!" He demanded, pointing at the two yelling each other's asses off. Kakashi nodded. Again with the apologetic look. "But what about training?" He sputtered, hoping for another way to get away from them.
The scarecrow waved lazily, turning around. "Training's cancelled for today. Take a day off and do something." Before he had a chance to protest, Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving the boy stunned.
"SAKURA-CHAN, I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Naruto shouted, a puzzled look on his face.
She growled. "I SAID I'M SORRY!"
Sasuke slowly turned around, a horrified expression on his face. 'Damn him! Leaving me with these two nut-jobs…I swear I'm going to kill him someday…'
"WHAT!"
"DAMNIT, CAN'T YOU TAKE AN APOLOGY!"
The sole-insanity-surviving Uchiha twitched uncontrollably. What the hell was he supposed to do with these two? Ah well, as the saying went: If all else fails, seek Ichiraku.
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The sound of customers made the ramen owner turn from his cooking and a smile lit up his face.
"Welcome to Ichiraku, what will your order-" He stared, wide-eyed at the trio who just entered his beloved shop.
An impassive Uchiha with a murderous look on his face, one screaming blonde, Naruto, and a pink-headed girl whom he never saw was shouting back.
"WHY CAN'T I HEAR YOU, SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto's features lit up at the sight of his favorite store, Ichiraku, but that didn't stop him from holding his large mouth. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME?"
The fox-boy swore he saw smoke streaming out of her ears as she replied in equal volume. "I ACCIDENTLY SHOUTED TOO HARD! I'M SORRY!"
The ramen owner looked nervously at them, wondering why today had to be the way when he got lunatic customers. Fortunately, one was still sane.
"Three miso ramen." Sasuke said curtly, not wasting any breath. Normally he wouldn't order the same thing with the dobe but today was different. Way different. 'Now how am I supposed to train…?' The ramen owner nodded turned around and disappeared into the back of the stall to get their orders.
Sasuke massaged his temples while the two had a screaming battle royale. Never in his life did he hear anyone make so much noise, not even the dobe.
"WHAT?"
"I'M SORRY, DAMNIT!"
"WHAT! YOU'RE SOGGY?"
"NO!"
"LOW?"
"NO!"
"FLOW?"
Just then, Team 10 walked in, parading in Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji. Upon sighting the brooding boy, Ino automatically did what was logical to her girl brain…hug him.
"Hey, Sasuke!" Ino's girlish voice squealed.
Sasuke twitched. God. Another annoying sound. "Get. Off. Me. Ino." Either she was deaf, ignorant of the pent-up-rage Sasuke, or didn't want to, she didn't get off.
Ino pouted, an attempt to swoon him. "Aww, but why?" The lazy ninja grabbed her arm and pulled the surprised kunoichi off of Sasuke, getting a grateful look from him.
"I think he really wants you to get off, Ino." Shikamaru grabbed a seat in between Sasuke and her. Choji, after finishing his bag of chips, miraculously produced another out of nowhere and began eating those.
"WHAT?"
"I'M. SORRY! IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND!"
Shikamaru craned his neck past Sasuke and saw the reasons for the screams. "It seems Naruto is here too…" He mumbled lazily. "But who's that other girl? I never saw her before…"
Closing his eyes, Sasuke prayed to whatever magical being was out there (right next to him). 'Please no…I really don't want to be seen with her around…'
"What?" Ino snapped her head up from staring at Sasuke at the sound of 'girl'. "There's a girl with Sasuke?" A jealous look overcame her as she stalked over to the yelling duo. Ino tapped Sakura on the shoulder, getting her milli-second attention.
"I'M SOR- huh?" Sakura looked up at the blue-eyed blonde. "Who are you?"
Ino jabbed a finger at herself. "I'm Yamanaka Ino, future wife of Sasuke!" The pink-haired girl's eyes widened, gaining a smirk from her. "Jealous, huh? Well too bad, because he's mine!"
Sakura shook her head. "I'm not jealous-"
"What!" Ino looked at her strangely. "How can you not be? I mean, he's hot, and smart, and-" Sasuke didn't bother even thanking her for the compliments. He just ignored her.
"Yeah, he is all those things…" Sakura agreed a dreamy look on her face, making Sasuke almost fall off his chair. "But he's such a JERK!"
"Huh? Who's a jerk?" Naruto asked, a pinky wiggling in his ear.
The bubblegum-haired girl gasped in surprise and hugged him. "Naruto! You're not deaf anymore!" The blonde blushed at the close proximity with the cute otherworldly being. Neither of them could hear the growl escaping Sasuke's lips.
"Huh? Who's deaf?" Kiba walked into the stall, Hinata and Shino in tow right behind him. Akamaru barked in question as well.
Hinata was twiddling her thumbs nervously. She stole a shy glance toward her favorite blond, Naruto, and almost shrieked in surprise. 'N-Naruto and s-some…girl!'
'Great…more idiots…' Sasuke grumbled. Could his day get any worse? Unfortunately, he asked too soon. Neji and his team soon followed into the stall, looking impassive as always.
"Hey Ino, Hinata!" Tenten smiled at them and vice versa.
Neji grunted in greeting. Shikamaru raised his hand in acknowledgement, Kiba grinned toothily, Chouji paused from his munching to wave, Naruto shouted a 'HI!', and Sasuke gave the slightest motion of a nod. In contrast, Lee was quite the opposite, giving everyone a cheery, 'YOSH! The flames of youth are eternal!'
The bowl-cut-haired taijutsu specialist gasped at the sight of the 'innocent-looking' pink-haired girl, catching everyone's attention. Dramatically, he got down on one knee and took Sakura's hand as if proposing to her. "Dear pink-haired girl, what is your name?" Lee's gentleman antics caused a blush to come forth from her cheeks. Sakura couldn't reply. She just stared at his creepy eyebrows. Odd, they reminded her of a caterpillar doing the 'worm'.
"Oi, Sasuke. Who's the girl?" Kiba nodded his head toward Sakura, who Lee had just released her hand from, much to her relief.
Ino put her hands to her hips. "That's what I want to know too."
Sakura beamed, a big smile plastered on her face. "I'm Haruno Sakura, a spi-" A hand muffled her next words. Her big emerald eyes looked up to find Sasuke's murderous glare that read, tell them and I'll kill you slowly, horribly, and painfully. She pouted and stuck her tongue out but complied, leaving the others puzzled by the silent exchange of words.
"She's my sister." Sasuke supplied quickly. 'Smooth Uchiha, smooth.' His inner self scoffed at his attempt as a cover up.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, leaning against the table. "She doesn't look anything like you…" He took a closer look at the girl. "Bright green eyes and short pink hair…" His lazy eyes turned to Sasuke. "while you, on the other hand, have onyx eyes and black hair…I think I speak for everyone here that you guys look nothing alike…"
'Damn smart-ass Nara!' Sasuke inwardly smacked himself. 'The differences were so obvious anyway…even dobe could figure that out…'
"But Sasuke, I thought Sakura-chan was-" Before Naruto had a chance to ruin his reputation unintentionally, Sasuke whacked him on the head.
"-my sister. Sakura is my sister. Nothing else. Right, Naruto?" Sharp onyx eyes flashed at the blonde, getting the message through. Naruto rubbed his head, wincing at the occasional pain. His mouth turned into an 'o' shape and he nodded rapidly, giving him a thumbs up. This did not bode well.
"I thought that everyone was wiped out during the Uchiha-" Tenten stopped herself immediately, catching the shifting glance of the sole remaining Uchiha. The chocolate-haired girl knew had she uttered the words, she would be a disgusting mess on the ground. She coughed apologetically, "well, you know."
Oddly, Shino contributed to this controversy, "If Sakura-san is indeed Uchiha's sister, shouldn't we have seen her at the Ninja Academy? And if it was because she was under personal tutelage, what about three-man cells?"
Ino glanced at the pink-haired girl who just smiled back. She exchanged glances with everyone else in the room: Chouji, Shikamaru, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Neji, Lee and Tenten. They nodded. They didn't believe it either. "I don't believe it for a second! As much as I dislike it, Shikamaru's right," A 'hey!' from the lazy ninja was heard but Ino took no notice of it, "she doesn't look anything like you."
Sasuke gritted his teeth, wishing he could be anywhere but here. They just had to be nosy and ask questions?
"No, no! Sakura-chan is…" Naruto took up a thoughtful position, making him look funny. "a long, long, long, long lost sister!" A triumphant grin crossed his features as everyone exchanged disbelief looks. Sasuke visibly paled. He knew it. A grinning Naruto was notgood news.
He continued, the grin like he knew something everyone else didn't was intact. "Also, she's from the sand village!" Sasuke was sending glares at him but, being the resilient fellow he is, Naruto decided to ignore it.
"W-well, that w-would explain w-why w-we don't kn-know Sakura-san…" Hinata stammered, wanting to believe the new girl and her Naruto-kun did not have something going on. Murmurs of agreements wavered through the small crowd, otherwise known as teams 10, 8 and 9.
Sakura held up a hand. "Please! Call me Sakura!" Hinata blushed, making her smile.
The stupid grin was still on Naruto's face. "Sakura-chan was raised there by a grandma and grandpa who had no children of their own. But it was so tragic…recently, the people who raised her died protecting her from bandits so she was orphaned. Now, Sakura-chan has come to Konoha in search of her long, long, long, long, brother, Sasuke-teme!" He gestured to the raven-haired boy. The murderous glare never left Sasuke's face. That idiot was really getting into this, telling a lie like that! Surely, they were too smart to fall for that load of crap? Kakashi could even come up with something better.
Hinata gasped, ashamed of her previous assumption. "I-I'm so s-sorry for your loss, Sakura-sa-…I mean, Sakura…" She bowed apologetically, her face filled with sadness for the pink-haired girl.
Sakura blinked in surprise. "My…loss?" She looked at Naruto for an explanation and was met with a grin so big, it threatened to split his mouth apart. "Oh! Yeah…" She cast her eyes down, letting her pink locks shadow her face, "I only knew them for the majority of my life…then they just…" Her voice started to crack. She lifted her head up, revealing glossy eyes and tears threatening to fall. Sasuke and Naruto were…to put it simply, amazed. Though Sasuke wouldn't admit it out loud, she was a good actor. "they just…disappeared."
The audience were enraptured by the girl's tragic tale. Neji's eyes flickered, feeling he could relate to her. Tenten was on the verge of tears, Shino shuffled uncomfortably, Lee's eyes were burning in rage for the 'killers of Sakura's caretakers', the usual laid-back expression was gone from Shikamaru's face, Akamaru yipped in sorrow, and was hushed by an equally saddened Kiba, Hinata gasped and covered her mouth with her hands, Ino looked ashamed of herself, and even Chouji has stopped eating, unable to savor the chips he was eating.
"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan…" Ino bit her lip, "I was rude to you before, saying stuff about you and Sasuke-kun...I'm really sorry…will you forgive me?"
Sakura sniffled and wiped away the small tears, "It's alright…you didn't know, none of you did. I woke up one morning and they were gone. Just gone. Completely vanishing from my life…I only wished I was able to say how much I appreciated them for all the things they did for me…"
It was as if she was a completely different person! 'Well, that's what acting does to you…' Sasuke thought, still unable to come out of his stupor. Who knew the pink-haired, hyperactive, spirit-like, bubbly girl could lie, much less act? She had acting skills good enough to make even Neji, Shino, and Shikamaru believe her! Those three, aside from him, were smarter than that to be taken in by some random girl's words.
"But I'm not going to dwell on the past!" Sakura suddenly resolved, face cleaned from all traces of sadness, "I haven't really gotten a chance to know your names…" She grinned, taking everyone aback. A second ago she was pouring her soul out to them and now she was grinning!
Naruto broke into his everlasting smile. "You already know me, Sakura-chan, right?" She nodded, bobbing her head up and down with that smile of hers.
"Yup! Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage of Konoha!" She recited, giggling.
Tenten stepped forward, extending her hand, "Hi! I'm Tenten Kunai, (A/N: I don't know what else to put as her last name…gah!) but just call me Tenten. I'm the weapons specialist of the group." Sakura took her hand and shook it enthusiastically.
"Hiya Tenten! Weapons, huh? I think we'll get along just fine…" A grin lifted up a corner of her mouth, making the brown-haired girl lift an eyebrow.
"Oh? How so?" She asked.
Sakura smiled and leaned into her ear and whispered something inaudible to everyone but Tenten. Everyone's curiosity perked up when they heard the chocolate-haired girl shout, "NO WAY! Are you serious!"
The pink-haired girl stuck her tongue out, giggling. She nodded, causing another outburst from Tenten.
"What is it, Tenten?" Lee asked, curious. Everyone leaned in as well, wanting to know what caused the normally calm girl to suddenly explode in excitement.
"Sakura- may I call you that?" Tenten quickly asked, glee written all over her face. A nod from the pink-head and she continued, "Sakura trained a bit from Shuusuke Himura! The Shuusuke Himura! Can you believe that?" The excitement was barely contained from her voice.
Blank looks were given to her, making the weapons specialist groan in aggravation. "You guys don't know the Shuusuke Himura?"
Lee blinked, making the trademark caterpillar-brows of his move, "The way you make it sound, he sounds like a famous guy."
Tenten rolled her eyes and said dryly, "He's only the most famous weapon's master in all of the hidden villages."
"Oh, you mean that Shuusuke Himura?" Shikamaru blinked in surprise, "We read a bit about him during one of Iruka-sensei's classes." A lot of 'oh's was heard from the teams.
"Yes!" Tenten's eyes lit up again, "Shuusuke Himura uses all types of weapons- shuriken, kunai, scythes, knives, daggers, katanas, maces, flails, and other blades. They say he has never missed once!"
"Not really, Tenten," Sakura's voice got everyone's attention, "he did miss once…" A mischievous smirk appeared on her face, making them shudder involuntarily. What happened to the innocent-looking girl a moment ago? "It was around nighttime and I just finished training under him so we decided to hit the hot springs," Looks were thrown at her, causing her to turn crimson. "In separate areas, perverts!" They blushed, and she continued. "I doubt you also heard he was…handsome, right, Tenten?"
Tenten's eyes widened, a blush splashed color on her cheeks, "He…he was?" Sakura swore on her job as a spirit (you know the rest) that the boy with the weird white eyes standing beside Tenten shuffled uncomfortably.
"Super duper absolutely drop-dead gorgeous!" Sakura exclaimed, causing the girls to look astonished while the boys gave an 'hmph'.
Ino scoffed, "He's not as good-looking as Sasuke-kun, though."
"But he is!" Once again, the bubble-gum haired girl managed to capture their attention. Well, more so the girls. "Anyways, these three ladies wanted to have a peek at him while he was in the hot spring…" She giggled, "Shuu-kun, being the weapons master he is, thought it was an enemy attack and threw all sorts of sharp objects at them. The women screamed, and jumped out of the bushes. The weapons would have hit them if Shuu-kun didn't attach them with lines of charka." Sakura burst out laughing, "So technically, he did miss once."
Tenten smiled enviously at Sakura, "True, but he's still the one and only Shuusuke Himura, weapons' man extraordinaire! And I can't believe you trained under him!" Stars were literally in her eyes, "Shuusuke Himura never accepts apprentices…not even me!"
Sakura had to reach up a bit to pat the groaning girl's back since she was shorter than Tenten, "It's alright, Tenten, you'll probably train under better weapons masters besides Shuu-kun! And don't worry, I can tell you're really strong at throwing projectiles." Her wide smile was infectious and caused one to spread across Tenten's face as well.
Before she had time to ask, Lee stepped up and made a pose, much similar to Gai's, "Sakura-san! I am the green beast of Konoha, Rock Lee!" His teeth shone brightly with a 'ting!' making everyone wonder where the hell he got sunlight…they were in a stall! (A/N: Forget there was light inside the stall…)
"Ahhh! The blinding sun!" Sakura covered her eyes with her hands, "My eyes! My eyes! THEY BURN!" Everyone sweat dropped, debating briefly the sudden change from mischievous, adept in weapon-throwing, to…innocent? She was even weirder than Naruto, and that was saying many things.
Sasuke shook his head, wishing he never wanted her to revert back to a child. He began to have a little more respect after hearing she trained under the Shuusuke Himura but alas. He took her hands off her face, revealing her blinking green orbs.
"Huh? Sasuke?"
"You'll get used to it…" The unemotional boy said and stuffed his hands back into his pocket.
Sakura blinked some more, "You're right! The black dots are disappearing!" Sasuke rolled his eyes, something he was doing a lot today. "Sooooo…where were we? Oh yeah, Lee-san!" She bowed to the bowl-cut boy, "Nice to meet ya, I'm Haruno Sakura!"
"No, no! The pleasure is all mine, sweet cherry blossom," Lee said and again dramatically got down on one knee like he was proposing. Sakura got a very bad feeling about this.
"Will you go out with me?" As soon as the words left his lips, Naruto (much to Hinata's dismay) and surprisingly, Sasuke, had launched attacks on the poor green-spandex-wearing Lee. Naruto's foot bashed his head, while Sasuke's fist connected with his head. Lee staggered back in surprise, caught off-guard by the sudden attacks and was caught by an equally surprised Tenten.
Naruto jabbed a thumb at his chest, "Hey! Sakura-chan's with me, got that bushy-brows?" A fist instantly sent the fox-boy tumbling to the floor.
"I'M NOT YOURS NARUTO!" Sakura cracked her fist, fire in her eyes. Then she ran to Lee's side, "Lee-san! Are you ok?" The fire in her eyes replaced by a worried expression.
"Dear flower…" Lee coughed, once again playing the drama-queen, "I'm afraid…I can't…go on…" He coughed some more, making Sakura even more worried.
"I'm so sorry! If only Naruto didn't…" She faltered in her words. In her arms was a dying shinobi, and she felt terrible. Everyone's eyebrows twitched. She fell for Lee's drama-act? What sort of idiot falls for a horrible actor pretending to die?
Lee coughed again, "It's alright…my time draws to an end-"
"Come on, stop pretending Lee!" A sharp kick on the side from Tenten caused him to yell, "OUCH!" He sprang up, the traces of near-death gone.
Sakura's anime-huge eyes were in place, still on positioned on the ground. She stared at the two friends yelling at each other. Well, one scolding and the other protesting.
"But Tenten! I was about to get a kiss from her!" Lee said, tears about to spring from his eyes.
"No buts!" Tenten smacked him on the head lightly, "I can't believe you would to that to a girl who you just met! And she's Sasuke's sister!"
Sasuke's head sprang up at the sound of 'Sasuke's sister'. He had a sister? 'Oh yeah…' He glanced at the pink-haired, still on the floor. 'She's pretending to be my sister…' For some reason an odd feeling crossed his stomach but, being the Uchiha he was, brushed it off.
A hand extended towards the still wide-eyed Sakura. She traced the arm back to the owner and found it to be the one with long brown hair and white eyes. Sakura beamed and took the hand, to which she got up.
"Hi! I'm Sakura, what's your name?" The ever-bouncing girl asked.
He grunted an inaudible answer. Sakura leaned in, hand cupped around her ear, "What?"
"…Hyuuga Neji," He grunted again, and this time she heard. Sakura grabbed his hand and shook it rapidly.
"It's nice to meet ya, Neji-san!" She bowed and looked directly into his eyes. Neji waited for the inevitable flinch but there was none. Sakura, the smile still on her face, looked deeply into his white eyes.
She giggled, breaking eye contact, "Your eyes are pretty!" Everyone nearly choked on their own saliva. Thank god she didn't say 'Neji' and 'pretty' in the same sentence or she'll be a pile of goo on the floor. But that didn't mean the Hyuuga wouldn't proceed to it anyways.
Silence overtook the ninja's, aside from the smiling innocently Sakura.
A twitch from Neji.
They braced themselves.
The pearl-eyed Hyuuga opened his mouth, most likely to yell his byakugan move.
"…thank you, Haruno-san," Neji said calmly. Everyone's jaw hit the ground. With wide eyes, they saw Sakura reply back, "No, no! Call me 'Sakura'!"
He didn't kill her? She isn't dead?
Neji nodded slowly, "Alright…Sakura."
The world has officially gone insane.
"And who are you?" Sakura asked the dog in Kiba's hands. She scratched him behind the ears, to which Akamaru growled in happiness. She giggled.
"I'm Inuzuka Kiba, but call me Kiba," The one with red marks on his cheek stated, "and this here," he held up the dog, "is Akamaru, my dog." He smiled, baring his teeth oddly shaped like fangs.
Sakura shook Kiba's hand, "Cool! You have fangs like a dog!" She smiled, and shook Akamaru's paw, "Nice to meet ya, Akamaru! I'm Sakura!" The dog yipped, in reply. She blushed.
"Thank you, Akamaru!" Sakura replied.
Kiba blinked in surprise, "You can understand him?"
"Yeah, he said, 'You're pretty,'" She bowed to the dog, "And you're handsome, Akamaru-san."
"Wow!" She turned her attention to the boy with the large trench coat. His black shades prevented anyone from seeing his eyes. "You must be from the Aburame clan! It's so good to meet ya!"
Shino raised a brow, "You know me?"
Sakura shook her head, "Nope, but I could tell you're from the Aburame clan. They usually wear large concealing clothes so no one can see the Kikai bugs."
"You know a lot about our clan…" Shino said quietly. He was never much of a talker. "Like you know, I'm from the Aburame clan. My name is Shino."
"H-h-h-he-hello, S-S-Sakura…" Hinata's shy voice found its way to Sakura's ear, "I'm H-H-Hyuuga…H-Hina-Hinata…" She stuttered, a blush staining her cheeks from embarrassment.
Sakura laughed, "Breathe, Hinata! There's no need to stutter, it's not like we're in a class or anything! Anyways, it's nice to meet ya!" She noticed the identical eyes between Neji and her. "Your eyes look exactly like Neji-sans…" Sakura took a closer look, "are you related?"
Hinata nodded, grasping her hands together, "Yes…we're related." Neji grunted in response.
"Like a brother?" Sakura asked.
The shy Hyuuga shook her head, "N-no, he's n-not my b-b-brother…"
"Oh," Sakura's eyes looked down but she looked back up into Hinata's eyes, "well, at least you have someone who's related to you!" She smiled at Sasuke who was taken aback. What was that smile supposed to mean?
Sasuke smacked himself again. He forgot she was 'related' to him! Good god, where was the Uchiha in him going? He was a prodigy for God's sake.
Sakura faced the blonde-haired girl's team and smiled, "As you know, I'm Haruno Sakura!"
This time, Ino didn't look at her with contempt and instead extended a hand toward the girl, "I'm Yamanaka Ino, but you can call me Ino-chan." She smiled as Sakura took her hand, "it's nice to meet you, Sakura-chan."
Ino glanced at the two teammates beside her and sighed, "This is Choji," she gestured to the large boy next to her, a new bag of chips in his hand, "he'll eat anything and I mean anything." Sakura giggled and waved at the pig.
She gestured to the dark-haired ninja with a high ponytail, "This is Shikamaru," Ino leaned into Sakura's ear, "I admit he's extremely smart but he's also the laziest ninja you'll ever meet." Shikamaru gave a slight wave to which Sakura returned.
"Well, that sums just about everyone!" Sakura announced, clapping her hands, "Oh! I almost forgot! Sasuke."
The lone Uchiha stared at her, "What?"
"Well…? Tell me about yourself!" Sakura said, huffing, "everyone else did! Even when we first met I didn't get anything out of you except your name."
Sasuke gave her an irritable scowl, "I don't need to tell you anything."
The pink-head growled. Then the corners of her mouth upturned quite rapidly…too rapidly for the Uchiha's taste. "But I thought I was your sister…"
Sasuke cursed under his breath. Damn this girl, coming out of nowhere and ruining his normal life. Now what? He just says, 'I'm an avenger. My older brother killed off my entire clan and now I have to take revenge?' No. He wasn't going to tell that to a total stranger, pretend sister or not.
So he opted for a different answer," I dislike sweets."
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Great, next time I'll make sure to bring you a basketful of chocolate…"
"Sorry, but I like my privacy," Sasuke grumbled lowly.
The pink-haired girl let out an exasperated sigh and put her hands to her hips, "Would it kill you to be a little bit more…interactive?"
"Yes."
She threw her hands up, "God, you're such a STIFF!"
"Sorry you feel that way." Sasuke answered smoothly. Was it just everyone else, or did Sasuke enjoy the verbal bout?
"I've only known you for about a day," Sakura said, "but I still know you enough to know you act like you have a STICK UP YOUR ASS!" That got Sasuke's attention.
"What did you say?" His voice was dangerously low.
Sakura also lowered her voice, "I said, you have a STICK UP YOUR ASS." Naruto was watching with great amusement as Sasuke's mouth twisted into a frown. He was the only other person that could get under Sasuke's skin. But Sakura sure knew how to do it too.
"At least I don't go around parading and greeting everyone I see, Pinky." Sasuke retorted, watching with satisfaction as Sakura twitched.
"What did you call me?"
"Pinky."
"AHHHH! Do you want to see GOD?"
Sasuke looked at the seething girl up and down, his eyes then fixed on her temples, "And a weak and fragile-looking girl…"
Sakura snapped, "You are going DOWN, AND DOWN, AND DOWN, UCHIHA!" She gestured to the ground to emphasize her point.
"A weak girl like you who can't even defend herself against a boar thinks she can defeat me?" Sasuke sneered.
"For your information, I'M ALLERGIVE TO BOARS!"
The audience of this verbal fight gaped. Did the normally passive Uchiha and bouncy pink-headed girl seem oddly…enjoyable in this?
"Hey!" Naruto interrupted, "Sakura-chan isn't weak!"
"Yosh!" Lee did his Gai-pose, "How dare you insult Sakura-san!"
"If I didn't know any better…" Naruto narrowed his eyes at the bowl-cut fiend, "I would say you're coming onto Sakura-chan…"
"What about you, Naruto?" Lee countered. And soon, they were engaged in a verbal fight of their own.
Inside, Hinata's blood boiled with jealousy. Her Naruto-kun liked Sakura? No! It was unspeakable, she would not believe it. "N-Na-Naruto-kun...please don't fight with Lee-san…" She was pulled into the fight as well.
"Well…this is an interesting turn of events…" Tenten said slowly, not wanting to engage in a fight of her own. Neji merely nodded, keeping an eye on Hinata. Though they were not related and he did detest the main branch, it was still his duty that the Hyuuga-heiress would not get hurt.
"WHAT?" Sakura's loud voice turned the remaining genin's attention to the main bout.
"Do you have a hearing problem too, PINKY?"
She growled, "You're SO dead, Uchiha!"
"Oh yeah," Sasuke smirked his Uchiha smirk, "and you have a larger-than-average forehead."
"DIE!"
THUMP!
'Ouch,' was on everyone's minds as they winced. The Uchiha had just been pummeled to the ground, a large bump on his head.
"Go, Sakura!" Ino rooted, punching a fist into the air, "GIRL-POWER!"
"How troublesome…" Shikamaru muttered, "girl's are weak…" As soon as the words left his mouth, he had to dodge Tenten's kunais. The air was filled with shouts, protests, shrieks, cries of pain, verbal assaults, and the crunching of potato chips.
Just then, the ramen stand owner came to the front, a tray of ramen bowls in his hand, "I'm very sorry for the long wait, there was some difficulty-" he stopped short at the chaos in his small ramen store.
Shikamaru was trying to avoid being skinned by Tenten while dodging Ino, Neji was trying to rein in the raging Tenten while keeping a lookout for Hinata who was currently in between Naruto and Lee's duel, shortly followed by Kiba and Akamaru, Shino and Choji were exchanging pleasant talk, and Sasuke and the weird pink-haired girl were trying to kill each other.
The ramen owner asked nervously, scratching the back of his head, "Uhh…is anyone going to eat ramen?"
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SA: (whistles) HOLY MOTHER! 14 PAGES! Wow…well, hope it didn't suck too bad…
Gaara: Personally? I didn't like it.
Naruto cast: (murmurs) Yeah…it was ok…no, it was horrible…
SA: (boohoo) Gee, THANKS, Gaara! That boosted my self-esteem so much…
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L4zyL4dy: It's alright, I know you didn't mean to judge me! (smile) Yeah, it's an AWESOME coincidence…as I've said before, great minds think alike!
Nadramon: uhh…not sure if I already answered this but - YAY! You think my story is funny! …naru/sasu…(twitch) (TWITCH)…gaa/hina…(TWITCH!)…that should answer your question! (smile) I'm so sorry, but I'm not a yaoi-lover! (boohoo) I would say to discontinue reading this story because the pairings are: Sasu/Saku, Naru/Hina, Ino/Shika, Ten/Neji…and I'm not sure about others! I think Gaara WILL make an appearance…later on…somewhere…xD Sakura isn't EXACTLY a genie, she's more like a spirit, in my opinion, who HAS genie-like powers! THANK YOU!
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Nadramon: Thank you for still reading this story! (gives pocky) You know what that is right? Those chocolate covered stick stuff…YUM! I'm really not sure if the story is beginning to suck…I think it is…xP School is going to start on SEPT. 7! And I'm pretty stressed out about summer work and crap…GAH!
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pei-chan: YAY! You think my story is funny too! I hope it didn't lose it's funniness…I know, what a name! But I couldn't think of anything else! Sakura is NOT a genie alone, she's sorta everything! SORTA! I know, I hope I don't get writers block too…(boohoo)
Princess Sakura Haruno: That's the first time (I think) that anyone said I had a similar story but WROTE differently…wow, THANKS! Of course I won't delete it! The worst thing to happen is that I'll get writer's block! (shiver) SCARY!
DarknessReigns4ever: (chanting) I will I will I will I will…(smile) Of course, anything for the reviewers!
THE PUPPY DOG EYES NEVER LIE: wow…I never thought the story was THAT GOOD…xD I thought the story actually sucked…so, THANK YOU! MOOHAAHAHA! (yes I said 'moohahaha') I know I'm evil…putting that cliffy there…sorry for the slow update, but summer assignments have to be done!
iluvanime493: Thank you so much for believing me! (smile) Wow! Really? You had the same idea too? GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE! D Well, like I said before, she's not REALLY JUST a goddess, I don't know what to call her…she's like a spirit WITH the powers of a genie, goddess, and etc. About the boar-thing…I just needed some way for Sasuke and Sakura to meet…xD. I know, pathetic, but hey- it worked! And she's allergic to it…but don't ask…
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Nadramon: Hey, nadramon! You've become a regular reviewer so I've noticed your penname…(grin) I'M SO SORRY! I didn't know you disliked Sasu/saku…you should really stop reading this story because I am a SUPER fan of SASU/SAKU! I think they are the most adorable couple, next to NARU/HINA! Thank you for thinking it's funny but you really shouldn't continue reading something you don't like! Not that I dislike the reviews…D
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