A.N.: I already killed off Itachi 'coz in this story, he's such a pain in the ass and I don't know what to do with him… (no offense Itachi fans!).
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
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Sakura almost fainted of what she just heard.
"WHAT! ARE YOU SURE!" Sakura yelled as Sasuke stared at her.
"Yeah! He committed suicide last night for an ulterior reason! I'm so happy and since because he's dead, you can now live peacefully without worrying if someone barges into your bathroom while you're taking a bath! Serves him right!"
"Tsunade-sama… calm down… you're so hyperactive…" Sakura said, smiling but because of Tsunade's excitement, she completely ignored her statement.
"Not to mention that one of the best members of the Akatsuki is already dead! So there's minus one to the most wanted list and we won't worry about being attacked by him!"
"That's great news Tsunade-sama… Thanks for notifying me and I'll call you later k?"
"OK!"
Tsunade slammed the phone down. Sakura guessed that the phone maybe have gone into minces already due to Tsunade's strength. She shook the thought off as she ran into Sasuke and hugged him, making them fall into the floor.
"Whoa! Hey! Wait! Sakura! What is it!" Sasuke asked, blushing. Sakura was on top of him as she squealed.
"As expected, your brother committed suicide last night and he's dead!" Sakura didn't seem to be noticing their position at the moment and Sasuke seemed to forget somehow. His eyes just widened as he started to laugh.
'Finally! He laughed!'
A few moments later…
"Uh—that's great news Sakura, but can you please get off me? You're so heavy." Sasuke said as Sakura lightly punched his shoulder, but due to her inherited strength, it felt like a real punch for Sasuke.
"OW!" Sasuke massaged his shoulder.
"OMG! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" Sakura said, helping him sit up.
"You should be careful about your strength Sakura! You could kill someone!" Sasuke said.
Sakura just gave him an apologetic smile and sweat dropped anime style.
"Why the hell did you punch me anyway!"
"Well… you always say that I'm heavy."
"Because you are." Sasuke replied. Sakura pouted.
"I'm a ninja! You're much heavier than I am!" Sakura protested. Sasuke felt himself blush because Sakura looked really cute.
"Whatever." He said as they both stood up. Sakura sat at a sofa and Sasuke did the same. Then, Sakura started to stare heavily at Sasuke, which made Sasuke have goose bumps.
"Take a picture. It would last longer." He said. Sakura clapped her hands.
"Why don't we eat out to celebrate!" Sakura suggested as Sasuke pointed Kioko.
"We can take her off course!" Sakura said. Sasuke nodded then Sakura took Kioko and dressed her up while Sasuke changed into a pair of cargo pants (he wore cargo shorts earlier).
"Hey chicken-head."
Sasuke looked at Sakura. She started to laugh.
"What did you just call me?" Sasuke asked dangerously. Sakura stuck out her tongue.
"Chicken head! Why! Are you OFFENDED!" Sakura mocked as Sasuke smirked.
"Big forehead."
"HEY!"
"Why are you calling me a chicken head anyway! For me, I think I don't look like a chicken." Sasuke said triumphantly. Sakura smiled. Sasuke's started to soften up and act like a real human being.
"Your hair. It stands out in the back. What's up with that?"
"For your information, it's because of the forehead protector." Sasuke pointed his forehead protector. Sakura approached him as Sasuke backed away.
"Whoa, what are you doing!"
"Shut up." Sakura said as she reached out her hand and untied the forehead protector at the back of his head and let his hair fall. She pulled out a brush and started to brush his hair. She tied the forehead protector on his upper right arm.
Sakura looked at him and smiled while trying to hide a small blush.
'Damn, he looks really hot with his hair down!'
'YOU BETCHA!'
"Look at the mirror." Sakura ordered while smiling as Sasuke looked at the mirror and looked back at Sakura with one eyebrow raised.
"What am I supposed to see?" Sasuke asked with one hand on his hip.
"You look different." Sakura complemented.
"And you look more handsome than before ya know." Sakura added. Sasuke looked back at the mirror.
"No thanks. I don't think I wanna get chased by more fan girls tonight." Sasuke said as he reached out for his forehead protector but Sakura cleared her throat.
"Do that and I won't talk to you for the rest of the month." Sakura said while crossing her arms on her chest. Sasuke looked queasy but he had no other option.
"Oh alright."
"Yipee!" Sakura said happily while Sasuke rolled his eyes. Sasuke eyed her ANBU uniform.
"Don't you wanna change?" Sasuke asked, pointing her uniform. Sakura went to her closet and pulled out two dresses. One was a cute mint green Sunday dress and the other was a shoulder's off flowing dress that reached above her knees that was colored blue with a sky blue ribbon as a belt.
"Which one? The mint one or the blue one?" Sakura asked. Sasuke stared blankly at her.
"We're just going to have dinner." Sasuke told her. Sakura pouted.
"I know but I wanna look nice!"
"And pray tell me the reason?" Sasuke asked, sitting at the bed with Kioko. Sakura thought of a good reason.
"Do you wanna be with a girl who looks like a masculine tired dog?"
Sasuke smiled.
"But for me, you're beautiful even though you're in that uniform." Sasuke said but he didn't really mean to say it out loud. Unfortunately, Sakura heard him loud and clear.
"REALLY!"
"But—I… uh—I didn't mean to say that and um—"
Sakura glared at him.
"Then you actually think I'm ugly!"
"NO! It's not that! I said that because—" Sasuke said, waving his hands in defense. Sakura eyed him dangerously and soon, she sighed.
"Never mind." Sakura said as she picked out the blue dress and went to the bathroom to put it on. Sasuke sighed as he looked at Kioko, who reached out her hands as Sasuke cradled her in his arms again.
"Tell me something Kioko. What should I do?"
Kioko just started to laugh (and because baby's laughs are really funny to hear) Sasuke started to laugh as well. Sakura came out as Sasuke whipped his head and started to blush as well.
"So… what do you think?" Sakura asked happily while turning around. Sasuke nodded as Sakura pony tailed her hair and put on some blue doll shoes.
"Okay! Let's go!" Sakura said as she took Kioko and they went out.
At a restaurant…
Sasuke insisted that it would be his treat. Sakura ordered just one dish and some other stuff. Sasuke as well. Kioko would be eating mashed potatoes (but they're really good!).
Sakura stared at Sasuke's features. It seems that half of the population of the females inside the restaurant is now heavily staring at him. Sakura shot them a death glare each as they instantly looked away.
"Aren't you uncomfortable for people staring at you?" Sakura asked all of a sudden. Sasuke rested his head on one hand.
"I'm used to it." He replied bluntly.
"Hey, what's the long face for?"
"I have to keep my cold façade or people would think that I'm actually enjoying this…"
"Date." Sakura finished the sentence for him. Sasuke glared at her.
"This is not a date."
"Yes it is."
"No it's not." He replied monotonously.
"Yes it is." Sakura sang. Sasuke became annoyed.
"Whatever." Sasuke rolled his eyes as Inner Sakura punched the air and yelled "I WIN!".
"Ha! I win! So you're ACTUALLY enjoying this small date of ours? Ne?" Sakura teased. Sasuke smirked as he raised an eyebrow.
"Dream on sister." Sasuke replied. Sakura started to pout.
"Aww… then you don't want to be with me!"
Sasuke glared at her.
"What does THAT supposed to mean?"
"I mean, don't you want my company? You already told me earlier that I'm ugly then this is the next one? You do know how to hurt people don't you?" Sakura responded hotly.
"I didn't call you ugly earlier." Sasuke replied, looking at the other direction.
"Yes you did." Sakura protested. Kioko just watched the couple as they started an argument. Sasuke looked straight at her jade orbs.
"I did not. And would you stop your infantile actions? It's annoying me." Sasuke replied.
"Hmph!" Sakura looked at the other direction with her nose in the air. Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes as he watched Sakura play with Kioko.
"HEY! LOOK AT THAT!" someone yelled as Sasuke and Sakura whipped their heads and saw Naruto at the door with Hinata, and he was pointing at them. Sakura sweat dropped anime style as Sasuke groaned. Naruto zoomed at them.
"SOOOOO… ARE YOU TWO ON A DATE OR WHAT!"
BAM!
"OW!" Naruto massaged a large lump on the head. In case that you're wondering, it was Sakura who punched him in the head.
"Could you shut up!"
"Hey! Nice hairdo teme! I think you have already noticed it!"
"Noticed what simpleton?" Sasuke asked.
"Being a chicken head!"
Sasuke groaned. Sasuke chuckled madly.
"Naruto-kun…" Hinata called out as Naruto looked at her.
"Good evening Sasuke, good evening Sakura." Hinata said as both Sasuke and Sakura nodded at her. Naruto asked the same question again as Sakura smiled and looked at Sasuke who gave her a tell-Naruto-this-is-a-date-and-I'll-make-you-pay look.
"We came here to celebrate." Sakura said as Sasuke sighed in relief.
"For what?" Hinata and Naruto asked in unison.
"Itachi's dead. He committed suicide."
"WHAT! REALLY!" Naruto yelled again.
BAM!
"Ow Sakura! I might have brain damage!" Naruto yelled as Sakura massaged her knuckles.
"How can you have brain damage if you don't have a brain!"
"HEY! THAT'S AN INSULT!"
Sakura grabbed his collar.
"Shout one word again and I swear I would make you pay." Sakura warned him as Naruto sweat dropped anime style towards the Sakura that was now glowering at him.
"Okay sorry."
Hinata and Sasuke sweat dropped as well.
"Really Sakura? When did this happen?" Hinata asked.
Sakura told them everything.
"So you're happy now teme?" Naruto asked as Sasuke looked at the other direction. Sakura smirked as she nodded.
"He may not show it but he is."
"Wow Sakura. You understand him like you're his own wife." Hinata giggled as Sakura blushed and shook her head vigorously.
"I don't intend to be Mrs. Uchiha Sakura." Sakura crossed her arms.
"Ooh! It suits you!" Naruto said making both of them blush even more. Thankfully, they bid goodbye after and seated to the far corner.
"Hey Mrs. Uchiha Sakura." Sasuke teased. Sakura glared at him.
"So you do like to be my husband." Sakura teased back.
"Like I said, dream on. I don't wanna have a wife who's eccentric and has a strength that is equal to a giant's." Sasuke responded coldly. Sakura raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"And I don't wanna have a husband who has an ice cub sticking in his ass and also having an ego equivalent to the Asian continent. And also without a sense of cordiality." Sakura dared. They glared at each other for a while as they looked at the other direction after wards. Kioko started to laugh.
'I have a sneaky feeling that she could understand us and is enjoying it.' Sasuke and Sakura thought at the same time.
Sakura was now the one holding Kioko as she and Sasuke walked around town. Sakura remembered something.
"Oh, the cherry blossom festival is in two days." Sakura said.
"It would be a night before we would return Kioko to her parents. They'll be arriving by tomorrow morning." Sasuke replied. Sakura was in a daze.
'I don't have any decent kimono left. I can't wear the same kimono that I wore in Neji's party. I better buy one now. At least I could have some opinion with Sasuke… wait… does he have a kimono…? Knowing him, he would probably just pull out an old kimono from his closet and wear it.'
"Sakura?" Sasuke snapped her out of her daze.
"I better buy a kimono." Sakura replied instantly.
"Why don't you use the kimono that you wore back at the party?" Sasuke asked. Sakura explained to him that she doesn't wanna wear the same kimono because too many people saw her in it already. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Sluggard." Sakura spat at him.
"I am not." Sasuke protested.
"Prove it to me then. Help me search for a good kimono." Sakura replied. Sasuke gulped. For him, there's nothing more worse than accompanying a woman in her shopping. It would take them hours!
"Could it wait till tomorrow?"
"No! Let's go!" Sakura said as she ran to the nearest store, leaving Sasuke behind. Sasuke placed his hands behind his pockets.
"Tch." He muttered as he started to walk.
At the store…
"SASUKE-KUN!" The girls started to squeal. Sasuke's eyes widened as he instantly zoomed beside Sakura. Sakura didn't seem to see him until Sasuke bent down and whispered something.
"Take these crazy girls away from me." He ordered.
"Hmmm?" Sakura asked, eyeing a kimono that was displayed on the wall. Sasuke pinched her as she looked angrily at him and then he pointed the girls who were now in a cluster, with hearts forming in their eyes.
"Oh. Them." Sakura said, smiling.
"Sakura dear, is something the matter?" The old woman who was dressed in a white kimono and seemed like the store owner asked.
"Migumi-san! I just have a little trouble with my BOY FRIEND here." Sakura said, eyeing the girls who sighed in dismay and started to leave the store. Sasuke sighed in relief.
"Oh! He's your boy friend? I say you have snatched an excellent one there! Is he a ninja as well?"
"Oh yes. He's training for the ANBU exam."
"That's good. What's your name young man?"
Sakura looked at Sasuke as he looked at the old woman.
"I'm Uchiha Sasuke."
"Ah! An Uchiha! The last one I presume? I have heard that your older brother died! I'm sorry about that Sasuke."
"Actually Migumi-san, we're happy that he's dead. He's an S class criminal that had been a pain in the butt for many years and also a hindrance for Sasuke."
"Oh. I hope you two would be the ones who would make little Uchiha's run around town again. I miss those old days."
Sasuke and Sakura blushed. Sakura proceeded to choose some cute kimono's leaving Migumi and Sasuke talking at the counter.
"Hey Sasuke, when are you going to propose to my young Sakura eh?" Migumi asked.
"Huh? What? Propose?"
"Yeah! Marriage! She's been alone for a long time now. I have been close to her because her family often comes here to buy kimonos. But then when I heard that her parents died, she had been alone ever since. She needs a man who's there to make her feel that she's not alone and would protect her and her family no matter what." Migumi said sadly as she looked at Sakura, who was looking at kimono's especially designed for babies.
"How about this one Kioko?" They heard her say.
"I think we're both not ready for marriage. Maybe if things run smoothly again, then maybe that's the time I would propose." Sasuke replied. Hey, the woman thinks he's the boy friend right?
"Then good luck with it then!" Migumi winked at him as Sakura arrived with a baby's kimono colored maroon with white lily prints on it and a darkish silver obi.
"It's so dark." Sasuke said.
"No. It's fine. It would suit her with the Uchiha crest. You see, she's really vulnerable and I think she'll be the one to wear the crest for the night for her protection." Sakura said.
"I see."
"We'll take it Migumi-san." Sakura said as Migumi thanked her.
"Well, don't you wanna buy for your own kimono?" Sasuke asked. Sakura shook her head.
"No. Maybe tomorrow. I feel kinda tired." Sakura responded.
A.N.: What do you think will happen at the festival? Sasuke and Sakura are really great as a couple. I can't imagine Sasuke being with another girl rather than her…
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