Arranged Meetings
Disclaimer: I don't own naruto cause I'm broke, but I own the story, cause I wasted all my money on it.
A/N YAY I'm alive, since all the action so far in my summer has calmed down I finally found time to update, sorry for making you all wait and I'm sorry that this chapter really doesn't have that much stuff but please enjoy.
Recap of last chapter
Sakura you have 7 days to figure out whom you which to be with…
"Sasuke-kun, could you promise me not to tell anyone what happened here?"
Sasuke nodded. "Of course." he knew if someone did know then he would suffer and major blow to his reputation and it means that the Hyuuga's might be able to mock him.
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Chapter 9
Sasuke walked through the gates of Konoha where Naruto was sitting patiently waiting for Sasuke's return with Sakura.
"Took you long enough Sasuke-teme, if I went then I would have been back with Sakura-Chan five hours ago." Naruto remarked but grew mad as Sasuke continued to walk by him, not listening to a word he was saying.
"Hey dobe, go tell the Hokage the Sakura is back." Sasuke called over his shoulder heading towards Sakura's house, with her cuddled into his arms.
As Sasuke reached to knock on the door he realised with Sakura in his arms that he couldn't reach the door without hitting her head on the door frame. Trying a couple of times to knock with his hands, he gave up and used his foot to kick on the door.
Two sets of feet could be heard rushing down the stairs, then the porch light flicked on and the door was swung open. Both of Sakura's parents looked down at Sasuke a bit confused. Feeling the awkwardness Sasuke handed their daughter over to her father so that he could leave.
Sakura's father took her from Sasuke still confused on why they were getting Sakura from the younger Uchiha.
Didn't Itachi take her?
But then decided to let the young man go home so he could get some rest since it was only Wednesday and he had training tomorrow along with all the other genins. Sakura's mom closed the door behind them as her dad took Sakura to her bedroom and placed her sleeping frame onto her bed and putting the sheets over top of her and turning off the lights so she could sleep.
Sakura's father walked into the living room where his wife was sitting down on one of there sofa's.
"What do you think happened?" He asked her sitting down beside his wife. (A/N we'll call her Emiko)
"I don't know, I remember sensing Itachi's chakra then the two of them heading off outside of Konoha. So where does Sasuke fit into this?" Emiko asked back, then headed to the kitchen to make some tea, Emiko could tell that they wouldn't be going back to bed tonight and it wasn't too early in the morning.
"Kakashi must have gone against our wishes and sent him to go get Sakura. That man does not know when to leave family matters alone does he?" (A/n we'll call her dad Koji) Koji called to his wife as she walked back from the kitchen with a hot kettle in her hand and two cups with a green tea bag sticking out of each one.
"I can tell he was trying to go with our wishes, but everyone else in the village believes Itachi-kun is a dangerous man. In fact I don't blame him for killing the clan." Emiko said putting the tea bag in and getting it to the right strength before pouring out two cups and handing one to her husband.
"True when the name Itachi comes up, everyone is scared and presumes trouble don't they." He said sipping the cup slowly.
"Koji-kun, we should send a letter to Kakashi-sensei telling him that Sakura won't be going to training this morning. She's probably exhausted and I want to know exactly what happened with the arranged marriage." Emiko said as she pulled out some paper and a pen to write the note.
Koji got up and paced back and forth trying to figure out if the marriage would still be on or not.
It was 9:30 am when Sakura finally awoke from sleeping, as she turned over to look at her clock she screamed. She was SOO late for training. It wasn't serious, but of course Kakashi-sensei would probably only be arriving now, if she really hurried she might be able to make it. She flung her soft cotton sheets from her body and reached for some clothing from her closet and rushed into the bathroom.
"Sakura-chan." her mother called her from downstairs.
"We excused you from training today, please calm down and take your time." Sakura was already in putting water in the bath tub when she heard this and breathed a sigh of relief. "Although once you're done, I would like to talk to you."
Sakura called back saying she understood and filled the bathtub with the cherry blossom smelling bubble bath and perfume. Then climbed in letting her muscles relax and all the dirt and sweat from the night before come off her body.
Half an hour later when Sakura finally surfaced from the bathroom, dressed with her hair freshly dried from the blow dryer. Her father had gone to work two hours ago so it was only Sakura and Emiko in the house. Pulling some of her breakfast out of the oven where her mother left it to keep it warm, Sakura sat down across from her mother at the breakfast table and started to eat while her mom explained what she wanted to talk about.
"Honey, What happened while you were out with Itachi-kun?" her mother questioned as Sakura cut her egg apart and put a portion in her mouth.
"Well after Itachi-kun stole me from my room, we left Konoha and ..." Sakura blushed realising she had just called him Itachi-kun in front of her mother. Emiko raised and eyebrow, then motioned for her to go on.
"Well we didn't get to talk much since Sasuke came after us and then one thing led to another and a chase, then I learned that Sasuke-kun liked me and now I have to choose who I'm going to marry at age 13." Sakura said a bit mad at the last part, she wanted to find love not be forced to figure out who she wanted to marry in a week. Emiko nodded then asked.
"So which Uchiha are you going to pick?" Sakura pouted
"I don't know, I mean I've always wanted Sasuke-kun to like me back, and now I know he does, or at least he might be trying to get revenge on his brother. And I have no clue about Itachi-kun." Sakura stopped. She knew she had to go find Sasuke-kun after their training and ask him how he really felt about her.
Putting her plate in the dishwasher Sakura then said goodbye to her mother and ran out the door without another word, leaving her Emiko confused.
"Sakura-chan where are you going?" she called out at the door but Sakura didn't give a reply and headed to Sasuke's "Secret" training spot that every Sasuke fan girl knew where it was. Looking at the clock on one of the building she knew that their training should just be ending now, so she applied some chakra into her feet to help her run fast to the spot.
Sakura had to get their before the other fan girls or else she wouldn't get any privacy with Sasuke. Looking up Sakura saw Sasuke jumping through the trees.
Perfect
She went to catch up to him. "Sasuke-kun." she called out.
As Sasuke turned his head to look at her, Sakura saw a flash of Itachi in her mind; she stopped running, and shook her head to get the image out of her head.
"Can I talk with you?" Sakura continued on pretending that she didn't see anything. Sasuke looked at her confused then nodded, letting her catch up to him.
"What is Sakura?" he asked her actually using her name.
"Could we go somewhere more private, it's about last night." She said looking around. He nodded then headed off to a spot where he knew that no one besides him knew about.
It was a small creek that connected up with a river that went outside Konoha. They sat on a small grassy hill that was hidden by all sides of trees.
"Sasuke-kun, do you love me?" she asked for the final time, except this time it was different from all the others.
"I-" Sasuke started.
I promise to make the chapters longer I'm working on it, but I figured this would be a good spot to leave of for now.
So what did you think of that chapter, I'll try to update soon, within the week hopefully. Don't forget to R&R
Kaze-ryu