AN : Heya! Cinnabunnbunn here! How'z it going? Hope ya'll are having a fantastic day (or night).
So, I'll admit, I neglected this story a bit. It's just that I've nor been seeing a great response to this story so I just did not get the motivation to write the next chapter. But then I remembered, hey! Someone will like this story. And even if they don't, you like this story and have an imagination on what to come next, so write it! So here is the next chapter!
Anyway, I hope you will enjoy reading this chapter because I really liked writing this.
So, onto the chap!
Enjoy!
Sakura was having a crisis right now, and it was just seven in the morning.
She has been trying to get some much needed shut-eye for the past hour, and has been failing miserably at it. Her mentor has been sipping on the never-ending supply of wine beside her, the Weasely Uchiha has been sitting unblinkingly like a rock under her mentor's glare and that damned Shisui has been giving her that shit eating grin that made her want to punch his face.
The only reason she didn't do it is because she thought it would mess up his appearance, and she would have to answer the head Uchiha on why he has a black eye.
And they have been travelling for close to five days now. She would've suggested just flying or gliding or hell, even opening a portal, but according to the Uchihas, Orochimaru's underlings are everywhere and they cannot risk giving them any indication about the presence of the witches with them.
Sakura was lamenting in her head about her current predicament and simultaneously cursing the high heavens on the existence of this Orochi-bastard, when she felt the shadow-carriage jerk to a stop. She parted the curtain covering the window and looked outside to find the previously lightened sky overcast and the surrounding shadowed.
Meaning, they were nearing the sorcerer's gate.
Sakura heard Itachi say something addressing the two witches. "We are nearing the sorcerer's gate. Anyone other than sorcerers can't easily pass through the gates without feeling lethal resistance. So we'll need to cast some enchantment to let the barrier pass through."
"What type of enchantment?" Sakura asked in a steeled voice without missing a beat. She did not trust these sorcerers even a bit. They would slit her throat and curse her to eternity in the pits of hell if given a chance.
"A very harmless enchantment. It will only stay until we pass through and then we will remove it." Itachi answered, raising his hands in surrender.
Sakura was still giving him a suspicious look when she felt some movement beside her. She turned her head to look at Tsunade and saw her inching her wrist out towards the Uchihas.
"I'll take the enchantment first."
"Shishou, are you sure?" Sakura asked in surprise. Her mentor knew the kinds of sorcerers better than her, how is she still so trusting of them?
"Yes." Tsunade replied to Sakura without looking at her. Itachi looked at her for a moment before taking out a simple jade bracelet and casting a spell of passage. The bracelet glowed golden before getting subdued. He tied it around Tsunade wrist and let it do its job.
"So, are you ready?" Itachi turned to Sakura who was looking at the bracelet. She lifted her eyes at him, looked at the bracelet again and then begrudgingly nodded her head.
Itachi gave her a small smile before repeating the same process of enchantment on her. She felt the weight of the jade on her wrist and the warmth of the enchantment wrap around her hand. It didn't feel particularly uncomfortable, but it still made her a bit queasy.
a good ten minutes, and they were already at the sorcerer's gate. The aura was intrusive before, but it was near combusting now. The charm did a good job making it nearable but it was still a lot to take. At least it was not lethal anymore.
Sakura looked on that the imposing gate, made more of the shadows than any actual material but the shadows seemed lighter, almost bronze in colour, hazing and blurring in with the air. The passage seemed like just a swirling space of glittering particles, not letting the passerby see anything beyond it.
"Okay so you might feel a little nauseous and lightheaded, and also a little pressed, but don't worry about it! It'll pass by soon." Shisui tried to comfort the worried witches. Sakura turned to glare at him and turned her head away with a huff, bracing for what is to come.
Sakura took a deep breath as the carriage passed through the gate, and it literally felt like the end of the world for her. She felt like she was drowning in heavy water, trying to come up to the surface and breath again, but her lungs were burning and her limbs felt heavy. She felt a sheen of sweat on her forehead, her knuckles turning white from clenching her skirt so hard, her eyes squeezed shut as she tried to keep her heart from bursting out of her chest.
And then all at once, the feeling was gone and she was able to breathe again. Sakura released her wrinkled skirt and gasped, trying to get as much air in as possible. Her eyes were watering slightly so she opened them to slits and heavily leaned back in her seat, her muscle feeling heavy and weightless all at once.
"See, it wasn't all that bad." The nervous chuckle of Shisui drifted in her ear as she fully opened her eyes to tiredly glare at him.
"If almost dying is what you call not all that bad, then sure, it wasn't all that bad."
Shisui gave another nervous chuckle before making a move to take off her enchantment. With the bracelet gone, Sakura felt the coolness in her body that made her sigh in relief. She turned her head towards the window and looked at the outside view.
Despite it being shadowed and overcast outside the gate, the kingdom of the sorcerers was absolutely beautiful. Massive mansions, tall and gleaming, golden fields of patty, wheat and other seasonal vegetables, children sorcerers playing together, showing off harmless little tricks they learned to each other, other sorcerers gliding the air or simply par oozing through the market, looking through the various assortments of fresh produces and other Knick -knacks offered by the low sorcerers.
But one thing she cannot ignore was the tensing of some people that were walking around their carriage. No doubt they felt the presence of an outsider, but dared not say anything when they noticed the vehicle belonged to the Uchihas.
They rode through the lightly crowded marketplace for a bit more time, and she noticed the surroundings changing. The vendors and hawkers became fewer, the trees and greenery became lusher and soon enough, she noticed the giant and imposing gate of the Uchiha compound.
She saw the guards open the gates and the carriage pull up into the compound, and at that moment, Sakura could feel it in her bones, that shit can only go downhill from here.
"Where is Aniki? Where is he? He was supposed to be training with me today." The annoyed grumbling of a young man echoed through the hallway of the Uchiha compound, the passersby looking at him confusion.
Sasuke could not believe his brother. How can he leave him hanging after making a promise on training with him today. He already doesn't get to see his admirable older brother enough, and now when he finally gets a day off, he just ditches him again.
It's not fair! His father might call his immature for his age, but he doesn't care, Uchihas don't break promises.
Especially to their younger brothers.
Sasuke was just grumbling in his head about his brother's disappearance when he felt it, the presence of Itachi's shadow carrier. He is here!
Sasuke turned around on his heel and made his way to the nearest exit to the outside, but stopped before he went into the light and straightened his posture and slowed down his gait to a leisure walk.
He didn't want to come off as desperate and excited afterall.
The day was quite sunny and it was contrasting greatly with the darkness of the shadow carrier. Sasuke made his way over to where it stopped to let the passengers off. He saw his brother and his older cousin, Shisui, get off the carriage, but they weren't the only ones to get off.
There were two more people, and they were not sorcerers.
Sasuke eyes sharpened at the third presence that made itself known. Honey blond hair, almond eyes and a buxom figure, it was Senju Tsunade. He didn't really know much about witches, but Senju Tsunade was a very famed name. her presence here was surprising, sure, but it was the person that got off after that made his eyes widen.
He has heard the stories of the alluring faes, who make sorcerers fall head over heels on their appearance alone, and lure them into the darkness to take their powers and soul for themselves.
And if someone told Sasuke that this girl was a fae, he would totally believe them.
Hair pink like carnations and soft like spun silk, cat-like eyes jade green and bright, smooth and pale skin, rosy full lips and a lithe form, wrapped daintily in a lavender silk dress showing off her dips and curves.
Sasuke swallowed thickly when she turned around to retrieve her bag from the seat before Shisui hurried to get it for her. Sasuke seemed enchanted with the view when he felt his brother's stare on him. He turned his head around to look at Itachi and then remembered why he was here in the first place.
So, he made his way over to the group, stealing glances at the nymph of a girl until he felt the prickling glare of Tsunade that msde him stop doing that.
"Aniki, where were you all this time?" Sasuke asked with a fidget.
Itachi blinked at him once before answering, "Father tasked me and Shisui with bringing some guests over." He waved to the new arrivals.
Sasuke looked at the rest of the group. Tsunade was assessing him with bored eyes and it was honestly unnerving to say the least, Shisui was annoying the pinkette and the said pinkette was glaring at Shisui while trying to get the bag that he was dangling over her head. It was then when her patience seemed to snap and she kicked Shisui in his shin, hard. Shisui lowered himself with a yelp to clutch at his leg and Sakura snatched the bag out of his hand and smacked his over the head. She put the bag down and finally seemed to notice the Sasuke's presence.
And some might say he was exaggerating but when she turned her eyes to him, he was sure that his heart was going to burst out of his chest.
Itachi saw the flustered expression on Sasuke's face and just chalked it upto his social ineptness at meeting new people. "Sasuke these are our guests. Senju Tsunade and Haruno Sakura. They are here to stay indefinitely until the business is over."
Sasuke snapped back to attention at the mention of the names. Haruno Sakura… it suited her. "Wait, what business?"
Itachi looked at him again with that weird expression, one that made him feel unwell. "Just some business with father and uncle. They will fill us in later when it is necessary. For now, retreat to your room and study the spells I said we were going to practice later. We are going to show our guests to their chambers."
Sasuke mutely nodded his head before giving Sakura one last glance and silently retreating back to his room.
This Sakura Haruno, he will talk to later.
"Huh, you have a weird brother Itachi. He sure needs to work on his people skills." Shisui commented with a low whistle as his eyes mischievously strayed back to the shorter girl standing beside him. Her reactions to his probing were amusing him to no end. How she can always be so adorably frustrated was something of a wonder in itself.
Sakura must've felt his stare as she turned her head to glare at him suspiciously before inching away from him. She turned away from him when she felt like a safe distance away form him and instead turned to the other Uchiha.
"So, our quarters then?"
"Yes, of course."
Itachi nodded at her before motioning for them to follow him. "Once we get you settled in, then we will meet with the clan leaders and discuss on the course of action."
Nodding quietly, Tsunade and Sakura followed Itachi down to the entrance of the guest quarters and up the stairs towards their rooms, with Shisui trailing behind them all the way.
Sakura was getting bored of the silence, so she decided that she might as well get some intel on their current predicament. "So, Mister Itachi, what exactly is it that we are dealing with?"
Itachi seemed to stumble minutely, almost unnoticeable, before he steadied himself again and addressed her question, "Orochimaru is an infamous name in the kingdom of wizards and warlocks, and upto an extent, sorcerers as well. He practiced the art of dark magic, it is heard, and that was why he was banished from the kingdom of warlocks. However, he seems to have remerged, and with an army of other magic users and also" Itachi swallowed before adding the rest, "undead."
Sakura's steps faltered at the last part as she breathed out her question, "Pardon? What was that?"
Itachi gave a heavy sigh before replying, "The undead. Orochimaru has taken to practicing necromancy. He's trying to bring back the old magic users of legends, use their power for himself and overthrow the rules of magic and acquire the Book of Darklore."
The more Sakura heard of Orochimaru's supposed plan, the more her blood froze in her nerves. Sakura looked at her mentor beside her to gauge her reaction and found Tsunade bearing the same frozen, horrified mask on her face. If her mentor is that shocked, then maybe she should be worried too. And why not, this Orochimaru guy is practicing necromancy, the art of the damned, the forbidden practice, and for good reasons too.
"But, do we have a motive? Why would he be looking for the Book of Darklore?" Sakura whispered to the Uchiha pair, not being able to get her voice beyond the level of whispering. She has heard of the Book of Darklore, but only in the legends. It's a book of the purest evil magic, trapped in it are the souls of all the ones that tried to acquire it, and conquer it, and didn't make it out alive. It is said to be almost unconquerable, but if someone is able to somehow conquer it, the Book of Darklore will grant them with eternal dark magic and power, strong enough to corrupt their very soul and overthrow the entirety of the magic users' world.
But it was all just a legend, a myth. Right?
But not anymore it seems like. The Book of Darklore is very real and very dangerous.
Itachi considered her question and pondered on it for a moment before trying to give a reasonable answer.
"We don't know the exact motive, but we do have a guess. Orochimaru has always been infamous for his obsession with the idea of immortality, and he has gone to great lengths before to attain it too. Our guess is that he is trying to do that again, and not only just become immortal, but also overthrow the magic regimes and fill up the realms with his underlings."
Sakura listened and held onto each of his words carefully. She looked at her mentor again, but this she did not look surprised, only disappointed and… sad. And also a little angry. But before she can gauge her mentor's expression anymore, or ask any more questions, they were already at their chamber floor.
Itachi led them towards a set of rooms right next to each other, and this floor seemed particularly fancier than the other ones. Itachi opened the door to the rooms with a magic identity spell, and Sakura peeked over his shoulder into the room and felt her eyes widen at the sight.
The room was absolutely beautiful. Pristine marble floors, large windows with translucent silk drapes over it to let in sufficient light during the daytime, a modest balcony, walls colored a soft peach, a large bed with cream colored silk sheets, a mahogany desk with a plush looking chair, a tall bookshelf empty of books, a roomy almirah to keep the clothes and a matching dressing table beside it.
That room, though with not an excess of supplies, was nothing less of a fairytale.
"I'll take this one." Sakura claimed quickly before anyone had any other say in it. She didn't care if the other room was going to be better, she will be staying in this room only. She made her way inside her dropped her bag heavily onto the bed. Looking around the room, she spotted a door to the right wall. Opening it, she peered inside and found it to be the bathroom that she had been hoping it will be. The same peachy walls and marble floor, but with a quartz wash basin and a pink quartz tub, a translucent silk curtain draped in front of it for the sake of modesty.
But the material of the tub and basin confused her. The use of therapeutic gemstones for shower and bath purposes are known in only the witch the culture, as far as she knows. Sorcerers and Wizards and warlocks, don't generally use gems for bathing rituals.
Deciding to just forget about it, Sakura went back into the room to find her mentor gone and only the two Uchiha sorcerers standing there. Sensing her presence, they looked up and smiled at her.
"So, is the room to Miss Sakura's liking?" Shisui asked with a teasing grin. That reminded her, he had been oddly silent the whole way upto their rooms.
"Yes, the room is quite nice, however I'm a little confused about the quartz tub in the bathroom."
Shisui seemed delighted by her question, all too eager to answer her. "Yes, it was actually put in especially for our special witch guests. We know about how particular the witches are about their bathing rituals, the reason why when we found out that we were going to have the famed high witch and her apprentice as our guests, we decided to put the quartz tub and basin to make you more comfortable." His grin turned a little sheepish as he wringed his hands together, "was it to your liking?"
His explanation was a surprise to her to say the least. Out of all the personality traits in the pompous Uchiha sorcerers, hospitality is not something she would've thought would was one.
"Yes, thank you. It was nice of you." And for the first time in the last week since meeting them, she gave a genuine smile. A smile that seemed to stun both of the other occupants a little.
After a moment of silence, it was broken by Shisui's embarrassed laugh, a light blush on his cheeks and red staining the tip of his ears, he ruffled his hair before attempting to say anything, but it only came out in a jumbled mess of half-worded sentences. So, Itachi decided that it was upto him to save face for both of them.
Clearing his throat, he indicated their departure in a much smoother and calmer tone. "Well, we are glad it was to your liking Miss Sakura, we intend to male your stay as comfortable as possible so please, don't hesitate to ask for anything you might want. However, we need to take our leave now to meet our leaders and inform them of our arrival." Itachi grabbed onto Shisui arm, who was still trying to get a word in, and proceeded to drag him out of the room. "Goodbye Miss Sakura, have some rest. We will meet soon to take you to meet our leaders." And the pair were out of the room before Sakura can even reply with anything.
Once out a safe distance away from the room, Itachi let go of Shisui's arm only to smack him on his head.
"What was that about?" Shisui whined while rubbing the sore spot on both his arm and his head.
"For being an idiot." Itachi replied smoothly. "Why are you always so hopeless. It has just been a week, stop rubbing yourself all over her like a cat in heat."
"Hey, I saw her way before a week." At Itachi's stare, Shisui disappointedly corrected himself, "It was only smoke vision, but it should count!"
Itachi stared unblinkingly at him for a few moments more before sighing to himself.
"Just stop doing that or you are going to chase her away before she even gets a chance to get settled it."
Only a grumbled reply of 'whatever' met his ears before Itachi opened the door to the main hall and walked in before the door slammed close behind them.
Sakura sighed for the umpteenth time in the last hour. She is tired from all the travelling and wants to do nothing more than just curl up in the soft bed and sleep for a day or two maybe. But that can't happen right now, because she has to meet the damned leaders and she can't be dead to the world if she wants to do that.
Sakura sighed again at that thought. At least the bath was good.
She looked at the miniature greenhouse sitting on his window, soaking in all the sunlight for the plants inside. Then she looked ta all the other things she has set up in her room. Her books, vials, jars and all those things on the bookshelf, her oils and creams and some other beauty products on the vanity table, her clothes neatly hung in the almirah, her notepad, pens, quills, scrolls and crystal balls sitting on the desk beside her bed and every other small thing shoved into the many drawers.
Suddenly remembering something, she jerked up into a sitting position and slid down from her bed before stalking to her door. Itachi opened this door with a magic identity spell, which means Itachi, or if wanted, any Uchiha really, can open it whenever they want, which means, no privacy whatsoever.
And she is not okay with that.
So, she quickly got to work. It was sorcerers magic, but a magic spell she was familiar with. Magic identity spell would require for her to empty up the identifier slot first before putting in his impression. So, though it seemed like an intimidating process, it was actually much simpler.
And no longer than fifteen minutes, she was already done with the process. Now no one other than her will be able to open her door. Sakura wiped her brow free from sweat and looked at her handiwork in pride. Her work was pretty neat if she said so herself. No one will even know at first glance that the seal has been tampered with.
Now done with all her work again, she found herself with nothing to do. Again.
Deciding to just check on what her mentor was doing, she opened the door next to her room and peered inside and found her mentor dead asleep on her plush bed. Tsunade's room looked pretty much like hers, save for colors in the shades of purples instead of pinks. She was thankful that she did not regret choosing the other room. Sakura looked at her mentor again and decided to not disturb her from her slumber. She did not feel like getting smacked in the face, thank you very much.
So instead of annoying her mentor, she decided to do some research. Not on Orochimaru, but rather on the Uchihas. They can always work on the enemy, but first they need to be sure about their allies.
So she retreated back to her room and took off all the books she can find about the history of the Sorcerers, which should contain some info about the Uchihas as one of the most well known clans in sorcery.
'This is going to be a long while…'
When people think of absolute competence and inhuman grace, they think of Itachi Uchiha. The mind of a genius with the power of a king with the grace of a dancer and patience of a saint.
But right now, that patience was going through a ringer.
"Itachi, you were ordered to bright the high matriarch witch. She is not a high matriarch." One of the eight elder bastard Uchiha sorcerer jeered at Itachi. The only reason Itachi has not knocked out his already crooked teeth is because Itachi was the epitome of perfection and that did not mean being disrespectful to your elders. However much they deserved it.
"Elder Kawarama, Miss Senju is a retired High Matriarch, which means she is as able as she was when active. She has the power, just not the status."
"That still doesn't look good on the Uchiha name. People will say the Uchiha name has fallen so low that they have to bring a retired witch." Kawarama huffed with pompous irritation as he dusted the ash from his smoking pipe in the ashtray and then turned his haughty eyes back to Itachi, "It was bad enough that you bought not one but two filthy witches into our abode, but then you didn't even have the competence to bring an active witch."
They have been at this for more than an hour now, when will this misery end! He still has to get Miss Senju and Miss Sakura for meeting his father and uncle, discuss their next step in the plan of action, train with Sasuke and Shisui is still breathing down his neck to get him to meet Sakura again.
He still curses the stars at the time when he showed Shisui the smoke vision of Sakura's face. And he has also seen Sasuke's reaction when he first saw her in the morning.
But to be honest, Itachi himself probably wouldn't have been much different if he hadn't been the one to help in finding the high witch and her apprentice.
When he first met her at her cottage, Sakura was tense and ready to attack, eyes aflame and whole body roaring with magic. And to Itachi, it seemed like the most beautiful sight in the world.
When she first called him by his name while walking to her quarters, he stumbled in surprise and then continued to replay the way his name rolled off her tongue until he felt like his brain would shut down.
And when she first smiled at then, pleased with her living arrangement, every golden glow of magic dulled in front of the radiance that was of her smile.
He hasn't met many witches, but it must be their witch magic that made them so entrancing. He cannot find any other explanation.
"Itachi, where is your head boy?"
Itachi's attention snapped back to the present and he silently cursed his absentmindedness at the moment. Out of all the places for lagging attention, the hall of elders is not one of them.
"I'll apologize, elder Sasame, for not being able to bring a matriarch witch. However, a high matriarch witch does not mingle with magic user of any kind and their abode is heavily guarded against any and all people other than other witches. And retired matriarch is our best chance." Feeling bolder, Itachi decided for a little pointed jab. "and our focus should be on protecting our people anyway, instead of what people might think of the clan."
Seeing that the elders were getting red-faced and ready to rip him a new one, Itachi quickly stood and bowed to indicate his departure. "Farewell, elders. I wish you a good day." And with a final look, he walked out of the hall and slammed the door behind him.
'What a day…' He sighed while deciding on what to do next. He should probably introduce their guests to the leaders first, that should've happened a lot earlier anyway. So he took out his summoner ink and a paper from his shirt pocket and drew his summoning raven. The ink rose from the paper, one feather at a time, unsticking from the paper like attached with gum until the raven has fully risen to its full height, which wasn't more than a meter tall, and spread out its wings to its full wingspan and let out a shrill call.
"How are you my dear?" Itachi said affectionately while softy patting the raven on its head. The raven softly nuzzled its head back and let out a soft caw.
"I need you to deliver a message." At the sound od understanding from the raven, Itachi continued laying his command. "Go to father and uncle, and tell them that the guests have been settled into their quarters and we can have them met up on dinner." And as if remembering something belatedly, he added, "Also, go to Miss Sakura's and Miss Senju's quarters and inform her about the dinner as well
The raven nodded its head and took off into the sky with a loud caw. Itachi watched it round about towards the leaders' study and sighed in relief that a major load has been taken off his shoulders.
And now, to Sasuke. He needed to train with him on the fire wall attack spell, Sasuke is pretty inexperienced in the field of fire attacks.
Going up the stairs of the main house towards Sasuke's room, he was once again reminded of the incident earlier that morning. However, he was mindful of not mentioning anything to Sasuke, if he was truly as curious as Itachi assumed he was, he it wouldn't be long before he asked himself.
Soon enough, he reached Sasuke's door, right beside his own, and knocked twice to indicate his arrival.
"Come in Aniki!"
Itachi opened the door and peeked inside to find Sasuke tying his shoes and after a second he righted up and nodded at Itachi, "Ready." Itachi nodded his head once and motioned for Sasuke to follow him. He figured that it would be a while before Sasuke asked about their guests, however, he seemed to have underestimated Sasuke's curiosity.
"Aniki, who are the guests that we have in our home? Why are they here?"
Itachi resisted the urge to sigh. He really didn't feel like talking to his brother about the new arrivals. "They are witches. The leaders invited them into our abode for some business that you don't need to worry about, like I said before."
But Sasuke did not seem sated with just that answer. They already reached the training ground and were taking their positions when the slew od questions continued, " You have talked to them. What are they like?"
"They are of great respect, very capable and powerful as allies and will be of great help." Itachi tried to keep his answers as short and vague as possible.
"What are their names that you said?" Sasuke took the first attack, the wall of fire weaker and flickering.
"Tsunade Senju and Sakura Haruno." Itachi countered it with a much stronger wall.
"Which one is Tsunade Senju."
"The blond one."
It was a moment of silence before Sasuke softly asked the next question, "and… Sakura Haruno?"
"The pink one."
"What is she like?"
"Your spell is weak Sasuke. Try to stop the excess flow of magic." Itachi deflected the question instead.
"Okay. But what is she like?" Sasuke tried again while doing what Itachi suggested. It worked, a little bit, the wall a bit more stable, being able to hold the steady shape for longer.
"She's pleasant, polite, but she seems to get easily annoyed at Shisui. No surprise there." When Itachi saw that Sasuke can hold the wall for longer than before, he decided to announce the spar to practice the attack. "Okay, Sasuke, enough talking about the witches. Get ready for defend yourself."
Sasuke finally looked like he was ready to focus on the training. With his eyes sharp and magic flaring, he was ready for whatever was to come.
Sakura woke up with a start at the sudden loud sound of knocking on her window. She rubbed her eyes to get rid of the sleepiness and looked up at the source of all the noise with squinted eyes.
It was a bird. A raven at that. And it was staring intently at her.
"Weird bird." She mumbled to herself while slowly getting up and walking over to the large window. When she opened the window, a piece of paper dropped from the bird's mouth. Seemingly having done whatever it intended to, the raven took off again with a loud caw.
"What the hell…" Sakura murmured to herself as she unfolded the paper to look at whatever was written inside.
'Miss Sakura,
I hope you have gotten a well deserved rest and are feeling better. You are to be informed that the clan leaders have requested your and your mentor's presence at the dinner tonight at eight o'clock. Hope you will grace us with your presence.
From,
Itachi.
"A dinner with the clan heads, huh." Sakura read the note once more before looking at the mess of books splayed out onto her table and the bed. She certainly has made some interesting discoveries, and some theories that she would like some confirmation for.
"We'll just have to see."
After a long hour of sparring with each other, Sasuke and Itachi were laid out onto the lush ground of the training field, sweaty and sore, trying to catch their breath. Sasuke was practically fighting to keep his eyes open as Itachi sat up to take his gloves and medallion off. They seemed particularly heavy after so much usage of the magic.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here! Is the little sorcerer already tired?" The amused voice of Shisui drifted between them as he walked towards the pair with his hands in his pants pocket and a mischievous grin present on his lips.
His pointed taunt at Sasuke seemed to have worked as he already looked ready to go for Shisui's throat. It was so easy to rile him up. "Shut up you bastard!"
Shisui gave a chuckle at his younger cousin's embarrassment. Riling Sasuke up is his favorite pastime. Sasuke only looks all grown up and all, but when poked at, his soul seems to revert back to his younger self.
"Why?!" Shisui said in a high pitched, mocking tone, his eyes going wider as he batted his eyelashes girlishly, "Did I somehow offend the little wizard?! I'm so sorry your majesty."
Sasuke was ready to tackle Shisui to the ground, when Itachi decided that it would be an appropriate time to interrupt the tussle.
"Quit it you two." Itachi said with a sigh as he stood up and dusted his pants free from bits of grass. When he saw that there will not be any further disruption, he deemed it fit to leave and get some rest before the much-anticipated dinner.
"Don't worry Ita-chan," Shisui teased with his younger nickname, "Sasu-chan and I are always as friendly as fawns. Right Sasu-chan?" Itachi was getting concerned with how red Sasuke's face was with anger.
"Just go back to your room. We have an important event tonight." Itachi quickly dismissed the situation before Sasuke can do anything again.
"What event?" Sasuke asked after giving Shisui his best stink eye.
Itachi started walking away towards the stairs before throwing the answer behind him. "A formal dinner with the guests."
Only stunned yells met his ears before he disappeared down the hallway completely.
'Oh boy…'
AN : It's done! Hooray! So, how was it!? Did you like it? I sure hope you did!
So, they have arrived at the Uchiha estate. Sakura has met a few of them, but she has yet to meet the rest of them. You know, at first, I was thinking about making it just an Uchiha x Sakura story. But then I decided to mix in just a few more characters. The will probably add a little more variety and spice to the overall plot.
Anyway, there ends the second chapter. If you liked it, then fav, follow and leave a review! It's really great to see whatever my readers think about my stories. It gives me motivation.
See you in the next chap!
Eat good, drink water and stay safe!
Enjoy reading!
Bye bye!
