AN : Heya! Its Cinnabunnbunn here! How'z it going! Hope ya'll are having a fantastic day, or night, depends.
Anywayyyyyyyyyy, I know it has been more time than regular, but that is life. Just when you think it's going to be smooth sailing, it always comes back to bite you in your ass. I have been traveling over miles and miles for the last week. It has been miserable honestly.
Anyway, let's just get onto the story.
Enjoy!
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'There goes another one…'
That was the thought Sakura had when she aimed her gun at the hook holding on the ledge of the ship. It's fine, she is getting out of here in like ten seconds. The captives are safe and the other people on this ship don't deserve to have their lives intact anyway.
"VIPER! GET OUT OF THERE!" the voice from the intercom shouted in her ear and she winced at the loud pitch. But the voice was right, she needs to get out fast. The ship is already half sunk in.
Sakura aimed her gun at the guy going for the aircraft flying still to let the captives in. Two bullets in back and that guy fell over the edge into the ocean water. She took out a bullet refill and stuck it in her gun, all the while rolling off to avoid another incoming bullet aimed for her leg.
"WEASEL!", Sakura yelled at the agent firing at the enemies while blocking the captives away from danger. Weasel's head turned towards her briefly, getting the message she wanted to convey. He fired one last barrage of bullets before running off to Sakura to give her cover.
"Are they all on board?" Sakura asked lowly with her back to Itachi while taking back steps towards the aircraft.
"Yeah. But we need to move fast, it's more dangerous the longer we stay here." Itachi replied as he punched one in the gut and made a move to grab Sakura by the waist to move her out of an incoming knife's line.
'Okay that's enough.' Sakura thought with finality at the dangerously steep altitude the ship was getting by second. She tugged at Itachi's wrist once and made a mad dash for the aircraft while open firing at the enemy's troop. She can see the men running madly towards them, flailing their guns, trying to aim at them with the sinking ship.
Itachi grabbed onto the rope dangling from the rescue airship and then grabbed onto Sakura's waist to haul her up to him with the aircraft rapidly flying away. He felt someone dragging the rope up as Sakura still continued to fire at the men on the ship to keep them off.
Finally, they were pulled up into the ship and the pair just laid there, dry heaving and about ready to pass out. Sakura threw her gun away and pulled down her black mask to properly breath after that gruelling fight. She closed her eyes for a time that felt like eternity, her eyes felt heavy with the smoke and dust trapped between the eyelashes. With the adrenaline rush running out, her muscles felt heavy and sore, her shoulders felt like they were made of lead and she could feel a nasty bruise forming on her lower back.
"Agent White Viper." Sakura heard a soft whisper from above her and willed herself to open her eyes to look at the face of her almost older sister, Shizune, her Shishou's assistant.
"Ah, Shizune-san, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with Shishou in the meeting?" Sakura asked weakly, and winced at the sound of her own voice, dry and hoarse.
Shizune offered her a gentle smile as she kneeled down beside Sakura and opened up her medical case and took out a syringe. Shizune propped up her arm and slid the needle in her vein at her wrist. Sakura closed her eyes as she felt a cooling sensation spread throughout her body, the ache in her muscles soothing out and she felt an ice pack being placed under her waist, exactly where the bruise was.
Then she remembered about her partner.
Sakura willed herself to open her eyes to slits when she felt a different movement beside her and saw Itachi being hauled up to his feet by two other helpers, arms around their shoulders. She saw them put Itachi in a sitting position on the seats and Shizune getting up to treat his wounds.
Sakura turned her head back and closed her eyes again. She does not have any class tomorrow, her Shishou made sure of that, so she does not have to worry about hauling herself out of the bed at the crack of the dawn.
And that thought seemed to be the final straw, as she felt herself falling into the blissful unconsciousness without a care about the next day.
"Sasuke-chan! Breakfast is served!" Mikoto Uchiha yelled for her son from the dining room. And upstairs in his room, Sasuke was losing his mind.
Sasuke looked at his laptop screen in silent awe at the still image on display. He stared at the slightly blurry image of a female in the midst of a battle. Her fitted, black clothing, hair tinted rosy in the glow of fire from the blast, her face turned a little away from the camera and her mask covering upto her nose.
But what caught his attention were the arresting green eyes glaring sharply at the man running at her with a rod.
Maybe he needs to see an eye doctor, but those eyes looked very familiarly green to him. Maybe he was going crazy, or just had a little too much of caffeine, but he was starting to think that this agent might be who he thinks she is.
He has been looking at the screen for ten minutes now, and every second, the picture felt more and more scarily similar to an actual rosy haired girl he knows.
And that was when he heard a loud yell calling for his name. "Yes mother!" he yelled back while forcing himself to tear his eyes away from the screen. He looked at the clock and cursed when he saw the time.
Giving his laptop one last look, he stored the image away in a folder and shut it off. Picking up his backpack and hoodie, he made a mental note to thank the dobe for sending him this image. Sasuke really doesn't know how that dumbass manages to get info from his father's locked file, but this is the first time he is thankful for this talent.
Sasuke reached the dining room to see his mother setting up the table while his father talks on his phone to his assistant about some topic he does not care about.
"Good morning mother." Sasuke greeted his mother and kissed her on the cheek while setting himself down beside his father at the head. Sasuke looked down at his cereal and sandwich and picked it up to take a bite. He made a show of hurrying to finish his breakfast before his father could finish talking on the phone. The less he has to chat up his father, the better.
And in less than five minutes, he had his shoes on and out of the house to the car waiting at the gate. He opened the door to the shiny black vehicle and threw in his bag before hopping into the seat. The car revved up and started rolling moments after he shut the door as he took out his phone to look at the texts he got. He found one from the Hyuuga, one from a classmate of his from business class, one from some model he worked with two days ago, and one from the dobe.
And NONE from his assistant.
Silently fuming at that observation, she opened the message from Naruto only to see a middle finger emoji and a picture of a magazine cover.
The picture of him and Sakura from their photoshoot.
'Shit…' Sasuke thought in dismay before deciding to annoy him and just send him a middle finger emoji back. He decided to open the rest of the texts too. Neji telling him that he would not be meeting them before school due to having to take his cousin somewhere for something he didn't mention. His classmate asking him about an assignment that slipped his mind too, and the model from earlier asking him about a meeting with her.
He knew exactly what kind of 'meeting' she was talking about.
He debated on what to reply to her before deciding on neither and just turning his phone off without giving any answer. He looked out of the car window to the familiar road and finding out that the school is quite close.
When he arrived at the gate, he opened the door only to find the dobe lurking around the entrance, obviously waiting for him. He got out and closed the door behind him, and watched in veiled dismay as the sound made Naruto snap his glare towards Sasuke, and Sasuke could only brace himself for the incoming ear-chewing when he saw the blond take a deep breath.
"YOU ASSHOLE!" Naruto yelled in rage as he stomped his way over to Sasuke, "You Teme! You did not tell me about this bullshit!" Naruto continued yelling as he shoved the mentioned magazine in Sasuke's face. The said teme focused his eyes on the magazine cover. Sakura giving the camera a sexy side-eyed look, dressed in the short, red qipao like dress, with Sasuke practically wrapped around her lithe form, arms around her waist and eyes looking at the camera from behind the head, as if whispering sweet nothing in her ears in a show of passion.
Sasuke would've liked to say he wasn't affected from the picture, and he actually never is, since he is always on some magazine with some model in some kind of display of passion and sensuality. But the heat he felt creeping up his neck and up his ears would say otherwise.
Still, he schooled his expression into the one of bored indifference and replied to the fuming blonde.
"It's just another photoshoot, dobe."
That reply only seemed to annoy Naruto even more. "With your ASSISTANT! The you always complained about how she was annoying, how she always bossed you around and now what do I see! You and her, posing for a magazine, IN THIS TYPE OF POSITION!"
The blonde's increasing volume was really hurting his ears. He could already feel a vein throbbing in his forehead as he started walking towards the building with Naruto trailing behind him, rambling angrily all the way.
"And on top of that, SH E WAS THE ONE ON THE SHIP!"
That sentence made Sasuke stop, his mind reeling at what Naruto just said. He slowly turned his head towards the blonde and asked in a low voice.
"What did you just say?"
His tone made Naruto pause in his rant and look at the unreadably blank expression that Sasuke wore on his face. "Well yeah, I mean she looked like her. Pink hair and all."
'Ah, that's what it is.' Sasuke rolled his eyes hard at that. That dumbass really could not have said anything more obvious.
"Dumbass…" He muttered lowly at the blonde and that only seemed to rile him up even more.
So, he continued on his way to his class, Naruto ranting all the way. After a few minutes, the pair got into their classroom and found Shikamaru dozing off in one of the seats at the back. They made their way to the seats and settled down heavily beside him, and much frustrated in Naruto's case. At the sound of seats scraping and bodies settling, Shikamaru blearily picked his head up to look at his friends.
"Oh hey, nice of you join me." He drawled sleepily while trying to rub the sleep away from his eyes.
Naruto was still glaring at Sasuke when he decided fill Shikamaru in about the tragedy as well "Yeah, very nice. But you know what is not nice though, dating your assistant and hiding that from your friends!" Naruto yelled as he slammed down the damned magazine on the table in front of Shikamaru.
Sasuke felt his patience snap at that moment and picked up the said publication and smacked the blonde square in the face, hard.
"Shut the fuck up Dobe!" Sasuke yelled in irritation, slamming his hands onto the table that caused the whole class to look towards the loud noise.
"What a drag…" Shikamaru sighed out as Sasuke seated himself down on his seat and Naruto got up from the ground rubbing at his head. And it was that moment when Neji made his entrance into the room.
Neji made his way towards the group and raised his eyebrow when he saw the state they were in. Naruto looked in pain, Sasuke looked livid and Shikamaru looked tired. Well, no surprise there.
"What the hell is happening?" Neji asked them with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh! let me tell you what is happening! This dickhead right here is having an affair with his assistant and he decided not to tell any of us!" Naruto answered Neji while pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke.
"I said SHUT UP!" Sasuke was all about to throw a punch at Naruto when a voice from the front of the class called for all their attention.
"Listen everyone! Mister Asuma is unable to take today's class and will be joining you most probably from tomorrow. He also told me inform you that the due date for the assignment is extended till 2 days more." With the information relayed, the teacher assistant exited the classroom.
And the second the door closed, the whole room erupted into excited chatters.
"Well, that was convenient, because otherwise I would have been fucked." Naruto exclaimed with an excited grin. Sasuke didn't feel the need to mention that he hadn't started this assignment either.
It was surprisingly Neji who said something next in a strangely concerned voice, "Good that we got extra time, because I have some information that I feel like is important to share with you all." His pale eyes fixed themselves onto Sasuke, "especially you."
Sasuke felt himself getting chills even more as the seconds passed. They settled themselves into a tight circle in their seats as Neji started on laying down his findings.
"So this morning, I was ordered by Hiashi-sama to take Hinata to the headquarters and meet up with his assistant to get Hinata familiarized with the system of AROWS, and get myself familiarized as well since I'm going to be her…" Neji swallowed once before spitting out the word like venom in his mouth, "assistant."
The rest of them shared a look between them before looking forward again as Neji continued with his tale. "So, we get the access and all, and then they show us the file room and after the whole tour, when we were going to take a break, I-" Neji took a breath before saying, "I saw someone there, in the restricted area."
At the blank stares he was receiving from everyone around the table, he added, "Someone with pink hair."
However, unexpectedly, he did not immediately receive the loud exclamations of shocks that he thought he would. Instead, it was a moment of still silence before Shikamaru let out a disbelieving sigh and answered Neji with a heavy voice.
"Ah, no, it's not her. You saw someone else." He let out a low chuckle at the thought.
Neji just looked confused now. He was debating with himself on sharing this news with them, very much befuddled with the discovery himself. And now they just dismiss him as him just being mistaken.
Who the hell will mistaken someone with pink hair.
And he said just that. "Who the hell with mistaken someone with pink hair? And even without the funky hair color, she was still recognizable."
Shikamaru sighed again before drawling out his answer, "Look, anyone can dye their hair pink, so that doesn't really say much. And we are talking about a medical university student, who used to work at a café prior to this job. You really think the odds are that she is working for the AROWS in the midst of all this?"
Okay, he kind of did make sense, but Neji was still convinced that it was Sakura that he saw at the headquarter.
And Sasuke and Naruto seemed to be on his team as well.
"No, he might be right!" It was Naruto who exclaimed that part, "because we also have something that we would like to share." And then he took out his phone and slid it onto the table. The rest of them looked at the screen to see the picture that Sasuke was staring at in the morning.
"Look at this picture and tell me that she doesn't look like Sakura. She even has the same hairstyle that Sakura got for the magazine, that by the way, this asshole still didn't explain to us."
Ignoring Naruto, Neji and Shikamaru fixed their eyes onto the screen to look at the figure in the picture. Shikamaru wouldn't lie, she looked creepily similar to the pinkette they were talking about, the same hairstyle from the magazine, the similar sharp green eyes, the strong form and fierce glare.
But really, what are the odds of them being the same girl.
But expectedly, Neji thought differently. "See! I told you so!" But then he got a thought and rephrased what he was saying, "I'm not confirming that it is definitely her. But, it's a possibility alright. And why would anyone, who works for AROWS, think about willingly dying their hair pink. Wouldn't it just make incognito all the more difficult."
'He does make sense in a way.' Shikamaru thought begrudgingly. But it was still difficult to say anything for sure.
"Aaand," the voice of Naruto drew both their attention to him, "isn't it a coincidence that all this happened on her day off, with her not picking up a single call, and the voice on the phone in the meeting room being the exact same one as well." Naruto was grinning so hard by this point that it looked like it might rip his face in two.
Naruto couldn't believe what was happening. This was a one in a million cases, something straight out of a detective movie. He could feel himself practically shaking from all the excitement he was trying to contain in himself. Sakura Haruno, a girl that he did not know much about prior, other than the fact that she is frighteningly smart and actually terrifyingly when angered, has now become the biggest mystery known to him after Bermuda triangle.
"Uchiha has been very quiet all this time." Neji's remark brought all their attention to the silent Uchiha sitting in his seat. They turned their eyes towards Sasuke to find him looking at the phone screen with a dazed expression, his eyes hazy and mouth slightly open.
"Teme?" Naruto called in puzzlement as he tried to get his friend's attention. Sasuke's state was a little concerning, he's not going to lie. 'Why is he looking at the picture like that, what's so-' As if a light bulb going off in his head, Naruto gave a wide, mischievous grin.
'So that's why…"
"TEME!" the blonde finally yelled in a louder voice that seemed to snap Sasuke into attention. The Uchiha composed himself and cleared his throat and looked at the blonde in annoyance.
"What do you want dobe?" Naruto grinned even wider at the slight waver in his voice. Naruto thought that the initial shock would've worn off since he already sent Sasuke that picture as soon as he found it, but it seems like he was wrong.
Teme was still very much affected from that picture. More for him to tease Sasuke about later.
"You have been very quiet about the whole ordeal," Shikamaru's, for once, awake voice remarked to Sasuke, "especially one that very much circling around your assistant."
Sasuke gave a heavy sigh before sliding the phone away and feigning a look of boredom, "I really don't know what we can do about any of this. We don't know is she actually works at AROWS, and even if she does, then let her. What is there to do about any of it?"
Naruto looked scandalized at that statement, he might as well have said that he ate the last stock of ramen.
"How can you say that Teme! Your assistant working for AROWS, and if she does, then it's like a secret agent deal. If there is this secret shit happening, then think about what else they could be hiding from everyone!" Naruto exclaimed in palpable excitement, "And you are going to be the next head in six months, it's better if we start digging in right now."
Sasuke's face twisted sourly at the mention of him taking the mantle. He really didn't need to be reminded of that. But Naruto did have a point there, if AROWS has this whole program of secret agents, that include university students of all people, then who knows what other kinds of shenanigans are rolling around in their creepy hallways.
But before he could get even another word in, Naruto seemed to have made the decision for all of them, "It's decided then, we are going to finding out about Haruno Sakura, who she is, her history and her ties with AROWS!" Naruto stood up tall and proud, hands on his hips and eyebrows slanted with a wide grin, "Starting today, firstly her history, where she came from, her family, her pets, her clothes size-"
"That's just gross dobe."
"Shut up teme!" the offended blonde snapped at the disgusted looking Uchiha before getting a thoughtful look on his face, and then after a few seconds, he already seemed to have decided onto the next course of action. "Teme, first thing when you go to your office, make some small talks with her, try to get her history. That might give us some clues." Then he turned to Neji to give him the directions, "and when your cousin goes to the headquarters again, try to look at the files of the agents and see if you find her there."
Sasuke really doesn't know how he does that, but if Naruto put this much thought into his classes instead of such tomfoolery, then he would be passing all them with soaring marks.
And though Sasuke would never admit it, but his heart too was beating fast at the thought of what they might find about his pink haired assistant.
"What a drag man…"
Oh, Sasuke was sure it was going to be far from a drag.
As much as Sakura would've liked to just stay in her warm bed and never see the face of outside world ever again, she still had a job to get to. Her Shishou made compensation with off classes, but she couldn't do anything with her job. So, with a heavy heart and mental lamentations, she got out of her apartment and made her way towards her place of work.
While walking on the footpath towards the tall building, her mind drifted to who she saw that morning at the AROWS.
The freaking Hyuugas, both of them.
Sakura gave a slight grimace at the thought that she noticed them a minute too late, a good chance one of them have already seen her.
'fan-fucking-tastic'
And she also needs to be a little bit more careful around that sneaky Uchiha now. He is now the official heir to the Fourth WSL. And as much as their future is tied together at some point, she still isn't ready to up her identity yet.
Looking up, she saw that she was already at the gates of her workplace. 'Huh, time really does fly when you have your head in the clouds.'
She swiped her card at the doors and signed her name at the receptionist desk before taking the elevator to her floor.
Getting out of the elevator and into Sasuke's office, she was met with a very peculiar sight. There was Sasuke, hunched over his computer, turned away from her, on his phone, talking very hurriedly with someone. He seems to have not noticed her yet. His posture was rigid, hair a little mussed and voice very urgent. And in the midst of the heated discussion, she was able to catch a few things.
"…can't be… just a student… you're reaching… such a past… you sure it's her?..."
And before she can hear more, Sasuke just cursed before slamming his phone down. He still didn't turn around, and as to not get accused of eavesdropping, she held the door and loudly cleared her throat.
Sasuke turned around to her with wide eyes and cheeks stained a light pink. He seemed really surprised, and rather embarrassed, by her presence.
"Ah, Sakura… What are you doing here?" He said after regaining a bit of his composure.
Sakura just gave him an unimpressed look that just said 'really?', "I work here Uchiha. Or did you just forget after practically forcing it on me." She jabbed at him while manoeuvring around to throw her backpack onto the couch. She turned around to look at Sasuke only to find him staring at her, then look at the computer screen, then stare at her some more.
And not only was it starting to annoy her, it was also starting to make her panic. Why was he looking at the screen like that, and then at her? What was on the screen? Did he- did he find something from the AROWS?
Wanting to find out the reason, but already too scared of what she might see, she opted for just turning around and getting the hell out of that room. She will find out later whatever is in his computer. When he's busy with the shoot or whatever.
She went around the floor towards where Mikoto was standing. She looked deep in conversation with someone on the phone while directing the people on the shoot on setting up the background. Today's theme seemed like a beach. The shadows of palm trees, fake sand and a water tub for the underwater pictures.
Sakura looked towards the makeup room to see the model getting caked up in makeup and skimpy bikini. She was looking at the photographer, still trying to figure out if she has ever seen him somewhere, when she heard her name being called by Mikoto.
"Sakura! Saku- Ah! Here you are!" Sakura looked at Mikoto walking up towards her with a happy smile, her assistant following her close behind.
"Is my son ready for the shoot?"
Sakura could've just lied and said just no and watched Mikoto rip her son a new one, but she was a good assistant, and she will not be this petty even if that is what she was wishing.
"No Ma'am, but he is with the stylists and will be out shortly."
"Ah! Okay!" Mikoto clapped her hands once before looking at her with a more serious expression. "Also, I need to talk to you about something. I am releasing a new line of evening gowns." She took a breath before throwing out the next words, "and I want you to model for it."
That was not what Sakura was expecting. Maybe something about her being rude to her son, getting Sasuke decaf instead of normal, or intentionally picking unripe tomatoes.
But not an order to model for another something.
"B-but Ma'am, I don't think that that is something I'm professional in." Sakura tried to fruitlessly reason again, "the last time was very difficult, for all of us."
But Mikoto was having none of it, "Sakura, I've seen the result of the last photoshoot, and there is a reason why I'm asking you again." And for having whatever willpower that Sakura had, she was ready to give in without much of a fight.
Especially when Mikoto asked with such hope.
Letting out a heavy sigh, Sakura just resigned her to whatever fate awaited her. "Yes, Ma'am…"
Mikoto gave her a relieved happy smile and patted her head before bouncing off with her assistant.
After a few minutes, Sakura was getting bored of just standing around and was just about to head inside when Sasuke approached her, finally dressed in his unbuttoned floral shirt and light swimming trunks.
"What's up Rosylocks, looking for me?"
Sakura rolled her eyes at him, "You're like the last person I'll be looking for."
Sasuke gave a low chuckle and it was silent for a few seconds, before Sasuke cleared his throat and when he spoke, he sounded oddly nervous.
"Hey, so… like, where did you live before here, in Konoha?"
Sakura gave him a suspicious look at his questioning. Where did that come from? Still, she answered him from the already made up life history that she always kept handy.
"I am from east of Tanazuka. I used to live there with my parents, and then I moved here after getting a scholarship."
Sasuke averted his eyes slightly and adjusted his posture before saying anything again. Why was he so jittery? "Ah… so, like, what about your parents? Where are they now?"
Sakura narrowed her eyes suspiciously and steeled her voice. "What is it about Uchiha? Why suddenly so interested in my life history?"
If Sasuke looked nervous before, it suddenly became even worse now. His face was red with a sheen of sweat, his posture was jittery, his hands were clammy. What was all this about?
"Oh, no nothing, just… just got curious, about your story. Like, you're my employee, yet I don't really know much about you."
That does make sense, but Sasuke's nervous appearance wasn't convincing her.
"Okay… well, about my parents. My dad dies a few years ago, so my mom lives in Iranaka with my aunt now, after I moved here."
"Ah, shit, I'm sorry about your dad."
Sakura gave a sigh at his reply. Whenever she told this part, she always got the same pitying response. It was sickening honestly.
"No, it's okay."
It was silent for a few moments before Sasuke resumed his interrogation.
"So… which school did you go to in Tanazuka?"
"It was Silver Pines High school, in the east of Tanazuka. Ever heard of that school? It was a real small place."
"No, never heard of that."
Sakura presumed that it was only fair if he also answered some of her questions.
"So, Sasuke, which high school did you go to?"
"Ah, I actually just went to the adjacent Konoha Central High, same old prison."
"Hm, Central High, seems fancy."
Sasuke gave a low chuckle at that. It seemed he wanted to ask something else again when Sasori called for Sasuke to take his position on the set. Sakura also turned to take her leave when she heard Sasuke ask a last question.
And it made her nerves freeze.
"And also, is your name actually Sakura Haruno? Or did you have like a different name?"
Sakura turned her steely eyes to Sasuke, and Sasuke felt the chill before he even felt the glare. Never had her eyes looked more terrifying.
And even more terrifying was the tight, menacing smile she was giving him.
"What is it Sasuke, where did that come from?" Her cold voice drifted to Sasuke ears, and he could hear his own nervous waver in his voice as he barely managed to not stutter in his answer.
"Ah, you know… you have quite an accent in your Japanese. So, I thought, that you might not be native from here. But Sakura is a quite Japanese name, so, like… did you have any other name, before you… You know what, never mind!" Sasuke concluded in the end, more afraid than he would like to admit.
Sakura stared coldly at him for a few more moments before sighing and turning around so that her back faced him fully, "My dad was Japanese, and my mom was Russian. I was named by my dad, and he named me Sakura." She turned to give a last backward glance at Sasuke, "Does that answer your question?"
Sasuke vigorously nodded his head before practically speedwalking away, too hurried to make it seem nonchalant in any way.
"Yeah, sorry if it was a bother."
Sakura stared at Sasuke's hurriedly retreating back for bit more, trying to decipher what he might be hiding.
'I'll need to talk to Shishou.' She concluded.
Whatever happens, she will not let him find out about her identity until she wants it. It will be shame on her capability if a lousy Uchiha can take the curtain off her name.
MEMO
SOS : Sasuke seems to be getting suspicious of my identity
And as begrudgingly I admit it, he seems smarter than I gave him credit for.
So it does seem to be a positive quality in that regard.
AN : Ahhhh! How was it? Did you like it? I hope you did!
It's getting intense, isn't it. Also, Tanazuka and Iranaka are just some names of the places that I made up. They aren't really important, don't worry about them. And if you are confused, Naruto is quite adept at fishing out information from his father's system, who is a senator in case you forgot, so he does get some information related to Sakura. And the rest of the context, you will get in the chapters to come.
Anyway, see you in the next chap!
Eat healthy, drink lots of water (especially since it's summer and the sun is high up overhead) and stay safe!
Happy reading!
Bye bye!
