"Itachi said he would meet us by the gate tomorrow, he gave this to me to give to you guys." Shisui met them by the training grounds by the river instead of Itachi.
Shisui tossed the mission scroll to Sakura who caught it with a nod . "Read it over, we leave tomorrow at nightfall and will be traveling for 4 days, pack accordingly. Anbu gear after the third day but regular nin gear till then."
"Akatsuki?" Sasuke was reading the scroll now, frowning at it like it had done something to displease him.
"So it seems." Shisui replied looking thoughtful. "See ya later cuz, I have a few things to do."
Sasuke looked up to ask what those things were but Shisui was gone. Shisui of the Body Flicker, awesome technique in battle, annoying for regular day life. Sasuke grumbled, this wasn't going to be an easy mission. He looked over at Sakura.
"You haven't taken anyone to your bed since my brother have you?" He smiled at her.
"None of your business." She turned to leave but he grabbed her arm.
She spun back around, fist striking out and glanced his cheek as he dodged the expected blow. He pulled her by the arm he still held and tripped her neatly forcing her to the ground, falling on top of her.
"Give me another chance Sakura." He licked her neck and kissed her ear. " It's been awhile since we've fucked, I've learned a few things, let me show you." He moved against her.
"Get off of her." A low voice growled.
Sasuke jumped to his feet releasing her. "Kakashi." He glared at his old Sensei. "So you leave me for my brother Saukra, then you leave him for this? You really have lowered your standards haven't you. He is twice our age, you'll fuck anything won't you." He sneered and flickered away.
"I didn't need your help Kakashi." She got up from the ground, flickering away to her apartment.
Sakura pulled her bag from her closet and threw it on her bed. She went to her bathroom to grab a few things for her mission but stopped to look at her reflection in the mirror. Big green eyes looked back at her, long, soft pink hair floated around her face. Not the face of a killer. Her gaze traveled down the rest of her body, smooth skin, barely marred due to her healing prowess, finely toned muscles, she was short, she grimaced.
She had always wished she had been a little taller but oh well. When she was younger she wished her breasts had been bigger but now she was happy they weren't. It was hard to fight with larger breasts, besides she wasn't flat, it would do.
She stood there for a moment running her hands up and down her body, feeling the softness of her skin, her form through her clothes, when a cough interrupted her from her bathroom door.
"Shisui, what is it." She had known he was there but hadn't felt the need to stop her self evaluation.
"Uh, sorry to interrupt, but I wanted to speak with you about the mission." He was blushing. How cute she thought. He had a reputation with women, she wouldn't have thought him the blushing sort, but maybe that is what drew them to him, feigned innocence, and his smile.
"What about the mission?" She grabbed the things she had originally gone into her bathroom for and walked back into her bedroom.
"How much do you know about the Akatsuki Sakura?" He laid down on her bed as if he owned the place. Sakura didn't mind so much though. Their fighting styles compliment one another. Shisui might joke around but he was serious when it came to killing, she respected that.
"They are terrorists, enemies of all five nations. They want the Jinchuriki and will kill as many people as they need to , to get what they want." She cocked her head at him, where was this coming from she wondered.
Shisui nodded his head, as much as one can laying flat on their back.
"That's all true yes. Did you know they do it all in the name of peace?" He was looking at her. He wasn't smiling, there were no jokes being made.
"What do you know Shisui?" She sat down on the bed next to him leaning over him slightly. He knows something more about the Akatsuki, she can feel it.
Shisui looks her figure over as she leans toward him grinning. "You gonna torure the information out of me if I refuse to tell you?" He winks at her and continues to grin.
"What the hell is going on." Itachi is watching them from the window with narrowed red eyes.
Sakura looks at his tensed state and leans farther over Shisui running her hand up his arm, up his neck and through his hair. "I was just going to put Shisui here through a little sexual torture, what do you want, I'm busy." She looks over her shoulder at Itachi whos chakra is pulsating and flaring.
"I wanted to speak to you about our mission." Itachi darts a glare to Shisui, "Leave." and jumps into the bedroom through the window to stand at the other side of the bed.
"Stay." She pushes Shisui back down onto her bed as he rose to leave. She glares at Itachi again. "This is my apartment, you're not welcome, now get out!"
"Hey Itachi, it isn't what it looks like, I know she's your ex, we were just talking about the mission okay?" Shisui grins a bit nervously. He isn't scared of Itachi, Shisui knows he can still take him in a spar but he is his favorite cousin and cares about him. He knows, like no one else, how insecure and upset Itachi has been since Sakura dumped him on his head. He never understood their relationship, if you could call it a relationship, but it wasn't his business. He did not want Itachi to think he was moving in on his ex, it was just a little harmless flirting.
"Yes, the mission, since you both came here to talk about the mission," She raised a brow at Itachi," Let's talk about it then." She leaned back away from Shisui but not before running her hand back down over his chest before sitting back and away from him.
"I'm going to ask the Hokage to abort it." Itachi sat on the bed beside Shisui, his legs over the side.
"Why the concern Itachi, are you concerned about the team, or the Akatsuki?" She was watching him like a hawk watches a mouse.
"Both." Itachi doesn't offer any more insight into his reasoning.
-He is hiding something, again, like that night he rescued the Copy Nin and us, we need to find out what it is-
"What are you hiding, and don't tell me nothing because I can tell you are hiding something." She snaps at him.
"Sakura, I'm aborting this mission, if we go, you will die, all of you." Itachi wouldn't look at her now.
A weight plummeted in her stomach, her team would die? Why would he say that, is he working with the Akatsuki? No, he would never "You are playing on my past fears to manipulate me. I don't know why you don't want to go but we have a mission, Tsunade Sama will not allow you to abort it."
Itachi turns to her then, a look of ...what?...resignation? Defeat? "Remember, I tried." he got up from her bed and crouched in her window, "Shisui, remember what I told you by the monument, it is coming to pass, be careful. Take care of her if you can." and he left.