Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto but, I own a Rubik's cube oh Shikamaru I need your help with something. XD
Tick tock tick tock. The clock ticking away the seconds, minutes, hours left in the day.
After reading through several books the library had to offer, Sasuke was bored he received a letter from the hokage requesting his presence for a meeting later that day but, the last survivor of the Uchiha clan couldn't figure out what to waste his time with.
There was no point in him constantly training alone since he could more than double his progress with a worthy partner.
The Uchiha fiddled with his shirt, a dark blue polo with the Uchiha crest on the back while he brainstormed ways to burn time.
There was always work to do on the compound but the hokage threatened him to keep the work to a minimum as he would have plenty of time to work on it through the years as his family grew.
Besides, she wanted him to focus on the rebuild of the Konoha police force.
He already had some ideas in mind to FastTrack the program but, he still needed full council approval before he could begin.
He hoped since the topic was discussed last week it could be put to a vote this week but, he couldn't put it past the council to float the topic as long as possible to see if his behavior or attitude would change something he ultimately expected considering his past transgressions.
Nevertheless, he figured he would have to do something to pass the day.
Getting up from the couch he was sprawled on he walked over to the coffee table where the remnants of his breakfast were still taking up space and reached for the telephone.
He dialed a number and put the phone an arm's length away while he waited for someone to pick up.
"Oh my God! Hello!" a voice at the other end screamed.
Sasuke continued to hold the phone away from his ear to prevent accidental deafness until he heard the line go quiet.
Putting the phone to his ear he rubbed the bridge of his nose almost regretting what he was doing.
"Sakura calm down." He said exasperated. "Come over." He pressed end not needing a response.
He sat on the couch back in the living room and looked at the clock after 1 minute and 32 seconds there was a knock at the door.
Her house was at the other end of the village in the medical district, unless she had the powers of the fourth hokage there was no way possible it was her at the door.
Unfortunately for him Sakura was as inhuman as they come. Opening the door he looked at the flustered pink haired girl at his door who was clearly out of breath.
"Sakura." Sasuke let her name roll teasing her a little.
"Hi Sasuke Kun!" Sasuke walked away leaving the door open which Sakura took as her invitation to come in.
He walked back over to the couch and sat down leaning back with one arm casually strewn over the back of the sofa he looked Sakura up and down she was wearing a red sun dress that cut off at the knee with spaghetti straps she also opted out of her usual combat sandals for a more traditional flip flop sandal. Her toes and finger nails were painted a shade of pink and, her long pink hair was flowing gracefully down her back. She also had a white ribbon in her hair like when she was a kid he hated to say it but she was actually beautiful.
"Sit." He indicated a space on the couch she moved so fast she almost tripped over her own feet. Sasuke smirked it amazed him that he still had that kind of effect on her even after all these years.
He leaned back while looking her straight in the eye there was no need for him to say anything he just wanted someone to keep him company but, Sakura wasn't content with the way things were going.
"So Sasuke what have you been up to?" She asked leaning back making herself comfortable. She crossed one leg over the other and her dress rose up a few inches something that didn't go unnoticed by the sole surviving Uchiha
"Same ole he replied." Two could play at that game he thought and scooched a little closer to her his arm brushing against hers slightly. This elicited a response from sakura who turned so red her face matched her dress.
"How about you sakura?" he let the last few letters of her name roll off of his tongue.
"Well the hospital hasn't been as busy recently since there's not as many dangerous missions as usual but every now and again we still get an emergency. What`s new with you?" she asked a light smile gracing her features.
Sasuke was lost in those emerald green pools she called eyes her smile was so alluring. She now held a lot of confidence in the way she smiled but there was also that soft caring gentleness that came with being a medic as well as a hard toughness undoubtedly etched into her from what happened during the war. The medical team probably came out the worst since it was their job to attempt to save those gravely injured and there were so many casualties which was to be expected with the caliber of enemies they faced. And with Tsunade helping command the allied shinobi forces it was up to Shizune and Sakura to lead the medical ninja in their attempts to save those injured.
"Sasuke? Sasuke?!" Sakura snapped the Uchiha out of his thoughts. "Oh clan stuff." He lamely replied focusing on the conversation at hand.
"Sounds interesting." She casually replied
"Got any plans today." Sasuke asked the pinkette
"No why?" Sakura asked confused as to why Sasuke would take an interest in what she was doing.
"Wanna hang later I have a meeting first but after im free." Sasuke unexpectedly dropped the bomb surprising both himself and her at the same time. He watch as her mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water he smirked at her figuring she was too stunned to even reply to his invitation.
"So I'll take that as a yes." He said when she failed to elicit a verbal response. Getting up Sasuke headed over to the kitchen.
"If you want anything you better come on." He threw over his shoulder walking through the door sakura scrambled up and followed him.
His Kitchen wasn't huge but it was big for a guy living alone. He had an island connected to the stove and sink and everything was made out of redwood. All of his appliances were black and he had black metal stools lining the island countertop.
Sasuke walked over to the fridge and opened it taking out a ginger ale he also took out a Fiji water which he chucked to Sakura who barely caught it.
"Why're you just standing by the door come sit down." He added monotonously taking a seat on one of the black stools. She walked over to him and sat down on a stool leaving one in between them. He rolled his eyes looking at her got back up and grabbed a bag of chips and sat down on the stool directly next to her.
"Chip?" He asked opening the bag and taking one out Now don't get me wrong Uchiha Sasuke did not like people. But, to him Sakura was as tolerable as they came overemotional at times but usually calm and rational. He admired the changes she made she had grown into a fine woman and, one of the most powerful shinobi he knew passing Tsunade in both strength and Medical prowess.
He continued munching on his snack when she declined his choice of food. "Only two left" he sighed reaching in the bag for another chip. He popped the second to last one in his mouth when Choji appeared at the window. For once the Uchiha smiled he walked over and opened it and gave Choji the last chip.
"Arigoto Sasuke san." Choji replied taking it and running away. Sasuke chuckled and walked back to the counter stretching where he saw Sakura sitting there with her jaw hanging open.
"So I'm guessing you've never had a bag of chips because he always does that." He explained. "You smiled?" She genuinely looked surprised
"Well I am human after all." He responded kinda ticked off nevertheless he brushed it off and grabbed his soda headed for the door
"Im gonna watch a movie coming?" and without waiting for an answer he walked back towards the couch in the living room. Sakura grabbed her water and followed him he grabbed the remote and turned the T.V on offering the seat next to him. "Im glad you're here." Sasuke stated catching Sakura off guard. At that moment the pinkette blushed so hard she would've put Hinata to shame.
She hoped that moment would never end and let the action from the movie draw her in to a sweet and unwavering bliss.
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Walking into the hospital, Naruto cradled his damaged arm mentally blocking out the pain his chakra had already started making repairs but he had to have the broken shards of bone removed and his arm set so it could heal properly otherwise he risked infection.
"Hi is Sakura here?" the blond asked walking over to the reception desk.
"No Naruto she`s actually gone for the day is everything ok?" she asked a sincere expression of concern visible in her visage.
"Well I banged my arm up a little and I need someone to look at it." He replied showing her the appendage. She looked at a paper on her desk for a moment then picked up the phone
"Ms. Yamanaka is currently running things at the moment I`ll have her come down and take a look for you."
She paged over the intercom for Ino to go to waiting room 4. "And you can just head to room four she`ll meet you there."
Naruto nodded in appreciation and headed into the room to wait. After about 2 minutes there was a knock on the door.
It opened and in walked Hinata reading a chart "Hi Ms. Yamanaka is busy with another patient so, I`ll be taking care of you today Im Dr. Hyuuga Mr.….. Uzamaki? She questioned looking up from her chart.
Obviously the name didn't register because her smile immediately disappeared and was replaced with shock once she laid eyes on Naruto who sat there with a similar expression of surprise on his face.
"Hinata?" "Why`re you here?" He questioned taken back by the Hyuuga heiresses presence.
"Uh Ino is in surgery so I had to come and look." What are you doing here?" She questioned still off balance by her crushes appearance in her place of work.
"Well it`s obvious isn't it?" He chuckled "I messed up my arm in a fight." He explained
"Why were you fighting?" She asked going into full medical mode activating her byakugan and examining his arm.
"Well there was this grey haired bastard and he and his friends attacked me while I was on my way back from the market for no reason."
"Omg why would they do such a thing?" she questioned making a chakra scalpel with her hand and started poking his arm every now and again with it.
"Well I`ve never met them before but, they knew me and the guy, Tenchi I think his name was said something about having you to himself once he defeated me. Weird ne?"
Hinata gasped at the name shocked that he was the one who attacked Naruto. "Hinata hey Hinata!" Naruto snapped her out of her thoughts. "Do you know him?"
"Gomen, Hai I know him he`s been staying with his family at the Hyuuga compound." She answered and continued prodding his arm blasting the tiny bits of bone into dust.
"Oh but what did he mean when he said if he defeated me he`ll have you all to himself?" Naruto questioned at that Hinata put her head down her face turning red.
"I told him he couldn't be my boyfriend because I care about someone else." She mumbled
"Huh I didn't hear you." Naruto put his ear out to hear what she was saying. "I said He couldn't be with me because I liked you." She said clear enough for him to hear.
Stopping what she was doing. "Oh." He blushed red himself looking down. Hinata finished with his arm and started to wrap it in a bandage. "You need to keep this arm stationary for the rest of the day until your body finishes healing also I want you too…." Hinata." Naruto cut her off mid-sentence. She looked at him expectantly.
"Do you really like me?" he asked standing up he was a least a foot taller than her and up close she could actually see the whiskers on his face beginning to form a small beard. "I….I" She started to put her head down wanting to say "I love you." But she couldn't get the words out and for the second time in two days it happened.
He took his uninjured hand and lifted her face up to look at him, seconds passed as they stared into each other's eyes blue swirling into lavender. That's when Naruto slowly brought his head down and pressed his lips against hers it was slow and sweet him gently caressing her mouth with his. This time he felt Hinata freeze dropping the bandages he continued with the kiss asking a very specific question
"Do you really?" he attempted to convey all the hurt and pain he experienced through the years. All the loneliness and heartache that came with being hated because of what he was given. But there was something deeper in the kiss he also showed her just how much she had to gain by giving him a chance. All the love and protection anyone could want seeped out through his lips and into hers and, that's when a tear fell down her cheek. He was still being selfless caring Naruto. She relaxed as he stood there holding her their lips pressed together then, she kissed him back.
Abandoning all caution she wrapped her arms around him in a full embrace and their lips began a battle of dominance he licked along her bottom lip asking permission she complied by opening her mouth so he could slip his tongue inside he caressed the inside of her mouth with his tongue and the two wrestled in a fiery lip lock that seemed to last forever. When the two finally broke apart panting and gasping for breath Hinata smiled and looked up at him still wrapped in his arms his injury forgotten.
Naruto laughed. "What just happened here? He asked.
A knock on the door stopped the Hyuuga heiresses reply. The two broke apart and she answered the door to reveal a shaken up nurse.
"Hyuuga san we need your help in emergency 1 Ms. Yamanaka is having trouble stopping the bleeding of a patient that was brought in." She blurted out panicked.
"Naruto I have to go." She said running out of the room with the nurse. "Oh well." Naruto said to himself picking up the bandages and wrapping his own arm.
Looking at the clock he noticed it was time for his meeting so he signed his discharge paperwork Hinata left on the clipboard and left the hospital to head to Hokage tower.
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Sasuke was walking through the hallway of hokage tower on his way to his meeting with Tsunade when, he noticed a sign for chicken tacos. now being a huge fan of tacos Sasuke was conflicted it wasn't that he was hungry it's just he didn't know how long he would be in that meeting. Deciding to risk being late he headed for the advertised location of the stand only to run into Kakashi.
"Two tacos please." he said to the purveyor handing over some money.
"Yo Sasuke!" he greeted turning around Sasuke gave a nod of his head in acknowledgement. Looking at his watch Kakashi gave a small start.
"Uh oh we might be a little late for the meeting." He explained to his former student. "Hmpf." Sasuke replied considering whether or not it was worth waiting.
Kakashi received his order and walked away waving "bye." Sasuke looked at the time he didn't wanna be late for a meeting with one last longing stare at the taco stand he walked away following his former mentor to the Hokage`s office thinking about what he just missed out on.
When he arrived the Uchiha avenger was confused because not only was Sakura there wearing the same clothes she had on earlier at his house he thought with a smirk but, also Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Tenten and, Neji as well as Yamato and Kakashi who he had just seen in the hall.
He closed the door upon entering and Tsunade had a seat behind her desk.
"So the reason I called you all here is for a diplomatic mission to the land of smoke." The Hokage announced with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. Hearing a grown from the side of him he could only guess the hyperactive blond ninja wasn't too happy to be playing politics.
"Recently we sent a team to settle an ongoing conflict between two clans who have been fighting for dominance over the region one of which, whom are our allies.
As a show of peace the two clans agreed to build a small hospital on the border between fire nation and the land of smoke, which is on the outskirts of all the elemental countries.
But they lack the medical knowledge to properly run the place. Since the Hospital borders fire country it would be wise for us to ensure it is up to speed as it will help keep casualties low from shinobi returning from missions on the outskirts of fire country not in any major capital. Thus I am sending you 4 girls to the hospital so they can be taught in the ways of healing jutsu.
Kakashi, as the future hokage this will be a perfect opportunity to help build ties with a former enemy as an ambassador of Konoha. You four men will be providing protection for the Girls as they go through the hospital. We can't risk losing top medical shinobi so you must stay vigilant." Tsunade finished her briefing.
"You all will leave the day after tomorrow. Tenten, Sakura, Ino you're dismissed." The three girls walked out of the office." Curious Sasuke watched them walk out and wondered why the rest was still there.
"Now for the true mission about 24 hours ago 2 anbu went missing on a recon mission to track an international human trafficker by the name of Satoru Hanzo.
I dispatched a team this morning to track his current whereabouts and, they followed him to a possible hideout on the outskirts of the land of smoke. The problem is there`s major security guarding the entrance as well as the inside of the fortress.
It would be too suspicious to the other hidden villages if I recalled most of our anbu to attempt a stealthy retrieval so our only other option is a continuous hard front line attack. "Good ole shock and awe." Kakashi mused.
Satoru is not stupid enough to attempt to flee into wind country as they have shinobi on the border to protect it from the land of smoke, so he will stand his ground.
That's where you come in, you guys will attack under the cover of night continuously until you thin out his forces enough to mount a rescue. Beware Hanzo is known to have several S ranked shinobi at his disposal as well as countless other ninja. This is no easy task but it is doable if possible we would like Hanzo brought back alive for an interrogation about his past crimes.
Understand if he crosses the border it is no longer our fight Suna will take over from there. This is a double S ranked mission leave no witnesses to give away who is behind the attack. Neji you`ve worked with Anbu before you know the stakes if you`re discovered. You are to rendezvous with the team already stationed there they will provide backup along with Kakashi here if needed. Hinata You will keep watch and provide medical attention. Sakura will be made aware of your absence.
Do you all understand?" Sasuke nodded while everyone replied he walked out of the office with everyone else to head home. When a thought crossed his mind he invited Sakura over to his house so she would undoubtedly be waiting for him.
He was stuck back in the mission briefing in the Hokage's office he knew how difficult this would be as they were being forced to kill. He knew firsthand just how the demons of those you slaughtered haunted your dreams at night. For Naruto this was something he might have trouble dealing with even though he showed no signs of uneasiness during the briefing.
He was shaken out of his thoughts when he saw Sakura standing at the entrance to the building. "Sup." He said in greeting to the pinkette. "Hi she replied back nervously.
"Ready?" he asked. She nodded and fell into step with him as he walked away from the building. "I was thinking we could make some tacos at my place how does that sound?" walking away the two drifted into a casual conversation unaware of just how much the world had in store for them.
Authors note: Thank you for the follows and reviews I will continue to update as quickly as possible. Feel free to pm me any suggestions. Also Im thinking of adding more side pairings. Anyway see you soon Mangalove out!