His mother raised an eyebrow but said nothing. A silence fell as thoughts were swimming in their minds.
"But I'm sure it's nothing. My mind's probably playing tricks on me. . . It's been a long day." Sasuke said quietly. He noted that he still only had his boxers and nothing else on.
"Son," Mikoto took his hand in hers. "Those words I asked you to bide by, they were your father's vows to me at the alter." Mikoto smiles at the memory. "And he's still living up to it today."
"I wonder how, he's never here." Sasuke thought out loud.
"Your father has his own way of loving me, just like you love Sakura." Mikoto rubbed her son's palm gently.
"I think I should get back to bed. Sakura was still awake when I left. She'll probably be worried if I didn't pitch up." Sasuke pulled his mother in a hug and kissed her forehead. He stood up.
"A kiss on the forehead means you don't only like/love her but also adores her, you feel responsible for her in a way that is beyond mere sexual or mental desire. It is selfless. Use it wisely Sasuke." Mikoto whispered but Sasuke heard it loud and clear
He made his way back to his room. Like he had guessed, there laid the girl he loved. She was texting now.
"My mom says goodnight." he said. 'Sakura' looked at him.
"You went to your mom's room? We makeout, you don't like it so you go complain by your mom?" She mocked.
"I went downstairs to the lounge, she was sitting there, probably waiting for my dad." Sasuke took the towel from his neck and laid down next to her. He switched off the lamp by him and prepared for sleep to conqour him.
The next day while the sun came up Charako had brought Sakura her breakfast. The two were in deep conversation.
"There's talk of changing your bodyguard." Charako said.
"You think you're my bodyguard?" Sakura joked.
"Ok, fair enough. Prisonguard. Is that better?" Charako lifted a piece of meat from his plate.
"Fair's fair." Sakura smile.
"Seriously. Amu's going to replace me as your guard."
"Yeah, I think she already replaced you with adventure and thrill." Sakura mimicked Amu with her last three words.
"Haha. I don't know anything about this guy. All I know is he used to work for ANBU Black Ops." Sakura looked confused so he explained. "They are our military. Our FBI. Apparently he's on leave so he'll babysit you."
"Amu sees me as a threat doesn't she?" Sakura asked quietly.
"No. You hear her last night."
"When will you be gone?" Sakura found his eyes and her own clashed his.
"By Friday. Day after tomorrow." Charako hesitated. "I'll find out more about this guy and I'll protect you."
"Sasuke! I'm glad you're up." Ino said loudly as she met with Sasuke in the hall.
"I need you to get this done pronto!" Ino carried on when Sasuke gave her no answer.
"Me?"
"Yeah you. It's for the party we're having next week Tuesday." Ino smashed the lists into his hands and walked off so smoothly and quickly he hadn't time to protest.
Without even glancing at the paper her folded it and tucked it away for later.
"Did you speak Charako's replacement?" Amu asked. They were having tea in the garden. Karen still disguised as Sakura.
"He's arriving tonight."
"Itachi Uchiha has been spotted near the entrance to the shaft again. This is the third time this morning." Amu informed. "What is he up to?"
"He's part of the Akatsuki, something tells me he didn't buy my story." Karen sipped her tea.
"Of course he didn't. Sasuke won't just forgive and forget you know." Amu stated bluntly.
"Well I'm sorry. I didn't hear you coming up with something smarter!" Karen acted insulted. She threw her hands to her face shocked.
"You're the one that spoke if you gave Charako a chance he would have sold ice to an Eskimo with no problems." Amu said. Karen ended her mascarade when she saw Sasuke head this way.
"Shh." She warned.
"Hey." Sasuke greeted. He bent down bent but hesitated for a second and kissed her on the cheek. Amu noted and make a mentle note to ask why.
"Hey." Karen and Amu greeted in unision.
"Ino's planning a party and I wanted to ask if you could these thing." He hesitated. "Please."
"Oh ok. Am I invited?" Karen switched to her flirty voice. Sasuke nodded. He looked at Amu and left after saying thanks.
"He hesitated to kiss you." Amu said when the Uchiha had left.
"He always kissed me on the forehead. I wonder why he didn't." Karen wondered out loud.
"Don't look now but I think you're loosing your touch sister." Amu smirked.
"Enough of that we have more important things to discuss." Karen stated. That brought them into another part of the conversation. Little did they know, Mikoto stood at the window of her room smiling. She noticed Sasuke hadn't kissed her on her forehead.
Mikoto turned to face Ino. The young girl did have a point. Sasuke loves Sakura but he chose not to give her the forehead kiss. That meant he doubted something.
"All we need is a foot in the door to find out with Sakura is acting weird. We need just one chance to prove that that's not our Sakura." Ino spoke, determination as heavy as lead in her voice.
"Did you speak to anyone else?" Itachi spoke up. He was asked by Mikoto to join them. "About this?"
"No." Ino answered. Itachi took this moment to tell them about Karen and the mine shaft. He told them everything from when he found them to when he watched them enter and leave the shaft.
"So Karen is back?" Ino asked quietly.
"She's back alright." Itachi assured.
"Karen only brings trouble. The question is why is she back and what does she have planned?" Mikoto sat down. Her mind thinking of possibilities why Karen would be back.
"And what was in that bag?" Ino asked.
"Since a guy was carrying it and what it looked like from my experience from the Akatsuki, it looked like. . ." Itachi thought for a moment.
"A body."
A/N: Alright everybody! That's a wrap! Can you guess who's the guy from ANBU Black Ops?. . . I hope you enjoyed that chappie! I hope it was. . . Interesting enough.
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