AN: Thank you for the reviews! :) Well here's another Chapter, it's longer than the last four. Enjoy!
A New Threat
The door to the house slammed open, with a dripping wet Sasuke present. Naruto and Kakashi looked up from their reports at the kitchen table.
"I thought you were gonna talk to Sakura not take a swim." Naruto chuckled earning a glare from the Uchiha.
"Shut up" He muttered as he slammed the door closed.
"I take it it didn't go so well." Kakashi smirked.
"What the hell do you think?!" Sasuke scowled.
"Well I think she got you all wet, but I thought it was suppose to be the other way around." Kakashi laughed unable to hold it in any longer, with Naruto joining in.
Sasuke sent a death glare at the two laughing men before heading to the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. He stripped off his soaking wet vest and threw in the tub.
"Damn her" he muttered to himself as he stripped off his soaked shirt. "Why does she have to be so damn stubborn?" He growled.
He removed his sandals and began removing his pants, but as fate would have it, his foot hit a small puddle that formed beneath him sending his back straight into the wall behind him.
"Shit" He said through clenched teeth as he let his body slide to the floor. 'Could this day get any worse' he thought resting his head on the wall.
It was thirty minutes before Sasuke emerged from the bathroom, sporting nothing but a white towel tied around waist. He went for his bag only to find it was no where in sight. 'Naruto' was the first name that came to mind. He walked back down the hallway. "Naruto what the hell did you….."
"Ssshhhh! Shut-up will ya" Naruto whispered looking out the window in the dining room.
'Did…..did he just sshh me?' Sasuke thought. He was about to yell at the blonde until he noticed that Naruto and Kakashi were intently watching something outside. Curiosity got the better of him and he strolled up behind the two. His eyes widened at the sight.
There outside the house was a half-naked Sakura, well from his point of view. Her over shirt was off, leaving her shirt and pants. 'Please how can you call that a shirt' Sasuke thought as he eyed the pink-haired women. He couldn't deny she looked damn good though. But the point of the matter was that she was talking to a man, not just talking, flirting with him.
Sasuke didn't know how long he stood there watching her blush and giggle at everything he said. He fumed when she placed her hand on his bicep in that oh-so-flirtatious way. He growled when the man brushed a stray piece of hair behind her ear leaving his hand lingering longer than needed. Finally he couldn't take it.
"Why the hell aren't you chasing this guy away?" Sasuke said angered.
"Keep it down. He's a mist ninja we want to see if he's a threat." Kakashi ordered.
'Oh, he's a threat alright' of course he couldn't admit that out loud. So he looked at the man more closely. Sure enough there on his left arm was the symbol of the mist. 'What the hell is he doing here?' Sasuke watched the man now more then Sakura, trying to pinpoint any reason he would be here. The said man looked to be in his late twenties early thirties and as Ino would put it easy on the eyes. 'Argh now I'm checking him out. Focus Sasuke' He yelled in head.
Then out of the blue the man had taken Sakura's hand and pulled her closer him, causing a blush to fill her cheeks and a giggle to escape her lips. Sasuke was about to barge out there and put an end to this whole charade, but to his surprise he wasn't the only one feeling protective.
"Hey Sakura you gonna introduce your friend." Naruto said standing in the now open doorway.
The sudden interruption caused them to quickly part. "Oh Naruto this is…..Well I guess I didn't get your name." She smiled at him sweetly.
'What?! You mean to tell me she has been throwing herself at him and she doesn't even know his name!' Naruto scowled in his head.
"Well let me introduce myself. My name is Akine from the village hidden in the mist." He smiled holding out his hand to Sakura, which she took cheerfully.
"I am guessing your name is Sakura."
"You guessed right."
To her surprise he brought her hand to his lips. "It's a suitable name for such a beautiful blossom." He said and gently kissed her hand. Of course causing her to blush and giggle once again.
"Oh he's smooth" Kakashi chuckled. He had noticed the reaction of his two male teammates. The glint of jealously he saw in their eyes was, well it was rather amusing to him.
"State you business here" Naruto said trying to hold back his anger.
"Well I was just passing by and happened to see this lovely woman. I just had to introduce myself." He said while smiling at the giggling Sakura.
"This is sickening she looks like a lovesick school girl" Sasuke huffed.
"Yes but I don't think I could pass her up either." Kakashi added smiling, which only earned him a glare from the other two men.
"Well I suggest you keep right on passing through." Naruto stated, turning his attention back on the unwanted visitor, only earning himself a glare from Sakura.
'That a boy Naruto' Sasuke smirked to himself.
"Actually Akine asked me to join him for dinner in a small village near by." Sakura said turning her attention back onto the man that was whisking her off her feet.
"What!?" Naruto now yelled.
"And I have accepted" Sakura giggled ignoring the outburst from the angered blonde.
Sasuke fists were clenched, anger flowing through his body. This man was defiantly becoming a rather large threat as far as he was concerned and there was no way in hell he was going to let this new threat put his grubby hands on Sakura. In a split second he had pushed Naruto out of the doorway, taking his place.
"Sakura I demand your get your ass in this house right now!" He all but asked nicely.
Sakura was taken back by this new outburst as she glared at the Uchiha. A slight tint of pink crossed her cheeks as she noticed he was only wearing a towel. But she stood her ground. "Do not talk to me as if you own me Uchiha." She scowled.
Sasuke was now ready to attack, half-naked or not he didn't care. Kakashi however had watched the scene very closely. Holding back a chuckle the whole time, but nonetheless he knew this could get ugly and he didn't want it to go that far.
"Sakura you heard him." Naruto added pointing towards the door.
Sakura now turned her glare onto Naruto. "You stay out of this too" She growled
Sasuke watched the man carefully. He seemed oblivious to the banter between them, his hand still firmly holding Sakura's as if he had claimed her as his. A low threatening growl escaped his throat. This action catching Akine's attention and he looked over to the Uchiha, glaring at first but soon a smirk forming on his lips.
That's all it took for Sasuke to be pushed over the edge. "Naruto" He hissed through clenched teeth. Naruto nodded as he got into a fighting stance, he knew the others intentions and agreed one hundred percent that this man must be taken out.
Akine had quickly pushed Sakura behind him and took his stance. "Try me" he threatened.
"My pleasure" Sasuke hissed and lunged forward, Naruto right beside him. Before they even made it foot from the doorway Kakashi caught both men in headlock and a hand firmly set over their mouths.
"Sakura you go have some fun okay!" He said eye creased in a smile completely avoiding the struggling men in his grasp.
"Hmm" Sakura said turning from them. "Let's go Akine"
Akine straightened up. "Oh and don't worry I'll take real good care of her." He smirked and followed after her.
Kakashi was now almost tempted to let the anger raged men in his grasp go, if not attack him himself. But his better judgment overpowered, he knew Sakura could take of herself against this one. As soon the two were far enough Kakashi dropped his hold.
"What in the hell did you do that for? We're on duty; we can't just let her go into a village like that." Naruto argued rubbing his jaw.
"No, that is why we are following her." Kakashi answered like it was nothing important.
"You should have just let me take him out." Sasuke growled staring in the direction they had disappeared.
Kakashi chuckled. "Yes your right, it would have been rather enjoyable watching you lose your towel in the heat of battle." He smirked.
Sasuke glanced at the older man before returning to the house muttering something under his breath that sounded like "pervert" and "you wish". Drawing out another chuckle from the copy-nin.
AN: Another chapter done. Please R&R. Thanks'.