A white rose among Red #9
Saying it
I own Shiro
Pairings:
SasukexOc
Chapter is in Sasuke's POV!
Yes, an eventful day. First, Shiro gets a nightmare at three in the morning.
FLASHBACK
I sat up quickly, and looked around, Sakura was awake too, and Naruto and Kakashi. Shiro screamed again.
I ran over and wrenched the back the blankets that seemed to constrict her.
Tsunami threw the door open and I brought her into the main living area.
Tsunami took her, and rocked her, Sakura stroking her hair.
Tazuna and Naruto brought Kakashi out.
Feeling helpless, I soaked a cloth with cold water.
FLASHBACK OVER
Then I 'die'. And when I 'wake up' again, Shiro has nearly died from tears.
I remember asking her if she ever stops crying, and It turns out she does, because she punched me.
Although it didn't really feel like a punch, more like a poke.
When it was time to say goodbye, she hugged Tazuna and Tsunami, and patted Inari on the head.
"I'm glad they finished the bridge!" She laughed, as we began our way back home. Sakura was chatting with Kakashi, and Naruto strolled over.
"You tell the dude yet?" He asked her. She blushed.
"Go away Naruto!" She said in mock annoyance. He chuckled and hit her on the back. She fell forward a bit, and then a game of 'NARUTO-UZUMAKI-I-AM-GOING-TO-CHASE-YOU-AROUND-UNTIL-YOU-BECOME-SO-TIRED-I-CAN-CATCH-UP-TO-YOU-AND-HURT-YOU!' began, until Kakashi caught her by the scruff of her neck and told her not to over exert herself.
And considering she was already out of breath, that warning may have come too late.
KONOHA
Kakashi had been giving us more missions than usual.
I'm exhausted.
"Hey! Hey teme!" Naruto catches up with me. Inside I groaned.
"Dobe. Your apartment is the other way, is it not?" I asked through my teeth.
"I have to talk to you. It's about Shiro!" He says, and I was beginning to wonder if something's wrong.
"What about her?" I ask.
"She obliviously hasn't told you yet." He grins.
"What are you talking about?" I growled.
"When you err…died…She was crying really hard, right? Like just as hard as Sakura, right?" He said, seemingly very hyper.
I nodded, slowly, and we stopped walking.
"Well, do you love her?" Naruto asked I raised an eyebrow.
"Dobe? Get to the point." I whispered. "Do you love Shiro?" He asked. My other eyebrow rose. 'Do I love Shiro?' I thought.
Naruto was standing there.
"Go away." I told him, and he didn't follow me.
"Think about it, Teme!" He called after me. That, I would do.
THE NEXT DAY
I found myself up about a couple hours before training.
I also found myself on my way to Shiro's house.
I knocked.
She opened it, her hair was wet, and her dark blue tee-shirt was slightly sticking to her. Her white Capri's had a shruiken pouch strapped to it. Her hair was in a tight ponytail.
"What's with you and coming round here at four in the morning?" She joked.
"Your cat makes me." I grinned, sitting on a bar stool and her cat jumped on me.
She smirked.
"Leave my cat out of this." She slid the cookie jar over to me.
"Take one." She advised, but then she backtracked, sliding the cookie jar back into place and tossing me a tomato instead.
I ate it like an apple.
She munched on a carrot, as she went around the kitchen, cleaning.
"Do you do this every morning?" I asked her, passing her a broom.
"Have to. I don't have anytime when I get home." She said, and straitened the cards on the island. I picked one up.
It was a drawn card, done by the sloppy hand of a child. "Hapy Birtday Shiro-chan!" It read.
"When's your birthday?" I asked her. She turned crimson.
"Uh…tomorrow?" She said quietly.
"Why didn't you tell us?" I asked her.
"You never asked. When's yours?" She asked.
"Four months form now." I told her. She nodded.
"How old are you?" I asked again.
"Turning twelve." She said. I nodded.
"Naruto doesn't even know." She said, finishing her cleaning. We walked to the training grounds.
"Uh…Um…Sasuke?" She asked quietly. We were staring up at the sky.
"Hmm?" I used one of my non syllable words.
"Naruto told you, didn't he?" She asked.
"All he asked me was if I…loved you." I said.
She blushed.
"Konohamaru told me." She whispered.
"He also hinted that you liked me." I grinned.
She blushed harder.
"Why don't we go get some ramen or something after training?" I asked.
She turned to me.
"Is Sasuke Uchiha asking me on a date?" She smirked.
I smirked back.
"Maybe I am." I said.
She paled, staring at something behind me.
I turned.
Sakura.
She turned away.
"Sakura…I…I'm sorry." Shiro pleaded, on her feet.
When Sakura turned back, she was smiling slightly.
"No…You two look good together." She smiled, and hugged Shiro.
"I give you my blessing. So if you hurt him, I'll kill you." She smiled.
Shiro laughed.
"Of course!" The girls burst into laughing.
"Besides…It's not like Sasuke has had a girlfriend before, so I'll have to go easy on him." She laughed, and I mock glared.
"Well, Shiro's birthday is tomorrow." I said, and again Shiro paled.
"Why didn't you tell me?! OMG!!! I haven't gotten you a gift yet! SHIRO!" Sakura started freaking out.
Shiro flicked the back of my head.
"Why did you do that?!" She whispered, angry.
"You can't stay mad at me, Shiro." I smirked slightly, and got up, just as Naruto arrived. She narrowed her eyes and turned away.
"Oh…Teme it looks like you got Shirooo maaad!" He taunted. I glared at him. And for the next hour and a half, Naruto and I tried to get Shiro to turn around.
"Shiro, I REALLY don't want to do this…" Naruto warned, finally. He started tickling Shiro around her middle.
The girl let out a squeal, and tried to get away, but Naruto was relentless.
Sakura was waiting for Kakashi.
2 and a half hours later, Naruto and Shiro were playing with some pebbles, flicking them at each other, Sasuke was sitting against a tree, and Sakura was sitting next to him.
Shiro dropped her pebble.
"Shiro?" Naruto looked at her.
"This is getting boring, sorry Naruto, but I'm going to climb the tree now." She stood, wiping the dirt off her knees. She walked over to the tree, and walked up it, to the top.
It was a very high tree.
Shiro looked over the training grounds. She could see teams eight, nine, and ten, training. She could see the Hokage's tower, and Kakashi on a bird, and an eagle…WAIT! Kakashi on a bird?
Sure enough, sitting crossed legged, was Kakashi, reading his dirty book.
"Kakashi!" She screamed, and fell out of the tree.
"SHIROOO!" Naruto yelled, running around in circles as his best friends and enemy's girlfriend fell out of a tree.
Sakura ran up the tree and grabbed Shiro's hand, heaving her onto the branch.
"Thank you Sakura!" Shiro gasped.
"Oi! Shiro! Next time you decide to fall out of a tree, could you warn me first?" Naruto called up.
"Sure thing Naruto!" She laughed.
I raised an eyebrow.
Kakashi landed, the bird disappeared.
"What took you so long?!" Shiro giggled, getting down from the tree, before Naruto or Sakura could say anything.
He ignored her.
"I have a meeting to go to. Training is off for today." And he disappeared, leaving Sakura, Naruto and Shiro looking confused.
"THANKS FOR NOTHING SENSEI!" Shiro yelled, giggling.
"Well, I'm off to the ramen shop." Naruto was outta there before I could say 'ramen'.
Sakura looked at Shiro, evil maniac look in her eye.
Shiro shrunk back.
"We're going shopping." Shiro nearly fainted.
She grabbed hold of Shiro's arm, and I had a seconds warning when Shiro grabbed my wrist.
Just great. I spend my day that I could be using training going shopping.
Shopping.
Shopping with Sakura.
Just Great.
We met up with Naruto and Konohamaru and his friends.
Sakura let go of Shiro's arm, and I took the chance and pulled her back around the corner.
She giggled.
"Thank you!" She hugged me.
"Why did you even agree, then?" I put an arm around her raised an eyebrow.
"Why did I agree? You brought up the subject of my birthday!" She poked me in the chest, accusing.
I smirked.
"Come on, before Sakura gets suspicious." We started walking.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Konohamaru screamed.
Shiro wheeled around, and took off running.
"Cover me!" She called over her shoulder.
I stared.
But nevertheless, I perched on a tree branch and watched the little scene that happened next.
Konohamaru bumped into a boy wearing a black…cat hat. A blonde girl was standing beside him, telling him to put the kid down.
I could see the headband.
Suna.
He had Konohamaru by his neck when Shiro showed up.
"You let him go, what did he ever do to you?" She said coldly, and he stared at her.
"And you're going to make me?" He laughed.
"If push comes to shove, yes." She glared.
He dropped the kid and turned to her.
His hand went to his shruiken pouch.
I picked up a pebble (A/N Don't ask. How am I supposed to know what a pebble was doing in a tree?) And threw. It its mark.
He looked at me.
"Who are you?" I asked coldly.
The blonde fidgeted.
"Kankuro. Temari. Making trouble in our allies' village." A cold voice sounded.
A red head was hanging upside down from a branch lower than mine.
Shiro looked around at the figure.
"Is he with you?" She asked.
"Yes." The figure said coldly.
Shiro took no notice of the tone.
"Then tell him to leave my friends alone. Before I lose it." She glared at 'Kankuro'.
The figure got down.
"What's your name, if I may be so bold?" Shiro looked at him.
"It is polite to offer your own name before you ask of others." He looked at her.
He had reddish brown hair, darker than Shiro's, and turquoise eyes.
"I'm Hoshi Shiro." She offered her hand.
He ignored her.
He and his siblings started walking away.
Shiro lowered her hand, looking amused.
"Are you ok, Shiro?" Sakura rushed over.
"Ya. Who are they?" Shiro asked.
"I haven't the slightest clue. They're from Suna, but the girl said something about the Chunnin exams." Sakura looked after them.
I jumped down.
"I'm Uchiha Sasuke. Who are you?" I called after them.
"Me?" The blonde spun around.
"No. The red head." I said coldly, jerking my head at him.
She looked disappointed.
"I am Sabaku no Gaara." Then they left.
"Wasn't that dramatic." Shiro looked at the retreating forms.
"Hn. I'll pick you up at five." And I walked away, leaving a squealing Sakura, a snorting Naruto and an amused Shiro behind me.
Next Chapter: Shiro's POV: Red and Black Date
Next Chapter: Sasuke's POV:
So far, nothings wrong yet. Oh Kami…it's HIM. Please don't see us, please don't- Oh no, they're coming over!