They all stared blankly into heir Raman bowls; their appetites seemed to leave them very quickly. People were leaving because of the many teenagers in the room, making comments about it, soon they were the only ones left in the room except for the shop owners washing dishes…but what did they care…they had lost two of their companions …allies…acquaintances…friends. (A lesson coming your way) They all knew one thing: The world was cruel and cold; sometimes the brightest most beautiful days in the world can't penetrate the darkness that fills their worlds. The lightest of hearts can quickly be turned into a pitch black color…sometimes there's no turning back…but sometimes…sometimes….
"Damn Sasuke…" Gaara muttered under his breath.
"What was that punk?" A cold voice brought his eyes open and made everyone look to the side, a cloaked figure shadowed the light that illuminated into the shops.
With a quick gasp, Ino flipped around and began to yell: "Sasu-," he, quicker than anyone could react to, he covered her mouth.
He brought his eyes up to the other ninjas who were to stunned to speak "Do you guys still hang out at that roof?" He asked.
With a quick 'Hmmph' Naruto nodded.
"So what have you guys been up to?" Sasuke said in his normal cold voice, he still hadn't taken off the cloak that concealed his identity. He obviously said that to try to take some of heat off the fire. No use. Naruto got to his feat, made his way across the roof and right when Sasuke turned to him…he slapped him right across the face. It wasn't a sissy anger slap though, it was a slap that made everyone wince as it echoed beyond their position, it was one that the people walking on the sidewalks, or eating their lunch in Raman shops looked up wondering what that echoing sound is.
Sasuke's head stayed to the side from the stinging pain of the rage Naruto put into the slap, "Damn you…" Naruto growled at first "DAMN YOU SASUKE!!" He roared not caring if this roof spot was supposed to be kept secret. Sasuke didn't bother to turn his head where it resided "SAKURA WOULD'VE NEVER LEFT IF YOUR DUMB ASS WOULDN'T HAVE GONE OFF TO GET YOUR FUCKING REVENGE!!"
Gaara gave a twitch that showed the 'Language-Please-'
Naruto huffed in and out; Sasuke kept his face to the side his eyes in shock from the sudden outburst. After what seemed like forever Sasuke turned his face back, bringing his eyes to the ground and his deep voice say something no one would expect: "I know"
Naruto gasped. Sasuke was always selfish and didn't blame himself for anything that happened, it wasn't like him. His eyes directed to the ground as if guilty by what happened. Sasuke had changed. His care for Sakura had changed.
"After being separated from her for so long" Gaara's dry voice came in "Has feelings arose from the deep depths of your mind?" His sea green eyes concentrated, narrowed in almost disgust at the raven haired boy, "Or is it your own selfish desires?"
Sasuke's fists clenched almost ripping into his skin, he gritted his teeth angrily "Shut up…" He growled staring Gaara back in the eyes.
"Maybe it was right that Itachi took her away," Gaara said. Sasuke started to shake. "Maybe she needed some protection…" Sasuke growled shut up again "Protection from losers like you"
"I SAID SHUT UUPP!!" Sasuke raised his fist, the hood lifting off of his head flying backwards with the rest of the cloak as he flew at Gaara while yelling as he did, the sand let out of the gourd with lighting speed and smashed its sandpaper like surface at Sasuke thrusting him at the ledge of the building, the impact causing blood to sill out of his mouth.
"Sasuke!" Everyone yelled in unison.
"Gaara don't you think your going over board with this?!" Temari yelled to her brother as the other, except for Shino and Shikamru, ran to Sasuke's aid. All she received was a glare that could cut thru glass.
"I see…" Sasuke said refusing the help of his friends around him, he stumbled back onto his feat, Gaara unfazed by this, ignoring the pain rampaging thru his body "So…after the incident" He thought of when Gaara had almost crushed her to death "You really warmed to her?" He wiped a strand of blood off of his mouth, and snickered.
Gaara gasped, his eyes widened, but than he adjusted back into his normal brooding position "She was a fellow comrade, and no one deserves to have your selfish desires directed towards them"
Gaara had stepped in front of where Sasuke stood so now they were face to face, or more of brooding glares to brooding glares. The others stood, confused, on the sideline.
"Hey…" Naruto looked in thin air with a pause…. "SASUKE AND GAARA LIKE SAKURA?!?!"
The others fell to the side. Ino smacked him upside the head "BAKA!" She yelled.
They brought their attention back to the glare down; the next move surprised everyone.
"DID THEY JUST BITCH SLAP EACHOTHER?!"
(I'm sorry I had to )
Sasuke and Gaara had both lifted up their hands at the same time and smacked each other in the face at the exact moment.
"Now that's what I call being angry in a girly way" Naruto said. 'That didn't make sense' everyone else thought slapping their forehead. Just as the excitement of the two boys, now holding a grudge against each other, began to arise, their attention was brought away. Not to far away from their location their was a lowed crash and than smoke arising from the area, it spread out to the whole city of Konoha causing them to put their arms up to shield their eyes from the smoke.
"It must be an attack!" Temari yelled; the lowed crashing continued as the gate to Konoha crashed to the ground and five figures could be seen jumping off the rooftops.
"All right time for our attack on Konoha!!" Deidra yelled swooping one of his arms in the air and punching the air once.
"Your going to have fun with this aren't you princess?" Sasori asked Sakura, who was nearby, calmly.
She looked at him and a big smile came across her face and she looked forwards again "Oh tons…" She glared slightly "You don't even know how much fun…"
Kisame smirked a toothy smirk "All right… SEPARATE!!" He yelled. (He had always wanted to do that) Sasori went left along with Deidra, Kisame and Itachi went right. Itachi gave Sakura a nod that meant 'Be careful' she nodded, mouthing back 'I will' and kept forward.
The group of teenagers stood in a circle ready to attack whatever came at them. Without warning, Gaara's sand barrier swooped around them in protection "What happened?!" Sasuke yelled over all the commotion.
"Someone's throwing shurikun at us!" He called back; surprisingly they were back to back. When the clanking on the sand he sent the sand back into his gourd so they could examine their attacker. The figure dropped to the ground, slumping over. Every ones eyes widened. They slowly leaned back into an upright position smirking, their cherry blossom pink hair hung at the side of their head.
"Heh…missed me?" She said flipping her hair back a bit mockingly. They all stared at her.
"Sakura…" Sasuke said reaching out slightly, but she backed away more still smiling.
"Let's play a little game everyone…" She said darkly "A little game of tag…and…I'M IT!" She yelled and jumped back.
In deep confusion Ino, Gaara, and Sasuke all jumped into the smoke that she had disappeared into "INO! WAIT!" Shikamaru yelled, everyone else had stayed back, "We gotta find them!" He called to the others.
"But what about the others that were with her?!" Hinata yelled back.
"Fine! Everyone separate different ways!" He yelled becoming frustrated.
"RIGHT!" They all yelled in unison, and hopped their separate ways into the smoke filled town of Konoha.