Disclaimer:Nope,I don't own Naruto.Though I'm so broke that suing me would be pointless.Author's note:I'm a fan of SasuSaku so I had to do something about it.I also plan to do some jelous Sasuke in the next chapters.Anyway,please read and review.Special thanks to tiffanylicis for my very first review.
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"What now?",the pink kunoichi lazily questioned Shizune.
Shizune herself was breathless at the moment,and Sakura gave her a moment to recover.She was obviously running all the way to Sakura's home.What did the poor excuse for a hokage had in store for her this time?It better not have anything to do with Gai complaining about her beating Lee up again...It was really getting old fast.
"Sakura-san!Tsunade's somehow gotten her hands on another stash of sake!This is bad.She keeps babbling something about hamsters"
Sakura shrugged and grabbed her kunais,because she had a feeling she'd need a lot of those.
"Go ahead Shizune-san.I'll meet you there in a minute."This was going to be one of those days,the girl thought while she was heading towards the source of trouble,namely,her dear hokage.
In the meanwhile,Sasuke was eating ramen with Naruto at Ichiraku's.Naruto had also changed while the Uchiha was on his revenge quest,and had matured quite a bit too.However,when it came to ramen Naruto was still just...well,Naruto.So he went on ahead and ordered one of everything,while Sasuke went for the plain beef ramen.The fox boy had told Sasuke everything that happened to the team after he had left the village,and also explained how he and Sakura trained under the two remaining sennin so that they could help him and bring him back home.Naruto was however glad that Sasuke returned on his own free will.And killed Orochimaru.
"So teme,I wondered this the other day.Now that Orochimaru's dead,is your curse-seal still active"
"Only when I want it.I can fully control it now."Sasuke gazed into the imaginary spot in the distance.
Naruto was wise enough to notice this,so he dropped the subject for the time being.
"Naruto"
"Huh?What?",Naruto's eyes turned to slits and he gave him his foxy grin.
"You still owe me a fight"
"Of course,but this time,I'll win for sure.Then you'll have to acknowledge me!".The onyx eyes looked at Naruto in wonder,and Sasuke rose to his feet.
"Naruto.I acknowledged you long time ago.".Then he added "Dobe!",and smirked.Naruto just grinned like an idiot,but soon his smile was wiped from his face when he remembered something.
"Oh,Sasuke-teme.Did you talk to Sakura yet?She's been edgy ever since you came back"
"Aa.I was going to."Uchiha turned to leave when Naruto added,"Just don't tick her off.She'll beat you to a pulp"
Sasuke chuckled,"Yeah,I'd like to see her try"
"Hey,believe it!"
Now that he thought about it,Sakura did kind of seem to avoid him.He'd only seen her a couple of times with Naruto and Hinata,but when she'd seen him,she would just make some excuse and leave.That was very un-Sakura-like,considering how she used to be all over him prior to his departure.He remembered that night,and now that he thought about what she did for him,and what she was willing to do,it made him suddenly feel very bad.He remembered the way he knocked her out coldly,leaving her crushed and heartbroken on that bench.What was this new feeling?Why was he,the Uchiha heir,concerned about a single girl?Why did he had the urge to rip Lee apart when he saw him near her?Sasuke just hoped that Tsunade was going to give him a chance to talk to Sakura.He needed to get to the bottom of this.
"NNNooooOOOoo..!!!!!!!!",Tsunade ran around the table,"You can't have my precious!".Sakura and Shizune stood at the door and sweatdropped to this absurd situation.
"Sakura-san.Should we tell her that nobody's chasing after her?".Sakura glanced at Shizune.
"Nah...Let her run a couple of laps.Maybe she'll exhaust herself and faint"
"Good point,Sakura-san.Kakashi was right when he said you were the brightest"
"Oi,my let granny rub your big said looking at Sakura.And that was it for her.Yep,she was doomed.
It was a bad thing to mention the size of Sakura's forehead.If you don't believe it,ask Tsunade.She knows.She has scars to prove it.
Half an hour later Tsunade was tied to her chair and had a kunai at her throat.Sakura put a bottle of sake so that the sennin could smell it.Shizune tried to help Tsunade,but was effectively shut up by an icy glare.Knuckles cracked.
Sasuke Uchiha leaned against the window frame outside the office enjoying the sight.He had to admit that the once weak girl had a lot of imagination when it came to torturing her dear hokage.Heck,he even felt endangered in the creativity department right now.Hiding his chakra,he leaned his ear to the wooden frame.
"Tsunade-shisou"
"S-S-S-Sakura-san!Don't beat her up...too much.".Shizune was also kind of amused.
"Eh,don't worry Shizune-san.I'll just drink her sake for her."Tsunade twitched to this remark.
"Unless she apologises and just tells me what she wants so I can go back to sleep"
Sakura approached the panicking sennin and removed the tape from her mouth...quite harshly.
Sasuke shuddered.He knew what it felt like to be shaved with wax.Kabuto did that to him as a prank when he was asleep once.Uchiha fractured his skull arterwards,but still...It was...ugh...painful.
"I'LL DO ANYTHING!!!DON'T TOUCH MY PRETTIES!!!My poor babies...Weee"
"First apologise"
"Ok,dammit.I'm sorry I mentioned that enormous"
"Ahem",Shizune cleared her throat."I mean how I praised that oh lovely forehead of yours"
"Good.",Sakura took the glass of sake and brought it close to Tsunade's mouth.Of course,the poor alco-addict couldn't reach it no matter how much she squirmed.
The raven haired eavesdropper was now stuggling not to burst out laughing.This was truly priceless.
"Well before I unbind you,tell me what do you want.If it's not that urgent I'd like to have the rest of the day off.So"
"Umm...Ohhh-kayy.There's this thingy.You can have the rest of the day for yourself,but"
Sakura twitched impatiently.More knuckles cracked.How many fingers did the kunoichi possess?Scary.
"Tomorrow,you have a mission to go to an abandoned part of the village and help out with the restauration.The owner wants to repopulate the place"
"The owner?",Sakura questioned.
"Sasuke Uchiha.",Tsunade now enjoyed the kunoichi's expression.Sakura was frozen right there.
Sasuke spent a really long three seconds of anticipation.Why the hell was he so worried now?He could do it himself with ease.But he really wanted to talk to her.
"...fine."Haruno Sakura anticipated the encounter anyway.She would just have to face him sooner or later.Why postpone the misery,she thought.
The prodigy of Konoha walked back home relieved.He now had the chance to talk to her.On his way he passed a couple of cherry trees,in full blossom.It was spring in Konoha.For the reasons yet unknown to him,he was feeling like had just got his old life back.And for the first time,he really appreciated it.
Sakura sat in her living room contemplating her life without any affection,without that old crush of hers.She now had a mission to face the skeletons from her closet.The first thought that came to her mind was...mission impossible.Well,chapter two,complete.I just hope it wasn't too bad.Oh well...Please review,I'd appreciate it.