Kelso here. Here's a double whammy. Chapter 3 and 4 should be up in a week or so. Just to let you know; this story is going to be short. Like about five or six or even seven chapters. Please review and thanks for reading.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does. or Aquaman, I think DC comics or Marvel does.
Chapter 2- Doorway
Kakashi yawned and stretched his wings after the long nights sleep. He inhaled a big breath of fresh heaven air; it smelled like wet rain to him. Every single thing in heaven was perfect; even the scents. Kakashi stretched until he was fully satisfied. His muscles screamed in pleasure and in pain. He must have slept awkward on his cloud. Once he was done popping his back into oblivion; Kakashi thought it would be fun to harass Sasuke. It was always a good day when teasing Sasuke was involved. Kakashi smiled about his evil plan and then; he flew. He squinted his eyes as the golden sun pierce him with a yellow blinding ray as he was gliding through the air. Several times, Kakashi had almost crashed into other angels. Mostly females. Our favorite angel was a huge pervert. Woman in general were his favorite. When they had yelled at him; Kakashi would flash them a lazy smile. The woman's wrath would melt away in a heartbeat. Then Kakashi continued his journey for another ten minutes but as he approached the grumpy man's cloud; Kakashi noticed something looked odd.
Sasuke's cloud was black. It wasn't black all the way. Ounces of white and black colors blended together to make gray. Kakashi floated to the middle were a perfect body outline of man stood out in bright white. Panic in Kakashi's heart had set in. He thought of this kid as a student and now he was missing. In heaven of all places. Nothing bad is suppose to happen in the perfect world. Many questions were plaguing his mind; ones such as: Why is Sasuke's cloud dyed black? To Kakashi, the dark ink looked like ash. It reminded him of bomb ash but no smell was around. Another question was: Where's the boy?
The older man was worried about possession by a he had never seen a cloud turn black like this; there was a possibility. Even though Sasuke was an angel; he could still get possessed. Until he gets wings. An angel's wings protects the angel from any bad seeds. Mostly demons. Kakashi had only seen two demon possessions and neither were very pretty. The only way demons could even dare to reach the pure air of heaven was misdirection. An angel can turned into a demon when too much sin and death follows them. The same concept is for a demon. When the demon or the bad soul of a person can admit their crime and their victim has forgiven them. They can move to heaven. Kakashi knew that Sasuke had two strikes against him. One was his failing of taking care of his first charm and another sin was envy. Sasuke had a moment of envy for Kakashi's wings.
Kakashi knew that this was bigger then him and he needed help. He needed help from the biggest man in heaven. The higher power. Kakashi out stretched his wings; letting the wind cut in between his light wing feathers. He floated there then sighed and started to focus. Focusing on the feel of flight was the trick to learning how to fly to begin with. So either way; it was a bitch to earn your wings and it was a bitch to use them. He closed his eyes and put his hands together. Kakashi never had to focus this much unless it was a long trip. Visiting the higher power took a lot of energy out of any type of angel. Even the long deceased.
When Kakashi opened his eyes; his aura was burning the color light blue. Kakashi could feel the strength running through his veins. It was time. With some fast hand motions and some incantations; Kakashi's built up blasted him towards the highest cloud in heaven. He was a blue and white blur. Kakashi's eyes burned with tears and his cheeks flew back violently with the force of his super speed. After flying for awhile; the laid back man thought that he had gotten lost. He turned his head as much as he could with the speed; looking for the cloud. When he turned back to front view; Kakashi's eyes grew huge and the only thought that ran through his mind was, 'oh shit.' The man moved his arms to brace himself for impact. He slowly counted down, three, two, one then pop! Kakashi popped though the higher power's cloud with the same sound effect. Kakashi slammed onto the cloud floor; hoping that it was soft since he didn't have anymore focus to use. All his stock pile was finished for now. Finally the man got his answer. Kakashi slammed into the floor with such force that he continued to slide the hallway and into the higher power's dining room. Kakashi slammed into the table; destroying the higher power's feast. Once his head and body were back in his control; Kakashi smoothly climbed onto his working two feet and brushed himself off. He continued to brush until he heard a slight cough then his body froze in fear. Kakashi knew at once that he was going to get his ass kicked for ruining the higher powers ramen feast. His stomach was rumors of legends. Kakashi sighed and whirled around with his hand he did a slight wave. "Yo," greeted Kakashi with a lazy smile. His smile never changed when the higher power's blue eyes twitched.
"Just 'Yo' Kakashi? No I'm sorry for spilling your ramen?" ranted the spiky blond hair and blue eyed man as he waived and whirled his arms around. Then he continued, "Or how are you doing today? Kakashi, sometimes you can be so mean." Kakashi smiled as the young man crossed his arms and started to pout. "You know Naruto, it's heaven. There's no need to cry over split ramen now is there?" lectured Kakashi as he looked at Naruto. The young man scratched his head; thinking. "I guess there's no point," huffed Naruto. Then the young man looked at a plain girl that shoved herself in corner when the whole ramen fit was going down.
"Can you bring me more?" asked Naruto to the woman as he smiled at her. She smiled back and nodded her head; scurrying out of the dining room. Now the room just had the two men in it; with silence as a third wheel. Kakashi grabbed the table and lifted it back up. If Naruto was going to continued feast then at least he could have a table to eat at. Once he lifted the table and it was ready to go; Kakashi moved to chairs. He lifted one up without making a noise but a low screeching sound echoed around the room. Kakashi looked immediately to the noise then he smiled. Naruto looked sheepishly at him with a chair in his hands. "Sorry."
Kakashi smiled and laughed," You're fine Naruto, it's to be expected." Naruto raised his eyebrow at him. Expected? "What's that suppose to mean Kakashi?" grumbled Naruto. Then the light bulb in Kakashi's head clicked on; Naruto thought that he was making fun of him. Kakashi smiled a soft smile and walked over to him to pat the young man on the head. "It's nothing bad Naruto. A part of your personality makes you a bit clumsy; that's all," explained Kakashi. The clumsy bit made Naruto smile.
"Only a true friend could know me like that," smiled Naruto. Then his face expression got confused. "Speaking of friends, where's the bastard?" Kakashi shrugged his shoulders in response of Naruto's question. "I don't know. That's the main reason why I'm here. I stopped by his cloud this morning and he wasn't there. There was," then Kakashi stopped and looked at Naruto in desperation. He waved his hand thinking about how to put the scene in words.
"There was what?" encouraged Naruto. "Remember you can tell me anything, I am Hokage. My word is law." Kakashi smiled with the 'Hokage speech'; he had heard it from many others but somehow. Each time he hears it from Naruto; the words burn in his spirit. "Well," started Kakashi, "I found Sasuke's cloud covered in a black ash. There was only a body outline but no Sasuke. Did he explode or something?"
Then Naruto sighed, "You can call it something," muttered Naruto. "Kakashi, you know I have eyes everywhere and nothing happens without me knowing," said Naruto. He was about to continued when the little maid came into the room with two bowls of ramen in her hands. Kakashi shook his head when stars danced in Naruto's eyes when he stopped the ramen. The little maid set the bowls onto the upright table and left when Naruto thanked her while he waved her away. Naruto plopped into the chair with refined grace and grabbed the bowls. Then the attack commenced; Kakashi cringed and looked away while the slurping of ramen noodles flowed through the room. Kakashi counted how long it would take him to polish off two bowls. Five minutes and a huge burp was heard. The older man took a chance and looked at Naruto once again. There were bits of food on his face but nothing too disgusting. "As you were saying," reminded Kakashi.
"I know what happened to Sasuke," claimed Naruto.
Naruto's bold statement made Kakashi's eyes widen a bit. "What happened?" asked Kakashi. In all of Kakashi's years of being in heaven; not once had he seen what he saw on Sasuke's cloud. He hoped it wasn't a demon. Then Naruto sighed," Kakashi. How much do you know about the legends in heaven?"
"To be honest, not much," replied Kakashi. Naruto hopped out of his chairs and started to pace. Suddenly Naruto stopped, "Kakashi, have you at least heard of the shooting star legend?" asked Naruto as he looked at him. Kakashi shook his head back and forth. "No. I haven't."
Naruto sighed again, "There is a story up here that has yet to be proven in three generations of Hokages, until now. Legends tell that a guardian angel can fall to earth when their charm wishes on a shooting star with the right words. Last night, Sasuke's charm wished that her perfect man would fall out of the sky," explained Naruto. "Now Sasuke is on earth, with her." Kakashi shook his head.
"That's unbelievable," declared Kakashi. He watched as Naruto nodded in agreement. "How can he come back?" asked Kakashi.
That's when Naruto laughed,"Kakashi, would you really want to come back when you have another chance to live?" Kakashi smiled at Naruto and sat down in a chair; scratching his head. "No, I guess I wouldn't want to come back."
"Exactly. Sasuke's life on earth was cut short. This is his second chance and with his soul mate," said Naruto.
Kakashi tilted his head, "Soul mate?"
Naruto smiled a sad smile and plopped himself into the chair next to Kakashi, "Every person on earth has their perfect mate Kakashi. Their soul mate. Sasuke and his charm on earth would have met by this time if he hadn't been killed. I just happened to tweak the circumstances a bit," smiled Naruto. "Besides everyone deserves to be happy. Even you Kakashi. You can only punish yourself for so long before you lose sight of what happiness even is, but I can't do anything for you since free will rules everywhere. With Sasuke and Sakura, I can nudge them in the right direction."
The older man sighed, "At least you know that you can't do anything with me," smiled Kakashi. Naruto smiled back and sighed. "It's not that I'm in a rush to get rid of you, Kakashi but I have a date with ten more bowls of ramen in the kitchen,"smiled Naruto.
Kakashi laughed, "I understand." Then the man lifted himself out of the chair and started walking out of the dining room. Kakashi paused, "Naruto? Will he be okay?" He looked at the other man straight in the face. Kakashi wanted to believe; had to believe that Naruto knew what he was doing. After all, Naruto is Hokage and he is the higher power. To doubt any decision of his; is doubt him. Naruto's face bloomed into a true smile. The brightest and biggest smile that Kakashi has ever seen. If Naruto's emotions reflected the weather; his smile would be the brightest sun. A powerful shiver traveled through his whole being. Then he knew; he knew that Sasuke would be happy. Kakashi smiled at Naruto and shook his head. Then he left the dining room and traveled into the hallway; back to the hole in the wall that he created. Kakashi looked out to the sun and he leaped off the edge. He closed his eyes as the wind caressed every inch of him. He hoped that Naruto knew what the hell he was doing. Once Kakashi landed back to his cloud; he kicked his feet up and enjoyed the warm air that heaven had to offer. It wasn't five minutes when Kakashi dozed off sleeping the day away.
There was a knock and the man smiled. "Come in Shikamaru," stated Naruto. Footsteps clinked into the room and Naruto turned around to look at the man. Shikamaru was a lazy looking man. Worst then Kakashi. This man wore his hair in the simplest of ways; right on top of his head. Which made his hair grow like a pineapple. He never walked straight up; always had a slouch to his walk. Shikamaru wore baggy clothing lose fitting clothing; easier to take off. Naruto knew that this man had only two loves in his life; sleeping and cloud watching but Naruto could never figure out which one he liked better. "Naruto, you should have warned him about the doorway," stated Shikamaru.
Naruto sighed, "I know, but Kakashi has plenty of things to worry about. I didn't want to add more." Naruto cringed as the footsteps approached at faster rate. "Did you even tell him that if Sasuke and his charm kiss; that Sasuke will return to heaven?"
The blond man tried hiding. Waiting for the other man's wrath, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM!" Naruto plugged his ears and cringed. Then mad footsteps clomped away in a rapid pace. Shikamaru went to go do the right thing. Naruto smiled; for that Shikamaru would earn his wings. All according to his plan. Sometimes Naruto would have to play stupid in order for things to happen. Hopefully Shikamaru would forgive him eventually.
Shikamaru slammed onto Kakashi's cloud; starling the other man into a panic attack. "Hey," greeted Shikamaru. Kakashi rubbed his eyes, "Yo Shikamaru. What brings you here?" Kakashi watched as the other man started to pace. "Naruto left out some information."
"Oh? What kind of information?" asked Kakashi. That perked his interest; very rarely Naruto leaves out information. Kakashi looked at Shikamaru; waiting for the man to speak. Then he just blurted it out,
"When an a guardian falls from the sky; he leaves a doorway open. If Sasuke and his charm kiss then Sasuke will return back here and the doorway will seal."
"What happens if Sasuke never returns to heaven by a kiss?" asked Kakashi. He watched as Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. With all my brain power and I don't know. I'm still newly deceased," muttered Shikamaru. "I mean, I'm not making excuses but cut me some slack."
Kakashi smiled. "Thanks for the minor information." Shikamaru nodded. Then he started to glow blue and shot off like a rocket. Kakashi watched as Shikamaru disappeared into the clouds then he smiled as the blue light suddenly turned into a bright blinding light. The gold light burned his eyes but Kakashi was pleased. It was about time that Shikamaru got his wings since he didn't have a charm to babysit right now. Naruto had cut him a break. Since Shikamaru had gotten wings; it gave Kakashi hope that Sasuke would get his if he ever made it back to heaven. It would make sense if Sasuke got his wings on return since they both came to heaven around the same time. Kakashi squinted; trying to look down at earth. He hoped that Sasuke could control himself with his beautiful charm. Hopefully he won't kiss her. If he did, his second chance was gone.
Standing in her kitchen with her coffee mug in her hand; Sakura looked at the man like he was growing a third head. She kept staring and staring; Sasuke was actually beginning to worry. Maybe he just shocked his charm to death. Sasuke slowly approached her and stopped a couple of feet away from her. Carefully, he sat his coffee mug on the kitchen counter then . He waved his hand in front of her face and she jumped like she was shot. "What do you want?" squeaked Sakura. She would not and could not believe it. The thought of it was just too far fetched. Sasuke sighed, "Do you believe me?"
Her first thought was 'hell no' but another look at his face said otherwise. His face was soft and his eyes held a heavy weight to them. The one lesson she had learned with Neji was: reading the liars. Sakura stepped closer to him. They were almost touching. She could smell his skin and her body tighten. Sakura knew she was highly attracted to him. Her green eyes landed on his. The heavy weight was still there. She sighed then smirk. "Prove it. If you're my guardian angel, where's your wings?"
Sasuke smirked. "To contrary belief, you don't automatically get your wings when you get to heaven. Trust I was a little pissed with that one but you have to earn them by taking care of a charm," replied Sasuke. "Or doing a huge kind deed. Sakura arched her eyebrow at him, "Charm?"
Their eyes met and Sasuke gave her a weird face, "It's just a fancy name for babysitting a human." Then the room was silent again. Sakura didn't like the fact that someone like him was watching over her but since he had an excuse for the lack of wings. Sakura had plan b, "Angels can do magic right? Or was that exaggerated too?" She watched a smirk break out on his face. Her lower stomach dropped; perfectly knowing the answer before it left his lips.
"Exaggerated."
She sighed.
"Alright," snapped Sakura as she violently placed one her hands on her hips. This little game was driving her bonkers and she bit her bottom lip hard to think. After a couple of minutes; her little light bulb flickered on. "It's either you prove it right now or I call the police to have you arrested." Again, she never threatened to get the police involved but it works so well. She watched as Sasuke's eyes increased in size a bit then settled. Her threat had shocked him but it hadn't frightened him like it did Neji. She decided that she had her hands full with him once again as another smirk plastered itself on his face.
"Okay Sakura, if you want to play that game. I can tell you what happened all day yesterday; down to the little details. Do you dare me to go on?" smirked Sasuke. Sakura nodded her head. It was way too easy. If and when she caught him; her fingers would be dialing the police and her landlord for some new locks. She wasn't the least bit worried of what Sasuke had to say. Sakura was confident that he was wrong. Her eyes jerked to Sasuke when he started clearing his throat. Then her ears opened; waiting for him to start proving her wrong. "Yesterday, your alarm clock blasted when you had set it on low the night before. What happened? Me. I turned up your alarm clock volume because you tend to over sleep on Mondays."
"But!" interrupted Sakura. "If you're my guardian angel, shouldn't you have known that it was my day off?"
Sasuke nodded, "I did. But you would have gotten up anyways in rush if you had thought you were late. Now am I right?" asked Sasuke. Sakura growled. The man knew her almost better then she knew herself. Key word was: almost. "Fine. You're right for once. Now continue," snapped Sakura. She was pissed and she didn't sugar coat it to spare his feelings.
"Gladly," smiled Sasuke. "You broken your alarm clock by throwing it across the room. By my count, that was your third broken one."
Sakura's eyes narrowed. "You've been turning up the volume," accused Sakura.
"Hn," stated Sasuke as he shrugged his shoulders. "As I was saying, you broken your third one then you stumbled to the kitchen make coffee. You, being an idiot in the morning; almost zapped yourself after washing your hands. I knocked your precious coffee onto the floor and while you had your back turn; I plugged it in for you. Once you had your coffee; you went to go get ready." The frown returned on her face as she crossed her arms.
The creep had spied on her while she was naked. Sakura was furious. "Hey! Asshole!" shouted Sakura as she slammed her coffee mug onto the counter. "You had no right to spy on me!" She poked him in the chest hard but all she got was a very sore finger and invasion of her privacy. Sakura could feel the weight of his heavy gaze on her face. She looked up and froze. Her heart hammered in her chest as she felt his breath on her skin. She shivered and looked away from his dark hypnotic eyes. "Sakura. I didn't see anything," whispered Sasuke.
Her eyes landed on his mouth; not daring to look at his eyes again. Everything about him was driving her crazy. Sakura shook her head; knowing her body was trying to rule her. Sasuke, not matter how attracted she might be to him would be the last guy that she ever slept with. He would be so lucky to get that honor. The thing she couldn't wrap around her mind was; why didn't he look? He was a full blooded male. Maybe he was gay. He did say that she wasn't his type; so maybe it wasn't her. That at least made her feel a little better. "Why?" whispered Sakura. He was so close; she took a step towards him and he returned the favor.
"Because," whispered Sasuke.
"Because why?" whispered Sakura.
"Because, I didn't want to," smirked Sasuke. Her frown turned into a scowl and her arms that had dropped to her sides from the closeness went up in blazing glory. Sakura smacked him. Personally she knew that she had no right to but he just kept making jabs at her appearance. Yes, she wasn't the prettiest girl out there but she gave most girls a run for their money. His head went back with the force. Then Sakura stomped away into the hallway. She paused after a few steps and turned around, "Say I believe you, how the fuck do we get you back up there?" Sakura watched his shoulders go up and down.
"I don't know," replied Sasuke. Her hopes dropped. Then she sighed, "Well, Sasuke. I'm going to go take a shower. If you want to, you can look up some information on my laptop over there," said Sakura. His eyes followed to where she was pointing. Sasuke stopped her silver laptop sitting on a blue storage container. He nodded his head at her and then she continued on her merry way. Once she reached the bathroom; she quickly locked the door behind her. Sakura didn't really see a need in locking it because of Sasuke's indifferent attitude towards her but she did it anyways. She stripped off her blue dress and started the shower. Sakura climbed in; letting the water soak into her skin. She seriously loved her showers. It gave her time to unwind and think. God knows that she had a lot of thinking to do.
Sasuke stood in Sakura's kitchen alone. Then he sighed and sat on her couch. He pulled her laptop over to him and turned it on. Sasuke smirked as he stared on her chosen background. It was a world map; with several little dots everywhere. The background even had a title. It was simple, 'Places I Want To Travel To.' Sasuke counted over thirty dots; Sakura would be a very busy girl. He used the touch pad to scroll over to an internet icon. He did the double tap and poof; the internet came up. Then he just stared at the search browser. What was he going to type in? Everything seemed too cliche.
He sighed and typed in 'angels.' Most of the shit he had gotten was bogus. Though, he did like the angel co play outfit; he could dig it. Then his eyes grew wide with surprise; it was his last link. With a sigh, Sasuke clicked on the link. The computer screen turned into a white rolling screen. His eyes flickered back and forth to read the text. The legend of the shooting star. Sasuke tried to comprehend what the words were telling him. He was able to come to earth because Sakura wished on a shooting star? Sasuke didn't believe it. He scrolled down to the bottom of the page to see who the creator was. Once his landed on the name; Sasuke had to laugh at the irony.
Shikamaru had created the website before he died by liver failure. Thought Shikamaru was the smartest man that Sasuke knew; nothing can save a person from death. Sasuke was scrolling back up until an odd fact caught his eye. Fact number nine: An angel can communicate with others by submerging in cold ice water. There was a small author's note next it; 'Fake.' Sasuke assumed that Shikamaru could never prove it which was the reason for the small note. Until now. It was time to prove that Shikamaru was right all along. Sasuke perked up his ears when he heard the water stop. The apartment was silent; Sasuke lifted himself out of the couch and walked over to her kitchen sink knowing that he'll probably regret it; he filled the sink up with cold water.
His eyes followed the swirling water now covering the bottom of the sink. "Sasuke I'm coming out of the bathroom now. No peeking," called Sakura from down the hallway. Before he had a chance to respond; he heard little thumps of footsteps going across the hall and into the bedroom. He heard a click of a door and rustling from the bedroom. It was either now or never when Sakura was preoccupied with changing. He shut the water off and just stared. He leaned his face over the body of water; he was so close that one more inch would place him face first. Sasuke sighed then he plunged into the cold water. His first reaction was wanting to scream because of the bitter cold water but he stayed under. He waited and waited until he saw heaven again but nothing happened. Sasuke could feel his face turning numb and lungs screaming for air but he still hanged on. Then his mind got fuzzy and his world turned black then suddenly everything faded to white.
When Sasuke opened his eyes again; he was no longer submerged in water but he was in heaven. Surprisingly enough. He looked around at the usual faces and the usual laughter; almost getting lost in it until he remember just what the hell he was doing here in the first place. He needed to talk to Kakashi. Sasuke floated as fast as he could to Kakashi's cloud. He didn't know if he was on a time limit and right now; he didn't want to find out. Sasuke passed his cloud on the way to Kakashi's. It looked like a bomb went off; guess that's what happens when an angel falls back to earth. A giant big bang.
His eyes spotted the silver haired man before he spotted the cloud. Kakashi's hair reflected the sun; he was a beacon in the day. When his feet coasted over Kakashi's cloud; Sasuke plopped down. Just one down out of heaven made him feel out of shape. "Oi!" hollered Sasuke to get Kakashi's attention. Sasuke could swear when Kakashi's eyes landed on him that his eyeballs were going to pop out of the sockets. Funny but wrong. He watched as Kakashi quickly flied over to him and gave him a quick manly man hug. A quick pat; it was long enough to say what needed to be said but short enough not to look gay. Sasuke smirked as Kakashi's mouth opened and closed rapidly like a fish. The only word that managed to escape the word net was, "How?"
"How am I talking to you? or how did I get here?" asked Sasuke. By the time Sasuke's questions had left his mouth; Kakashi was feeling a little more intelligent. "Both."
Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "I read on the internet that I could communicate with you if I put my head underwater. At first I didn't want to believe it after I read about the shooting star legend but I looked who the creator was and you won't believe it," said Sasuke. Kakashi arched his eyebrow at him. "Oh? Who?" questioned Kakashi.
"Shikamaru before he died," replied Sasuke. Sasuke's answer made Kakashi chuckle a bit, "Poor son of a bitch doesn't remember anything that he did on earth. Not even our legends." Sasuke sighed. "He'll remember in time won't he?" asked Sasuke. He watched as Kakashi's head bobbled up and down.
"You both will," replied Kakashi. Then Kakashi plopped down; relaxing on 'his spot' on his cloud. Sasuke smirked and shook his head. "Kakashi, do you know how I can come back to heaven?" Sasuke frowned as he heard the elder man sigh and it only grew deeper when Kakashi looked away from him. "Kakashi?"
Again Kakashi sighed then spoke, "I know a way." He didn't want to tell Sasuke; the young man didn't realize just how precious life on earth was. Sasuke, by a chance of fate has a second chance. Knowing Sasuke; he wouldn't care. He cringed slightly when he met Sasuke's eyes and heard the harshness of his voice. "Well Kakashi, Are you going to tell me or not?" spat Sasuke. He belonged on heaven. He was a dead man and dead men can't walk among humans. It was breaking all the rules but that was probably why it was called a legend in the first place. Shit like this just didn't happen every normal day.
"You have to kiss her," stated Kakashi. He watched Sasuke blink several times and shake his head. "Kiss who?"
"Sakura, you dumb ass. If you kiss her then you can come back to heaven," replied Kakashi. He was half tempted to tell him about the doorway but there was no reason too. If and when he makes back to earth; all he would need to do is plant one on her. There was no need; Kakashi knew that Sasuke would do it in a heart beat. Before Sasuke made a mistake like though; Kakashi wanted to talk some sense into the stubborn head of his. "Sasuke. Don't do it," stated Kakashi. His body got into defensive mode as Sasuke's angry eyes wheeled back in his direction as he finally came out of the shock.
"And why the fuck not?" demanded Sasuke. Did his friend not want him back in heaven? It was the only place that he felt at peace. Then again, it was perfect. It's kind of hard to compare other places to perfection; nothing would get close to it. He was angry and hurt. Sasuke was so angry that he could punch the man but it wouldn't do any good. He was deeply hurt; he could cry. Though no one would ever find out because if someone did; he would kill them. Then a stabbing pain went through his gut and a voice spoke in his head: 'Cry little brother. That's all you're good for.' The pain increased and Sasuke doubled over. He heard a low screaming and it matched the higher pitch screaming in his head. "Kakashi," groaned Sasuke. He fell on his knees and was about to fall over when Kakashi pulled him into his arms. "Kakashi, what's happening?"
The older man just sat there with Sasuke in his arms. He was lost for words. Naruto guaranteed him that Sasuke would remember how he died rather slowly instead of right away. "You're getting some of your memories from earth back," replied Kakashi. He didn't want him to remember how exactly he died. In fact, if Sasuke discovered that he was murdered by his brother; it would destroy him. The only reason why he made it to heaven was because at the time; he was a pure soul. His father and mother weren't spared. When Sasuke's brother murdered his parents; their souls were tainted with sins from their lives. Sasuke's brother never saw heaven either. He had commit suicide in his jail cell before he was going to be put to death. All of his family was in hell and Kakashi would not send Sasuke down there with them. He had a second chance and he needed to live it.
Kakashi looked at Sasuke. His breathing was finally even and the beads of sweat were starting to fade. Kakashi jumped as close laughter passed his cloud with a happy couple whispering sweet nothings in each others ears. He stared at them. Wondering if would be that happy if he forgiven himself or if Sasuke could be that happy on earth with his charm if he learned to suck it up. Kakashi glanced at the man in his arms and his eyes widen in surprise. Sasuke was no where to be seen. He glanced all around and smiled when his eyes landed on a spot on his cloud. The black spot with Sasuke's huddled body in the middle of it. He had fallen to earth again. Kakashi prayed to god that Sasuke would see the light. Figuratively, not literally of course.
"SASUKE!"
"SASUKE!"
"SASUKE! YOU STUPID ASSHOLE! WAKE UP!"
"Sakura! Stop yelling at him and focus! Do chest compressions and I'll breathe!"
He felt pressure on his chest that pinched like a son of a bitch. Sasuke tried talking to tell who ever was pinching him to cut it out when he felt a pair lips on his. Of course they weren't kissing him; they were breathing air in his lungs. He felt a shock to the chest and had the need to cough like a bitch. "Get off me!" yelled Sasuke which made both women in the kitchen scream in shock. Sasuke coughed and coughed until tears started running down his face. Slowly he took a breath and exhaled. His body seemed to think he was okay now and not full of water. Then he dodged as a pale fist soared for his face. She missed and ended up hitting the cabinet door behind him. A small crack was heard and he smirked; thinking that she had broke her fingers but he was wrong when he saw Sakura flexed her hand in front of him. His eyes glanced at the damage. She had broken the door off of the hinges. He exhaled and quickly thanked god for his decision to dodge. If he hadn't; he wouldn't be very pretty anymore.
"SAKURA! How could you! You could have killed him!"
Sasuke's head wheeled around to the owner of the voice. Sitting almost opposite of him, was a blond haired and blue eyed woman. She was pretty, Sasuke had to give her that but Sakura had her beat. "Thanks," stated Sasuke as he gave her a slight head nod. He wanted to smirk as the blond's face went from pale to bright pink in a matter of seconds. "No problem!" she said then she smiled at him. "Aren't you going to introduce us Sakura?" Sasuke watched as the blond woman gave Sakura a look. He had to smirk when Sakura rolled her eyes. In a annoyed voice Sakura said,
"Sasuke meet my idiot best friend Ino. Idiot meet Sasuke." Sakura watched as Ino batted her eyelashes and said nice to meet you to Sasuke. Sakura got ticked off when Sasuke smirked and returned the line. So maybe he wasn't gay after all but he didn't need to flirt with her best friend in front of her. He had no game what-so-ever. Sakura took the chance while he was momentarily distracted; he punched him hard in the nose. She smiled as his face flew back and his head crashed into the broken cabinet door. Her eyes flickered to Ino; who's mouth had dropped and a worry expression was painted on. Sakura was sickly satisfied. That would teach the asshole to flirt in front of her again.
"You could have killed him!" shouted Ino in Sakura's direction. "Maybe that's the idea," mumbled Sakura. Ino gave her a dirty stare.
"Sakura, there's no point in killing him! He almost died!"
The pink haired woman scoffed, "Please! He needed to get hit for many reasons. For one, being a total idiot!" shouted Sakura at the woman then she turned her sights onto Sasuke, "Just what the fuck do you think you were doing? Trying to kill yourself in my kitchen sink!"
Sasuke shook his head and fought the urge to plug up his ears, "I was communicating."
"COMMUNICATING!" bellowed Sakura. He cringed. Sasuke knew she had a terrible temper from the times he had watched her but to experience it. It was a whole different story. "WHO WERE YOU TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH! HUH? FUCKING AQUA MAN!"
He cringed again and he sighed. He looked at her; trying to pass a message to her mind to mind. Sasuke really hoped that she would understand. The room was silent and they continued their little staring contest. Sasuke's heart began to pound as he stared at her face. Mostly her lips. He could go home if he wanted to. All he had to do was close the distance and he would be home but Kakashi's voice kept echoing in his mind about his second chance. Then he sighed to try to relax his beating heart. Sakura could see his pulse going crazy in his neck. Her heart was pounding too. Just looking at him had her in all a flutter. She watched as he blinked and gave her another look; he ended it with his eyes quickly flickering towards the ceiling. Then she understood. She gave him a slight nod and their contest was put to an end. Sakura arched her eyebrow at the other woman that was glancing back in forth between the two. Sakura smiled and laughed as she looked at Ino. Then both woman starting laughing.
Once their laughing fest was over. Sakura watched as Ino lifted herself up and started dusting herself off. She arched her eyebrow as Ino whispered 'oh shit.' "Sakura I have class in about an hour and it takes me forty-five minutes to get over there. I'll call you afterwords! Bye!" called Ino as she ran out the door. The door closed with a thud and Sakura just sat on the floor; dazed. She blinked a few times until she heard rustling on the other side of her. Her eyes looked up to a standing Sasuke with his hand lowered down to her.
"Need a hand?"
Sakura nodded and took his hand. It was warm and rough; she had flashes of what his hands could do on her body. Sakura fought the blush slowly creeping up her body and cleared her throat. Once she was standing on her own two feet; she stepped away from him. Not trusting what her neglected body could do but knowing perfectly well what it wanted to do. Him. She shook her head and grabbed her coffee mug. It was empty but she didn't care. It was comforting and it helped her to keep her mind out of the gutter. "Sasuke."
Her eyes flickered to the floor; not waiting to make eye contact. "If you're going to stay here. You are going need better clothes then mine. We're going shopping. Like it or not." Her eyes quickly glanced to his face. He clearly wasn't happy at all. Sakura quickly added, "I don't like it either. I'll make it as quick and painless as possible. Okay?"
The frown on his face was still there but it slightly lighten, "Quick and painless?"
Sakura nodded her head. "I promise." Then the man sighed,"Fine."
Sakura smiled. Quick and painless was her middle name. "Let's go!" She made her way out the door and Sasuke begrudgingly followed.
It was going to be fun.