The Sakurazaki Chronicles—Tsubasa
By Emi
MC: Setsuna, Sasuke, mainly Konohagakure ninja
MS: Feudal Japan; the pre-Shippuuden period of Naruto
MT: Romance, Adventure, Angst, Friendship, Fantasy, Death
Rating: 13-18 year olds (Teen-Mature)
Disclaimer: The author does not own Naruto in any way, shape or form. However, she does own her OCs, including a small amount of their jutsus. The author also does not own the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, Mahou Sensei Negima! by Akamatsu Ken, Chobits by CLAMP, Tsubasa by CLAMP, xxxHolic by CLAMP, Love Hina by Akamatsu Ken, the manga edition of Romeo and Juliet by Yali Lin (her wonderful art instructor and the woman who autographed it for me.), the .hack// series by various authors, and other manga or literature references used in the making of this fanfiction. All rights belong to their respectful author(s) or company.
A/N: Review, pleasssee!
Book One: Sora
Chapter 5
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At 10:00 AM, Sasuke knocked on my door, waking me up. However, being the heavy sleeper I am, I rolled over, and went back to sleep.
"Setsuna-san!" I felt the corner of the bed shift, meaning that he was sitting on my bed. "Wake up! It's 10, like you said!"
Unconsciously, I reached out and grabbed something soft, snuggling against it like a teddy bear. I hugged it until I heard Sasuke say, "Setsuna-san! Open your eyes!" Sighing, I did so, yawning until I realized that I was holding Sasuke-san against my chest. No wonder it was so warm!
Embarrassed, I let go of him, sitting up in my bed, until... I realized that I was in a bra and panties (although he had only seen the top half of me.) gasping, I scrunched up the covers and pulled them up to my neck. "Get out! Out!" I pointed one finger at the door, the other hand still clutching the sheets.
Realizing that he was red-faced, Sasuke scrambled for the door, slamming it behind him. Sighing, I removed my covers, slipping into my outdoors outfit. I tied up my hair, brushing my bangs to the side. After making my bed, I grabbed my hatai-ate headband off the nightstand, and dashed into the kitchen, where Sasuke was eating an onigiri. I took one as well, swallowing it as fast as I could before dashing to the door and grabbing my katanas. I tied my hatai-ate around my forehead.
As I was pulling on my sandals, Sasuke-san followed suit.
Sasuke locked the door behind him as we stepped out into the empty hallways. Not wanting to waste chakra, we slowly walked to the training grounds, in silence. The sun was up, the birds were chirping around us, and we. Were. Silent.
"I uh... ano, gomen nasai for this morning," I apologized to Sasuke about what I had done, wanting to break the silence. "I wouldn't have done it if I woke up when you knocked."
"It's okay," he said stiffly. We had finally arrived at the genin training grounds. I found Kakashi-sensei still not there. Sakura was sitting there, bored out of her mind and playing with a shuriken. Naruto was asleep.
Sasuke immediately walked over to a tree and sat down, closing his eyes. I walked over to the sleeping Naruto, sitting down next to him. Deciding to wake the Uzumaki loudmouth (it runs in the family...) up, I flicked his nose. Naruto opened his eyes and groaned.
"Wha--?" Naruto-kun said tiredly. "Is Kakashi-sensei here yet?"
"Iie, but I am," I grinned. He smiled back. "He isn't going to be here for another hour or so. So, can you entertain me?" He grinned mischievously.
"Yeah. Ummm... ano... let's make Sakura-chan kiss me!" I had to laugh out loud at that one. Sakura looked curiously our way, but said nothing.
"Oh, yeah!" I explained the speech I had done for Sasuke-san the previous day to him.
"So we hafta work together to pass?" I nodded, happy that Naruto understood. "Okay... so... can we make Sakura-chan kiss me now?" I laughed, but agreed. We began to devise a fool-proof plan...
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Okay, our plan was medieval and simple, but it would work, although Sakura-chan would kill Naruto-kun, mostly likely. He said that it was worth it though, so obliged, walking over to Sakura for phase one (by the way, Sasuke-san was just sitting on a tree branch, not caring what we were doing.)
"Ohayou, Sakura-chan!" I smiled.
"Oh, ohayou gozamiasu, Setsuna-hime!" She smiled back, her pink hair flapping around her face as a result of the wind. "So, what brings you here?"
"To talk about Naruto-kun," I sat down beside her, laying my katanas at my side.
"What about him? He's dumb and hyperactive! My parents would disown me if I did any of the things he's done!"
"But think about his past. He had no one to love, no one to love him. Everyone shunned him because they were afraid of him. He had nobody to raise him correctly, so he never studies, nothing! he just wanted a person to RESPECT him.
"Will you go apologize to him?" She nodded sadly, and I smiled.
"Cheer up. You didn't know. Oh, and speaking of stuff you didn't know..."
I explained the Kakashi-bell thing for the third time. Sakura nodded. "Okay. So we work together. Got it. Now let's go to Naruto-kun." Surprised at her endearment usage and change of heart, I let her pull me over to Naruto-kun.
"Anou... Naruto-kun?" Naruto looked up at Sakura's words. He brightened up as I winked at him behind Sakura. "I'm sorry if I was... mean to you before. I realize that I was being half-assed, so... will you accept my apology?"
"YEAH, YATTA!" Naruto hugged her, and I giggled. It looked so strange. Phase two-- start! Naruto let go of her, blushing and realizing what he had done. Surprisingly enough, Sakura was pink-cheeked too. I made a face, realizing that I was some kind of matchmaker. I grimaced.
"Anou... friends?" Sakura recovered first, offering her hand out to Naruto. He grabbed it with one hand, signaling behind him that it was time. Sticking my foot out in front of Naruto-kun's, inconspicuously, I pulled it back, forcing Naruto to suddenly lurch forward.
Catching Sakura off-guard, he 'accidentally' kissed her on the lips. I chuckled to myself as I watched Sakura pull away in horror.
"I said FRIENDS not BOYFRIEND!" She yelled, ready to pound Naruto. I grabbed her wrist before she could do so. She had made such a clatter, even Sasuke was looking curiously our way.
"STOP," I told her sternly. "Gomen nasai. It was my fault. Naruto tripped over my foot when he was walking forwards. Please don't injure him." She sighed, withdrawing her hand from my grip.
"Okay," She said, frowning. "But Sasuke-kun was supposed be my first kiss, NOT Naruto-kun!"
"Then take it as a friendly one, no more," I shrugged. When Sakura was walking away, Naruto and I slapped hands. Yes!
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"You're late!" I opened one eye. I was sitting on a tree, thinking of ways to train my chakra.
I knew we would pass. I had repeated Sasuke's and my plan to Sakura and Naruto earlier, so I didn't need to worry unless they screwed up. I hoped they wouldn't.
I REALLY DID.
"Gomen, guys!" I heard Kakashi's ridiculous excuse of the day. " I ran into a black cat! I had to go the long way."
I rolled my eyes, focusing my chakra to my feet, hopping down from the tree branch so I wouldn't fall. Good thing I learned to do this elsewhere, or else I would have broken my neck.
"Even though I'm not that familiar with Konohagakure," I lied. I. Am. A. Liar. "I know it must not take five hours to walk from the village to here."
"Ah... demo... ano, demo..." Kakashi-sensei attempted to make up another excuse.
"If you're going to be lazy and read porn," I scolded him, making him flinch. "Then read more PRODUCTIVE books. And get here on time. Even if the book's written by a legendary Sannin," I added when Kakashi-sensei opened his mouth to contradict me. He looked slightly dejected.
"Let's just get to the test," He grumbled, pulling three bells out of his pocket. "I have three bells in my hand."
"I passed in math!" Naruto-kun retorted, rolling his eyes. I giggled, Kakashi sending a glare at me. I shut up.
"Like I said before I was so RUDELY interrupted," Kakashi glared at Naruto now. "I have three bells here."
Actually, you said that you have three bells in your hand, not here." He glared at Sakura. She smiled awkwardly, scratching the back of her head.
"Ahem! I have three bells in my HAND," he coughed, glaring at us all. "Your task is to get a bell for yourselves, before the alarm," He tapped the alarm clock set on the log fondly."Rings at noon. Whoever doesn't get a bell will be tied to the log and have their lunch eaten by me in front of them Got it? And, oh right, fight like you intend to kill."
"HAHAHA!" Naruto fell back in laughter. "TO KILL?? YOU COULDN'T EVEN DODGE AN ERASER!!"
"S-sensei," Sakura stuttered apprehensively. "I-isn't that dangerous?"
"The loudest idiot is always the one sure for failure," Kakashi-sensei pointed out, and Naruto growled, running for him. In a blink of an eye, Kakashi was behind Naruto, with a kunai to his back.
"I didn't say 'go,'" Kakashi-sensei pointed out, releasing the staggering, angered blonde. "But, you aimed to kill. So," He smiled underneath his masked features. "I think that you're starting to respect me. And maybe-- just maybe-- I am too. All right then. Ready... steady... GO!!"
We all leapt away, except for Naruto, who, according to our plan, had to stay to distract Kakashi. I hid in a tree, concealing myself. After all, my sensei, Haruhi-sensei, taught me all this. He said that a well-concealed swordsperson was one with a higher success-rate. The higher the place, the less of a chance you'd get blown off you feet. Also, from a higher distance, you would be able to see your surroundings with a bird's-eye view.
I looked around me. Satisfied, I noticed that Sasuke and Sakura where in the places I had assigned for them-- Sasuke was hidden in the canopies of a 300 feet to my left-- Sakura on her stomach in a bush 550 feet to my right. And Naruto should be confronting Kakashi in three... two... one--
"Come on! Let's do this! Let's make this a battle for the greatest of shinobi!" I chuckled lightly, remembering that this was exactly what he had said in the manga.
"You must be thinking of the wrong match here," Kakashi said calmly. Naruto, angered, attacked Kakashi. I waited for my cue, hoping that Sasuke and Sakura were paying attention.
"The only thing wrong here is your hairstyle!" That was it! Focusing my chakra to the soles of my feet, I hopped form the tree, the chi enhancing my speed. I arrived at my point-- Point A, as I liked to call it-- in the back of my confused sensei. Merely half a second later, Sasuke arrived at Point B, to the right of Kakashi. Another second passed and Sakura appeared at Point C, to the left of Kakashi.
"Alright!" Naruto shouted at his own point, Point D, which was right in front of Kakashi. "QUADRUPLE ATTACK FORMATION! Now for Phase Two! Henge no jutsu!" Naruto did his one-handed 'tora' sign. The next moment, the place where he had been was his famous Oirioke no jutsu.
"Chu!" Naruto-- or what was him, to say the least-- blew a kiss at Kakashi. He/she winked, too. "What do you think, sensei?" He--or -- she-- looked at our sensei sideways, the long, blond pigtails swaying from side to side.
All Kakashi could do was stare.