This chapter is super short, but it's leading up to a super duper fun chapter. HOORAH!
In the soft sheets of a bed in a dark room, Sasuke lay thinking. In the hallways outside torches would cast an eerie light and warm the rooms just the slightest bit. After his last letter to Sakura, he couldn't help but feel he had missed out on something… and then he realized. He had missed out seeing the expression on her face!
Writing these letters had become more fun than he thought. Everything strange he did, he found himself storing it on a list of weird things to tell Sakura about. Taking out the little purple and black notepad, he opened it to the latest page, number 24.
Rolling out of bed, he flicked on a light and prepared to write. He was distracted by a shuffle in the corner.
"Oh, sorry, 'Swiggles." He murmured, covering the cage with a blanket.
Then, to writing!
Dear Sakura,
I am writing this letter very late at night, and it disturbed Mr. Swigglefluff's precious sleep, so you owe him one.
He nodded. That had definitely needed to be said.
We got some rain the other day, and it made the whole lair sparkle! This may be partially because we're underground…we were flooded up to our waists. NOT FUN I TELL YOU! Once we finally got outside, Orochi decided it would be fun to dance in the rain. Have you ever heard that song, Dancing in the Rain? Well, Orochimaru has. He made me and Kabuto dance with him in the rain. I liked the dancing part; he liked the jumping in puddles and getting all of us muddy part. Anyway, I have a cold now. Joy.
Sasuke paused and put a little check mark next to one of the things on his list. Rain/Dancing with Orochi. He examined the rest of the things on the page. He thought about it carefully, and then chose one.
By now you are probably wondering exactly who Mr. Swigglefluff is. I will tell you this – he has the cutest pink button nose and the softest fur I ever snuggled with. I think Orochimaru got him for me because he was going to make me kill him to add to my "emotional training." Fortunately, snake man likes the fluff just as much as I do; I caught him calling him 'the cwutest wittle fwuff ever.' I do not exaggerate.
He smirked as he remembered the occasion.
Good times, huh Sakura? Good times.
Your Truly,
Sasuke
P.S. Meet me at the Ramen place Naruto always goes to at 2:00am tonight.
"YES!" Sakura cried, reading the last sentence.
She had been thoroughly confused by Sasuke once again. The way he described Orochimaru, the evil, the bad, the one who had caused her so much pain, made him seem like a happy weirdo instead. That sure mad her feel lame.
And this Mr. Swigglefluff. She was desperate to know what it was. A cute button nose?
"AAAAUGH!" She screamed, pulling at her hair. Then, calming down, she tried to imagine Sasuke dancing. In the rain. Her poor, cracked mind could not even comprehend the magnitude of it, and she fainted.
When she awoke, she stuffed away the letter and prepared what she would say when she met Sasuke. He had a punch coming his way.