Sakura woke up to find sun light shining down on her angel like face. She woke up, her eyes staring groggily at her blanket. Then the realization finally processed to her brain, and she started to think. How? Who?
"You're finally awake." She raised her head to find Sasuke's face merely inches from hers. Her face turned beet red. Sasuke smirked. She looked cute when she was embarrassed. That would be a good thing to know later on.
"G-g-g-good morning, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said, finally finding the nerve to speak. "Where did the blanket come from?"
At this said his ears turned a bright shade of red. Sakura grinned mischievously. She had the IQ that was equivalent to Shikamaru's. Certainly, the Hokage's apprentice wasn't stupid.
"Oh, so it was you, Sasuke-kun?"
"Uh…" His eyes looked around, trying to find something to advert their attention to. Sakura could see a light bulb brighten up in his head. "We should be heading toward the Village Hidden in the Sand." Sasuke's voice held relief, Sakura noticed.
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Swoosh.
The two Konoha ninjas had just reached the desert. Lucky for them, there wasn't a sandstorm in sight. But they were melting in the sun. After many long hours of dodging enemies or killing a few rogue ninjas that were planning to ambush them they finally stopped in a nearby cave.
After they were down turning the cave into their temporary campsite, Sasuke went out to set traps around the area. Sakura was tending to the fire.
Sasuke came back, some dirt clung to his clothes, but he looked fine. He promptly went to the fire to warm himself. Sakura came out of her tent with a few rice balls in her hand. She tossed a few to Sasuke and sat next to him. The silence was a little awkward. Well, in Sakura's point of view. Every time she looked up at the Uchiha she saw his dark black eyes staring into her eyes. This made her blush and look away.
Sasuke couldn't help but look at Sakura. He didn't see her annoying. He didn't see her weak. He saw her as a powerful kunoichi that he could trust his life with. Then he kept seeing his weird bright light surrounding her. Her pink hair majestic and he resisted the urge to play with it. And of course her eyes. Those gentle emerald eyes. When Sakura turned around to find Sasuke staring at her, a blush crept across her face. Sasuke didn't smirk thought. He thought it made her look….cute. Whoa. Wait a minute. Since when did I find Sakura this beautiful and charming? Since when did I have this urge to play with her hair? Am I…falling for her? Nah. Trick of the light. Or…I used too much chakra?
Sasuke shook his head as if that would rid himself of these strange thoughts. He excused himself a little earlier than usual, and cuddled up in his sleeping bag while Sakura took the first shift of guarding the campsite.
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"They look capable for the plan. Should we capture them now?" Sasori asked his fellow Akatsuki member.
"I say we search for information regarding these two. But I can tell they have a lot of chakra." Kakuzu replied.
"We're heading to Konoha to steal the information?" Sasori asked, his face free of any emotion that he felt earlier.
"Yeah. We better hurry. Leader-sama wants us the plan to go unnoticed. Plus Konoha's guards are rising above the usual standards."
The two suspicious ninja headed for the village of Konoha, trying to find information for the two ninjas known as Sasuke and Sakura.
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