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"Sakura...how do you know that the enemy is coming around the front gate?" Kashini asked from behind the garbage can.
"Won't they be expecting that?"
Sakura sighed, Kashini was making her look like the worse leader, first with forgetting to give the criminal profile cards to Kashini and Daisuke, and now having to explain herself.
"Well, we know they have to come to the village for a meeting they have later today, and they have no reason to suspect an ambush, so they most likely will come through the front gate." Sakura stated matter-of-factly.
"Good analysis Sakura-Chan." Daisuke complimented from behind Sakura making her jump. Daisuke smiled down at the frightened Sakura.
"Daisuke, you were supposed to be on the left side of the gate?" Sakura almost shouted, turning her back to him.
"I got worried about you," he looked away shyly. Blush forming all over his face.
"Daisuke,"
Sakura smiled, he was really caring,
"Thank you for your concern, but as you can see I'm perfectly fine. So could you please report back to your post?"
Daisuke nodded, leaned down and kissed Sakura on the cheek,
"Good luck,"
He added while jumping away, as Sakura mentally slapped herself. How many times was he going to kiss her?
'It's not even my fault; I mean he does it so unexpectedly and quick as well. Nothing ever this spontaneous has ever happened to me. I need to tell Daisuke about Sasuke, but it's really not the right time, were on a mission and I need him to be 100% concentrated if we have any hope in succeeding. And I can't hit him now, It's too late! Ugh there's so much DRAMA!'
Sakura looked back out onto the horizon, the sun was casting a beautiful orangey pink sunset, and it made her smile just looking at it. The beauty of nature, the way the colours mixed, it was amazing.
Suddenly, movement could be seen from the forest, Sakura sunk into a defence position, hiding herself away from the enemy as they emerged from the forest. The first thing Sakura saw was striking red hair, she knew it was the bandit Myuri, along with his partner, Kari only steps behind.
However Sakura's eyes shot open in fear, more were approaching, 5 more? What was going on? She quickly reached into her bag pulling out a piece of paper and pen, they needed back up, and quick. How could 3 jounin expect to defeat 7 S-classed ranked criminals.
'Lady Hokage, HELP!' Sakura scribbled down her message and ran threw a bunch of hand signs and watched the paper disappear, 'I hope she gets that quick.'
"Pst...Kashini Daisuke, fall back to the forest I'll meet you there, do not get caught or seen!" Sakura whispered pointing towards a tree off in the distance.
Daisuke and Kashini looked at each other and nodded.
"..!" Sasuke screamed through gritted teeth as he reached into his back pocket pulling out his wallet.
"Yeah and I've never felt better! Thanks so much Teme! You're not so bad all the time!" Naruto smiled while slapping Sasuke on the back.
"hn..." Sasuke grimaced as he handed over his week's earnings.
"Well thanks for the meal, but I have to go see Hinata, Later," Naruto stood up and walked out of the restaurant leaving Sasuke all alone, waiting for his change.
"Thanks..." Sasuke grumbled as he received his change and made his way out of the restaurant.
Sasuke looked up at the sky, the sunset casted amazing colours of into the horizon, calming him immediately, oranges, yellows...pinks.
"SASUKE!" a very panted breath called. Sasuke turned to the direction of the voice, only to see Naruto running back towards him, his arms flapping in all directions.
"Oh thank Kami you're still here, phew you would have killed me if I forgot, but I didn't haha" Naruto screamed as he stopped next to Sasuke scratching the back of his head, his signature grin plastered on his face.
"..." Sasuke stared at Naruto with sheer annoyance; he had no idea what he was talking about.
"Remember, you have to go to the hokages, and report back our patrol,"
Naruto grinned proud of himself for rembering.
"Right." Sasuke looked towards the hokages office and sighed,
"Thanks," he mumbled leaving towards the hokages.
As Sasuke made his way towards the hokages he heard a lot of squeals and girls saying his name.
'Ugh I hate these fan girls. Don't they know I'm with Sakura, after that little incident a year ago I can't believe they still come near me.'
Sasuke smirked remembering the time Sakura and him were in the park and some fan girls tried to ambush him.
Sasuke and Sakura sat on the park bench discussing their latest mission, hand and hand smiling at one another. Sasuke felt so at peace, Sakura sure had changed a lot since he's last seen her, not only mentally and physically, but emotionally as well. She wasn't just an annoying fan girl, he could see in her innocent piercing emerald eyes that she loved him, for him, and not for his looks like she once did. Although he wasn't sure if he loved Sakura yet, he did indeed feel something towards her, they way she's proven herself to the village as a strong reliable kunochi is one of the reasons he feel for her.
"hehehe...he's so cute, what's he doing with that ugly forehead girl...he could do sooooo much better." A group of fan girls squealed in a nearby bush.
"Kamile, go talk to him...once he sees you he'll leave her ugly forehead there and come straight for you." A high pitched girl squealed.
"You're absolutely right Callie." Answered an equally annoying voice. She took a deep intake of air and stood slowly revealing herself to Sasuke and Sakura. Sasuke looked a little worried while Sakura looked annoyed as she glared daggers at the girl.
Kamile pretended not to notice Sakura as she slowly walked over to Sasuke, swaying her hips ever so slightly to get his attention. She was wearing really short black shorts, which showed her long, tanned, slender legs. She wore knee high black boots with a little heel to add a few inches making her stand a full 5 foot 2 inches. She was very petite with a very mature face. Her high cheek bones added emphasis to her unusual red eye. Her Smokey red eyes matched her lipstick on her full plump lips. Her nose drew attention away from her unusual shaped eyebrows which her half covered by her striking purple hair.
Sakura's mouth dropped when she saw what top she had on, a tight tank top that clearly showed her cleavage, and navel stopping only inches under her breasts. She was in Sakura's opinion, any man's dream.
'Will she be Sasukes?' She looked nervously at Sasuke, who appeared to be staring said girl up and down, blushing slightly when his eyes stopped on her chest.
'Sasuke you pervert!' Sakura clenched her hand into a tight fist when the woman finally stood right in front of them.
"Hi Sasuke-Kun." She said slowly and seductively, placing her hands slowly on his shoulders.
This small touch made Sakura fume, she quickly stood to her feet and pushed the woman's hand off Sasuke's shoulder.
"What's the big deal forehead!" The girl screamed slightly shocked at Sakura's behaviour.
"Don't you ever lay a hand on Sasuke!" She spat through her gritted teeth.
"And what if I do, what are you going to do about it?" she said while placing her hands on her hips, not afraid of the challenge.
"Then next time, I won't go easy on you."
"What? What's that suppose to mean fore..."
"SHANARO!" Sakura screamed punching the ground with her chakra filled fist, splitting the earth in half. Rocks and debris flew in all directions as Kamile was knocked down landing on her butt, shrieking in pain.
Sasuke looked at the scene in amazement and a little scared, he's never seen Sakura split the earth, 'What the fuck, this is definitely not the same Sakura.'
"Sasuke" Sakura said slowly walking back towards the bench, "I hope you didn't want to make plans with her tonight." She added slyly as she stood to her feet pulling Sasuke up by his wrist.
Sasuke smiled down at Sakura, and leaned in for a gentle kiss on her forehead, answering her question.
'Thanks to her, they leave me alone.'
Sasuke made it to the hokages office and stood outside waiting for Shizune to usher him in.
"Oh...Sasuke, what are you here for?" Shizune asked while walking over to her desk placing down some papers.
"I have to report back about the patrol duty this morning." He stated annoyance evident in his voice as he shuffled his hands into his pocket.
"This morning?" She looked at him with even more confusion, however then she smiled, "Naruto?"
Sasuke nodded and added a, "hn."
"Okay then, have a seat I'll inform lady Tsunade." Making her way back through the office doors with a new stack of papers.
"hn." Sasuke grumbled as he sat in the seat opposite to Shizunes desk, staring at the picture of her, Tsunade and Sakura on the table.
Minutes past until the door creaked open slowly again with a very flushed Shizune standing there, beckoning Sasuke to come in.
Sasuke walked into the hokages office bowing slightly. "Lady hokage."
"Sasuke, late report don't you think?"
"Yes Lady, Hokage." He shrugged stuffing his hands again into his pockets.
Tsunade leaned forward into her hands, and sighed, there was no need perusing, she wasn't going to get an apology. She sighed again
"Right Uchicha report then."
Sasuke began to list off all the details that occurred on their patrol, nothing unusual, 3 squads left on a mission while one returned. The only detail was that a family of merchants asked for entry to the village.
"Right, thank you Sasuke, your dismissed."
Sasuke bowed slightly again and walked back to exit through the doors. His hand had only slightly touched the door handle when Shizune let out a shriek. With his ANBU training kicking in Sasuke reached into his back pocket pulling out a kunai and lowering himself into a fighting stance.
"Lady Tsunade!" Shizune screamed running over towards Tsunade, papers flowing in all directions as smoke slowly began to lift from her desk.
"Relax Shizune, It's only a message!" She shouted at Shizune who stopped in her tracks her face turning a bright crimson red. "Right, sorry my lady."
Sasuke sighed and put his Kunai back into his pocket standing up straight he left the room without another word. He heard a gasp from Tsunade and Shizune quickly follow but figured it was none of his concern so continued to walk back out through the doors and to his home.
"Sakura what are we suppose to do!" A frightened Kashini squealed from behind Sakura. Sakura, Kashini, and Daisuke, had taken to hiding in a nearby tree on the edge of the forest. There was no way three jounin could win against seven S-classed ranked criminals.
Sakura sighed, she sent a message to Lady Tsuande requesting immediate back-up, however it could be hours till help arrives, and the bandits could be gone by then, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity that they were all her together. She wasn't about to let that pass up.
"Kashini, Daisuke. We have no option, our mission was to find and kill them, even if more have shown up than we intended. We must slow them down as long as we can until the backup arrives. Understood?"
She turned back to see a frightened Kashini and a grinning Daisuke.
"Don't worry Sakura-Chan, we can handle them long enough."
Sakura nodded her head and slowly stood to her full length ushering her teammates to do the same.
"Same battle formation as before, ready?"
Sakura jumped down from the tree Daisuke and Kashini following behind her, Kunai at the ready.
One of the men turned and laughed at the shinobi's. This man was new, he had black spikey hair just like Kira, his well built and tall stature made him seem more frightening. He put his hand up and pulled his Katana out of its sheath, "So, hidden leaf ninja, you finally show yourself." He smirked as he raised his sword and charged forward, "We've been waiting for some time now." He chuckled and began to walk forward.
"Prepare to die!"
A/N: Don't hate me for the cliff hanger but it only makes it that much more interesting haha and I couldn't put the whole fight scene into this chapter, too much. Well I was kind of trying to make Sasuke more dominant in this chapter, since I do more Sakura, P.O.V's so hop you enjoy the switch. Thanks again hope you enjoyed this chapter. Remember to review!