Chapter 3
"Awww. They're so cute together."
"Shhhh.. You don't want to wake them up."
WHAT'S WITH THE NOISE?!
Sakura slowly opened her eyelids. She let out a squeak that in turn woke up the boy beside her. Six faces were all next to each other and around Sasuke and herself. She also noticed that Ino had a camera in her hand and that she was laying on something so warm. She unconsciously snuggled closer to the source of the warmth. All of a sudden all of the events that occurred last night were remembered including falling asleep in the couch using Sasuke's shoulder as a pillow. Her face then became cherry, lifted her head and scooted away from Sasuke. She looked over then noticed that Sasuke's face had a light pink tint to it. She lowered her head in embarrassment and spotted the camera that was placed on the mahogany coffee table. She stood up and grabbed the camera, smiled at Sasuke and ran up the stairs to God knows where ignoring the confused looks her friends were giving her. Sasuke, catching on just sat there smirking. After a few minutes…
"Hey guys come up to the gallery please." Sakura yelled in that oh so sweet tone of voice of hers translating to: obey or die.
The six teens walked up the stairs utterly confused while Sasuke just followed, his smirk getting wider.
They arrived at two diamond crested grand doors with 24 karat gold-lined handles. They opened the doors and were greeted by a large hall full of pictures from the Haruno family portraits to Sakura's class pictures. They spotted Sakura next to three large gold frames with white sheets draped over them.
"Hey guys. I just wanted you to be the first to see the newest addition to the gallery."
She moved to the first frame and gracefully pulled the sheet covering it.
Naruto and Hinata then turned bright red with wide eyes. The others stood utterly surprised while Sasuke and Sakura were just smirking trying hard not to burst laughing at their friends' reactions.
The frame was holding an enlarged picture of Naruto with Hinata in his arms and a stainless steel pot on the floor.
"Oh that's nothing." Sasuke said. He moved to the next frame and held the sheet then looked at Sakura. Sakura just nodded. This time it was Shikamaru and Ino's turn to blush. The picture revealed a sleeping Ino using the shoulder of Shikamaru, who was also asleep, as a pillow.
Sasuke and Sakura then walked to either side of the last frame. Tenten and Neji were very nervous.
"Of course I wanted to save the best for last." Sakura announced.
Both of them pulled on the sheet. Tenten and Neji's faces were in the reddest color known to man.
The picture displayed Neji asleep in Tenten's lap who was looking up at the sky. Neji's right cheek was slightly red and if you look really close you can see a red handprint.
Sakura and Sasuke looked at all their friends. They TRIED not to laugh but their reactions were too hard to handle even for Sasuke. After a few minutes they burst out laughing. Their friends gradually accepted the fact that the two were good and laughed with them. They were interrupted by two loud ringing noises. Sakura ran to the phone and answered it. Sasuke grabbed his cellphone and answered the call.
With Sakura…
"Hello?"
'Hey Sak. It's Temari.'
"Oh Temari! How are you?" She then motioned her friends to come near her.
'I'm fine. Hey, can I ask you guys a favor?'
"Sure. What is it?"
'Do you think you can pick us up here at the airport?'
"No prob. See you in a few."
'Thanks a lot. Bye.'
'Bye'
With Sasuke…
"Yeah?"
'Hey little bro.'
"Hey. What is it?"
'Well she called and said asked me to pick her up at the airport.'
"What? She asked you?"
'Well, she wanted to surprise you. Obviously, I can't do that."
"Yeah yeah I'm going"
"Hey guys," Sakura said, "is it okay for us to go to the airport? Temari called and she wanted us to pick her and her brothers up."
"Fine." Sasuke answered.
Everyone was confused at his decision until he said, "I need to pick up someone too."
Everyone then hurried to their rooms to change. Ten minutes later, they all met up at the foyer. Sakura was wearing a white baby doll top and denim shorts with her white flip flops. A brown newsboy cap was on her head. Tenten was wearing knee length jeans with a blue baby tee and black sneakers. Her hair was in its normal two buns. Ino was wearing black and white striped dress top and black leggings with black ballet flats. She put her hair in a half ponytail using a white band. Hinata wore a yellow knee length dress and brown slippers. Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru and Naruto all wore jeans and navy blue, gray, forest green and orange collared shirts and sneakers respectively. They got on Sakura's Hummer limousine and drove to the airport.
They arrived twenty minutes later and spotted Temari, wearing a brown skirt, a white blouse and slippers, with her brothers, Kankorou, who wore jeans and a black shirt and sneakers, and the red headed, mint green eyed Gaara who wore something like Kankorou's but it was red standing a little farther away from them.
"Hey Temari!" the girls all shouted and ran to hug Temari. The guys just nodded to them, basically Kankorou and Gaara, knowing each other at school.
After their greetings, Naruto asked Sasuke who he was going to pick up there at the airport. Suddenly they spotted a really pretty girl walking towards them. She was wearing a mini skirt up to the mid thigh with black leggings underneath, a white off shoulder top that said 'TOO HOT TO HANDLE' in glittery black French script and jeweled black sandals. She had long raven colored hair as long as Neji's, onyx eyes and pale skin. She then waved to Sasuke who raised his hand as if to wave back which earned him disbelieving looks from his friends plus a slight frown from our pink haired princess.
When she arrived to them, she gave Sasuke a quick hug who hugged her back. She then noticed his friends and smiled at them.
"Uhhh Sasuke, who is she?" Naruto asked.
The girl, noticing that Sasuke wasn't going to answer, introduced herself to them.
"Hello everybody. Sorry for all the trouble. I'm Saime, Uchiha Saime. Sasuke's younger cousin."
"WHAT?! You had a cousin we didn't know about?"
"You didn't ask dobe."
"Now now nii-chan. Could you please introduce your friends?"
"Hn."
"I'll do it for you Saime-chan. I'm Naruto. That's Neji, Hinata, his cousin, Ino, Shikamaru, Tenten, Sakura, Temari and her brothers Kankorou and Gaara."
"Gaara? Sabaku no Gaara?"
"Yeah why?"
She then walked closer to Gaara who had his back turned to them. The others, including Sasuke were watching her with curious eyes. She tapped him on his shoulder and when he saw her his eyes widened.
"Panda-chan!" she shouted and pounced on him to give him a hug.
"Huh?" The others inquired.
"Saime get off. Can't breath."
"Oops! Sorry."
"Hey could anyone care to explain what's happening?" a very confused Ino practically yelled.
"He he. You see I used to live with nii-chan before I went to Paris to study. I went to kindergarten and half of my elementary years here. Gaara was in my kindergarten class and has been my classmate and best friend ever since." Saime explained.
"Yeah what she said."
"So that's why you always came home late." Sasuke said.
"Gaara! You had a best friend and you even didn't mention her to us!" Temari scolded her little brother.
"Well you didn't ask."
"Well it's nice to meet you Saime-chan." The girls chorused.
"Hey why don't you join us at Sakura's? Sasuke is there too. And Temari, Kankorou and Gaara, you guys could come too." Tenten suggested.
"Oh I couldn't."
This time Sakura answered her with one of her breathtaking smiles, that made someone's heart (A.N: coughcoughSasukecoughcough) skip a beat, "It's no problem Saime-chan."
"Okay then. In the meantime, if you don't mind going with me to nii-chan's place to drop off my things please."
"Sure thing. He lives just next to me. And Temari, you guys could put your stuff at my place for a while."
After that said they went back to Sakura's car and journeyed back home. They first went to Sakura's to drop off the siblings' bags. They all then walked to Sasuke's place. They strolled down the Uchihas' majestic garden and onto the house. They opened the front doors and walked through the marble hallway. They were greeted by several of their house help along the way. They stopped in front of a white door on the second floor. When Saime opened it, they, except Sasuke and Gaara, were all awed by the beauty of her room. It was a traditional Japanese styled room with pale blue walls. It had a white ceiling and a black carpet. Her closet was made of wood with traditional sliding doors. On the wall across her closet, were a full body mirror and several pictures of Saime including one with Gaara when they were about three years old. She had a simple mahogany study table and two side tables. The wall behind her low bed, that has a blue bedding, was made of glass with floor length black and white drapes and had a great view of the neighborhood.
"You know what; it's amazing that I didn't see that picture of you and Gaara here before."
"I have a feeling auntie knows why."
Saime then placed some of her luggage in her closet. She only took one of her bags. The gang then went back to Sakura's place. When they got back they heard Naruto shout…
"OH NO!"
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A.N.: I'm terribly sorry for the super late update… I just got caught up with all the work I had to do so sorry. Anyways I would like to say thanks to those who reviewed and your suggestions and comments would be very appreciated… Ja ne for now.
Saime-chan
P.S. I'll try to update soon…