I AM SOOOO LATE! FORGIVEE T-T
At least Christmas is finally hereee! Yipppeeeee! They go Christmas shopping! keke! Enjoy!
*********************LEAVING 12*********************
Everyone ate breakfast in silence that morning, afraid of what Sakura might do next. Itachi grabbed another bowl of rice and sat next to Sakura. She kissed his cheek and began eating her rice again. Sasuke glared at the two. He knew what went on last night. Sasuke crossed his arms and rudely stomped out of the room.
"What's with him?" Hidan asked looking in his direction.
"I dunno..." Suigetsu said.
Sakura wondered if he knew about what happened. She shrugged it off and leaned her head on Itachi's shoulder.
"Okay, so we have a mission today guys" Pain announced. "We'll be heading back to the other hideout."
"Why?" Itachi asked.
"There has been a disturbance at that hideout." Pain said crossing his arms.
"Like?" Kisame asked.
"I think your buddies have found our little hideout." Pain said looking at Sakura.
"Tch... They are so persistent." Sakura smirked.
"When we finish breakfast we'll leave. Sakura you stay here."
"What?! Why?!" Sakura objected.
"This is your punishment for Sasori and Deidara into the sky. Twice." Pain said.
"Oh...right..." Sakura shrugged and Itachi rubbed her back.
"It'll be okay. We'll be back soon." Itachi said.
"Okay..." Sakura sighed.
"Alright let's go. The sooner the better." Pain said leading them out.
Sakura watched them as they all disappeared into the forest. She walked back into the living room and saw Sasuke.
Her eyes widened and she spoke, "They forgot you..."
Sasuke pushed Sakura against the wall.
"You think you can try to erase my memory and get away with it?" He narrowed his eyes.
"H-how did you know?!" Sakura pushed him away.
"Clearly you haven't mastered that ability." Sasuke said still angry.
"I apologize..." Sakura looked down at her feet.
"I'm not mad about you erasing my memory. I'm mad that you fucked my brother." Sasuke said crossing his arms.
Sakura looked up, "Sa-... I..." She looked down once again in regret. "I love him."
Sasuke's eyes went wide. He cupped her face and kissed her hard, pushing her against the wall.
"I can't let that happen." Sasuke breathed out and kissed her again tilting his head to the opposite side.
"It already has..." Sakura attempted to move her head to the side breaking the kiss but Sasuke refused to let that happen.
"Then I'll have to stop that..." He said kissing her once again. Her eyes closed and she gradually wrapped her arms around his neck.
Sakura then realized what she was doing and immediately broke the kiss.
"Stop..." Sakura said.
"He's not here..." Sasuke persisted.
"I don't care. I love him Sasuke! He fills the holes in my heart that you have left!" She was yelling now and Sasuke stepped back.
"...I'm sorry... But I will not lose to my brother... Especially if its losing you." Sasuke said and kissed her forehead walking back to his room.
*****************WITH THE REST OF THE AKATSUKI****************
"We're missing Sasuke..." Suigetsu mentioned to Jugo.
"I know... But I wouldn't tell Pain if I were you..." Jugo said.
"Why?" Suigetsu raised his eyebrow.
"I want Sasuke to have alone time with Sakura." He said.
"...Sakura is Itachi's girlfriend." Suigetsu said dodging a branch.
"I know...but Sasuke has had feelings for her for a while now..." Jugo said. "Just let them be..." He said while they went deeper into the forest.
**********Search Team***********
"Get up." Shikamaru said kicking Naruto.
"Gah...what time is it?" Naruto said rubbing his eyes.
"Almost 10 we gotta get moving." Kakashi said walking into the room.
They heard an explosion coming from the other room and they rushed out to see what happened.
Before them was the Akatsuki with angry looks on their faces.
"Where's Sakura?!" Naruto said
looking at Itachi.
"Not here." Pain answered for Itachi, "Now may I ask, what the fuck are you doing in our hideout?!"
"We want Sakura back!" Ino said.
"She doesn't want to come back." Hidan smirked.
"Bullshit!" Naruto gritted his teeth.
"Look can you guys just get out. We'll fight after Christmas... This time of the year should be filled with happiness...not anger, and right now you're kind of pissing me off." Hidan said.
"He's right Naruto... Sakura doesn't seem to be right now... Look we'll get her back. Christmas is about being together with fam-"
Kakashi was cut off by Naruto's rage. "SHE IS APART OF MY FAMILY! She's all I got..." tears developed in his eyes.
"You have us Naruto-Kun..." Hinata put her hand on his shoulder.
Naruto calmed down and shut his eyes making the tears stream down his face. "Fine... But you guys will get it after Christmas! I swear!" He threatened and they left in an instant.
"That went a lot smoother than I imagined..." Kisame mentioned.
"Well, all we gotta do is reason with them." Pain said, "Let's head back."
"Hai!" and they all left.
********************Hideout*******************
Sakura sat on her bed, head on her knees. "What am I going to do...?" She sighed. She rubbed her eyes and went over to her bag of clothes. She grabbed the document of Itachi and glanced at it. "This is why I'm here, right..? This was my whole drive to come here... to get Sasuke back... Why did things change?" She clutched the paper and stuffed it back into her bag.
Sakura looked over at Itachi's bed and smiled. "Why should I be in a bad mood? This time of the year should be filled with joy!" then frowning at the thought that she has been spending Christmas with Naruto for many years. She has no idea if the Akatsuki even celebrates it. Sakura wondered what they were all doing. She didn't want any of them getting hurt. Sakura heard footsteps in the living room, she figured it was the rest of them coming back from the mission.
Sakura rushed into the living to greet them but it was just Deidara and Sasori.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Don't hurt me...!" Deidara hid behind Sasori.
"Don't worry I'm over that. Can I ask you guys a question?" Sakura leaned on one foot.
"Uh..Sure?" Sasori said.
"Do you guys celebrate Christmas?" She shyly asked.
"What? Oh...well Konan likes to give presents but the others not really..." Sasori said, "Why do you ask?" he added.
"Uh...well.. you see I wanna do something special for Itachi..." She shrugged.
"You should just fuck him..." Deidara blurted and then his eyes widened and hid behind Sasori again.
Sasuke was listening behind the corner where he couldn't be seen and narrowed his eyes.
"Haha, very funny... no. Something that is tangible..." Sakura crossed her arms.
"Well... just give him something he needs... not something he wants." Sasori suggested.
"I'll need to go to the store real quick then..." Sakura said. "Come here, you guys look like shit."
They stepped back afraid of what she might do then her hands emitted green light and they relaxed.
"What are you gonna get him?" Deidara asked.
"He seems to be running out of...hair ties..." She said.
There was a long pause and a chuckle behind her. She turned her head and saw Sasuke smirking.
"Hair ties?" Sasuke laughed.
"Er...yeah? Hair ties" Sakura raised her brow, "Is there a problem?"
"Haha...Sakura you always gave the worst presents..." Sasuke chuckled.
"What?! No!" She argued.
"Sakura...it is kind of a bad gift." Sasori included.
She shrugged and sighed, "You guys have known him longer... you wanna help me pick out a present?" Looking at Sasori and Deidara, trying to avoid eye contact with Sasuke.
"Sure!" They said.
"...What about me?" Sasuke mentioned.
"Uh...You wanna come?" Sakura asked.
"I'll protect you." Sasuke said.
"Ha! From what? We're shinobi...and in the Akatsuki, I'll be fine." Sakura laughed.
"I'm still going with you." Sasuke persisted.
"Fine."
*****************In Town***************
Snow was everywhere roofs, the ground, everywhere. Sakura looked around the town and saw many fires, keeping everyone warm. They walked around the town choosing which store to go into. Sakura saw a hair salon and walked toward it until Deidara held his arm out shaking his head.
"Where are we going then?" Sakura slipped her arms into her cloak making her warm.
"There." Sasori pointed to what looked like a worn down shop.
When they walked in there was displays of different types of tea. The interior looked a lot better than the exterior. Lights clung to the ceiling and it smelled of varieties of tea. Sakura closed her eyes in pleasure of the sweet scent. Sasuke observed Sakura's reaction and held back his grin.
"He loves tea. If you want to give him something he'll need and want, give him tea." Deidara said.
"Um...alright. Does he like a specific type?" Sakura asked.
"He likes all. We'll be walking around the town, I don't like tea very much." Sasori said.
"Oh okay." Sakura looked at her choices oblivious to what he might want.
"Matcha." Sasuke said leaning on the wall.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"He likes matcha tea." he replied.
"How would you know?" she wondered.
"He always drank it when we were little." he mentioned.
"Oh thanks..." She grabbed the box of matcha tea off the shelf.
Sasuke envied Itachi, of course. Sakura getting a present for his brother instead of him. The girl that loved him for almost his whole life was with someone else, and it was his own brother.
Sakura looked at the box and held it out to him. He raised his brow. She handed him money.
"Can you check this out for me? I have to run somewhere real quick." Sakura said.
"Where are you going?" Sasuke asked.
"I'll be back, don't worry." She smiled and rushed out of the store.
He looked at the box and the money in his hand. Sasuke thought of just putting the tea back on the shelf and leave, but Sakura would be disappointed. He wanted her happiness, after all. He went up to the cashier handed her the money. Sasuke heard girls behind him whispering and giggling. He sighed and took the item and began walking to the door. One girl stopped him, "Where are you going, handsome?" He ignored her and attempted to walk pass her but she blocked the exit. Sasuke began to get agitated. He wasn't in the mood for any of this, he just payed for a present that wasn't meant for him, but for his brother, which happened to be Sakura's boyfriend.
"Hm...quiet, Are we?" The girl smiled she walked up to him and put her hand on his half exposed chest. "Aren't you cold? It's snowing outside...You know I cou-"
Sasuke gripped her hand hard and pushed her aggressively aside, making her yelp. He walked outside searching for Sakura's chakra signature.
*****************Akatsuki******************
"FINALLY!" Hidan exclaimed walking into the living room.
They searched for Sakura and Sasuke. No one. They called out their names. No answer.
"Where could they have gone?" Konan asked.
"Who knows...?" Kisame said.
Deidara and Sasori come in laughing and see the others.
"Oh hey!" Deidara greets them. "Oh and if you're look for Sakura and Sasuke we left them at the town." he added.
"What?!" Itachi said angry.
"Yeah, Sakura wanted to go Christmas shopping." Sasori said.
"Aw! She could have brought me!" Konan stomped on the floor.
"Let's go right now then." Pain suggested.
"You guys go, We're tired as hell." Deidara said walking back to their room.
"I guess we're going Christmas shopping..." Pain said.
"Um...I'm gonna pass on this one..." Hidan said walking back to his room as well, along with Kakuzu.
"Yeah... me too." Kisame said walking away.
". . . I guess it's just us three then." Konan said looking at Itachi and Pain.
Itachi clenched his fists and thought, "Sasuke better not have done anything to her..."
**********************Sasu&Saku******************
"Where is she?" Sasuke thought. "She couldn't have gotten that far..." Then he thought of the hair salon she tried to go to earlier... "She wouldn't dar-" then he saw her walk out of the salon with a bag in her hand. "...She would..." he sighed and walked over to her.
"...You still end up buying the hair ties.." Sasuke said rubbing his temples.
"heh...heh" Sakura grinned then she disappeared in a poof.
"Ugh. Where did she go now?" He looked around.
Sakura appeared in a weapons shop not that far from where she was."I couldn't forget you Sasuke." she thought grabbing bandages and other items such as shuriken and kunai. She looked out the window and saw Sasuke stomping on the ground. She giggled and brought her supplies to the cashier. Under the counter there was a special type of Kunai and the caption read "Engrave your own" This appealed to Sakura and she asked for that as well.
"What would you like to engrave?" the cashier asked.
"Hm...a cherry blossom." Sakura said.
"Alright. Just wait a moment, please." then the cashier disappeared behind the curtain.
"Found you." Sasuke appeared behind her making her jump.
"Aah! Get out! I'll meet you outside! Go!" Sakura tried pushing him out.
"Wait, I want a couple things here." Sasuke said.
"No! Out!" She pushed him out leaving him with a questionable look on his face.
Sakura saw a basket of tomatoes on the shelf near the window and she grabbed that too.
"Here you go, miss" She handed Sakura the Kunai and checked out her supplies. Sakura walked out of the store with a smile on her face. "Let's go."
"I still need to-"
"No." Sakura interrupted. Sasuke sighed and nodded.
"Let's head back. It's getting dark." Sasuke said.
"How dare you!" the girl from the shop said stomping her feet on the ground.
"Who is th-" Sakura stopped when the girl slapped Sasuke. "Hey! Stop!" Sasuke adjusted his jaw and looked at the girl intensely.
"Who do you think you are?! Pushing me aside like that?!" the girl(bitch) said.
"Look...I don't want to do that again, so leave us alone." Sasuke said being calm.
"Okay... I'll leave... On one condition." (Let's call her LeHoe)
"I don't give a fuck about your conditions. Leave." Sasuke said.
"I think you should go..." Sakura said.
"Is she your girlfriend?" LeHoe asked crossing her arms.
"Haha! N-"
"Yes, so if you could leave us alone it'd be great." Sasuke said putting one arm around her waist pulling her in.
"Ugh...You're one lucky girl..." LeHoe stormed off muttering under her breath.
Sasuke still held her close and Sakura began to blush.
"Sakura!" Konan yelled running to them. Sakura pushed him off immediately and hugged Konan.
Itachi saw Sasuke and Sakura way before Konan came rushing toward them. He gave Sakura a stern look and was quiet.
"Did you have fun shopping? I'm actually going to rent a hotel here with Pain tonight. So you guys will have to make it back home yourselves." Konan added holding Pain's hand.
"We'll be fine." Sakura said reassuringly.
"Alright. Merry Christmas!" Konan said.
"Merry Christmas!" Sakura said back.
Konan and Pain walked into an Inn leaving the three.
"Now Sasuke... Tell me what you guys did while I was gone." Itachi said with a stern voice.
***************Preview*********************
"Open it! Open it!" Sakura smiled handing him the present.
"What is it?" Sasuke said taking the gift.
Sasuke opened the present and he saw the basket of tomatoes with the weapons encircling the basket. In the middle was the Kunai.
"Do you... Like it?" Sakura asked shyly.
****************AN*******************
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