Thanks again for the awesome reviews! I love you all! Again, bear with me on the characters! I'll try to make this on long! Oh, and the reason why that I don't put me, or I, or anything like that on like Sasuke's P.O.V, is because for me, it just gets really confusing to switch back and forth with that. Hehe!
One Last Call
Chapter 6
The Punishment
Sakura's P.O.V
Sakura healed Sasuke, until she had enough chakra to heal Naruto. She just let Sasuke lay until he came around. 'I hope he'll be alright,' she though as she walked over to Naruto. "Ok. Now it's your turn," she said, clapping her hands. "Fine," said Naruto, getting up from the couch. "You can just lay down on the couch, Naruto," gesturing to the couch. "Yea!" said Naruto, punching the air. Sakura healed him for about five minutes, and then stopped. "You're done," she said. "What? No painful tests? No shots or needles?" he asked with a confused look. "See, I can't get that straight. How can you be a shinobi, and not like needles?" she asked. Naruto just shrugged.
"I'm gonna go lay down," she said. "I've used too much chakra, and I need a break," as she walked over to the guest room. She plopped down on the bed, and almost fell asleep instantly. She finally woke up and looked at the digital clock. In red numbers, it said it was 2:30. 'Wow. I've slept for a long time. Better go check on Sasuke,' she thought as she got up. She made her way through the dark apartment, to see Naruto sleeping on the couch, still. Somehow, she wasn't surprised. She ignored Naruto for the time being, and went into her room. Sasuke was still on the bed, but he was just sleeping, and not knocked out.
She lazily climbed into her own bed, and fell asleep next to Sasuke. When she woke up, again, Sasuke wasn't next to her. She got up to see him trying to wake up Naruto. And no, she wasn't dreaming when she saw Naruto. When Sasuke saw her up, he asked, "So did you heal me?" "No. The little healing elves came in and did it," she said sarcastically, with a smirk. "Haha, very funny. How do you get this dork awake?" he asked. "I've been trying forever." "You mean five minutes?" she asked putting her hands on her hips. "Yep. It's not as easy as it sounds," he said. "Watch and learn. HEY SASUKE! DID YOU KNOW THAT HINATA'S GOING OUT WITH SHINO?!?!" she said. (Sorry Hinata and Shino lovers!)
Like a magic button, he woke up with blood-shot eyes. "WHAT?!?!?!" he screamed. Then, he saw Sakura standing next to Sasuke. "Oh," he said, turning red. "You're going out with Hinata?" asked Sasuke. "Nah. But I think that she's cute," he said, scratching the back of his head. "You mean," he said, turning to Sakura. "He doesn't know? After all these years?" he asked Sakura. "Nope. No ones said anything about it," she said. "What? No ones said anything about what?" said Naruto. "I'll talk to her today," said Sakura. "But now, we should go see Tsunade," said Sakura.
Sakura brought Sasuke see Tsunade. When she knocked on the door, she answered, "Who's there?" "It's me. We have a visitor. I think you'll want to see him," she said, cringing. "Oh! Come in, Sakura." Sakura opened the door; to see Tsunade with bunches of old scrolls on her desk. When she saw Sasuke, she almost fainted. When she clamed down, she had a very serous look on her face. "Oh, yes; and you Sasuke," she said. Sakura spoke up, and said in a very small voice, "We have information about Orochimaru. And Sasuke has killed Itachi Uchiha."
"I see. And what might bring you back, Sasuke?" she asked. "Uh, I wanted to bring you info on Orochimaru, and I feel that I owe a debt to Konoha," he said simply. "Ah," she said, standing up. 'He's gonna get it,' thought Sakura. "Alright, Sasuke. Since you have information on the enemy, the punishment will ease up a bit. But! That does not mean that the punishment won't be severe," she said. "I know that you had a good reason to leave, Uchiha, but you still betrayed Konoha. That punishment will be that, you can't go on any missions, whatever the circumstances. You cannot leave the village until I think you are ready, and you will be closely watched by people that I trust."
"I understand," he said. "You will also have to live somewhere, until I say," she said with a grave tone. "You will live with…" her voice trailed off. (I'm not trying to copy Ebil chameleon's Flow of Life story!) "You will live with Sakura," she said. 'WHAT?!?!' she thought. 'YES!' "Um. Ok," Sasuke said. "You are dismissed, Sakura" she said. "I want to talk to Uchiha alone," she said. 'I wonder what she'll do to him,' she thought as she closed the door behind her. 'That's not good,' she thought. 'Please don't mess up, Sasuke! Please! Please, oh please, oh please, oh PLEASE!' she thought, as she clasped her hands in prayer.
Sasuke's P.O.V
When Sakura left the room, Sasuke gulped. "Come with me, Sasuke," she said, as she lead him outside. She finally stopped at a building. "The Academy?" Sasuke said, with confusion. Tsunade kept walking inside. She stopped at a room, were the kids were throwing kunai at a dummy, trying to hit the labeled targets. "Every day, more and more children come in here, and start to train here to protect Konoha with there lives," she said, turning on her heel, to face Sasuke. "You were once here, doing this same thing. Do you remember?" she asked. "Yea. I remember trying to always beat Itachi's scores. I would eventually get wiped out, and he would have to carry me home," he said.
Sasuke looked down at the little kids, thinking about them, growing up to be amazing ninja, or dying in a battle, with information that he had given Orochimaru. 'Her lecture is working', he thought. "I'll leave you alone for a while," she said. "Oh. And one more thing, Uchiha. Sakura is like a daughter to me, and like a good mother, I do not like to see her fall for a boy, and then get sad because that boy does not love her. I'm warning you, Uchiha. If you hurt Sakura, again, I will make your life miserable," she said, with a stern voice. So stern, that it made Sasuke think for a while.
Foe about 15 minutes, he thought of what Tsunade had said, about the kids that came there. Then, he went back to Sakura's apartment to talk to her. When he opened the door, Sakura was waiting for him. "Sasuke, I was just thinking, we need to buy you some new clothes, and a new forehead protector," she said, shaking her head. "Fine. If you don't like my outfit, I'll go buy a new one," he said. "I didn't say that I didn't like it, you just need to buy a new one," she said, smiling. They went shopping for a new forehead protector for Sasuke, and a new shirt with the Uchiha crest on it. The shop keeper said, "I haven't sold one of these for a long time," he said, as he handed Sasuke his new shirt. It was black, like his old one, but he bought some blue shots, instead of black ones.
Sasuke looked all over with Sakura to find a new forehead protector with him. They finally went to the Ninja Academy to get a new one. The person that had them said, "I don't know." But thankfully, Tsunade was there, and told him to give him one. He was taken back after she told him that he was an Uchiha. "Oh! I'm so sorry to keep you waiting," he said. "Here," and he gave him a nice, new blue one. He put it on, just like his last one. They said thank you to the man, and to Tsunade, for catching them. They walked back to Sakura's apartment. "What do you want for dinner," asked Sakura, un-locking the door. "What ever you want," he said. "I'm in the mood for shrimp," she said, smiling. (LOL! I AM TOO!) "Then, shrimp it is!" said Sasuke.
For the rest of the night, Sasuke and Sakura laughed through mouth full's of shrimp. (Yum) "So. What do you wanna do now?" asked Sasuke, while he was helping her clean the dishes. "Do you wanna go see a movie?" asked Sakura. "Why not. I'm buyn'" he said. "Fine. What movie do you wanna see?" "Uh, I don't know. What do you wanna see?" she asked. "Let's see The Ring 2. I've never seen that," he said. "Alright," she said. "Oh! I almost forgot! You might need this," and she handed him a house key. "Right. I knew that!" he said. They went to the movie theater, which was only about 10 minutes walk from her apartment. When they got there, the ticket dude asked, "What movie?" "Two for the Ring 2, please," said Sasuke. Alright, 2 dollars, please," he said. (Remember, I live in the U.S.A) He handed them the tickets, and said, Thank you. Enjoy your movie."
Not many people were in the theater, but there were about 3 couples that were there age, that sat in the very back. Sasuke found some seats in the middle, and sat down with a bag popcorn, some Sprite for Sakura, and Diet Coke for himself. They sat down just in time for the pre-views. The movie started a about 9:30 to about 10:45. When the movie was over, Sakura's face was buried in Sasuke's chest, as he threw another piece of popcorn in his mouth. 'And this is always why I take girls to scary movies,' he thought, as Sakura peeked at the screen from his chest. "Is it over?" she asked, fearful of what would happen next. "Yep, it's over," he said, as he got up from his seat. "I blame you if I have nightmares!" she said as she pointed at him in the chest.
When they got home, Sakura showed him where he would be sleeping for the night. Then he went into the bathroom, and changed into his sleeping boxers. When he got out of the bathroom, Sakura was in the guest bedroom, making the sheets for his bed. She didn't look up, but she was humming a song that was not familiar to him at all. 'Must be an old song that came out while I was gone, he thought. Sakura continued to hum, and put blankets and pillows on the bed.
Sakura's P.O.V
When Sakura finally looked up from the bed, she saw Sasuke leaning on the door. She didn't see in the tent, but Sasuke had a six pack, and had a lot of muscle, and she started to blush when she saw. "You have a beautiful voice," he said. "Good night, Sasuke," she said, smiling. "Night, Sakura," he said. Then he did the mist unexpected thing. He grabbed Sakura and kissed her. Sakura, caught off guard, kissed him back, and pulled away slowly. "I love you," he said. "I love you, too," she said. "G'noght," she said again, as she walked back to her room.
Was that long enough?