Hello everyone... Yeah I know it's been a while. I'm sorry! Don't hate me! Happy SakuSasu month everyone!

I don't own Naruto.

By the way, I'm having Teuchi, the Ichiraku's owner, tell the story about his wife. In the manga/anime, they never really went into that. So Megume is my own personal character that I made up. Along with the story that he will tell the boys. Just warning you guys.

Chapter 6

In Tsunade's Office (Third Person POV)

"So what you're saying is that you're giving the boys a 'mission' to the place where Sakura mentioned that the girls' were gonna stop at first?" Kurenai asked.

"Hai." Tsunade replied with ease.

"How could you do that?" Gai asked with a hurt expression.

Tsunade sighed. "Look, maybe the guys won't see the girls on their 'mission.'"

"You want the guys to see them." Kakashi stated more than asked.

"Okay, yes. I want the guys to check on them." Tsunade confessed.

"You don't think they can make it!" Kurenai gasped.

Tsunade was caught. It wasn't that she didn't think they can. It was more like Tsunade was scared what would happen if they didn't.

"Fine." Asuma said lasily.

"What?" Kurenai asked.

"Let Tsunade do whatever." Asuma explained.

"Why?" Gai narrowed his eyes.

"She obviously has a good reason. I'm sure she believes in the girls. For Pete's sake, Sakura was her apprentice." Asuma said. "It's better to see if the girls are safe."

Kurenai rubbed her arms. "If you put it that way, then yeah. I would want to know if my little girls are alright."

Gai nodded. "Yeah, for Tenten, Ino, Sakura, and Hinata."

Kakashi agreed. "It's all set then."

With that the four senseis poofed out of the office.

"Ugh..." Tsunade complained. "This is so aggravating! Sakura you better hurry your ass up and come back to Konoha. Where you belong..."

*The Next Morning* (Sasuke's POV)

BEEP! BEEP!

The Uchiha groaned as he woke up to the noise of his alarm clock. "Damn. Today's our mission..."

Sasuke rubbed his eyes and looked at the time. It was 9:00 am. Sasuke raised himself and got himself out of the warm bed. He walked to his closet and got out his weapons' bag. (AN: I don't know what the name of it. So sue me.) He then walked over to his drawers and opened one of them in the middle and got out several kunais, shurikens, smoke bombs, and exploding tags and dump it into the bag. Then he went back to his closet and got out a black t-shirt and black pants.

Then he went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth. Right when he finished, there was a pounding on the front door followed by a shout from none other then Naruto. "Oi! Teme! Get your lazy ass up!"

'Ugh... Stupid Naruto. So damn loud.' Sasuke grumbled as he got his bag and went downstairs. (AN: All the bedrooms in all of the houses are going to be upstairs.)

"Hey at least he's not being quiet and being unusual."

'WTF?'

"Nice to meet you too."

'Inner?'

"The one and only."

'Well shit. I thought I locked you away.'

"Nah. I got out."

'Great...'

The pounding on the front door ceased and Sasuke saw that Naruto got the door. "Hey Naruto. Hey Sasuke." Kiba waved.

"'Sup Kiba." Naruto smiled as he let the other shinobi enter the house.

"Hn." Sasuke grunted.

"Have you guys eaten yet?" Naruto asked.

Stomachs grolwing answered that question.

"Heh... You see I would offer to cook-" Naruto rubbed his head.

Sasuke heads went up. "Hell no! Hinata and Sakura almost castrated you for blowing up the kitchen!"

Naruto stuck his tongue out. "So mean Teme! Anways, I was gonna offer that we go to Ichiraku's for breakfast."

Everyone groaned, but followed the blond anyways.

"Ne! Jii-san!" Naruto yelled as they neared the Ramen strand.

"Shut up Dobe. No one wants to hear you this loud in the morning."

"Whatever Teme!" Naruto shrugged it off.

"Ah. You guys are back again?" Teuchi smiled as he saw the eight shinobi.

"Hai." Choji nodded. "We need to get breakfast before we go off on our mission."

"Eh.. All of you guys are going on the same mission?" Teuchi looked like he didn't believe them.

"Yeah." Neji nodded. "Tsunade's sending us to a nearby city called 'Paradise City.'"

"Oh that's nice," Teuchi smiled as he set bowls of ramen in front of them. "I heard that Paradise City is truly paradise."

"How so Jii-san?" Naruto blinked. God he's so dumb sometimes...

"You can't really explain it." Teuchi smiled. "It's kinda magical."

"Psh. Magic." Naruto scoffed as he began stuffing noddles into his mouth. "No such thing."

Sasuke crinkled his nose. "I've gotta agree with Dobe on this one. There's no such thing as magic."

Shikamaru and Neji both gave sharp nods. The other four just shrugged.

Teuchi laughed at their reactions. "You never know. Magic is kinda like fate. You don't know it until it just hits you."

"Ne. Teuchi-san, do you believe in magic?" Lee asked excitedly.

Teuchi grinned again. "Magic? Yeah, I do believe in it."

"Oi. Jii-san, how can you believe in silly things like that?" Naruto's eyebrows squished together, as if he was thinking.

Kiba smacked Naruto in the back of the head. "Don't be rude Naruto." Naruto stuck out his tongue at the dog boy.

"It's okay Kiba." Teuchi smiled softly. "How can I believe in magic you ask? Well that's simple. I believe in magic because of my daughter, Ayame, and my wife..."

Ayame walked over and kissed her dad softly on the forehead. "Don't let my old man bore you." With that she walked away to serve some other customers.

Teuchi laughed, but his eyes showed that he was in a past memory.

"Ne. Jii-san?" Naruto stopped eating his noddles for once. "Who is your wife and where exactly is she?"

Teuchi gave the boys a smile that didn't fully reach his eyes. "Megume-chan... That was her name."

Every one of the boys leaned in a little bit, not wanting to miss Teuchi's words, even Sasuke.

"The first time I met her, we were both young genin." Teuchi chuckled. "She was beautiful. She had long brown hair and hazel eyes the sparkled. I never told her that I liked her when we were that young. You guys must understand. I had an image to keep up."

Sasuke did understand. If he was truly truthful to himself, then he knew deep down inside, when he and Sakura were both genin, he did have a crush on her. Now, as they've grown up, the crush has blossomed to who knows what.

"It's love!"

'Love? I don't think so.'

"You're so in denial."

'Bye-bye.'

"It was when... When we were both in a dangerous mission. You see we were both placed in the same team. It was our sensei Shun, Megume, Hitashi, and me. Shun-sensei was with Hitashi attacking some missing-nin who attacked us, while I was protecting Megume." Teuchi's expression turned a bit... possessive.

"Teuchi-san, what happened?" Neji whispered, much like Hinata, but with more confidence and you know... in a guy's voice.

"A missing-nin got to us. He tried to kidnap Megume." Teuchi scowled. "That's when something in me snapped. I wasn't gonna let him take my Megume. She was too precious to me. To our team. So I went after the missing-nin by myself." Teuchi grinned. "I found her about 10 meters away. She was on the mud, tears and dirt streaking her face. She looked terrified, but I gotta tell you, she looked like an angel. She was crying about how she thought she was gonna die. I took her in my arms as she cried her heart out. That's when I knew that I loved Megume. That's when I knew she was the one I wanted to marry. She was my soulmate, my other half, my heart."

"Soo... What happened to her?" Naruto blurted out.

"Naruto." Sasuke growled, enthralled with Teuchi's story.

Teuchi waved it off. "When we became chunin, I finally got the courage to ask her out. I put my pride aside and hope for the best. After the chunin test, everyone, meaning all of the genin who was in the same year as us went to a restaurant to go celebrate each one of us getting to be a chunin. The group was like you're group of 'Rookie Nine.' I've gotta tell you, I was nervous as hell. In my head I kept thinking that she was gonna reject me. Hitashi had told me not to worry. To just go for it. It was the best piece of advice I would've ever gotten. After dinner, everyone split. Hitashi said that I should walk Megume home and he gave me that knowing grin. I took the chance eagerly. So after the comfortable silence as I walked her to her house, I gathered up my strength and just asked her really quickly. Her eyes went huge and her mouth opened just a little bit. She looked as disoriented as I felt. So I asked her slower. And she said that she heard me the first time and that she was just shocked." Teuchi laughed. "She said that she's liked me for a really long time and she never asked me because she thought I was gonna reject her. She nodded her head shyly and she looked up at me with those doe-like eyes of hers and that's when I lost it. I kissed. One of the best kisses I've ever had."

"If Sakura was here, she would coo about how romantic this story is." Naruto commented.

"Hinata would say that too." Kiba grinned.

"Tenten too." Lee whispered softly.

"Ino..." Choji laughed. "Would be jumping up and down. Maybe even crying."

Teuchi smiled. "Yeah, after I pulled away, there were tears in her eyes and she smiled. Then she went in her house. I smiled all the way home. I kept thinking of how I was the luckiest man on the planet. Our relationship grew as we ourselves grew older. Of course, we had our ups and downs. That's just how love goes."

Every single one of the boys nodded. They all knew what Teuchi was talking about.

"I asked her to marry me when we became jonin. She cried. I was scared to death that she was gonna say no. There were tears and she smiled at me and she said that blissful yes."

"You were scared that she was going to say no?" Shikamaru asked lazily.

Teuchi laughed. "Yeah. I was terrified really. I've faced many tough ninjas out there, had many S-ranked missions, faced the door of death many times, yet I was terrified of losing Megume." Teuchi gave a sad smile. "We married a year later, in the summer. When I saw her walk down the aisle... I know this will sound cheesy, but my heart skipped a beat. I saw her in that wedding dress and so many memories came back to me. I remembered the day I realized that I loved her more than anything, the day we had our first kiss, our first day, etc."

"What's this gotta do with magic, Jii-san?" Naruto blurted out.

"Well, I thought it was magic when Kami-sama (AN: Kami is God) saved her from that misssing-nin. That she was safe and still with me. It seemed like magic when she didn't turn me down when I first asked her out. It was magic that even how mad she got at me, she never left me. It was magic when she said she would marry me." Teuchi smiled.

"And it was magic, the day okaa-sama gave birth to me." A female voice said softly.

Everyone turned to see Ayame standing beside her father. "Yes, it was magic that gave me Megume and Ayame. You see, the medics said that Megume wouldn't live after she gave birth to Ayame. When I heard that, I went to the hospital room where Megume and Ayame were at. Megume gave me her sweet smile and told me that it was okay. I broke down and cried. I didn't want to lose Megume. She was my wife, my other part. But she took my hand and said that she was gonna fight for as long as she could. She told me not to worry after she died because Kami would always be looking after her. Megume was there for Ayame's first birthday. After three months, Megume passed away in her sleep. I broke down again. The night after her burial, I had this funny dream. I saw Megume at the gates of Heaven. She was wearing a white, flowing dress. She saw me and she smiled. I told her that I didn't want her to leave. She just kissed me on my forehead and said that she believes that I would be fine. She knew I would make a great dad and that she would always be watching over me. then the dream ended and I woke up, startled."

"That's a bit weird, Jii-san..." Naruto sweat-dropped. Why Kami is he so stupid sometimes?

"Yeah, that what I thought too, but ever since then, I've felt like someone's watching over me. That Megume is watching me from Heaven." Teuchi smiled. "That's why I believe in magic."

"That's a very touching story Teuchi-sama." Lee sniffled.

"Hai. I'm glad you took your time to tell us that." Kiba nodded.

"No problem boys." Teuchi smiled.

After that, We payed for our ramen and headed for the entrace gate of Konoha (AN: I didn't know what to call it. :P)

"You know..." Kiba broke the silence. "Now that I think about it-"

"Thinking isn't good for you Kiba." Naruto teased.

"Shut it Uzumaki." Kiba shot back. "Anyways, as I was saying, I think that there was a moral to that story that Teuchi-san told us."

"Hn?" Sasuke rose an eyebrow. Kiba was actually up to something.

"Actually, there seemed like there were many morals to the story." Kiba continued. "There was a moral of taking risks. Teuchi-san was scared that Megume-san was going to reject him, but that fear didn't stop him from taking a leap of faith."

"Dog boy actually has a point for once." Neji nodded.

"Oi! Don't be rude Neji!" Kiba stuck out his tongue.

"There was also a moral of you doing anything for the person you're in love with." Shino nodded.

'Doing anything for the person you love? Hmmm...'

"You know you would do anything for Sakura."

'No I wouldn't.'

"Kami, please help me. The last Uchiha is such in denial."

'Shut it.'

"I don't know a person who I would do anything for..." Naruto mused.

"Hmm..." Neji looked like he was thinking.

"Nope. Don't know anyone." Shikamaru shook his head.

"I would do anything for my precious cherry blossom!" Lee cheered.

Sasuke felt like punching Rock Lee's lights out.

"Jealous Sasuke?"

'Why would I be jealous of a pink-haired kunoichi?'

"Maybe not her..."

'Ughh...'

"Oi! There's another moral!" Naruto popped up.

"Really?" Sasuke rose an eyebrow.

"Yes really!" Naruto yelled. "The moral of always believing and never giving up!"

"That's definitely something you would say Naruto." A feminine voice said.

Everyone looked to see Tsunade, slong with Shizune, Kakashi, Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai standing at the gate.

"Don't be mean Tsunadebaa-chan!" Naruto pouted.

Tsunade sighed and shook her head. "Anyways, here's a map to Paradise City from here." Tsunade tossed the map to Shikamaru, who gingerly took the map and sighed.

"We just came to see you guys off." Shizune smiled.

Sasuke felt a pang. That was usually Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Tenten's job to see the guys off when they had a mission.

Kakashi looked away from his Icha Icha Paradise book and looked at all of them. "You guys are going to Paradise City. I've heard that it's bliss. Now go out there and get laid."

Right when those words came out of his mouth he got smacked in the head by Tsunade, Shizune, and Kurenai.

"Disregard everything Kakashi just said." Kurenai smiled. "And if I hear that anyone of you has defiled any person in Paradise City, you will go through hell."

Sasuke shivered from Kurenai's threat.

"Go out there and be youthful!" Guy yelled out.

"Guy-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Guy-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Guy-sensei!"

"Le-"

"That's enough now. They have to go on their mission now." Asuma said gruffly.

The boys started to leave.

"Bye!" Guy shouted.

"Have fun, if you know what I mean! Itai!" Definitely Kakashi.

"Good luck!" Asuma yelled... gruffly?

"Come back in one piece! I don't want to heal you guys up!" Yup. That was Tsunade.

"Eheh... Come back safely!" A nice good-bye? Has to be Shizune.

"Defile anyone and you'll get hell!" Kurenai said lastly.

Little did the boys know they were heading towards their kunoichi.

Wow. That was a long chapter! Please review! God... I love Teuchi's story about his wife.