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Chapter 9
Sakura had always loved surprises, which is why she could hardly contain her excitement and was bouncing up and down on her feet as the two walked.
Sasuke looked over to Sakura and couldn't help but smile at her child like nature.
'She's so cute.'
Sasuke shook his head.
'Where the hell did that thought come from?'
Sakura, in her excitement, didn't notice Sasuke's odd behavior.
"Sakura, bouncing like that won't make us reach our destination any faster." Sasuke pointed out.
"I know I'm just so excited!" Sakura exclaimed.
Another smile flitted across Sasuke's face and he shook his head in amusement towards her child-like behavior.
Sasuke led her away from the main part of town and into a wide open space. The two kept on walking as he led them up a hill.
"Close your eyes." Sasuke whispered.
Sakura did as requested and anxiously waited for the Uchiha to tell her to open them.
"Open your eyes."
Sakura did and gasped at what she saw. On top of the hill was a picnic blanket with all the food laid out. There was chicken, ham, and strawberries with chocolate on top, watermelon, biscuits and a two liter of cherry coke.
Sasuke half smiled as he saw Sakura's shocked face.
"Champagne would have been more romantic but I know you don't drink so I brought cherry coke instead."
"I love it. This was so thoughtful of you, thank you."
"I'm glad. Come on and sit down. We don't want the food to go to waste."
Sakura softly smiled and sat down.
"This all looks so delicious. I don't know where to start."
"Allow me to help you then."
Sasuke took a small piece of chicken and lifted up the fork to Sakura's lips. She felt a blush spread across her cheeks, but opened her mouth up anyway. She closed her mouth and Sasuke pulled the fork away. As she was chewing on the piece of chicken, Sasuke speared a piece of ham this time. He lifted the utensil up but Sakura shook her head. He began to put the fork down but Sakura's hand on his wrist stopped him. She gently took the fork out of his hand and lifted it up to his mouth instead.
"I shouldn't be the only one allowed to eat." Sakura said a blush obvious on her face.
Sakura being the shy girl she was, Sasuke knew it took a lot of courage for her to be able to do something like this. So he opened his mouth and Sakura brought the food to his awaiting mouth.
Sasuke grabbed another fork and began feeding Sakura as well. The two continued to feed each other and Sasuke finally grabbed one of the strawberries. He brought it to Sakura's mouth and she shyly took a bit.
The raven haired male set the fruit down and brought his finger to the corner of Sakura's lips.
"You have some chocolate here." He said, while wiping it away.
Sasuke brought his finger to his lips and licked the chocolate off. This caused Sakura to turn bright red and she quickly turned her eyes away from the sight.
Sasuke couldn't help but let a small chuckle escape at the sight.
"You're so cute when you blush." He teased.
This only caused the girl's blush to deepen. He lifted the strawberry up again and Sakura took another bite. They continued to feed each other until all the food was gone.
Sasuke and Sakura lay down on the blanket and together they looked at the stars. The minutes ticked by but surprisingly neither were uncomfortable with the silence.
Sakura looked at Sasuke and hesitantly laid her head on his chest, afraid that he would reject her. She was pleasantly surprised when he didn't and even more so when he wrapped his arm around her.
Each was content in each other's presence and neither wanted to break the peaceful silent. Footsteps could be heard behind them and Sasuke quickly grabbed a kunai and looked behind him. Sakura looked behind just as the people behind them gasped in shock.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry, we didn't mean to startle you. We didn't realize that there were other people here." The man apologized.
The girl said nothing and continued to grip her boyfriend's shirt sleeve.
"Hn." Sasuke said, placing his kunai back in his holster.
"Sasuke, you should apologize for scaring them." Sakura whispered.
Sasuke resisted the urge to roll his eyes; clearly she had forgotten what Uchiha's were like.
"I'm sorry for scaring you." Sasuke said, forcing himself to apologize.
"It's ok." The man said.
"Are you guys' ninjas?" The girl asked speaking for the first time.
"Yes." Sakura answered.
"What village do you come from?"
"Konoha."
The couple sat down and the girl continued to ask Sakura questions about being a ninja. Sasuke sat there not pleased how the night had turned out.
'It was going so perfectly well and this couple just had to interrupt. If it was up to me, I'd tell them to just go away but nooooo, Sakura's too nice to do something like that.'
Sasuke forced back a scoff and resigned himself to a boring end to a night that was going so perfectly.
The next morning the four set out to continue walking to the Cloud Village. Naruto and Hinata were acting all lovey dovey and it made Sasuke want to puke.
'I know they didn't have sex but I still can't believe Naruto got more action than I did last night!'
Sasuke glared as he walked, thinking about the couple who ruined everything.
'God damn it, if they hadn't appeared, things would have ended a lot better!'
Sakura noticed Sasuke glaring something only he seemed able to see.
"Are you ok Sasuke?" Sakura asked.
"Fine." Sasuke bit out.
She knew he was lying but decided not to press it. She knew not to further annoy an Uchiha when they were already angry.
The four continued walking, with Naruto and Hinata oblivious to the dangerous aura the raven haired male was giving off. This was unfortunate for the blonde who decided to speak to him.
"Hey teme, how was your night?"
Naruto gulped as Sasuke turned around, finally noticing the aura he was giving off.
"Shut. Up." Sasuke ordered in a deadly whisper.
The cerulean-eyed boy frantically nodded and Sasuke turned back around acting as though nothing had happened. The same thought was running through Sakura, Naruto and Hinata's head.
'What happened to him last night?'
Naruto looked at his girlfriend who merely shrugged back at him.
"Hey Sakura." Naruto whispered.
Sakura turned her head and raised a thin pink eyebrow.
"Do you know what's wrong with him?"
The pink haired girl shook her head.
"If your going to talk about me while I 'm here, at least try not to make it obvious dobe." Sasuke snapped irritation evident in his voice.
Naruto itched to snap something back but knew with the Uchiha's current mood it would be like asking for a death wish. So he swallowed what he wanted to say and settled for glaring at the obsidian-eyed boy's head.
"Stop glaring at me."
"I wasn't-"
"I could feel you glaring at me." Sasuke interrupted.
The blonde snorted but averted his gaze from the back of Sasuke's head.
The group finally reached the Cloud Village and Sakura, Hinata and Naruto couldn't be happier about it. With the mood Sasuke was in, the atmosphere had become unbearable.
Sasuke led them to a secluded area and they settled down to discuss their plan.
"Akure will probably go somewhere tonight, like a bar. Once we find out where he'll be, one of you," Sasuke pointed to both Sakura and Hinata. "will have to try to get information out of him while he's drunk."
"What?!" Naruto shouted, jumping up. "There's no way I'm going to let Hinata do something like that!"
"One of them is going to have to do that." The Uchiha calmly pointed out.
"Not Hinata!"
"I'll do it." Sakura quietly said.
Everyone, even Hinata whipped their heads towards her, shock clear on their face.
"Y-you d-don't-"
"I didn't mean-"
"It's fine" Sakura said, cutting off Hinata and Naruto.
"But-"
"Naruto." Sakura sharply said.
The blonde shut his mouth but it was clear from his facial expression that he was not happy about this.
Sasuke wanted to protest as well but forced himself to keep his mouth shut.
'Why should I care if Sakura does this or not? She's just some stupid girl.'
Even though he tried to convince himself of this, part of him couldn't help but disagree.
"I don't know if you're right for the part." Sasuke spoke up.
"Why not?" Sakura asked indignation clear in her voice.
"You're too innocent."
"So?"
"Innocent people don't know how to seduce men. You'll never be able to get the information out of Akure, whether he's drunk or not." He arrogantly responded.
Sakura shook from anger and she wanted to yell at Sasuke but she knew that would only cause her to quickly loose the argument.
"At least let me try."
"This is a mission Sakura you don't get to try something. If you're not sure you can do it, then you're better of not trying because that can cause the mission to fail. Or worse, you or your comrades or both could die."
Sakura stayed silent, knowing he was right.
"Hinata will do it." Sasuke said.
"But Sa-"
"I'm captain of this squad; all of you follow my orders." Sasuke said interrupting Naruto.
"Hinata's too shy though. What if she ends up stuttering? She could blow her cover." Naruto pointed out.
"So we're stuck with two bad choices."
Sakura and Hinata couldn't help but bristle at Sasuke's bluntness. Ok, so it was true but did he have to be so mean about it?
"I said I'd do it." Sakura stiffly said.
"I said no." Sasuke shot back.
"At least I won't stutter!"
Sasuke suddenly got a predatory gleam in his eyes and slowly stalked towards Sakura.
"W-what are you doing?" She asked backing away.
The Uchiha didn't say anything and continued to stalk towards her, a smirk forming on his face. He finally backed her up against a tree and pushed his body against hers.
Sakura attempted to keep her composure but the feel of Sasuke and the heat radiating off his body was making it very difficult.
"Sa-ku-ra." He purred a wicked smirk on his face.
He reached out and cupped her cheek, his thumb running across her jaw.
Sakura could feel her breath hitch in her throat from this action.
Sasuke leaned down and his hot breath blew in her ear.
"Sa-ku-ra." He purred again.
It was getting more and more difficult for the jade eyed girl to blink.
"I want you." He seductively whispered.
Sakura found herself unable to breath after this statement. She suddenly felt the warmth leaving her body as he pulled away from her. He took one look at her flustered face and smirked before walking away.
"See, she can't do it. Look how flustered she is." Sasuke said walking away.
Sakura snapped back to reality at his words and felt red hot anger coursing through her veins.
"You…you…! I can't believe you would do something like that!" Sakura screeched.
"I needed to prove my point." Sasuke simply said ignoring her anger.
This only further enraged the cherry blossomed hair girl. She opened and closed her mouth but was so angry that she couldn't find anything to say.
"Well what are we going to do then?" Naruto asked.
"We'll find someone else."
"Like one of your whores?" Sakura scathingly said.
Naruto's and Hinata's eyes widened at this. It was rare to hear Sakura talk like that. Only Sasuke appeared unaffected by it.
"No, we'll find someone here."
"How do we know we'll be able to trust her? I still say we have Sakura do it." Naruto insisted.
"They might blow it."
"The girl we find may too. Better someone we know we can trust."
"Fine." Sasuke relented.
That being settled, the four decided to find two rooms to rent for the night. Sasuke gently grabbed Sakura's wrist.
"Just because I find you attractive, doesn't mean I won't punish you if you mess this up. Don't screw this up." Sasuke warned whispering in her ear.
Sakura nodded, shivering from the feel of Sasuke's warm breath on her ear. He let her go and she quickly walked to catch up to Naruto and Hinata. Sasuke followed her, his long strides allowing him to quickly catch up with her.
Sakura paced the floor in nervousness. Back and forth, back and forth she went. She would occasionally let out a sigh or bite her lower lip. Sometimes she would even play with her hair.
Hinata sat on one of the beds, observing this all.
"Sakura-chan, you have to calm down." Hinata quietly said.
Sakura suddenly stopped pacing and whirled around to face her.
"I know but I just can't help but feel nervous! What if I mess this up? All of you are counting on me! I can't afford to mess this up!"
"Stressing about it won't help; it'll only make you more nervous. The more nervous you get, the more likely you are to mess up."
"I know I just need to calm down, find my center." Sakura said mumbling the last part.
"That's the spirit; you'll do great Sakura-chan." Hinata encouraged.
Sakura nodded her head praying Hinata will be right.
Sasuke knocked on the girls' door, Naruto right behind him.
"What are you guys doing here?" Sakura asked once she opened the door.
"Since you're going to be the one getting information out of Akure, we need to find an outfit for you. Grab Hinata and let's go." Sasuke commanded.
Sakura nodded and called for Hinata. Once the dark violet haired girl came, the four left to go shopping.
"Too slutty, not seductive enough." Sasuke murmured looking at the dresses.
"What about this?" Sakura asked, holding up a blue dress.
Sasuke immediately snorted in disdain when he saw it.
"Sakura, you're trying to seduce information out of a guy, not go visit your grandma."
Sakura felt her face redden and she quickly put the dress back.
The four continued to look for an outfit when Sasuke found the perfect one. It was a red halter that hit mid thigh. It was a bit on the plain side, not having any designs but that was its appeal. It managed to look both classy and elegant while looking sexy at the same time. The neck line was low enough to show some cleavage but not so low that Sakura would have to worry about her breasts popping out.
"Sakura." Sasuke called.
Sakura looked up and walked over when he motioned to her.
"Here, take this."
"I-I can't possibly wear something like this." Sakura stammered blushing.
"Sakura, part of seducing him is having to look sexy." Sasuke reasoned.
Sakura nodded and reluctantly took the dress.
"Now all we have to do is find you some shoes, jewelry and a purse." Sasuke said.
Sakura nodded again and the two set back to work.
After another hour and a half of shopping, the four were finally done.
"Man, shopping is so draining; I don't know how you girls do it all the time." Naruto complained.
"Quit your whining, at least we got the shopping done." Sakura said.
"Do you guys want to eat dinner?" Hinata asked.
"Hn."
With that oh so wonderful answer, the four walked into a restaurant.
"How many of you are there?" The hostess asked.
"Four." Sakura answered.
A waiter quickly came and led them to a table. The four quickly ordered and waited for their food and drinks to come. Once the drinks and food came, the four began to eat.
"Once we're done eating, you should get ready Sakura." Sasuke said.
"Isn't it a little early to be doing so?" Sakura asked.
"No, Naruto and I need to find out where Akure will be. We need you to be ready to go as soon as we find out."
"Ok."
"How are we going to find him?" Naruto asked.
"By asking around at different restaurants, people there always know everything."
"At least we're not going to any guy places like ero-senin would." Naruto muttered.
"You can go if you'd like to Naruto."
"I didn't mean…shut up Sasuke!" Naruto finally sputtered out.
The onyx eyed boy merely smirked and continued eating his dinner.
Once the guys dropped the girls off at their room, they left to gather information. They walked into their first restaurant and walked up to the hostess.
"Excuse me have you ever seen this man?" Sasuke questioned holding up the picture of Akure.
The hostess looked at the picture and shook her head.
"No, I'm sorry, I haven't."
Sasuke nodded his head and walked further into the restaurant, Naruto right behind him. When no one in the restaurant had seen this man, the two left to go to the next place.
They continued searching and walked into a bar and grill, hoping that they would find answers here.
"Excuse me have you seen this man?" Sasuke asked.
The worker looked at the picture and shook his head.
"Sorry." He said.
Sasuke resisted the urge to sigh and continued asking. When he got no answers, he and Naruto left the building.
They continued asking for the next half an hour when they walked into another bar and grill.
"Excuse me have you seen this man?" Sasuke asked.
The woman shook her head and apologized. Sasuke and Naruto both nodded their heads and walked further into the establishment.
"Excuse me have you seen this man?" Sasuke questioned, holding up the photo to a group of young women.
"No, but how about you and your cute friend over there join my friends and I?" One of the women flirted.
"I'm sorry, we're busy." Sasuke politely declined.
"Come on sexy, I promise it'll be fun." The woman purred.
"I said no." Sasuke said in an icy tone.
The woman pouted and looked at Naruto.
"How about you cutie?"
"I have a girlfriend." Naruto answered.
The girl pouted again and all of them sighed as they watched the two handsome men walk away.
Sasuke walked to the next table and politely interrupted the couple.
"Excuse me have you seen this man?"
The guy looked irritated at being interrupted but Sasuke didn't care as long as he got an answer.
"No." The guy said.
Sasuke showed the picture to the girl and she shook her head.
"Sorry." She said.
The two shinobi kept asking and just when they thought this would be another dead end, they got an answer.
"Excuse me have you seen this man?" Sasuke asked a lone man sitting in the corner.
He glanced at the picture and nodded his head.
"Yeah I've seen him before."
"Do you happen to know any of his hang outs?" Naruto eagerly asked glad that someone had finally seen their guy.
"We had drinks a couple of nights ago."
"Do you know where he'll be tonight?" Sasuke asked.
To make up for the longer wait for the previous chapter, I've written a longer one. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please review!