'Where is he, yeah?' Deidara groaned, looking at the clock on the wall and saw that his red-haired friend was la-
"Hello?"
'Right on time, Sasori!'
"Yo, Sasori, yeah," Deidara nodded at him as the red head entered the flower shop.
"No problem, I'm happy that your son was satisfied with my work... I see... Of course not... Thank you very much, sir. Goodbye," Sasori let out a sigh and put his cell phone in his jeans pocket.
Deidara stared blankly at him. "I'm good, Sasori. Thanks for asking yeah,"
"Just tell me what I need to do," Sasori rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Have fun being Ino-san's slave for six hours."
"Tch, I'll come later to check on you," Deidara huffed, taking a book out and handed it to him.
Sasori raised an eyebrow and stared at the cover. "The Flower Language... The hell?"
"Have fun learning and memorizing," snorted Deidara, amused.
"I will, make sure that you don't lose your arms,"
"You should care about yourself or your the happy flowers will brainwash you..." Deidara smirked, turned around and stopped at the door. "Oh yeah, Ino-pig wants you to wear their Family apron. Don't ask me why, it must be a business thing."
Sasori shook his head as the blonde left and walked up stairs to get the Apron. His eyes twitched, seeing the light pink Apron with red roses on it laid on the wooden table. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"DEIDARA! I'LL KILL YOU!"
He gritted his teeth as he heard loud laughters outside. Grabbing the apron, Sasori stormed down stairs and opened the book before starting to memorize the informations every single flower.
Time Skip-
"Sasori, yeah, I'm back!" Deidara called out and let himself fall on a chair.
"You should better go home. Nothing happened this morning,"
Deidara yawned loudly. "No customer? Then, I'll be your first... Go on, first greet me."
"...Are you serious? Get our own shit," Sasori closed the book. "I still need to meet a client."
"Greet me, Akasuna no Sasori," growled Deidara.
"Welcome to, Yamanaka's Flower Shop... I'm Sasori, how may I be of your serve?"
Deidara sweat dropped.
"FAIL! Is this how you greet a customer, yeah?! Now, repeat your text with a tone that could melt everone's heart and... SMILE!"
Sasori muttered a few curses, took a deep breath to calm down and controled himself not to beat the shit out of his blond-haired best friend before greeting him with a faked smile only to receive a sigh from the blonde.
His eyes twitched in annoyance as Deidara pointed his thumb at the ground.
"What's wrong with you, yeah? I hadn't told you to fake a smile! And could you please sound like you're a happy worker surrounded by colorful flowers?"
"You should actually be the one wearing this!" Sasori growled, wearing the light pink apron off.
Deidara snickered but his amusement quickly disappeared seeing that the red head was really, really, really pissed off... He gulped nervously. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to ask Sasori to take over his work at the flower shop.
Wait a second.
"Why did you actually agreed to help me?" Deidara raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms.
"You told me that I'd get your money if I do this crap!"
"Oh, yeah... I had forgotten that you are broke and need the money to keep yourself alive," Deidara winced for forgetting something that could angered Sasori. "Sorry about that! But you know that I could help-"
Sasori glared at him, wore the pink apron on and stood like a stone behind the counter.
"I could do the work and you'll get my money later-"
"I don't need your help," Sasori gritted his teeth. "Just keep your part of the deal-"
"This is the place, huh?"
They both turned to look at the door and saw their first customer.
She had shoulder-length brown hair, green eyes and a perfect curved body. Her lips tugged a smile as she looked at the flowers.
'Wow, she's beautiful,' Deidara flushed and sucked on air as he made eye contact with the girl.
She politely smiled at them and started to look at the different kind of flowers but it looked like she was having trouble to pick what she should buy. Clearing his troat, Deidara approached her hoping that he'd get to know her by solving the problem.
Sasori rolled his eyes at the sight. Oh well, let the blonde do the work... Sasori will get his money anyway.
Letting out a yawn, Sasori leaned against the wall behind him and closed his eyes.
"Welcome to Yamanaka's Flower Shop! I'm Deidara, how may I be of your serve?" Deidara smiled brightly.
He then snapped his eyes open and watched how Deidara tried to flirt with the girl who showed no sign of interest to him. Sasori snorted in amusement, knowing that Deidara was clueles when it comes to flowers.
Let the fun begin.
"I'm looking for a special flower for someone," replied the girl nervously. "But I think that even this shop doesn't have the flower I was looking for."
"A special flower for your boyfriend?" Deidara let out a sigh of relife as the girl shook her head.
Sasori stared at the girl's emerald green eyes and noticed that she was trying to show emotion behind her blank eyes. He narrowed his eyes wondering if the smile she gave them was fake.
"I-it's for a friend who passed seven years ago," She hung her head and acted as if she was going to cry at any moment.
To bad, Sasori didn't fell for it.
"Oh, I'm sorry, yeah," Deidara patted her shoulder. "What's your name, yeah?"
The girl tensed and looked at Sasori who stared suspiciously at her then stuttered, "M-my name is H-haruno... Haruka."
'She's lying... Why?' Sasori frowned, not taking his eyes off of her.
"That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl like you," grinned Deidara.
"Thanks," Sakura placed a lock of brown hair behind her ear. "Umm, I'd like to buy a enchinocereus engelmannii and a malvastrum rotundifolium."
Sasori's eyes widened in surprise and was really impressed. He knew those kind of flowers since the flowers she mentioned only grew in a desert near Suna City. His heart skipped a beat.
Does she came from Suna?
Deidara blinked in confusement. "C-could you repeat that?"
"Yes, I'd like to buy an enchinocereus engelmannii and a malvastrum rotundifolium!" Sakura chuckled, seeing his jaw drop.
"A whaaaat?" Deidara took a step backward.
"An enchinocereus engelmannii," Sasori spoke up, getting their attention. "Also known as the strawberry hedgehog cactus-"
"You want to buy a cactus here in Konoha?" Deidara raised an eyebrow.
"Me and my friend came from Suna and since the doctors in Suna are-"
"Suna doesn't have doctors like Tsunade-san, a famous docotor from Konoha," Sasori sighed, running a hand through his hair. "They probably brought your friend here for help but were to late and your friend..."
"Died as soon as Senju-sama was informed,"
'Huh?' Sasori stared at her in shock. 'I-it sounds like she was talking about Chiyo-baa.'
"Let me guess, mavarum rotunium is a cactus too?" Deidara asked.
"It's malvastrum rotundifolium," corected Sasori, looking down at his wrist clock. "Oh, look at the time... Hadn't Konan told you to meet her at the skate park?"
"Oh, god," Deidara's face paled. "Konan's gonna kill me!"
Grabbing his bag, Deidara waved and shouted a quick goodbye before storming out of the shop.
"Do you guys own flowers from Suna?" Sakura asked.
"No," Sasori saw her face drop. "But I knew that something like this might happen someday and made an order for Suna's beautiful flowers."
"Malvastrum rotundifolium is one of the moest beautiful flowers in Suna," Sakura sighed softly.
"Indeed, may know where you come from?" Sasori decided to water the flowers.
"I'm from Suna just like you," Sakura gently touched the petal of a rose. "Only Suna people know of the strawberry hedgehog cactus or the desert five spot."
Sasori couldn't help but smirk at her. "You love the heat in Suna even though Konoha is better? You must be kidding me,"
"I admid that Konoha is a beautiful place... for people who aren't used at the heat in Suna," Sakura whispered but loud enough for Sasori to hear.
"I love Suna too," chuckled Sasori. "Because-"
"Because You go through a desert, a desert as dry as sand and while walking a strip of meadow is created behind you. Someone important will follow and love you," Sakura smiled at him.
"..."
"...?"
"... You really came from Suna,"
"Of course!" Sakura pouted, crossing her arms. "Anyway, when will I get my flowers?"
Sasori looked at his wrist clock and frowned slightly. "I bet it will take two hours till they arrived here."
"Two hours? Why?"
"I've been living here in Konoha since I was nine and most of the people here are late or should I say they're enjoying their life that they forgot to be on time?"
"Most of the people?" Sakura shook her head.
"Yeah- Hey, I totally forgot that you don't know who I am, right? Sorry, I'm Akasuna no Sasori," Sasori held his hand out.
Sakura smiled softly and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you, Sasori-sama." Her eyes widened in shock as she slapped her mouth close turning her head to the side to avoid looking into his confused eyes.
"Uh, call me Sasori, Haruka-san," Sasori doesn't know why but he suddenly felt... comfotablt and happy.
"S-sasori-san," Sakura laughed sheepshily, rubbing the back of her head. "I'm new here in Konoha."
'She's also acting so weird,' Sasori stared into her blank eyes. 'And her eyes... so lifeless.'
Knock ! Knock ! Knock !
"Hello? Delivery for Yamanaka-san!"
"Looks like you don't need to wait at all," Sasori walked out of the shop and talked to the two delivery mens.
Sakura clenched her fists and stared at the ground.
'He's alright, he's not going to be in trouble as long as I'm near him,' Sakura closed her eyes. 'I'll protect him, Chiyo-baa!'
"Haruka-san,"
"Huh?" Sakura turned around and saw Sasori holding two plants. "Thank you very much! Goodbye, Sasori-san!"
"It's not a goodbye, it's a see you later, got it?"
Sakura's eyes widened in shock and she nearly dropped the plants she was holding if it wasn't for the blank look he gave her. Bitting her bottom lip, Sakura smiled faintly and left not taking a look back at him.
Sasori stared at the door, remembering the shock... and hurt written in her eyes.
'What's her problem?' Sasori shrugged then grabbed his head in pain. 'W-what's this feeling?!'
Flashback-
"But... I know that you'll hate me if the time had arrived. It's better if I leave now instead of tomorrow. Goodbye, Sasori-sama,"
Sasori grabbed her hand.
Her eyes silghtly widened and looked down at their hands.
"I-i'll let you go but..."
"But?"
"But it's not a 'Goodbye' it's a 'see you later', okay Sakura-chan?"
Flashback Ends-
"S-sakura-chan?" Sasori coughed heavily. "W-who the hell is Sakura-chan?"
He froze and immediatly ran outside not seeing the brunett anymore. She was gone... and he'll probably won't see her again. Sasori cursed and punched the door before taking the apron off dialing the nummber of the owner of the shop.
"Hello, Sasori-san. Deidara told me everything and I gave him your money since I don't know where you live,"
"Thank you, Ino-san" Sasori hung up and sighed tiredly.
That girl, Haruno Haruka- or whatever her real name was- gave him headache that will not leave soon till he knew who she really was. No one will stop him from getting to know who she was.
He then decided not to waste more time and started to look for her.
But where should he start searching?
'What was the reason for her to visit a flower shop again? To get a present for her friend,'
Sasori smirked then ran towards the direction of the cementary.
Even if she wasn't there it wouldn't hurt to visit his own dead grandmother. Sasori was so deep in thought that he bumped into someone. He apologized and helped the person to pick his-
"Puppets?" Sasori stared at the wooden puppets he was holding.
"Hey! Don't touch it, stranger!" the boy snarled and snatched it back before glaring at him. "Sakura-chan gave them to me!"
"Sakura-chan?" Sasori blinked, then remembered that the brunett was probably still at the cementary and stood up starting to run again.
"Come back here! You'll pay for-"
"Shut up, Kankuro! We're already late! Let's go!"
"B-but Temari!"
Sasori glaced behind him and caught the eyes of the boy he bumped into. The boy shot him a we-will-meet-again glare, turned around and left with his sister. A sigh escape him, Sasori continued to run ignoring the same weird feeling he had towards the boy.
'Am I sick? Why do I get this... confusing feelings that I don't know!'
He slowed into a walk as he neared the cementary and he immediatly caught the brown hair of the mysterious girl. Sasori sneaked quietly behind a tree then looked at the grave stone she was looking at.
His blood froze.
Akasuna no Chiyo.
The girl placed the two plants next to the grave then reached for her hair and tugged on it letting it fall on the ground. Her shoulder-length brown hair turned into a waist-length bright pink hair!
Pale skin, Pink hair...
Pink hair... and... emerald green eyes.
"Sakura... Haruno Sakura," Sasori muttered, shocked.
Sakura whipped her head towards his direction and stared blankly at him.
She saw her! Sasori stepped out of his hidding place and approached her. Sakura turned back to look at the grave infront of her before disappearing into thin air. His eyes widened as he looked around but the pinkett was gone.
He caught his breath, feeling a presence behind him.
"I'm sorry, Sasori-sama,"
And everything went black.
Sakura picked the sixteen years old boy up and carried him bridal style towards his house as she kept themself in the shadows. As she made it to his house without beeing noticed by anyone, Sakura leaned him against the front door.
"See you later, Sasori-sama," Sakura smiled a small smile, kissed his forehead and left as she saw the yellow merceds from Sasori's friend nearing them.
Deidara's eyes twitched as soon as he saw the red head sleeping in a sitting Position outside of the Apartment.
"Sasori, yeah! What are you doing?!" Deidara groaned loudly, got up and walked towards the red head. "Wake up! Or I'll keep the money-"
"S-shut up," Sasori grunted in pain. "W-where is S-sakura?"
"Who?" Deidara send him a confused look.
"H-haruno Sakura. Where is she?"
"Did you hit your head and lost conscious or what? The brunett's name was Haruka not Sakura," Deidara rolled his eyes, took his keys out and opened the door.
Sasori slowly stood up and looked around him then rubbed his eyes. "Where am I?"
"You're home, duh! Get inside and take a long rest! You really need it!"
"Sakura-chan..." muttered Sasori, looking up at the sky. "Who are you, Sakura-chan?"
"Who the fuck is Sakura-chan, yeah?!" Deidara shook his shoulders. "You're not Sasori! Sasori hate girls! Wake up, Sasori! WAKE UP-"
Sasori growled and pushed him roughly away from him. "Touch me again and I'll kill you!"
"Sasori!" Deidara faked a cry. "You made me worried."
"Shut up! Give me my money and leave!"
"You're back! You're really back! I'm so happy-"
Punch !
"Sasori-sama..." Sakura smiled as she watched the friendly fighting scene from the roof of an eight story building she was standing on. "I'll make you happy..."
Two other bickering figures who were five buildings away from her caught her attentin as she heard their familiar voices. Sakura sighed and jumped down the building before calmly approaching them.
"Woah! Are you a hero or something, nee-san?"
Sakura froze then turned around to see a little boy smiling up at her. Smiling back, Sakura knelt down to his level and patted his head.
"No, I'm not a here. I'm a wizard and it took more than five years for me to jump from a building that high. So don't do it or you'll get hurt, okay?" Sakura ruffling his hair. "Magic is not to be messed with."
"Really? Then I must pay attention at school?"
"Exactly, school is very important for your future,"
"Mama says the same thing... Okay, I'll learn for school so I can be a cool wizard like you, nee-san!" He grinned and ran away.
"That was nice, Sakura,"
"Ah, Gaara! What are you doing here?" Sakura smiled at the red head.
"Hn, don't know. He told us to pack our things and leave," Gaara shrugged.
"You mean, your dad wants you to study under the Roof of Konoha High," chuckled Sakura, stroking his cheek. "Don't lose hope. Konoha's a nice-"
"For people who aren't used at the heat in Suna?" Gaara smirked and raised an eyebrow.
"Haha, that's right," Sakura smiled. "Come, Temari and Kankuro are waiting."
Gaara shook his head. "I'll meet you guys at the hotel..."
"Fine, see you there,"
Sakura then continued to walk towards the glaring teens.
"Temari-hime, Kankuro-kun..."
They jumped in surprise and looked at the pinkett. Temari squealed, crushing the emotionless girl into a hug and Kankuro grinned at her. Sakura slowly wrapped her arms around the blonde.
"What are you doing here, Sakura-chan?" asked Temari, confused. "I thought you're helping dad with his paperworks."
"He ordered me to take care of you three. Where's the one who brought you here?"
"She's probably dead- Ow! Stop it, Tem!" Kankuro cried in pain as Temari twisted his arm.
"Should we go back to the hotel?" Temari suggested, letting his arm go.
Sakura nodded and followed them back to the hotel only to find the red head waiting for them. He noticed them and glared at Kankuro who laughed sheepishly and hid behind an annoyed looking Temari.
"You-"
"Sorry for eating the cookies Sakura-chan made for you!"
Wrapping her arms around Gaara's neck, Sakura pecked his cheek and smiled. "I'll bake you more cookies but don't try to kill your older brother, okay?"
"Hn," Gaara returned the hug and left.
Kankuro thanked the pinkett for saving him and glared his laughing sister before walking with her to their room. Sakura shook her head and followed them in silence.
"How's Konoha High?"
"Boring, Temari's crushing on lazy Boy,"
"T-that's not true! He was so annoying!"
"Yeah, right,"
"Oh, shut up, Kankuro!"
"And this other arrogant red-haired dude's going to Konoha High too!"
Sakura's ears peaked up. "Who?"
"Hmmm, I think his name was Akasuna no Sasori," replied Temari and shrugged. "He bumped into Kankuro after school and ran off. That was really weird."
"What?" Kankuro scoffed coldly. "He was rude-"
"He apologized for god's sake!"
"Excuse me?"
"What?!" Kankuro and Temair glared at the bored looking woman.
She then looked at Sakura. "Are you Haruno Sakura?"
"Yeah, may I know who you are?" Sakura smiled softly, trying to calm the woman down.
"I'm Haname Suzuki," She smiled back and bowed. "Rasa-sama send me to take over your work."
"WHAT?!" Temari clenched her fists. "No way! Leave now, Haname!"
Suzuki ingored her, chuckled and smirked evily.
"Is that so? Then what should I do?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"You can do whatever you want. Shopping, gambling, drinking tea..." Suzuki shrugged. "If I were you, I'd just go into the mall, get some friends and relax."
Sakura nodded and started to walk away only to be stopped as Kankuro and Temari grabbed her hand. Suzuki clicked her tongue in annoyance and whacked them hard. The siblings let the pinkett go and glared at her.
Rolling her eyes, Suzuki handed Sakura a ticket.
"There's going to be a party tomorrow night. I've heard everyone's invited as long as they got a ticket,"
"I'll check it out. Thank you, Suzuki-san," Sakura bowed and waved goodbye.
"No! Sakura-chan, don't leave us with the demon-"
"What was that, Kankuro-san?!"
"Run for your life, Tem- Traitor! Where are you?!"
Sakura sweat dropped, hoping that Suzuki-san won't kill them. She looked down at the ticket in her hand and a ceitain red head popped in her head. If he's going then she'll go to the party too.
Nodding to herself, Sakura took her time to think of a plan.
There's no party where you couldn't get hurt. The thought of Sasori getting hurt or worse made the pinkett worry...
"Don't worry, Sasori-sama, I'll be there to protect you," Sakura took her pendant shaped key out and brought it close to her. "I'll protect you."