Tuesday, July 24th, 2012.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012.
REPOST DATE: September 1st, 2012.
I deleted the old one, but reposted it. This is the re-post. I hope you like the small changes I made. Thanks so much to the 2 peeps who reviewd the other one!
Sasuke, since this is for you, you're doing the disclaimer. Just do it. I'm not in the mood to argue right now.
Sasuke: *Sigh* Echo doesn't own anything but the plot and my Inner.
WARNING!
This chapter has the use of the word "f**k" multiple times. Mostly because of a song. Sasuke's Inner is also a perv, so...but it's still rated T. I'm 13, people. I have boundaries.
Chapter 2: A Summer Day
Sasuke POV
Today was sunny, hot, bright, and just the epitome of summer.
Today was the day I called the team to help me clean the Uchiha Manor. I don't live there-I live in an apartment. I just felt…that it should be cleaned at least, after 5 years.
It'll take a while-the main house is big enough.
"Knock, knock, Teme/Sasuke-kun/Sasuke!"
Hmph. Am I the only one that found it weird that they talked in unison?
I moved over to the door and opened it, taking in everyone's appearance.
Kakashi was shirtless with gray board shorts with green swirls on them. Swimsuit? Probably. But why? He –obviously- had his mask on. He didn't have his headband.
Naruto was wearing a pale orange T-shirt and black and orange board shorts. He didn't have his headband either.
Sakura… "What the hell are you wearing, Sakura?"
She looked confused at my sudden outburst. "Huh? What are you talking about?"
Naruto joined me. "That's what I said! Why are you wearing….that? And at 8 in the morning?"
Now she was just lost. "What are you guys talking about?"
Kakashi explained for her. "They mean, it's too little. Too much skin, Sakura."
"But I'm just wearing a pink tank and jean short-shorts and flip-flops! What's wrong with that?" She had her face in a sort of angry pout and her hands on her hips.
"It's still too little Sakura-chan!"
"I agree with the usuratonkachi, for once, Sakura. You shouldn't walk around in such little clothing -much less so early."
"It's not! And it's warm out, even if it's morning! Why do you have a problem now when you've seen me in less?"
"…that sounds so wrong, Sakura-chan."
"Perv." I hit the dobe on the head.
"Maybe we have, but we're not comfortable with you wearing that little around the village." Kakashi had his face buried in that stupid, orange, book of his. I'm going to seriously hate orange one day. Like a bull. That color's freaking everywhere.
Sakura looked skeptical and a little offended. "Okay. So it's fine if I prance around in a bikini or even towel occasionally in front of you guys, but it's not okay if I'm in a tank and shorts around the village." Her voice was flat- sarcasm.
"Yeah! Though the towel thing…let's keep that at a minimum, Sakura-chan. That's a little embarrassing. Although I don't mind that much~."
She hit the idiot over the head for the last comment. I ignored it. "That's right, Sakura." I nodded while saying this.
"I'm glad you get our point, Sakura." Kakashi pat the pinkette over the head, not noticing the dark look on her face. In fact, none of us did.
"...Uh, Sakura-chan?" She was silent for too long.
"Saku-" I started, but she interrupted.
"THAT MAKES NO SENSE, YOU MORONS!" As weird as it is to say, she had her angry face on, and was strangling Naruto. I don't want to be in his position.
"Who are you guys? My dad? My eternal guardians or people who are equally ridiculously over-protective?" She finally let go of Naruto's throat, noticing his face going blue.
"*coughcough* D-dhat nambe souds coovl, Lakuva-jen. *coughcough*"
"What?" I asked the idiot. He made no sense.
"I think he said, 'that name sounds cool, Sakura-chan." Kakashi said.
"Agh!" Sakura lightly pulled at her hair, not wanting to tear it out. She crossed her arms. "I'll admit I'm a little flattered, but seriously, this is ridiculous. What's worse is that you all agree on it."
Naruto had finally stopped coughing and the color on his face was back to normal. "It's because we care, about you, Sakura-chan! We can't have anyone else looking at you funny, because we're your team, and the only guys who can do that, as weird and wrong as that sounds. We'll pound any guy that thinks he can pick you up!"
Although still looking a little miffed, her eyes softened (hate that word(1)) and she sighed. "Fine. But the only way for me to forgive you guys and not strangle you to death, is a group hug." She held her arms out.
Naruto immediately went it, rubbing his face with hers affectionately, similar to a puppy. Normally, she'd push him off but since she literally asked for it, she let him.
Kakashi put his book away to who-knows-where and joined the hug.
There was a space left. "Come on, Teme! Get in!"
I shook my head. "Sasuke-kun, please get over here and give us a real hug lest I strangle your precious neck." Sakura gave a sickly sweet smile.
At first I was skeptical, then I walked over to join. First she wants to kill you, then hug you, then kill you if she doesn't get the hug. And you know she can strangle you if she wanted to. Women are so confusing.
We hugged for a couple seconds or so, then let go.
"So," Kakashi started. "With that done; Sakura, do you have your swimsuit?"
My teammate nodded. "Yup! It's under what I'm wearing!"
I was confused. "Why do you need all of those?"
Naruto looked at me, excited. "Because, later, we're going swimming at the new pool!"
I raised an eyebrow. "We need to clean the manor." I stated.
"I mean later during a break, Teme!"
"Didn't I tell you to wear a swimsuit, Sasuke?" I nodded to my teacher's question.
I briefly looked down at what I was wearing; dark blue board shorts with the Uchiha flag on the corners and pockets. I was shirtless. I wore them without knowing why. Kakashi never did say why until now.
"Well, are you going to close that door and get cleaning supplies so we can start or not?" I asked, pulling a broom and dustpan out of the closet nearby.
"Yup!" Again with the unison.
My team closed the door behind them and picked other cleaning supplies out of the same closet I pulled mine.
"Let's get to it! Let's start with the…." Kakashi started. They all looked at me, since this was my old home, I'd know it best.
"The living room." I finished.
"The living room!" Naruto echoed.
He ran to what he assumed was the direction to the living room. Surprisingly, he was going the right way.
"Better not break anything, Dobe!" I called after him.
"I won't!" He called back. For some reason, I trusted that he wouldn't break anything. I guess I just trust him anyway. He's my friend, right?
"That goes for you guys, too." I motioned my head at my other teammates. Their expressions were serious, knowing how much this place meant to me and my past here.
"You can count on us." Kakashi nodded his head and then went after Naruto.
I started following when he turned down the hall. Sakura caught up.
She bumped her shoulder lightly with mine, then put her hand on it.
We stopped walking. "You can trust us Sasuke-kun." She said….softly (HATE that word now) with a small smile and a little blush. So she still likes me…it's reassuring, for some reason.
Then she went after our other teammates.
I had a feeling she wasn't just talking about my family's home.
It's been 3 hours since we started cleaning and now we were sweeping the large hallways in another wing of the manor.
Throughout our cleaning, music was being played from each our iPod Touches. I had a navy one with black swirls and the Uchiha fan on the back.
Sakura's was red with what I assume is the Haruno symbol on the back. You know, the white ring on her clothes?
Naruto's, predictably, was orange but oddly enough had a black outline and the red swirl that is on the back of Konoha's ninja vests and that's also on Naruto's jacket. I don't know what it means, though.
Kakashi's was a gray-silver with dark green lines. It had a chibi, gray, wolf on the back.
Kakashi had given us the iPods as one-year anniversary as a team. We gave him an exclusive box set of Icha Icha movies and side stories.
We were really grateful for our gifts, so when Kakashi's iPod broke (by accident -promise), we pitched our money and effort into get him the latest version of the Touch at the time, all personalized for him with an iTunes card, like he did for us.
Needless to say, there was some sappy hugging and thank-you's, but that's the story of how each of us acquired such awesome iPods.
Right now, Naruto was "dancing" (I have no idea if he's trying to call a demon from hell, or if he just really needs to use the bathroom, but I chose "dancing") and mouthing the lyrics to a song that was playing on my iPod.
…I'm sorry, I can't afford a Ferrari, but I got something that'll get you there.
Said she's an Xbox, and I'm more Atari, but the way you play the game ain't fair.
Now Sakura's joining in, but more dignified and still sweeping at the same time as using the broom as a microphone. She was actually singing a little, and she sounded sort of good. Better than average, let's say that.
I pity the fo~ol, that falls in love with you
Naruto did the Ah~
She's a gold digger
Naruto echoes, She's a gold digger
Ooh, I got some news for you, why don't you tell your f**king boy~friend.
Naruto was actually sort of singing, but thank God he didn't sound like Tora being hugged by his (I'm sure he's male, right?) owner; I forgot her name but don't care to remember. Poor cat; I'd hate coming back to that crazy woman everyday…
Naruto sounded…average. Not very good, but average.
"Sasuke-teme, join us!"
I looked at the idiot. "No."
"Come on, Sasuke-kun! It'll be fun! Hurry before the song ends!"
I didn't look away from my wiping the floor. "No."
"Why not, Sasuke? It'll be…interesting."
I looked up at my sensei in surprise. "I thought you were cleaning the hallway bathroom?"
He nodded. "I did."
"Why don't you join us, too, Kakashi-sensei! Then Sasuke-teme will have to join."
I scoffed. "Like he will. I highly doubt that our sensei will sing to Sleeping with Siren's cover of 'F**k You' by Cee Lo. If he does, I'll join you in the next line."
I saw Kakashi smirk then. Oh, no. What did I get myself into?
…Now baby, baby, baby, why oh why do you want to hurt me so bad?
I was staring dumbstruck at my teacher, barely noticing Naruto making that "tch" noise or whatever with his mouth to go along with the song, and Sakura echoing so bad, so bad, so ba~d.
I tried to tell my mama, but she told me it's one for your da~d.
Our silver haired sensei motioned his hand toward me, while Naruto and Sakura were doing their echoes, signaling that it was my turn.
Why this line?
So I tell her like, why? Why? Why, oh baby~.
Now Sakura's turn.
I love you! Still thinking of you~, oh!
Then we finished the rest of the song. I paused the next song on my iPod, so I could a question.
"You can sing, Kakashi? Since when?"
"Yeah, yeah! When?" Naruto was jumping up and down, eager like the hyperactive imbecile he is. I'm anxious to hear, too, but still. I can't believe I'm best friends with him.
"Well, I can't say I'm fantastic, but I'm pretty good. It's just one of those hidden talents, you know?" With that, Kakashi went to helping us clean this ridiculously large hallway.
"You were good Kakashi, but you can never be a Kellin Quinn. (2)" Sakura said, her finger on her chin, contemplating.
We all turned to her.
"What? Kellin's voice sounds pretty sexy to me, especially in this song. Kaka-sensei's sort of is, but not the sort of thing I'm into. Geez, that sounded wrong." More stares. Then an outburst.
"WHAT? Sexy? You can't say something like that!"Naruto was shaking our teammate furiously, looking almost scared.
"I didn't know you were into a band like this anyway, to even know his name." I said, curious.
Sakura pulled the orange knucklehead off of her, and went farther into the hallway, done with her part.
"I'm a 13-year old girl, Naruto. I'm perfectly allowed. I mean, if you're allowed to crack a couple lewd jokes and you're younger than me, can't I say sexy? You sound like an 8-year-old. And Tenten got me hooked on SWS. She also introduced me to My Chemical Romance. Frankie's scorpion tattoo on his neck, I'm almost ashamed to say, made me swoon in the 'I Don't Love You' music video. And Gerard's found the Fountain of Youth. What kind of 35-year-old looks that good(3)? I think he looked best a couple years back when his hair was died black and shoulder-length." She was babbling some.
Silence.
. . . .
"You do know that Gerard's married and has a daughter, right? There are rumors of another on the way, but I don't know if they're true." That was Kakashi. His voice brought Naruto and I out of our shocked stupors.
"That girl on Hyuga's team is into rock and alternative music?"
"OUR SAKURA-CHAN HAS LOST HER INNOCENCE! NO!" Naruto-baka was running around in panicked circles, clutching his head.
"Tenten and Neji more or less like the same kind of music, so they often share bands. According to her, Neji's more into hardcore than she is, but she can take some. Pierce the Veil(4), is one of her faves, but Red (5) was just introduced to her, and now she's addicted."
After answering me, she walked over to Naruto and hit him harshly over the head. "What the hell is that supposed to mean Naruto!"
Cowering on the floor, he mumbled, "Nevermind. You're fine."
"Hmph! That's better." With that, she picked up her broom and moved on to the next room, seeing as we were now done with the hallway.
"You guys coming?" She entered the room, and soon, the rest of us followed.
It's now 4, and our break. Kakashi dragged me -literally- to the pool.
Right now, Sakura and Naruto were having a water fight, I was relaxing for once on a lounge chair, and Kakashi was lying on one of those bed-like floaters, reading his infamous orange book. He was farther away, and the book was apparently waterproof- just in case he got splashed.
By the way, Sakura was wearing a dark pink and white 2-piece swimsuit, with red cherries and sakura blossoms on it. Like a bikini, but more skin is covered.
"Teme! Come play Chicken with us!" Naruto was shouting at me, and I contemplated playing. Maybe I should play. I always liked kicking Naruto's ass.
Of course you're playing! We can partner with Sakura! With her luscious legs wrapped around our neck…mm!
Inner? You haven't said anything till now all day! And you're such a pervert.
I was taking a nap, and yes; I am indeed a pervert. A proud one, too. Now go play -Sakura-chan is tapping your shoulder and bending down. I want to look at those small, but lovely breasts of hers!
P-perverted bastard! She's 13! So are we!
So? I have an advanced mind, as do you. Now talk to her already!
I snapped out of my head and found Sakura indeed bending down to tap my shoulder. When she noticed I was finally paying attention, she spoke.
"Sasuke-kun? Do you want to play with us?" I stared at her for a minute, then my eyes flashed to her chest. They are small…well she's 13, but they're kinda…cute? HOLY F**K! What am I DOING? Thank God she didn't notice me looking!
See? Hinata's are the biggest out the Rookie 9 plus Gai's team, and Ino's second. Tenten is kinda small even if she is older, but I assume that Sakura's still smaller. But I like 'em small, cuz they're cute. Do you think they'll fit in my hand? I do.
SHUT. UP! You're turning me into a pervert!
Before he could say anything else, or wonder how much he knew about the girls' breasts to compare them while in my body, I responded to Sakura.
"Aa. Let's go. Who's Naruto pairing up with?"
She took my hand –unconsciously, I guess- and led me into the pool. Naruto hearing me, answered my question.'
"Myself! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Another him "poof"-ed into existence. I should have known he would have used a clone…Kakashi would have given an unfair advantage with his height and strength, even if Naruto's the shortest of all of us.
When Sakura and I got into the water, I bent down so she can climb onto me.
When she was sitting on my shoulders, I stood to my full height.
"Let's kick Naruto's ass, Sasuke-kun!"
"Hn. Yeah."
Ahh…those silky, shapely thighs, they feel so nice under our hands…she's going to grow into quite the woman, in the years to come! I kinda hope she doesn't develop huge breasts- you know, like that blonde Hokage?(6)- cuz I like small ones. Plus, it wouldn't be…Sakura. But I'll love them anyway.
…Just shut up long enough for me to kick Naruto's ass. Please. By the way, how long will I have to live with you?
The rest of your life. Likely. And I don't feel like going away.
…I'm fucked.
No, really? Love you too, man.
I snapped out of it just in time to hear Kakashi say, "Go!". He was our referee.
Immediately, the Naruto on the bottom (the real one) and I tried to topple the other over, our hands clutched together like they do in Sumo.
Suddenly, I saw him smirk evilly.
"What?" I asked, having a bad feeling.
He looked up at our partners, seeing that Sakura was busy with his clone, but the clone was still listening. He whispered.
"I saw where your eyes went, Sasuke. I also saw you blushing when she was trying to get your attention and when she first got on your shoulders. Granted, she was blushing, too, but this is you."
On the outside, I was still fighting, but on the inside, I was shocked. I blushed? I don't blush!
I guess he knew what I was thinking, because he continued.
"It was small, but I noticed, and I think Kakashi-sensei did, too.. You're lucky that Sakura's pretty innocent and oblivious sometimes and didn't notice at all. What a dirty boy you truly are, Sasuke! It's now proven that you really are straight!"
I blushed again a bit, but more out of anger than embarrassment. With a sudden burst of strength, I pushed to moron over.
Coincidentally, Sakura had done the same thing at the same time I had.
"Whoo-hoo!" she cheered. "Take that, Naruto!"
After another moment, Sakura asked me to put her down. We both knew that she could have just fallen back into the water or something, but I didn't say anything. Neither did she, obviously.
I reached my arms up and plucked her from my shoulders using my hands on her slim waist. It's a good thing I have long arms, as weird as that sounds.
Such a nice waist, stomach, arms, everything! Our Sakura-chan is pretty petite, but I love it! She's perfect for us!
Shut up, you!
When she was back to standing on her own in the water, she turned to me and wrapped her arms around my neck. I noticed she was blushing.
"That was fun! Let's play again!" Since she was holding on longer than I thought, I hesitantly wrapped my own arms around her, pulling her to me slightly. She is small…
Ahh…I know you didn't but I noticed how good her breasts feel against out bare chest…They're so round!
Cue blush. Please let go, Sakura! I can't deal with this imbecile any longer!
Who are you calling imbecile? Just because I have hormones and embrace them while in this stage people call puberty and you don't doesn't make me an imbecile!
Since she didn't seem to be letting go anytime soon, I asked her a question. "Now that I think about it, couldn't you have pushed Naruto off earlier?" I was referring to her unusual amount of physical strength.
She pulled back from my shoulder and neck so we can look face-to-face. She put a finger to her lips, thinking. "Now that I think of it, I guess I could have. Huh. I'll do it next time."
Doesn't she look adorable like that? Her short pink hair wet, her apple green eyes sparkling, her slender finger against her thin, but delicious and full-looking pink lips?
I guess she does look kinda cute…and since when were you the poet?
I've always been poetic.
…Sure.
Then, our eyes met. We were just staring at each other, almost dazed. I saw something in her eyes. Is that…love? No. We're only kids…barely teens. Affection. There. At least she really does care, though…
We stayed like that until Naruto shouted us out of our stupor. "Let go of my Sakura-chan, Teme! Are we going to play again or what!"
We quickly let go of each other, and Sakura took a stand next to me, saying to Naruto, "I'm not yours, Naruto-kun! We've been over this! And we're sure as hell going to play and win again! Shannaro!"
She turned back to me, and I nodded.
I helped her back onto my shoulder, and we spent the next hour in the water like kids playing Chicken, Sharks and Minnows, Marco Polo, splashing each other, splashing Kakashi, and having inadvertently growing closer.
It's now 10 o'clock in the evening, and we just finished cleaning the entire manor.
For dinner, we ate bento that Sakura had apparently brought with her. It consisted of mainly rice, onigiri, vegetables and different kinds of meat. I had beef, Naruto had pork, and Kakashi had teriyaki chicken.
In my bento, I noticed I had extra tomatoes. It made me smirk. So she remembered.
I also noted that Naruto had apparently brought 1 instant ramen cup, since Sakura wouldn't let him bring more. Miso, of course.
Anyway, that was at 7.
Now, we were in one of the large, almost empty rooms with futons.
We arranged them so they sort of looked like a weird capital "E", but on its side.
Naruto, Sakura and I were all next to each other, with Sakura in the middle and Naruto on her right and me on her left. Above our heads, was Kakashi. Kakashi's head was next to Naruto's, and his legs at mine.
Get it?
Anyway, Naruto was trying to take Kakashi's book to find out what the hell was so appealing about it.
He finally got it, but Kakashi snatched it out of his hands before Naruto could open it. "You're too young for something like this, Naruto."
I couldn't resist a remark. "Like we're too young for alcohol?(7)" I smirked, remembering the time a week ago when Kakashi had given us alcohol without us knowing at first, and then disappearing to observe us. The 3 of us ended up passing out under the large Sakura tree. (Not the one at my spot. This was a different place)
"He has a point, Kaka-sensei." Sakura joined.
"That was an experiment. This is porn- this is not good for your 13-year-old eyes. Or brain." Kakashi replied.
Naruto sighed impatiently. "We know it's porn, but I've been wondering..."
"Yeah?" Sakura asked.
"What's in porn, exactly? I mean, Pervy Sage wrote it, and when he was teaching me the Rasengan and Summoning, he never actually told me what the hell he was putting in those books of his. And when he does research, he goes to spy on women in the Hot Springs. I honestly don't see what's so appealing about it."
"Me, too. I was wondering also." I joined in. Does it have to do with how children are made?
Kakashi and Sakura looked at each other, then at us, completely shocked.
"You two haven't had…the Talk, have you?" Kakashi asked tentatively.
"What 'Talk'? Does Sakura-chan know?" Naruto took the words right out of my mouth.
"U-um, yes, I know. It u-uh, h-has to do with how ch-children are m-made." She was blushing and stuttering. Reminds me of how that Hyuga girl acts around Naruto…
"How are children made?" At my question, Kakashi burst out laughing. Rolling on the floor and holding his stomach and everything.
"Haha! Oh my God, that's so cute! They don't even know! How does Sasuke plan to rebuild his clan without knowing! Oh my gosh this is hilarious! HA!"
Naruto and I each punched him, making him stop. Though he still snickered some. "Can you tell us, Sakura-chan? How are babies made?" I stared at her, telling her through my eyes that I wanted her to, also.
"Yeah, Sakura-chan. Tell them!" Kakashi laughed out.
"U-uh…a uh…some other time, guys. Not now." She got out, becoming even redder.
"Why not now?" I asked. Even redder she became. I forgot how fun it was to fluster her...
"Cuz I said so!" she shot back.
"That's a great comeback, Sakura-chan." Naruto said sarcastically.
"Shut up! I'm not telling you guys now, end of story! Let it go before I make you both wish you'd never been born!" Ooh. She's pissed. I guess we'll get it out of her later.
Naruto sighed in defeat. "Fine."
For the next hour or so, the 4 of us just talked about things. Music, anime, manga, books (mainly Sakura and I since Kakashi mainly reads porn and Naruto rarely reads novels), all sorts of things.
A half hour ago, Kakashi went to sleep. The rest of us talked quietly or just watched him sleep.
Finally, it was time.
"Now?" Naruto whispered in Sakura's ear, though loud enough for me to hear.
The three of us looked at each other. We nodded in unison.
We all masked our chakra signatures as Sakura moved to Kakashi's head. Naruto moved to the sides of our sensei's face.
It was like we were in a huddle with Kakashi below us.
Anyhow, we looked at each other.
Sakura looked at me for approval, after checking the silver haired man's breathing and heartbeat.
I nodded at her, then at Naruto.
Naruto held up his hand. He slowly formed them into a fist, finger by finger, counting down.
5…
4…
3…
2…
1…
Strike!
Each of us immediately and swiftly maneuvered our hands to his mask; Sakura below Kakashi's nose, Naruto on either sides of his cheeks near his ear.
We were about to tear off the mask when Kakashi suddenly moved and used his each of his hands to grasp mine and Naruto's, then swerved out of reach of Sakura's as he sat up.
Naruto and I found ourselves with our heads at Kakashi's lap and Sakura was frozen in the same position as before.
When she snapped out of her faze, she exclaimed, "What the hell, Kaka-sensei! I thought you were asleep!"
He chuckled and let Naruto and I go as the two of us sat up. Damn that sneaky bastard!
"I was. I woke up from the dream I was having since it ended –you guys were pretty good to not have awoken me. Good job, you've become more stealthy- to find your guys' hands reaching towards my face. Instantly knowing what you were about to do, I took action. And there you have it."
Naruto groaned. "Can't you just let us see your face once at least, Kakashi-sensei? Because, obviously, this whole force and sneaking-up-on-you thing isn't working. But that doesn't mean we won't try."
I nodded in agreement. "Even I want to see it."
Sakura joined in. "Yeah! I mean, we have a clue. All we know is that you're handsome and judging from the outline of your face, you don't have blimp-lips, buck-teeth, or anything like that. "
Kakashi pretended to think, stroking an imaginary beard. "Hmm…"
Sakura continued. "I mean, we're you're students, right? You makeshift children, in a way? You love us, don't you? I mean, deep down inside, even if Sasuke-kun or Naruto-kun wouldn't admit it, we all love you. So please, just for us?" She used a puppy-dog face. That's a pretty good one…but I've never seen her use it. Then again, I can almost see why. She'd get a lot of people doing her every whim if she kicked it up a notch. And quite a few to do it right now. It just depends on their willpower. Let's just hope Kakashi's is weak.
Kakashi stared at her for a moment, then sighed. "Sorry, hun. Not happening. I have to admit, that was pretty damn cute. If my willpower was weaker, it might have worked. But it wasn't, so it didn't. Maybe I'll let you guys see it in the future. That could mean years, or months. The point is, you may see it someday. Now sleep. It's late."
Naruto cheered. "Yahoo! (8) There's hope yet again! Now. I'm going to sleep." With that said, he immediately climbed into his futon, put on his sleeping cap that came out of nowhere (like Sakura's tissues! Seriously, what is up with these people?) and fell asleep snoring in seconds.
Kakashi merely sighed. "New record. Well, good night. And don't try to take off my mask again cuz it isn't going to work." Then he climbed into his own and fell asleep.
Sakura and I got in ours, too.
*Half an Hour later, 11:37 pm*
I can't sleep. I just can't. Fucking. Sleep.
I was staring at the ceiling, waiting for a call for unconsciousness that will never come. I wonder if Sakura is having the same problem.
I turned over to my right to find that she was just staring at the ceiling.
Feeling my stare, she turned over to me and found that I was also awake. "Can't sleep either, huh?" she whispered quietly, so she wouldn't wake Kakashi.
"Nope. Naruto's racket doesn't help in the least." Naruto…that kid was so loud, it made me wonder how I ever fell asleep after him after this year and 3 months of being a team. Seriously. How did I ever fall asleep? I guess that's why I usually go to sleep before him- to avoid this.
"I know, right? It seems Morpheus(9) is too busy with Naruto to let us sleep, too." She joked. I smirked at her Greek Mythology reference. If I remember right, she always liked Mythology. Especially Greek.
It fell silent. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it wasn't very comfy either.
She was obviously thinking. I was thinking about the time 2 weeks ago. The…moments we had under that Sakura tree on the hill.
Now's your chance! Kiss her, man!
What? No!
Do you want your only kiss to be Naruto? Twice, might I add?
That second time was gravity's fault! It was an accident. (10)And one I would rather not speak of either.
An accident that wouldn't have happened in the first place had you only listened to Sakura when she said not to try to break the bind, since it would wear off in 2-3 days.
I couldn't be stuck to the Dobe for 2 days! Much less 3!
Didn't you two…bond over crapping and pissing?
Don't put it that way. It sounds so wrong. And gay.
You know, if you guys started to listen to Sakura (and Kakashi) more, then a lot of "accidents" might not happen. Injuries, too.
…Well, what about that time Naruto and I- Sakura told us not to hit it. How about that time we almost- no, Kakashi advised us not to go there anyway.
See? I'm right. Now kiss her! You know you want to kiss those soft, pink, succulent, lips of hers.
Why did I have to be stuck with another fucking pervert. First Kakashi. Then that Ebisu guy. Then that Jiraiya guy. Naruto is, too. Is everyone I know a perv?
More or less.
…How…reassuring. I'm going to leave now.
Wait a minute! You don't know how to leave me-
I sighed again. Got rid of him for now.
"Sasuke-kun?" I heard a…soft (Ugh!) voice say.
"Hn?" the pink haired girl, who has recently been able to interpret my grunts even though I have been speaking more, took this as a "yes?". Which it was.
"You won't…you won't leave us, will you?" She looked sad, gazing up at me expectantly.
"No. I don't plan to." I really don't think I'll leave. But if it comes to it, then I will. But…I hope not.
"But what about the curse mark?" She moved closer to me, to where her face was level with my neck. For some reason, I didn't mind. I guess I'm just more comfortable with her…she also reminds me of Mother sometimes, too.
Since I was lying on my right side, my curse mark was visible on my left.
I almost forgot about that thing…It hasn't activated for the past 3-4 weeks…
"I-I…I don't know. I guess I'll deal with it when it comes." Why did I stutter?
Suddenly, I felt a soft pressure against my neck, at the mark. Normally, it would hurt when touched, but not now.
The pressure got heaver for a second, then soon pulled away.
I looked down. Did she just…Did Sakura just kiss my neck?
Ooh, sexiness! It's getting hot in here!
She kissed it one more time, then whispered, "I hope everything's going to be alright. Please don't leave us…or…me…" and then she fell into a…soft (HATE THAT WORD) slumber in the crook of my neck and right shoulder. (I was laying partially on my back and partially on my side)
My face heated up. Well…this is…quite the…predicament.
Man, she fell asleep! We could have gotten started now!
With what exactly?
Rebuilding the clan, of course!
WHAT?
I mean, we don't actually have to do the nasty now. We can just do a little of…this…and that(11) so we pick up skills, then after you kill Itachi, we can romp with Sakura-chan like bunnies! But no offense, I hope we never have a son with pink hair. If he does, he has to become as awesome as Natsu from Fairy Tail. He's like the only pink haired guy in anime. Or the only awesome one.
What about Chrona from Soul Eater?
That's different. Chrona's only a boy in the anime and a girl in the manga because Ookubo didn't know or care about hir(12) gender. And Chrona is totally psycho, as popular as…he/she is.
...Coby from One Piece?
Granted, he was sort of a coward at the beginning, but yeah, he grew pretty cool. Am I the only one who noticed that he's the only one who aged before the time skip? And apparently, a year didn't even pass till said Time Skip? Isn't that weird? Anyway, Natsu's cooler.
...
...
…I'm going to sleep now.
You do that. I'll dream of nights with Sakura-chan or Inner Sakura-chan now if you don't mind.
…'Night.
Night!
That said, he was gone.
I sighed again.
I felt Sakura snuggle into my body more, to the point where her body was on my futon and hers at the same time.
I moved closer, too. For warmth. That's all.
Her hands were in tiny fists on my chest and her legs were somehow tangled with my own. I can't believe I didn't notice that. How did I not notice that?
I sighed again. I'm going to die at a young age at this rate, if that "every time you sigh you lose 11 or something minutes of your life" thing is true.
I wrapped my left arm around her back, inadvertently pulling her closer. What the hell? The worst that can happen is Naruto and Kakashi taunting in the morning, which I could deal with.
"Sasuke-kun…" The girl muttered my name in her sleep, snuggling into my neck again.
I smiled. It was small, but still a smile. "Goodnight, Sakura." I rested my head against hers and fell asleep.
I don't love you now, I know that for sure. But maybe in the future, after he's out of the way…maybe I will and we can be together. All I ask though, is for you to never stop caring…or loving. I've never had someone care so unconditionally and I don't want it to end. So please Sakura, don't give up on me…
End of Chapter
(1): In the last chapter, "soft" was used often, and since it's Sasuke's POV, he technically used it a lot. That's why he hates it and got sick of it.
(2): Kellin Quinn is the lead singer of Sleeping With Sirens. The song that they were singing to was SWS's cover of "F**k You" by Cee Lo. I loved the song so I had to put it in somehow.
(3): Gerard Arthur Way, nicknamed "Gee", is the lead singer of My Chemical Romance. Yes, for those of you who know him, he turned 35 on April 9th of this year. He doesn't look like he's 35 at all, huh?
(4): Pierce the Veil is a hardcore/rock band. I don't know if many of you will like them, but I love them. My fave songs by them are (#1) "I Don't Care If You're Contagious" and (#2) "Bulletproof Love".
(5): Red is a band mentioned in the last chapter. Their song, "Shadows", was put in there. Remember?
(6): Tsunade recently took office about less than a month from now. He'll be leaving kinda soon, don't worry.
(7): I read a doujin(shi) once in which Kakashi took Team 7 to a small clearing under a Sakura tree and gave them sake and left. Naruto and Sakura hadn't seen or smelled sake before, so they didn't know it was alcohol and drank it. They got a little drunk. Sasuke knew it was alcohol, but eventually drank it anyway. First Naruto passed out, then Sakura. Before Sasuke did, he parted Sakura's hair and it was a cute moment. He then fell unconscious. I think Kakashi was watching the whole thing in a tree. It's called Hanami, and I know there's an English and Spanish version of it on Youtube.
(8): I was thinking of Black*Star from Soul Eater when I wrote that part. Aren't they a lot alike? For those of you who don't know of Soul Eater, it's one of the best anime/mangas ever. But make sure you read both the manga and anime since the anime swerved from the manga at a point. And Chrona is a girl in the manga (just decided, apparently) and a boy in the anime, to clear up any confusion. Why? Ookubo, SE's creator, didn't know or care about hir (often used for hermaphrodites, or alike) gender. So lately in the manga, it was decided (sort of) that Chrona's a girl. I don't blame them for not making him/her a boy in the manga; Chrona's much more feminine there. It'd make more sense.
(9): Morpheus is the Greek god of sleep and dreams. When someone says, "...fell into the arms of Morpheus" they mean to fall asleep.
(10): Naruto and Sasuke kissed a second time. Shippuden Episode 194. I DIED laughing.
(11): In anime and manga, whenever a pervert talks about sex or something, they always say "this and that". Mostly because it's not M-rated and there won't be actual intercourse. Sometimes they don't know what their talking about but mostly they do, and who heard them say that or whoever they said it to don't know, and ask, "...this? And...that? What does that mean?". It's kinda funny actually. Sometimes, another character who knows what they're talking about says something like, "Whoa, hold it. This is a kids' show, remember?" More like Teen, but that makes it funnier.
(12): hir is a term that I found a lot when looking up Chrona's gender. I assume it is used to describe someone who is a hermaphrodite or who's gender is unknown.
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