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Chapter 5
Sakura laughed at the blonde's antics. He was like a puppy with his huge grin. Konan on the other hand found the blonde to be a bit idiotic, but amusing.
"Sakura, its not nice to laugh at others." Konan could not help but to playfully reprimand the younger girl.
"Sakura? Even your name is pretty."
"Hn, Moron. You should train more instead of trying to pick up girls." Sasuke came up to lend a hand to Naruto as he spoke.
"Bastard. I could've beaten you if I wanted." Sakura looked to see that Sasuke did not believe the blonde's words for a moment.
"Dickless, you couldn't even win against my brother if your life depended on it." Sakura turned at the new voice to see a guy that closely resembled Sasuke, but the difference was that he was more pale in pallor and had inked colored hair instead of midnight blue.
"Sai!" Naruto then proceeded to tackle said guy only to stop when he heard Sakura giggle. "I think Naruto could've won had he been more careful." At Sakura's words Naruto was ecstatic while the other two were shocked in disbelief. Konan could not help but be amuse at the the three guys antics. They were like the three stooges.
"Sakura!" Naruto was about to grab said girl into a hug but Konan tripped the blonde before he could achieve his objective.
"I'd rather you not be so forward." Konan could not help but throw a glare at Naruto as a warning. Konan knew that Sakura can take care of herself if need be, but Konan also knew that Sakura does not usually ward off such things as hugs. Usually Konan do not mind such things either, but considering they were practically strangers there was just no way that she was going to let him get that close to the pinkette.
"Idiot."
"Dickless."
"Troublesome." Another guy stepped into their little circle they had formed. This guy had sandalwood hair up in a spiky ponytail, whereas the other three just had short hair that did not need to be tied back. The four guys were all similar in height and build with variations here and there. Sai was the least muscular and the leanest of the four, then the new guy, then Naruto and Sasuke being tied in being the most muscular and broader of the four. They were all about a head taller than Sakura, and they seemed to originate from different places: Naruto was from Aki from the looks of his toga, Sasuke and Sai came from Fuyu from the looks of their more casual Victorian outfits, and the new guy looks like he was from Natsu from his Sampot Chang Kben.
"Shikamaru!" Naruto frowned at the newcomer. "You guys are plain mean!" At that Konan and Sakura could not help but burst into laughter. The two tried to muffle their uncontrollable laughter by holding onto each other. Sai and Sasuke smirked, while Shikamaru threw Naruto a stern look for yelling out his name.
"You should learn to use your indoor voice more." Shikamaru's comment earned him some more chuckles from the group while Naruto pouted. Once it was calm enough introductions were formally made between the group. Sakura found out that Sai and Sasuke are twins and that the two brothers are friends with Naruto, since very young.
"I'm sorry to cut this short, but we have to get back to training." Shikamaru bowed to the two girls before dragging a struggling Naruto with the help of Sasuke and Sai who also bowed before taking their leave.
"Well, at least they had manners." Konan could at least give them kudos for such a trait, since not everyone has them. Especially, when it comes to those in the ranks of knighthood.
"Agreed." Sakura could not help but feel a bit sad that the four had to leave so soon. She was happy to meet new people, since she does not get the chance to often. She would not mind becoming friends with the four, since they were fun to talk to and to hang out with. Suddenly a hand fell on the pinkette's shoulder for the second time that day, but this time Konan too had a hand on her shoulder.
"Finally found you two! Do you know how hard it is to find you two?" Kisame turned the two around before removing his hand, after all he did not want a repeat of earlier. "Just to let you know Zabuza is looking for you two."
"I'm sure it's not that difficult. Not to mention we did'nt wander that far."
"Says you." Kisame was exasperated. He just wanted to return them back to Zabuza and get on with his day. He had better things to do, like training. He should have declined to help search for them when Zabuza found them missing, but he honestly did not think looking for two females was going to be so difficult, especially since one of them had pink hair. Apparently he was wrong.
"Well looky here. Kisame, I didn't know you were into young girls?" Kisame turn to the person who spoke with an indignant scowl, while Sakura looked to the owner's voice to find the same female from earlier. "Oh hey, you two were the ones Ibiki was trying to get rid of earlier. The names Anko. Nice to meet you."
"Pleasure. I'm Konan and this is Sakura." Konan liked the female and would not mind becoming friends with her. Anko did not take crap from anyone and from the looks of it she can take care of herself pretty well.
"Hello." Sakura gave her sweetest smile to the female. "Can you please tell him to leave us alone?" Sakura gestured to Kisame as she spoke to the older female.
"So you were bothering these girls."
"Wait!" Kisame held up his hands as if to surrender. "I was asked to find them and return them to their guardian."
"He's lying!" Sakura covered her face with her hand as her body shook. Anko looked to the distraught girl to Konan who caught on to Sakura and nodded her head. Konan knew that the two of them should get back to Zabuza before they get into bigger trouble, but she did not want to go back just yet.
"KISAME!" Anko spoke his name so menacingly that he could not help but to take a couple of steps back. Anko may be a female, but she could be scary when she wanted to be. "I suggest you go bother someone else." With those words Anko grabbed the two girls and dragged them away from the stunned man who just had his experience of being a victim to one of Sakura's antics. Anko dragged the two a ways off before stopping. "You ok?"
"Thankyou. I'm fine now that he's gone." Sakura smiled at Anko and could not help but internally smirk and cackle at Kisame's misfortune.
"By the way what happen to the guy you two were with?"
"Oh Zabuza had to run an errand." Konan answered this time with a smile of her own.
"What?! So he just leaves you two?" Anko was unimpressed to find out that the guy just leaves two females defenseless within a wolves den.
"No worries we can take care of ourselves." Konan saw Anko's perplexed face and thought to ease her worries and to clear any misunderstandings about Zabuza. Sakura nodded her head in agreement as Anko looked to the two.
"Oh really now. Then how about a match?" Anko was not sure if the two were bluffing, but she is itching to find out.
"Your on!" Konan was getting excited just thinking about being able to spar with someone, not to mention a female. Her sparring partners are usually male, and although it can be challenging she would at least like to fight another female, besides Sakura, to test her skills against.
"What's going on?" The silver haired man from earlier with his same companion entered. "Aren't you two from earli–"
"Yeah, they are. Kakashi, can she borrow your sword? We are about to spar." Anko could not help but grin. There are not that many females who know how to fight, especially in Aki, and although there are many people here for the celebrations there are not that many females who know how to use a sword.
"Are you sure?" Kakashi could not help but question if a match was such a good idea, especially with Anko as an opponent.
"No worries. Konan can take care of herself." Sakura smiled reassuringly as she watched him pass his blade over.
"I hope so." Yamato could not help but worry either. This is his sister they were talking about. He just hope that girl does not underestimate his sister was all.
"You worry to much Yamato. They said it was fine." With those words the two females took their places to start their match.
The three left stood a distance from the females to give them room as they started their spar. Sakura watched as the two blocked and swung their weapons at each other in an attempt to get the upper hand. From first glance it seems as if the two females are evenly matched, but on a closer inspection that was not the case.
As Sakura watch the two dance around the imaginary arena, Kakashi was quietly observing the girl. He could not help but to take note of her pink hair. Pink hair was not a common trait in Aki nor in Fuyu and by the looks of her clothing she most likely was from Natsu. There was nothing particularly significant about her being from Natsu, but there was just something. Something he could not quite decipher for the feelings he have when ever he lays his eyes on her.
"Amazing! I think Anko has finally met her match." Yamato's exclamation redirected Kakashi's attention back to the match.
"Konan is going to win." Sakura could see that the match was about to end. "Lucky. I want to have a match too." She could not help but pout a little from disappointment that Konan got to have a match but she did not.
"Then how about a match with me?"
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