Author's Note: I found an empty box of pocky in my dresser...hence this. Also, for those reading Agreeably Argumentative and The Joys Of Fatherhood, sorry for the lack of updating; I'm at a bit of a writer's block for those. But I do have an idea for Joys and a chapter-in-progress for Agreeably. Also, I posted a couple more pieces of fanart for LOACB on my deviantART and I'm working on another one with Sasuke and Sunako. So look at the new art and be patient for the new chapters!

Story Seven: The Sweet Treat

"Kabuto-chan, do we have any candy?"

Kabuto sighed again, "For the last time we don't have any candy. You ate it all yesterday." Sakura pouted and sat down beside him. "Is there anything sweet here?" she asked.

"You ate all the sweet things."

"Can we go and get more."

"If you haven't noticed, it's pouring down rain."

"So?"

Sakura looked at him, "Can we just use an umbrella or something, and then go to the store and buy something? Pretty please?" Kabuto groaned, "We don't have an umbrella and no, we are not going out in the rain just to go and get you candy." The child-woman pouted again, "Not fair."

'Geez, she's a brat...Orochimaru-sama treats her like a...ugh, Daddy's little girl. Oh god, I need some mind soap...'

"Hey Sui-chan! Ooo, what are those?" Sakura asked, noticing the arrival of Suigetsu, a stick of some sort hanging between his lips. He smirked at the rosette, holding up the red box, "Pocky. I stole it from Karin; she's going to get fat off of these things one day with as much as she got." Sakura looked at the box curiously, then pulled one of the biscuit sticks from the box. She stared at it for a moment before putting in her mouth and taking a bite.

She smiled and finished it, reaching for another one before she even finished chewing the first.

Suigetsu smirked, enjoying the funny squeal the child-woman made. "These are really good! Hey Kabuto-chan! Can we go to the store and get some Pocky? Pretty please with a cherry on top?" Sakura asked, giving the medic the "puppy-eyed stare".

"No. It's raing and I'm not going out just to get you Pocky."

"Hmph! Fine, then I'll go ask Sasuke-chan! Meanie!"

As the rosette stomped off, Kabuto turned towards Suigetsu warily, "You created a monster." Suigetsu only shrugged his shoulders and ate another stick.