Author's Note: Hey, I'm back! And with a brand new update! Aren't you glad? Yeah, I'm sure you are. Anyway, enjoy this hilarious new story, featuring Sakura in costume and Kabuto and Sasuke in torture trouble!

Story Ten: Sakura's Magical Girl Adventure

Several months have passed since a certain rosette had come to stay in Sound and although Kabuto had tried to figure out why Sakura had changed into the nine-year-old she had become, she...

"Kabuto-chan!"

...was still driving everyone crazy without realizing it herself.

The silver-haired medic sighed, closing his book and instantly regretting it once he landed his eyes upon the child-woman. "What the hell are you wearing?" he asked.

"Look what Daddy Orochimaru got me! It's a Magical Girl costume! Isn't it pretty?" Sakura exclaimed, spinning around in the lavender and light green dress, holding up the pink heart-encased orb wand that glowed with a swirl of multiple lights, "I don't know how he got it, but I love it! Don't you Kabuto-chan?"

Saying he loved it would be a lie. Saying that he was afraid of what game she had planned for him would be the truth.

Also saying that he was terribly mortified at the fact that Orochimaru knew about Magical Girls and even had an idea of how to find or create an outfit in her size would be the statement of the century.

"Do you want to know the best part, Kabuto-chan? Daddy Orochimaru got Magical Boy costumes for you and Sasuke-chan! So you two can play Magical Sound Adventure with me! Doesn't that sound like so much fun?" Sakura asked, clasping her hands together over her chest, the wand tight within them, completely missing the horrified look on Kabuto's face.

"You have got to be joking!"

"...She's not. Look at this."

Sasuke stood in the doorway, wearing an outfit that reminded the medic of a ronin warrior mixed with a punk idea he had gotten from one of his novels. It took all Kabuto had not to laugh at the Uchiha, as it took all Sasuke had not to kill the right-hand man...along with the child-woman forcing this upon them.

Then Sasuke smirked, "Wait until you put on yours."

"Yeah! Put yours on Kabuto-chan! Then we can play! Come on Sasuke-chan, let's go and get your weapon! I know Daddy Orochimaru got you a fake sword for playing with!"

Kabuto sweatdropped, 'A very smart move for all of us.'

When Kabuto finally joined Sakura and Sasuke a little later, he felt utterly ridiculous, and Sasuke snickered, "Very...fluffy."

Kabuto glared, at least what he could from underneath the very fluffy hood of his white and midnight blue coat. "What in the world is this crap?" he muttered, "I feel like an eskimo in this thing!"

"It's a winter wizard's outfit! Isn't it awesome? And Sasuke-chan's a swordmaster! While I'm the Magical Girl, which you two have sworn to protect and accompany me on my big quest to save the world...or at least Sound."

The two guys sweatdropped as Sakura hopped on her one foot, lifting her wand in the air. "Okay! Let the Magical Girl Sakura Adventure begin! Let's find the Mystical Wrap of Io!" she exclaimed, already running ahead of her "cohorts".

'The Mystical Wrap of Io...?'

As it turned out, the Mystical Wrap of Io was one of Sakura's outfits hidden in a large hole of a tree in the training grounds ("These things finally come in handy!" Sakura remarked). Although the child-woman found the strange adventure of fighting invisible monsters to be fun, Kabuto and Sasuke on the other hand...

"I'm not playing this damn game again! This freaking robe is too big, hot, embarrassing, and getting in the way!"

"...We went through all of those snickers and fangirl drooling to find what was right behind us?"

Sakura pouted slightly, "Come on guys! We still have to find the Neptune Jewels and the Vial of Everlasting Water! And we only have until sundown cause then my powers fade away!"

'Sundown can't come soon enough then.'

"Did you have fun today, my dear? You didn't even change out of your Magical Girl outfit at dinner," Orochimaru remarked as he tucked Sakura into bed that night.

Sakura beamed despite how tired she was, "Yeah I did. Although I think I wore Kabuto-chan and Sasuke-chan out. They weren't having as much fun as I was after the Mystical Wrap adventure. Oh well. At least we found all of the treasure before sundown!"

Orochimaru chuckled, running a pale hand through the bangs covering Sakura's forehead, "Well, that's good. For now though, get some sleep. You three can play Magical Girl tomorrow, and maybe even get Sui-chan and Karin-chan in the game."

"That would be fun...good night Daddy Orochimaru."

And as the the rosette drifted off to sleep with a smile stretched over her lips, there were shudders heard echoing off the walls off of different rooms in Sound.

Yes, I so plan on making a chibi-drawing of Sakura, Kabuto, and Sasuke in their adventure clothes.

Inspiration time! For Sasuke, I was thinking of his clothes from the Broken Youth ending. For Kabuto, I was kinda thinking of Fai's outfit from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles. For Sakura...yeah, that was just random.

And the whole Magical Girl thing? Blame watching Nanaka 6/17 and the character/side anime on there, Magical Domiko. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it!