AN: YamaSaku goodness!
Synergic Paths
13. – Snow
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Knowing that her silver-haired lover was on a mission, Sakura just turned over in the bed and tried to fall asleep again. But sometimes, life just doesn't want you to loiter around when you could be doing other useful tasks...
And life was on the pink-haired medic's tail, knocking on her apartment door rather loudly for her sensitive hearing, as she had just awoken from a deep slumber.
Thinking that Naruto did indeed have a death wish, she trudged out of the bed and padded to the door, intent on yelling at his obnoxious blond ass his sin of getting her out of her bed on such a cold morning. But as she opened the door and gathered some much needed oxygen to start her scolding, she noticed that a green vest and a pair of dark, amused eyes were staring back at her rather inappropriate set of clothing.
"Yamato!" she gasped, scrambling behind her door in a fit of shyness that made him smile. "What are you doing here?"
"Sai and Naruto are already at the training grounds," he said. "We were wondering why you hadn't arrived yet."
Sakura shivered due to the cold draft that entered her apartment. "It's training day today? I didn't remember..."
"No, we agreed on a snowball fight against your other friends, remember?" he prodded, chuckling under his breath when her eyes blinked, lighting in excitement and mischief.
"How could I forget it?" she replied with a grin, motioning him to enter her apartment as she skipped to the bedroom to change. "I'll be with you in a minute; I'm so going to make a snowman out of Naruto's sorry ass!"
The ANBU Captain only let out a laugh at her giddiness.
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Strolling down the street with a heavy coat around her wasn't exactly Sakura's idea of having fun, which was why she found herself scowling at the gray sky.
"If you're too cold we can always go home," Yamato murmured at her side, noticing her shivering. Sakura pouted and shook her head.
"Nah," she answered. "I'll live."
Thoroughly amused at her stubbornness, even when she was feeling so disgruntled by the abrupt dropping of the temperature, they walked to the clearing, where the battle was in full swing.
Sakura's eyes narrowed in challenge, nodding at Yamato's mischievous glance.
The war was on.
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Sai and Naruto didn't see it coming, but Team Gai did.
Tenten and Lee had to take cover under their own snow barricade while Neji leapt in the air to avoid the sudden avalanche that all but trampled on the clearing, covering all the battling parties under three inches of snow.
Seeing Naruto's blond mop of hair struggling to get out of the icy blanket, Team Gai immediately noticed a laugh that was ringing throughout the clearing.
"Take that as a payment for your latest prank, Naruto no baka!"
Turning their heads, they noticed a pink-haired medic nin in her normal attire, coat forgotten hanging from a tree branch as her gloved fists directed another wave of frozen earth raised by her ANBU companion at their own teammates.
It took Chouji's Baika no Jutsu to counter the impending burial, while the war waged mercilessly on the two members of Team Kakashi, as Yamato and Sakura joined the opposite ranks, helping Team Eight, Ten and Gai to pound Naruto and Sai into oblivion.
A long while later, calling the victory for everyone but the loud Hokage-wannabe and the socially-retarded former Root operative, they gathered in front of a bonfire in order to get treatment from Ino and Sakura. The blonde kunoichi teased the losers while the pink-haired one laughed, all the while glancing from time to time to an amused Yamato, who was engaged in conversation with the other Jounin sensei.
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She entered her house chuckling mirthfully while Yamato pointed out how comical Naruto's look was when he realized they were playing up against him. Closing the door and leaving the cold outside, she shrugged her coat off her shoulders, shivering.
"You should take a hot shower," Yamato said as he took off his own vest. "Your lips are blue."
This seemingly innocent statement made her still in surprise. Lifting her eyes to Yamato's, the atmosphere did a one-eighty when she pressed her cold lips together.
"You know..." she began, walking cautiously towards him. "You're right, I should warm myself."
"Let me know if you need assistance," he whispered, leaning on her, their lips almost touching.
"I certainly will need assistance," she breathed as the distance closed. The kiss was filled with the warmth she was looking for, as his arms wrapped around her shivering form. She was still shivering, but this time not from the cold outside or the melting snow in her hair. This time was because of Yamato, Tenzou, as he murmured his real name in her ear when they stumbled onto her bed, already bared and urgent.
She sighed and growled in frustration at his soft caresses and languid kisses, but she learned to be patient with him, as he drew pleasure from her body and drove her into a certain white hot haze, his style completely different than Kakashi's, but Sakura loved it all the same.
"Tenzou," she whispered, basking in the afterglow and enjoying his arms around her, the warmth of his chest on her back. He hummed to let her know he was awake and listening. "Are you cold?"
"Not anymore," he replied, making her smile.
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- Tenna' ento lye omenta -
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AN: Much love to Cynchick to revisit and beta these! 8D