Water and Oil

Four

"I'm not surprise if they're still fighting in the Hell. Sometimes, I asked myself, why they didn't bring me with them?"

"Home, sweet, home!" Kiba shouted with Akamaru barked behind him. He never feels this relief after a mission. It's must be Sakura's influence.

"Shut up, Kiba. Don't you ever hear about signing up?" Neji said. The three of them already signed at the gate except him who looked like retarded jumped over the place.

"He is absolutely an idiot." Sakura commented.

"Haruno, you sure like to call him idiot." Shikamaru came behind her. She didn't like that. He was so close with her. She hated that. She don't like him near her. His scent just like some mint and masculine. She cringed her nose. She needed to move further away.

"Hn." She only said that while her eyes tried to find another excused getting out from that situation.

"I'm hungry!" Sakura narrowed her eyes at Kiba. Not just an idiot, a gluttony one too. Just like ….

"Naruto, right?" Shikamaru asked. "He's just like Naruto."

"Not in million ways." She said and walked faster. Neji watched them closely. Just like water and oil. Don't mix well. But he's like to see how's Shikamaru handle this. He was water after all. This game made him wanted to eat something. I'm must be got infected with Kiba.

"Yeah, Sakura's meal was sucks." She heard Kiba said. Shikamaru bite his inner cheeks to hold up his smile.

"What? I never cook." When all eyes on her, she corrected herself, "Of course, I meant on the mission."

"Yes, that's why I said your cook is sucks." Kiba pointed out.

"It's doesn't even make sense." She face palmed. She must be crazy enough to talk with the crazy one. Neji already chuckled so hard. Last time she checked, he was being like this when TenTen gave him some medicines. He must be taken those medicines instead of food. She can guarantee it.

"Yeah, just like your hair. It's pink ….and girl." Kiba pointed his index finger at her.

"It's pink, so what? And I'm a girl for you information." Sakura was so angry. Her face was already in red. Shikamaru on the other hand, looked amused. He never thought Sakura can't stand Kiba. Just like old Haruno Sakura. Hot tempered and cute.

"Yeah, I can smell that." Sakura face turned beat red. Not because of angered but embarrassed. Shikamaru smiled but Kiba is too much.

"Kiba, enough." Shikamaru warned. "I'm going to report the mission to the Hokage."

He walked away only to stopped in the halfway, "Neji, make sure they don't kill each other."

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Sakura stormed into Ichiraku Ramen and sat down on the empty seat. Neji sat on her right while Kiba took Neji's right. He's not gonna deal with Sakura, right now. He might end up at hospital any seconds.

"Welcome. Oh, it's you'll." Ayame greeted.

"Kiba, Neji…" She paused when she looked at Sakura. "It's that you Sakura-chan?"

"Look. Even Ayame doubted she is Sakura. Maybe something wrong happened with your Byakugan," Kiba whispered.

"Nothing is wrong on my Byakugan." He replied and took a glance at Sakura. She looked like someone who didn't sleep in years. Her hair in messed, her eyes had some circle under it and her cheeks looked pale. Her clothes was all dirt and if someone looked closely, it's has stained of blood. She supposed not pale, she usually has pink cheeks and bright green eyes. She looked similarly to ghost according to Hinata-sama story back then.

"Drop that. I want some ramen. The usual one." She said. Neji and Kiba followed her and order some ramen. Beef for Kiba and vegetables for Neji. She ignored them when they said she being the boss at there.

"So, I heard four of you went to a mission. Isn't your mission took place at Land of Tomatoes?" Ayame asked.

"Yes. It's was nice at there." Neji replied politely.

"How's it going?" she asked back.

"It went well before Sakura almost kill a 15 years old boy." Kiba said with his mouth full. Sakura eyed him.

"Ohh." Ayame looked at Sakura in disbelieve eyes.

"He's a murderer." Sakura said. Neji chocked.

"We didn't know yet." Kiba said.

"He killed his own father." Sakura pointed out.

"That's horrible." Ayame commented.

Sakura nodded.

"That's not happened. She almost kills me too." Kiba shouted.

"Ayame, another bowl." Sakura said ignoring Kiba's word.

"Pork?" Ayame asked.

"No. I hate pork. Chicken would be better." Sakura shook her head.

"I thought three of you like pork." Ayame questioned her.

"Not anymore." She shook her head while Ayame made the other bowl. Sakura brushed her tangled locks and brought it behind her ear.

"Come to think it, where's your ear ring that Sasuke gave you?" Ayame asked. She must like to be around here because even Neji couldn't tell Sakura was wearing one.

"Lost it on some mission." She replied nonchalantly. Kiba and Neji looked strangely at her. Lost something from someone so important in their life and she didn't even care about it.

"Naruto was jealous and I suspected he was the one took it off from me and threw it away." Sakura chuckled. Neji pretty sure she just made some funny voice.

"Isn't Naruto gave you new one after that?" Ayame asked.

"Sasuke-kun Chidori it." She simple pointed out.

"Oh, I'm not surprised. They like to fight each other. Even for small matter such as how blue is better than orange or Kakashi was a gay once or even Sakura-chan should gain some weight. I never see Sakura-chan so angry at Sasuke in my life."

"Yeah, they like to fight a lot." Her voice was melancholic; her bang covered her eyes while she lowered her head.

"I'm not surprise if they're still fighting in the Hell. Sometimes, I asked myself, why they didn't bring me with them?"

Then she gave them a big fake smiled they ever seen. Worse than Sai. She stood up, pulled out some money and disappeared with a puff of petals.

Few minutes later, when Shikamaru came and asked them where Sakura is, Kiba and Neji said almost simultaneously, "Visiting Hell."

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"Hey, I'm here." She said and brushed away the dust on the Village Memorial Stone.

"Ayame talked about you again, Naruto. She revealed our secret in front of Hyuuga and Inuzuka. I started to hate her. And Inuzuka too. He was a nuisance. He was keeping me angry. Just like you do. But I do not hate you. I hate him more. Hyuuga too. He hit me with his Gentle Fist. It's was so hurt and he didn't not apologize to me. I think he did that on purposed. You should Katon him, Sasuke-kun. Yes, let him burn and run to his so called uncle." She laughed so hard until her tears came out.

"Shikamaru ignored me. I think he hate me. He didn't look at me on the eyes. He kept his gaze away. I know, that's why he divorced me. He lied about wanted to love me. I heard he said he was learning to love me. How can someone learn to love? I guess Ibiki tortured him and made him married me so he can dragged out some information from me."

"Haruno." She swung around and saw no one except Shikamaru. He gave her a small smiled.

She looked miserable. Her cloth in strange wrinkled, her hair tangled around, her eyes looked pain, her nose in red, just like her cheeks. She must have cried so much. She was not being herself. She liked some broken doll, rotten one. He needs to see if she still has the soul or not.

The Sakura him knew was a cheerful, full of brightness and loved. She was loved. She loves everything. From Naruto stupidest to Sasuke snobbish. Love was the basic of her existence and it's make her weak. Her worst mistake?

She loved the dead.

The evergreen forest clouded around them. The green carpet of the grass across him was only an illusion; he was only looking at Sakura.

"I'm not ignoring you."

"How much did you heard?" Her voice was weary as she tried to remain calm. But she couldn't her because heart was breaking in front of him. Didn't he care?

In the blink of her eyes, he was right behind her, circled her waist with his arms. She tried to break free from him but he was gripping her so hard. "I do not hate you, Haruno."

"You must dislike me, right? I knew it. When at the mission, you never talk to me. You only gave me command there and here. Why? I know you hate me but please, don't show it. It's hurt. It's hurt so much, Nara." She was crying and holding his arms on the same time.

"Troublesome, woman." He kissed on top of her head. He could smell faint strawberry flavor and some vanilla one. He usually got used to this smell when they still husband and wife. He missed her.

"You're my special one. How can I hate you? I'm not ignoring you because I always looking at you. I don't talking to you because I don't want you to think me as a nuisance like Kiba."

"Then, why you looked at me with those eyes?" Her voice was pleading.

"These eyes wanted my sweet Sakura back. Not this cold, unemotional person. Give my Sakura back."

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