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.Heaven's Gate: Princess.
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Chapter Nineteen: Haruno.
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"Sakura?" Sasuke looked at her, worried.
She looked at him and then frowned. Her blue eyes glinted under the sun.
"My name's not Sakura," she said, she leaned on him and stood up. "I see things are impossibly messed up. We should get to work."
She turned to the four Keepers.
"You four should be away on your posts," she said. The four of them nodded and then bowed. They all exchanged a worried look at each other and then turn to Sasuke. Naruto looked at him pityingly. Sasuke looked back at them. Then, they all leapt off.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Sasuke walked to her, he grabbed her arm. She jerked her arm away and walked toward the ruins.
"Oh great, it's ruined," she groaned. She turned to Sasuke. "You're Sasuke?"
Sasuke? Not Sasuke-kun? Sasuke looked at her, frowning.
"Yeah," he nodded, deciding to just go with the flow even though he's extremely confused. Sakura was alive and that was the best thing he could ever wish for. Although, she might hit her head pretty hard before Neji got to her.
"My name's Haruno," the girl walked toward him, stretching out her right hand. Sasuke took it and shake it.
"Excuse me?"
"My name is Haruno," she repeated, sighing. "I am Sakura's other conscience that's not suppose to exist."
Sasuke looked at her.
"But I exist," she answered his look. "She just doesn't know it. Right now she hides deep in a place where I was. From the look in her face when she told me the story, things are pretty bad… and it is," she sighed, "You know, when she fainted…" she answered another of his look. "Well… overall, she finally knows that I am her other conscience that is hidden deep in her; awesomely, her will power is impossibly strong that I was forced to be the one using her body for a while…"
"Until when?" Sasuke panicked, although he composed his face so it wasn't shown.
"Until she's decided she wants to be brave once again and face the world," Haruno said. "I believe by now you must've known how much she's gone through. So I don't blame her if she wants to take a year off the real world."
"A year?!" Sasuke's eyes widened.
"I know you won't be glad," Haruno rolled her eyes. "Don't think about it, you're supposed to be taking care of the body. I'll do the strategies."
Sasuke looked at Haruno. He missed his Sakura, but she wasn't even the one talking to him right now…
"Bear with it, Uchiha," Haruno said. "Come on, we got work to do."
She walked toward an ANBU post. The two ANBUs on guard bowed to her. She nodded at them and turned to the notes.
"The villagers are all evacuated already?" she asked, her eyes weren't leaving the notes.
"Yes, ma'am,"
"Good," she turned to them, smiling. "Keep your eyes open, you never know when an enemy attacked. They might be behind you right now."
She walked away. The two ANBUs looked at Sasuke, confused. Their Princess certainly didn't talk like that.
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"Kuno-sama, I have sent our trackers to go look for the Princess," a ninja in black bowed in front of a man with long black beard and blue kimono. His eyes stared down at the ninja with no emotion. He nodded.
"Good," he said, his voice as cold as his eyes. "Troublesome Princess, once I get my hands on her, all the power of Heaven will belong to me."
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"They're pretty smart," Suigetsu said as he entered a ramen shop. "They evacuated all the villagers already."
"Yeah, I wonder who told them we're coming," Karin said as she peeked inside a house.
"That's the advantage you have when the Gods are on your side," Matsuo Tabi said. "Go look for her," he told ten ninjas in blue. They knelt in front of him, bowed, and then leapt off. "This is going to be over soon, that troublesome Princess will soon be gone."
"What if…" Suigetsu looked at him, hesitating.
"If Sasuke's on her side, then we have to fight him," he said, his eyes cold.
Karin gritted her teeth. She swore to herself she would kill the Princess herself.
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Haruno and Sasuke moved onto the next post, and the next, and the next, and all the ANBUs would be left confused by their Princess's new attitude.
Then, they arrived at Naruto's post.
"Hey, Sasuke-teme," Naruto grinned as he saw him. His grin disappeared when Haruno appeared behind Sasuke. "Is she back…"
"You don't stare at us," Haruno said as she looked at the notes. "Look out there, the enemies might come out anytime."
Sasuke sighed and shook his head.
Naruto frowned as he stared at Haruno. She caught him and slapped his head.
"I told you not to look elsewhere," she said.
"Who," Naruto yelled, "are you?!"
"I am Sakura's conscience that's not supposed to exist," Haruno said. She started explaining what she explained Sasuke. Naruto's mouth was opened wide by the time she finished.
"So you're saying that she don't know you existed?" Naruto said, trying to understand fully what she just said.
Haruno nodded.
"Can she see and feel what you're seeing and feel?" Naruto asked. Sasuke forgotten to even ask her that and he was glad Naruto did.
"No," Haruno shook her head; she placed the notes back down. "Right now, Sakura is in a place secluded. She's so deep in my head right now, she's isolating herself."
"But you said she can come back out right?" Naruto asked her. She nodded.
"It is her body," she said. "Okay, Sasuke, we're moving on."
"Don't do harsh stuff with her body," Naruto called out to Haruno. "She's fragile."
"I know," Haruno muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Teme, take care of her!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke shook his hand on the air. Naruto grinned and went back to his watch.
A ninja in blue looked at them and nodded to himself. He leapt off with a satisfied grin across his face. At the same time, a ninja in black saw the same scene. He grinned as well and leapt off.
Sasuke looked at Haruno. He was amazed by how bold she was, so different compared to Sakura.
He couldn't help but wonder… would he ever fall in love with her if it took Sakura a long time to come back. He had to admit it, even though Haruno was annoying in the way she talk, it was nice to have someone who easily talk their mind and feelings. Unlike Sakura who kept it all to herself, and he had to be the one that beg or ask for her to tell him.
He couldn't help but wonder… would he not want Sakura to come back… one day…
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Sort of like a cliffy. I just had time to finish this. My math and science exams are done, and I'm sure I'm gonna pretty much fail… although I do hope for the opposite. All of our faces were both relieved and stressed when we walked out off that cursed classroom.
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