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"Sakuras thoughts"/ flash backs, I'll make sure you can tell the difference…somehow
"Inner Sakura thoughts SHANNARO!"
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"Ah, long time no see Sakura" Sasuke said.
Sakura started to tremble. She could feel her eyes watering. Tsunade look disappointed but sympathetic. Then there were flashbacks of Team 7
and all the good times they had. Soon they fuzzed away into hard training and relentless combat. She remembered how she almost died trying to
save Granny Chiyo, all she had taught Sai, and then focused back into the present. She tilted her head, her bangs covering her eyes. After what
seemed an eternity, she stopped trembling and looked directly into Tsunade's eyes. Her back straightened and Tsunade saw her pupil's eyes. Her
eyes were those of a seasoned shinobi, a proud medic, and a confident kunoichi. Those emotional green orbs had hardened and had the
determination and strength Tsunade had hammered into Sakura.
Sakura turned around to face Sasuke.
"Shishou, this will interfere with my rounds at the hospital, how will that be taken care of?" She said, slowly approaching Sasuke.
"We will manage, but never mind that Sakura, make me proud."
"Hai!" She stopped about 3 feet in front of Sasuke.
Sakura turned and asked Tsunade
"Has his chakra been sealed yet?"
"No, I haven't the energy today, so I'll leave it up to you Sakura."
She nodded. As Sakura pulled out a scroll, her heart was beating fast and she could barely register what she was doing. She shook it off, she
was going to show Sasuke that she was strong, and that he wasn't the biggest thing in her life anymore. She threw the scroll up into the air, and
did a flurry of hand signs. Sasuke soon stood at the center of a sealing circle. Sakura nodded to the two anbu captians to leave, and that she had
this under control. She bit down on her hand and smeared her blood sacrifice onto the scroll before her. The designs swirled straight to Sasuke
and slithered to his collarbone. There they formed a ring of intricate patterns. He growled, clearly not liking having his chakra sealed.
Sakura narrowed her eyes at him, did a few hand signs, and put the scroll away. Turning to her shisou,
"Where do I take him now?"
"To his house, help him move in, then I will summon him later this week once the paper work is done and he can sign. Sakura, I will send Naruto
in a few days so you can come back to the hospital and do your rounds. His teammates are being interrogated and will be with you in an hour's
time."
"Any other arrangements? I needed to train this afternoon."
"Err… pack you sleeping bag, he will need your supervision at all times. Do what is necessary in order to keep him in check."
Sakura nodded, turned to Sasuke and gave the stern command "Walk next to me, you will stay within my eyesight at all times, attack me and you
will suffer the consequences. After two monthes, you will be given a trial…unless you leave again being a total jack-ass." Sakura mumbled the last
part, but she felt a little better releasing some of her feelings.
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow.
"Hn. When can I take part in the chunin exams?"
"After probation" Tsunade said nonchalantly.
Sasuke promptly walked out and headed for his house. Sakura swore and hurried after him.
"Oi! Uchiha! As your probation officer, you follow me not the other way around!"
He kept walking and this pissed off Sakura very much. She growled.
" Shishou did say I could do what I had to do in order to keep him in line…"
Striding towards him, she flicked him with chakra enforced strength, therefore launching him toward the wall before him. He crashed into the wall and slowly stood up. He faced her questioningly.
"Sakura, I thought we were teammates. What happened to Team 7?" He drawled but his faced betrayed the slightest hint of surprise.
"That's right, you should be surprised. I trained my ass off just to get here and protect my friends."
"Cha! Stick it to the pretty boy girl! Take it like a man Uchiha! KOI! (1)"
"I didn't sit around all day waiting for you to return Sasuke. Time to show you what I can do."
"Next time Uchiha, I won't be as gentle. Lets go, I want this as over as soon as possible.'
Sasuke grunted and walked obediently.
"Mo..that was a bit harsh don't you think?"
"…no, I'm tired of pursuing him with no result. We are over him!"
" Hai…Yosh!"
"Oi, Sakura! Do you even know where my home is?" Sasuke asked impassively, snapping Sakura out of her thoughts.
"In the Uchiha district."
"And that would be?"
"Across from the Tensai Weapon shop, which is close to Oishi Udon."
"And you would know this by…?"
"Baka, I have lived here for 18 years, you would think I know my village."
They made a few stops to Sakura's apartment to pick up her nessecities, and to the grocery store to pick up some food.
The walk after that was very quiet and awkward. Once they arrived at the manor, everything was silent.
* * *
As Sakura rushed out the door, Tsunade immediately called Shizune.
" Shizune! Get me Neji and his report on the mission, I want to know from Ibiki and Ino on the interrogation on team Hebi, and I want Naruto in here by 6. Now!"
"Ano, don't you want back-up for Sakura-chan? The Uchiha might try to escape."
"Shizune, I trained Sakura enough to trust her. I think she has proved herself over these past few years."
"Hai Tsunade-sama!" and with that Shizune hurried off to fulfuill these tasks.
Tsunade sighed. Rubbing her temples, she pulled out some sake and drank her troubles away.
Meanwhile…
Neji dragged Tenten all the way back to the training ground. He was furious. Did he not make it clear to Konoha, they were to be wed in two
weeks time? They sparred for a while before Shizune appeared and requested for him to give his report as leader. He flinched. Today wasn't
going as planned. He managed to finish his mission at 3 o'clock in the morning. First his platoon had disobeyed him, well only Naruto did because
he wanted to investigate that mysterious lightning in the distance. He heard Naruto say something about the Uchiha and his damned chidori. If it
weren't for that damn chidori, he would have been home 4 hours earlier. No, his platoon just had to investigate, and had to get into a fight. Then
when he got back he had a damn clan meeting. After that he went to spar with Tenten. Once Neji had his lunch break, he caught the playful
Inuzuka flirting with his fiancé. Neji enjoyed the sound of that – his. Now Tsunade-sama would be interrogating him on how Naruto acted and
who Team Hebi was, on top of the mission report. Originally Neji had hoped to take Tenten to the festival in the shopping district , however it
looked like that wasn't happening any time soon. Well at least he made it clear to one more person Tenten wasn't single anymore.
As Sakura and Sasuke arrived at the Uchiha Manor, everything was silent. Sasuke slowly took out a key and slid it into the keyhole. As the gate
creaked open, Sakura strode in with Sasuke in tow. She burst through the doors and turned on the lights. "Where do I sleep?"
"The guest room down the hall."
Unpacking the food and her belongings Sakura had an unreadable expression on her face. She walked into Sasuke's room where he was
unpacking his things. Sakura picked up the dusty picture frame of Team 7 and set it up right. Turning toward Sasuke, she said, with a hint of a
smile "Welcome home."
I know I made Sakura kind of harsh, but I just wanted to show that shes now a capable person and that shes grown a lot. Also I know Neji said
damn a lot, but I didn't want too many cuss words. Hes a gentleman after all. Hes just pissed off cuz hes not w/ Tenten ^_^ Also I need to know
if I should pair Ino with Sai…or Kiba….I love Kiba so much. Please,Please,Pleeeeeaaaaaaaassssse review! Just click that little button down
there….It means so much to me. Even if its just "I like it" or "Update soon" it really motivates me to write more. By the way, Hai - Yes!or Okay! Yosh- Roughly..Lets do this.
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