Fire High
Chapter 9
More Uchiha's?
"Sasuke? What are you doing here?" Sakura gasped before wanting to pace palm.
He lives here you idiot!
"Never mind, don't answer that." She said with a sweat dropped.
He must have read her mind because he chuckled at her.
"Right, I'm pretty sure it was my job to ask that question; so, what are you doing here?" He asked with his smirk still in place.
"I was dragged here against my will." She murmured but Sasuke caught it, making his smirk widen.
"Itachi invited me." She said.
Now that made his smirk drop as a scowl took its place.
"Itachi?"
"Yeah, you know, Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome." She said with a raised eyebrow.
An amused laugh came from behind her making her snap her head back, nearly give her a whiplash.
"Itachi?" Came the startled squeak from the little pinkette as her eyes settled on Itachi and only Itachi.
The others must be at the pool. She thought.
It was then that Sakura realized Sasuke was addressing his brother, not repeating what she had said.
"Hello blossom." He greeted, nodding at her before his eyes focused on his brother.
"Hello Sasuke, what brings you here?" he questioned through narrowed eyes.
"Are you forgetting that I live here brother?" Sasuke asked with a haughty smirk, making Itachi's eye's narrow more, making them nearly slits.
"Yes, but I was under the impression you had a meeting today with your gang."
Sasuke's smirk dropped his face now expressionless.
Sakura wasn't sure if she should be impressed with how quick he schooled his expression or if she should be frightened at how cold his face now looked.
"I'm having the meeting now." He spoke with a monotone.
Itachi once again raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow at him.
"So you're leaving now then?" Itachi asked, mildly curious when Sasuke shook his head 'no'.
Sasuke's smirk returned but this time, more sinister. Like whatever he was about to say would piss off his older brother, and guess what? It did.
"Gang Hebi is having their meeting here."
"What?" Itachi asked with such malice in his voice it made her and Aoi flinch.
Aoi had grabbed Sakura's forearm and proceeded to drag her towards the exit only to be shoved back inside by the rest of the Akatsuki filing in.
"What the hell is going on here?" the demanding voice of Pein echoed through the room making everyone quiet.
"It appears as though Gang Hebi is having a meeting, here." Itachi said, supplying the information everyone wanted.
The next thing I knew more people came in and moved to stand behind Sasuke, I recognized Karin as one of them.
Said red head quickly latched herself to his arm.
"Suigetsu, Juugo, Karin. I thought I told you three to wait in the room with the others."
The one who I assume to be Suigetsu smirked. "Tayuya kept arguing with Kimimaro, Sakon and Ukon wouldn't stop egging them on. Then after about ten minutes later Jirobo came in with Kidomaru and joined in their argument."
I gaped, that's a lot of members.
"What about Kin, Zaku and Dosu?" asked Sasuke after a minute of thought.
"They'll be here, just a little late, a traffic jam is keeping them." The tall man with orange hair who I'm assuming is Juugo, said.
Sasuke sighed again.
"You should learn to have better control of you gang Sasuke, they might be your down fall one day." Deidera said in a mock tone making Sasuke and his gang glare at him.
"Said the man who would probably blow up his whole gang just to see an explosion." Karin said looking at Deidera with disgust.
"What was that four eyes?!" he bellowed.
Aoi clinged to my arm as I clinged to hers. We both suddenly jumped when a girl with blue hair and orange eyes grabbed both of our arms and slowly pulled us away from what surly be an all out brawl. I heard Aoi whisper so softly I barley caught it, but I did. "Konan-sama."
Ah, so this was Konan.
Konan placed her index finger over lips in a shushing motion, and you know what she did next? She shushed us.
About a minute later the three of us were at the pool where they party people kept parting, unaware of the gang fight that was about to begin.
I suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed.
It was getting dark. Out of nowhere a man with long black hair and black eyes came and grabbed Aoi by the hand.
"Aoi, where have you been? We've been looking for you."
"Jirou, oh I'm sorry, I was helping out a friend." Aoi said gesturing to me.
Friends? I could have sworn she was a closet Itachi fangirl, guess not, judging by the way she blushed when this Jirou guy took her hand.
"Oh, it's alright, we were just worried, we thought you got lost somewhere in this big mansion somewhere."
She smiled at him, but before she could say anything Jirou suddenly dragged her off to their friends. She turned and waved apologetically at me mouthing the words 'sorry'.
I just smiled and waved to reassure her it was all okay.
I suddenly remembered Konan. I sharply turned to the girl who I now realized was really rather beautiful.
I guess I said that out loud because she smiled at me and said 'thank you'.
I blushed, she even sounded beautiful. She had a deep feminine voice. Not deep like deep but like… deep. Kind of airy, don't really know how to explain it. Maybe husky? Velvety? I don't know.
She suddenly held her hand out for me to take.
"I'm Konan." She introduced.
"Sakura." I said shaking her hand.
She looked surprised and mumbled, "So this is Sakura."
Funny, I just said that about her.
"I hate to cut this meeting short Sakura but if we don't get you out of here soon, thing are going to get ugly, really fast."
"Huh?" I said dumbly.
"Two gangs are about to get in an all out brawl right now." I stared again. Its like we share the same mind.
"And those two gangs have just a few things in common, one of them being they both want you. It would be safer if someone took you home."
I stood there agape, this girl who I've just met is more concerned about my well being than her own.
She must have read my mind, no shocker there, because she smiled.
"I actually have to go up there with them. I am apart of the Akatsuki after all. It's pretty much an obligation, mandatory, y'know?" I smiled and nodded.
"Did you drive here?" she suddenly asked me and I frowned.
"No, I was kidnapped by the Akatsuki and forced here against my will." I deadpanned. After a moment of awkward silence she suddenly burst out laughing.
"Oh Sakura, I believe this is the start of a beautiful friendship." She said, and then out of nowhere she pulled a guy from a lawn chair and pushed him towards me making me stumble. Almost on instinct the man wrapped his arms around my waist to catch my fall.
"Shisui, this is Sakura, do me a favor and take her home will you? I have to stop a war from happening."
The man know known as Shisui, wow, lot of new people, let go of my waist at turned to look at Konan with a confused look before yelling upstairs caught his attention. I seemed to understand before taking my hand and leading me away before Konan ran upstairs to try and contain what had seemingly just started.
"Let's go before things get worse."
I looked at him confusedly.
"Go where?"
He looked back at me and grinned.
"Your house."
My mouth flew open. He laughed at my expression before pulling me out the door, but not before I grabbed my clothes, and ran across the driveway till we reached a sliver car and held open the passenger door for me. I stopped, am I really about to get in a car with a compete stranger? My mind kept telling 'No!' but as soon as I saw three people exit a car yelling at each other I knew right away they were the rest of Sasuke's gang, how? The names they were yelling. Kin, Zaku and Dosu. Yup, I'm getting in the car.
Not a second later I hopped in and slammed the door shut, hearing Shisui's muffled laugh I pouted.
It so wasn't funny.
When he got in his side of the car and turned the car on I pulled my seatbelt across my chest and buckled it in next to my hip where the buckle was.
Soon the sweet purrs of the engine roared to life as he sped out of the driveway and onto the street.
He must have been going about 70 miles per hour in like a 10 mile zone. So I did what any sane person would have done in my place.
I screamed my bloody lungs out and Shisui only laughed at my misery.
Once we got to the main road though he slowed down to the speed limit to the sweet 25 mile zone.
"Haha, wasn't that fun!" he asked me rather excitedly, too excitedly for my taste.
"No! We almost died like three times and nearly ran over a cat!" I exclaimed at him only making him laugh harder. I sighed as I simply pulled my shirt over my body and rather awkwardly put my jeans on as he quietly watched me before smirking. I quickly stuffed my bra and underwear I my backpack hoping her didn't see.
"Awe c'mon, live a little. What's the point of living for nearly a hundred years if you so absolutely nothing in those years. I'd rather live thirty years of living on the edge the living for a hundred years in solitude and boredom." He said, thankfully not saying anything about me putting my clothes on or about the clothes I put in my bag.
I paused for a minute and I couldn't help but think he was right. Thought stupidly so he was right nonetheless.
I was about to say something then the most embarrassing thing happened, and no I didn't fart. My stomach growled, and not just a tiny one where it would have been no big deal, I'm talking like monstrous huge, it sounded like a freaking lion!
And guess what? Shisui laughed, again.
Just as I was about to yell at him and tell him it wasn't funny he made a sudden turn making other people in cars honk at him. He paid it no mind though.
He parked the car and I found myself looking at Sonic, possibly one of the best fast food places I know. My stomach roared to life again making my blush. My door suddenly opened.
"Are you coming or what?" Shisui asked me. I said nothing as I walked out of the car and followed him to one of the outside tables and sat down across from him.
"What are we doing here?" I asked him as he started looking through the menu before looking at me.
"Getting food, aren't you hungry?"
"Well yeah bu-"
"Then that's why were here." He said smiling at me.
My eyes involuntarily softened as I quietly said, "You didn't have to."
He looked at my wide eyed for a minute before his eyes also softened.
"And what kind of a man would I be if I took a girl home hungry?"
I found myself smiling, "Better than most." I said under my breath before mentally slapping myself, hoping he hadn't heard that. But by the look on his face I could tell he had, just when he was about to ask me what I was talking about both of our stomach's growled. We both stared at each other before bursting out laughing.
"Whatever. Lets just get our food." He said before pushing the button and ordering our food. He ordered for me but I didn't really mind, as long as I got food, I was fine.
"So who invited you to the party?" he asked after he finished his order. I pouted.
This again?
I sighed as I told him everything that happed, starting from when I brought the Akatsuki and Gaara to my house, to us not doing our project to kidnapping me and finally the events of the party.
He frowned a little.
"You didn't even tell you mom?"
I froze. Awe shit. I roughly threaded my hands through my hair, most likely yanking out a few strands.
"Oh man she's going to kill me. not only did I bring four guy to my house to work on a project we haven't even decided a subject for but I also left with about eight guys and not tell her about, not to mention how late it is now!" I said as I looked up to the sky where the sun was already setting.
"Wait a second." He said looking me in the eye. "You didn't even have a subject ready for your project?"
I cried anime tears. "No, and the project is due in three days. Well, two considering this day is practically over."
"What does the project have to be on? Anything specific?" I shook my head no.
"What about Jack the Ripper?" I paused, that wasn't such a bad idea.
"You're smarter than you look." I told him truthfully before he smirked at me.
"What did you expect? I'm an Uchiha." I nearly chocked on my spit.
"You're an Uchiha!?" he sheepishly rubbed the back of head.
"Did I forget to mention that little detail?"
"Um, yeah. Are you related to Sasuke and Itachi?"
He nodded, "I'm their cousin."
I laughed a little.
"More Uchiha's, doesn't my day just keep getting better and better."
He looked at me quizzically. "Y'know, out of you three Uchiha's, I've decided. I like you best." He smirked at me.
Just then our food had arrived making me possibly the happiest person in the world.
About an hour later we were once again on the road on the way to my place. Telling him to go left or right whenever necessary.
The whole way there he asked me what made me like more than his cousins.
I told him it was because he had more emotion that the two of them combined, that he was nicer and that he actually made me laugh.
I told him that I didn't think I've ever actually laughed that much or that hard in my entire life.
He looked at me before smiling. "Good." he said just as we reached my house. He put the car in park and waited for me to get out.
Just when I opened the door and took one foot out I stopped.
"Something wrong? Did you forget something?"
I shook my head. Before he could say anything else I quickly kissed his cheek, we both blushed, mine more noticeable than his, but still.
"Thank you, for not only getting me out of there but treating me to dinner too." I said trying my best not to stutter. I grabbed my backpack that I stuffed the rest of my clothes into earlier before leaving and running up my porch steps till I walked inside.
After making sure I was able to get in my house he quietly drove off.
I sighed thinking I was home sweet home. That is until, my mother walked in.
"Hello dear, had a good evening?" she asked with fake cheerfulness making me cringe.
And here I though I could go upstairs, to my room, take a nice shower and possibly look up a few articles on Jack the Ripper before calling it a night, but no, oh no, my night was just about to begin.
A/N; so? What did you guys think? A little ShixSaku fluff in there. Let me know if want more of that, maybe a little less? What other characters should I make some fluff with? And what did you guys think of all the Gang Hebi members? And don't worry if your confused about the whole Gang Hebi situation, all will be explained, most likely in the next chapter.
And thank you for the idea of using Jack the Ripper as a project idea!