Fire High

Chapter 13

Previously;

"What's got your panties in a bunch?"

"Perhaps there's someone else here with you that you don't want us knowing about?" Konan said after a moment. Oh Konan, you couldn't be more right.

Just then Shisui came down stairs.

"What's with all the noise? Everything alright down here Princess?"

Oh Shisui...

Now;

Sakura's P.O.V.

'Please don't say anything stupid.' I thought as Shisui continued his trek down the stairs, and when he reached the bottom of the staircase he froze in his step.

"Little cousin," Shisui addressed Itachi when their eyes met. "What are you and your little friends doing here?" Said 'little friends' glared at Shisui.

"I could ask you the same thing, Shisui." Itachi said, also glaribgbat his cousin.

"I happen to have been invited here." I gave him a quizzical look, why? Because I never invited him.

I was so busy paying attention to the conversation that I failed to realize the sound of a car pulling into the driveway.

"Hah! Right! Little Miss Haruno over here invited you over!"

"Yes I did." An entirely new voice speak up, one that I hated to admit I recognized.

"Mom!" A forced tight lipped smile came on to her face. Oh shit, she's pissed.

"Sakura honey, how are you feeling?" She asked with fake cheerfulness that made the whole room cringe.

"Better." I said as I nodded.

Just as I noticed all the grocery bags under my moms arms and made a move to help her Shisui beat me to it.

"Here, let me get those for you." He walked up to my mom and took the bags from her.

"Oh, thank you." My mom said, pleasantly surprised, but genuinely happy.

"Do you have any more bags you need help with?" Konan asked my mom, a kind smile on her face that my mom easily returned.

"There's a few more in the trunk, not much, maybe just a few bags." It seems like my moms warming up to them a bit.

Konan gave a look to Pein and he wordlessly followed her out the door. Making Sakura gape after them.

'What the hell was that? Are they...?'

No one else seemed to have noticed the exchange between the two besides my mom who just gave me a look.

"Hello mama Haruno, Tobi's name it Tobi! And Tobi is a good boy!" I stood there wide eyed as Tobi literally tackled my mom to the ground making everyone, including me, gasp.

"Tobi, you idiot un!"

"Miss Haruno are you alright?"

Rushing over everyone helped them into a standing position, thoroughly surprised to find Tobi still hugging my mom, and my mom in a sort of daze.

My mom looked down at Tobi's orange swirly mask and raised an eye brow before slowly patting his head.

Wait, what?

She smiled at him.

"What the fudge?" I said breathlessly.

"That's just how people are with Tobi. He has that affect on adults, mostly because of his child like behavior." Shisui said as he appeared through the doorway of the kitchen and the living room, leaning up against the door frame.

"That's beside the point, Mrs. Haruno, are you alright?" Konan asked as she and Pein came back in with more grocery bags. Walking in and seeing them both on the floor with Tobi hugging her was actually all it took for them to know what had transpired.

We all looked to my mom who smiled in return before nodding. We all let out a breath in relief.

"Sakura sweetie are you alright?" Mom asked me as she looked at my face. "You look pale."

"Cherry-chan got sick mama Haruno, she even had to run to the bathroom." Tobi said as the both of them had stood up. Mom walked close up to my face before putting a hand on my forehead and frowned.

"You have a fever, maybe I should take you to the doctor."

"No!" Everyone looked at me in surprise at me outburst.

"Sakura." My mom chastised. "You're too old to be afraid of the doctors." Mom said as she looked at me in amusement.

That's not it!

"I'm not afraid, its just that every time someone I know and care about goes to the hospital they always die." I said in a soft voice, mom looked at me in shock before pity. I hated that look.

I felt the room drop several degrees at my words and moms look. I wrapped my arms around my stomach and looked down, I suddenly felt so small.

"Akatsuki, let's go." I distinctly heard the voice of Pein after a few awkward seconds of silence as he ordered his organization to leave. I heard the shuffling of feet as they walked toward the door.

"Sorry for barging in so suddenly."

"No, it's fine. Please, feel free to come over anytime. Just, let us know first." Mom said, a bit teasingly, trying to lighten the mood, it worked as some of the members laughed. I was still looking down, I had refused to look up and let them see how vulnerable I looked.

I tightened my hands into fists while gripping my shirt.

This wasn't me. I was usually so sarcastic and upbeat, and perhaps a little witty.

About a minute later I knew the Akatsuki had gone, but Shisui was still here.

I heard him walk up to me before taking his thumb and forefinger to my chin to tilt my head up to look at him. Both hands then cupped the sides of my neck, his fingers playing with the hair behind my ear and his thumbs rubbing on my jaw. He placed the sweetest of kisses on my forehead before he too, took his leave.

Three hours later I've already eaten and taken my bath. I was in a towel looking through my drawers for something to sleep in. It was now around nine o'clock at night and mom was long asleep by now.

I sighed as I pulled out a pair of panties.

Maybe I'll just sleep nude tonight.

But just as that thought went through my head I heard a tapping on my window.

My head snapped over so fast my neck had popped. But there was no one at the window.

After a few seconds of nothing happening I turned back to my issue at hand... Birthday suit or panties...

Then I heard it again, but this time I payed it no mind. However the noise kept coming, after being fed up with the noise I walked over and opened the window.

Needless I actually wasn't as surprised as I thought I'd be, to find Shisui standing by his car.

"Thank goodness, I thought you'd have fallen asleep by now."

"What do you want Shisui? It's late."

"I told you didn't I?" I stared at him in confusion.

What?

"That I'd show you what it is I do, my not so thug life like my cousins' life's"

"What? Can't this wait until morning and I'm not sick off my ass?"

"No." He flat out said.

"Well...alright then." I said giving a dry laugh. "Wait though... Where are we going?"

"I can't tell you that, then you'd know!"

"Well how the hell am I supposed to know what to wear?!"

"Jeans and a t-shirt kitten, and maybe a sweater!"

"Alright just... Give me a few minutes to get dressed. And keep I down will ya? My moms a sleepin'!"

"Sure sure, just get your little booty out here."

I gaped at him. How dare he! How dare he!... Call my booty little!

Stalking back to my drawer I put on my bra and panties. Both red a lacy.

"Pft, fuck jeans." I pull out a pair of black leggings instead that actually make my butt look good.

"That'll teach him to call my booty little."

After throwing on a maroon colored hoodie I go back to my window before pausing.

Should I really be doing this? I mean, I am pretty sick. I should be staying in bed and rest...

Ah who cares, tomorrow's fucking Friday anyway!

Tuck and roll!

With that final thought I jumped out the window and landed in a crouch before rolling back to my feet.

"Ready?" Shisui grinned.

"Let's do this."