Sakura

Sakura continued to wear her fake, innocent smile. The more she saw the vein in Kabuto's forehead throb, the more content she was. There was even a sick satisfaction when his left eye began to twitch after her comment about his cooking of the dumplings. They really are pretty gross..demo, I suppose they could be worse... she thought, confidence dripped off of her as she just stared in oh so great satisfaction at the irritated man with glasses. She saw him hesitate for a moment as if pondering what to do, and this peaked her curiosity and interest. Hm, what is he thinking? she wondered, trying to study his expression and find out, but to no avail. Shimata..He's better at hiding it than I thought...Demo, it doesn't matter...I'm still the one laughing while he sits there in- Sakura's thoughts were interrupted very abruptly.

...Did he just... The young woman's eye twitched in response to the fact that the normally serious and calculating Kabuto Yakushi had just picked up a handful of dumplings and hurled them at her face. She was too close and he was too fast for her to be able to dodge it, and for a moment, she just blinked a few times, frustration boiling inside of her as she slowly wiped off the mushy dumpling from her face. Did he seriously just throw that at me?! she repeated again in her mind, All of this talk about me being childish and acting it, and he throws a handful of dumplings at me?! ...Two can play that game... For the moment, their little game of chess was on hold, because this was personal. Everything in her told Sakura not to do it, not to pick them up and throw some back at him, that she'd regret it later if she did, but she was so annoyed and so shocked that she did it anyway.

All was quiet as Sakura picked up a handful of dumplings, placing them close to her mouth as if she were about to eat them. She may even have just eaten them to be polite had she not heard him. Laughter. He was laughing at the fact that she had mushy food on her face. Whether he tried to hide it or not, she heard him, and as her right eye twitched once more, she slammed the handful into the man's face, getting it all over his mouth, nose, glasses, and maybe even the smallest bit in his silver hair. Pulling back to say something very snarky, Sakura couldn't help herself. The sight was so funny and so odd that she too began to laugh, only she wasn't so good at hiding it.

"Now you really do look like a dork, four eyes." she said with a snicker, wiping at her eyes that held tears from her laughter.

[ I knew that this wouldn't end well, or maybe I knew it would. I don't know. The funny thing was that as much as we were screwing with each others minds, trying to get an advantage all of the time just to prove we were better than one another, it was almost fun when I recall that mini food fight of ours. I certainly hadn't expected Kabuto to throw food at my face, but then again, i didn't really think he expected for me to throw it back at him. It's as if in that moment, we weren't trying to hurt each other. We were just being dorks and it was kind of amusing. I knew it wouldn't last long. I knew we couldn't stay civil like this. For the time being, however, it was oddly enjoyable. ].

Sasuke

Something feels off... Sasuke paused in his training because he felt something very odd going on. He wasn't sure what it was, but it bugged him to the point of being distracted. However, about that time, his training was over and he simply gave his snake like master a nod of his head as he put his sword back in its sheath. Something is very wrong...I don't know what it is...demo, it feels like something to do with Kabuto..What is that four eyes idiot doing..? The Uchiha male grimaced and stopped in his tracks, not turning his head, but staying to listen as Orochimaru spoke. Something about Sakura, but he really couldn't focus at the moment, so he only heard part of it. "I've no intention of killing Sakura. I have other things that I plan on doing..." was all he said as he walked off, being swallowed by the darkness as he headed toward a certain pink haired girl's room.

[ I don't know what I thought it was, at the time. All I knew was that I sensed something odd about the chakra of Kabuto and Sakura. It was almost as if they weren't clashing and somewhat getting along. That was odd to me, so of course, I went to investigate. I was even irritated because it had distracted me from my training. Whatever they were doing, they had better have a good excuse for being so obnoxious..Especially if it involved four eyes. I still wasn't done messing with him, and if what I suspected was true, I was going to have far too much fun with our next encounter. ].

Kabuto

Her face was covered in mushed dumplings, and her expression went from stunned to furious. Which he could completely understand, considering a minute ago he had been the one with the change of emotion. Kabuto was too busy laughing to pay attention to what she was about to do. So before he knew it, a handful of dumpling was smashed and smeared all over his face. It covered his glasses, went up his nose a little, and got stuck in some of his hair.

He froze, his laughter silenced, and just sat there for a moment. He then calmly removed his glasses and wiped them clean with his shirt. Without any hint of anger, he put them back on and just stared at her for a moment. He couldn't hold it in much longer though, and a small, sadistic smirk appeared on his face. Oh, she was going to pay.

He reached for a couple more of the delicious dumplings, and chucked them as if they were ninja stars. He made sure she couldn't dodge all of them. His eyes were full of evil intent, as he full planned on decorating her with these dumplings. And then, one of them accidentally fell down her shirt.

That was when he lost it.

He was laughing. He wasn't just snickering, or chuckling, he was laughing. Somehow, he managed to have fun without torturing and toying with someone. Admitting that to himself was really strange, too. The word "fun" wasn't usually in his vocabulary, at least not in such a childish way. But perhaps, just this once, this was okay. This wont happen again.. he told himself. But for now, I'll forget about our game, just for a little while.

He found himself looking down her shirt, not in a perverted way of course, but just because that's where the dumpling fell. As soon as he realized where he was looking, he glanced away. It's a good thing the glare in his lens decided to show up, otherwise she would be able to see the awkwardly amused look in his eyes.

{I remember that day clearly. It was the first time you gave me happiness. Although I was rather annoyed at your rudeness..it was somewhat fun. I hadn't felt such an emotion since I was much, much younger. I suppose a part of me missed it, not that I'd admit that out loud. You probably know that now though. Arigato, Sakura. I wish it could have lasted longer, but no, there were much bigger things happening at the time.}