Decisions of Love. Chapter Seven. Fun at the bar.
"And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, don't let logic interfere, believe your heart instead." -Phillip Robison.
"Are we going to the bar or not?" Sakura asked Sasuke who looked to be in mid-thought about something.
"Aa." Sasuke said while he walked out of her tidy room and motioned for her to do the same. There talking process was coming along, they still had a long ways to go...but they were doing... Better.
"Do you say anything besides Aa, and Hn?" Sakura half asked the question that was on everyone's mind and half teased the prodigy.
"Aa." Sasuke said with a smirk knowing she'd protest and get angry.
"Uchiha, I'm honest to god trying to get along with you and I don't know! Actually bond with you. And over look all the bad. And you can't even mutter a yes, nod your head do something." Sakura ranted on and on In tell the Uchiha grabbed her wrist and spun her to face him.
"Your so easy to anger." Sasuke said smirk still intact as she hmpted and started walking down the hallway again. Sasuke's thoughts got ahold of him yet again. She's changed so... Much, the Genin Sakura we knew would have never Talked to me that way, now that I think about it she hasn't clung to me if anything she's distanced herself.
"Sakura." Sasuke said dryly and didn't realize her said anything in tell the female a few steps ahead stopped and faced him.
"Hmph?" After a moment of silence on the Uchiha's part and his fast thinking, Sakura repeated the unasked question thinking he hadn't heard her. "Did you say something?" She asked while glancing at his eyes and then focused her attention to her hair, while she took a seat on the baby blue sofa.
She combed through her hair with her fingers and nails, ever so often reaching a small tangle, she would stop and untangle it with small frowns and occasionally colorful words. She turned her attention back to him after a moment. Sasuke took a minute to realize she was expecting an answer.
"Hn." Sasuke responded to the girl, who only sighed and got up and walked to him.
"I'm done trying Uchiha. There's no helping you and your social skills." Sakura said before she walked past him, trying to go back to her room to wait for the team. When she passed besides Sasuke his arm shot out and grabbed her waist, spinning her around before he lightly pushed her back to her spot on the couch.
"I'll take that as; I'm lonelySakura-chan, please talk to me and keep me company because I choose idiots as team mates who can't have sophisticated talks. I've always had anti-sociality problems and need help, oh please, please, pleassse, help me by asking questions I can answer back to! That's how a conversation works right?" Sakura Said in a pathetic whinny voice, which he cringed at and frowned at her one for mocking him and two for glaring at him.
"Your not worth my breath." Sakura said before limply falling into the couch face first, before turning her cheek to look at the fireplace. She studied the bricks, they look weird- Sakura thought.
"When are we leaving? I'm bored and YOU won't let me go back to my room!" Sakura asked and accused the amused Uchiha.
"Soon, their getting ready." Sasuke said before sitting on the armrest of the couch she was laying on.
"hmphhhhhttttt- hhhhhmmmmpppphhhhhtttt-hmmmphhtt." Sakura blew air from her mouth on the couch and switch potions where she was now laying on her back and looking up.
"Your different." Sasuke said and she tilted her chin as far up as she could to look at him, her eyes at the top of her lids.
"Well, what do you expect after three years? I mean life goes on, you left we trained and here we are, What's going to happen next?" Sakura asked in a playful voice with a playful and mischievous smirk of her own sent to the Uchiha, while she sat up right.
"Why do you want me on your team?" Sakura asked a question she wasn't sure she wanted answered, she looked down waiting with her eyes closed, what if he only wants us to get Naruto to fight him, or hurt Konoha by using me or if he just wants to give me up or something like a trade for information.
"You've improved, your medic skills are greatly needed. You also know how to fight and strategize." Sasuke stated in a monotone voice at the question.
"Who's medic am I?" Sakura asked slowly meeting his piercing obsidian eye's, when he raised an eyebrow she rephrased the question. "Am I Team Hebi's medic... Or Uchiha Sasuke's medic?" Sakura asked as if he wasn't there at all.
"Common Sasuke, Karin's practically a medical ninja, she heals internal bleeding and wounds with her blood, I'm not needed here at all, you and Juugo Stratigize and the three of you boys fight well, especially you... Why am I on your team, and cut the bullshit this time!" Sakura snapped at him a little, meeting his obsidian orbs with the fierce determined green orbs of her own.
"I don't know..." Sasuke answered honestly in a mumble and Sakura's anger melted at the sight of the Uchiha's face, his normally stoic expression betrayed him his eyebrows were scrunched together in confusions while his eyes were off and distant. His nose was slightly ruffled upwards with his upper lip and his jaw clenched tight.
Sakura used her soothing voice that's what Naruto calls it anyway. She put kindness and genuine concern in her voice before she grabbed the Uchiha's hand. His head jerked towards her, her face not pitiful for him but kind and soft before she quietly said "Tell me when you do know." as she squeezed his hand with her right one, and got up when she heard footsteps echoing from the hallway.
It was a small gesture, but Why'd it have so much affect on him. It was nothing special just reinsuring gesture. They were friends or team mates anyways, contact would be bound to happen, why did this contact with her feel... Different?
Juugo and Suigutsu were chatting noisily while they walked from their rooms and into the front room where a confused and irritated Uchiha and a lovely and smiling Sakura stood. She greeted both men with a nod before she walked towards the front door, happy to get out of the house and have a little fun.
While they walked, everything was silent besides their continuous footsteps Sakura focused her hearing towards the civilians conversations, listening for any word of the Akatsuki or helpful information, even though she already knew a lot; she didn't want to share all of her hard earned information...and the possibility that the team doesn't leave her after she shares her information, somehow that talk with the stoic teen gave her slight reassurance that he wouldn't just leave her... He did the first time, would he do it again?
She heard music pumping loud from a bar/club and instinctively brought her hands up to cover her ears to the loud music, while she grinded her teeth, her jaw clenching and unclenching rapidly. She let out a irritable moan and whimper, causing her new team mates to look at her in confusion.
After a minute of closing her eyes and focusing she directed her hearing far away; three miles into the woods where the birds were chirping. She then calmly took a breath and
Let her normal-hearing non-chakra enhanced hearing take control. She heard Suigutsu and Juugo asking her questions about what happened.
"Huh? Oh sorry... Little distracted thats all." Sakura said while she rubbed the back of her neck with a small smile on her face, Sasuke could tell it was fake along with the lie. Something happened she was in pain, and then it just stopped, what's going on with this girl?!
Sasuke caught her eye for a moment when she wore the fake smile, and when she looked at him the words he briefly spoke came back to her.
"Stop acting." Sakura repeated to herself and let the smile fall. She replaced the fake smile with a small real smile, and Sasuke smirked at her tactics. echoing in his mind; Was that really that hard?
She smirked at him knowing who he was thinking, a small twinkle in her eyes before Suigutsu started questioning her again. "Yo... Princess... You looked in pain, not distracted. What happened... Don't tell me you have the curse seal too." Suigutsu asked while he twirled his sword for emphasize.
Sakura's attempt to contain her laughter failed her, miserably. She burst out laughing while she clutched her stomach and bent over slightly while Suigutsu laughed with her even Juugo chuckled a little. Her laugh was addicting, it made you want to laugh along with her, or do anything to hear it all the time. Sasuke thought as he had a wide smirk on his lips that was slowly turning into a smile before he caught himself, and let a smirk cross his angelic features.
"No... I'm curse...free...well curse...mark free... Anyways..." Sakura said laughing throughout her sentence before she smiled a loopsided smile, that fit her pretty well.
"You remind me of...someone..." Sakura said with another smile, as her eyes grew distant and she had little flash backs of memories with Naruto. Her pummeling him, continuously slapping the back of his head when he was stupid or said something stupid, eating ramen with the idiot, picnicking with her idiot, him push her on the swing set, sparing against Naruto, healing him when she went to far or when he was hurt...
"Hey- Sakura! Are you paying attention to me! Princess!" Suigutsu said waving a hand in her face while she was brought out of the memories. She looked Surprised to see Suigutsu and unconsciously took a step backwards while her arms where wrapped around herself.
"Suigutsu, step back." Sasuke hissed at Suigutsu for being so dense, and by Sakura's postion she looked a little surprised and...frightened
"Your freaking her out." Juugo said calmly to his friends who held his hands up in defeat before pointing at Sakura, before he could say anything Sakura had his arm behind his back and pinned him to the ground in a matter of seconds.
"Ugh... Princess, chill out! No harm meant!" Suigutsu said while Sakura stood back upright before she fixed her hair and mumbled a apology.
"sorry, You just surprised me, not completley warmed up to you guys yet. I guess my instincts are still to take down the enemy." Sakura said while she rubbed the back of her head as she walked forward ignoring their stares.
"You coming or what?" Sakura yelled while she turned the corner, pulling the men out of their small dazes, Uchiha was the first to recover and catch up followed by the other two, Suigutsu walking two feet away from Sakura.
"So Princess... You never told me who I remind you of!? Is he handsome?! Funny?!" Suigutsu started questioning outloud before Sakura answered.
"Uh well you don't really look alike, actually you guys look nothing alike, Your attitudes are the same, upbeat, larger than life style. Humor, Idiotic, ummmmm complaining. Just Na- He's back home, you'd like him if you meant him, I'm sure of that!" Sakura said with a smile thinking about her blond headed idiot.
She looked down at her feet for a minute before Suigutsu guessed who she was talking about. "That blond boy, you originally rescued? Is that who your talking about?!"
"Yeah...that's him, the one and only unpredictable knucklehead of the Leaf." Sakura said with a sad smile while she stared at her feet, it was obvious she missed him and all of her friends in Konoha.
"He was only awake a little bit, but he talked about you in his sleep, he described you pretty well. Shorty!" Suigutsu teased as she laughed her mind in a more peaceful not so sad state.
"Well?" Suigutsu asked.
"Well what?" Sakura asked looking at Suigutsu's purple eyes, and shark like features.
"Tell me about him...er...ummm what's his name Najura...no Nerogo...not it ummm?" Sakura laughed at the names he came up with not rescuing him yet.
"Awww common don't be so cruel!" Suigutsu half teased half frowned at looking stupid.
"Naruto." Sasuke said, joining the conversation, so he had been listening- Sakura thought.
Bitterness and resentment filled Sakura. "Glad to know you remember your old team mates names." Sakura said in a bittersweet voice before ignoring him yet again.
The words stung Sasuke slightly, he found himself wondering what it might have been like if he had stayed in Konoha, would Sakura being talking about him like she was talking about the 'great' Naruto.
"Anyways... Um Naruto's Amazing, him and Kakashi-sensi even Sai is sometimes, lynx he can be a little emotionally attached sometimes but he's just as amazing as the others, their my boys!" Sakura started happily with a big smile on her face, and a twinkle in forest her eyes.
"Naruto has always been more brawn than brains, but he's matured greatly. He's the strongest Shinobi I know, and will ever know. He's grown three inches taller than me, about Uchiha's height." Sakura said almost dazily, as Sasuke cringed slightly by being called Uchiha again.
He felt almost washed out to the way Sakura said Naruto's name with so much happiness and so many memories and he wasn't referred to at Sasuke or Sasuke-kun but... Uchiha?
"Naruto has taught me a lot mostly determination and Believing in ones self and others, he's going to be the Hokage one day, he trained under Jiraya-Sanin, the third Sanin and the toad Sanin. He's been on my team sense grade school, and has been my best friend for almost three years now. He has spiky sun kiss blond hair, and sparkling crystal blue eyes and wears the most outgoing and unsubtle outfit, bright orange and black, you could never miss him, and you can always hear him when he's a mile away, mission or not." Sakura said most of it in a admiring tone before she laughed at the end.
"He can be a really idiot sometimes, but I'm always going to be there to straighten him out... I suppose sense I'm not there now Hinata will have to do it for a while... Or Ino... Nah he's to scared of Ino, and Hinata's to shy." Sakura thought out loud, while Suigutsu listened very carefully.
"So your his girlfriend? Or fiancé? I noticed the ring a few days ago, that's primarily why I didn't hit on such a beautiful girl like you." Suigutsu complemented with a sigh.
Sakura burst out laughing again. "I'm... Not his... Girlfriend... Nor will I ever... Be!" Sakura said with a large real smile.
"Huh?" Suigutsu asked.
"He's my best friend... Guy friend anyway. He's like my brother, just like Kakashi is like me second father and Sai is my clueless little brother... And Lynx well he's Lynx." Sakura mumbled the last part but the Uchiha's trained ears caught it and he couldn't help the question.
"What's Lynx?" Sasuke asked looking straight ahead of him, not meeting Sakura's curious green silently cursed himself for being curious and possibly ... Jealous?
"We dated... But it was brief and awkward, I don't see any of the romantically, only family like... Their my family as well as I'm big sis to them, they all seem to get it... Aside from Lynx, he won't give up, even Naruto did after two years of rejection and only friendship." Sakura said with a small irritated smile.
"So what about that ring? Who's your current 'Lover'." Suigutsu asked and emphasized in a fake France accent The word Lover.
"Ha... No one. Seriously, no one!" Sakura clarified when they all gave her doubtful looks, and confused faces, even the Uchiha gave a small reaction.
"Well you see I always get hit on while are teams on missions, so ummm Kakashi Naruto Lynx and Sai 'Proposed' to me, so some men would back off. The rings real, and I wear it everyday, Naruto had it poison induced!" Sakura said happily showing them the ring.
"It's kinda weird, yeah I know. But it helps, less men hit on me, while others don't care, normally Naruto pummels them before I can." Sakura said with a sad smile and a small laugh, remembering the good times with 'her boys.'
"Hn..." Was all the Uchiha said indicating he heard the story, he was questioning if he stayed would he to have been doing these thing, fake proposing, having...fun... No it wouldn't have mattered if he.. Lived!
"Haruno-San, may I ask why you call them your boys?" Juugo asked politely and Salura didn't hesitate to answer.
"Simply because I love them, all of them, I don't have a favorite their just my boys, no ones allowed to hurt or mess with them, aside from me." Sakura said with a warm and devious smile.
"We're the strongest team in Konoha, and we haven't even taken the Jounin exam, I hopping when I return home that Naruto and I could, lynx doesn't want to and I haven't talked to Sai about it." Sakura mused outloud.
"Haruno-San, in all respect how do you know you'll return home." Juugo asked and was slightly taken aback by the young women's smirk.
"Please, Call me Sakura. I'm positive in less than half a year I will be back in Konoha. There are Three possibilities that could happen, one Naruto being the stubborn idiot he is will come looking for me, will fight Uchiha and either drag his ass home or mine. Two I could escape at any given moment. Three, Sasuke realizes his devastating mistake and decides to return home, he has a court case and because of Naruto's forgiving attitude he will stand up for the bastard and Sasuke and your team will be allowed to live in Konoha, after a few months probation you'll be able to rank as a ninja again and help the village out, and if your lucky I can beat your asses in the Jounin exams!" Sakura said with a large smile in her face.
"Your so... Confidante about those options." Juugo stated and Sakura nodded.
"I knew what I was getting into when I fought off Deidara." Sakura said grimly.
"If Naruto wants Sasuke back so bad... And if it makes him happy, then all do whatever!"Sakura said determination leaking out of her body.
"Hn... I'm not coming back." Sasuke said in a uncaring voice.
"Then well make you, it won't be long in tell Naruto finds me. You shouldn't underestimate us." Sakura said with a devious smile before she walked into the club like bar, she replaced the smile with a sexy smirk, as the men flooded in behind her. All eyes were on her, she looked truly beautiful and ever man there wanted her to be with them tonight, while ever girl was cursing her good looks and rockin body, envy obvious in their eyes.
Sakura walked forward, as the music stopped and her heels clicked against the ground, before the DJ announced "Looks like we've found the Bell of the Ball." He said and all the men wolf whistled while she rolled her eyes, and stayed close to Sasuke, the only person she new fairly well.
Sasuke glared at all the men, who were ogling her. Suigutsu grimaced before saying "Wow, Sakura... I thought that was an understatement, the whole every man wants you thing... But... It's really true!" Suigutsu said quietly, but loud enough for the Uchiha and Monstrous man to hear.
"Yeah, sorry about it. It's not like I can control my looks like I can control my Chakra." Sakura said trying to lighten the atmosphere but failing as she felt everyone's eyes on her.
Sasuke led them over to a table as he over looked five men sitting at a round table a few tables away, he noticed they were the ones he was looking for, they had information and whereabouts of the Akatsuki, he was about to get up and leave before a man started addressing Sakura.
Suigutsu and Juugo sent Sasuke a mild-concern look, even after only knowing the small girl for a few days, she still got cold hearted people to care for her. He was about to step in when she took care of it herself, she surprised him the way she handled it.
"Hey Beautiful... Wanna dance...?" The man asked while leaning on the table beside her. She didn't react to his question, her attention staying on the table Sasuke was looking at earlier, the man moved a hand towards Sakura's arm but she quickly snapped her head at him and hissed "Fuck off, I'm not here to flirt." the man looked as surprised as Sakura's team mates were.
"Whoooooaaaa! I like you, your a spitfire... Let's dance babe!" He said grabbing Sakura's wrist and pulling her.
She dug her heels into the thin Carpet and use a hand full of Chakra to pry his hand off of her wrist and through him across the table, successfully knocking him unconscious. The three boys gawked at her for a moment before she snapped at them. "Stop staring at me! It's bad enough everyone else is, not you guys too!" She said with a hint of disgust evident in her normally clam and smoothing voice.
"Hn... Let's go.." Sasuke said as he walked towards the five men's table, with Suigutsu and Juugo in tow behind him while Sakura stood still watching some girl on a table dance with a boy, her movements were sloppy and Sakura knew she could do way better. The girl sent her a glance and did a double take shortly after. The gaze offered Sakura a challenge it almost said 'If your so pretty, beat me.'
Sakura moved in the speed of light and was on top of same long table as the black girl was. She pulled the boy off of the challenger, and moved up to her as she let the beat of the music take to her body it was a dubstep like style, she could work with that.
"Wha Wha Wha- Whi Whi Whi Whi Whi! Old school drop it hard." the voice said while saying more things like yeah, ugh, a Egyptian beat boomed and Sakura moved her hips as if no one was watching, she remembered Ino teaching her how to dance, and after a few simple moved Sakura was beating Ino.
"Base makes that bitch cum!" The beats blasted again.
Sakura pushed herself towards the stunned girl and moved her finger in a tsking way, as she smirked and grabbed the man the challenger had been dancing with earlier and started dirty dancing on him, the man was enjoying it very much, as the music changed
"Girl I gotta go finished with the show if you wanna f*ck me I won't say no."
"Touching on mine while I'm touching on your! Girl I can't get you out of my mind, the way you make me stop, make me walk, make me stop!" The leader sand as Sakura pushed her but against the mans tightening pants, she had an arm thrown back around his neck and one by her neck moving with her hips.
She pushed away and pushed him back and did her own little dance no longer needing him. She moved her body around in a circle while she flipped her hair and moved her hands, the songs kept flying by and Sakura wasn't sure if she was dancing for so long or the DJ kept changing them.
"DJ, drop...Home by breaking Benjamin." Sakura called while she avoided the girls fist aimed at her.
The beat started and Sakura started moving to it in a fast pace."I've got a little red bow, and a bonnet for you, cause I know your not fair I don't get it oh well."
"And you colored my skin and the colors don't blend cause I'm going to get you and your little dog to there's a yellow brick road we follow back home."
"And I know you can't wait you melijuent hate, there no place like home, there's no place like... Home! like... Home."
"I've got a southern bell too, with ruby red shoes, and a body made of straw."
"Theres a man mad of tin, I'm going to get you and your little dog too. There's a yellow brick road that we follow back home."
The music became rockish and Sakura pushed the girls punches away carelessly as she slowly backed the girl up in tell she was at the end of the table, she moved her hand as the music screamed HOOOOOMMMMEEEEE! The chair moved with her hand behind the girl Sakura just tapped, the girl was going to fall if Sakura hadn't moved that chair there. She landed safely in the chair and Sakura told her to "Take a seat, enjoy the show."
The girl angrily got up and went for Sakura yet again, Sakura flipped onto another table and dirty danced alone, waiting for the girl to make her move.
"What do you mean you won't tell me..." Sasuke growled ready to rip his head off, one for refusing to tell the youngest Uchiha information they had agreed upon A long time ago and two for not paying him attention.
"Like I said Uchiha... I want something in return." The man said looking over his shoulder like all the men were, what could possibly be more interesting than there own lives!
"What's that... We already had a deal ... Money." Sasuke snarled and abruptly stood up knocking over his chair and drawing their attention back to him.
"Uchiha your blocking the show... And what I want... Get me that girl... And I'll tell you all of my useful information." The man said pointing to the girl behind Sasuke the one they had been watching sense the Uchiha had shown up.
"Hn." Sasuke said while he turned to see the girl they were talking about... It was Sakura! She was standing on top of a long skinny bar table, she was dirty dancing showing another girl up... Very well. Now he could see what all the commotion was about, she was beautiful up there, whipping her hair and moving her hips in circular motions and rolling her belly.
He let out a growl, and watched Sakura dance and slowly push the girl backwards while taking small Dance steps forward, they had a lot of attitude in them, it forced the girl back and he saw Sakura push the girl before she fell, he was about to go pull her down after that, hell he hated all the attention everyone was showing her, all the men's stares.
He saw the girl land safely on a chair, Sakura set that up... He thought and smirked at how even when Sakura was challenged and was suppose to be Humiliated she won and did it in a safe way. She flipped over the girl onto another table, and gave the Uchiha a small wink and a real smile, one he missed seeing whether he would admit it or not, he really did.
Sakura did a few flips and such as the girl through sloppy punches at her, she ducked and swung her body under the table and flipped in the air before landing again, behind the girl. "You should stop. Your on embarrassing yourself farther." Sakura advised but the other girl didn't listen.
"You bitch!" She screamed and tried to grab Sakura's long hair but the said girl dunked and flipped backwards onto the bar top, she did a few handsprings some forward others turned backwards, she did a no handed Chart wheel and landed perfectly, when she was doing so she grabbed a bottle of Gin the Bartender Threw at her, and he yelled on the house!
Sakura smirked but didn't drink much so she said thanks, she grabbed nine shot glasses and jumped down from the bar top and made her way towards the gawking men. "Miss me?" She asked with a smirk of her own towards the now recovering Uchiha.
She absentmindedly sat besides the man that wanted her the most, the leader of the Informers. She didn't pay attention to him, but Sasuke did; he watched Riku's move like a hawk watched his prey. He debated on asking Sakura to switch places with him, he decided he shouldn't underestimate the Kunochi just yet.
Sakura pretended to be busy pouring shots and handing them out to everyone, ignoring the five eyes that were glued to her ass, and the two pairs that were glued to her breasts. Sakura bit her lip, and Sasuke noticed her action and all the attention she was getting from seven of the males, he knew she had a good body, not big but not anorexic small, it was a little under average; she had curves and nice breasts, and a nice buttox, but he didn't gawk freely like the other men.
Sakura handed the shots out and gave Sasuke one with a small smile; almost saying 'thanks for not being a perverted asshole.' Sasuke smirked and chuckled lightly at her facial expression.
"Ah... Aren't shots a little strong for you." Riku asked the beautiful women.
"Nope... I umm have a high Alcohol level, it takes a few rounds like five to get me tipsy and seven to be drunk." Sakura answered confidently.
"Awe... You know what your limit is, sounds like your in these bar predicaments a Lot? And without any men; I should say Man to protect you."Riku said offering his 'services.'
"I've taken care of myself pretty well for the past three years, I think I can Handel Men." Sakura said before adding "Or I should say... One man." She mimicked his tone and sent him devious smirk that would rival the Uchiha's.
"Hm..." He said falling quiet from the spitfire of a girl sitting beside him. She had quiet surprised him, turning his statement around and throwing it back at him.
"Anyone up for Shots?" Sakura asked a smirk flashing across her face while fire lite her eyes.
"Yeah... I'm In." Riku said as the other four men declined politely trying to judge this girl, she was different from the rest, something was off about her and they were determined to figure it out.
"Love is Meaningful. Love is necessary. Love is friendship. Love is strength. Love is comfort. Love is support. Love is forever. Love is lasting. Love is you." -Unknown but it makes me think SasuSaku!
OH REVIEW! Please is suppose to be the magic word, but I think SEX may work better ;) (you guys are as bad as Kakashi!)