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Life
Sasuke awoke and glanced up at his wall clock to find that it was broken. He kept forgetting to get it's batteries replaced, he gave an annoyed "Tch" before he tugged at his drawer and pulled out an old alarm clock which he doesn't use anymore because he preferred Sakura coming into his room and waking him up. If he was lucky he could get a morning kiss out of her.
The clock showed 10:30. Usually Sakura comes wake him up all 9, 10 the latest if he didn't wake up by then. Then he'd just remembered the mission they had come back from must've tired her out, after all she had brought back yet another konoha shinobi on the verge of death and Sasuke was there to witness it. The last time she used that technique cost her a week in the hospital. He wouldn't be surprised if the kunoichi slept through the day. Sasuke ruffled his hair and decided to wash up, he wasn't getting breakfast today so he might as well go do some training on his own.
Sasuke was half right, Sakura didn't wake till late noon. The rosette sat up and tried to move her limbs. They felt like jelly, she glanced at her clocked only to realize that she had slept through most of the day, in a few hours the sky would be dark again.
She stumbled out of bed and somehow made it to the bathroom to wash up. She splashed the cold water in her face and felt her body rejuvenate as she pushed a toothbrush into her mouth.
Minutes later Sakura came out of the toilet with a towel in her face. She hung it on the back of her chair and grabbed the last test tube on her rack and pulled the cork before consuming its contents. She sighed as her heart beats grew, her body seemed to have gained more energy. Strange, it didn't normally feel like this. Her body throbbed and she dropped the test tube. It landed with a loud crash.
This did not go unnoticed to the meditating Uchiha. His eyes shot open and he got on his feet. He looked over at her window, his eyes narrowed as he activated his sharingan and found his teammate's chakra stirring wildly as she stumbled backwards.
He didn't waste another second, he leaped through her window in a split second. "Sakura...!" he called out to her. Sakura was clutching herself, and for some reasons her face was turning redder. "Sakura what's wrong" asked Sasuke, careful not to step on the broken pieces of the test tube. Sakura took a step back when he reached out, severely injuring his feelings. "Now's not the time, Sasuke. I-" she cut herself off and looked up.
"Sasuke... D-Did you rearrange the test tubes on my rack?" said Sakura, they eyes met for a brief moment before she violently turned her head away from him. Sasuke paused and looked over at the rack of test tubes with different colour liquid in them and he remembered the incident yesterday when his kusanagi knocked them over. "Well yeah, I accidentally knocked it over." said Sasuke "But I didn't break anything" he added.
"L-Listen, S-Sasuke... C-C-Could you go out for a little w-walk for about an hour?" Sakura asked all of the sudden. She was beginning to scare Sasuke, sure he knocked over her test tubes but that was no reason to kick him out of the house for an hour. "If it's for knocking over your test tubes then I'm sorry" he said, walking up to Sakura. But when she moved back again, he was really getting frustrated.
He took her by the shoulders "Sakura?" he shook her lightly. But when Sakura squirmed and let out an unintentional groan in a rather erotic manner, Sasuke turned red. Sakura covered her mouth and gave Sasuke a horrified look. "Sakura, what was in that test tube you drank from?" Sasuke asked, though he already had a vague idea what was in it.
Sakura took him by the front of his jacket and pushed him against the door, forcefully pushing her lips against his, amidst the kiss Sakura had even attempted to slip her tongue inside his mouth. It freaked him out to the extent he rolled out from Sakura's hold, covering his lips "S-Sakura...?!" not that he had any complaints but this wasn't normal for Sakura.
She had him cornered. Her face was red and she had a rather lustful look in her eyes. Sasuke had nowhere to go, never in the Uchiha's life had he been so afraid of a woman. The rosette couldn't seem to control herself, and Sasuke himself was already having problems with his self-control. So if both of them were to lose it, Sasuke was afraid he might end up doing something he'll regret.
"Forgive me" Sakura whispered before she pressed her lips back on Sasuke's. Her hands had somehow found their way to his belt without him realizing. He didn't do anything as he allowed her to unbuckle but as soon as she did, she tried to remove his pants. Sasuke stopped her there. His could almost feel his hormones rage in protest when he did.
If he was going to help calm the sexually excited Sakura, he was going to have to take charge. Sakura found herself being shoved onto the bed with Sasuke lingering above her, he trailed kisses down her exposed neck as he unzipped her shirt even further. Sakura bit down on her lip as she tangled her fingers in Sasuke's hair. She was panting heavily but he barely even touched her.
She squirmed and whined, catching Sasuke by surprised. Since when was she on top of him?
"Naive, Sasuke" she breathed into his neck. The raven-head was thankful his shirt was a turtle neck. She grabbed both his hands pinned him down, well this was an interesting turn. "This time, I want to be on top" Something dangerous twinkled in those lustful green eyes of her. She kissed him once more, she pushed her tongue in almost immediately. He fought and lost, pretty badly. Sasuke found himself rendered completely useless, Sakura had somehow removed his shirt. When he tried to retreat, he found his back pinned against the head board.
Sakura crawled after him, her fingers brushing over his manhood in which he responded by tensing up and covering his mouth to muffle a groan. Her fingers trailed over his bandage and ran her palms up his firm chest. Sakura kissed his neck, feeling the Uchiha swallow. She moved up to kiss his hard jaw line, Sasuke was breathing heavily looking rather scared as if he was going to get eaten. Which in this case, was not far off.
"Relax" she breathed him. His mind was in a mess, his hormones are raging so much it was hard to even lie still as she tampered with his nerves. Sakura captured his lips again, this time he was sure to put up more of a fight, he slipped his hands up to hold her waist.
He could feel it, Sakura's hand slipping into his pants. But he didn't move to stop her, he let his body relax as his eyes drifted close.
No.
He broke from the kiss and stopped Sakura before she could touch his groin. This isn't right, he doesn't want to do it with Sakura like this. Out of lust, just cause their hormones are unstable they have to do it to suppress it. Sasuke flipped over, now he was on top of Sakura. Panting heavily and shirtless, he looked down at Sakura with wild eyes as if he had fought a monster.
Sakura stared at him, for a moment she looked like she had returned to her normal self before lust returned in her eyes again. Sasuke looked at the bed, then at the sheets.
He had just tied his girlfriend up with her own blanket. Sasuke was holding the other end of his sharingan controlled wire as the other end was wrapped around the blankets Sakura was tied in to prevent her from breaking loose. Sasuke was having an all-out war in his mind, his head buried in his hands as his elbows were propped on his knees.
Get a grip of yourself, Sasuke.
He sneaked a glance at Sakura. He has defenseless girl, rolled up in her own sheets and bind by his wires.
What are you going to do now?
Do things that'll make her moans so loud that the whole village hears what we-
Sasuke cut himself off and then mentally kicked himself. If Sakura doesn't revert back soon, he was going to go mad. He told himself not to look at her cause it only made it harder for him to restrain himself. Yeah, that'll work; he'll just sit like this till the drug's effects wore off. Why did Sakura even have that kind of drug anyway?
Was she planning to drug someone? Did she plan to use it on herself? But by the looks of her panicking when she took the drug Sasuke doubted that she had planned to do so. So why did she have it on her rack.
He heard something behind him groan and whine, it took all his willpower not to turn. If he did then he'll be drawn in by her eyes and he'll lose himself again. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "What is it? Sakura" he asked without turning around. "S-Sasuke..." Sakura breathed, the tone of her voice sent chills down his spine. "Why won't you look at me?" she asked him, her tone sounded full of hurt. Sasuke felt like was had just been impaled by a 5 inch thick pole with the worlds guilt written all over it. Sasuke you heartless bastard.
He sighed and moved his stiff body over to Sakura, he put a hand over her body and placed his face dangerously close to hers. Her eyes shimmering like that of a child's "You be a good girl now, or I and do something to you that the both of us are going to regret" he smiled painfully at her as he activated his sharingan, planning to make her fall asleep. Sakura's eyes felt heavy as she blinked slowly, but to Sasuke's surprise she suddenly shook her head. "No!" she struggled, a blast of chakra rushed through Sasuke."I don't want to go to sleep!" she struggled and her legs pushed. She managed to push herself to sit up against the head board.
Sasuke panicked for a moment, Sakura managed to break his genjutsu without actually trying. He could feel the wires being pushed, Sasuke put his hands on her shoulder "Calm down, Sakura" he told her. Sakura refused to look at him, her head whipped left and right. "No, you're going to put me to sleep. I don't want to go to sleep..." her voice trailed "I want to be with Sasuke, why won't you let me" Sasuke heard her voice squeak into small sniffles.
It was official; he was the biggest jerk in the history of jerks. He slid his hands around her and pressed his forehead against hers "I'm sorry" he muttered, Sakura looked up and met his onyx eyes. "Hmph, I don't forgive you" Sakura fumed childishly as she looked away from him. Sasuke twitched "Oh? And what does the princess propose I do?" he said, Sakura turned back "Kiss me"
"As you wish"
Gently he pressed his lips against hers, a simple kiss, Sakura was content. Till she started to squirm. "Sasuke, C-Could you loosen the wires a little?" she asked, softly. Sasuke was so focused on their kisses that he didn't realized that they wires had tightened themselves. "M-My bad"
He released the wires from Sakura's body. She let out a sigh from the freedom, she panted as her chest heaved up and down. Sakura smiled then looked over at Sasuke "I seemed to have caused you some trouble, Sasuke. I'm sorry" she said to him. Sitting up and getting up on her knees so she towered over Sasuke she cupped his cheeks and kissed his forehead softly. A small kiss like that made Sasuke's chest tighten and his stomach flutter, he smirked. This was his Sakura.
Sakura glanced her bedside clock "Looks like the effects of the drug only lasted half an hour" said Sakura. Which reminded Sasuke of the question he was going to force out of Sakura "Sakura" he said, his tone was serious now "Why do you have that sort of drug on your rack?" he said. Sakura gave him a meek look as a tint of red brushed her cheeks and rubbed the back of her head "Sex Appeal Booster Pills, what I drank was the first stage of the medicine. That was supposed to be mixed with other herbs and turned into a pill. It's usually used for seduction missions" said Sakura.
Sasuke scowl deepened even further, he was never going to allow Sakura to go on that kind of mission. never ever ever ever.
Sakura glanced at the clock once more. It was almost the end of her shift at the hospital. Tsunade was going to stomp on her. The mere thought of it had Sakura scared boneless. "Tsunade-sama is going to kill me!" she cried out as she raced into the bathroom and checked herself, noticing a very suspicious love mark at the curve of her neck. She blushed and decided to ignore it. She ran a comb through her hair but it got stuck somewhere halfway, then she pushed all her hair to the front and began combing it as she walked out the bathroom, dumping her brush on the table as she exited the room.
"I have to get to the hospital" said Sakura. Sasuke looked at the clock, she was pretty late. He shrugged and decided to walk her there. That is, if he can keep up.
Sakura moved silently through the rooftops, apparently Sasuke's way of travelling around the village has rubbed off on her. Sasuke smirked as he watched from behind, how her hair flows like a river behind her, how her eyes are always looking ahead and her steps were swift and confident. Sakura skidded to a stop in front of Konoha's General Hospital.
"T-Tsunade-sama. What are we going to do, if his wound keeps opening up like this. We'll lose him" said the nurse. Tsunade scowled, her hands hovering over the silver-haired patient. She continued to heal him as the wound just kept on infecting, the chakra in the wound was preventing the gash in the patient's body to be sealed.
"Shizune! Take over!" she yelled at her assistant "Yes ma'am"
Tsunade stormed out of the operation room, ripping her mask off. "Where is Sakura!" she demanded. She startled all the patients and nurses in the corridors but she didn't care, the blonde woman stomped her way to the administration to check if Sakura had check in today only to bump into her very late student.
"T-Tsunade-sama...!" gasped a very scared looking Sakura. She was sweating and panting as she took a step back from the blonde lady. Sasuke was trailing behind her, his hands in his pockets as he stared at the floor. All the attention of nearby women belonged to him.
Tsunade didn't let Sakura check in, instead she just grabbed her by the wrist. "You need to come with me now" said Tsunade, though she was already dragging Sakura towards the operation rooms. "Ah, I-I'll uh see you later, Sasuke" Sakura called out to him before she disappeared down the corridor. Sasuke noticed the attention he was getting and resisted squirming, as most of the nurses and doctors in the hospital were women, he'd always ended up getting heaps of unwanted attention, even though they knew he was here only for Sakura. He just walked out of the hospital and waited outside. For Sakura.
Sakura realized that her mentor's hands were covered in blood, her brows furrowed just a little. "You have an emergency patient, Sakura" Tsunade said. Sakura wondered what sort of patient would be that require her when Tsunade was present. She quickly changed into her standard operation kit and slipped her hair needle through her hair to prevent her pink locks from getting in the way of the surgery.
When Sakura stepped into the operation room her blood ran cold as she saw who was on the operation bed. "Kakashi-sensei..."
She rushed over and examined his wounds; a three claw slash covered his chest. Blood flowing fast as Shizune struggled to close the wound. Sakura's eyes immediately caught what was off, there was red chakra seeping out of the wound. "Tsunade-sama, the wound's been infected by the beast's chakra" said Sakura. "Yeah we got that much, but we can't extract the chakra from a wound that deep. He'll die in the process" said Tsunade. "So that's why you needed-" Sakura cut herself off when Tsunade nodded "You're the only one that can suppress it's chakra with your own" said Tsunade.
"Alright" Sakura positioned body her hands on the wound, she looked up and met the tired eyes of her senpai. Sakura nodded and Shizune withdrew her hand "Kaiho...!"
The doctors in the room could feel a wave of warmth brush their skins as some of Sakura's chakra leaked out when she released her seal. Her chakra glowed a unique shade of green that seemed to match the color of her eyes at the moment. Sakura took a brief glance at the heart rate monitor; her sensei's pulse was slowing down by the second.
Sakura's hands glowed even brighter as she watched the red chakra dissolve in her green chakra. Until she was sure, Sakura took on the next level. Her eyes narrowed and her green chakra overflowed, completely covering Kakashi's body. "H-Her chakra's going out of control!"
"I knew it was a bad idea to call in a novice"
Shizune silenced them with a scowled "She didn't lose control over her chakra" said Shizune. Tsunade watched her student work with a satisfied look on her face "That's a full body restoration" smirked Tsunade. "F-Full body!?"
"At such a young age...!?"
"Tsunade-sama are you sure it is safe for her to use such a high class technique?"
Tsunade smiled "She knows what she's doing" her smile grew into a proud grin "She's my student after all"
Sakura watched as the last of the claw wound closed up, leaving behind three lines of faint scars. Sakura's chakra died down "Prepare for immediate blood transfusion. Sensei's blood type is type O" Sakura ordered, the doctors immediately prepared the procedure, handing Sakura the needle. She held her teacher's arm, searching for the blood vessel. She couldn't help but notice that her sensei's hand felt awfully cold. The needle slipped in easily under his skin and the blood began to flow.
The other doctor repeated the steps with his other arm as Sakura held on to her teacher's hands. "I'm sorry I'm late, Kakashi-sensei" she whispered, rubbing her thumb across his hand. She felt her sensei squeeze her hand just slightly she let out a gasp and looked at her teacher's face. One of his eye opened and looked up weakly at his student. "What's this...? You being late is a... first for you... Sakura" he murmured between heavy breaths into the oxygen mask that's still obstructing the lower part of his face. Sakura wondered if she'll ever see his face.
Sakura looked at the monitors, his heart beats and pulse had stabilized and his wound wasn't reopening. She smiled at her teacher "Don't scare me like that, Kakashi-sensei" she sucked in her tears and clutched his hand tightly. His eyelid closed slowly and reopened, his eye gave away his fatigue as he lifted his hand up to his student's head and ruffled her hair, or at least tried to with what energy he had left.
"Hey, it's okay now... You did great" He wiped a falling tear from her eyes with his thumb and caressed one of her cheek. Sakura looked at her sensei; he had his eyes closed in a smile.
A panting doctor burst into the operation room. "We're losing her, Tsunade-sama" she panted. "Sakura" Tsunade called out to her student. Sakura nodded and held her teacher's hand one last time. "Go save another one" he chuckled lightly. Sakura nodded firmly and placed his hand down gently. Kakashi could feel his body go numb as he let the sedatives do their work.
Half an hour later...
Sakura washed her hands and sterilized them before changing out of her uniform, she sighed and sat down on the staff lounge's sofa. Inuzuka Tsume's operation was successful; she suffered a punctured right lung as well, prolonging her operation. However the chakra that infested her wound wasn't as serious as Kakashi's, still it was a close call. She saw Kiba and his sister waiting outside the operation room, seemed like Kiba had just returned from a mission and Kuromaru had informed them of their mother's injury. Sakura reassured the Inuzuka siblings of their mother's life before she walked out to meet Sasuke. Who was still stubbornly waiting for her. He always waited even when she told him not to. But Sakura didn't mind, honestly she felt rather happy about it.
The automatic doors opened, Sasuke perked up; looking to the side as he was leaning against the wall next to the hospital entrance. Sakura pulled the needle from her hair and meekly smiled at him "Did I keep you waiting long?" she asked. "Not really" he answered in a monotone. 'That's what he always says'
The sun was going to set soon; Sakura didn't have a chance to buy the groceries. I seems like they'll be eating out tonight. As they walked through the quiet streets of the village, Sakura told Sasuke about Kakashi and Tsume. Sakura could feel Sasuke's body tense up when she mentioned that Kakashi nearly died, Sakura smiled. Even though Sasuke constantly glares and tries to kill their teacher, she knew he was just as worried about him as she was- though he'd rather die than admit it.
"His condition stabilized, if he's recovering well I'm sure Tsunade-sama will let him go in a few weeks" said Sakura. Sasuke snorted "I'm sure that sorry excuse of a teacher would rather drag on his mission free vacation in the hospital than get back to work" he said. Sakura laughed lightly "That could be so"
They walked in silence for a while, the streets were pretty deserted because of the attack the civilians were pretty shaken up by that incident and didn't risk walking out at night. Sakura didn't mind, she enjoyed walking alone with Sasuke like this. Much better than jumping the rooftops to get to work.
Then they heard their third teammate's voice "Heeeey! Sasuke! Sakura-chan!"
They turned around and saw the blonde jogging over to them with Hinata following behind. "We were just looking for you guys" said Naruto, grinning at them. Sasuke narrowed his eyes suspiciously at his rival. "Is something wrong, Naruto?" asked Sakura. "Oh! Nothing's wrong, we were just going to tell you guys that Ino's gathering the Konoha 12 for dinner at the barbeque house, her treat!" said Naruto. "What great timing, we were just going to grab something to eat" said Sakura. "S-Sakura-chan, have you seen Kiba-kun? We couldn't find him" said Hinata. "Oh, he's staying by his mother's side in the hospital" said Sakura. Panic flashed briefly in Hinata's eyes "W-What happened?" asked Hinata. Sakura just remembered that Hinata came back with Kiba's team.
"She was injured during the attack last night" said Sakura. "O-Oh... Yeah, I heard about the attack. You guys are pretty amazing... t-the way you took the beast down together" said Hinata, her cheeks going red as she complimented them. As they walked towards the barbeque house, Naruto rambled on and on about how he kicked the beast's behind to next Tuesday. Sakura and Sasuke examined the two from behind, Hinata would smile, sometimes laugh as Naruto was being his usual, loud self.
"Don't you think they make a pretty nice couple, Sasuke" said Sakura, practically glowing as she mentally paired her blond teammate and the shy Hyuga heiress up. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, this was probably a girl thing. But Sasuke had to admit, the dobe seemed to have gotten over the crush he had on Sakura and moved on.
One less love rival for him.
They arrived shortly only to find that most of the Konoha 12 had been gathered, the only ones missing was Kiba and Shino. The insect controller said he didn't feel comfortable in a crowd and refused to come even though everyone tried to persuade him. Apparently Ino had invited others that weren't part of Konoha 12. "Sakura-chan~"
Sasuke winced at the voice, he knew that voice. "Takuya! Sai-kun!" gasped Sakura, even though they were her temporary teammates, they were still her teammates. Sasuke narrowed his eyes dangerously at Takuya, warning him. Ino waved her hands at Sakura, catching her attention "Come sit next to me, Sakura. Oh, don't worry Sasuke I saved a seat next to the seat I saved for Sakura. Just in case you want to be a little possessive" she said in a teasing tone.
Sasuke glared at Ino as she laughed. Sasuke and Sakura took their seats, Naruto was sitting next to Hinata who had Neji and Tenten on the other side of her.
To make this simple there's the seating plan.
Lee - Neji - Tenten- Hinata - Naruto - Takuya
-Table-
Chouji - Shikamaru - Ino - Sakura - Sasuke - Sai
This was the perfect time for everyone to catch up with one another, since they're all chuunin now(except for team Kakashi), they're all always off on missions and barely had time to even look at one another. Sakura always seemed fascinated with the sizzling meat whenever Ino brought her to the barbeque house. She would put her head on the table and stare as the meat sizzled and shrank only to be picked up by someone and then another piece would come in, repeating the process.
"Sakura, if you keep staring at the meat like that you won't get any" said Tenten, slipping a piece of cooked meat into her mouth. "But it's so interesting!" she squealed like a child. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, this side of Sakura seemed to be rather interesting as he took a sip out of his tea. Sakura tugged at his sleeve like a child "Hey hey, Sasuke. Watch this" she said then leveled her chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat before placing it on the grill. The meat sizzled violently and shriveled up.
Apparently small things like this amused the rosette to no end and when she's up against a 10 ton beast she barely flinches. Sasuke smirked and put his cup of tea down. "Sakura-chan, I'll let you put my meat on the grill if you feed it to me" Takuya winked at her. Sakura's face lit up "Really?"
Sasuke's face immediately darkened. "Of course" said Takuya, radiating brightly.
Sasuke pushed his plate towards Sakura. "I don't know how to cook it" Sasuke said as he leaned on his palm with a bored expression on his face. "Let me" said Sakura, sounding a little too excited for someone that's just going to put meat on the grill.
Sakura had completely forgotten about Takuya's offer, he glared at Sasuke as the Uchiha smirked victoriously at him. "Gosh, I swear. You guys are just using Sakura!" huffed Ino. Sakura found herself being hauled into Ino's chest as the blonde hugged up sympathetically "It's okay, I won't let those jerks boss you around anymore, Sakura" said Ino, shooting a glare at Sasuke and Takuya. Sakura looked utterly confused "Eh?"
"Ino's scary" said Naruto and Ino growled at him. She sighed "Sakura, you can't be so nice to everyone. People will take advantage of you that way" said Ino, took her pink-headed friend by the shoulders. "Oh, but I don't really mind" said Sakura.
Sasuke picked up the meat that Sakura placed on the grill and took a bite.
"Sakura-san's kindness knows no boundaries! Her youthful blossoming is just too beautiful" Lee cried. Tenten sighed "Your sentences just get more and more embarrassing to hear" Tenten said to Lee. "Give it a rest, Tenten" said Neji, taking a chopstick full of rice.
"Oh right, Tenten-san what kind of mission did you come back from?" asked Sakura. "Border patrol reported that they spotted Ame-nin lurking around the fire country's border so we took care of them" said Tenten placed another piece of meat on the grill "Oh yeah, I saw a pretty good looking Ame-nin too" said Tenten. Ino didn't miss the strange choking sound coming from Neji as soon as Tenten said that. "Oooo~ Sounds like someone has a crush on the enemy" mocked Naruto.
"You idiot! I said he was good looking, I didn't say I like him or anything!" snapped Tenten, she stole nervous glances at the stoic Neji. She felt disappointed at his lack of response. "Isn't that the same? You think he's good looking so you like him?" Sai pointed out matter of factly.
"That's not true! I think Neji's good looking too" that came out before Tenten could hold it down. This time Neji really did choke, much amusing his rival of making stoic faces, Sasuke. "A-Ah! I didn't mean it like that, Neji-kun" said Tenten as Lee patted the Hyuga's back in attempt to help his choking.
Ino giggled 'He's so transparent!'
"Tenten, that Ame-nin. Did you even have a good look at him?" asked Ino. "Come to think of it, I only looked at him from a distance" said Tenten. "He might turn out to have some deformed ugly ass face when you look at him from up close" said Naruto. "I look godly no matter how you see me" Takuya remarked. "Bullshit! My farting ass looks godlier than you" said Naruto.
"You picking a fight, Uzumaki!?" snarled Takuya. Naruto slammed his forehead onto Takuya's "So what if I am!?" he challenged. Everyone let them throw insults at each other as they decided to continue with the conversation. "Though it is true that some guys looks better from a distance" said Ino. "They look the same to me" said Shikamaru.
"You barely want to open your eyes, you arse!" scolded Ino. "Troublesome" grumbled Shikamaru. Sasuke didn't feel like taking part in the conversation and picked up his cup of tea again "Ah, but Sasuke looks good from far and up close" Sakura stated happily. Sasuke choked on his tea. Everyone at the table dropped what they were doing and looked at the rosette. Takuya and Naruto stared at her with their mouths slightly open. "Especially when he's sleeping" she smiled brightly and placed her hands on her cheeks in a fan girlish way.
Takuya and Naruto's jaw dropped to the ground.
"Sakura!" choked Sasuke, clearly embarrassed as he failed to hide his blush. "But it's true!" Sakura retorted.
Lee was sobbing "I am so envious of you, Sasuke-kun! I, too wish to have such an honest and innocent girl as my girlfriend to be part of my youth! BUT I WON'T GIVE UP EVEN THOUGH MY CHERRY BLOSSOM OF YOUTH HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM ME, I'LL WAIT EVEN A MILLION YEARS! UNTIL THEN I WILL PRESERVE MY YOUTH!"
Tenten and Ino looked at the bowl headed man as he broke out into a sobbing fit then sighed. "Oi, Teme! You didn't tell me you guys already moved in to sleep together!" shouted Naruto. "They must be rushing to do it" said Sai. "Teme, I'll hurt you bad if you hurt Sakura-chan in bed!" threatened Naruto. "Hey dickless, don't need to get so upset just cause you can't do it" said Sai. "I TOLD YOU I HAVE ONE!" Naruto roared. Sakura tilted her head slightly in question "Sasuke does it hurt to have sex? And don't all boys have one? So why would Naruto not have one?"
Sakura didn't miss the little twitch on the corner of Sasuke's eye as he glared at Naruto and Sai. The two were in the middle of arguing when they heard the sound of birds chirping uncontrollably. "You fucking perverts... Don't fill Sakura's mind with your disgusting thoughts" Sakura glared at them with his sharingan activated and his Chidori in one hand, ready to blast Naruto and Sai through the roof.
"Alright, Sasuke. We won't do it again. So just chill, know?" said Naruto, nervously. "Y-Yeah, we didn't mean to" even the usually emotionless Sai sounded nervous. Ino and Tenten were laughing their asses off as Naruto and Sai reasoned with Sasuke to put off his attack that was pushed dangerously close to Naruto's face.
"You're so lucky, Sakura. You're so honest about everything" said Tenten after she stopped laughing "Not to mention your boyfriend looks like a super model" sighed Ino. "Keh! I bet if the Uchiha didn't have this so called 'Godly looks' he wouldn't have won Sakura over" said Takuya, sourly.
Sasuke froze, was this true? Sakura only loved him because he looked good, like she said? The Uchiha found himself staring self-consciously at Sakura. However she didn't notice him staring "That's not true!" snapped Sakura. Takuya's head snapped towards her. "There are a lot of things I like about Sasuke, other than his looks" said Sakura.
She put a thoughtful finger on her chin "Like how he's so cold on the outside but he's really gentle on the inside" Sakura grinned with a faint tint of pink on her cheeks "Or how he doesn't hesitate to save a friend, and sometimes when he treats you harshly is because that's how he shows he cares" Sakura turned and looked at the scarlet red Sasuke and smiled at him "Or like how he is easily embarrassed when someone compliments him" Sasuke was trying to hide the lower part of his face and he found it hard to swallow.
"Ahhh~ The love in the air is suffocating..." choked Ino. "T-they look like they're in their own world" said Hinata. Takuya lost completely, he knew his chances were crushed into nothing. Looks like he was just going to have to live with it. He smirked 'I'll admit defeat this time, Uchiha'
"Ah... If only I had a boyfriend like that" sighed Tenten. She threw in another slice of meat. Neji put down his chopsticks. Ino and Hinata noticed that he was deep in thought and they had an idea on what he was he considering and mentally encouraged him- though he doesn't know that.
"You'll never know when someone might ask you, usually they stalk you for a while before jumping the question out of nowhere" said Ino, eyeing Neji as he fidgeting in his seat. He just needed a little more push "Eh?! Isn't that like a little embarrassing if they suddenly ask you out?" said Tenten. "Then you can't refuse. But you if have someone in mind already then you should totally ask him out, before you miss the chance" Ino was looking at Neji the whole time.
"I get what you mea- HEY CHOUJI THAT WAS MINE" snapped Tenten. "I have acquired the last piece of meat!" said Chouji, holding it up before stuffing it in his face. Tenten sighed and put down her chopsticks and proceeded in emptying her cup.
"Sai, we should get going. We have an early mission tomorrow" said Takuya, standing up. Followed by Sai "Thanks for the meal" the dark haired one said. Ino just waved her hand at him as she had her mouth fun. "Take care, Sai, Takuya" said Sakura. "Don't come back, Tako-house!" shouted Naruto. Takuya flipped him off before disappearing out the door.
"I-I should be returning soon before my f-father starts to worry" said Hinata, standing up. "It's late, I'll walk you home" offered Naruto. Hinata turned red and nodded slightly. As Naruto walked out with Hinata, Neji narrowed his eyes dangerously at Naruto who just raised his hands innocently before joining the timid girl outside.
"Everything seems so much more quieter now" said Tenten. "That's cause Naruto's gone" said Shikamaru. "That boy makes noise everywhere he goes" said Ino. "But it's always so comfortable in that kind of atmosphere" said Sakura. "I hate to admit it, but yeah. It is" said Ino with a small smile. "It's getting late, we should go" said Sakura.
Everyone agreed and stood up after her. "Thanks for inviting me to such a youthful event! I will appreciate it for the rest of my life" cried Lee. "Yeah, sure" said Ino. "Thanks Ino" said Tenten as she left with her teammates. Chouji put a hand on Shikamaru's shoulder "I can hear my mom calling, I gotta go. Looks like you have walk Ino home, Shikamaru" said Chouji as he made a bee line for the door. "Tch" exclaimed Shikamaru, but he didn't complain. Ino and Sakura parted ways as they live in totally different areas.
"Looks like you're stuck with walking me home, Sasuke" joked Sakura. "We live in the same house, Sakura" said Sasuke, giving her an amused look. Sakura chuckled lightly as she intertwined her fingers with his, they walked in silence but enjoyed each other's company.
When they reached home, they found a whole squadron of ANBU outside the manor, "Haruno Sakura" said the captain as he stepped up to her. Sakura had to look up slightly to meet his eyes through the ANBU mask. "Yes?" she answered, not letting go of Sasuke's hand.
"The village council has decided to entrust the beast child to you as she refuses to speak to anyone, even when under interrogation. And since you the only one in the village capable of controlling her chakra, it is only safe to leave her with you while the council decides what to do with her" said the captain.
Sakura scowled a little as she felt the peculiar little flare of chakra in the midst of the squadron, completely surrounding her. "The council expects your report of her every day on her progress, unless you are sent on a mission." said the Captain. "Alright" Sakura smiled at the captain "You may leave now"
The captain nodded then signaled his squadron before they all disappeared. Sasuke felt Sakura's hand slip from his and she approached the child, she stood at her full length. Her eyes were an unusual shade of red as she stared up at Sakura, her black hair was frizzy and untrimmed as they covered her shoulder and ended at her chest. Her fringe was long and it covered half of her left eyes. Her clothes were the same as they were when Sakura handed her over to the hospital's care.
Sakura smiled at the child, she was clearly afraid. Yet she had brilliantly hid any traces of fear on her face. She reminded Sakura of herself before she had met Team Kakashi. "Hi, I'm Sakura" she knelt down to her level.
The child looked genuinely surprised, her fingers clenched and unclench.
"That voice... You're that onee-chan in my head" she said, her voice was soft and sort of emotionless. "What's your name?" Sakura asked. The girl seemed reluctant to speak again. Sakura smiled "That's okay, let's go inside and get you cleaned up first, shall we?" said Sakura, she stood up and turned to look back at Sasuke.
"Sorry, Sasuke. Looks like there's going to be another freeloader in your house" Sakura chuckled nervously. "It's fine, it's your house too" said Sasuke. "Ah" Sakura turned back to the child "That onii-san over there is Sasuke." said Sakura. Sasuke looked down at the kid, he didn't look the least bit interested in her. But Sasuke didn't show interest in anything at all, except when Sakura makes a move on him. Pervert.
The child seemed slightly intimidated by Sasuke's blank gaze. Sakura laughed lightly, "It's okay, he only looks mean but he's actually a nice person" she told her. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Sakura. She just stuck her tongue out at him and unlocked the door, letting them in.
The girl stepped lightly inside. "Let's bath together" Sakura smiled and held out her hand. Sasuke's head immediately turned to Sakura when he heard the words 'Bath together' coming from Sakura. Though it wasn't an offer directed at him (Much to his dismay), he wondered how girls could be so...
Comfortable with being completely naked with each other.
His girlfriend seemed to have forgotten all about him as her attention revolved around the mini raven-head. However when he saw Sakura glowing with happiness as she led the little girl up the stairs, he figured he'll just let this one slide.
He should wash up for bed too.
...
Sakura helped the girl wash her hair as she sat quietly in the bathtub that Sakura never once used. "Is the water too hot?" asked Sakura. The girl shook her head quietly. As Sakura rinsed the bubbles out of the girl's hair, her eyes narrowed in on a whip scar on her back. The girl jerked forward when her fingers brushed across it. "Ah, sorry. I didn't mean to" said Sakura, apologetically.
"Let me see, I'll heal it for you" said Sakura. The girl looked at her with untrusting eyes are first, but her shoulders sank back down when she saw no bad intentions in Sakura's eyes. 'Something about her is just so... soothing'
Sakura lit her hand and placed it gently on the old wound, the skin around the gash was slightly swollen, it must've been left untreated for quite some time. That means it must've been done before she lost control and invaded the village. It didn't take much chakra out of Sakura, it was a simple heal.
The girl reached to touch her back, realizing that there wasn't any pain. "Now we can wash your back" said Sakura, she reached over to grab her bottle of body wash and squeezed some of its contents onto her hand.
The girl watched in admiration as how Sakura was so comfortable with this and how she so easily accepted her, even though she knew that she was a monster that nearly wretched the village. Sakura ran her hands down her back and began to rub. The girl never felt so at peace.
After she finished washing up the girl, Sakura proceeded to clean herself as well. The girl sat in the bathtub, half her face dunk in the water as she watched Sakura. The rosette hummed softly as she had a head full of bubbles, she turned the tap and the water flattened her hair, washing away the bubbles.
After the bath, had just finished wrapping herself in a towel that she realized she didn't have an extra towel. Looks like she was going to get one from the storage. "Wait here for a second, I'll go get you a towel" she said before stepping out the bathroom and closing the door behind her. She stepped out her room only to bump into Sasuke. What a coincidence (A/N: I totally planned this from the start :D)
"Hey, Sasuke" said Sakura. Sasuke stared at her, she was half naked and all she could say to him was 'Hey, Sasuke'?! "Sakura, what are you doing half naked, outside your room?" said Sasuke, though it sounded like he had to force it out. "I needed to get another towel from the store room" said Sakura.
Sasuke sighed "I'll go fetch the towel, get yourself dressed. You'll catch a cold" said Sasuke. Sakura's face lit up "Thanks, Sasuke" she said as she stepped back into her room. Sasuke swallowed, his face burning up as he moved down the corridor. Damn hormones.
Sakura poked her head into the bathroom to find the girl still in the bathtub. "Sasuke's going to get you a towel, so hold on for a little longer, kay?" she said. The girl looked at her then nodded. Sakura got dressed in her sleep wear, it's been awhile since she actually had a chance to wear it since usually she either wakes up in a hospital or she collapses on her bed due to exhaustion in her casual clothes.
She hung her towel around her neck and glanced down at her pajamas which was a simple light pink shirt and matching long pants. Sasuke knocked on the door and opened it, "Here's your towel" he said, entering. Sakura took it from him, "Thanks" said Sakura, she tiptoed and kissed him on the cheek "Good night, Sasuke" she said. Sasuke smirked and walked out.
Sakura opened the bathroom door and the girl looked at her. "Come, let's get you dried" said Sakura, holding up the towel.
Sakura knelt down to level with the girl as she ruffled her wet hair, drying it as much as possible. "Shura..." Sakura paused "Eh?"
"My name is Shura"
Next Chapter
"Ow ow ow be a little more gentle, Sakura-chan!"
"How could you even think of leaving the village without a direct order?!"
"Pseudo - Jinchuuriki, huh?"
"The Fire Temple"
"She's not a monster!"
Question
Which couple from the previous generations do you like most?
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