"Do you have any rational thought left inside that miserable heart of yours," Naruto accused Sasuke with a mighty force of frustration. "She…she is not her," Naruto exclaimed in a furious tone. The blonde man was genuinely worried his friend had truly lost his mind.
Sasukes face fell slightly in guilt knowing his tactless actions held dire consequences for not only Sakura's reincarnated self, but also for himself. He could very well lose his position as the Uchiha Heir Apparent. Yes, there was so much on the line and it was all for love. He, a rigid cold man had fell for her, a hidden mortal beauty he happened to lay eyes upon. Her heart was divinely radiant, she had infected him with love and now he desperately still yearned for her, even her reincarnation had the bewitching spell about her. "I know that," he finally confessed. Certainly this Sakura was bolder than the previous, however he found the behavior intoxicating especially the way her eyes simmered with anger.
Sasuke let out a frustrated huff and turned his eyes to his best friend. The one man he could absolutely depend on. Naruto's furious look slowly faded into pity. "Sasuke…" was all he let out. His blue eyes looking over the sleeping form of Sakura.
Her pale peachy skin flowed the full moons light. Naruto harbored the awfully crushing guilt inside. Sakura's complete innocent bewildered look of being played for the fool, burned vividly in his memory. Naruto's brow creased together and strained huff of air. Before finally speaking,"and your plan," he inquired getting serious. Though Sasuke had broken the laws and brought a mortal into heaven, and not just any mortal, the reincarnation of his mortal wife. Naruto would back Sasuke in anything, even though this could truly cost him dearly as the Lord of Heaven, Kakashi Hatake, was known to be a noble and fair leader. He would not spare Sasuke regardless of Sasukes position as Heir Apparent of an influential clan in Heaven or as a former student. Both Sasuke and Naruto completed their
Together the two of them formalized that the young women had stumbled into heaven by mistake when the two men were coming back from the mortal realm.
Sasuke shook his head slowly discouraged, "this plan is awful."
"Why," Naruto questioned. It was possible for a mortal to stumble in mist that was created when traveling back from mortal realm. It happened, not frequently but it still happened.
Sasuke gave him a blank look clearly asking 'is she not the mirror of my mortal wife?' But Naruto seemed slow in the uptake for a few moments and then nodded his head slowly.
"Ah," was all he said looking sheepish. "Maybe we can put a disguise on her," Naruto offered as a solution.
"I think playing in the mortal realm for so long has dampened your critical thinking skills friend," Sasuke half chuckled. Naruto had spent the last few thousand years playing in the mortal realm.
"I was not playing. I was studying mortal…behaviors," Naruto said with some hesitation. Though everyone knew that Naruto loved to visit the mortal realm to see how the simple creatures lived.
"Furthermore, she is the reincarnation of my wife. We'd only be able to hide her for such a short time before she'd be found," Sasuke sighed. He had been much too foolish this time.
"So this where you took my mortal student," came a playful toned woman's voice. Both men looked and froze when the saw one of three Makers of Heaven. Tsunade, a woman as old as Heaven was itself, the highest goddess resided at the base of Zaō Mountian in the always blooming Cherry Blossoms Grove. The woman was known for creating heaven with two other beings, Jiraiya and Orochimaru, she was also renowned for her medical skills. However, she stayed out of the political affairs of the immortal realm. Preferring to drink and gamble.
Naruto and Sasuke fully turned and bowed respectfully to her. "Don't stand on ceremony with me boys," she waved a hand dismissively and walked further into the room look beyond the men at the slumber woman. "I see someone has snuck my student into heaven. What will Lord Kakashi say," she questioned with a serious tone to emphasize the point of how much trouble Sasuke had caused.
Sasuke looked away in shame, he didn't need this old woman to scold him as well. "Well it's a good thing I already gotten permission to bring her here myself then, I'll just take her off your hands," Tsunade said bending down to brush a stray pink strand of hair from Sakura's face.
"Take her away," Sasuke asked with surprise. "With all due respect, this is my wife. I will-"
"This is…was a mortal from the the mortal realm that you kidnapped, snuck into heaven on the pretense that she looks like your dead wife. Foolish boy, how will you protect her," Tsunades amber eyes glowed with anger as she glared over her shoulder at the dark haired man. "And you," she said pointing at Naruto, "you know Jiraiya is no longer here to save you from trouble. It's best the woman comes with me. I can hide her, protect her, and teach her the skills she needs to survive here in Heaven," her voice was scary serious, neither men continued the pointless argument.
Logically, this was their best out of any trouble, though Sasuke did not want to part from the mirrored image of his wife so soon after only retrieving her. Satisfied with their silent agreement, Taunade waved a hand over Sakura's body, transforming the woman into scroll. Lifting the scroll from the elegant bed she tucked the small scroll in the sleeve of her medium gray kimono. Standing, she adjusted the hunter green cloak to be out of her way. "Someone's here," Tsunade whispered.
With impeccable timing Karin, Sasukes concubine, stepped into the large room. Against all his might, he was forced to marry in order to secure the army his clan needed to secure to fend of raiders of a different celestial tribe, Sand. She was stunningly beautiful with long red hair and a pair of crimson eyes that could rival Sakura's emerald hues. Her hair was down save for a large bun that held many delicate ornate hair combs. Her posture was perfectly annoying, her shimmering pale yellow robes effortlessly draped about her.
When her crimson eyes settled on the people before her, before anyone could react she bowed gracefully. "Lady Tsunade, husband, Naruto-san," Karin bowed, a small smile playing on her faintly tinted red lips. Karinwas the perfect image of how a side consort should conduct herself.. She was very patient and obedient, many saw her as kind. She was well versed in music, poetry and dance, though for all of her perfectness, Sasuke could nearly contain the loathsome look he always provided her.
"An honor to have guests today. Would you like me to prepare tea," Karin asked in a sweet voice.
"No, that is alright. Lady Tsunade and I were just leaving," Naruto managed out. He too had negative feelings for the beautiful consort.
"Oh, well have a safe journey home," Karin offered with a sweet smile and bowed as the two blondes exited. Turning to her husband Karin asked, "I have had your meal prepared," she paused to wave her personal maid into the room, "would you like it now?"
"Get out," Sasuke growled venomously, his vicious sharigan activating.
Karin gasped and tears filled her eyes as she shoved her way past her maid and ran from Sasukes personal quarters. Her soft sob falling deaf upon Sasukes ears.
Rage boiled in his blood, the daft woman still had not given up her pursuit of his heart. Even after several thousand years. There had only been one woman in all of the universe who had fully captured his heart, and that woman was his one true wife. Thinking of the long haired beauty Sasuke looked to her portrait and felt his heart squeeze with a mix of pain and hope.
"You've come back, I promise this time will be different," he swore underneath the moon quite gaze as he lightly fingered the painting of his mortal wife.
As Sakura slept the memories of ages past haunted her dreams. She awoke with a start her green eyes snapping open. Her breathing was ragged as she sat up to wipe the cold sweat from her brow. Clearly in her past life she had known of the man who kidnapped her from her comfortable normal life. Claiming her breathing Sakura took a look at her surroundings, and was surprised to find herself in what looked like a modernized style of the traditional style. Instead of tatami mats were beautifully polished oak wood, granted there was paper screens and on them were beautiful paintings of a forrest.
"Ah, finally awake," came a husky female voice. When Sakura turned she was shocked to see the doctor whom she was supposed to study under.
This kind of uprooting confusion had never happened before, not even when a year ago her world was flipped upside down by a cheating boyfriend. She felt her jaw slacken and then shut and slack again, she must've looked like a fish gasping for air.
"I can see you're confused, as would any mortal would be," Tsunade began as she took a seat on a purple cushion off to Sakura's right. "I will answer all your question."
Upon hearing the promise of getting some answers, Sakura's mind swirled with so many questions, but there was one question whose answer she needed to hear.