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:+: Naruto's Point Of View :+:

''Sasuke! Sasuke- TEME! Where are you going?'' I quickly followed behind the retreating back of my dark-haired friend, how could he just walk away during a situation like this? We needed to stay together and come up with a plan! my eyes narrowed when he continued to walk away, I felt myself growing agitated at each heavy step his feet produced against the wooden floor. '' We can't just leave them in there'' I hissed, Sasuke abruptly stopped after that and I wasn't sure if it was because the tone of my voice but I visible saw his shoulders stiffen and his fist clench. I could practically feel the anger rolling off him.

''of course, we can't but what do we suggest we do'' he seethed, I'm pretty sure his mind was frazzled now, it feels as though our roles reversed and I, now the rational one in this friendship. I knew this wasn't an everyday situation, but we had to do something.

''why don't we try communicating with them'' Sasuke didn't have to open his mouth for me to already know he thought that it was a bad idea. Yes, it could be dangerous, but I didn't see any other choice we had and instead of entertaining my idea Sasuke continued to walk away but this time I did not follow instead choosing to turn around and make my way to the swimming pool. I could never figure out what he was thinking.

As soon as I walked passed the white French doors, I spotted Tenten in the exact same spot that I left her, she looked as though she was in a trance. When I placed my hand on one of her shoulders she jumped. '' Come on, lets head back'' my voice lacking its usual cheeriness and enthusiasm. Im happy that she didn't argue. As we were making our way back Tenten excused herself, so she could use the bathroom. I continued my way towards the one spot I knew Sasuke would be, as I entered the spotless living room, walls freshly painted white, glass coffee table cleaned to perfection and large flat screen which has probably never been used before. I knew Sasuke only came in here when he was in deep thought, this particular room in the house brought back to much memories of his past life. I knew I was right, when I saw his duck ass hair peeking up over the black leather arm chair he was currently perched on. As I made my way towards him, I watched as he twirled his glass, the brown liquid forming into a mini whirlpool from within '' Are you drinking?'' I questioned, even though the answer was obvious and just like earlier he did not answer me. For the 2nd time that day I could feel myself getting ticked off at my buddy but before I could voice my annoyance Tenten walked into the living room, taking a seat on a nearby black couch.

'' So, what's the plan?'' she asked rather bluntly, while trying to get as cosy as one could possibly get at an Uchiha house. I sighed when Sasuke too did not answer her.

''I think we should try communicating with them tomorrow and maybe give them something to eat for tonight?'' I could see Tenten nodding in agreeance , which let me know I was at least on the right track but when she didn't offer up any ideas of her own I knew she didn't have any, I had no idea how we where going to make this work but we had to try , they wouldn't be here if we didn't catch them in our nets !''

Only when I started to get lost in thought did Sasuke finally speak up '' You both should stay over for the night, Naruto you can stay in your usual room and Tenten I'll show you towards the guest room; I found somethings for you to change into for the time being'', after he finished his statement he stood up drink already finished before making his way back , probably towards the stair case. Tenten was giving me a slightly disappointed, slightly uncomfortable look probably not liking tonight's outcome. She walked over to me, mumbling something which sounded close enough to good night, I just gave her a small nod and with that she followed behind Sasuke. I knew that she was worried but there was nothing more we could do for the day, hopefully after we all get some sleep we'd be ready to deal with this situation in the morning. Before I headed to bed there was one last thing I needed to do, so I went into the kitchen and began rummaging into the freezer and placed some of the frozen fish that we had caught early that day into a bowl. I didn't do anything to the fish, assuming that this how they ate it in the sea, if they even ate fish. Once I was satisfied with the amount, I made my way back towards our mythical creatures for the 2nd time that night. Once I made it back into the room that they were kept in, I carefully made my way towards the edge of the pool and placed the bowl of fish on the side but I did not head back out just yet, instead I watched the 3 creatures, obviously aware of my presences due to the peeks they would make up to me occasionally. I saw their mouths moving so I just assumed they where having a chat, my eyes softened when the pink haired one looked up at me, she had a pretty nasty bruise by her mouth, I couldn't help but wonder how she got it, what animal could possibly hurt a creature so beautiful. I gave her a big smile and for reasons unknown I felt my heart leap when she smiled back, although not nearly as wide. I knew Id been crouching to long when I started to feel the ache in my knees, so I stood up and with one big stretch made my way towards the exit. I needed all the rest I could get, if I was going to get through to Sasuke.

:+: TenTen's Point Of View :+:'

[2:34] I let out a loud groan as I starred at the green luminescent numbers informing me of the time, it felt as though my body was having an internal fight with my mind, every inch of my muscles screamed sleep, but my mind ignored this demand in favour of thinking about our little friends down stairs. I aimlessly watched the clock placed next to my bed side, minute after minute my mind did not surrender my body from its torment. I slowly got out of bed, my muscles tired and sore from being thrown around a boat. I decided to head towards my bathroom, slowly running my hands along the wall until I heard the familiar sound of the light switch. I squinted my eyes, as the bathroom illuminated. Sasuke has such a weird house I mused, the guest room I was staying in wasn't nearly as dark and brooding as the rest of the place, almost as if a different person designed each room. I walked towards the porcelain white sink, fiddling with the gold fixtures until a rush of water poured from the tap, I cupped my hands together to catch this free-flowing water, once the water began to successfully over flow from myself made imprisonment, I quickly splashed it all over my face. I looked up in the mirror as some of the water landed on my bangs causing them to stick to the side of my face. I shivered a bit as the cool water slid down from my face, past my neck and unto my red silk cover night dress, which just stopped at the top of my thighs. I wonder where Sasuke got women clothes from, I instantly felt sick and began hoping that this wasn't left behind by one of his 'conquest'. I made my way from the bathroom, not bothering to dry my wet face.A small part of me hoped that a splash of cold water would be enough to wash away the worries of yesterday but sadly this was not the case.

Luckily for me I knew the perfect solution to a troubled mind. Which is why I was currently making my way down Sasuke's grand stair case and heading into the kitchen, hoping that a warm glass of milk would do the trick! I made my way down to the kitchen making sure to flick on the light, so I wasn't fumbling around in the dark, the once black walls darkened by the night illuminated into a soft grey. His kitchen was modern to say the least, beautiful stainless-steel appliances, a gorgeous island with bright red stools in a neat straight line and don't get me started on the chandelier, like seriously who has a chandelier in their kitchen. I made my way towards his double fridge, wrapping my hand around the cool metal, swiftly opening it. I couldn't help the sigh that escaped my lips, his fridge was practically empty save for roughly a dozen tomatoes. Though my mood changed when I saw the object of my desire, the cute little cow drawing reassuring me of its contents. I made sure to grab the biggest mug I could find which happened to have a picture of a little ninja on it. once id successfully filled the mug with milk I popped it in the microwave making sure to place everything back as I found it. While I was waiting for the microwave to heat up my glass of milk for the 100 hundredth time that night my mind wandered to the merfolk, I don't know what was so compelling about them. Maybe it's because we were taught all our lives that they only exist in fairy tales before my mind could divulge to far into what little mermaid movies I've watched I heard the familiar beep of the microwave informing me that my milk was ready, Once I grabbed the handle of the context in the microwave I started making my way back.

I walked glass of milk in hand, as I made my way back but not to my room, no back to the place where we left our mer-peeps to slumber. I couldn't tell you why I walked back even if I tried, I did not stop my stroll towards them until I approached a pair of familiar French white doors spotted with years of water damage. I watched the light reflect off the pool and unto the walls, its reflection making it seem as if the whole room was submerged in water. My curiosity did not stop me there I entered the room, I could feel my heart rate accelerating each step I took towards the pool, I looked at the pile of uneaten fish that Naruto placed earlier, I don't blame them for not eating any, it smelt disgusting. As I made my way towards the edge of the pool, I instantly spotted the two mermaids huddled up together, there hair creating a perfect mess of blue and pink along the pool floor. I cautiously took a sip of my drink , hoping that it would help calm my nerves a bit, ''where's the Merman I wonder allowed?'' that's when my eyes quickly looked down and I yelped dropping my glass of milk as I saw a pair of pale white eyes staring back up at me, I quickly backed tracked from the edge of the pool, un graciously landing on my ass in the process. I felt like my body was cussing at me as I subjugated it to further pain instead of resting in bed. My mind quickly realised that I didn't hear the sound of shattered glass after dropping my mug, that's when I saw my milk glass, but it wasn't just my milk glass it was connected to a pale hand and that hand connected to a body, a body that was casually resting its chest on the edge of the pool. I watched how his wet hair clung to his face but he was not looking at me but instead the glass of milk, I felt a gasp escape my lips as he brought the glass to his lips and gingerly took a sip like I had done moments before His eyes left the glass and instead looked for the source of the noise, which sadly happened to be me. His pale milky white eyes did not leave my chocolatey ones, He was honestly mesmerizing. I watched how he began to hold the glass of milk towards me.

''You want me to grab the glass?'' I realised how stupid it might seem as I try and communicate with a merman but when he again tried to push the glass further to me, I instantly got up and cautiously walked towards him, I realized he was intently staring at my legs, examining every step I took, when I was close enough I slowly reached for the glass of milk but instead of my hands wrapping around the cool cylinder shaped item, my wrist was instantly grabbed and before I could even yell out I was instantly pulled towards the merman. How could I be so stupid I chastise, I braced myself waiting for whatever cruel end would come to me but instead I felt nothing, but a relaxing warmth spread over my body as all my aches and pains slowly started to disappear. Did he realise I was injured after the fall? I stared in awe at the creature, I watched the chain around his neck glow as he intently looked me in my eyes, I felt the heat rising to my cheeks, nobody has ever observed or watched me with such intensity before. After he was done I felt the grip on my wrist loosening, ''Thank you'' I mumbled. I stared at him questionably when he did not go back underwater, instead he reached for my glass of milk again and proceeded to sip at it a 2d time. I couldn't help the giggle that escaped my lips ''Do you like it? I could always bring you back more'' but he did not answer our move he just kept staring at my lips, eye brows furrowing as he intently watched me pronounce each syllable. Idk what posed me, but I changed positions from the uncomfortable one he had pulled me into and sat down next to him by the edge of the pool, feet dangling in the water. I watched how his curious white eyes again looked at my legs, I felt his warm wet hand touch just above my knee. I giggled for a second time that night as he slowly began to move the joint up and down, once he was bored with bending my legs, his hands wandered back up, this time past my knees, he kept slowly tracing his fingers higher and higher until he stopped once he felt the smooth material of my night dress. Much to the relief of my beating heart and my cherry coloured face. I watched as his hands grabbed my hand and began to intertwine our fingers together and for the 2nd time that night he pulled me towards him, not to heal any injuries, no he kissed me! A warm, tender, sweet kiss and by the looks of him those weren't words usually associated with him, his lips departed from mine, almost as quickly as they came. I stared at him mouth hanging open, he had the cheek to look amused at my actions as well! After forcibly closing my mouth, I pulled my legs out of the water being carefully not to hit him, once my legs where free I grabbed my mug to erase all evidence of me being here and made a quick beeline for the door only to stop in my tracks.

''Where are you going?'' I heard a very deep very masculine voice say to me, in perfect English might I add. When I did not answer or turn back to face the direction this voice was coming from he spoke again '' Are you scared?''. When I did finally turn back, I saw the merman in the same possession, arms crossed on top of the pools edge, eyebrow slightly raised, I would have thought I'd gone completely mental if It wasn't for the smirk placed devilishly on his lips. So, I did what any normal person would do in that situation … I ran.

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