SAKURA x OC Sakura x Sasuke.
(A/N: Huzzah! A new story; and what do ya know? It's another SasuSaku one P What can I say, I love writing about the two :) Oh god and you know what? The other day I got an idea for a Jiraiya&Tsunade fan fic slaps forehead I KNOW RIGHT, THOSE TWO OLD FARTS? Haha, should be quite interesting though, I've always wondered what would happen if they ever got together xD anyyyyywaays, pleaaaaase read & review, if you are any sort of person, you'll know how important reviews are to a writer, gives you the umph! That motivation to keep on writing P)
Summary: (Bare with my laziness…I'll write one some day P, but I promise this will be a good story, filled with heaps of drama, romance and such ;) you just wait)
"Come in," Shizune rang from inside the Hokage's office, while gently stacking some paper work that Tsunade had surprisingly completed.
Sakura turned the golden door knob and pushed open the door gently, smiling tiredly at the two women. She panted as she limped over to a spot across from Tsunade's desk and wiped some sweat from her forehead. Tsunade looked up from her cluttered desk and smiled at the pink-haired medic nin in response; she was glad to see someone who she regarded as a daughter alive and somewhat well after coming back from such a dangerous and complex mission.
"Ah Sakura, you look a mess, ANBU treating you ok?" Tsunade spoke, pushing her lips back into a straight line and lacing her fingers together.
"As well as they possibly can," Sakura laughed, clutching a bloody wound on her shoulder.
Tsunade studied the girl's wounds with her sharp eyes and propped her chin on her laced hands thoughtfully; perhaps she was pushing Sakura a little too much? It looked as if the pink-haired medic nin had been so busy that she barely had time to heal herself, and what good is a medic nin in a squad, if they're severely injured or dead?, but then again what's a little push in the right direction for someone with such great quality skills that were expected to surpass Tsunade's? She'd eventually get used to it- or have to. If Sakura was to be placed back into a normal shinobi squad, her abilities, to some extent, would be going to waste. She was meant for greater things as a medic nin.
"Look, Sakura, I've been meaning to have a serious talk with you," Tsunade began, gesturing for Shizune to bring her a bottle of Sake from the wooden cabinet to the left of her.
Shizune shook her head in disagreement and grabbed a teapot; heading for the sink in the mini-kitchen situated in the room next to Tsunade's office. Someone really needed to tear Tsunade away from her bad habits and Shizune was determined she'd be the one to. Sakura laughed as she watched her master jump out of her chair, slightly irritated and bang her fist on the desk, causing a medium-sized crater to appear in the centre of the table.
"Lady Tsunade, it's for your own good!" Shizune chirped; power walking back into the room with a steaming cup of tea placed on a floral patterned saucer. "Oh my, and that's the 6th table this month we're going to have to replace, you really have to learn to calm yourself, don't make me book you into an anger management session with Jiraiya-sama,".
Tsunade gaped at the raven haired women and sighed disappointingly, crossing her arms in front of her like a little kid who was just refused some candy; about to throw a tantrum. She couldn't believe how she ever let Shizune get away with being so bossy and demanding, but it was hard not to appreciate and admire all the hard work Shizune put into doing things to make her life slightly simpler.
"Thanks for the tea," Tsunade sighed, glaring at Shizune as she lifted the teacup delicately by the handle and brought it to her lips; taking a sip as she did.
"I really did miss you two," Sakura grinned, after witnessing Tsunade and Shizune's usual power struggle; she'd often wonder how the two stayed so close for so long considering their friendship resembled that of Naruto and Sasuke's, slightly toned down though.
"We missed you too Sakura," Shizune smiled, resting a hand behind her head.
"I'm glad you're ok, it was quite a mission I hear," Tsunade nodded, looking up from her tea every now and then.
Sakura nodded and suppressed another sigh of pain from escaping her lips.
"Now about that serious talk- How are you doing keeping up with the ANBU? It's good hearing how remarkable you're doing in the missions, but if its jeopardising your own health, then to hell with it," Tsunade exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air comically.
Sakura laughed and rolled her eyes. "Look, I'll admit, ANBU missions are pretty intense and theres absolutely no room for mistakes; but you know I like I challenge and I'll never back down from one,".
"That's my girl," Tsunade smirked; her attention quickly averting to the door where a knock could be heard.
Sakura and Shizune turned around simultaneously and waited to see who would walk into the room. Sakura's eyes widened and a barely audible gasp escaped her lips as she came eye to eye with the familiar face who had just knocked on the door.
His captivating eyes were an obsidian colour and his skin a medium tan colour. He had black hair that was gelled into spikes and a well sculpted athletic body that nearly made Sakura drool all over herself. The boy nodded unenthusiastically and marched forward, stopping right in front of Tsunade's desk; his chained buckle up boots slightly jingling as he walked.
-Sasuke…- Sakura gulped, continuing to stare at the Uchiha in front of her, who was obviously trying to hide the fact that he himself was also quite stunned to see the pink-haired kunoichi.
"Kakashi sending you to run his errands?" Tsunade chuckled lightly, extending a hand in front of her.
"Hn," Sasuke replied plainly, thrusting a few sheets of documentation into her manicured hand.
Sakura couldn't help but continue to stare at the Uchiha as memories of their last encounter invaded her mind. The crying and heartbreak she felt, the way he carelessly continued to walk away as her screams of agony filled the night and the last words she had heard him utter before she fell unconscious.
It had been 4 years since she had last seen him and now she was standing in the same room with him, no more then a metre away and sub-consciously hoping that any second he'd turn around and greet her. Of course he did the exact opposite. The raven-haired Uchiha bowed towards Tsunade and exited the room as stiffly as he had entered, closing the door firmly behind him; trying not to show any interest in Sakura whatsoever.
Sakura exhaled nosily in relief as she heard the door close. Tsunade and Shizune averted their attention to the flushed medic nin; both eyeing her in curiosity. Sakura had told them both about her deep feelings for Sasuke, and Tsunade, being the mother figure that she is, tried her hardest to keep Sakura occupied so that she would not think of that 'arrogant', 'selfish' Uchiha anymore and hopefully grow out of her feelings; obviously that seemed like it had not happened.
The pink-haired beauty giggled nervously as she realised all eyes were on her and averted her gaze to the floor.
-Get a grip Sakura, you are so over that bastard- Sakura thought to herself, clenching her fists and snapping her head up firmly, with a determined expression on her face.
Tsunade cleared her throat and clapped her hands together. "As I was going to say before the interruption, I expect a report on my desk by Monday, then you may have the rest of the week off if you wish,".
"Hai," Sakura nodded, bowing towards the two women; snatching at the door knob and gripping it firmly, using it to turn her stiff body around.
"Crap, I almost forgot," Sakura remembered, spinning on her heel suddenly and letting her grip loosen on the door knob.
"Hm?" Tsunade looked up in alert; arching an eyebrow.
"During the mission, we found a severely injured male just outside of the village we were operating in and after a few discussions, we thought the appropriate thing to do was to bring him back to Konoha and have people attend to his wounds ASAP, followed by some questioning," Sakura explained, crossing her arms in front of her.
"You brought an unknown person into our village?! What kind of bullshit rational thinking is that?! Sakura, you know better then that! What if he's a spy?" Tsunade shouted, jumping up from her chair and banging a firm fist onto her desk again, which collapsed under he hand.
Shizune gasped and let her head collapse in her left hand as the sound of wood collapsing echoed in the room.
"It wasn't just my decision, the whole squad agreed and it doesn't matter if he's unknown or not, if it wasn't for us, he would have died! I won't let someone die, not if I can help it," Sakura retorted, a look of slight disgust spreading across her face.
"Sakura, do you understand what this means? The whole village could be in danger all because of this kid! Do you even know anything about him? Name? Age? Place of birth? What he's capable of, most importantly?!" Tsunade replied, trying her hardest to calm down; she never liked yelling at Sakura, it pained her in a way, however sometimes it was necessary.
"We figured he would be around my age, as for a name, he said 'Jiro' before he lost consciousness completely and as for what he's capable of- he seems harmless! If he was any sort of threat I'm sure he wouldn't have let himself get so beat up," Sakura sniggered, biting the inside of her cheek irately.
Tsunade dropped her arms and slumped back into her chair, sighing. What was she to do? She couldn't exactly boot this 'Jiro' kid out of the medic ward and leave him in the middle of nowhere; contrary to belief she wasn't that cold hearted and what if after a good questioning he revealed some information that was of use to Konoha?
-What now?- Tsunade rubbed her temples indecisively.
Sakura exchanged expressions with a worried-looking Shizune and turned her gaze to her troubled master. She couldn't help but wonder if maybe Tsunade was right, maybe he was a spy; but why would anyone go as far as beating themselves up for such a job? It was ridiculous and no-one was that stupid, right? Sakura sighed and plastered a determined smile on her face before taking steps towards her master and resting a hand on her shoulder. Tsunade looked up and frowned in response.
"I know I might have screwed up and if that's the case, I apologise before hand, but you have to trust me on this one, this kid- I don't think he's dangerous and if you're so reluctant about the situation, I'll keep an eye on him, ok? I'll get to know him a little better and ask a few questions, either way I'm going to prove to you that this guy isn't a threat," Sakura nodded determinedly and with that, spun around and exited the Hokage's office.
Tsunade sighed and looked up, shooting a glance at Shizune, who gripped her sleeves nervously and bit her lip.
"Am I like that sometimes? So…stubborn?" Tsunade smiled.
"Sometimes?" Shizune laughed. "Try all the time; you've really influenced her,".
"Yeah… guess I have,".
-Good luck- Tsunade thought to herself, gripping a pen comfortably in between her index and middle finger and beginning to doodle on the piece of paper in front of her.
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As Sakura reached the bottom of Hokage Tower and stepped outside, she titled her head upwards and inhaled a large sum of cold winter air; that made her shiver as it reached her lungs. She hoped she was doing the right thing, the fate of Konoha was pretty much resting on her shoulders and she'd never forgive herself if anything happened to the village and most importantly, the people she loved. Sakura was suddenly broken out of her thoughtful haze by a distinctive male voice, belonging to the only loud, blonde, knucklehead ninja she knew- Naruto Uzumaki.
"SAKURA!" Naruto shouted, running enthusiastically towards the front of the Hokage Tower.
Sakura smiled and waved as firmly as she could without causing herself too much pain.
It was nice to see that stupid grin again, for the last time she had seen Naruto, he had just come back from a mission and the poor thing was sitting next to Hinata's bed in the hospital, crying his eyes out due to the Hyuuga girl becoming fatally injuried during the mission; of course by the end of that, his feelings for the shy lilac-eyed beauty were clear.
"Sakura!" Naruto spoke again as he came to an abrupt stop right in front of the pink-haired medic nin; resting his hands on his knees as he caught his breath.
"You're awfully excited," Sakura smiled playfully.
"Well it's so good to see you! We never thought we'd see you again, we were so worried that you-you…well…that you might've died," Naruto explained, letting his head drop in exhaustion.
"Um- we? Who's we?" Sakura arched an eyebrow curiously; was he meaning the other teams? Or perhaps himself and Kakashi?
"Me and teme, silly! Who else?" Naruto chuckled, punching Sakura ever so lightly in the shoulder as he put a hand to his forehead and scanned the area for the sharingan bearer.
Naruto pointed enthusiastically into the nearby distance, as he spotted what would be considered Sasuke's signature 'chicken-butt-hairdo'. Sakura frowned as she followed the direction in which the blonde was pointing to with his index finger and spotted none other then Sasuke Uchiha, pacing up and down behind a bush as he tried to unnoticeably sneak glances at his teams-mates; rather team-mate and former team-mate.
Sakura waved playfully and laughed as she watched the Uchiha freeze, as if he had just been caught stealing cookies from the forbidden cookie jar! Sakura brushed a few strands of pink hair behind her ear before letting her arm fall to her side.
"I see he's still as uptight as ever, when did he get back from…you know," Sakura trailed off, trying not to project too much interest into her voice as she straightened out her clothes.
"About 2 years ago, Izumo and Kotestu found him crawling through the gates almost bleeding to death and as much of a bitch as Granny Tsunade can be, she let them heal him, of course it wasn't 'cause she wanted him to live, she was just hoping to get some useful information on Orochimaru, you know how that hag is," Naruto smiled turning from side to side in his spot, like a kid with severe A.D.D.
-Bleeding to death?!- Sakura bit the side of her lip, not taking much notice to the fact that Naruto had just insulted her master.
"He's ok now though, he killed Itachi, so don't you worry," Naruto smirked, averting his gaze to the distressed looking kunoichi.
"Worried? Who said I was worried?! I'm-just-intersted-in-whats-been-going-on-while-I-was-gone-well-I-wouldn't-exactly-call-it-interested-you-know-just-sort-of-curious-of-course-I-don't-care-about-Sasuke," Sakura exhaled nosily.
"Who said anything about worrying about Sasuke in particular?" Naruto shot a foxy grin at her.
Sakura felt her cheeks start radiating with heat and cleared her throat; immediately changing the subject.
"So, how's things with Hinata?".
Naruto blushed and turned away from the kunoichi; resting a hand behind his head as he continued to grin nervously.
"T-things are g-good…..," he replied.
"Good how?" Sakura asked in a comically seductive voice.
"I KISSED HER! And we held hands and and and cuddled and…," Naruto jumped around happily; coming to an abrupt stop as he caught a glance of Sakura giggling at his smitten behaviour.
"W-what?" Naruto pouted, burying his head in between his now crossed arms.
"Nothing, I just think you two are so incredibly cute," Sakura laughed, poking her tongue out at the extremely embarrassed blonde.
All the laughter and smiles came to a stop as a raven-haired figure he stood in front of them cross armed; arching an eyebrow in a completely unimpressed manner, as if Naruto and Sakura were inferior to him. Naruto ran a hand through his hair and cleared his throat awkwardly. Being around Sakura and Sasuke at exactly the same time was a pain when they were kids, now that they were 17; the tension was a little unbearable for the blue-eyed jinchuuirki.
"I just remembered, I have a date with Hinata at Ichiraku's, I'll see you's later," Naruto waved, power walking away as casually as he could without them noticing his rush.
Sakura sighed and let out an annoyed 'Bye' before locking eyes with the Uchiha standing in front of her. The two stood in complete silence for a while, both waiting for the other to speak, both not taking their eyes of each other, both perhaps waiting for something miraculous to happen?
After a fair while, Sakura quickly peered down at the pink watch cuffed around her wrist and sighed before averting her gaze back to Sasuke's obsidian orbs.
"Hm, if you don't mind, I'd like to go to the hospital now, this glaring competition was a whole lot of fun, but you see I can't stand around all day doing nothing because I have business to attend to," Sakura rolled her eyes, brushing passed Sasuke and limping towards the hospital.
-Maybe I should have said something- Sasuke frowned, kicking a nearby rock that was on the ground.
(A/N: Oh la la, its going to get good, I promise you's that and I know I've said this before, but I really want to finish writing this story, I really do, I'm going to try my hardest not to end up getting writers block!
R&R please, give me some feedback/suggestions; this would be my 5th ever published fan fic :) NO FLAMES YO'!
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Love,
Toxica
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