This is a very important chapter in the story. Thank you so much for the reviews, and thank you for reading! This story will be 8 chapters, 9 the max, so not very long. After I finish this story, I'm finishing the last chapter of One To Remember. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: If Naruto was mine, pigs would fly and Sasuke would laugh and smile at Naruto's jokes. Yeah...;;
Chapter 4: More Than Friends?
The walk back to Sakura's house was filled with friendly talks and laughter. Sasuke didn't really laugh. He chuckled and grinned every now and then. When they arrived at Sakura's house, they took off their jackets and sat on separate chairs. After talking for a while, there was complete silence.
"Um…I think this'll be the right moment to tell you my final ambition." He straightened up and stared at her. She was ready for it. "You also know, that after I promised to kill my brother, I would restore my clan." He coughed. Sakura was puzzled.
"Go on."
"Well…I need someone to help me…and…" he cleared his throat. "Sakura…I want to be more than JUST friends. I…want you to be the one to help me restore my clan." He looked down, not wanting to see Sakura's expression. Instead, he felt a hand on his. He looked up and was staring into deep pools of emerald. She closed her eyes and her lips met his. He was too shocked to react and she broke the kiss.
"Of course I'll help you. But…I don't want to rush in to things. Give me some time to be ready." She smiled faintly. Sasuke finally smiled and kissed her passionately. Sakura enjoyed the sweet sensation. Sasuke played with her hair and when they parted for air, he still pressed his forehead against hers and smirked.
"I look forward to it." He whispered seductively. Sakura blushed and pressed her head in his chest, listening to his slow steady heart beat. They had stayed in that position for 5 minutes.
"Hey, are you hungry?" she asked after a while. Sasuke grunted, as he was half asleep. Sakura slowly got up and walked to the kitchen. She turned a little to see his position on the sofa. His head was lying on the arm rest and his arms were by his side. She smiled and turned on the stove. She walked into her room upstairs and changed into her pajamas. When she was finally downstairs, the pot was boiling and she put in the ramen from its packet. She then felt something wrap around her waist and something rest on her shoulder.
"Sasuke…" she whispered. He rocked back and forth. She could feel his warm, comforting breath on her neck. Then after a while, Sakura poured them both some ramen in 2 bowls and walked to the dining room table with Sasuke following. They sat across from each other. Sakura disappeared into the kitchen again and came back with 4 chopsticks. Handing a pair to Sasuke, she sat down and began slurping her warm noodles. Sasuke did the same and did rather fast. When he was done, he walked into the kitchen and placed the bowl in the sink, filling it with water and sitting on the couch again, watching TV.
"By the way," Sakura said, walking into the room, having finished her noodles. Sasuke's attention turned to her, "Where do you live?"
"I did live in an apartment, but Tsunade said she couldn't wait for me to return from my mission since there was a lot of homeless on the streets. She thought it would benefit the village."
"Oh. But that means you don't have a home." Sakura said, sitting down by him. Sasuke shrugged.
"I'll live till I find an apartment."
"Wait, how bout you live with me?" Sakura suggested. "I have plenty of space here." Sasuke rose his eyebrows.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yeah. And since you know…I'll be helping you and all, it might be a good idea." She blushed. Sasuke flushed a little too and then recovered.
"Thanks." He hugged her and Sakura relaxed in his arms. After a while, they went upstairs into Sakura's room, which was now THEIR room, and fell asleep in each other's arms.
NEXT DAY
Sakura opened her eyes to see Sasuke throw a pill in his mouth and drown it with water. He had no shirt and was only wearing boxers. Sakura secretly observed his very muscular figure and blushed.
"Good morning." He said, not looking in her direction. How is it he always knew if someone was behind him or watching him! It's crazy!
"Uh…good morning…" she sat up and rubbed her eyes, then outstretched her arms. She read the clock and it said 8:03 am. She had work at 9:00, so she got up and walked into the bathroom. Sasuke turned on the TV in the room and flipped through the channels. He finally landed on a horror film.
'A horror film…at 8:00 am…wow…' he thought to himself. After 10 minutes, the water shut off and Sakura came out of the bathroom with a robe and dug into her dresser looking for something to wear. She pulled out a pink shirt and black vest with black knee high pants. She wrapped her feet in bandages and put on her sandals. She walked downstairs and Sasuke was sitting on the couch watching the movie he flipped to earlier.
"Aren't you a doctor?" he asked puzzled, looking at her attire.
"Yeah but Tsunade told me to work with medics-in-training today so I get to do some teaching." She grabbed her holster, belt and her headband, which she tied around her hair like a headband as always. "You don't have any missions?"
"Nope." He shifted on the couch. "I'm still healing, so she says, so I can't do any missions for another week."
"Oh. Okay." She grabbed her keys and was about to exit when she was held back by Sasuke. She turned right when Sasuke kissed her. It lasted for 8 seconds and they broke apart.
"Don't think you would leave without one of those." He smirked, she blushed.
"I'll be back at 4:00." She hugged him and walked out the door. He locked it and continued watching his flick, smirking.
SAKURA
"Okay class. I'm Haruno Sakura. Call me Ms. Haruno." She arrived to the training ground where 13, 14, 15 and even a few 16 year olds were there, waiting to start their lesson. Some of them wooed her, which caused her to twitch.
"We'll start today with basic chakra transplant." She took her assistant and punched him 20 times rapidly in the stomach. Everyone gasped. The man fell to the ground gasping for air. She then did some hand seals and rested her hand on his stomach. The man very quickly recovered and stood up like nothing had happened.
"I know it's weird. But it's very simple. That was just an example. We won't go that far today." She finished pulling out a kunai. She then cut her finger and re-holstered her kunai. "You, with the white hair." She pointed to a 13 year old girl, who seemed very timid. She had deep purple eyes and a very fake smile.
"Y-yes Ms. Haruno?"
"I want you to do a chakra transplant to rapidly heal the cut on my finger." Sakura pulled her out of the crowd and kneeled to her level. "Focus your chakra to your hands, transfer it into my pores, and make my cells divide quicker."
"B-but…I-I can't…"
"Yes you can." Sakura smiled. "It's forbidden when I'm teaching to say you can't. I'll only be here today, and maybe some other times, but this is the only time you'll receive this training from me. Frankly, you're very lucky. I'm a head doctor and specialized medic-nin in the ANBU."
The white haired girl smiled and flushed a little. She placed her right hand over Sakura's finger and focused chakra onto it. Beads of sweat were running down the girls face and Sakura observed patiently. Finally, after a minute, the girl retreated her hand and wiped her brow. Sakura observed her finger and it had successfully been healed. Sakura smiled and patted her on the head.
"Great job! Keep it up and you could be a pro!"
The rest of the day dragged on. She had been approached by perverted guys. They went home…with bruises and scraped all over them. Hey it was ninja training. You can't really expect to go home without a scratch. Unless you're Gaara but that's a different story. Sakura arrived home at 4:07. Sasuke had showered and was dressed in a tight black shirt with black pants. He was reading some scrolls scattered across the table, along with various kunais, shuriken and other various ninja tools. He looked up to what he was reading when he saw Sakura come in.
"Hey." She turned to hang her jacket and when she turned back around he was gone. She looked around but then felt an arm wrap around her and hug her protectively.
"I missed you." He squeezed her tightly and stroked her cheek. Sakura loved it when he was like this. It felt so right.
"How did you do?"
"It went great! No trouble at all!" she smiled. There was a hint of a lie but Sasuke didn't catch it. She didn't want to mention the wooing because it might cause Sasuke to go on a mindless rampage. Sakura shivered at the thought.
"Are you okay?" he noticed the shivering.
"Y-yeah…" she smiled but Sasuke frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just pictured something scary that's all." He got the most puzzled expression he could muster on his face but then shook the thought off. They ate a frozen dinner since Sakura was pretty tired and walked up to her room. They both changed into their pajamas and sat up next to each other on the bed.
"Have you given any thought?" Sasuke asked. It took a while for Sakura to analyze what Sasuke meant but then she knew.
"Yes. I'm ready." She smiled and Sasuke did as well. She kissed her lightly, but then more passionately. It started. Sasuke's ambition of finally restoring his clan.
TO BE CONTINUED
Sorry if there are any grammatical errors. I'm really too lazy to check for any. Please review!
Zuan