Naruto:Ch.XVI+Sakura

Chapter I: [link]
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Chapter IV: [link]
Chapter V: [link]
Chapter VI: [link]
Chapter VII: [link]
Chapter VIII: [link]
Chapter IX: [link]
Chapter X: [link]
Chapter XI: [link]
Chapter XII: [link]
Chapter XIII: [link]
Chapter XIV: [link]
Chapter XV: [link]

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7 Days, Come What May
Chapter XVI: Quarrel

The next morning dawned bright, not taking any notice of the dreadful events that took place the night before. Sakura had woken up feeling great, for she had had a very good sleep last night. The sparring match with Sasuke had left her exhausted, and there was nothing better to recharge her energy than a good night’s sleep.
The pink haired girl balanced the plate that she held in her hand and looked at the enormous mounts of food that sat in front of her. She was currently in the Konoha Hot Springs’ dining room in the next building. Sakura had purposely woken up early to eat the free buffet that the service offered… or rather, to avoid Sasuke’s arrogant smirk.
Sakura found that she could not take any more of Sasuke’s haughty attitude after losing the sparring match to him last night. She knew she should have been proud. After all, she lost him by only a little, tiny, bit. However, she was not one bit satisfied. Losing to him one time only made her more determined to beat him next time.
‘If only I didn’t have a freakin’ crush on him…!’
Sakura pierced her chopsticks down at the piece of sushi from the buffet table, intending to put it on her plate. Unfortunately, she had put in a little too much emotion and force in picking up the sushi. As a result, the sushi went flying over her back and hitting someone smack in the middle of his forehead.
“Oh, sorry, I’m so sorry!” Sakura quickly put down her plate and went to help brush the remains of the sushi off of the guy’s forehead.
As Sakura was about to take her hands off, the guy swiftly caught her hand. Sakura gave the guy a confused look, and observed him. The guy who she had previously maimed had long purple hair secured in a braid. On his neck, he wore a bandana that showed that he was from the Sound Village.
“…Uhm…sir? Will you please let go of my hand?” Sakura inquired, looking into the guy’s obviously dreamy look.
The purple haired guy smiled.
“Of course…Miss…?” he gently let go of her wrist.
“…I’m Haruno, Sakura…” Sakura replied with an apologetic look. “…Look, I’m really sorry about—“
“—Oh, no need, no need. I’m Jiro,” he flashed another flamboyant smile. “…But I know how you can make up for it.”
“Oh, yes, of course, sir. Anything!” she said genuinely, for she really did feel guilty for being mannerless earlier.
“Eat with me, Sakura?” Jiro picked up the plate that Sakura had placed down earlier and handed it back to her.
Sakura accepted. “Of course!”
A few minutes later, after the two had already gotten their food, they sat at their own little table in the corner of the room.
“…So, Sakura…what brings a pretty girl like you here to the Konoha Hot Springs? …Just a vacation? …Or is it some other business?” Jiro asked Sakura, politely demonstrating all the perfect table manners while eating.
Sakura reddened a bit at being called ‘pretty girl’.
‘If only Sasuke-kun would call me that, even once! But no, he’s too arrogant, bigheaded, selfish, cold, annoy—‘
“…Sakura? Are you okay?” the guy in front of her broke her out of her thoughts.
“Oh! Yea, yes! I’m okay, sorry,” Sakura blushed at making a fool of herself again. “…I’m actually here because it’s my friend’s birthday and well, he invited me here.”
“Hmm…yes, I see…” then, Jiro got up.
He picked up both his own cup and Sakura’s.
“I’m going to go get more drinks. What would you like, Sakura?”
“Lemonade, please,” Sakura replied.
Jiro nodded and went off the get the drinks. A while later, he returned and placed the two cups on the table.
“Thanks, Jiro,” Sakura picked up the cup and was about to take a sip out of it when…she smelt a familiar smell coming from the cup.
‘…T-This smell…I could recognize it anywhere! Valerian, chamomile, passion flower, lemon balm…T-This…is just a normal sleeping poison! Totally safe for the body but will make you sleep like crazy…Why the heck does Jiro want me to sleep?!’
“Sakura-chan? Is there anything wrong with the lemonade?” Jiro asked, betraying no sign of his real emotions.
Apparently, he had already seen Sakura hesitate to drink the lemonade. Sakura slowly placed the cup down, trying to make everything look natural. Her guards were up now.
“No, nothing, Jiro, I just felt like eating the food first,” Sakura flashed him a charming smile and bit a piece out of her meat convincingly.
“Oh. Okay, then, Sakura-chan!” Jiro smiled back.
Sakura continued to plaster the fake smile on her face while her mind was running wildly.
‘Oh no…what should I do?! This guy’s trying to poison me…should I just knock him out?! No, no that will cause a big commotion in the room…Should I—WAIT. HOLD IT. HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUPID?!?! Jiro…could easily the person who kidnapped Ino and Naruto! I have GOT to get him outta here before I do anything to him…I don’t want a huge commotion in this place…’ Then, Sakura’s eyes lit up.
She had an idea.
“Jiro…I really need to…talk to you outside…” Sakura flashed him a sexy smile.
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Sasuke leaned back on the truck of the big oak tree. He was currently perched on a branch, reading a book. Even though people rarely saw the Uchiha reading, he did read. He liked reading too. Well, they say every smart person likes reading. Sasuke was no exception. The Uchiha could possibly be described as a bookworm at times, but he would probably kill you if he heard you saying that.
“…Well, well! I’m surprised! Am I that irresistible?”
Sasuke twitched at the sound of someone speaking from a short distance. He did not like being disturbed when he was reading, training, sleeping, or eating.
‘Just some stupid annoying guests…’ He thought.
“…Well…Right! Yes! You are really irresistible!” a girl voice cried out.
The Uchiha was really losing his temper.
‘Gosh! That girl’s voice is SO annoying! Just like Sakura!’ Sasuke froze when realization hit him. ‘Shit. That voice IS Sakura! Damn!. Why’d she have to come and disturb the peace of the morning?!’
No matter what he previously thought, Sasuke still decided to perk up his ears at what Sakura was saying. When Sakura and the strange purple-haired guy came into view, Sasuke tried to remain as quiet as he could, so that the two wouldn’t recognize him.
“I’m flattered, Sakura-chan! You really are so cute!” the purple haired guy said.
Sasuke scowled silently. ‘…Cheap flirting…’
“Well, Jiro-kun, you are cute too!” Sakura replied in a super sweet voice.
The Uchiha froze again for the second time that morning.
‘What the fuck?!’ Sasuke had the sudden urge to jump down from his tree right now and give both the purple-haired guy and Sakura a good beating up.
“Then, Sakura-chan?! Since you like me so much…why don’t you prove it to me with a kiss?” Jiro gave Sakura a sly smile.
Sakura blushed prettily.
“Jiro…I don’t know…”
Jiro gave Sakura a disappointed look and did a cute little pout. “Pleeeeeeaaasseeee?”
Sakura giggled. “Okay, then.”
The pink-haired girl placed her hands on both of Jiro’s shoulders and leaned up to give the Sound shinobi a kiss. Sasuke in his tree was shocked beyond belief. And angry beyond belief. In a split second, the Uchiha had disappeared from the tree and now held Sakura in a headlock.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!” she screamed in surprise.
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing, Sakura?!” Sasuke hissed unpleasantly into her ear.
Jiro calmly watched the scene, obviously very confused.
“Ahhh! AHHH!” Sakura tried to pry out of Sasuke’s stiff headlock. “Off. OFF! Sasuke! IT HURTS! GET OFF!”
Sasuke did not comply to Sakura’s wishes, nor did he calm down. In fact, he was so riled up that his Sharingan eyes began to become visible.
“No,” the Uchiha replied in a harsh whisper. “…I am going to kill you.”
His grip hardened. Now, Sakura couldn’t even breathe.
“Hey. That’s not how you treat a lady,” Jiro suddenly spoke up.
Sasuke turned to him with deadly eyes.
“…And I am going to kill you too,” Sasuke replied.
“S-Sasuke! No! This is not what it looks like, you stubborn ass!” Sakura managed to choke out.
“Not what it looks like, heh? That’s not going to save you from dying,” Sasuke jeered at her.
“S-Shut up and listen to me…please…” Sakura gave the Uchiha a pleading look.
She really needed oxygen now. To her surprise, Sasuke now did release her.
“Fine. Say your last words,” his Sharingan eyes bore into hers.
“First of all, Sasuke, they are not my last words because I am not going to die. Second of all, I’m PRETENDING. You understand?!...PRETENDING to kiss that idiot guy over there because he is probably the kidnapper of Ino and Naruto!” Sakura told the Uchiha impatiently.
“Hey! Don’t call me a—“ Jiro started.
“What?! Sakura, you weren’t pretending. Liar,” Sasuke practically hissed poison out of his mouth.
“You guys don’t ignore—“Again, Jiro got cut off.
“LIAR?! Liar, huh?! Well don’t blame me if your stupid Sharingan eyes can’t even see the difference between real and fake acting! If I’m a liar, you’re a stubborn ass!”
“Stop it! Did you forget I’m—“ Jiro really hated being ignored.
“Well then, Sakura you annoying bitch. How do you explain how you even got to know that’s he the enemy, huh?” Sasuke glared.
“For your information, I went to eat the buffet with him and—“
“—What?! YOU. Went. And Ate. With. Him. I SEE. I really see how that explains that you weren’t going slutty with him.”
That did it. There was nothing Sakura hated more than being called slutty. A vein surely popped in her head.
“Arghhhhhhhh!!!” Sakura charged at the Uchiha, prepared to land a hard punch into his face.
Sasuke dodged the punch, only to be met with another one, which he blocked with some difficulty. And another one came. And another. And another. Sakura never seemed to get tired. Her power ran fully on her anger. Sasuke blocked every single blow. But he wasn’t prepared for her to just totally stop her movements all of a sudden. So, he stopped too. Bad idea.
Sakura gave him a hard slap on his face. Sasuke was so shocked that he fell to the ground. He quickly recovered, glared at her, and prepared to get up and get his revenge. However, Sakura came down and pinned him against the ground, her eyes dangerous.
“I am not slutty, you bastard Uchiha,” she told him with fury. “…And you will stay here and listen to what I have to say or you are not going anywhere, you dumbass.”
“Be quick about your last words then, annoying bitch,” he retorted back, even thought he made no move to stand up again.
Sakura glared.
“Fine, idiot. As I was saying, I was eating the breakfast buffet with Jiro,” she paused to see his reaction.
Sasuke still glared back at her. Sakura assumed that since he didn’t say any words, she could continue.
“…And then Jiro brings me some lemonade. I was about to drink it when I smelt sleeping poison. So, I suspected he might be the kidnapper. Get it?” Sakura gave Sasuke a exasperated look.
“…That doesn’t explain why you were making out.”
Sakura scowled. ‘Why, oh, why did I HAVE to have a crush on this stupid guy?! I hate him!’
“I didn’t want to make a commotion in the dining room. So, I lured him out here by acting like that,” she finished and frowned down at him.
“…Tcsh. Stupid, there are other ways to lure him out,” Sasuke’s eyes had now returned to normal, although it was obvious that he was still very pissed.
Sakura leaned closer down to him with a deadly glare. “Stop being such a stubborn ass. There are other ways, yes, all of which attract other people’s attention.”
For once, Sasuke couldn’t fire back a clever retort. So, he gave her the meanest look that he could manage. Vice versa. After about two minutes of the glaring, Sakura finally remembered something. She stopped her glaring at the Uchiha and her eyes widened in terror. Sasuke noticed this.
“What?”
Sakura quickly got off of him.
“D-Dumbass…We…forgot to keep a look on Jiro,” Sakura said in a furious whisper. “…He’s…gone!”
Sasuke sat up. He looked pretty pissed off now that he realized what just happened. The enemy had slipped from their own hands. He turned to shoot Sakura another unpleasant look.
“…All because of you. You’re so annoying,” he also shot an insult at her.
Sakura gave him a defiant stare.
“…Well, if you hadn’t interrupted my ‘making out’ with Jiro, I would have caught him!”
“Don’t make me laugh, Sakura…You? Catch that guy by yourself? Don’t lie to yourself, Sakura. You’re weak,” he mocked.
Well, Sasuke had said a forbidden word in Sakura’s vocabulary again. ‘Weak’. She raised her right hand to give him another slap. He quickly caught her hand. She was not fazed. She raised up her other hand to slap him. He caught that one too, and forced them both to the ground. Now, he was the one to pin her down.
“G-Get off, Sasuke, we have to follow Jiro!”
He smirked.
“That cheap shinobi…he’ll be caught by one of us sooner or later. I have more important issues to deal with here.”
“Like what?” even though Sakura’s voice was rebellious, her face was reddening.
He was leaning closer to her, too close for her comfort, just like she had done to him earlier, but in fury. Now, however, he was just supporting the universal look of smirkness on his face.
“You, Sakura. Remember that you said you liked me?” he said in a slightly demanding tone.
F L A S H B A C K
“May I ask you one thing?”
“What?” he looked at her.
“Do you still think I’m annoying?”
He smirked. “Do you still like me?”
Sakura’s face went as pink as her hair. There was a long pause.
“Y-Yes…” the answer that finally came was barely audible.
“Then yes, you’re still annoying.”
F L A S H B A C K
“Y-Yea! So what?!” Sakura retorted.
“So, I say you are never allowed to flirt or do anything with any other guy except me,” He said with an unemotional face.
He seemed to think that it was completely normal for him to say this. The idea that maybe he was being too possessive never entered his head. Normally, as a girl, Sakura felt rebellious.
“…Oh, yea? So what if I like you?! What if I flirt with EVERY OTHER GUY, huh?” she gave him a fierce look, her cheeks turning into a deeper crimson.
Sasuke, apparently, had already returned to his normal brooding mood. No visible emotion showed on his face.
“Then, Sakura. I’m going to do this to you,” he said, his eyes merciless.
He tilted his head down closer to her and roughly crushed his lips down onto hers. She had no time to protest.
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Jiro had decided to escape in the middle of the ‘lover’s quarrel’, according to him. When he saw Sasuke and the Sharingan eyes, Jiro knew that he couldn’t take both the girl and the Uchiha at once. The Sound shinobi fully knew that Sakura was strong, even though she looked cute and sweet.
“Shit. I was this close to capturing Sakura!” he burst out aloud.
“Hold it.”
Jiro stopped at the mysterious voice coming from the back of a tree.
“Who’s there?” he asked, a little impatiently.
The purple-haired boy was not in the best of moods, mainly because his kidnapping plans have just failed.
A guy with frizzy hair and sunglasses stepped out from the shadow. A swarm of bees were surrounding the guy.
‘…I see…this must be the boy from the Aburame family…the family that uses bugs as their weapon…very interesting,’ thought Jiro, suppressing a grin.
“I heard what you said, unfortunately for you,” Shino stated.

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