Raptured ◈ Sasuke Uchiha

XII

We all sat near on a bed where Kakashi was brought down. "Arigatou Tsunami-san." Sakura bowed down as the brunette wiped the silver haired male's head with a clean towel. "It's alright. He must probably worn out from the fight." I hastily stood up, sliding the door open. "Akane, where are you going?" Sakura asked, with both boys looking at me as well. "I don't trust that anbu." They all looked at me, confused. "But Akane-chan! He helped us by disposing Zabuza!" Naruto explained, causing me to sigh. "Don't you remember our medical orientation at school, Naruto?" My brows twitched in annoyance, remembering that he wasn't the one to remember these things at all. "Senbon needles have a slim chances of killing when used and only certain parts of the body are hit to make a person die. However, the role of that hunter nin was to dispose of his body quickly before other villages might take advantages the secrets from his body." Sasuke spoke up, finishing my conclusion. "That hunter nin also didn't dispatch his body in where it layed but rather he carried him even he was smaller than Zabuza. This means that he wasn't trying to kill him but rather save him. Am I right, Akane?"

Tazuna stood up in fear as he looked at me. "But impossible! He may have disposed his body some place else!" I looked at him. "I am never wrong with my calculations. Based to the angle in where he had hit him, Zabuza might have woken up in a few days." A groan emitted from the resting jounin, causing everyone to look at him. "Kakashi-sensei! You should rest." Sakura came to his aid as he sat down. "That hunter nin. I know there was wrong about him." I walked outside the room, not bothering to listen the things I had already explained. A brown haired brat came inside to where I went out. I heard a few shouts until it became a bit silent.

"So.. Naruto and Sasuke, you two share one room while Sakura and Akane stays on the other." Kakashi said as we all assembled in the living room, carrying our items. "What?! Why do I have to stay with this duckbutt?" Naruto pointed at the male Uchiha who was gritting his teeth in annoyance. "It's not like I wanted to stay beside you either. Grrr..." Their foreheads clashed, fire burning in their eyes and a comical sound of lightning in thee background. "You guys.." Sakura sighed, we both agreed. "Because, it's improper for different genders to mix inside one room." Kakashi scolded his blonde student. "Oh yeah, then why are you reading that perverted book when we could have slept over without any malicious intent?!" Naruto pointed at our sensei who was actually carrying a Make Out Paradise book just now. "What about you sensei? Where would you sleep?" Sakura asked. "Oh? Tsunami had insisted to use her husbands room since there aren't any spare left and besides, I'm injured." Naruto's eyebrow twitched in irritation, probably because of Kakashi's hidden agenda of reading his book. Tsunami's husband's room located a bit far from theirs, meaning that he wouldn't deal with his student's noises.

Kakashi continued. "Tomorrow morning, I'll be training you all." He limply skipped away. "But how could he train us in that condition?" Naruto asked at himself as we all proceed to enter in our rooms. "Oi! Wait!"

"Finally!" Sakura jumped at one of the mattresses, letting out a content sigh. "I'm taking a bath for now. What about you, Akane?" I set my sword just beside my bed and turned to look at her. "You go ahead. I'll have to take this first." I grabbed a clean cloth and proceeded to wipe the mud that had clung to the sheath's edges.

Beside the girls' room, Naruto grinned mishievously hiding his mouth with his hand. Sasuke looked at him impassively. "What are up to now, you dobe?" Naruto's grin got wider, looking at the Uchiha that leaned against the side of the window with his arms crossed. "Aren't you curious, Sasuke?"

"About what?"

"About what the girls would be doing right now? I bet they're talking about girly stuff and they're crushes." His eyes glanced to see that the Uzumaki slowly tiptoed outside. "What's so interesting about that?" Sasuke asked once more. "I'm curious to know if they're going to tell each other's secrets." His ears perked up when Naruto had said the word. "You know.. their most embarasing moments, their first kiss-" Sasuke went pass through Naruto outside the door. She better not tell anyone. He thought.

I dried my hair with another towel, walking outside the bathroom. "The water feels great." I told the pink haired ninja who was brushing her hair in front of a mirror. "So today, we're gonna hold ceasefire." She told me, as she looked at me through the mirror. "We're on neutral grounds since we both share the room but heed my words, I won't loose to you to Sasuke-kun." I comically found myself being weighted with a kanji symbol of 'love rival' on my head. Is there a decent reason really? I shook my head, sitting down at the edge of the bed. "Akane, I wanted to ask but.. how did you and Sasuke met? I mean you're both of the same clan so you two would've met before you even went to the academy."

"Itachi nii-san, who is that?" His cheeks were naturally red, hiding behind his big brother. I glanced to see a lot of target boards scattered in the trees.

"I was first introduced to Sasuke's father before I met him." Sakura's eyes widened in surprise. "What?!" My eyes widened as well when she took both of my shoulders and shook my body. "Did he arrange an arranged marriage? A marriage proposal? He wants you to be his son's fiancé?  What?" I sweatdropped. "No. My father was there for a meeting with him." She quickly stopped shaking me.

"What?!" Both male had gasp in alert as they heard Sakura yelp in surprise. Their eyes went nearer at the slit of the door, to watch the scene. They couldn't clearly hear what Sakura was babbling with her fast talk. "What did she say?" Naruto whispered, watching as Sakura made a move to make it seem like she was strangling Akane. "Shut up, dobe. I can't hear them." He watched as a small smile made it's way to Akane's lips. Sakura moved out of the way and both boys blushed to see Akane draped only in a towel, with her hair a shade darker and small droplets of water fell from the tips of her short locks.

"What are you guys doing?" The males yelped nervously and slowlt tilted their head at the side to see a slightly angry Kakashi. "K- Kakashi-sensei!" Sasuke quickly covered his mouth before his voice raises so that the girls wouldn't be startled. "Why are you two outside of your rooms? It's quite expected from Naruto, but you Sasuke, to think that you're more decent than him." Naruto muttered a 'hey!' at his words. "The both of you, this would be your last warning. The next time I'll caught you there will be consequences."