✔︎ Sakura's Moronic Best Friends (1/2)

Chapter 2; Staying At The Uchiha's Mansion

"You have ten seconds," Sakura hissed to Naruto and Sasuke. "Explain to me why I'm here, now."

"But, love-" Madara Uchiha started, studiously ignoring the glare Sakura was aiming his way, "-aren't you glad to see your future husband?"

Somehow, Sakura and the rest of the males in the house had found their way to the living area again. Sakura was sitting on the couch, plastered so tightly against the arm of it so as to put as much space between her and the eldest Uchiha that had somehow squirmed his way into the spot next to her (A/N: In fact, Sakura idly remembered hearing the yelp of pain and string of curses behind her as Madara harshly elbowed Shuisi and Hidan in the rush to obtain the spot closest to her.).

Sakura ignored him. "Naruto. Sasuke." They both flinched. Both of them had taken posts on the far end of the room, standing against the wall while Naruto shot desperate glances at the hallway leading to the door, no doubt planning his escape if Sakura made a move towards him. "Tell me why I shouldn't leave this house right now."

"Sakura," Sasuke began, somewhat firmly and stoically, and he was proud of himself for keeping his cool and not shaking in fear like the dobe next to him.

If possible, Sakura's glare intensified. "Don't 'Sakura' me, Idiot. You two kidnapped me in the middle of the freaking night, crawled through my window, and scared the living shit out of me," Sakura hissed through clenched teeth. "And you two even had keys!"

The room was still and silent.

And Sakura realized her mistake.

'Fuck....' Thought Sakura as she prepares herself for the ruckus to start.

"You two have keys to Sakura-chan's apartment," Shisui started, looking at Naruto and Sasuke with a look of both envy and annoyance, "and you didn't even share?"

Suddenly Hidan was in her face. "You let those two fuckers into your house whenever they want!?"

Sakura just stared into his violet eyes and blinked lazily. And then she slowly looked around the room at the clustered males. "Unlike you cretins," she began, "I trust Naruto and Sasuke not to rape me in the middle of the night."

"But you let them kidnap you instead," Pein said in his monotone.

Sakura shrugged. "I have to pick and choose my battles with them." She looked back at the two morons in question. "Again," she said, "what in fuck's name am I doing here?"

Hidan groaned somewhere in the background and was dragged further away from Sakura by Deidara and Sasori.

"Um," Naruto began, rubbing the back of his head, "we just saw how tired you've been Sakura-chan."

"You've been walking around like a corpse lately," Sasuke bluntly said.

"I'm always tired. You know what my schedule is like with school and the hospital. And even when you two do kidnap me it's still not to here of all places."

"Ano," Naruto began again and touched his fingers together much like their friend Hinata. "Well, you see . . . there was a bet."

Sakura could feel the vein in her forehead throb. "What bet?"

Naruto visibly flinched back at her tone. Sasuke's reaction was less obvious, but he could feel his throat dry up at the look in her eyes when they met his. He quickly looked away and swallowed thickly.

"Pein proposed a bet about a week ago. He bet the dobe a month's supply of ramen that he could beat him at a game of shogi, but if he won, we'd have to bring you over for a visit."

Sakura's eye twitched. Of course this started because of ramen. Because what else would convince Naruto to sell Sakura's soul to the devil? "And he won." Obviously. She glared over at Pein, who was looking a little too smug for her liking, smirk promptly in place.