Under the Bed

Mission Five: Operation Time to Rock!

Summary- Sakura sends out Kakashi, Sasuke and Naruto, with the help of Tsunade, on a mission. The mission is planned for a week, and who gets to house sit but the one and only Sakura! But what she finds leaves her forever scarred. Comedyish, short story.

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Naruto about jumped out of his skin when Kakashi popped into his living room, “Yo.”

Naruto hopped around his room in an attempt to work off the sudden chills he had developed, “What the hell! Don’t you ever use the door!?”

Kakashi glanced around Naruto’s living room, “I’m assuming this isn’t how your house usually looks.” Naruto scratched his cheek, “Yeah, Sakura-chan redid it while we where away, how she got the thing in fridge out I’ll never know…” Naruto mumbled as he glanced at the now full of SAFE food refrigerator.

Naruto blinked, “Why are you here again?” Kakashi looked up, “She hit my place too.” Naruto grinned, “What’d your card say?” Kakashi didn’t respond and instead decided to look around, when in all actuality the card still resided on his kitchen counter, unmoved since he first read it.

Dear Kakashi,

(The following is written with the utmost love heart)

AHA! Now I know how many volumes of Icha Icha you have! Next time you’re late I’m selling them all and I’ll know if you hide them from me because I know how many there are! XD

With the utmost love and respect,

Sakura (who needs bells!)

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Sasuke was a naturally solitary person, so he had never really had any one over to his house, sure the dobe had showed up once or twice but he never came in. In fact that was probably the only time any one had ever come close to coming in, besides Kakashi who never had any reservations about breaking into someone’s house, so knowing it wasn’t either of them meant it was someone he probably wouldn’t mind killing.

But the further he went into his house the stranger it seemed that someone had broken in; everything was clean, what the hell kind of burglar cleaned?

He stopped at his open door, the kunai still in his hand as he stepped in.

Sakura lay curled on her side her hands curled under her chin. Sasuke almost dropped his Kunai, his eyes swung to the flower arrangement, a card with his name on it dangled from a ribbon.

Dear Sasuke,

Well I’m sure you’re wandering what happened to your house right? Well before you get upset you should see Naruto’s place! I just cleaned yours, and by the way you have a broom, use it! And stop breaking the shoji screens! Those are such a pain to fix! I know what to get you now next holiday at least, a feather duster, jeez, there was a centuries worth a dust here! But on the bright side you just had a lot of space to cover, Naruto’s apartment was just scary, so now that I’m running out room- flip card over to back

You get props for being the only one without an Icha Icha book (that I know of) so you got the extra groceries.

heart Sakura

Sasuke sat the card back on the table and looked down at Sakura, she was completely exhausted, she’d probably planned to go home and be done by the time they even got back but passed out before she could leave.

Sasuke put away his Kunai and leaned down to pick up Sakura, without waking her he pulled back the covers while still holding her and set her down. Covering her back up, he turned and walked out of his room.

He supposed if she cleaned everything then she could sleep there that night, he’d just crash on the couch. The light blush on his cheeks didn’t leave until he had a tomato from his now full fridge and was lying on his couch.

Then his cheeks faded back to his skin color and the Uchiha heir fell asleep.

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Sakura woke up the next morning with a start, it was still early, six or seven maybe, Sakura sat up and rubbed her eyes, stifling a yawn she glanced around her room, “Oh man what is up with me and falling asleep in strange places!?” She groaned and let her head fall foreword.

She really needed to stop this… Glancing at the alarm clock beside the bed she saw that it was still early in the morning, seven a.m, she bristled and jumped out of the bed, tripping over the covers and landing sprawled out on the floor, the sheets tangled around her legs.

How had she even gotten under the covers! And ew, her mouth tasted horrible, struggling for a second to disentangle herself, she stood up, contemplating washing the sheets again, she shook her head, she didn’t know when they would get back.

Extra day or not you never knew with that group.

Sakura made up her mind and made the bed, adjusting the card, she checked the water in the arrangements and took off out the window.

She had already locked the doors last night and she didn’t want to bother with Jutsu all ready up so she just hopped out the window and headed home.

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Sasuke woke up a few minutes after Sakura left, he had, had a hard time opening his eyes, he let her go though, she either didn’t want to get caught because she knew he was here or… went out the window on a whim.

Sasuke stood up and walked to his kitchen, now that he had food he might as well eat before harassing Naruto into breaking into Sakura’s with him.

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Sakura stepped out of the shower with a towel on, and immediately she knew something was wrong. If she hadn’t heard Naruto trip over something then someone was going to have a Kunai wedged somewhere unpleasant.

Forgetting her current state of undress she marched out into her family room with the towel held tight in a fist and the other fist ready to fly.

She marched into her kitchen and stopped dead to stare at the three lounging on her counter and table. Kakashi was in a chair, leaning back on two legs with his feet on the table, Sasuke sat on her counter idly fiddling with a kunai, Naruto was eating from a bag of chips he had stolen from her pantry.

Her mouth fell open, Kakashi glanced up at her and smiled, his eye flipping up happily, “Just returning the favor.” Naruto jumped up and hugged her, not noticing she was clad in a towel, Sakura turned bright red, “Oi! Sakura-chan, Sakura-chan, thanks for getting rid of that creature! He wouldn’t let me keep my milk in the fridge.” Sakura brought her fist up and whooped him on the head, “Baka! Don’t hug me while I’m in a towel!” Naruto rubbed his head as Sakura fled the room red in the face.

Naruto grinned from his spot on the floor, “Hehe, nice legs!” He called after the scrambling Sakura.

Earning a chuckle from Kakashi and a snort from Sasuke… and a flying book from Sakura.

Naruto fell back from the impact with his forehead, rubbing his forehead as he sat back up, “I don’t remember her being that good of an aim when we were genin…” He mumbled.

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Sakura was red faced as she dressed, throwing on a red tank with a zipper front and her medic skirt, she almost fell trying to hop to the door while pulling on her black shorts.

She ran down the stairs and stopped in her kitchen where the guys were, key word, were.

“Naruto!”

Sakura had a very bad feeling about this, a very bad feeling indeed, “Out here Sakura!”

Sakura blinked and looked at her slightly ajar kitchen door that lead to the high walled little yard in back. She had been meaning to do something with it for months but had never had the chance, sucking in a breath and putting on a brave face she made her way towards the door.

Knowing that one of two things was going to happen, either she was going to find a hole in her backyard (her grave) for breaking into the guy’s houses without permission and redoing everything, or she was going to find her house painted pink in revenge.

Sakura walked out into the midday light and gasped her mouth falling open.

“Surprise!”

Naruto bounced up to her and hugged her, “Hope you like it Sakura, we only had twenty minutes to get it all together!”

Kakashi smiled at her through his mask, “I suppose I should thank you, you actually found a few of the Icha Icha books I had thought I had misplaced.”

Sasuke shrugged, “Thanks, or whatever.”

Sakura grinned at freshly cut lawn, a path was made with stone to a little bench, and all around the yard…

Flowers.

Sakura was smiling so widely she thought her cheeks where going to fall off. She turned hugging Naruto in a bear hug, “Thanks! Thank you, thank you!” Sakura blinked away the tears in her eyes, “You guys this is beautiful!”

“Come on let’s have a picnic back here!” Naruto yelled jumping up and down in excitement, Sakura laughed, “Works for me!”

“Yatta! Let’s go make some food!”

Sakura laughed semi-nervously as Naruto rushed back into her kitchen, Kakashi walked over next to her and smiled with her at the open door, “Thank you Sakura-chan, I can’t really fault you for doing what you did, I appreciate it,” Sakura blinked as Kakashi’s gloved hand fell on her shoulder, he bent from the waist till he was eye level, and with a happy anime eye he told her just loud enough for her to hear…

“But if you try and go after my Icha Icha books, I’ll get you first.”

Sakura felt the air around her chill so quickly that she was sure her blood froze in place, “Anyway, got anything to drink?” Kakashi chattered cheerfully before heading to kitchen to help Naruto raid Sakura’s house.

Sakura choked slightly on the mess she had made, she glanced behind her at Sasuke, “Aren’t you coming Sasuke?”

Sasuke smiled slightly at Sakura before walking towards a wide-eyed Sakura, he glanced at her as he walked by, “Thank you Sakura.”

Sakura watched, speechless as the Uchiha heir walked inside with a smile on his face.

Blinking, Sakura started to grin; she should break into places more often.

“Oi! Sakura-chan! Come on!”

Sakura grinned, “Coming, Naruto!”

Team 7 had a great time that day with no training and just each other, but somewhere in Konoha Sai nearly spilt ink on himself when he sneezed.

He glanced up, hmmm, someone must be thinking of him…

The END!

:D Bahumbug to writer’s block!

I have finished this story and “Paper Flowers”, I have even started the SEQUEL to Paper flowers, “Paper Cranes”!

Now that wasn’t too painful was it? What’s to write next? Lol! O.O