Roles Reversed [Sakura]

[Muzan Shoichi]

We're soldiers, instinctive,
(We can bring change before we die.)
THROUGH TAILS OF THE DEMONS, TO FEEL WHAT LIES BENEATH OUR EYES

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Shoichi strolled past the last few buildings of the village before they gave way to the open and spotted fields that were the training grounds. It was a quiet and calm afternoon, the sun was low. Casting a blanket of deep purple and magenta across the low hanging clouds and sky. It was cool but not cold, not that it bothered Sho, he rather liked the cold.

The birds sung loudly in the tree's as they swayed in the afternoon breeze and children ran around playing hide and ninja before it was time for bath and dinner. This was one of his favourite times of the day. Even though it was coming to an end there was still so much life buzzing throughout the village. Laughter from the playgrounds, singing from the inns, screaming from the hot springs.

Which wasn't out of the ordinary.

He walked with a long stride, his hands tucked way in the pockets of his snow white jacket. He had spent the last few months trying to perfect a jutsu but he had been missing something. It had eluded him for some time but he had eventually figured out what he needed.

He had sent a message to Sakura Haruno to meet him at the training grounds. He had heard of the girl before, and her team, most Jounin had. But he had only met her a few times while he visited the Hokage mansion while getting orders from the Hokage. She seemed like a nice girl.

At first he was hesitant to ask her to help him to be able to control his chakra flow. He didn't know what his fellow Jounin would think of him, getting taught by a Chuunin. Despite being a Jounin he was still very young, only two years older than Sakura herself. But he had pushed the thoughts aside quickly, he didn't care what the others thought.

She was skilled and had been trained by the Hokage herself. He needed her expertise. With a content sight he came to their meeting spot, put his back up against a tree and was happy to stand and watch the sky and birds while waiting for her.

(TAG ?!)Sakura
(WORDS ?!)346
(WEARING ?!)Stuff
(STATUS ?!) finished
(NOTES ?!) rawwr!
(CREDIT ?!) joey of CAUTION 2.0[/size]

[Haruno Sakura]

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[STYLE=width: 410px; margin-top: -5px; background-color: CECECE; font-family: arial narrow; text-transform: uppercase; color: 615E59; border-bottom: 10px solid #615E59; border-right: 10px solid #615E59; border-left: 30px solid #615E59; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px;][STYLE=height: 100px; width: 100px; background: url(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff473/meniphicons/Sakura/164548446.png); border: 10px solid #89CBC9; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; float: left;] [/style] It was quiet morning. The trees blew lightly within the trees. A young, or rather not so young anymore, female moved through the village hidden in the leaves. Everything seemed bright now. The morning had seemed to be a promising one even from the beginning of it. The female had recalled waking up to the sound of chirping birds and the happy sounds that made Konohagakure so peaceful. The pink-haired kunoichi for once knew that today, would probably be a slow one. Lady Tsunade had said that she was off today from whatever training she could possibly have for her. She could recall something about a meeting the Hokage had to go to. It was a good enough of a reason she assumed. The Hokage was after all a busy person and Sakura respected lady tsunade for that reason. She had to keep up with everything within Konoha as well as teach the chuunin. Even Sakura herself could admit she had come a long way after these years. The female opened her brilliant green hues from their closed positions to look at the bustling village below her. Standing on the edge of the Hokage's tower looking at everything was something she did often lately. Just looking at the village from this view made things a little easier to bare. Not only that, but it had become a sort of comfort zone for the female recently. It wasn't surprising since she was there often for lady Tsunade. The girl would of continued doing just that when another ninja appeared before her. At first she thought it was probably a message for Tsunade. Sakura received those once in a while after all. She delivered them to the Hokage when she wasn't busy. Sakura, however, didn't think it would be her that would receive the message. She smiled and nodded politely at the man before taking the small message. She quickly read the letter, and she smiled a bit. She didn't recall having known the person from the note. A Muzan Shoichi, no the name didn't ring a bell. But she wondered what he could possibly want with her. She knew there was only one way to find out. She quickly found herself heading to the training grounds of konoha. The place held so many memories for the female and for once she forced them to the back of her mind. It didn't take Sakura long to notice a single form within the grounds and she made her way to him. "Are you the one who sent me this?" she asked politely waving the message with one of her hands slightly. NOTES: bah.. not good WORDS: n/a TAG: Shoichi/Cry[/style] [STYLE=font-family: arial black; letter-spacing: -2px; font-size: 25px; color: 615E59; letter-spacing: -2px; -webkit-transform: rotate(-180deg); -moz-transform: rotate(-180deg); -o-transform: rotate(-180deg);margin-top: -40px;]do you think about me still?[/style]

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[Muzan Shoichi]

We're soldiers, instinctive,
(We can bring change before we die.)
THROUGH TAILS OF THE DEMONS, TO FEEL WHAT LIES BENEATH OUR EYES

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Shoichi hummed a quiet, slow and melancholy hum as he leaned against the tree waiting for the younger kunoichi. His head moved in a slow back and forwards rocking motion, mimicking the tune of his hum.

He could and probably should have been warming up or staying active but the afternoon air was crisp and relaxing. After some time he started timing him hum so it'd match up with the bird songs that filled the training grounds.

He was brought out of his almost trance like state as a falling leaf flitted across his face briefly brushing his nose before being helplessly carried away by the wind.

He looked up, slightly squinting due to the falling afternoon sun and spotted another leaf which slowly began it's decent from the tree's canopy to the earth.

He watched it intently, it's movements. The way it swayed on the wind. It would fall without resistance at times then be caught in tiny invisible up draft or be swept one way only to be swept back the other.

For what seemed like an eternity he studied the falling leaf, he wondered if he could make himself like the leaf. Weightless, at the mercy of the winds. Could it be possible to fly, to use the wind to do something that was almost impossible even to a world of ninja's.

He kept his gaze upon the leaf until it eventually settled on the top of his boot. And that's where is stayed, finally safe from the wind it had made it's journey but never reached it's destination.

He could fulfil it's wish and shake it off but he wondered if he should or not. With a sigh he scratched his chin and raised his eyebrows. He had a tendency of doing stuff like this, drifting off into his own world. Getting stuck on unsolvable and sometimes plain silly subjects which were quite anti-productive for a shinobi.

"Are you the one who sent me this?"

A girl said from behind him. He didn't act like it but truth was she had startled him. He had not noticed her approaching and she had only walked towards him. He chastised himself inside, telling himself off for being so careless. Sometimes he wondered how he had become a Jounin so young, he wondered if his peers had been right about him, that he lacked that natural hardness most Jounin had. Lacked the experience.

He rubbed the back of his neck, pushing the thoughts aside for another time and turned towards the pink haired kunoichi.

“I am,” he said with a small nod.

“Sakura Haruno,” he said arching a brow, “It's good to finally meet you. I've heard a lot about you,” he said, his face almost expressionless as usual.

“You must be a busy girl, so I will get straight to the point. You've had the pleasure to train with the lady Hokage and I've noticed you're chakra control has become exceptional. I would ask her but she is very busy so I was hoping you'd show me how to control my chakra flow better. You know, how you and the Hokage augment you're strength. I have developed a jutsu but cannot seem to control my Chakra well enough to finish it”.

“Anyway, I'd appreciate it, if you could help me out”.

(TAG ?!)Sakura
(WORDS ?!)558
(WEARING ?!)Stuff
(STATUS ?!) finished
(NOTES ?!) Didn't proof read so sorry if theres mistakes and I dribbled on a little about the leaf sorry XD I tend to natter once I get into writing a scene <,<!
(CREDIT ?!) joey of CAUTION 2.0

[Haruno Sakura]

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[STYLE=width: 410px; margin-top: -5px; background-color: CECECE; font-family: arial narrow; text-transform: uppercase; color: 615E59; border-bottom: 10px solid #615E59; border-right: 10px solid #615E59; border-left: 30px solid #615E59; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px;][STYLE=height: 100px; width: 100px; background: url(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff473/meniphicons/Sakura/164548446.png); border: 10px solid #89CBC9; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; border-radius: 0px 0px 45px 0px; float: left;] [/style] The first thing that the young kunochi noticed was that the boy who was within the training grounds was concentrated on something. She wasn't sure what it was and she found her emerald eyes glancing over the entire place. Was there something here that was making him look around like he was? She wasn't all that sure what it was that he was doing. She wasn't all that sure whether she should interrupt him at first. The thought passed her for a moment before she shrugged it off. If she didn't bother him, then how would she ever know if this male was the one that had sent such things to her? She finally decided and moved forward once more to speak asking if it was indeed the male that had sent her the message. It didn't really surprise her as much as she had been earlier. His body seemed to jolt a bit. The female couldn't help but laugh softly to herself at how she had seemed to throw him off balance. "You should probably pay attention a bit more." she said gently. It wasn't a condescending tone, some could probably make it out to be a playful one. The exact opposite of what she would of said to naruto had he been the one she had caught. She watched him rub the back of his head before confirming that he was indeed the one that had sent her the message. Well, that made things a bit easier. Now, she just had to know what the jounin wanted. After all, what would someone of higher rank than her want, with her? Maybe just to schedule an appointment with the Hokage. She had experienced a few of those in her training with tsunade as well. She was pulled out of her thoughts as he once more spoke to her. "It is a pleasure to meet your acquaintance as well Muzan Shoichi. I hear your not around much, which would explain our lack of a meeting." she said calmly. That, and that she spent almost all of her time with Lady Tsunade now in days. It was no wonder she didn't meet anyone anymore. Though, at seeing his expressionless face she couldn't help but feel a little bit of coldness from him. Her body tensed a bit at such a thing and she felt more uncomfortable than she had when first coming to see him. His next words only confirmed her previous thoughts. A jounin was forcing himself to ask a chuunin for help. She could probably understand the discomfort that he probably felt from asking such a thing. She couldn't help but feel a bit of anger come from her emotions from such a thought though. One of the kunochi's flaws, she had never really learned how to control that anger of hers. It was a strength as much as it was a weakness and there were a few that new exactly why that was. As he finished his short speech the female found herself leaning back onto only one of her legs and found her arms crossing a bit. A not amused face came to her as her green eyes flicked over his form once more before locking on his eyes. "Look, first off, if you want to ask someone's help, you don't act like you are going to a burial for the dead. Second, just because you are a Jounin asking for a Chuunin's help doesn't make you disgraceful. It makes you smarter than anyone who is foolish enough to stake their pride over what is really important." The words flowed easily from her. At least she was releasing her anger in a ... more constructive way? Sure she was lecturing a Jounin, but still, she was right.. wasn't she? At least in her mind.. and in her heart she believed her words to be truth. She finally let herself sigh a bit and removed her hand from their crossed position. " Look, shoichi-san, I don't have any problem with teaching you. I really don't, but.. how about we make a compromise first." she said as her emerald green eyes opened again from their previously closed position. "For today only.. there are no ranks between us. Just two ninja, that want to protect Konoha, all right?" she asked calmly. She moved forward a slight step in order to offer a gloved hand, in order to seal their small compromise if he would have it that way. NOTES: sorry for the wait! WORDS: n/a TAG: Shoichi/Cry[/style] [STYLE=font-family: arial black; letter-spacing: -2px; font-size: 25px; color: 615E59; letter-spacing: -2px; -webkit-transform: rotate(-180deg); -moz-transform: rotate(-180deg); -o-transform: rotate(-180deg);margin-top: -40px;]do you think about me still?[/style]

[STYLE=[STYLE=font-family: arial black; font-size: 10px; color: D61F3B;]made by jellietan[/style]