.::The Scrapbook::.

A collection of AU stories revolving around Sasuke and Sakura.

Goddess Dearest

God Sasuke's been stuck in a human form for a long time...goddess Sakura, now in the same predicament, can't understand why he doesn't want to go home.

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"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?"

The temple stood tall and proud, made of stone from head to toe. In the middle of the one room stood a golden altar, accompanied with the imagine of a woman in flowing robes that covered almost nothing hugging a miniture cherry tree, a raven perched on her shoulder, a wolf and a fox weaving in between her legs.

Before it stood two figures. One was a short female, with long pink hair that was in a braid and sparkling green eyes. The other was a tall male with black-and-blueish hair and onyx eyes.

"Hnn," The male said, bored.

The female glared. "Don't 'hnn' me, Sasuke! What do you mean, I'm stuck like this?" She demanded.

Sasuke sighed, rubbing his temples. "You haven't changed…still annoying as heck…"

The female hit him with her sandals, as she was standing barefoot. "Shut up, Sasuke! Explain! NOW!"

Sasuke eyed her. "…You're sure you can handle it, Sakura?"

All he received from her was a glare.

"…Tsunade decided you needed a visit to the human world…" He paused.

"I get that!" Sakura snapped.

The male shot her a look. "Can you shut up for a minute?" Ignoring her huff, he continued. "So, you're down here like I am; stuck in this human body until you learn your lesson."

Sakura pouted, hands on her hips. "…But…didn't you learn your lesson a century ago?" She asked, curious. "Why are you still down here?"

Sasuke smirked, playing with her braid. "Because humans are so much more interesting then a pack of self-righteous, egotistical gods."

"…You just explained yourselfin a sentence," She pointed out.

"I know…" He sighed. "You comfortable in that body?"

"NO!" She sighed. "And why'd my hair have to be pink? I hate pink! It's bad enough that my symbol is a cherry blossom and my god form has pink hair, but, a human form? Aren't we supposed to blend in?"

Sasuke smirked, flicking her nose. "Human form or not," He scoffed. "Gods always stick out."

"How's Naruto?"

She looked over, surprised. She'd been in the human world for…two months, now, living with Sasuke in the village of Konoha. The two shared attaching rooms in the guest house of the village, going about their lives, helping the citizens out as much as possible. Sakura was seen as a healer, approprite to her goddess reign, and Sasuke as one of the fighters known as "ANBU".

Life had passed peacefully, with no mention of their godly home or their god family. Sasuke hadn't asked, and Sakura hadn't pushed.

But now, it seemed he was ready.

The goddess of medicine and nature pursed her lips, plopping down on the porch step next to her fellow god. "He's good. He misses you like crazy. Almost caused a food shortage in his 'home' country."

The god of honor and war snorted. "Tch. Dobe."

Sakura bit her lip. "Hey…Sasuke?"

"Hnn."

"…Why won't you come home?" She asked.

He looked her straight in the eyes. "I don't think you'd understand."

"Try me," She retorted, a gleam in her eyes.

The male paused, shifting. "I can feel here, Sakura. I'm not shunned like I am up there because I made a mistake. It's a chance to start over…of course, I still perform my godly duties when I have to, but mostly I enjoy the life of a human, short, fleeting, and peaceful. Everything is cold and unfeeling up there…people welcome me here. It…it feels like home."

The female pressed her hand against where a human's heart would be. His hand covered hers, and she looked up in his eyes.

"And sometimes, I feel like I'm important here."

The goddess brought their hands down into her lap, leaning against her longtime close friend. The two, although opposite gods, got on exetremly well.

"I missed you, Sasuke," She confessed, trying to look up at him.

He freed his hands, brushed her bangs out of her face, and cupped her face in his hands. "I missed you too, my goddess."

There, in the human world, moonlight shining bright above, the two godly beings shared their first kiss.

"HA! You owe me, Jiriaya! Pay up!" cackled a blond woman.

"Dammit, Tsunade…" Jiriaya cursed, looking once more in the seeing-pool in the God Throne Room to see the two young gods sharing their feelings with each other. "You cheated."

"No rules," The head goddess shook her finger in his face. "That's what we agreed in. Now, go off and tell our god of harvest that he might not see his two best friends for a lonnnng, lonnng time…"

The god grumbled, but headed off into another part of the palace.

Tsunade chuckled, rubbing her hands together. Life was good.

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A/N: Yo.

Yeah, I know-it's been a while since I've posted anything Naruto. (blame my muse!) To make up for my lack of creative-ness at the moment, I took ideas for all the stories I've ever wanted to write and condensed them down into one-chaptered, two-chaptered, and three-chaptered short stories, which I will be posting here.

I had fun writing this fun-something in this world may appear from me in the future.

Oh, for your information.... Sakura; goddess of medicine and nature, symbol is the cherry blossom. Sasuke; god of honor and war, symbol is a raven feather. Tsunade; the goddess of luck and parties, symbol is a cup. Jiriaya; the god of sex and lust, symbol is staff and an arrow, crossing. Naruto; the god of food and harvest, symbol is an orange sprial. Kakashi; the god of wisdom, symbol is three bells.

Please take time to review and give me feedback! I would appreciate it...

Next chapter? Here's a hint...it involves tomatos and stalking.

Peace,

An Order of RAWR