Title: Come Get Me
Chapter 1
Author: NightBeast
Rating : M

Disclaimer: …….Do I really need to say it?…….I don't own Naruto, nor do I have the privilege of owning any of the characters….no matter how much I wish I did…..then I could change how the series is going……

"Sasuke has done it again! 3 points in the whole!" Sasuke announced, rubbing his shot in his team mates' faces. Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, and Sasuke were playing 2 on 2. Shikamaru and Neji were on the same team, Sasuke and Naruto were on the same team. Choji was there, too, but he had opted to sit out and eat some snacks.

"Stop showing off, Uchiha. Save it for the game." Neji said, dribbling the ball around Naruto. He went up for the shot, and out of nowhere, Sasuke came up and knocked the ball out of his hands.

"You just got rejected!" Naruto called out, laughing.

Neji just growled, clearly pissed at Sasuke.

"Aww, come on Neji! It's just a game!" Sasuke said, trying not to laugh.

"Yeah yeah yeah. Whatever." Neji said. "I think we should call it a day."

"Sounds good to me!" Shikamaru seconded. "I'm beat."

"Both literally and figuratively, eh, Shikamaru?" Naruto joked.

"Shut up, Naruto." Shikamaru said, ready to punch Naruto in the face.

"You all could really use some help." a female voice called.

"Really, Sakura?" Naruto called back, turning to face the five girls coming their way.

"Yes, Naruto, really." Sakura stated, her hand on her hip. "I've been beating you since we were in diapers!"

"You five really think that you can take us on?" Sasuke asked, clearly doubtful. They were girls after all.

"Oh no. We want to join you." Sakura said. "We need the practice."

"And how do you think the teams should be split?" Neji asked.

"Me, Hinata, Neji, and Shikamaru against TenTen, Temari, Sasuke and Naruto. Ino can't play because she sprained her ankle, and we want her completely healed before the season starts." Sakura said, sending Ino an apologetic smile.

The guys all looked at each other. After a second, Shikamaru turned and said, "Looks like you're on." He walked over to the bench and took off his shirt. The other guys followed suit.

"Try not to be too paralyzed, girls." Naruto called out.

The girls just smirked and walked over to the bench, bags in hand. They started to lift their shirts off but it got really quiet all of a sudden. They turned around and saw the guys looking at them, their jaws on the floor. When Naruto's face turned red, Temari smirked. "Try not to be too paralyzed, Naruto." she mockingly called out.

"Is there something wrong?" Hinata asked, suddenly self-conscious.

"Don't pay them any mind, Hinata. You'd think that they've never seen girls in sports bras before." Sakura said, talking her shirt off. "Let's go, girls."

xxxXXXxxx (35 minutes later) xxxXXXxxx

"Wow, Neji! Since the girls joined your team, you aren't losing!" Naruto said.

The score was Neji's team 60, Sasuke's 56. Sakura proved to be the female version of Sasuke on the court (no wonder considering they grew up together as next door neighbors, and they play basketball and other sports together ALL the time). She even blocked a couple of his shots, but he could never touch hers. He was getting extremely pissed at her for it, especially because it wasn't just them playing two on two in one of their backyards, it was in front of their friends.

Sakura had the ball, she was at the half court line, dribbling down the center lane. She saw Hinata open, so she passed the ball to her. She went to the left wing, staying open in case there wasn't a clear shot and the ball needed to be passed back out. Neji came around Hinata, so she passed the ball to him. He went up for the shot and Sakura saw Sasuke charging, so she shouted, "Neji! Back!" He was in mid-shot, saw that Sasuke was coming, and passed the ball to her. She was at the three point line, and shot it, not seeing Sasuke had changed course, and was now coming after HER. The ball was airborne, and next thing she knew, she was on the ground, flattened by Sasuke.

"Sasuke?" Sakura asked, gasping is air.

"Yes?"

"This isn't football!" Sakura yelled, punching him in the arm.

"It's good!" Naruto yelled. "Unbelievable Sakura!"

"Even if it hadn't gone in, we still would've won Uchiha!" Sakura said.

Sasuke just stared down into her face, and he felt something shift in his mind, like his world just got altered, and his future had drastically changed.

"Sasuke?" Naruto asked, his face a mask of confusion. "Are you ok? Do you…enjoy smushing Sakura?"

Sasuke's face flushed, and in his hurry to get up, he raised himself up, his hips connecting with hers, and they both froze. Sakura looked up into his eyes, and he saw shock clearly painted across her face. 'Ah, shit!' he silently cursed. His body was reacting to hers, and the proof was very visible-and hard!-against her.

Naruto, not realizing what was happening, pulled Sasuke up. "Lazy ass!"

"I was going to get off-I mean up!" Sasuke said, realizing the implication of what he said. His face was still crimson. He turned and offered a hand to Sakura. "I'm sorry." He meant for his…reaction, too.

"Yeah, it's cool." Sakura said, her eyes saying she felt undecided about it.

Sasuke hated his reaction to her. He had a girlfriend, and Sakura had been one of his best friends and practically one of the guys to him since he could remember! It had always been him, Sakura, and Naruto. Sometimes they would all get together, him, Sakura, Naruto, Neji, TenTen, Hinata, Shikamaru, Temari, Ino, and Choji but that was for weekend events or something. They all went to the same school, so they'd always eaten lunch and had a couple classes together. Temari's brothers, Kankero and Gaara, hung out with them rarely, and Sasuke didn't really care. Karin, his current girlfriend, would kill him if she'd known that he was thinking about Sakura…romantically.

"Sakura, you're awesome!" Naruto was exclaiming, giving her a hug.

"Thanks, Naruto." Sakura said happily.

"You girls can play with us any time!" Naruto exclaimed, his voice full of humor.

Ok, so maybe he did understand what had happened. Sasuke and Sakura and their faces went red, but thankfully no one saw.

"Sakura, do you want a ride home?" Sasuke asked.

"Sure." Sakura said, as she went to get her stuff together and walked to her car. "I'm driving though." Sakura said, knowing that he'd let her. As they grew up, they'd been best friends. It helped that they lived next door to each other. As soon as they were old enough to drive, they took turns driving each other to school and other functions.

"I knew you'd say that." He tossed her the keys.

They got in and Sakura made a stop at the store. "I'm gonna get the usual." She looked in her bag for money.

Sasuke handed her a twenty. "Pay me back later."

"Ok. Even though I think it's your turn to buy." She got out before he could say anything, got her items, paid the cashier, and came out ten minutes later. She tossed her purchases in his lap. He looked in it and grinned. "Really?"

"I was going to share it with you, but forget it." She said teasingly.

He just laughed at her and took out the Snickers bar that he knew was for him.

"The red one is yours. Don't touch mine." She said, referring to the Gatorades. She sounded serious, too. He knew that she was joking, though, so he didn't pay her any attention.

"I take it that the Butterfinger's yours, too?"

"Duh!"

He opened her Gatorade for her and held his and hers so she could drink as she drove. This had been their ritual for three years now.

"You excited for senior year to start tomorrow?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes and no." She looked at him. "Do you and Karin have all of your events and functions planned?"

"What do you mean?"

"Classes, sports, rides?"

"Oh, not really." Sasuke paused. "Karin and I might not be together for much longer."

"Oh." was all Sakura could think of to say.

"Yeah."

Sakura finally pulled into his driveway, parked the car in the garage, and turned it off. "See ya around, and thanks for the ride." She grabbed her stuff and walked to her house.

TO BE CONTINUED….

So what do you think?! Please!!! Let me know!!!!!

~NightBeast