I Do Not Own Naruto

Chapter 1

Uchiha Sasuke after the massacre of his entire clan by the hand of his brother had been taken in by the Haruno family, who ran the local bakery. They had argued for him, apparently Mebuki and his mother had been friends and Mebuki didn't want to see him being alone in the world. Haruno Kizashi and Mebuki were very sweet, however, their daughter was another story.

Haruno Sakura drove him insane!

She would chat with him, ignore him, spar with him, fight with him, and she was not afraid to lose her temper with him. Honestly he didn't remember a single moment in the thirteen years he had known Haruno Sakura where they actually got along. Even on the same Team in the Academy they had tried to kill one another. Which had shocked the entire village because apparently that pink hellion was a sweetheart in this village; from whatever demented planet the villagers were from he didn't know. Sakura was about as sweet as poison in his mind.

Hair pulling, punching, scratching, biting, kicking, chakra explosions, and even their own unique styles would clash volatilely. It was amazing the Haruno bakery was even still standing after all the hell they had raised and still riled up.

However, when they were twelve their volatile concoction was only made worse by Uzumaki Naruto, the other famed orphan of Konohagakure; and his guardian Hatake Kakashi had been the other components of Team 7.

Over all, after the arrival of Sai, Team 7 was very efficiant and volatile; they had made it through the forbidden forest with no problem, and tackled every problem they had head on and without fear. However, when he was about sixteen he ran off the reservation when Itachi had attacked Sakura, no one had come with him. But what he remembered the most, was after it was all said and done, and he was dragging Itachi's dead body back to Konohagakure, he remembered pink running up to him and hugging him before he collapsed on her. He was sobbing as he had held her tightly.

It was the first time he had cried since the loss of his family, and it was the last time he had ever cried. Sakura was the only one to even know about it, and she never breathed a word of it to anyone. So, he guessed, in a way, he and the annoying pinkette were friends; even now. Sakura was his roommate, she was the daughter of his guardians, and she was his teammate, and she was still the most annoying woman on the planet!

Honestly, in all his life he had never met a woman who could rile him the way that one could!

Which is what brought him here, today, at twenty years old and lunging at the newly twenty-one Haruno Sakura just outside of the Hyūga compound. Between her and Uzamaki, one of them was going to die today! And he was starting with the annoying pinkette who was here because she was friends with Hyūga Hinata, and was here for moral support to the bad news the elders were going to announce today. Honestly! It wasn't that bad! And it wasn't like he even wanted to be here in the first place!

Sakura ducked, but he caught her, they were thrown back when their fists hit; her damn super chakra strength and his own always collided. He rolled to his feet, she was on hers. A smirk tugged his lips when she smiled deviously, he grabbed his sword, she had her kunai, and they were at it again. To on lookers, this was a dangerous sight, but as he slashed where she had stood, he knew that neither of them would hurt the other. Unless they really wanted to.

"Come on guys! Not on the street!" Naruto shouted, then Sasuke punched him, he was in the fight then and on Sakura's side.

"ENOUGH!" he was pulling on Sakura's hair, Naruto was in a headlock, Sakura was about to punch him and Naruto was struggling to escape. They all looked up to see the Fifth Hokage glaring at them, he gave Sakura a tug, she punched him and then they were all standing there in a line.

"Honestly! Are you five!? Stop this nonsense, and what are you two doing here? only Sasuke is needed," Tsunade pointed out.

"Moral support!" Sakura declared.

"Entertainment!" Naruto sniggered.

He glared at them both; traitors. Only they would be happy with his misery, and the stupid council had decreed this which made him hate the council all that much more.

Tsunade shook her head and everyone walked after her to the Hyūga compound. He nudged Sakura away from him, he nudge him back, he glared at her, she stuck her tongue out at him, and he poked her seal which had her stumbling as she rubbed her enormous forehead.

"I can still see you two, knock it off! And Sakura, as a disciple of the Fifth Hokage you should be conducting yourself with more decorum," Tsunade scolded her apprentice. He smirked, she scowled. "And I expect better from an Uchiha about to introduced to his intended," Tsunade snapped. Sasuke scowled, Naruto was laughing, and Sakura grinned.

Now they were all behaving as he walked into the Hyūga compound.

"Hello Sasuke, Sakura," Hinata greeted them shyly, he nodded, Sakura grinned and nudged him in the ribs. Naruto smiled broadly.

"Hey Hinata!" he greeted loudly and happily.

"H-h-h-h-hello, Naruto," she whispered so softly he almost missed it and looked back at her. The young woman blushed a most brilliant shade of red, which he knew neither Sakura or Naruto noticed for Sakura was speaking to him about being quieter inside. It made him wonder just what the council was thinking with this arrangement, he didn't get married and he was clearly not the man Hinata liked. In fact, he was fairly certain with how she seemed to be trembling under his gaze, that he scared her. But he knew he scared most as it was so he wasn't surprised as he tugged Sakura's hair to get her attention then and motioned for her to go ahead of him. She smiled politely as she and Hinata walked into the other room chatting quietly.

Naruto and he followed the women, and he was greeted by the serious sight of the Hyūga elders, Hinata and Sakura chatting quietly, the village council, the Fifth Hokage, and his mentor, Hatake Kakashi. He sighed as he took the seat beside Hinata, she just smiled shyly at him and he watched as her very pale purple-silver eyes wandered over to Naruto who had unceremoniously flomped beside him as he made himself tea.

"Welcome," the hokage greeted them with a smile.

He just sighed internally for this was the end of his life as he knew it. By the end of the day he'd be engaged to a woman who he didn't think he had ever actually spoken to, and who was clearly in love with his best friend, and was friends with the most annoying pinkette ever. And this was all because the Council wanted to keep the Sharingan strong, and combining it with the Byakugan. Personally, he was despising this course of action…

But after the last time he had gone rogue and dragged back Itachi's dead body, he had promised the council that he would do anything they wanted him to do; and that included this. Much to his chagrin, and his utter humiliation.

Though, he doubted living with a Hyūga would be half as bad as living his life with the very annoying pinkette who was sitting beside his newly announced intended. Her cousin and sister looked over joyed, and the Hyūga elders just looked… annoyed. Not that he cared. This was their idea after all.

Sakura grinned happily to him and Naruto clapped his shoulder in congratulations.

The only one who looked about as unhappy as he, well, she was sitting there beside him and looking quite sorrowful as she looked past him. Sasuke was a very perceptive individual and he knew he was not her choice, just as she was not his choice. And he noticed the satisfacion of the elders, the council, and the Hokage at this arrangement. His mentor looked skeptical about this arrangement, and Naruto was just staring at the offered food hungrily.

He never noticed the flash of pain in the only green eyes in this room, and he never noticed the way she fisted her hands in her lap.

"This is so exciting!" Sakura said when they were walking in the Hyūga gardens with Hinata and Naruto. "A wedding! It's been so long with the village celebrated anything! This will be fun, if you need any help Hinata just ask, I'll be thrilled to help you in anyway. Even beating up the Uchiha if he's mean to you."

"Hn," was his answer with a glare and Sakura just scowled at him. Hinata giggled softly.

"Thank you," she whispered.

"Not a problem, I'll even get Naruto to help," Sakura whispered deviously to the Hyūga girl walking beside her.

"Sakura," he growled the warning.

"Shush you!" she snapped and everyone around them was laughing, even the council who he hadn't even noticed standing behind him. He sighed as he scowled at the pinkette who linked her arm with Hinata's and grinned up at him as if to dare him to say something.

"Tch," he clicked his tongue then, and before she could counter him he poked her seal again. "Annoying."

She stuck her tongue out and he refrained from snapping at her that a girl who had just turned twenty-one should not be acting like she was three years old. But he didn't, she was Sakura, and she'd likely snap back at him and then they'd be sparring; again.


Hinata shyly watched the exchange between Sasuke and Sakura, they were very comfortable with one another and she noticed that with how… expressive, the normally expressionless Uchiha was with her pink friend. Sakura had a way of doing that though, bringing people out.

It had never escaped her notice how close Sakura was with Naruto, she'd scold him, pay for his dinner, and even train with him whenever he needed the help, she'd beat Naruto up and heal him; all in one go; and she would always stand up for him. For a long time Hinata had envied Sakura's relationship with Naruto, until she realized Sakura maintained the same relationship with Sasuke and Sai, she was like a sister or family to them, and then Hinata had had hope. Hope was something she hadn't had for a long time, she had had hope that maybe she could get Naruto's attention and make him see how much she loved him, for she had always loved him.

There was no such luck for her though, her family had had other plans. And since she wasn't like her cousin; who had recently married his long time teammate Tenten, she would have an arranged marriage with the last Uchiha heir.

It was hurting her, but as she looked at Sakura chatting with her new fiancé; who had yet to speak with her since arriving, she just hurt. Sasuke was not the man she wanted to marry.

"Well, Hinata, if you need anything you know where I am, I have to go now, I have a shift at the hospital. Sasuke, Naruto, don't destroy the place!" Sakura said as she jogged off, and Hinata looked to the two men, they looked at her.

"How about we all go get ramen!" Naruto declared.

"You just had ramen," Sasuke pointed out.

"Yeah, so, I'm hungry!" Naruto argued and she chuckled softly as she followed them, being with them beat being with her family any day of the week, even if she didn't know her intended very well. Perhaps, since she wasn't going to get her freedom through her family, she should at least try to be happy and get to know Sasuke. He would be her husband after all.


No one saw the pink blur which hid in a dark alley as her breath hitched and the tears she had held back slipped from her control and she sunk to the filthy ground as her heart broke again, for the millionth time since meeting Uchiha Sasuke.

But she made certain no one would ever see it, see the love she held in her heart for him.

She hid it that well, and it would stay hidden and buried deep within her. It was for the best, for the good of the village if no one ever knew. No one would understand anyway.

Finally, the last of her silent tears slipped off her chin and she carefully stood as she wiped the evidence away and walked towards the hospital, for she really did have a shift to get to. She pulled up her pink hair as she walked and smiled at the villagers who smiled and waved at her.


That's all for now folks!

Enjoy Rid of the Monsters! =)