"Omigosh Naruto-kun. I am so sorry! I can't believe I did that, I thought you were..."

What? Should she say 'I thought you were a blood-thirsty human who wanted to kill me?' When she had been woken up in the middle of that...nightmare...she had accidentaly punched Naruto in the head-well, cheek- and then couldn't even remember what she was scared of that would make her do that.

Sakura sighed. Well, of course, as soon as she saw him, she remembered. In fact, as soon as she remembered that sickly-sweet smile of his, she recoiled and tripped over Naruto causing the other people in the row beside her to jump up and trip too.

Why did she always cause so much trouble?

So, here they were, in the imfirmary. Naruto, grunting in pain every time the nurse beside him touched his cheek, Sakura apoligizing to Naruto because of it, while also trying to not look at Sasuke, who was standing at Sakura's back, against the wall. No, she didn't want to face him. Not trying to think of him failed, what with his presence feeling like a black shadow on her mind.

Ugh, she thought to herself, if he doesn't go away soon I think i'll be sick.

Sakura tried to focus back on Naruto. "I'm really sorry Naruto-kun! Does it hurt very bad?"

Naruto sighed, frowning a bit. "Ah, moh, Sakura-neechan, stop asking it's fine really! I appreciate the worry, but I'm gonna be a top class ninja one day, so this is really some good practice for me!"

If Sakura didn't know better, she'd laugh. It was his dream. To be the best ninja in the world so he could protect those closest to him, and she didn't doubt him. He was already a master at sneaking around without getting caught. And he also had great upper and lower body strength to match too.

Sometimes she imagined he would be a better dog. "What do you mean, 'this is really good practice'?" She felt Sasuke's eyes on her and just wished she could gouge them out with a spoon. A thought that somehow just made her more agitated.

"Ya know," he smiled past his swolen cheek, displaying his strait white teeth. "ninja's aren't supposed to show emotion an' stuff so it's a good thing that it hurts! Now I can learn how to ignore pain!" He pumped his arm up in the air, and the nurse smacked his head and told hime to be quiet and hold still.

Did Sasuke just scoff? Or was he clearing his throat?

Sakura turned to him and asked pointidly, "What's your dream Sasuke-san?" She tried to hide a smurk.

Yet, his eyes portrayed no emotion, he anwered quietly, "Don't have one yet." Nope. Not even a hint of the embarassment she'd been shooting for.

She stopped herself from hitting him, and quickly turned back to Naruto. His stare made her itch like crazy. She thought about sticking pins in his eyes so that he'd go blind. Maybe then he would stop staring at her.

She mentally slapped herself. Why was she thinking like this? Her? Sakura, the -mostly- passive one. The only time she ever thought homicidal thoughts was when she couldn't beat a part on a video game or something.

When she looked at Naruto again, he was regaurding her strangly. Like she had just said something that made her head five times bigger.

Then she realized she had changed honorifics. she called him Sasuke-san, not Sasuke-kun like she first did. Was it just her, or was it suddenly getting hot in there?

"Well Naruto," Sakura stood up and felt Sasuke tense behind her. "I should get back to class. I hope that I didn't hit too hard and I AM truly sorry that I caused you so much pain. Ja.'' And with that she dissapeared behind the door to the hallway.

Naruto looked after her, a sort of sad smile on his lips. I'm the one that causes you so much pain Sakura-neechan, he thought to himself. The nurse slapped his head again. "Naruto-kun, stay STILL!" she shrieked.

Sasuke, meanwhile, looked at the door Sakura had just left through. No, she wouldn't understand. He couldn't tell her his dream. She had challenged him. good thing that he wasn't brazen enough to act on it. Still. Why was there something strange about her? Was it the hair? Or was it...

Nah... It had to be the hair. Maybe the eyes too. He had never seen such a color combination before in his life.

He turned to Naruto. "Well, Dobe. Seeing as she is my chapperone, I think I should follow Sakura-san. See ya in class. Bye."

He went out the door without waiting for him to answer back. He could sense Sakura around the corner at the end of the hallway. Why hadn't she gone back to class? He slowed his steps as he heard her talking to herself.

"..What the hell was up with that? Why did I do that?" she was saying, "I just offended someone out of paranoia, and for what reason? Because he was in my nightmare?." She turned to the wall and lightly tapped her head on it. "Why does he irritate me like that?"

"Maybe because I'm beautiful, Sakura-san."

Sakura yelped. He wasn't there a second ago! Where the hell does he come from?

Sasuke smirked. Both out of irritation and out of satisfaction from scaring her. Out of irritation, because he didn't understand why he was so giddy all of the sudden.

"Sasuke-kun? Ha ha ha...Um, what a coincidence!" Sakura scratched her head and hoped he couldn't see the blush she felt on her face.

"Coincidence? We're in a school." He stated flatly. This time only a hint of laughter was in his voice. What was she blushing for?

"Oh, ha ha ha, yeah, I knew that. Well, lets get to class!" She started to walk away from him, only half hoping he would follow. When he didn't she stopped and looked at him.

"What?"

Sasuke smiled, this time. A reall smile.

"The classroom is back that way."

Yeah, so anyway... to those of you that reminded me to get off of my lazy ass thank you. I actually had a lot of fun writing this chapter! O.o HOLY CRAP!

Thank you. I'm not expecting it, but review if you will. This time I really will update more frequently! I SWEARS IT ON THE PRECIOUS SO NAMED THIS STORY!! o.o;

My teeth itch...