A/N: Sorry 'bout this chapter! It's kind of NaruSaku-ish even though I don't like the couple hehe. It's just that... I need this couple for the development of my story! Hehe, don't worry the only couple I like here is SasuNaru! And yes, teen13, I love writing SasuNaru fics!!!!!!

Warning: This chapter is NaruSaku-ish. Hehe.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto… (goes onto the corner, sits down, and cries quietly)

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Recap:

He sang it low and mellow. It was exceedingly beautiful. His voice was not of the earth; it was heavenly. Everybody's jaws dropped and their eyes wide-open in shock, especially Sasuke.

That song… and that voice… so… it's… Naruto…? Sasuke thought.

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Chapter 2: Sakura Smiles

Corks popped from sake bottles as they celebrated. Yes, they're celebrating Naruto's win on the competition.

"Drink as many as you can! My treat!" Naruto announced enthusiastically as he drank the wine bottoms-up.

So, everybody drank and drank until they're out of their minds… Well, except for Lee of course. Konoha might be destructed the second time if the green-spandex retard will have the slightest taste of it… Of course, Naruto doesn't want him to destroy his apartment so he just gave juice to him… poor Lee…

"Naruto…" A drunken Sasuke called from the corner of the room.

"Ne, Sasuke-teme? What are you calling me?" Naruto replied, also drunk. At the back of his mind, something's bothering him of what Sasuke called him… Something's fishy. Yes, Sasuke didn't call him with an insult.

"Dobe, come over here."

So, Naruto neared Sasuke and they locked their eyes. Suddenly, Sasuke slightly brushed his lips against Naruto's.

"W-What! T-Teme! P-Pervert! What was that for?!"

"I like you…" He whispered as he fell towards the yellow-haired guy. Naruto caught him with his arms. He placed the drunken raven-haired boy on the couch.

"Idiot… you can't handle your liquor…" Naruto hissed. When, he turned to everyone, they were gaping at him and Sasuke.

"Naruto… is my eyes showing me things because I'm drunk or did Sasuke really kiss you?" Kiba asked.

"Yeah, I think I saw it, too." Sakura agreed, eyes wide-open.

"Springs of youth!" Lee exclaimed with tears gushing out of his eyes like a waterfall. Sadly, his 'other self' wasn't there.

"Nah, maybe Sasuke thought that I was the girl she liked and then kissed me because he was drunk." Naruto explained.

Shrill cries were heard from Sakura and Ino.

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"Ja, Naruto, I need to go home. I'll just bring Ino to her home, too." Shikamaru said as he brought up the girl and walked out of the room. Ino was heard saying unknown murmurs that contained 'fun,' 'tonight,' and 'Shika-kun.'

Sakura was brought home by Lee and the Hyuuga cousins went home with Tenten, too. Chouji just munched away, Kiba used Akamaru to lead him home, and Shino used his bugs.

Naruto's eyes wandered across the messy living room until he spotted Sasuke slumped over at the couch.

That drunken bastard… who will bring him home? Me? Nah… I'm too lazy, drunk, and tired… It would be too troublesome for me if I would still do it… I'll just go to sleep and pretend that he's not there… He thought as he went over to his bedroom and lied down at his bed… falling into a sound sleep.

-Next day-

Sunlight that passed through the small opening between the curtains of the window next to his bed hurt his eye. He sat up drowsily, rubbed his eyes as he yawned, and stretched. Suddenly, something hit his mind.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about Sasuke… wonder if he's still there… Naruto thought.

So, he went out of his room and saw something that's just unbelievable. Sasuke was on the front of the stove, cooking for breakfast.

He heard a gasp from someone behind him. He turned around to identify who it was until he saw Naruto.

He smirked for a second and turned off the fire. He placed the pot onto the table.

"Naruto, breakfast will soon be cold if you just stand there." Sasuke frowned.

"Oh, yes, ah… thanks…" He replied as he neared the table and sat down at the chair. "Itadakimasu!"

Sasuke also sat down and eyed the blonde as he gobbled up the breakfast Sasuke made.

Naruto noticed the eyes fixed on him, so he looked up at Sasuke. "Aren't you gonna eat?"

"Dobe." He looked away abruptly, trying to fight the blush that's sneaking its way in.

"Why you! Teme, it's early in the morning to have a fight with you and besides I'm still having a hang-over from last night's drinking party so I really am not in the mood right now!"

"That soup is for your hangover."

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he gazed at Sasuke suspiciously. I wonder if he put poison on this soup……… of course he wouldn't do that… right?

"Do you remember what happened last night?"

Naruto choked at the soup and then looked away with a blush creeping onto his face. "No."

"Oh… good… Why are you blushing?"

"I'm not blushing! … I'm gonna take a shower. You may leave if you want to." He said as he walked towards the bathroom and entered it. He stripped off his clothes and turned on the shower.

Sasuke walked towards the door and stopped in front of it. He heard the water sprinkling against the bathroom floor. "Naruto, I'll be leaving."

No reply…

"I said I'll be leaving." Sasuke repeated, irritation heard in his voice.

"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Naruto replied. Sasuke went over the front door and left the apartment.

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Naruto just finished his shower and went out of the bathroom with only a towel on, droplets of water dripping from his tan skin. Hm… so he really did leave…

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"Sakura-chan!!!!" Naruto greeted in his usual loud, irritating voice as he approached the pink-haired genin ordering a drink at the Streamside Café.

"Naruto, for once in your life, please lower your volume! I'm having a hangover!" Sakura yelled as he handed over the menu to the waiter nearby her.

"Hehe, I'm sorry!" Naruto sheepishly replied as he sat down on the chair next to Sakura.

"I'm so damn annoyed that you, who drank the most last night, are not having a hangover!" Sakura raged.

Oh, yes, that teme made me swallow up that soup that makes hangovers disappear. He thought with a sweatdrop. "Sigh… that teme…"

"Hm? What was that?"

"Oh, haha, nothing." Naruto chuckled. Suddenly, he saw, from the corner of his eyes, Sasuke eyeing them from a table not that far from them. I wonder if Sakura knows that Sasuke is here… Out of nowhere, an idea popped up in his mind. Hehe… I'll show him that I can make Sakura date me! "Sakura-chan, would you want to go out with me?"

Naruto saw Sasuke with an "of-course-she-won't-go-out-with-you" look on his face as he sipped his coffee.

"Naruto--"

"I will tell you Sasuke's secret if you go out with me!" Naruto whispered.

"Really??? Alright, I'll meet you at Ichiraku's later 6pm!" Sakura giggled out loud. Sasuke choked on the coffee he's drinking; he couldn't believe that Sakura agreed to go out with Naruto.

"Haha, thanks, Sakura! Well, I'll be heading off to the training grounds!" He said as he stood up.

"Don't be late, Naruto!" Sakura reminded.

"Got it!" Naruto replied as he dashed off.

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As Naruto approached the training grounds, he saw a lone figure standing. It's Uchiha Sasuke.

"Teme, nice timing! Would you want to train with me?" Naruto smiled brightly, trying to forget the things that happened last night.

"What was that for?" Sasuke demanded with his eyes narrowed.

"'What was that for' what?" Naruto asked in return.

"Hn… nothing…" He said as he turned his back on Naruto.

"Oh… alright… So, do you wanna spar with me?"

"Sure."

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Later that night…

"Hm… I wonder where Naruto is…" Sakura sighed as he stirred on the juice that's set in front of her.

"I bet he's trying look good as possible! Y'know, it's his dream-come-true to date you." Ayame smiled at her.

"Really?" Sakura looked up to her.

"Yeah! He keeps on babbling about you when he comes to eat here, like, 'Sakura-chan is so pretty!'" Teuchi laughed. "He's crazy for you."

"Wow… I can't believe it… I thought it was just some… plain prank."

Suddenly, Naruto appeared onto the seat next to Sakura.

"Hi, Sakura-chan! Good to see that you're here!" Naruto grinned.

"Naruto! You're 30 minutes late! Are you following Kakashi-sensei's steps?!" Sakura raged.

"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan!" He said as he scratched his head sheepishly. "By the way, what do you want for dinner?"

"Of course, ramen!"

"Well, yeah, but what kind of ramen?"

"Anything will do, but I'll have what you'll be having."

"Okay, Mr. Teuchi! Two bowls of your most special ramen!"

Out of the blue, Naruto took a quick glance at Sakura from the corner of his eyes… something surprised him; Sakura was smiling at him!

OMG! Sakura-chan's actually smiling at me! This is heaven! Hey… wait… is she directing that smile on me? He thought as he looked behind him.

"What is it, Naruto? Is something bothering you?" She asked curiously as she took a peep behind Naruto.

Two hot, steaming, good-smelling bowls of ramen were served.

"Oh, no, it's nothing… It's just that… I thought you were smiling at somebody else." He said as he had a mouthful of ramen.

"What gave you that idea?" She asked as she separated her chopsticks.

"Well, you see… um… you never really smiled at me. Some were evil smirks; others are fake smiles. All your smiles were directed to everybody else, especially Sasuke. None was ever really directed on me." He mumbled unclearly with his mouth full of ramen, but being the witty girl she is, she understood what he meant.

She dropped her chopsticks on the table and bowed her head. "Naruto… I'm sorry…"

"Haha, Sakura-chan, it's nothing! I'm fine by the way it is! I mean, you know I like you, so I don't really mind!" He said before slurping on the broth.

"Naruto, let's go to the forest after eating dinner, alright?" Sakura asked.

"Hm? Well, alright, but that's after you finish eating 'cuz right now I'm already finished!" Naruto grinned.

"Huh?? Oh, ah, yes, hehe."

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Crickets croaked as the two genins sat upon a strong branch of an oak tree in the forest. The sky weren't that clear as the past summer nights, but at least the moon and stars are still visible.

"Naruto." Sakura called.

"Yes?" Naruto answered as he gazed upon those emerald eyes of the rubicund-haired girl.

"Something's really bothering me."

"Hm? What is it?"

"Why do you like me of all people? I mean, Ino's obviously prettier than I am." Sakura pouted as he swung her feet back and forth.

"Ugh… well… I don't really know… Maybe it's because I like you." He said as he consciously scratched his blushing cheek with his index finger.

Sakura narrowed her eyes at Naruto's statement. "That's a stupid answer. You didn't even answer my question at all!"

"Hehe, sorry!"

Suddenly, a cold breeze passed the two genins by, making Sakura shiver a little, but Naruto noticed that she was cold.

He, then, removed his jacket and wrapped it around Sakura, not looking at her with a cute blush on his face.

I couldn't believe that Naruto's such a gentleman… "Arigato… Naru-kun…"

Naruto stared at her in disbelief. What… wait! Naru-kun! Did she just call me Naru-kun?!

"Hm? What's the matter?"

"Oh, haha, didn't you hear what you just called me?"

"Hm? Naru-kun? Oh… ah… Is it… okay with you?" She asked as a blush sneaked its way onto her cheeks.

"Well, of course!"

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Next day…

"Ohayo, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura greeted with her usual sweet smile as she approached the bridge.

"Hn." Sasuke replied indifferently, leaning back against the tree next to the bridge.

Then, Naruto appeared and started walking towards the bridge. "Ohayo, Sakura-chan!!!"

"Ohayo, Naru-kun!" She gave a smile sweeter than the one she gave Sasuke.

Sasuke looked a little shocked. He, then, regained his composure and went back to his closed-eyes, cool-looking state awhile ago, but can't refrain himself from twitching his eyebrow. Sasuke-kun is annoying, but Naru-kun is worse than hell! And the hell with her smile! Did I miss something last night while they were 'dating?!' Sasuke almost puked at the word 'dating.' He, then, snapped his eyes open and started shooting death-glares at Naruto which Naruto only smirked at.

I bet he's jealous that I and Sakura-chan are getting closer! Haha! That's right, Uchiha Sasuke-teme! Die in jealousy!!!!!!! Naruto boomed in his thoughts.

TBC

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A/N: Yo! Haha, that's causing me goose-bumps! I mean, NaruSaku? That's hell itself! Hahahahahaha!!!! I better get going to the SasuNaru part! (laughs out loud the evil-villain laugh) (ahem) Please review and ja ne!!