Chapter two! This one is longer than the first chapters, I swear.

Nothing else really to add, I guess.

Disclaimer: I lay no claim to Naruto, which belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, or Twilight, which belongs to Stephenie Meyer. I am merely using them for my twisted amusement.

Sasuke had to smirk when he noticed Sakura sitting in the seat he had claimed for himself the day before. Her dark green eyes slid over to him, her lips quirking in what was obviously a challenge. He strolled over lazily and paused in front of her. She met his gaze steadily, arching an eyebrow in a silent question. Her books were in front of her neatly, and he couldn't help the fact that he gave her a quick glance over. She was wearing black flare jeans towards that hugged her hips, with a pair of sandals on her feet. A burgundy shirt was underneath the same jacket from before. As before, she wore no makeup but was beautiful enough to have the spandex-wearing Lee proclaiming something about her beautiful youthfulness at the doorway. "Hey stranger." She greeted casually.

"You're in my seat." Sasuke told her simply, kicking the leg of the desk lightly to prove his point. She shrugged, waving a hand at the several empty desks in the large classroom dismissively.

"So pick another one." She challenged, channeling his words from the day before with a slight smirk on. Sasuke stared at her, half-exasperated. Sakura made a show of getting comfortable in the chair, crossing her legs at the ankle and staring at him with a defiant gleam in her dark eyes. "So whatcha gonna do, pretty boy?"

Pretty boy? He repeated to himself for a moment, wondering if she wanted him to take that as an insult or compliment, before shaking his head. "Move."

Her eyes gleamed. "Make me." Sasuke stared at her, nonplussed by the silent challenge she was exuding. Deciding that it was too early in the morning for this, he merely sat down next to her. He pointedly ignored the chortles that came from the small girl at her victory, as he removed his psychology book. Due to Naruto, he hadn't gotten much reading done and was even further behind than normal. Faint music coming from his right told him that Sakura had turned on her mp3 player. Glancing over briefly, he looked back quickly.

Holy crap, was that an iPhone?

Discarding the thought, he turned back to his book. Sakura, he noticed, was doing anything but study as she twiddled her thumbs and hummed along to whatever song she was listening to. "What song are you listening to?" He mentally kicked himself when the question slipped out of his mouth, but she was able to hear him away and glanced over. She removed one of the earbuds from her ears and offered it to him. Sasuke stared at it for a moment before taking it and popping it into the shell of his ear. The loud beat that followed wasn't one he was familiar with, and he glanced over at the girl curiously. "It's by a band called the 69 Eyes. The song's titled, 'Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams.'" She informed him immediately.

He nodded once before turning back to the book. After a few seconds, he made a note to look for the band in the future. Naruto came hurtling into the room shortly afterwards, and Sasuke handed the earbud back to the pinkette before Naruto could sever the actual cord with his enthusiasm. "Hey, teme!" The spiky-haired blonde chirped cheerfully, thumping his stuff onto the desk on the other side of Sasuke. Said Uchiha grunted in greeting. "Sakura-chan, you're looking pretty today." He turned his attention to the girl, who looked up and smiled absently before looking back down at her hands. "I met someone yesterday!" he exclaimed, turning to his so-called best friend. "She's really pretty, with long purple hair-"

"You mean Hinata? She mentioned you yesterday once we were home." Sakura cut in politely. Naruto nodded frantically, beaming.

"Yeah, that's her. Hinata-chan is really pretty. Prettier than you, Sakura-chan. I'm afraid you missed your chance with me." He told her lightly, earning a laugh.

"Darn, and here I was planning on jumping your bones once school was out." She returned jokingly. Between them, Sasuke choked on his spit. Naruto walloped him on the back absently, his sky blue eyes focused sternly on the pink-haired girl.

"Really?" Naruto asked her eagerly. She made a mental note to remember that sarcasm flew straight over his head.

"Don't go forgetting about Hinata now, Naruto." She wagged a finger at him playfully. The loudmouthed blonde just grinned bashfully. "And if it soothes your battered pride any, Hinata was practically a tomato when she was talking about you." She was lying through her teeth naturally, but Naruto didn't need to know that.

"In a good way?" Naruto asked anxiously.

"In a good way." She confirmed, laughing slightly. Just then the bell rang and a wave of students tumbled into the classroom or risk being late. Kurenai walked in last, looking particularly irritable with one hand placed idly on the slight bump on her stomach, and immediately began writing the day's assignment on the board behind her desk before telling them briskly to get started. The entire class was silent, sensing that now was not a good time to try and get on her nerves. Sasuke made a mental note about Sakura's blonde friend and the taller brunette being absent as he dutifully jotted down his homework into his daily planner and started to work immediately.

The class period passed quickly and he soon found himself in his second period, Advanced Government. Shiranui Genma was a well-known womanizer and preferred to spend his time chasing after the female students and teachers than actually teaching anything. The only thing keeping him from losing his job was the fact that whenever he was forced to teach something, he did a pretty good job. Sasuke slid into his seat near the back, gritting his teeth when one or two of his fangirls slid in next to him and battered their eyelashes at them. Apparently whatever made the other students avoid the Hatakes (and ultimately him) like the plague was only effective when they were in the general vicinity.

"Hey there, Sasuke-kun." One of them, a loudmouthed brunette cooed from beside him, earning a disdainful grunt. "Are you doing anything later?" Knowing this was leading up to her eventually asking him out, Sasuke remained silent and tilted his head away from her. The board on his left, full of announcements and a calendar, was suddenly particularly interesting. Apparently, his blatant denial of her existence didn't deter her, as she continued to lean closer to him and smiled tantalizingly at him. "Sasuke-kuuun." The coo was definitely getting closer to sultry and Sasuke gritted his teeth against the effort to say something rude to her. Naruto would inevitably find out and he already had a headache beginning to throb in his temples.

"Bitch. He's my Sasuke-kun." The other one, this one a blonde, snapped, suddenly whirling around and glaring at the other girl through thick black glasses. Their eyes locked in a glare, and Sasuke inwardly heaved a sigh of relief at the fact their attention was no longer focused on him. The two fangirls started to argue over who he actually belonged to, before a soft, but definitely amused, voice broke into their argument.

"Actually, I'm vaguely positive that he can decide for himself who he really belongs to." Sasuke recognized the voice and looked up. The other two girls were about to say something rude, but paused immediately when they saw who it was. Sakura stood, looking for everything like a china doll, with a thin pink eyebrow cocked upward. A slight smile showed at how amused she was. "Excuse me, may I sit here?" She asked Blondie politely, who stammered a confirmation and jumped to her feet. The brunette followed immediately without even glancing at Sasuke. They sat as far away as they could from her, as she turned her dark(-er. Hadn't they been slightly lighter the day before?) green eyes onto Sasuke, glimmering in amusement. "That happen often?"

Sasuke nodded. "Every goddamned day."

"So tell them to get lost."

"I tried. But apparently that's a turn-on."

She lifted her eyebrow again. "They find anti-socialness attractive?" That was definitely an insult—Sasuke could feel it. Instead, he just grunted and changed the subject. He was remarkably chatty about the pink-haired anomaly.

"What're you doing here?" She shrugged, removing her books from her backpack and kicking the bag under her desk in an unbelievably graceful motion.

"I had a schedule change. The class I was in, I realized I had already taken but was under a different name. It took until today for them to change it for me." She explained, leaning forward and resting her chin on the palm of her hand.

"Aa." He remained quiet, still stinging from the anti-social comment from before.

Shrugging, and apparently not offended, she removed her iPhone from the pocket in her bag and turned it on in one swift motion. As before, she offered one of the earbuds to him and after a moment he accepted it, placing it in his ear quickly. As before, there was a loud beat that took him a moment to recognize. "AFI?" He asked, turning to her. She nodded, beaming.

What's the hook, the twist with in this verbose mystery?

He recognized the lyric as being from 'Miss Murder' and listened to it quietly before Kiba came tumbling into the room and immediately came walking over. He paused for a moment when he saw Sakura sitting next to his raven-haired friend, and then studied the earbud they were sharing before grinning mischievously and continuing to walk over. "Hey, buddy." The brunette greeted flippantly, grinning at Sakura out of the corner of his eye, who completely missed the smile. On the other hand, Sasuke didn't miss the smile and its implications and his eyes narrowed slightly. It was still amazing to him that the brash Inuzuka had managed to make it into the Advanced Government. Kiba sat down in front of Sasuke and immediately spun around with a devious smile curving the corner of his lips.

Sasuke glared. "What?"

"Nothing.." Kiba shrugged with a distinct air of nonchalance. "So, having fun?" Sasuke flashed him a blank look, unconsciously adjusting the earbud in his ear as it started to slip. In silent response, Kiba tilted his head in Sakura's direction, a devious gleam in his hazel eyes. Sasuke glowered at him through narrowed eyes.

"We're just listening to music." He informed him haughtily.

"Don't piss on my leg and tell me its raining, Sasuke." Kiba merely responded, smirking insufferably. Sasuke stared at him for a moment, thankful that Genma chose to walk in then, several minutes late. After that, Kiba was forced to be quiet as Genma took role. Sasuke was hardly surprised that when their teacher reached Sakura's name at the bottom of the list, he looked up and upon seeing her face, immediately became the infamous womanizer everyone knew he was. Sakura merely smiled and looked away politely while discreetly plucking her earbud from Sasuke's ear and hiding her iPhone away before it could be taken away. After an airy comment of 'feel free to do the work on the board' from Genma, most of the class started talking loudly amongst themselves, with only two doing work, discreetly listening to music.

When the class period was over, Sakura got to her feet swiftly and abruptly dropped a neatly folded note onto Sasuke's desk as she drifted out the door. Curious, Sasuke picked up the note and unfolded it.

Eat lunch with me today.

It was a command, not a question, and Sasuke shrugged, shoving the note into his pocket. He rose to his feet and gathered his books before heading off to his next class and pretending like Kiba wasn't practically breathing down his neck.

In the cafeteria, Sasuke immediately saw that Sakura had staked out a table alone, with her family eating at a different table. As of the day before, a tray of untouched food sat primly in front of her. Her dark eyes found his dark ones quickly and she waved briefly. He headed over, ignoring Naruto's loud 'teme' and quickly slid in across from her. "Hey." She greeted immediately in a blasé tone of voice.

"Hn." She rolled her eyes at his short answer and flicked a fry at his head in a childish display. "Why'd you want me to sit with you?" The question popped out without him meaning it to. That seemed to be happening a lot, and he made a mental vow to work on it. He was getting way too chatty for his tastes. The pinkette merely shrugged and fiddled around with the fries on her plate, shooting him a surprisingly shy smile. "I doubt your family's very happy." She laughed, her green eyes flickering over his shoulder at where the rest of her family were staring intently at them. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, but when she caught him studying her face, it immediately smoothed as she smiled at him.

"Sorry about that. They're not too happy about it but they'll get over it." She skillfully avoided his first question. Sasuke nodded, not fooled and merely asked again, this time slightly impatiently. She grinned and then shrugged sheepishly. "You intrigue me. I don't know." Sasuke stared for a few minutes, unsure of how to react. She caught him, and stiffened defiantly. "What?" She demanded. He just shook his head, picking up an apple and biting into it absently. He intrigued her? Who used that word in normal conversation anymore? He studied her face intently as he chewed on the bite of fruit.

"I intrigue you?" He clarified, earning a nod and exasperated look. "Why?"

"Your prissiness." She answered bluntly with a wry grin present, and he stared at her uncomprehendingly, ceasing his chewing. She took this as a cue to continue, and barreled on. "I mean, seriously: your hair. How long before school starts do you have to get up to get it like that. I mean, I honestly don't believe that you wake up and it's just like there." She told him, earning a low laugh from the table where her family was, almost like they could hear their conversation. "Unless you have a really bad hair stylist, and you just never brush it. Then that, I suppose I could believe. With proof." She amended slowly, tapping her chin with a manicured finger as she stared about two inches above Sasuke's head as she thought. Sasuke just continued to stare, unsure of how to respond.

She snapped out of her reverie and smiled charmingly at him. "But I digress. So, I answered one of your questions. Answer one of mine." Sasuke nodded slowly, wary of the question would be but curious all the while. As if able to sense his wariness, she smiled charmingly once more, revealing a quick flash of white teeth. "You don't shy away from me while most people do. Your friend included. Why?" She inclined her head in the direction of Naruto to make sure he knew who she was referring to, her dark green eyes narrowing slightly as she studied his face intently.

Sasuke was taken aback by the question; off all the questions he had expected, that wasn't one of them. His face didn't shift in expression as he thought for a moment before shrugging. "Not sure. I seem to gravitate to you without actually meaning to. The dobe, I can only imagine." Sakura's face began to look slightly troubled at this, but immediately smoothed out into the distant, pleasant façade she fell into often. Her eyes flickered over his shoulder again to her family, and remained there for a few seconds before flicking back to his face with a calculating look to them that made him nervous. She didn't seem happy with his answer.

"Is that so?" She mused to herself, resting her chin on the palm of her hand as she continued to study him intently. The corners of her lips dipped slightly in displeasure. The bell, shrill and loud, came over then and she got abruptly to her feet. "I'll see you tomorrow, Sasuke." She had left off the polite suffix to his name, as she waved at him politely before dumping her untouched food into the trash and almost dancing out of the room. Sasuke shook his head and got to his feet before trashing his own food and slouching off to his next class. Naruto immediately found him and began asking him rapid-fire questions about his 'date' with Sakura.

Yeah, right.

Later that night, Sakura found herself chanting 'this is not good, this is not good' under her breath while perched precariously in a tall tree in their backyard, tawny eyes focused on the setting sun and the picture it created absently. When Neji had confronted her after her lunch with Sasuke, he had been furious but had only been able to give her a sampling of it at school. Once they were home, he had unleashed his full fury on her, with Anko right behind him. She had been warned to stay away from the black-haired boy, but had found herself inescapably drawn to the sullen teenager.

Just like, her quick mind hastened to remind her, he had told her earlier that day.

The pink-haired beauty frowned severely, muttering another 'this is not good' as she swung her foot idly. She was currently perched carefully several stories high in a tall oak tree they had in their backyard, having decided to get some time away from her doting family, with one leg hanging downward with another propped up against her chest and her arm resting on it with the other in her lap. Ino had more than likely read her mind and informed everyone else, as nobody came looking for her. Tenten was more than likely trying to calm down the irate Neji. Kakashi and Anko were probably discussing the matter in their bedroom.

Her pink eyebrows creased as she thought of her next move. She really should've stayed away from the black-haired boy but it seemed difficult for her and it wasn't just because of his looks (or the smell of his blood. He smelled no better than anyone else and she had become accustomed to ignoring the scent.). Having been surrounded by such beautiful and handsome people for so many years, she had adjusted to it. Sakura let out a sharp exhale of air in a loud sigh, leaning back into the tree. She seriously doubted Sasuke would stay away from her, or his friend Naruto, even if she tried to become distant. Especially since she could tell that Hinata was rapidly getting a crush on the blond-haired hurricane. Neji, needless to say, was less than pleased about that, and had let his by-blood cousin know that.

Having seen how the violet-haired girl looked like she was about to cry, if she had been still able to, Sakura had jumped in and had the older man's fury turned onto her instead. She was still stinging from some of his venomous comments. "Dammit." She swore under her breath again. She had considered just informing Sasuke of the truth, but had dismissed it quickly, knowing that it would mean certain death for him if she did. Letting out a loud sigh, she leapt out of the tree easily in a blindingly fast movement and straightened immediately. Tucking a lock of her short hair behind her ear, she headed inside to let her family know that she was going for a run and would be back in a few days. It was the end of the week and she didn't worry much about missing too much school.

Especially since she had already covered the curriculum several times over and then some. Ino would probably come with her, she knew, and if Ino went, Shikamaru went despite his complaints.

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