Disclaimer- I do NOT own Naruto! I only own Amaye and Akira!
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After two hours of walking, Sakura had really started to get on Sasuke's nerves. She was constantly latching herself onto his arm and sending him flirtatious smiles. The ugly pink haired girl always acted much more possessive when Sasuke was around other girls, especially ones that he began to talk to.
Amaye for example, was a girl Sakura was very jealous of because Sasuke had actually shared a friendly conversation with the girl when the mission had first started out. After talking to her for awhile, Sasuke had quickly learned that she was a lot like Naruto. She was energetic, loud and was determined. So, naturally Sasuke wanted to be close to her just to get a small idea of how it would be with Naruto. It was bittersweet bliss.
"Ano, Sasuke-san," Amaye spoke softly with her gaze locked to the ground beneath her feet. Her hands were clasped behind her back along with a light blush dusting her normally pale cheeks. Sakura glared at the girl and tightened her hold on Sasuke's numbing arm. Sasuke desperately tried to shake her off and respond to the princess, but the tingling in his arm was very uncomfortable.
"I was wondering if we could-" Amaye was abruptly cut off when a very jealous Sakura released Sasuke's arm -much to the boys relief- and stood directly in front of Amaye with her arms shaking furiously at her sides.
"Leave my Sasuke-kun alone!" She wailed obviously restraining the urge to shove the princess down. Amaye blinked, seeming unfazed by Sakura's outburst and merely reached out a slender arm and pushed her gently out of the way so she was able to face Sasuke.
"I was just wondering if we could talk for a moment, Sasuke-san. It is an important matter." Sasuke quickly sent an uncaring glance towards a now fuming Sakura, before meeting Amaye's shimmering azure eyes -another one of the similarities with Naruto- and nodded.
Amaye grinned happily before grabbing his wrist and dragging him forward to match step with Kakashi, who apparently already knew the situation that she wanted to discuss with the Uchiha. Once out of ear-shot of Sakura, Akira and Naruto, Amaye tilted her head towards Sasuke with a mischievous smirk gracing her lips.
"Eh?" Sasuke blinked shocked with the girls sudden change of mood. Amaye's smirk only grew at the dark-haired boys look of confusion, she could tell no girl had treated him like a teasing target before; only a walking sex-god. Oh, how he was going to hate her by the end of this trip... or love her -as a friend- depending on how things turned out.
"So," she began slyly, taking her time on spilling on what she wanted to say just to make the Ice Prince nervous and uncomfortable. It seemed to be working with the way his eye was twitching.
"Got your eye on anybody yet, Sasuke-san?" She nearly doubled over in giggles as his eyes widened and a blush tinted his pale cheeks. She could tell he was desperately trying to get his mask back on and keep his cold demeanor in check so he couldn't make a further fool of himself.
"What makes you say that?" He was finally able to get out without stumbling over his words. Amaye flicked her bangs out of her eyes and looked at him half-lidded in an attempt to make it seem as if she was about to make a move on him; just to make sure he fell over with what she was about to say.
"Well, you see, I've been... surveying your attitude towards Naruto-san the past couple of hours," Amaye stated casually enjoying the reaction she got from the stoic teen. Even though Sasuke's cheeks weren't practically on fire and his eyes weren't as wide as saucers from her statement, she saw a glimmer of a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
"What are you talking about?"
"Really Sasuke-san, it's not really difficult to figure out that you want him." That was when she got the perfect reaction. His cheeks flamed and his eyes widened considerably, to her liking.
"See, you're blushing," she said coolly, flicking off a bit of dirt that landed on her sleeve. Now that she had mentioned it, Sasuke finally noticed the strange warmness of his cheeks.
"I-I," Sasuke attempted to sputter out an excuse. It seemed like his brain died or went on vacation for a few minutes; not once did anyone ever find out his deepest secret since the first kiss. So this girl decided to waltz in and just find it out in a few hours? Who did she think she was?!
With a huff, Sasuke gave up on creating an excuse. Like it would matter anyway, she found him out. "How did you manage to find out in a few hours?"
Amaye giggled again, covering her mouth with her hand until it finally died down. "It's normal for guys to hook up in my village; before moving on to girls of course."
Sasuke's gaze lowered to his still moving feet as he muttered shyly, "You make it sound like I just want a one-night stand with him." Amaye blinked, widening her eyes before cracking a smile again. Sasuke avoided her gaze completely, he was completely humiliated! Why was he being so open towards the stupid chick anyway? They knew nothing about each other! Well, he takes that back, she did manage to find out who is love interest was in just two hours; and he had to give her credit, that was pretty impressive.
"You mean you really like him? Might even love him?" Sasuke only nodded meeting her gaze for a split second before shying away again.
"That is so cute!" She exclaimed clapping her hands together in front of her chest as she gushed. His head snapped up to stare at the amusing scene.
"In fact, two of mine and Akira's servants are in love, and they are both males as well. I find it adorable!"
Sasuke sweat dropped at Amaye's enthusiasm, praying that Akira wasn't the same way. Though he highly doubted it, she was too dark and mysterious to find such things worth fawning over. "So, you mean you're one of those creepy Yaoi Fangirls?"
Amaye stared up to the sky for a moment thinking it over before shrugging and nodding. That seemed like the most logical answer, she had been in love with gay relationships ever since she was young. It was official; Amaye scared Sasuke.
"Well, just don't tell Naruto, okay?" Sasuke warned as he turned on his heel about to walk away until he bumped into a confused Sakura. Sasuke jolted back in surprise. Oh crap! How much had she heard? The last thing he needed was to have Sakura find out, cry over her not being Sasuke's choice, tell Naruto before jumping off a cliff. Oh, then Naruto would hate him forever. So, he would have to kill Sakura instead of her killing herself.
"Don't tell Naruto what Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked innocently, tilting her head to the side puckering her lips slightly.
"Um," Sasuke was at a loss of words again. What was wrong with him today?
"I swear I won't tell!" Sakura squealed loudly, her lips slowly turning into a pout. Oh God, did she seriously think the Puppy Dog face would work on him? Naruto was able to use it on him once and make him crack, but Naruto of course was an exception.
Before he could open his mouth once again, Amaye shoved him out of the way and sent Sakura a bitter smile, who gladly returned the same smile.
"You see, Sasuke-san has been planning on pulling a prank on Naruto, and I needed to help him with something on it."
Sasuke almost snickered. That was so unlike him, but it wasn't like Sakura knew that. She didn't know anything about him, besides a few of the basics that everyone knew. Sakura seemed to be fooled anyway with the way that her jade green eyes sparkled and clasped her hands in front of her flat chest, "Can I help Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke shook his head, "Sorry Sakura, the only reason I'm even asking Amaye for help is because she's tall and she can help with part of the plan."
Sakura obviously wouldn't take no for an answer as she poked her bottom lip out further and widened her eyes in a further attempt to look cute, "Please, Sasuke-kun!"
"No!" Sasuke snapped, finally having enough of Sakura's annoying acts. He just wanted her to leave him alone for once. Sakura's eyes remained widened, but this time from shock and hurt. "Sasuke..." she breathed and watched him stalk over towards Naruto who was standing alone looking around bored.
"Come on guys, we have to be in Thorne City by today!" Kakashi called out and began to walk without waiting for a reply, they could deal with their teenage drama later. The teens followed, Sakura crying silently as she dragged her feet behind Sasuke and Naruto.
Naruto kept looking concerned over his shoulder and glaring at Sasuke once he did so, "What did you do this time, teme?"
Sasuke returned the heated glare, "I didn't do anything, she's just being over dramatic!" The boys continued to argue for fifteen minutes with Naruto not realizing with every nice thing he said about Sakura was hurting the boy walking alongside him.
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By the time the small group reached Throne city it was already close to midnight, and Sasuke and Naruto finally calmed down. The group walked through the hotel doors relieved to get some cool air. Even at midnight it was scorching hot outside. Kakashi walked up to the front desk with a middle aged woman standing behind it jotting something down furiously on a few sheets of paper. The woman had dark circles under her eyes that showed her lack of sleep and her light green hair was tied tightly in a bun. "Excuse me, miss," Kakashi said to get the woman's attention.
She jolted, obviously startled before she bowed quickly, "I'm sorry, I didn't notice you," her voice high in embarrassment.
Kakashi waved his hand in dismissal, "It's alright, you're tired so it's understandable." The woman only nodded and stepped closer to the desk where she was originally standing. She glanced behind Kakashi to see the five tired teens behind him.
"I'm guessing you'll be needing six rooms?"
Kakashi shook his head and pointed to himself and Naruto and Sasuke before pointing at the girls, "Two rooms. We're a bit short on Yen on we'll need to make a few minor arrangements even if the brats don't like it."
The woman laughed and grabbed two keys from the drawer and handed them to Kakashi. "What time will you be planning on checking out?" Kakashi gave her the times then handed Amaye the girls key. They all immediately headed off towards the elevators.
Kakashi turned around to see Naruto and Sasuke leaning on each other for support while they each nearly drifted off to sleep. "Naruto, Sasuke, get up. You can cuddle together when we get in the room." The boys were up immediately, though Sasuke was much enjoying the moment, but he would never tell anyone that. The males headed for the elevator that the girls had just gone into.
When the males found their room, the first thing they noticed was that there were only two beds. Sasuke and Naruto's mouths fell open, already knowing what the sleeping arrangement was. They would have to share a bed. Naruto groaned but trudged into the chilly room anyway, while Sasuke remained at the threshold with one panicked thought racing through his mind repeatedly, followed by a string of curses. Oh, crap!
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Alright, this is chapter two. Thank you to anyone who has reviewed and/or followed. ^^ Hope you enjoyed this chapter and hopefully some drama is going to come up soon.
