A/N: I still don't own Naruto…shoot.
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Sleep didn't come to the young Uchiha that night. Too many things were going through his head at once, and he didn't like it. He lay in his bed and stared at the ceiling aimlessly. Sleep usually didn't come to him anyway, but tonight, tonight was different. Someone kept invading his thoughts without permission. "Sakura," he growled. What the hell did he have to do with her? She was just another girl on their team, another annoying fan girl to bother him, another annoying fan girl on his team sent out to bother him. Which exactly seemed to be happening at this moment, even if Sakura wasn't in the room.
He was still utterly confused about this afternoon as well. And Uchihas don't like to be confused. What was that he felt, the feeling that dragged him away from his normal world? His down to earth, I know anything world, and his logical world where anything could be figured out. What was it, dammit!? He felt…strange, like his heart just decided to take a plunge. He walked home in a daze and just slumped into bed and it took him awhile to get over that feeling. Was it a feeling of exhilaration? Nervousness? Why would he feel those? Why would he need to feel those?
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Sakura woke with a start and hopped out of bed happily. Little did she know what was waiting outside her front door to greet her. She changed quickly and happily, skipping along. This would be a good day, a very good day. She got ready, changed quickly and rushed out of the door. She bumped into something tall and dark though, and she fell on her butt. "Ooof!"
She looked up and saw……Naruto! (A/N: Haha…Oh, sorry…) "Naruto, what're you doing at my house?" she asked and looked up at him. He pulled her up and looked at her happily.
"Well, I just wanted to ask if you'd walk to me. Is that okay Sakura-chan?" he asked; ready to turn away from rejection.
"That'd be great, Naruto!" she smiled and got up, walking with him to training. Naruto was over excited.
"This is great Sakura-chan! You're finally getting over teme!" he grinned.
Sakura's eyes widened and looked at the ground sadly. "Y-yeah…!" she gave a delayed act of enthusiasm. Naruto smiled and walked over to the bridge happily as they were chatting away. Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he saw them come to the bridge together.
When they finally got there they kept happily chatting away without saying hello to him when they arrived. What, Was he invisible!? He glared at them and went back to looking at something else.
"How have your skills been, Sakura?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I'm getting better at Chakra control and my strength is going up!" she said brightly.
"Oh, that's good!" he complimented.
"Yeah, what about you?"
"Hm, me? Well my aiming is getting better and my chakra control is waaaaay better than before!" he said and stretched out his arms as if it was a big statement, earning a laugh from Sakura. 'Naruto has gotten a lot better since we first met,' she thought and grinned sheepishly.
"Mmm Naruto… I was wondering and I've decided," she looked over at the Uchiha and them back at Naruto, grinning evilly. "To give you another chance, if you prove worthy of course."
Naruto's eyes lit up immediately. "Oh Sakura! You'll see! I love you till the day I die! I never go back on my word!" he grinned and huggled Sakura.
"Now, now, don't get too excited." She pushed him off.
"How can I not, Sakura! This is like big news. I surely thought you would've given bushy brow a chance before me," he grinned.
She just patted his head like a dog. "Naruto, you know Lee is just…well. He's nice and all…but. I know he doesn't like me…I just know it."
"Hmmm…. What about me?! I like you Sakura! I like you a lot!" he smiled. Sasuke glared and glared and glared. Why did he have to be here and why was dobe making it so hard to be here? 'Ugh, he's annoying!' Sasuke thought and groaned.
Sasuke glared once more, morally disgusted at the scene that was unfolding before him. What did he care? They could hang out if they want…but something made him think differently…
"Come on Sasuke! Don't be a party pooper!" Sakura giggled and walked over to him, leaning on the railing of the bridge beside him. She leaned back like Sasuke was and cocked her head slightly, glaring at Naruto. "Hn? What do you want dobe? Hn. Hn," she imitated Sasuke. "Hn, I've got chicken butt hair. Hn." Sasuke just looked over at her, angrily and Naruto was already on the floor, rolling around and laughing. Oh boy, was she in trouble now…
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Team 8 was out training for the day when they suddenly heard a loud scream. "W-what was t-that?" Hinata asked. All of the sudden a flash of pink, then blue and last orange flew by. Kiba cocked an eyebrow and Akamaru barked.
"Wonder what in the hell that was?" Kiba said.
"Nothing important," Shino mumbled and they went back to training.
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Sakura ran at high speeds to escape the now very, very angry Uchiha. "Ahhhhhh! No! No! Please…I'm sorry!" she looked back and regretted doing that, even though it was pretty funny seeing Sasuke all worked up like that.
"Sasuke! Don't kill her!" Naruto whined, running after the two. "She didn't mean it, even though it was utterly funny and probably damaged your huge egoooooooooo!" he called out, only making the Uchiha boy more determined on catching Sakura and well… he didn't know, he was just too pissed to think.
"Come on Sakura!!" Inner Sakura told her.
She picked up the pace and ran faster, exceeding her own expectations.
"Sakura! You made Sasuke-kun mad! Don't you care about him anymore?" Inner Sakura whined.
'I do, but I'm sick of him treating me like this. Like he doesn't care one thing. I just don't want to be somebody I'm not when I'm around him. I'll treat Naruto and Sasuke the same…' she thought.
She still ran at high speeds though and Sasuke was right on her tail. "Gah!" She tripped on a slippery rock that was near a river and fell right in, Sasuke and Naruto tumbling after. Naruto flew a good ways and got lodged between two trees. "Ahhh!"
Sakura flew into the river, but it was at a shallow point. Sasuke flew over and landed on Sakura. They were all stunned and it was silence for a few seconds before they registered where they were. Naruto moved first and squirmed between the trees. "Get me the hell out of here!" he squirmed again. Sasuke sat up, but still on the wet cherry blossom. "Sasuke? I'm stuck…" she groaned, blushing because they were in a very suggestive position. Sasuke looked down and felt the same feeling he had earlier and his cheeks started to feel like they were burning.
He got off and looked down, hair covering face. "Hn, I'm going then…" he walked off, but not to slowly and headed for home.
"Oh, no. I think I got Sasuke-kun really angry. Maybe I should apologize. I shouldn't have made fun of him like that," she worried and went to help Naruto out of the trees.
"You okay Naruto?" she asked.
"Yeah, but what's teme's problem. We were only having a little fun…" And suddenly Sakura's very good day turned out to be a very bad one.
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Sasuke felt this burning feeling in his cheeks for a while and when he passed by a shop he saw himself in a mirror and realized what was wrong. He was blushing! Why the hell would he be doing that? There was nothing to blush about…. Nothing. His brain was telling him something different though with the image of Sakura and that scene which had taken place. She just looked…so…the river didn't help either…His cheeks threatened to burn red again and he tried to bring himself to Human ice cube mode. He looked up at the blue skies again, wondering. Only in his world of logic there was a question that seemed unanswerable and he'd always answered every question, so why couldn't he answer this one?
Little did he know that a certain cherry blossom already had the answer he was looking for.