Sticky Situation

Chapter: 2

Recap:

" Stupid dobe" Sasuke glared at Naruto as if he was burning a hole through his body. Naruto on the other hand wasn't paying attention to what Sasuke said.

"Ahem. Is everyone still distracted or can I continue?" Team 7 finally listened to their sensei.

" Well, I gathered you all here to tell you that…"

" There's a new Icha Icha Paradise movie and that I want you guys to come and watch with me!"Kakashi squealed with excitement. cricket cricket . It seemed awfully quiet…

"You…"Naruto whispered dangerously.

" Want us…" but not as dangerous as Sasuke's.

"TO WHAT!" Sakura's was definitely no match for Sasuke.

"Like I said, to watch Icha- I-" Kakashi froze. He mentally shuddered at Sakura cackling madly taking out an axe behind her back. (A.N: and I don't mean out of her back xD)

" You better pick your next words carefully Kakashi-sensei…" Sakura growled.

" UH-UH I take it that you guys don't wanna go.." beads of sweat trickled down Kakashi's face.

" Well f-fine alright if you don't want to go it's your loss…" The perverted sensei muttered.

" What was that?" Sakura smiled sweetly. Recap on this part. Mental hysterical Sakura transformed in seconds to sweet and innocent Sakura. Wow freaky. Mood swings much? Anyways back to the story..

"Oh um nothing. My other important announcement is that since the spring festival is coming this Saturday our last training session will be tomorrow, since I wanted to give my sugar dumplings a break" Kakashi smiled sweetly.

" Do not call me sugar dumplings…." Sasuke gritted his teeth and death glared the man. Uchiha Sasuke did not belong to anyone. Uchiha Sasuke was not sweet, and the last time he checked he was most certainly not a dumpling.

" HAHA SASUKE-TEME! YOU P.M.S-" Naruto couldn't even finish his sentence as his royally dumb ass was whooped to god knows where. Sakura and Kakashi were like o.o o.o

" What?" Sasuke snapped at the remainder of team 7.

" Nothing!" Kakashi & Sakura said in unison. Luckily Sasuke didn't see the huge sweat drops behind their heads. 'totally pms-ing' they thought.

" So we really don't have any training for the remainder of the week?" Sakura turned to her sensei.

" Yup!" Kakashi smiled " Now go have fun because next week you're going to be hauling boulders behind your backs to make up for training. Well see ya!" and with that statement, Kakashi was gone in a puff of smoke. Sasuke and Sakura dramatically hugged and Naruto was sent to ramen heaven. Jokes hehe.

Sakura's p.o.v

SHANNARO! NO TRAININ' FOR A WEEK! BOO YEAH!

I know! I can't think of what I would do with my spare time!

Well for starters we could..

What?

Ding-dong! Hello we could ask Sasuke to go to the festival with us this Saturday!

We could but-but I'm not so sure

Why not?

Well I don't want to pester him.. besides he'll probably reject me like last year…

C'mon girl we could try at least! Well maybe.. Go on, go on I'll be watching.

Uh, no duh

Not the time for a fight Sakura go get him he's walking away! Inner Sakura yelped.

Sasuke's p.o.v

'Oh god this week is so going to be painful. I can just imagine the stupid fan-girls..Sasuke thought.'

AUGH! I know what you mean. Sasuke-kun go with me to the festival! No Sasuke-kun go with MEEEE!

No MEE! SASUKE-KUN GO WITH MEEE. Inner Sasuke was on a roll impersonating the fan-girls and throwing darts at a mental picture of the brats.

'Damn, you again'

I told you I'll be back baby! You can't get rid of me!

'Will you shut up?'

Mmmmaaaakkeee mmmeeee

'…'

HAH! Well at least we could go with Saku-

'I've got a better idea Why don't we go home, board our house down so the fan-girls can't get in, and wait till this stupid festival is done.'

Hey you cut me while I was speaking! And no not a good idea! How else are we gonna take Sakura to the festival?

'We are not taking sakura to the festival or any one else for that matter' Y

AWWW! YOU NEVER LET ME HAVE ANY FUN! YOU SUCK! INNER Sasuke pouted crying fake tears.

' Haha. Look who's crying now.

HMPH! GIRL THIS IS NOT OVER! I'LL MAKE YOU BRING SAKURA. I KNOW YOU LIKE HER.

'w-what no I don't! you don't know anything!'

I know PLENTY since I'm you!

'HAH!

' whatever I really am losing my mind '. He thought to himself as he started walking out of the training grounds. But the words of his inner, oh hell fine he does believe he has an inner. Anyways, the last words of his inner lingered inside his mind. 'I know you like her'

Normal p.o.v

" Sasuke-kun wait up!" Sakura ran to Sasuke's side her heart beating incredibly fast. (not because of the running mind you.) Together the teens walked side by side. Sasuke not even bothering to glance at his companion. But inside he suddenly felt tense. Not showing any outward emotion however. ' What the hell is this feeling?' he thought.

"Ano Sasuke-kun.. I was wondering.." Sakura trembled slightly. Why was she so scared when she's done it a thousand times?

Sasuke stopped and stared at Sakura his eyes telling her to spit it out.' Great she's gonna ask me to the damn festival, I know it.' Sakura looked up to his charcoal eyes and blushed like mad.

" What" Sasuke spoke a bit too harshly. ' Damn. Why do I always speak harshly towards her even if I don't mean to be!' Sasuke thought.

Now that's what I was thinkin' to girl

'I don't need you right now! And stop addressing me as a girl!'

" Ano Sasuke kun, are you alright?" Sakura asked worriedly. 'That's the second time he's been out of it today. If he isn't careful, rabid fan-girls might rape him!' Sasuke recovered quickly and turned his attention back to Sakura.

" What is it Sakura?"

"Well um, I was wondering…"

' god this is annoying! Spit it out already sakura so I can reject you and get on with my day!' Although, unbeknownst to Sasuke, his will was slowly giving in every moment he spends time with her. (A.N: wow! I'm really making Sasuke an arrogant jerk.. oh well that'll change!)

" W-would you like to accompany me to the spring festival this Saturday?" Sakura whispered, but was loud enough for Sakura to hear. Crimson crawled up her face and she forced herself to look him in the eye. Only to see him smirk.

" No. Your annoying." And with that he walked away leaving a shocked and brokenhearted Sakura. She just held her head down and started wandering around Konoha.

You know, that wasn't very nice.

'Was I talking to you?' Sasuke thought irritated that his stupid inner thingy was talking to him again.

It doesn't matter since you have no choice but to listen to me dude. Now he was using slang? What next talk like a hippie? (A.N. No offense to hippies! If

there are any of you reading this XD)

' damn, good point'

How could you turn her down like that? I mean we've , no correction you've been turning her down ever since we were genin.

' Why do you care so much? She's just another fan-girl'

If you think you can fool your inner self, think again! Cuz it says right here in my files, under the list of likes and hates, that Sakura is 2nd to number one in your likes file.

'what the- I have files?'

yes, but don't change the subject. If you know you like, then why are you rejecting her? Being harsh to her all the time? Why man? Why?

' sigh shouldn't you know? You are me.'

That's not the point. Tell me why.

' Heavy sigh Because, all these years I've just been making her miserable, and I don't want her to live her life with someone that can only make her sad. That's what I've been doing all along anyways. Not only that, I fear for her safety. I mean were ninja's constantly fighting enemies. I don't want anyone using her to try to get to me.. because they know that I'm close to her. And to add to that, all I've done is hurt her.. and I got a first hand look at that when I left for the snake bastard. Besides, she probably only likes me for my looks and strength. I mean that's how most of the female population sees me.'

For the first time, inner Sasuke was speechless. Sasuke was quietly thankful for the silence, while he didn't hear anymore of Inner Sasuke for the rest of the walk home.

With Sakura…

In the training grounds, you could see a mass of pink hair sitting atop on the cherry blossom tree. Although it was very hard to tell from the rest of the pink surrounding her, for the tree she was sitting on was a full-bloomed cherry blossom tree. Sakura quietly sat on the branch. Her soft pink tresses flowing behind her. Her hair was still the same hairstyle when she cut it during the chuunin exams. It suited her more in her opinion. Now she's here sulking to herself like any other time that Sasuke made her feel depressed. Although this time, she was really frustrated. She didn't even notice that her eyes were welling up tears. But she fought to hold them back.

Oh, I feel like …PUNCHING SOMETHING!

' imagine how I feel… I was the one who asked

Okay listen, this is just a minor setback okay? I mean this did happen countless of times and I-m sure, sniff well that we'll get over it. So stop crying you crybaby! Inner Sakura was also upset over the hurt full answer Sasuke gave them.

' why is he always so stuck up, egotistic, arrogant selfish cold hearted bastard?'

I know, but we still can't help loving him…

'That's the sad part, I can't…' With these thoughts, her tears suddenly flowed freely across her face. But didn't seem to notice.

' Why does he hate me so much? Did I make that much of a bad first impression?'

Well maybe it was because we used to chase him around back then like those rabid fan-girls. Yuck!

'I know that could have been annoying. Okay maybe incredibly annoying, but I've grown out of that. Along time ago. Before, I used to like him for his looks. Don't think that I still don't but I got to know the real him and liked it so much more…. I don't even think he understands how much I care for him.'

I guess.. well then we should stop moping around! SHANNARO!

But before Sakura had time to reply, a flash of gray appeared next to her. It was none other than our favorite perverted ninja!

" Hey Sakura, what's the matter?" Kakashi asked with a semi-worried look. Sakura was startled by this but shook it of quickly.

"Huh- oh w-what? Nothings the matter!" Sakura shook both of her hands in front of her to make a point.

" Then how come I saw you crying earlier?" Oh crap.

" Th-that wasn't y-you um-" Sakura was cut of.

" Sakura don't lie to me, go on tell me, you can trust your sensei can't you?" He grinned.

" Oh well I-t was just," ' Damn I have to think fast'

" I was lonely because I –uh have no one to go to the festival with…yeah that's it!" Sakura put up a fake smile.

' This is most probably about Sasuke' He thought.

" Oh, well if you want you could come with me and Asuma." Hanging with her sensei and Asuma sensei was soo not an option.

" Oh that's alright Kakashi-sensei, thanks for the offer though." Sakura smiled at him.

" Okay then Sakura. Don't worry too much Sakura. You'll find the right person to go with to the festival." Kakashi smiled at her with a shiny glint in his eyes.

" Thanks Kakashi-sensei" Sakura said as she leapt of the tree to go home.

"I'll see you tomorrow for training." And with that, he disappeared. As Sakura neared her front door step, her mood a little bit better from her convo with her sensei, she took out her keys and went in. Hoping to relieve stress with a seriously much needed bubble bath.

Somewhere hidden and secret….

"So that's my plan." A familiar male voice whispered.

" Are you sure this is gonna work? I mean after the whole week they might just start killing each other," A unwillingly female voice spoke to her companion.

" Trust me it'll work, all they need is a week and soon they'll realize how they really feel for each other." Male voice said assuring his partner.

"Alright, alright. I'll agree to this…only because I want her to be happy. But if you pull off anything suspicious and she ends up getting hurt more…." The female voice said with a serious tone.

" Don't worry, everything will go as planned." The male voice said. And with that they both departured. (A.N: oooooooooh who could it be? And what are they planning?")

With Sasuke….

The young Uchiha was currently drinking a delicious healthy glass of tomato juice when a know was heard from his door. Fearing that a bunch of fan-girls were at his doorstep, he took caution and looked at the small door hole.(A.N: It's that hole you look through to see who's on the other side. Sorry don't know what it's called.)

' Good, no lunatic fan-girls' he thought and finally opened the door. He looked around to search for the person who had knocked, but found no one. Instead, a small white box was placed on his doorstep. 'What's this' he thought reaching for the small white box and brought it inside. ' Probably some stupid fan-girl gift.' Despite his assumptions He opened it anyway. ' What the hell is this?' he thought with interest.

With Sakura…..

Sakura just finished her good warm bubble bath.(A.N: I like bubble bath's too yay! bubble baths!) To her relief , did bring down the stress-o meter. ' Ahhh that's just what I needed' Sakura thought happily as she put on her light pink cherry blossom pajamas. She was disturbed when a know sounded off downstairs. ' Who could that be?' she wondered.

" Hold on a second! Coming!" Sakura rushed noisily downstairs. Good thing her parents were on a mission for a month. Yes they are ninja's. Anyways, Sakura also checked the hole thingy to see who was on the other side, but no one was there. 'Hmm.. odd' she thought. She opened the door to look for any sign of the person that knocked but found no trace. ' Oh well' she thought, but as she was about to close the door a little white box caught her attention. She picked it up and went back inside. She sat on the couch and curiously looked at the box, her face scrunched with curiosity.

Arg, open it!

Alright sheesh!

She lifted the lid and found…

Back to Sasuke…

" Hn… A ring?" Sasuke said with curiosity. Indeed it was a ring, a silver one with cloud swirls design around it. 'His first reaction was stupid fan-girls but as he looked back at the box, he found a note. In it was written: Wear this, and in a matter of time your dream and hearts desire will be fulfilled. ' What the? But my dreams are already fulfilled.' Sasuke referred to killing Itachi & getting his revenge. Anyways he thought about it for a moment and slipped the ring on his finger and smirked. What's the harm of wearing this ring anyways? Maybe there was something that was missing in his life that he needed.

What could that missing thing be hmm?

I don't know, but judging from this note, we'll find out soon enough I guess. Little did Sasuke know that he couldn't be anymore correct.

Back to Sakura….

" oooohh, a silver ring" Sakura said. It was beautiful, to her at least. It had cloud swirls around it.

"Who would give me a ring?" She thought out loud. But without a second though she slipped it on anyways.

"Oh what's this?" Sakura saw a folded piece of paper in the box. When she unfolded it she saw a message: Wear this and in a matter of time you will find happiness. ' Happiness huh?' she thought. ' I could use a little happiness in my life' She thought sadly remembering the events earlier.

" This ring might give me luck," She chuckled sadly. What's wrong with a little faith? She glanced at the ring again and went upstairs to go to sleep. Sakura didn't know the trouble she just put herself through for wearing the ring. Or is it a miracle? Only the morning will tell

A.N: OOOHHH what are theses mysterious rings? And who were the mysterious voices speaking back there. MWUHAHAHAHA! the more reviews! The faster I update!lol. Anyways tell me what you think!