Welcome to a new story~ I figured I'd try something new. Naruto meets WWE. Forewarning: Some characters might be OOC, but this is kinda is a AU. I own my oocs. :3

Ages:
Naruto: 22
Hinata: 21
Sakura: 21
Sasuke: 23

LWE: Leaf Wrestling Entertainment

SWE: Sand Wrestling Entertainment

Chapter 2: Life Outside (Part 1)

Sakura looked over her reflection before nodding to herself and leaving her dressing room, bumping into the back of someone. "Sorry. I didn't expect anyone to sta- Oh. Sasuke." She said, blinking before sighing and locking her door and walking past said Uchiha. Noticing he seemed out of it, she waved a hand in front of him. "Earth to Sasuke. Anyone home?"

"Hn."

"Oh, good. You live. Well, I guess I'm heading on home." She said, even though she knew Sasuke always walked her home after all the recordings. Passing by Tsunade, she waved goodbye. "See you tomorrow, Lady Tsunade!"

"Oh? Heading home already? Well, have a good night. Sasuke, make sure she actually makes it home. You guys know how dangerous it is at night around here." Tsunade said, waving the two off.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Honestly. I know my way home. That was just one time!"

"Hn. Only 'one'?" Sasuke asked.

"Fine. A few times. But, I learned my lesson." Sakura said, staring at her feet. The blue Mary Janes she enjoyed wearing showed their age. "Guess next thing I do might be getting new shoes." She mumbled to herself.

"Ya think? Those things aren't made to last another day." Came the smart-assed reply.

She glared at the Uchiha before nodding. "I'll get another pair on the next off-day, if I can get Hinata and Ino to come give me someone to talk to. Who knows. Maybe Ino'll be going on a date with Shikamaru... She's tried getting that lazy ass's attention long enough."

"Hn."

"Geez, if you want, you can just head to your place. Don't feel like you have to walk me home." She snorted and fixed her yellow sweater that Ino gave her for her 19th birthday. A red spaghetti strapped shirt draped over her loosely, showing off her waist where her baby blue skirt rested. The skirt was a five year gift from Tsunade and Hinata gave her after her first win on LWE. She took the time to glance over her companion.

Wearing simple blue jeans and a white dress shirt, Sasuke could pretty lazy if he tried, when in fact, it was the opposite for him to be lazy. A navy blue sweater hung open with, what she guessed was his clan's symbol. The thing she always knew was he never left the studio without his own sneakers.

Sasuke arched an eyebrow and smirked a little bit. "Who said that? Perhaps it just happens to be on my way."

Sakura smiled, knowing full well that Sasuke lived on the opposite side of the town. Then again, she knew he liked walking around before heading home. "Sure it is." She rolled her eyes and waved at her mother, who was out in her garden. "Hey, Ma."

"Got done early, huh?" Mebuki asked.

"Mhm. Just heading home now."

"Hn." Sasuke said, finding the trees interesting.

"Well, hello to you too, Sasuke. Tell your mother that I need her to meet me and Ayumu later on tomorrow morning." Mebuki said as her husband walked out. "Dear, look who showed up."

"Ahh, Sasuke, my boy... How's your ol' man?" Kizashi asked.

"Hn... Still the same as always." Sasuke replied, avoiding eye contact.

Sakura chuckled lightly. "Well, I better get going. Gotta rest up for another day tomorrow. Coming, Sasuke?" She asked, waving goodbye to her parents. "You're lucky they're so used to your one-worded replies. Oh well." She saw her apartment come into view and was surprisingly saddened to see it. At the door, she hid her frown by looking through her bag for her keys, noticing they were gone.

"Lookin for something?" Sasuke teased, jingling her keys on his pointer finger in front of her.

"Wha.. When did you get those?!" Sakura asked, reaching to grab them but he pulled it away just before she touched them. "Oh, come on, Sasuke! Give 'em back!"

"Hn. Maybe I should head on home myself."

"Oh, no you don't! Give me my keys, Sasuke!" She demanded, trying multiple times to get her keys back, but had to keep bouncing to see if she could get them that way. "This isn't funny!"

"It's a hoot to me." Sasuke replied smoothly before blinking at her bouncing form and gulping [Ha! Pervy Sasu-kun~] before bringing the keys to behind his back, thus forcing her to reach behind him and press against him or try and dart around him.

"Arrgh!" Sakura fumed and did the first choice, successfully retrieving her keys before blinking at the sudden contact between them. "Erm... Uhh.." She pulled back a little bit so she could look at him and blushed when seeing that he had the same confused look she probably did. "Sasuke..kun?" She questioned, not noticing that she used the '-kun' part that she used to add the first two years of their dominance of mixed tag-team competition.

The added name wasn't lost on the Uchiha, though as he slowly smirked while mentally noting how cute she was when she blushed. Unable to form a response, he cupped her chin and bent over to brush his lips against hers, nearly shuddering at how soft her lips were. "You realize.. how stubborn you are? And how long it's taken me to get you to add the '-kun'? Too damn long, SaKuRa." He emphasized her name just like he used to.

Sakura's eyes widened before realization hit her and made her smile a little. "And it'd go against that big ego to ask. Hmm. I see the problem there... But, I stopped because you said it was 'annoying'." She imitated what he always called her the first two years.

"Hn. I don't sound like that.." He half-glared and leaned against the railing, looking like a cat that just got a bowl of milk. [A/N: That -3- type face.] "Gonna unlock your door? Either way, it's fine by me."

Sakura raised an eyebrow as she finally unlocked the door and stepped inside, aiming to close the door, but Sasuke was in the doorway faster than she planned. "Now you're stalking me? What's up with that? Well, have a seat... I'll be right back. I assume I don't have to tell you to not put your feet on my table. You're not Naruto." She teased and tossed her keys and bag on her in table, heading to her room, pausing before smiling. "I do have some tomatoes in the fridge. Just save me at least one, okay?" She batted her eyes lightly and went into her room just as her pocket on her sweater vibrated. Digging in her pocket, she saw it was Tsunade calling. "Yello, Lady Tsunade~!" She answered, taking her sweater off with her free arm.

"Just called to let you know neither you nor Sasuke are really needed tomorrow for the episode. So, take the rest of the week off. You guys need it." Tsunade said and Sakura could here her smile in her voice.

"Sure. I'll let Sasuke know. He's... erm.. hanging around at my place for a while." Sakura stuttered, fighting the side zipper of her skirt with her hand.

"It's fine, Sakura... I know there's something between the two of ya.. You two are just too busy butting heads to notice it. See ya early next week!" Tsunade said goodbye and hung up before Sakura could reply.

'Huh? That's weird. Oh well, probably nothing.' Even if she wanted to believe it, Sakura felt differently than what she did when the two of them started working together. Tossing her skirt and shirt in the hamper, Sakura slipped off her bra, tossing it to join the other clothes and picked out a brown tank top with black shorts, taking a quick shower and slipping into her night clothes before heading out to the living room. "Just got a call from Lady Tsunade.. She said the rest of the week, we're not needed."

"Hn. And what exactly did she say?" He asked from the kitchen, probably finding some tomatoes.

"She said that we 'needed it'." She popped her head around the corner and shook her head before ducking under his arm. "Looking for the tomatoes? They're right here." She proved her point by pulling out three tomatoes from the bottom of her fridge, tilting her head back to grin at him. "Somethin up?"

"Hn." He replied, strolling back after taking a tomato from her to the living room and sitting on the couch, raising his eyebrows when he realized her attire. "Were you lazy?"

Sakura glared and stared down at her brown shirt that had the sleeves laying on her upper arms, thus bearing her shoulders. Surely the black shorts weren't why he thought she was lazy? "So? I always dress like this at home. Don't have to get prettied up and stuff." She replied, smirking slightly. "If you're disgusted by my looks, feel free to leave me and my tomatoes."

"Nope. Kinda feel like staying and seeing how much it takes before you kick someone out." Sasuke teased, finishing his tomato and tossing it into the garbage near the door of the kitchen. "That and it's been a while since we've hung out."

'That's true.. The first time we hanged out was two years after I started in LWE... And that was so he could show me around Konoha.. Since then, we've been too busy to be together... Did I just say together?! That's weird..' Sakura rolled her eyes at his first comment before nodding. "Yeah, guess it has been a while... So, Tsunade thinks that there's something between the two of us..." She took a sip of her water while gauging his reaction.

"Oh? Really..." It seemed as if he were thinking about something with that reply.

"Yeah... According to her, she sees it but we're 'too busy butting heads' to notice. Before I could say we're very stubborn friends, she hung up." Sakura sighed and got up to look at the photo of her after her first win at LWE, with Naruto clinging to her neck, Sasuke glaring a hole into Naruto, Hinata trying to get him off her, Ino beaming at the camera, Shikamaru looking bored, Sai, a cameraman, giving off a smile at Ino and Tsunade holding her head as if Naruto gave her a headache. Smiling, she remembered the emotions she had felt at that time: happiness and utter shock. If she were honest with herself, she did indeed love Sasuke more than a friend, but he was not one to show emotions on camera or off. Perhaps that was what drew her to him.

"Hn." Sasuke said from right behind her.

"Jeez! Give me a heart attack, why don't you? What gives you the idea to do that?" Sakura squeaked, juggling the picture and dropping it. As she reached to grab it, Sasuke already had it.

"Clumsy... Hn. I was ready to tear the dobe apart that day." Sasuke commented, placing the picture back in her hands.

"I am not clumsy! You startled me, that's all." Sakura shot back, mentally wondering why she was drawn in to someone that could scare ten years off your life just by walking behind you. She knew from Sai, who was ever the vigilant one, about Sasuke's preferences off screen. He was known in Konoha's Fallen House very well and didn't bother hiding his affairs from Naruto, Sai and Shikamaru. Sighing, she placed the picture back and frowned. "Why do you pick fights with Naruto, anyway? I mean... You only seem annoyed when he talks to only me.. He is my friend, too, ya know..."

"Tell me you're not that blind..." Sasuke stated, as if annoyed at her.

"Blind to what?" Sakura tilted her head and began to wonder if Sasuke was seeing something between her and Naruto that she didn't.

"Listen... Naruto likes you more than a friend... That's why he's so annoying... He wants you." Sasuke emphasized the word.

That took her by surprise before she thought about how it was true that while he does like Hinata, Sakura had noticed how uncomfortable his stares have been getting. "Oh, god... How can I be so stupid?" She muttered to herself, replaced the picture and went to sit on her couch, holding her forehead. "I guess I've been blind... But... Why in the world do you care? It's not like you. You're the type to keep to himself almost all the time, unless it's in the ring."

"Why do I care? I've been wondering the same thing for the past 7 years." Sasuke said, joining her on the couch. "It's like I just can't stand Naruto, or any guy for that matter, clinging to you. Thing is, it's only you... No one else.. That's what confuses me. I don't like being confused."

"Well... Maybe it's just because I'm your tag-team partner... And that you somehow feel like I would change partners..." Sakura started throwing the first idea that popped into her mind before covering her mouth with her hand. "Sorry... I didn't mean for that to come out..."

"It's not just because your my partner... I already took that reason out a while ago. And not just because you're the only one I actually get along with." He frowned and rubbed his head. "I think I'll have to sleep on it." He stood up and walked to the door.

"I don't think you walking home with so much on your mind is safe. You may get arrested for something... Knowing what happens if you think too much." Sakura pointed out, smiling. "I got a guest room I haven't really been using due to how busy Ino, Tenten and Hinata are now a days. Feel free to use it. Just putting that out there."

"That's probably true..." He said, fading out before his eyes widened as if he solved his problem. "Say... Just wondering: how do you feel about me?" He asked, leaning against the door.

The question she had been dreading finally arrived. Now, she could either lie and save both their friendship and partnership or risk ruining both with the truth. However, she was dealing with no ordinary man, she was dealing with Uchiha Sasuke. And Sasuke really hated liars and manipulators, which she would be if she lied to save their friendship. Preparing her heart of the eventual pain of losing her best friend and tag-team partner, Sakura closed her eyes and decided to let him know the truth: she loved him for who he was, both on and off screen. "I.. I... l. l. lo. love..." 'COME ON! SPIT IT OUT! CHA!' Inner Sakura scolded, bopping her on the head. "IloveyouSasuke-kun.." She stuttered and stared at her hands, preparing for the slamming of the door. "I... I understand.. if. if... you chose an. another partner... I'm.. I'm sure anyone would like to..."

Sasuke rolled his eyes and sat down next to her, clasping her tightened hands in one of his. "Slow down. I can barely understand you when you're stammering. What was that?" He asked, even though he had heard perfectly well what she said, but wanted to be sure he wasn't hearing things.

Gulping, she took the chance to meet his eyes, stunned to see how at ease they were. "I. I said... I love you... And that.. I understand if... you didn't feel the same..." Unable to bear the pain that would be coming, she returned to staring at their hands. "I.. can't explain how or why I fell for you... It felt... natural to me... So, I had to deal with... worry every time you had a match or something... Then I learned to deal... with the urge to hit every girl... even though, looking back, it was stupid... You aren't mine... You choose how you are... That's what... hurts, really... Knowing that you aren't mine and not being able to... to say how I felt without the risk of losing you..." She closed her eyes against the tears forming in her eyes, knowing that their friendship and everything wouldn't be the same anymore.

"You're an idiot to think... that I could ever replace you... I think you actually just made me realize that what I'm feeling wasn't just my imagination.. I never want to lose you..." He cupped her face so he could see her and gave a gentle smirk. "I always felt empty whenever I went to Konoha's Fallen House.. Maybe it was because none of them are you, SaKuRa... You have what they didn't: intelligence, brawn and a very cute blush that seems to appear whenever I tease you. Not only that, your entire personality is something else.. Not to mention how great you are in the ring. The only problem is that you are quite stubborn and seem to hide around me." He wrapped his free hand in her hair and rolled his eyes. "And only you seem to make me not know how to shut up. I think I'm trying to explain why I love you, when I should just kiss you senseless."

Feeling daring now that she heard him say he loved her, Sakura couldn't resist smirking. "Why don't you then? Shut up, I mean.." She taunted.

That got him to arch a brow and chuckle lightly before capturing her mouth with his, not before muttering to himself. "Yes.. Why don't I?"

Muhahaha! Cliffy~ I have to do this.. cause this is about not only these two... Or did you forget Naruto and Hinata? I'll definitely continue Sakura and Sasuke's part after the next chapter. Be warned, though: That chapter will be a serious lemon!

~~Kagomee-H.