PhantasyDreamer: Hey there! I'm back with a new chapter. An much earlier than planned. Well I really like this fic so I had to update soon so I don't lose my inspiration. I want to thank you all for reviewing my first Naruto fic. I appreciate it a lot. Special thanks to rose-mirror21 and nOoNeKnEw. Thanks again for your support. I don't own Naruto at all so go easy on me. Anyway, onto the fic, hope you like it.
Sasuke's Love
Chapter 2: Truth or Dare! The plain truth revealed
Last time: "AW! No ramen, how am I suppose to survive without no fuel?" the blond boy whined looking through his bag. Sasuke's eyebrows twitched in disgust, "Let's go you guys." He stated as they all walked out of their training area and headed towards the village's gate. "Alright! Alright! Solo mission here I come!" Naruto yelled rushing ahead of his friends. "Tck, Idiot." Sasuke muttered under his breath as Sakura walked next to him. "Oh this is not my day." she sighed with her shoulders slumped down.
'What am I going to do?'
The story continues….
The three young teenagers ran silently throughout the woods leaving their home town somewhere off in the distance behind them. They had been traveling for a very long time, jumping and running as fast as they could to catch up for the time they had lost. They weren't too far when Sakura noticed something important. It was a tree that looked so familiar. She was quite sure she had seen it before but she shook her head thinking it was just her imagination.
'Didn't we pass this tree already?' she thought stopping for a minute as she looked at the tree that appeared to be so familiar.
Naruto and Sasuke stopped running when they realized that Sakura was no where to be seen. They turned around to see her staring at a tree.
'What's her problem now?' Sasuke thought walking up to her with an angry expression on his face.
The two boys were looking at her now wondering what was going on but Sakura remained silent as if trying to process what seemed to have taken place.
"Sakura, what's the matter?" Naruto asked with a smile while placing his hands behind his back.
"Didn't we pass this tree before?" she questioned, her green eyes showing confusion.
"Uh…" the blond paused as if searching for words.
Sasuke frowned as he pulled out the map he had stacked in his back pocket. He gazed at it intently trying to see if Sakura was right. Sighing, he knew something was wrong but he didn't want to say anything at least just yet. When he looked up he saw Sakura and Naruto staring at him curiously. Sakura gently took the map from his hands and began looking at it. He growled when he realized what she did.
'How dare she?' he thought angrily, 'Who does she think she is anyway?'
"Look you guys we've been heading north west for the past hour and a half when we were suppose to be going north east," she stated as she pointed at the lines on the map, "and besides that we took a wrong turn and then ended up going in circles."
'This can't be right. I know I read the map right. Something must be definitely wrong with me.' the dark teal haired boy contemplated with his arms folded, 'Am I losing my concentration now? And why is that? Is it because of Sakura? No it can't be. I must be getting soft.'
Sasuke gazed at Sakura who was frowning. Naruto was watching her intently waiting to hear what else she had to say about the map but nothing seemed to come up. Sakura then turned her eyes up to Sasuke who had his eyes close. She didn't understand what was going on with him. He had been acting so strange since this morning. His face was flustered and she was beginning to wonder if he was sick. Not to mention that he was losing focus and concentration something that rarely occurred to the young Uchiha boy.
"So Sasuke, what do you think?"
"We're not lost if that's what you mean." he muttered staring her seriously, "All we have to do is study the map more carefully and try and make up for the time we've lost."
"But Sasuke, I can't tell exactly where we are on the map." she sighed looking at him pleadingly.
He frowned. He didn't want to admit that he had made a mistake. After all he had no problem reading maps before but his mind was wondering ever so much on what happened last night that he couldn't think straight. He turned his head the other way refusing to answer her.
"Oh NOOOOO! We're lost!" Naruto yelled pulling his short flaky blond hair, "Our first solo mission and you had to mess it up Sasuke!"
He yelled pointing at Sasuke.
"Quit it Naruto, you're starting to get on my nerves." he warned giving him a harsh glare.
"Come on you guys we got to figure out what we did wrong." the pink haired girl sighed as she stared furiously at the map.
"Okay, okay I'll do it since Sasuke thinks he knows everything and now he knows nothing, ha ha." Naruto smirked as he took the map away from Sakura while receiving a grunt from Sasuke. He looked at it and sighed as he began to feel dizzy. All the signs and lines were beginning to get to him. However he shook the feeling off and tried to concentrate, "I got it! Took me a while to get used to the crazy lines on the map but I finally got it. We are near these bushy lines right here!"
He smirked proudly as he pointed to the map. Sakura and Sasuke looked on in amazement. In closer inspection they realized that Naruto was actually correct.
"Wow Naruto…y-you're right." the pink haired girl smirked embarrassingly.
"Yea the idiot actually got something right for a change."
"Shut up Sasuke, I don't want an insult from you."
The two boys glared at each other while Sakura just pushed between the two.
"Guys lets just go."
"RIGHT!" they all yelled as they disappeared leaving a puff of smoke behind.
HOKAGE TOWER
"Lord Hokage, I have delivered the message successfully to Kakashi." Iruka replied as he walked into the large office of the Hokage.
It was very big indeed and pretty empty though. A table was in the middle where the elderly man known as Sarutobi sat with papers on his desk. He had short gray hair that lay lazily on his head, dark eyes and a mysterious grin. He wore a white long dress like gown along with a red design running down the middle of it. He also had a white and red hat that lay on the table. The red design was also in the middle with a Japanese sign located on top of it.
"Great then have they left already?" the elderly man asked while playing with his hat.
"Yes they have but not with their sensei."
"…"
There was immediate silence. The old man frowned not wanted to believe what he had just heard. They left without their sensei? He couldn't believe that Kakashi would do such a thing knowing that there could be danger involved in this mission. Many of the young genins that received any type of missions were always accompanied by their teacher and he was beginning to wonder why Kakashi would allow them that freedom. Sarutobi raised his eyebrows and gazed at Iruka curiously. He just wanted to know why.
"Why is that so Iruka?" he asked slowly clasping his hands in front of his face.
"It seems that Kakashi is sick and was not able to accompany his students," the brown haired man sighed looking the Hokage right in the eye, "…so he let them go on their own."
"Hmmm, that's not good news." he sighed as he got out of his seat and made his way towards the west window while putting back on his hat, "You see I just received news just recently that the ninjas that stole the scroll from us are at the chuunin level."
Iruka's eyes widen in shock.
'So I was right?' the brunette thought shakily.
Iruka frowned only realizing now that he should have come earlier to meet the Hokage as he had planned since early this morning. Instead he waited till it was late afternoon to tell him since he had classes to teach all day. He was now angry with that decision he made earlier. A decision he now regretted bitterly.
"Yes so we have to alert Kakashi immediately so that he could be aware of the situation then." the elderly man spoken sternly as he turned to Iruka.
"Yes Lord Hokage…" he sighed as he disappeared from sight.
Sarabouti turned his attention back to the view outside of the window that showed the forest region and the sun that was still peeking high above. A small smile crept upon his face as he thought of the adventures the young genins might be having.
'Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke good luck and be careful out there.' he thought peacefully.
IN THE WOODS
"We'll stay here for the night." Sasuke stated sternly as he placed his back pack on the grassy ground.
Sakura and Naruto did the same placing their stuff on the ground as well. Naruto sat on the floor with his arms folded behind his head while Sakura stood standing. She sighed a little as a gentle breeze whipped her hair around. She felt so confused about Sasuke's behavior that she thought she should at least get some fresh air. She took her back pack off of the grassy ground and swung it over her back.
"Um…uh…you guys…" she paused a little while brushing down her scarlet dress, "I'm going to the river to freshen up, okay?"
"Alright Sakura be careful now." Naruto grinned sheepishly at her while she just shrugged and walked off.
"Hm."
As soon as Sakura was out of sight Sasuke began to set up camp while Naruto relaxed on the floor. Sasuke was furious, first at himself for being so foolish to read the map wrong and for getting shown up by Naruto. And Naruto of all people who couldn't even pass his genin exam to graduate from the academy. He couldn't understand what was going on in his head. He just felt all weird since Sakura kissed him on the cheek. He never took interest in girls although many were hunting him down. His only interest was getting revenge for something that happened so long ago and to him he had no time for girls. Or so he thought?
"Ahhh, at last some rest and relaxation!" the blond yelled while yawing loudly, stretching on the floor as he gazed at the sky.
Sasuke just frowned at how unconcern Naruto could be. He couldn't understand why he seemed so carefree all the time. He turned his attention back to what he was doing. He had more important things to think about. About thirty minutes had passed by since Sakura left and Naruto was beginning to get restless. Sasuke was leaning by a tree now with his arms folded and head down as if asleep and Naruto couldn't take the silence anymore. He got off of the floor with a loud yawn drawing Sasuke's attention to him.
"Sasuke, I think I'm going to go keep Sakura company. You're actually boring me with your silence." the blond replied with a wide smirk while laughing sheepishly.
"Whatever just don't annoy her."
'Wait a minute why do I care? What am I saying? Am I crazy?' he thought with his eyes widen in shock, 'I hope Naruto didn't just hear that.'
'Did Sasuke just say that? It must be my imagination.' Naruto shrugged.
"Well…uh…okay." he paused a little.
He turned to leave not waiting for a response from Sasuke. He was about to run when Sasuke stopped him.
"Naruto while you're at it, get some fire wood."
"Humph…alright." he mumbled stomping his feet as he walked away.
The dark teal haired boy frowned. He couldn't understand why he even said that. Was he beginning to like Sakura? Or even care for her as a friend? Was he really seeing her in a new light? He folded his arms again as he looked down the area that Naruto had just disappeared to.
"Naruto…"
'I hope you're not going to pull any prank on her or try to kiss her like this morning.' he scowled at the thought of Naruto trying to kiss Sakura.
He couldn't understand that just by the thought of it, it made him very angry.
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Sakura clasped her hands in the shallow water and swished it across her face. She had been swimming in the river for quite some time now and was very tired. She walked out of the river and got a towel from her back pack and then began to dry herself off. She ringed her mid-back pink hair out trying to get out as much water as possible. Only wearing a black spaghetti shirt and black tights, she quickly proceeded to putting back on her scarlet dress. She sat on the grass as she struggled to put back on her blue sandals.
'I wonder what's up with Sasuke.' she thought fighting to get her foot in the shoe, 'He's been acting so strange lately. I wonder if he's upset with me or is it the kiss I gave him last night? And what about this mission how will we survive without Kakashi-sensei? I mean Naruto and Sasuke can hold their own but what about me?'
Sighing, she finally managed to get her foot into the shoes. She sat silently with her legs crossed to her right side. It was getting late but the sun was still high soon about to set in the next few hours but Sakura didn't seem to care.
A slight breeze tickled her as she gazed at the sight before her. She sighed while bowing her head. For some reason she was beginning to feel quiet uneasy and wondered if she should be with her teammates. She stiffened when she felt someone's chakra or presence behind her. She was about to get up but when she looked to her left she saw Sasuke sitting down right next to her. Her eyes widen in shock as she looked at the stern expression he had on his face. And it looked to her that he didn't even notice that he scared her. She looked at his dark teal hair that was long in the front coming to his chin on both sides. His headband was placed around his forehead and tied around the middle section of his hair allowing portions of it to flare up while the short remainder lay spiking out and down on his neck.
"S-Sasuke you frightened me I didn't see you there." she stated quickly trying to calm herself down.
"Hm, you shouldn't let your guard down so easily." he stated sternly clasping his hands to his face while gazing at the river.
"Oh right." she stated, bowing her head.
They stayed in silence for a grueling five minutes not knowing what to say to each other. Sakura moved closer next to Sasuke and he didn't move since he was in deep thought. She looked at her crush for long and wondered if he would ever consider her as his friend. She knew he called her annoying once and from that day she tried not to annoy him as much as before. But now she didn't know if they would be friends or not. It was so hard to talk to the guy since he would barely speak on his own unless spoken to.
"Sasuke?" she asked, only a few inches away from him, "Where's Naruto I haven't seen him is he back at the campsite?"
"He went to get firewood." he muttered while placing his hands on the grass and leaning back a little.
"Sasuke?" she asked again hoping she wasn't annoying him.
"Hm." his dark eyes turned towards her.
She paused a little as if frightened to say something.
"Do you think we will survive this mission?" she asked wondering why she felt so unsure of herself all of a sudden.
She was surprised that when she looked up that he was staring her with a smirk. He took a deep breath as if wondering what to tell her.
"Yes. I think we can handle it," he stated smoothly, "but don't worry I'll protect you no matter what."
She gasped at him in shock. A blush immediately made its way up to her cheeks.
'Did Sasuke just say that?' she thought feeling faint, 'That was the nicest thing he has ever said to me.'
He smiled at her again making her blush instantly while nodding her head in response to his statement.
"You know…" he started slowly while turning his attention back to the river, "I really admire your courage Sakura."
"My courage?" she echoed looking at him weirdly.
"Yea, although you're not as strong as Naruto and I am you still try your best to do something," he smirked as he took her hand in his, "…and…and that's the type of girl I need in my life."
'WHAT! I'm the type of girl he needs in his life? I think I'm gonna faint." she thought feeling light headed, 'Ha ha Cha cha cha! I knew he would like me! In your face Ino pig!'
Sakura looked at Sasuke who was staring at her lovingly. He moved closer towards her getting ready to kiss her. He titled her head upwards as he gazed at her green eyes affectionately, she slowly closed them. Sakura waited impatiently wondering if he was actually going to do it. She couldn't believe the words that came out of his mouth. It was as if he had changed somehow. She wondered if her affections had really affected him and if he had actually liked her all along and was just playing with her emotions.
'Oh my gosh he's actually going to kiss me. I can't believe this? Is this really Sasuke or am I dreaming? I wonder…' she thought when they were just only inches apart.
"Hm." Sasuke replied when he opened his eyes to see Sakura's index finger on his lips.
She had a determined look on her face as if wondering what was going on.
"Sasuke, are you sure you're alright?" she asked when he backed away a little, "I mean you seem different somehow. I don't know I guess I'm not used to seeing this side of you."
She bowed her head a little as he looked at her confused. He sighed with a smirk.
"I guess it's just hard for me to express the way I feel about you." he stated in his regular monotone voice while holding her hand firmly.
'The way he…he feels about me? Oh my gosh I can't believe this?' she thought shyly biting her lips, 'Sasuke has feelings for me?'
She sighed as she stared at him believing every word that he had said.
"So…" he paused while scratching his hair, "Uh…can I get my kiss now?"
Sakura eyes widen in shock when she looked at Sasuke. That kind of response was not something that Sasuke would say. It's something that only one other person would say.
"NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she yelled as she slapped him hard taking him by surprised.
A puff of smoke appeared revealing a disoriented Naruto on the grassy sprawled out. He grunted as he wiped a trail of blood from his lips. Sakura got up off of the grassy ground and glared at him with a look that could kill. Without saying anything she rushed off crying her eyes out. Naruto frowned.
"Gosh I can't believe I blew it." he muttered with his head down while clenching his fists, "I was this close!"
He placed his fingers close together trying to show how close he really was.
"You know that was a bad trick to play on her." a voice stated sternly breaking him from his thoughts, "It's never good to play with someone's affection for another."
He frowned knowing who it was.
"Shut up Sasuke, you know nothing about my feelings for Sakura."
"That may be so but I don't think you should have done that and now she'll think I'm in love with her or you may have even confused her more." he sighed while folding his arms and walking closer towards the blond, "However I must commend you though on your good acting skills. You could've fooled me although if I had any feelings for her, I wouldn't have told her like that."
Naruto cocked an eyebrow.
'What?' he thought getting confused.
"What are you saying that you like Sakura?" he asked intrigued by what his teammate had said.
"No, I said I wouldn't have told her like that, you could've have been a little more romantic." he replied and with a puff of smoke disappeared.
'What, wow oh boy I don't understand. Was Sasuke saying he likes Sakura? Or was he saying that I should have been nicer? And then he's giving me pointers?' he thought bowing his head, 'Oh no now I'm really confused.'
He walked away and headed to get the fire wood.
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Sasuke ran as fast as he could trying his best to get back to the campsite before Sakura. He knew Sakura left a good while ago but he was hoping he could make it back before she did. He sighed a little when he saw her running below while he dashed from the trees. It looked like she had stopped for a while to catch her breath otherwise by the rate she was running she might have already reached the campsite. Sasuke dashed off faster and finally made it to the campsite. He sat down quickly by the tree and tried to catch his breath but when he looked up he saw Sakura walking towards him. She sat a few yards from him with her head down still blushing of embarrassment.
"Sakura…" he paused wondering why he chose to speak to her at all but he couldn't help it, he actually felt sorry for her, "Where were you?"
He asked as if he didn't know.
"I was by the river remember? I'm sorry I got a little carried away and took longer than expected." she giggled still embarrassed but trying her best not to show it, "By the way where's Naruto?"
"He went to get firewood." he stated as he looked up and realized that it almost dark.
"Oh."
He remained silent as he remembered what he told Naruto. He couldn't get where that came from. Why did he say that and was he encouraging Naruto to go after Sakura, when the thought of it made him angry? He leaned his arms on his legs that were planted firmly on the ground as he thought about the confusing feelings he was having.
'What's up with me telling Naruto to be romantic? Am I crazy?' he thought frowning as if crazy, 'I just don't understand what's going on with me? Am I sick?'
"Sasuke?" he looked up to see Sakura looking at him with a teary expression, he raised an eyebrow in concern, "Um...never mind."
"Sakura, what's the matter?" he asked sternly as if commanding her to speak.
"Oh…uh…nothing, nothing really." she started playing with her fingers, "I just…why?"
"Your face is flustered and I'm beginning to wonder if you're sick. Did you see something that scared you?" he asked sternly waiting for a response from her and pretending like he didn't know what was bothering her.
"I…"she paused while closing her eyes.
"Here's the firewood Sasuke." a blond replied coming up on the scene.
They both turned towards him startled that they didn't sense his presence.
KAKASHI'S APARTMENT
"Hmm." Kakashi sighed as he got out of bed.
He had been sleeping all day long without a care in the world. He got out of bed and headed towards the window that hung adjacent to his bed. He gazed at the view of the forest region where his students had disappeared to. He knew he had to get better in order to help his students but apart of him didn't really want to do anything. He stood still thinking about them and wondering if they were alright. By the rate of things he knew that Naruto and Sasuke could be arguing anytime now and Sakura who have to be the referee. Or they could've ended up lost or kidnapped. The last thought shocked him and he decided that he should try his best to get better immediately.
As much as he didn't want to admit it, he really did like his students and didn't want to lose them at such a young age. They were like his children, the ones he never had or at least had yet since he was still at a young age of 26.
'Naruto…the fiery loud mouth boy who always gets into trouble, Sakura the intelligent and rational one and not to mention kinda obsessed with her affections for Sasuke, the girl who always speaks her mind,' he thought with a slight grin while raking his hair, 'and Sasuke…the mysterious and reserved boy who definitely needs an attitude adjustment. You guys just hang in there I'll get better soon.'
He turned to leave the window when he heard a noise. He turned back around and saw a paper on the window sill. He opened it immediately and read the contents of it. In a split second worry spread across his face.
"Chuunin level huh?" he stated in a hush tone, "Seems like I'll have to get better faster than I had planned."
He stated as he rushed to the kitchen to take another dose of his flu remedy since the last one he took made him sleep for hours.
IN THE WOODS
"I'm bored." Naruto whined as he looked in Sakura's direction.
She frowned at him and turned her attention to Sasuke who was sulking for some reason. He was still feeling strange and stuff that he couldn't help himself from feeling so weird. Naruto looked at the two and was confused. First Sakura didn't like him at all and no matter what he did, she just didn't care. Then Sakura liked Sasuke and he didn't seem to care about her or any girl in particular and that was the whole story. Naruto just couldn't understand why Sakura didn't like him but he finally decided that he should just back off for a while. At least for now until she figured out that Sasuke would never like her. He sighed as he looked at her. She seemed a lot happy now and he guess that she had forgiven him after he apologized countless times to her.
'I'm sorry Sakura…' he thought as he looked at her.
"Hey you guys we could play a game." Sakura smirked feeling better.
They were all sitting around the fireplace in a circle. Sakura was in the middle with Sasuke and Naruto at her sides. The fire was burning bright leaving a distant shadow behind them.
"What kind of game?" Sasuke asked miserably.
"A game called Truth or Dare." she started blushing madly.
"Huh? Truth or Dare? What's that? Hey I'm lost here." Naruto rambled on and received a glare from Sasuke.
Sakura chuckled to herself at what Naruto had said. She was still angry with him for what he had done but she felt a lot better now that she had calmed down and he had apologized. She knew he was just trying to show her how he felt but she wished he didn't transform into Sasuke. It just made things more difficult for her to look at him. And she couldn't tell at all what Sasuke thought of her anymore.
"Well truth or dare is a simple game." she sighed with a blush, "You just ask a person the question, 'Truth or Dare' and if the person chooses truth they have to tell the truth about anything the person asks and if they chose dare they have to do a dare."
"Oh alright, I'm up for it." the blond smiled happily, "How about you Sasuke?"
"I think it's stupid we should be thinking about our strategy for tomorrow instead a stupid game." he frowned while Sakura just bowed her head.
"Humph, strategy, smategy, we should be having some fun!" he yelled while frowning at Sasuke and giving Sakura a brilliant smile, "I'm with you all the way Sakura!"
She sighed with a smile.
'He's annoying but he's an okay guy.' she thought as she stared her teammates.
They all waited to see who would start the game but no one did so Naruto decided he should start the fun.
"I'll start first Sakura, truth or dare?"
Sakura looked at him shocked with a blush on her face.
"Truth."
"Hmmm, why do you like Sasuke?" Naruto asked as he saw Sasuke immediately look at her.
"Well…uh…he's…cute and…he's…well he's so strong and so cool…and handsome…" she smirked with her hands on her face, "…and although he's quiet he's a really nice guy."
Naruto folded his arms in frustration. 'That's all?'
"So you like him based on his looks mainly?"
Sakura's eyes widen in fear at what Naruto said, "Oh no! That's not it…it's just-"
"Move on Naruto." Sasuke stated interrupting Sakura.
"Alright Sasuke, truth or dare?" the blond asked in a teasing manner.
"Dare." 'Like I'm going to fall for that truth stunt.' he thought with a smirk.
"So Sasuke, I dare you to say something nice about Sakura." Naruto glared at him thinking he should make him do something to make Sakura feel better.
"No way." he muttered refusing to say something he would regret later as he folded his arms.
"Come on Sasuke, what are you afraid of?"
"Fine…" he paused not wanting to look at her, "Sakura is a nice girl."
"Is that all?" the blond teased realizing that Sakura was listening intently.
"And she's…she's smart too." he sighed refusing to say what else he thought.
Sasuke frowned as he clasped his fingers together. He didn't want to say what was really on his mind. He couldn't believe that he was actually thinking that she was pretty but he figured that it was just his mind playing with him. Sakura looked at him with a brilliant smile and Sasuke couldn't help but blush a little. He immediately cleared his throat and turned away from her view to the fire. Good thing the fire was slightly blocking her view of his face so she didn't see him blush.
"Okay Sasuke it's your turn." Naruto stated with a smile.
"Why?" he asked glaring at them, "I'll pass."
"Come on Sasuke, we're just trying to have some fun."
"Hm, whatever." he scoffed as he took a stick off of the ground and began to make lines in the dirt, "Naruto, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"Okay, let's make a deal. If you defeat the enemy without getting yourself killed…" he whispered the last part as Sakura gasped in shock at such a thought, "then I would treat you to all the ramen you could eat."
He smirked knowing that Naruto barely had a chance.
"You got yourself a deal Sasuke!" Naruto yelled while getting up and throwing his fist in the air, "I better start training right now."
The blond yelled while adjusting his headband, he moved to get up wanting to head into the woods but before he could pass by Sakura tripped him with her leg. He gazed at her funny wondering why she tripped him.
"Hey!"
"You can't expect to train now you idiot." the pink haired girl scolded her teammate.
He nodded his head in response to her and went to sit back right next to her.
"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled taking her by surprised but instead of getting angry she just smiled knowing what he meant.
"Truth."
"Why do you constantly beat up Naruto?" he asked for no apparent reason since he didn't know what to say.
She sighed as if not wanting to answer since she thought that he already knew. Holding her knees close to her chin she let out a slight giggle.
"Plain and simple, he's annoying." she smirked making Naruto frown.
'At least I'm not a close up freak like Sasuke.' he thought trying his best not to get mad at his crush while chuckling to himself.
Sasuke and Sakura raised their eyebrows sarcastically wondering if he was crazy or not. He continued to laugh more to himself as he sprawled out on the floor. They just shrugged at each other and ignored him.
"Okay, now it's my turn." she smirked eyeing Naruto with a grin who was still holding his stomach on the ground, "Naruto truth or dare?"
"Dare!" he yelled as he got up into a sitting position.
"I dare you to arm wrestle Sasuke and if you win, I'll give you the kiss you've been begging for all day," she smirked a little at the thought wondering if Sasuke would get jealous or not but unfortunately for her his expression didn't tell her that, "but on the cheek though."
'What is she crazy? There's no way I'm gonna allow that.' the dark teal haired boy thought angrily at the thought of Naruto kissing Sakura, 'There's no way I'm going to lose to that idiot.'
"You're on Sakura." he stated with a sly grin which was directed at Sakura, "Get over here Naruto!"
"Alright I'm gonna knock some sense into your thick skull Sasuke!" he yelled as he sat in front of Sasuke.
The two boys began hand wrestling. Things started off great and by the looks of things Naruto was going to win. He was a lot stronger than Sasuke had expected and that almost took him by surprise. He frowned when he remember the prize Naruto would receive if he won. Taking a quick glance at Sakura he realized that she was waiting in anticipation wondering who was going to win. He strained a little when he noticed that his hand was almost on the ground. Using all his strength he pushed Naruto's hand back up and won the hand wrestle. Naruto yelled in pain and started to grumble incoherently for losing. He made his way back next to Sakura. Everyone was quiet now and Sakura knew what she had to do. She had been thinking hard on what to say to Sasuke and she finally got an idea.
"Sasuke?"
"Hm."
"Truth or dare?"
"Dare."
'I know he would say that. ' she bit her lip in anxiety, 'Okay here goes nothing.'
"Sasuke…I dare you to tell me what you really think of me?"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. What did he really think about her? Clearly she knew the answer to that. He frowned.
"Sakura…I don't want to answer that question."
"Ha Ha, leave it to Sasuke to wimp out on a question like that." the blond laugh cackling loudly.
"Hmm…fine." he paused as he closed his eyes, "To tell the truth I actually think you're a weak pathetic girl that talks too much and finds nothing better to do than badger me with your pathetic affections and emotions. And you're annoying too even more annoying than Naruto."
Sakura's eyes widen in shock.
'More annoying than Naruto?' She thought feeling her feet shake beneath her, 'How could he say…say such a thing? Sure I wanted to find out what he thought. But it sounds as if he…he hates me.'
Naruto got to his feet immediately. How could Sasuke say such a thing to his teammate? The blond was clutching his fists that were beginning to turn white. He didn't understand why Sasuke had to be so rude all the times.
"Sasuke, how could you say such a thing to Sakura?" he asked anger trailing heavily in his voice.
"It's the truth." he muttered turning his eyes from them.
"No way that's not the truth…Sakura's a sweet, caring and courageous girl." Naruto stated harshly showing him his fist, "She cares about her friends deeply even you and she's clearly not weak, she has a strong spirit that can overcome anything."
"Naruto shut up…she wanted the truth." he argued.
"NO!" he screamed, "You're just selfish and care nothing about anyone but yourself. I don't know what the girls see in you because you're nothing but a self righteous jerk. I mean I can't believe all the girls in school like you when it's clear that you don't like them. Sometime I even wonder if you're gay."
He spat making Sasuke's eyes turned a violent red. Sasuke got up to his feet in anger.
"What did you call me?"
"You heard me, I said sometimes I wonder if you're ga-" the blond gasped when he felt a hand across his mouth.
He looked to his side to see Sakura with her hand placed firmly across his mouth.
"Naruto…" she whispered, "I won't have you saying such things about Sasuke. Now calm down, Sasuke was just telling the truth."
She sighed as she sat on the grass as a silent tear rolled down her cheek. Naruto did the same while Sasuke stood standing firmly with his eyes close.
'What have I done?' he thought bitterly looking at the pink haired girl who was trying her best not to cry.
"Naruto!" he yelled as both Naruto and Sakura gazed at him in surprised, "For your information I'm not gay, I just have better things to do in life than to think of girls. I'm an avenger and that's my goal in life, not romance or girls."
He stated sternly as he disappeared into the night. Sakura sighed as she got ready to go to bed. Laying on the grass in her sleeping bag she silently cried herself to sleep.
'He thinks I'm weak and pathetic.' she thought as she cried even more soon eventually falling to sleep.
Naruto frowned looking at his friend. He just bowed his head and went to sleep as well knowing exactly where Sasuke went. He was still angry that Sasuke hurt Sakura but he knew there was nothing he could do. Meanwhile Sasuke looked down at his teammates from the tree branch he sat in nearby. He was on the look out to make sure no intruders tried to attack them while they were asleep.
'How could I do such a thing?' he questioned himself feeling rather bad for what he had said and the response Naruto had given to him.
He didn't want to admit it but Naruto did bruise his ego but he was right. He cared about no one but himself. What a fool he had been that he had crushed the spirit of the one person that always showed that she cared about him no matter what he had said to her.
'I'm sorry…Sakura.'
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"Target in sight." a voice stated in the trees far above, "Shall we strike now?"
"No we'll wait until they least expect it." another person said with a sly smile.
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Naruto: Hey, Hey, Hey, Sasuke, where's Sakura? (Yelling Naruto runs up and down the grassy field.)
Sasuke: She went to the river, you fool. (emotionless)
Naruto: But why isn't she back yet, where is she? (pulls out hair)
Sasuke: Idiot.
Naruto: This is so bad. Sakura's missing and Sasuke doesn't seem to care as usual. He just sits there like an emotionless statute. And I don't know what to do. Wait a minute whose that guy holding Sakura? Next time Sakura's Missing.
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Well that's it. I can't believe that I finished this story so quickly, I guess it's because I really like it. Anyway, please tell me what you think in your reviews and I'll try to update later. Can't say when though. And once again thank you for the reviews can't wait to read more.
Ciao!
PhantasyDreamer