AN- Hopefully better than chapter two even though I'm sick, eek. Yes, this is how I'm portraying Sasuke a mixture of his first season's attitude along with a dash of maturity although he does change since he's just playing around at the moment. Enjoy.


Immaculacy

Chapter Two: Back to Basics


"What the hell is friggin' wrong with that Hyuuga? He is always so paranoid about our transactions in our clubs." Sasuke muttered with a snarl prior to picking up his cup of Americano.

"He's an intelligent guy and all but I wonder what made him get all impulsive. Like, dude, he pointed a gun at your head!"

Naruto shouted waving his arms in the air for emphasis, "I mean I understand why he would point one at me seeing I'm all ninja and stuff considering how hard I beat his skinny ass in our spar last time! Yeah you heard me alright teme, my manliness scares him hence I'm manlier than you are!"

Sasuke's left brow arched gracefully in a fashion displaying his disbelief, "Oh really, and who's the one drinking chocolate milk in the morning?"

Naruto glanced at the tall glass of the milky brown liquid and sighed.

"Well alright, enough teasing this morning, I got the info on that Haruno Sakura for you."

"Oh?" Now that caught Sasuke's attention. He placed the cup of café Americano on the glass table that resided on the patio of the Uchiha mansion as he leaned forward resting both his elbows on the glass table resuming the 'Uchiha-thinking-pose'. Afterall, why wouldn't he be interested in his new play thing? Play with her then devour her, since he simply cannot disregard the fact that she saw the hostile Hyuuga the night before. And no way in hell is he going to let the Hyuuga get to her before him.

"Yeah." Naruto pulled out a brown file out of his bag that rested at his feet. He pulled out the sheets of paper and displayed the first sheet which was her identification and school files. "Haruno Sakura, student in the faculty of arts, studying music at Konoha University. She has been in an all girls private school since she was young but entered a public high school for her senior year. Her best friend is Yamanaka Ino," Naruto points at a picture in the left corner as he continues, "Only child and her mother passed away when she was in middle school, and her father raised her alone and is working under the Shina company manager as an auditor. That's the basics, there's more detail on the other sheets."

An arrogant- signature -Uchiha smirk graced the thin lips of the Uchiha Sasuke skirt chaser extraordinaire.

"Ne, Sakura-chan what are you doing afterschool today?"

"Oh, I'm just bus-ing home; I have to finish composing that song for the assignment by tonight."

"Aw, that's too bad I thought we could hang out, anyways, I'll see you tomorrow then Sakura-chan!!"

Sakura waved and smiled back to the long raven haired girl that waved goodbye. Her name had been Yuriko Hyuuga and apparently she has a really hot boyfriend, or some of the girls say in her English 205 class. They had been friends at the start of the year since they had met each other at the orientation. Thankfully the two of them got accepted so they had a few classes together and quickly bonded. Contrasting to Ino was more into fashion designing and cosmetology.

Slowly but surely Sakura walked down the paved road towards the bus loop to proceed with her journey in going home.

"O.M.G. Do you see him?"

"He's SOooooooOO HOT!"

"Wow. He IS sexy."

"I wonder who he is!"

"Ehhhh!!?!?! Who is he waiting for? That girl is so lucky!"

Sakura wondered what was going on as a few girls began squealing, giggling and running their hands through their hair in the direction of a male that stood by a black Kawasaki ninja motorcycle. His features were obscured by the black bike helmet but judging by his figure and stance, he was screaming rich, sexy, and badass at least, to the general female population. He had on loose and torn denim jeans with a white beater under a black leather biker jacket. His wrists were also adorned with some cool black twisted rope-like bracelet which added to the 'cool' and celebrity-like touch to the outfit.

Scoffing Sakura brushed passed the girls shaking her head in dismay at their high school antics. Her long pink hair blew in the wind before crashing down upon her white lacy tank top and casual denim shorts. Emerald eyes kept their gaze forward and past the mysterious biker while settling on the empty seat in her designated bus area.

As Sakura walked past the biker a rough hand grabbed onto her forearm restricting her to proceed any further. Snapping her head towards the direction of the biker, Sakura frowned.

"Hey, what do you want?"

The biker used his free hand to lift up the flap of his helmet to reveal the familiar onyx grey eyes she had engraved in her memory from the night before.

Gasp.

Sakura's eyes widened tenfold from surprise.

"It's you."

"It's me." Sasuke chuckled keeping his grip on Sakura's arm.

"Mind letting go of my arm?"

"Not until you remember my name cherry blossom."

"Well, Sasuke, would you please be a gentleman and let go of my arm?"

"Why, I'd be delighted to."

There was the awkward silence and the bemused look on the Uchiha's face until a not so familiar voice broke the stares.

"Hey, Sakura-san, is this guy bothering you, because if he is I can take care of him for you."

An Asian man with a bowl-shaped hairstyle that clearly screamed fob*, yet had the kindest and sweetest tone of voice approached Sakura with his orange bag slung over his shoulder, eye brows kept thick, body suit remaining a vivid forest green.

"Take care of me?" Sasuke's expression clearly darkened as he eyed the opposition with a killer intent, however it merely lasted a split second before the corner of his lips gave birth to his signature smirk. "Nice friend, anyways, friend, Sakura and I will be heading off now, so excuse us as we leave."

Lee placed his hand on Sakura's shoulder but Sasuke had beat him to it as he slung his arm lazily around her shoulders leaving Lee with furious as the boy clenched his fists looking at Sakura for some kind of explanation.

"That's going too far, you better apologize to Lee right now!" Sakura would say sternly as she shrugged off Sasuke's arm, "And who said I was going with you?!"

Sure Sakura may be docile and sweet most of the time, but this girl has temper and she wasn't afraid to use it, especially when it dealt with jerks being well, jerks to her friends!

"Oh, I'm sure you wouldn't want me to take care of Lee-san considering the people I'm friends with…right?" Sasuke said in a low voice as he threw Sakura a pink motorbike helmet.

Sakura gulped. The sight of the man with the gun pointed at Sasuke's head was still a vivid memory, and even if she didn't believe Sasuke, she didn't want to take the chance. Turning her head, her emerald eyes held an apologetic glimmer before they were hidden by the protection of the helmet. Following the Uchiha demurely, she was helped onto the bike as Sasuke made the engine purr in a low growl preparing the bike to head off soundly to their destination.

"Oh right! Sorry Lee-san."Sasuke would say in mild surprise along with a mouth full of sarcasm as he saluted towards the gymnast.

"What was that for!? And where are you taking me!? Get me off this damned thing!" Sakura would say as the two reached the highway. Gripping her hands tightly on either side of his shoulders, Sakura leaned forward to talk to him, keeping her grip strong as she was afraid to fall off and get hit by an incoming bus or something.

"Don't tell me you're actually interested in the guy?"

"N-no!" Sakura blushed a deep red, however, thankfully it was hidden away, or so she thought.

Sasuke could only chuckle as he caught a glimpse of it in his side mirrors prior to taking his right hand to take Sakura's hand. He would place her hand on his waist so that she would hold onto him, not by the shoulders, but hugging his waist. Blushing a deeper red Sakura shook his hand off, refusing and resisting to oblige to the whims of this man.

However, Uchiha Sasuke wasn't going to give up that easily. He wouldn't have to make her do it, she'll do it herself! Brilliant.

And so he sped towards the bumpiest and rockiest path he could take, successfully achieving what he wants as Sakura would emit a sharp yelp before flinging her arms around his waist, hugging it for dear life.

"Told you, you should've done that earlier."

"Y-you bastard! You did that on purpose!!!" Sakura screamed, however the conclusion of her colorful display of vocabulary was muffled by his black jacket which she dug her face into.

"Hang on."

The sudden change in Sasuke's tone brought Sakura into lifting her head in order to look at the Uchiha's face. For a moment there was a feeling of dread and confusion, but Sakura decided that it was best to keep quiet and pray to her dear Lord Heavenly Father that she would survive this bike ride.

'I want to go home!' Sakura would scream burying her face into his jacket once again.

'She's starting to get tense just when I got her to loosen up. Assholes.'

His onyx eyes glanced at both of his side view mirrors once again glimpsing the same black BMW M3s that continued to keep on his bike's tail.

'Heh.'

The bike shifted from a low smooth purr to a loud roar as it began going faster. The cars followed, and sped up as well. However, the exit of the highway had already began and with cars speeding faster, there was going to be a higher chance of an accident. Sasuke merely went faster, he zoomed weaving in and out of the cars and finally as the exit of the highway came, he skimmed just the side of a Mitsubishi Lancer almost as if he was dancing alongside it with a smooth, controlled curved turn into city streets successfully losing those amateurs.

"Sir. We lost them."

"As expected, Sky 2, secure Area 25." A pair of milky white pearlescent eyes glanced at the pink and blue flash that passed them on the bend, and a small smirk curved on the car owner's lips. 'Is this a challenge Uchiha?'

"Here."

"Eh?! A-ano, what's this?" Sakura said as she grasped the small ice cream cone in both of her hands as she leaned on the blue railing with the paint half scrapped of it due to old age.

"Never had an ice cream cherry blossom? It's called strawberry ice cream." Sasuke would tease with heavy sarcasm.

Flushing a deep red from embarrassment and anger Sakura would retort back with a short "hmph!" letting her pink hair shroud the Uchiha's gaze from her face. "By the way I don't like strawberry ice cream! I prefer green tea instead."

"OH. So, you really do prefer thick brows back there? Let me know the next time I take you out."

"Hey! That's not what I meant! Besides, there won't be a next time after you almost kille-" Sakura was cut off by the sound of splat and a flash of white.

The next few seconds was filled with grumbles and a chain of giggles that erupted from the pit of the pink and blue haired couple's stomachs. A bird just fired its missile which landed and killed off Sasuke's professionally styled raven black locks.

"Stop laughing!" Sasuke would grumble angrily as he wiped the poop off with a packet of tissues in his jean pocket, "I said-"

Although Sasuke's attitude and anger was about to get the better of him due to Sakura's unbearable fit of giggles, the sight of Sakura's smile wiped the anger from his mind, but not the poop! Either way, there it was again, that smile, that innocence.

"Oh…man! T-that w-was…b-bloody brilliant!" Sakura laughed in between her giggles before her ice cream fell off her cone and landed on the ground. "A-ah!!! My ice cream!"

Sasuke snapped out of his reverie and looked at the mess on the ground which matched the one in his hair and he couldn't help but reveal a boyish grin that made Sakura's heart skip a beat.

"Ah, I'm going to go clean this mess out of my hair, here," Sasuke stuffed a bill in her hand, "go grab yourself another one, I'll be out in a sec, and I'll take you home, how 'bout that?"

However, before Sakura could answer and reject the money Sasuke disappeared into the ice cream parlor's bathroom. Sighing in defeat, she headed towards to counter to order another round for her and Sasuke, however as she handed the bill to the man she realized it wasn't a bill at all! It was more like a small card!

"E-Eh!? I-I'm sorry, I'll give you some mo-"

"No, no it's all right miss! H-here you go!" the man handed the ice cream to her quickly before disappearing into the back.

Looking at the card she traced over the bumpy insignia of a red ruby with three commas that adorned the sides of it wondering what it was as it seemed extremely familiar.

"So, you ready to go? No problems right?"

"Y-yeah!" Sakura said with a smile as she handed the card back to Sasuke along with the ice cream she got him, but he ignored the card, and simply accepted the ice cream.

"Heh, thanks." Sasuke eyed the cone in Sakura's hands. It was strawberry flavored.

"I'll pick you up afterschool tomorrow."

With that he just left leaving Sakura extremely irritated at her doorstep with the helmet still on her head. Taking it off she grumbled about not even being able to return the helmet. However it wasn't long before she heard a sound from the bushes.

"W-who's there!?" Sakura said with a serious gleam in her eyes as she prepared to chuck the helmet at the strange noise maker.

"Calm down Sakura-san, I'm only here to ask a few questions."

"How do you know my name?" Sakura said her eyes narrowing at the shadowy figure that began taking steps into the light. "Who are you, and why do you have to ask me anything?"

"One can't be too cautious Sakura-san, I appreciate your questions but now is not the time for that. Stay away from the Uchiha, you don't want to get involved with him. If you're intelligent you should let go of that card he gave you, and hand it over to me."

The man walked out from the shadows to reveal the other handsome man she met the night before.

Taking a step back Sakura bumped into the back of someone else. It seemed poor Sakura-chan was cornered by four men including Hyuuga Neji.

"I don't even know you, why should I trust you!?"

"Oh believe me, kitten, that Uchiha is just as trustworthy as I am."

"Tch. Well I trust him more than I trust you!"

And so inner Sakura has erupted in the case of danger.

Grasping the helmet tightly in her hand, she slammed it straight into the area where the sun don't shine in the man behind her. The man behind her doubled over in pain clutching his area while the other two came at her. Throwing the helmet towards the incoming man, she used it as a distraction as she advanced on the man throwing the speed and momentum towards him to quickly slide into a swift floor sweep kick to knock the man off his feet. Successfully doing so she jumped on the man straddling his side as her knees pushed against his ribs while her two fists slammed against the man's cheekbones. However the man merely chuckled rubbing his cheeks before the third man pulled Sakura off his buddy by her long pink locks.

"Kitten got claws!"

"Damned bitch!" the first one growled as he staggered towards her along with Neji.

The second man got up from the ground and smirked at the girl's fiery expression. Just as the second man was about to backhand Sakura distinct clapping came from behind them.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

"Good show Hyuuga. Now show them how it's done boys."

Sakura turned from her wince to a wide eyed stare at her savior, Uchiha Sasuke.

"S-sasuke!" Sakura slumped to the ground in shock at what was happening around her.

"Honestly Hyuuga, I thought you had more class. Stooping to levels like this? You're merely giving into the drama's stereotypes!"Sasuke remained calm and stoic ignoring Sakura's presence as he walked past the hustle and bustle from the fighting boys in the background towards Neji.

"Our families may work together, but that doesn't mean we're all peachy Uchiha."

"The hate you have is for my brother, not me, not her. So fuck off." Sasuke snarled as his lips curled in distaste.

Dousch.

The sound of a fist connecting to a cheekbone was heard as Neji's strength was unleashed on the Uchiha.

"Had enough? Now leave." Sasuke said sternly with a death glare as a drip of blood trickled from the corner of his busted lip that was cut on his tooth from the blow.

"We'll settle this tomorrow morning." Neji signaled his leave and his 'helpers' left as well leaving Sasuke, Sakura and his 'boys'.

"You alright?" Sasuke asked extending a hand out for Sakura who remained stunned.

"I s-should be a-asking you that!"

Hoisting her up to her feet an exuberant blonde came up behind Sasuke and pounced.

"Yeah teme, quite a punch that Hyuuga got there!"

Sakura's emerald eyes locked on with sky blue and she couldn't help but feel the tension relieve itself. The eyes and the very aura of the boy seemed to free her from worries making her smile.

"Don't tell me you guys planned this to win over my heart Sasuke-san, or I swear I would give take care of you!" Sakura said swinging her fist around.

"Ahaaahahaha, teme, she's kinda like me!"

Naruto ruffled Sakura's hair before revealing a toothy grin.

"Nothing of that sort, besides your punch looks like it hurts judging from back there."

"Fine, then come on in, I think you owe me some answers." Sakura said as she led the two boys into her home, while Sasuke signaled off the rest of his helpers.

-End of Chapter 2


AN: So is the story advancing at a good pace? Are things pretty interesting? Can't wait to have your questions answered? Please leave a review!