A/N: I like writing this story. It's fun.

I don't own Naruto, but I did make up the jutsu mentioned in this chapter.


Chapter Three: A Kekkei Genkai

Creeaaaak.

Sakura clutched the nearest pillow to her body in a death grip. Someone is downstairs! In Sasuke's house! Footsteps made their way through the house to the foot of the stairs, and stopped.

Kami-sama, they're going to kill me... Sakura quickly concealed herself in under the bed, knowing full well that if the intruder was any sort of ninja, she was dead, since she had no idea how to use any of Sasuke's ninjutsu, let alone his high-speed taijutsu.

"Sakura?"

Startled beyond all belief, Sakura couldn't retain the scream that erupted from her throat and she darted out from under the bed and made a break for the door.

In the soft light that glistened from the burning candles, a pink flash could be seen, and Sakura collided with another body, sending both crashing to the ground with immense force.

"What the hell, Sakura?" It was her own voice.

"DAMMIT SASUKE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! You scared me half to death!" Sakura yelled into his annoyed face.

"This is my house. I can come back here whenever I want to." But he wasn't making any eye contact with her.

"And WHY did you choose two o'clock in the freaking morning to do so?! Can't you just sleep until dawn like NORMAL people do?!"

"Well, uh, I couldn't sleep, and there are some things I have to tell you." He still kept his eyes down.

Sakura sighed, allowing her body to relax. "Alright… what?"

He cleared his throat. "Kakashi stopped by your house around eight."

She raised an eyebrow. "So?"

"I think he… knows there's something strange going on."

Scoff. "And why's that?"

"Well, he brought up what happened… after the last mission… and was lecturing about it. I didn't say anything, but he threw in there, 'I'm canceling training for tomorrow. Why don't you go see Ino with your extra time?'"

"Maybe we ought to go see him about this," Sakura continued. "He might have some kind of solution."

"I'd rather not tell anyone unless we have to." Sasuke's cheeks were slightly pink.

After a minute of thought, Sakura piped, "Isn't the Uchiha clan's library around here somewhere?"

"It's across the street." He narrowed his eyes skeptically. "Why?"

"Uchiha are masters of all things jutsu… maybe there's something in one of the books about this."

Sasuke glanced at her before getting to his feet and walking to the door. Knowing this was his way of saying she had had a relevant thought, she grabbed his shoes and threw them on before following him out the door.


"It's cold in here." Sakura rubbed her arms, which was easy to do in Sasuke's body with his large hands.

Sasuke was skimming through the countless books on mind transfer jutsus. Sakura picked one of them up and started to flip through the pages. One sentence in particular caught her eye.

"…Double Mind Transfer Jutsu, an advanced Yamanaka kekkei genkai ability in which the user is able to switch the conscious minds of two people, can only be canceled if the goal of the user is completed or the user is killed…"

"Sasuke. Read this." She handed him the book and pointed to the sentence.

His eyes widened. "This must be it."

"Yeah…" He stared at the page intensely. Abruptly, he stood up.

"So how are we going to kill her?"

"Huh?" Sakura was taken aback.

"Ino. You know as well as I do that she's the one who did this. Who else in that clan would be that ignorant?"

"Umm… wouldn't it be easier to just ask her why she did it? Then we can just complete the goal and not get locked up for life."

Sasuke's face twitched. She had a point, but he would have certainly preferred to rid the world of his blonde fangirl.

"We'll go in the morning, then."


"So, I'll see you in a few hours, I guess?"

"Hn. I'm thinking about staying here."

"Why?"

"…" Sasuke was looking down at his doorstep.

"Sasuke?"

"Well, you know, I think you'd be safer that way and your parents think you're home in bed asleep so they won't know and…"

Sakura grinned. "You just want to be with me?"

"…no. I just know how it is to be alone. So, I'm staying here." He walked past her through the door. "Besides, your bedroom smells like shit."

"Hey! Come say that to my face!" Sakura yelled as she chased after him through the house. He stopped in the middle of the hallway.

"Oh… there was another reason I came here in the first place."

"Oh yeah, that's right. What was it?"

Sasuke turned around to face her slowly. "Your body is bleeding profusely…"

It took a moment to register what he said, but as soon as it made sense, Sakura burst into hysterical laughter. Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"What's so damn funny about that?"

"Sasuke… you're on…" Another wild burst of laughter. "… your period." Sakura could no longer stand and she collapsed on the floor in a ball of tears and roaring giggles.

"What?"

"You need a tampon!"

"What?!"

"You'll have to go back to my house and get yourself some tampons!"

"Oh…"

"…heheheheh…"

"…"

"Where are you… hahah… still standing there?"

"…"

"Sasuke… you do know…"

"What are tampons?"

Sakura died right then and there.


A/N: Sorry Sasuke-kun! I just had to do it! xD