Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

A/N: I came about this in a weird sort of way. Spammishrice was putting ideas in my head… Ah, who am I kidding? They were there already!

Ichi-go, Ichi-e

(One Time, One Meeting)

A Question For You

Uchiha Sasuke narrowed his eyes in suspicion when two sets of eyes--one a bright green, the other a burning red--trained on him as he sat in the uncomfortably hard bench they'd pushed him into when he'd had the misfortune of coming upon, not one, but both of them. Together.

The two people he was referring too. Well, that would Haruno Sakura and Karin of course.

How he ended up in this particular predicament, he couldn't possibly say. He though he'd shaken them both off his tail a couple of miles ago. He had even gone so far as to suppress his chakra since Karin was of the chakra sensing type. Apparently, it hadn't worked.

Now, the two of them had him cornered here at the park. Both of them. Moreover, he had to wonder if they were working together now, instead of against. He almost groaned at the thought. There would be no peace for him now.

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura said, a smirk beginning to twitch at the edges of her mouth. "We have a question for you."

This time he did groan. He closed his eyes, doing his best to ignore the two of them, and folded his arms over his chest. This wasn't going to be like those games Sakura and Ino did when they were younger, was it? 'Who do you like better, Sasuke-kun? Whose prettier, Sasuke-kun? Who would you rather kiss, Sasuke-kun?'

He could damn well guarantee his answer wasn't going to be any different than it was then. He didn't have time to waste with such pointless things. He had to train and get stronger, otherwise the freaking Dobe was going to upstage him again, and there was no way he was going to let that happen! Besides, neither of them was to his taste. They were too loud, too boastful, and too fan-girly.

"…it's just a simple question," Sakura continued, snapping him out of his thoughts. "We were just wondering, if you were given the choice who would you choose?"

Huh? Had he missed something?

"Come again?" One of his eyes popped open and regards the two of them with confusion.

Karin sighed, pushing the pink haired Kunoichi out of her way. Hands planted on her hips, she started down at Sasuke with impatient eyes. "What pinky here is trying to say--"

"Hey!"

"Is if given the choice of ravaging her skinny body--which is almost completely devoid of anything resembling breast, might I add--or someone of my choosing, who would you pick?"

Taken a bit aback by the blatant question, Sasuke narrowed his eyes and frowned. He glanced over at Sakura, whose face had taken on the same hue as her hair, but still managed to look directly at him. Then he glanced at Karin, who stood as she had been, except now she had her arms folded together before her.

He really didn't want to answer this, but his curiosity was getting the better of him. He'd heard Konohamaru's Oiroke: Otoko no Ko Doshi no Jutsu and the perverted reaction Sakura had to it. He shuddered to think of what she would do if she actually did get her claws into him. On the other hand, Karin really surprised him.

He regarded her with suspicion. "Who exactly would I have to ravage?" He asked.

Then, just at that moment, he heard the soft padding of feet as they drew closer to the group. He leaned back, taking a gander behind the two girls. It was Hyuuga Hinata. Quickly, he glanced around to make sure no one else was around. The last thing he needed was a certain someone spying him within the same premise as the Hyuuga Heiress. Lucky for him, there was no one else in sight. Which was just fine with him, especially when she stopped just short of their congregation.

"Karin-chan, there you are." Her voice came out breathless and soft. One of his eyebrows shot up and he wondered, could he really be that lucky? No, no, she had to be here for some other reason. "I'm here just like you asked me to be."

Both eyebrows shot up this time as a ball of excitement began to tighten in his stomach.

"Hai hai, Hinata-chan, so you are!" Karin's face took to beaming with excitement and pleasure. "And right on time too!" Karin grabbed Hinata by the hand pulled her to stand between the two girls. At this point, Sakura's pink hued face had calmed down dramatically and taken on an almost white pallor.

Karin looked down at him with a cheeky grin. "This is the one, Sasuke."

He narrowed his eyes and frowned a bit. Then he stood up abruptly, coming to within an inch of the Hyuuga Heiress and watched as she stumbled back a step or two. Her face took on the hue of a tomato.

"Ano…good day to you Sasuke-kun…" Hinata said softly. Unbeknownst to Sasuke, a faint blush had spread over his cheeks and decorated the bridge of his nose. Karin glanced over at her rival, whose mouth now parted in astonishment as she studied the two others.

Sasuke's dark eyes glanced over at Karin briefly. "Okay, you win." He said. Then he quickly grabbed Hinata's hand and started to beat a hasty retreat.

Sakura sputtered in indignation and whimpered. "That's so unfair!" She stated, stomping her foot in frustration.

"Ano…Sasuke-kun…where are we going?" Karin heard Hinata utter as she stumbled along behind the Uchiha.

"Ku ku ku." She chuckled before regarding Sakura. "It might be unfair, but can you really say that the cuteness of it all isn't the slightest bit appealing?"

Sakura sighed, her face turning to one of defeat, then lifting in a smile as she looked at their retreating backs. "It is really cute, is it?"

Karin chuckled. "What do you think Hinata-chan will do when she realizes what he means to do to her?"

"Hard to say." Sakura said. "She might like it."

A/N: It should be noted that the someone Sasuke was looking for was Shikamaru. Why? Because I am at heart a ShikaHinaSasu Shipper and if I can write a story involving all three, then I will. Why was he looking for Shikamaru? Well, because Sasuke and him have an agreement. Neither one of them are allowed to be with in ten feet of Hinata while in the other's presence. It saves them both some trouble. Like it keeps Sasuke from looking like a love sick fool and means Shikamaru doesn't have to exert himself too hard to make an impression on her.

The ending was going to Ino fainting from cuteness overload and Shikamaru chasing after the retreating couple. But I liked ending it this way instead. It seemed so much better. ^_^