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Chapter 6: Letting Loose

"I-is that y-you, N-Naruto?"

The three looked behind them to see a blushing Hinata, tapping her index fingers together nervously. Sakura's face lit up with a mischievous smile as Naruto's eyes widened. Almost instantly, Sasuke's eyes caught the shift in the pinkette's expression and knew that she was planning something.

"Hinata?" Naruto questioned, his features showing his curiosity and confusion that she was there.

She nodded and Sakura gently elbowed Naruto in his side. "Ask her to sit with us, Naruto." she whispered.

He nodded and gestured for her to take the empty seat beside him, the last one to his left. "Come eat some ramen with us, Hinata."

The blushing girl's eyes widened for a moment until she shyly nodded, smiling softly. She took a hesitant seat beside the blonde as he turned to look at her with a huge grin. Sakura watched silently as he tried to make small conversation with the shy girl. Already having finished her food, the pinkette did her best to crawl out of her stool. Biting her lip while grinning, she carefully backed away from the couple. Then once she was out of the stand, she began to walk away quickly, smirking proudly.

"I can't believe you would leave me there with those two."

Sakura chuckled at the male walking behind her. "I knew you would eventually leave without me even if I stayed."

"I would've waited for you." Sasuke frowned as he watched Sakura's hair blow through the wind as she walked in front of him, tempting him to rake his fingers through it.

"Yeah, right." she snorted. "You would've let them to their gushiness the first chance you got and you know it."

"True." he replied calmly, still looking at her pink locks and noting how long it had gotten since the time that they were made genin.

Sakura smiled and stretched her arms above her head, looking up at the setting sky while she did so. "So tell me, Sasuke. Why are you following me?"

"I'm not." he scoffed. Suddenly, the air around him shifted and he saw that Sakura was no longer in front of him. His onyx eyes looked around franctically and right when he felt her chakra behind him, she wrapped her arms around his neck, resting them on his chest.

"Why do you insist on lying to me, Sasuke?" she whispered into his ear, making his body tense and his nerves stand on edge. "If you want to be in my company, you should just say so."

The Uchiha gritted his teeth and glared at the ground, his body heated with her touch and her breath in his ear. "Fine." And all too soon for his liking, Sakura pulled away and smiled at him as she grabbed his hand. "Where are you taking me?" he asked as she pulled him along with her, going to an unknown destination.

"To your apartment." she replied, gently dragging him along.

"What for?" he asked, raising an eyebrow and speeding up to match her pace to stand beside her.

"You'll see." she laughed, the sound making his heart flutter.

~~SCENE CHANGE~~

"What the hell did you say?!"

Sakura frowned at the Uchiha that was seated on his couch, staring at her like she was crazy. She tilted her head to the side. "You're cranky, Sasuke. I just want to help."

"I don't need to take my shirt off for you to do that though." he responded, narrowing his eyes at her. If she had aroused him so easily last time, he dreaded the idea of how he would react if he were in front of her half naked.

The kunoichi continued to frown at him as she placed her hand on her hip, standing in front of him.

"No, but it'll help me a great deal with applying chakra to your muscles." She continued, letting a smirk form on her lips. "Are you too scared for me to see your chest, Sasuke?"

His eyebrow twitched in annoyance and he groaned as he began to take of his shirt. Sakura watched closely while he did so. His torso wasn't really bad to look at but considering his age, there really wasn't much there. She could vaguely outline the small curves there that were the beginnigs of abs. The skin was smooth and softer looking than the body he had in the future. As to be expected. She honestly wasn't disappointed in his form but it really didn't do anything for her, considering her mental age and his physical one.

Sakura frowned when she noticed the smug look on the Uchiha's face. "Like what you see, Sakura?"

Honestly, she should've expected him to say something like that. Sighing, she smirked down at the boy and decided to humor him a bit. "Maybe, but I'd never tell you if I did. Now," she said, pointing to the spot next to him on the couch, "lay down."

Sasuke chuckled at her and did as he was told, laying fully down on the couch, his back exposed to the pinkette as he crossed his arms under his neck and closed his eyes. Letting out an exasperated sigh, she decided to toy with the boy while working on him. At first, she really was only concerned about his stress level. She had wanted to work the crinks out in his muscles and loosen him up a bit. But after seeing the satisfied smirk on his face when he caught her staring at him, she wanted pay back. Though she could get revenge on him at a later time.

Sakura placed her leg over him and sat down on his back side. It was a weird sensation, to feel their asses touching but she ignored it and before he could comment on her position, she placed her glowing hands on his shoulder blades. The pinkette sighed as she started to knead at the tense muscles in his shoulders while healing them.

"Can I ask you something, Sasuke?"

"Hm?" he hummed, too distracted by the hands digging deliciously into his muscels to form any other response.

Sakura paused for a second, doubt spreading through her. "What's the most important thing to you?"

"What do you mean?" he questioned, curiosity and concern taking over him. He could tell that she was hesitant by the way she had stopped her movements for a split moment.

The kunoichi bit her lip before she answered him. "I mean, out of everything in this world, what is the most important thing to you?"

Silence filled the room for awhile, both contemplating on his answer. He knew what his answer would be if he allowed himself to be honest. What he truly cared about most in his twisted life. Though he couldn't have her finding out about that just yet. "That's not your concern." he finally spoke.

A heavy feeling settled in the pit of her stomach and her face fell as her hands hesitated again. "Oh." she mumbled.

"But either way," he continued, "I'm not sure what to tell you."

Her hands froze as her chakra left her hands. Her jade orbs were wide from surprise. "W-what do you mean?" In her past, he wouldn't have hesitated and answered right away that he didn't care for anything else other than to avenge his clan.

"Don't stop, Sakura." His comment brought a blush to her cheeks but she went back to healing and kneading his flesh anyway. "Before you and Naruto came along," he paused, trying to find the right words for what he wanted to say. "I didn't really care for anything other than revenge. I hated Itachi for what he did and I started to hate everyone else as well."

"Why everyone else?" she asked softly, moving her hands lower after she felt the muscles in his shoulders relax.

"Because they have what I don't." he responded simply, not at all ashamed or embarressed by his answer. He trusted Sakura with that knowledge. The Uchiha knew that she wouldn't look at him any differently and that she would understand.

Sakura knew exactly what he was talking about; something that was roughly snatched away from him. Family. Protection. Comfort. Love.

"You can have that again, you know?"

"No." he paused, doubt clear in his voice. "I can't."

The pinkette tilted her head to the side as she continued to work out the muscles in his back. "After you kill Itachi, I mean. As long as you aren't tortured by that man, you no longer have to turn your back on the ones you love."

"Sakura." he murmered.

"Its alright, Sasuke. I understand more about you than you know."

"Is that so?" he asked quietly, and he knew that her words were true. She understood him better than anyone else. In fact, at times it seemed that she understood him more than he did himself.

"Yeah, but I want you to understand something, Sasuke."

"Hn."

She stopped her hand movements and her healing chakra as she placed her hands flat on his back. "I realize that no matter what anybody says, you will still seek power for revenge. But Naruto and I will be there with you." she paused, Sasuke listening intently to her. "Just promise me something?"

"What is it?" he asked while turning his head to the side to look at the wall on the other side of the room.

Sakura paused for a few moments, uncertainty pawing at her mind and heart. "Just don't turn your back on us?"

The Uchiha twisted his body around so his back was fully on the couch while he looked up at the kunoichi, a small frown on his lips. He watched as her eyebrows furrowed and her teeth were biting on her lower lip. She looked nervous for his reply and her eyes were shrouded in a cloud of mixed emotions. He noticed that her jade orbs held a sense of maturity and wisdom he had only seen a few times during actual battles.

Sasuke thought for an answer. He really didn't want his teammates, or anybody else for that matter, to interfere with his quest for revenge. He still had to get stronger, a lot stronger. He knew that and he didn't want anyone slowing him down. But it was just something about the kunoichi before him that threw him off. She had never slowed him down. In fact, he often found himself chasing after her, struggling to catch up to her and as much as he hated that fact, she was good to keep around.

At first, Sasuke had grown up despising everybody after the family massacre. Even Naruto. But the only person he had actually held close to him was Sakura. She understood him in so many ways and she was always there to support him and push him forward. He had been shocked at first to see what kind of strength and talents she possessed, but not once had she intentionally mock him for being weaker than her. In fact, she was helping him get stronger.

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows even more as she watched him for an answer. He had been staring silently at her for a few minutes now. He had a glazed over look in his eyes, signaling that he was deep in thought. The kunoichi sighed and focused back on his muscles, putting chakra into her palms as she placed her hands under his collar bone and massaged the flesh there. She could feel his heart beat quicken but didn't say anything on the matter. She closed her jade orbs and focused on her task at hand. Once the muscles around those areas loosened, she moved her hands a little lower, placing her soft palms over his nipples and began massaging around the area. She felt his heart beat speed up even quicker and she bit her lip in concentration. She would have to be especially careful in the sensitive area.

Since her eyes were closed and she was so concentrated on her work, she didn't see or feel the Uchiha's eyes raking down her form. She moved her hand lower and placed them over his stomach, doing the same thing there. Once she was done and his upper body was totally relaxed, she stretched her arms above her head and mewled at the sensation of her muscles flexing.

Her body stilled when she heard a hiss below her. Sakura looked down to see an almost painful expression on the young male's face. "Sasuke?" she asked, concern filling her. He shouldn't have been hurting. "Sasuke, what's wrong?" she asked, leaning over to place a hand on his forehead, eliciting another hiss from his lips.

"Stop, Sakura. Don't move." he croaked out, his voice husky.

Sakura leaned back, retrieving her hand, and grimaced when the boy let out a small groan. She noticed that he was glaring down at something between them. The kunoichi's eyes lowered down and she just then noticed what she was sitting on. 'Ugh, I'm such an idiot.' she inwardly growled at herself. 'Why didn't I notice this before?'

The female could feel his body slightly trembling under her and she didn't know what to do. "Sasuke." she whispered.

"Sakura." he growled. The kunoichi made a move to remove herself from his person but she was abrutly stopped by a firm grip on her wrist. "Don't move."

She looked back down at him, her face falling at his pained expression but she made no move. He looked up into her eyes. "Can you get rid of it?"

Her eyes widened at his question and her face began to flush when she realized that he was being serious. She was sure that he had no idea what that question implied. "I-uh-w-well. . ." The pinkette adverted her eyes to a far away spot on his carpeted floor.

"Can you get rid of it or not, Sakura?" he asked, his tone sounding a bit snappy.

She turned her attention back to his onyx gaze, most of her face flushed from embarrassment. "Do you have any idea about what you're asking me to do?"

He raised an eyebrow at her in bewilderment. 'Clearly he doesn't.' she inwardly groaned. Her eyes widened when he snaked his hands down her sides and then held her hips firmly. The kunoichi couldn't hold in a gasp when he gently thrusted his hips upward, throwing his head back with a low moan. Sakura narrowed her eyes at him and frowned. 'So he does know. The little punk!'

Sakura bit her lip to keep in a moan as he thrusted upward again. "Sasuke, what do you think you're doing?"

He opened his eyes and smirked at her. "Getting rid of it."

The kunoichi groaned in frustration. "If I'da known you would react like this, I wouldn't have helped you."

Sasuke stilled his movements instantly and his face turned stoic, though his inner thoughts and feelings proved otherwise. "You want me to stop?"

The question shocked her to say the least but her response shocked her even more. She turned her head to side, feeling her blush spread to her neck. "I don't mind." She closed her eyes and mentally slapped herself. She felt like the biggest pervert in the world. And though her body was protesting, she didn't want to be affected by the boy under her. By the boy that apparently wasn't as innocent as she thought. But then again, she had never seen Sasuke in any sort of sexual situation before, ever, so she really shouldn't be surprised about how much he knew or not. He could've had knowledge about the subject that she wasn't aware of.

Her eyes widened again when he raked his fingers across her neck, his barely there carresses giving her body goose bumps. She looked into his onyx eyes, seeing an emotion there that she had never seen. Wait, she had seen it before. When they were in the forest and he had come looking for her. She had seen that very same emotion buried under many more in his eyes at that time. Now looking at it, so clearly, it was a bit overwhelming. And it pissed her off because she didn't know what it was.

"Sakura." she heard him whisper before he pulled her down to lay on top of him. She blinked in surprise as she felt his arms wrap around her back and entwine with her long, pink locks. "I won't do it anymore since you're uncomfortable." He would stay true to that, even if his body wanted release. He would just wait until he calmed down or until she left, but as the scent of her hair filled his nose, she would most likely have to leave.

Her face fell as she inhaled the scent of his hair. Then she let a weak smile form on her lips as she replied, "You always were the most observant one out of all of us." 'Must run in the family.' she told herself as she thought back to how Itachi had seen through her all those years ago.

"Hn." he nodded.

"But you don't have to hold yourself back, Sasuke." she whispered into his ear, bringing up a hand and raking it through his dark locks. The female honestly didn't mind him releasing the sexual frustration that raked through his body, even though it made her feel a bit dirty.

Sasuke gritted his teeth, fighting to control himself, but the pinkette was making it incredibly hard to do so at that moment. "Tempting but no. You're gonna have to leave though."

Sakura frowned but nodded nonetheless, "Alright."

And before he could even change his mind, she was no longer in his arms, having performed a jutsu and left instantly. He groaned and slammed his palm into his forehead, already missing the warmth that was above him not a moment before. It'll be awhile before he could get some sleep.

~~SCENE CHANGE~~

"Glad to see that you three made it."

The team of genin nodded their heads. Everyone looked over at the excited blonde as he threw his fist into the air and shouted. "Yeah! I'm gonna wipe the floor with this exam!"

Sakura watched the blonde for a moment until turning her attention to glare at the floor, her eyebrows furrowing and her fists clenching.

"Sakura?"

The kunoichi didn't look up at her sensei as she replied. "I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei. I'm just a bit. . . anxious."

He nodded at her and placed his hand on her head in a way to comfort her. "I understand, Sakura, but you can't let it get to you."

Sakura's teeth clenched, "I know sensei." she paused, "But it still doesn't make it any easier."

"We can't turn back now, you of all people should know that."

She found amusement in his words considering how she ended up there in the first place. The kunoichi looked up at him with a huge grin on her face. "Thanks, Kakashi-sensei."

Sakura could see that he was smiling at her from the crinkle by his eye as he nodded his head at her. He then vanished and the three were left standing in the hallway by themselves.

"Sakura?"

"What was that about?"

Her tense body slackened and she set a confident expression on the door ahead of them. "Nothing but my own insecurities. Come on." she smiled. "Let's go."

The two nodded and pushed the doors open. They soon made it to a hallway where two males that looked their age was blocking the doorway. She fought back a smile when she was approached by Rock Lee and could feel Naruto and Sasuke's glare attached to him. She also had to fight the urge of wanting to run up to Neji and hug him when she spotted the Hyuuga. Though she couldn't stop the frown when Ino came running up to her and calling her by her special nickname. It seemed that even though the two females didn't have the rivalry that Sakura sometimes missed, and the pinkette covered up her forehead by her bangs, Ino still ensured to use that dreadful nickname. Sakura missed the rest of what was going on around her as the blonde stopped in front of her, a smile on her lips.

"Hey Forehead!"

"What is it, Ino-pig?" Sakura replied, narrowing her eyes at the now frowning blonde.

"Name calling isn't very nice, Sakura." she pouted.

"What do you think you just did?!" Sakura shouted.

"Ouch." Ino whined, covering up her ears. "You're so loud."

Sakura gave her an exasperated look and sighed, shrugging. "Anyway, what is it?"

The blonde female instantly smiled brightly at the pinkette. "Aren't you excited about the exams?"

Sakura grinned at the female before her. "Sure am! Now I finally get to kick your ass!"

"Ha!" Ino remarked, grinning. "I don't think so!"

The pinkette blinked in confusion when she felt a pair of arms beginning to pull her back. "Can't you do this later, Sakura? We gotta get these guys to move." whined Naruto.

Sakura looked back at him and frowned. "Naruto, we don't have to do anything but go to the third floor. This is only the second."

"What?" he asked, letting her go, shocked.

The kunoichi sighed and shrugged her shoulders again, then walked over to the oldest Hyuuga. She stopped in front of him and watched as he turned to look at her skeptically. She stared into his eyes, eyes that always intrigued her. The eyes of the Hyuuga clan. "You are Neji Hyuuga, no?"

"I am." he nodded. "I don't believe I know you."

She smiled up at him and held out her hand for him to shake, he gave her another odd look but took her hand nonetheless. "I'm Sakura Haruno."

Sasuke watched the contact they made carefully, his eyes narrowing when the Hyuuga grabbed Sakura's hand. He didn't like the contact that they made, he didn't like the fact that the male touched her. His eyes continued to narrow the longer that they touched.

"Well, you're making friends all over the place, aren't you Forehead?" Sakura frowned at the blonde as she draped herself over the pinkette's shoulder.

"Jealous?" Sakura smirked and let go of the male's hand.

"Of you? Yeah right." Ino scoffed.

"Anyway," she began and turned to look at her two teammates. "let's get going you guys."

They nodded at her and then the three began to walk to the stairs. They made it to the area that Sakura recognized was the room that Rock Lee had challenged Sasuke. Sure enough, the taijutsu specialist came. Everything happened just like the last time and Sakura couldn't help but find herself bored throughout the whole ordeal. Once in the appropriate room, all the heads turned to the small group. Sakura and Sasuke ignored them whilst Naruto felt a little edgy, though he would soon get over it. The pinkette watched as the others walked in as well. Sighing, she stretched her arms above her head, barely missing from hitting Naruto in the face. She turned her head to see him pouting at her. She let out a laugh but then her body froze when she heard a familiar voice.

Sakura's arms fell to her side and her fists clenched in anger. How could she have forgotten that he'd be here?! The pinkette's hair stood on end as he introduced himself and she couldn't help but grit her teeth at him. The bastard had almost killed Tsunade. Had almost killed Naruto. He had prentended to be friends with them and then betrayed them. He was working for that bastard Orochimaru. The lists just kept piling up and Sakura couldn't contain a low, menacing growl as she continued to glare at him. She didn't realize that her chakra began to flare up with disgust and anger around her until Naruto placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. He instantly snatched his hand away as if he were burnt, and that wasn't far from the truth.

"Damn, Sakura." he grumbled, holding his hand to his chest.

The kunoichi blinked a few times and whipped her head toward the blonde with an apologetic look on her face. "Oh! I'm so sorry, Naruto." She gently grabbed his wrist and looked at the palm, not missing his hiss of pain. There were a few tiny burn marks but they quickly began to heal. She dropped his wrist and looked back at him, frowning. "Sorry." she mumbled.

"Its alright, but I think you just became enemies with everyone in this room."

Sakura tilted her head and gave him a look of bewilderment but then turned her attention to the class full of genin. They were all staring at her, some glaring, some with some kind of lust in their eyes, either it be blood lust or just plain lust. Their intense gazes made her want to shudder.

"You sure are a strange one." Kabuto spoke, standing up from his position on the floor, his special ability gloating finished long ago. Sakura turned to look at him and gritted her teeth. "Any normal ninja in your shoes at the moment would be scared for their life, yet you look at them with indifference."

"Are you implying that I'm not normal?" she glared, her temper rising again with his statement.

"Calm down, Sakura!" Ino yelled at the pinkette. Almost instantly, the furious kunoichi began to relax.

"We didn't come here to make enemies." explained Shikamaru from a few feet away.

Sakura sighed and turned around, crossing her arms over her chest. "You're right. Sorry." The pinkette gritted her teeth as she glared at the ground. 'Damnit!' she yelled at herself. 'I can't believe I got that careless! And worst of all, I hurt Naruto.' A frown adorned her features as she looked over at the blonde.

"Dude, what the hell did you say?" a voice asked that she recognized belonged to Kiba.

"I'm not sure." Kabuto replied, looking at the pinkette's back.

Sakura continued her thoughts as she looked back down at the ground. 'I've got to kill him off before he can report to Orochimaru. But how can I do that without Sasuke and Naruto finding out? It'll have to be after he helps us, after we lose our scroll to Orochimaru. . .' The kunoichi's fists clenched again but she relaxed them almost instantly. She could feel a strong chakra signature approaching and knew that it was almost time to start the test. Sighing, she uncrossed her arms and looked to the front of the room and mentally prepared herself.

~~SCENE CHANGE~~

The tests were handed out and she looked over hers. Looking at it now, with the same exact questions as before, the quiz was child's play. Last time, it was stated that these questions were based on a jounin's level, then that would mean her knowledge was that of the Hokage. She finished the nine questions with ease, answering each one accuratly within a few minutes. Sighing and looking over her results for the fourth time, she realized that she was starting to get extremely bored. She tapped the tip of her pencil on the desk, trying to entertain herself. But the sound grew quick to irritate her. The kunoichi placed her head in her palm and closed her eyes as she listened to the names being called out, signaling that they were dismissed from the test and that they failed for being caught cheating.

Sakura opened her eyes and looked down at her paper. She supressed the urge to groan loudly out of boredom. Suddenly, she felt a pair of eyes on her. Looking up, she saw a scarred face looking at her. He gave her a stern look as they stared at each other. The female raised a quizzical eyebrow at him before closing her eyes again.

Sakura was left extremely bored as the time passed. Finally, it was time for the tenth question and she kept her eyes on Naruto while people got up and left, thinking that they couldn't handle it. She watched and wasn't worried as Naruto began to raise his hand. The pinkette smiled when he slammed it back against the desk and shouted that he wasn't going to be scared off that easily. That was the remarkable thing about Naruto; even though she had changed his past so much by letting him live with her, his determined and inspirational personality never changed no matter what.

This time around, she wasn't surprised when their next procter came rushing through the window. As they were dismissed, Sakura turned back around when she felt the same pair of eyes on her as earlier. After they stared at each other for a moment, the pinkette turned around and headed out, quickly catching up to her two teammates.

~~SCENE CHANGE~~

Sakura was on edge the whole day as she stood on the outer gates of the Forest of Death, mainly because she knew Orochimaru was in the area. She blocked everything else out as she signed the form that everyone was handed. The kunoichi didn't even bother to read through it, she already knew what it said. Setting it aside, she threw her head against the tree trunk behind her as she looked up at the leaves. She could see the sunlight that managed to escape through the cracks.

Closing her eyes, she focused on more important things than the exams. LIke her growing migraine raging against her temples. How much of the past could she change? She was only one person, with so much power. But then again, Tsunade's orders revolved around her gathering information from Itachi about the massacre and to keep Sasuke from leading to a betrayal. Her going back in time, going through everything again, all in order to stop a catastrophic war between Leaf and Sound. It didn't seem like enough for Sakura though. She wanted to do so much more for Tsunade and Naruto but she would settle for what she could at the moment.

She could always do her best to not let Orochimaru get to Sasuke. But she knew better than that. The Uchiha wouldn't back down from a fight unless he thought he absolutely needed to. She wouldn't no matter what though, and Naruto was the same way as her. She had developed that attitude from him, after all. But if Sasuke did manage to get bitten, then she would go with what she had planned if that happened. Then on another note; Kabuto. Sakura's fists clenched as she thought of him. Then, suddenly, she felt a strong tingle of chakra appear above her and a petrude smell hit her nose. She cringed at the scent.

"You do a well enough job concealing chakra, Gaara. Your bloodlust tends to give you away though."

She couldn't fight back the smile as he calmly spoke, "I'm surprised you could even sense I was here."

Sakura frowned and tilted her head to the right to see him standing in one of the tree branches. "You wish to speak with me?"

His gaze turned downward and met her orbs. He didn't say anything but that said enough for the pinkette. Standing up, she wiped the dirt off of her black shorts and bent over to grab her forms. She began to walk off and could feel his eyes following her movements. She waved back to him, "Maybe we'll see each other in the forest. Bye now."

Sakura lowered her hand and continued walking to turn in her forms. Afterward, she quickly found Naruto sitting on the ground still reading over the his. She stopped right behind him and looked over his shoulder. "Hey there, Naruto."

The kunoichi pulled back as his body shot up in surprise, barely missing her. "Oh Sakura! You scared me!" he yelled, pressing his hand to the spot over his heart to emphasize his point.

"You shouldn't let your gaurd down, dobe." Sasuke commented as he made his way to stand beside them. Sakura chuckled when Naruto barred his teeth at the Uchiha, growling at him.

"Hey Forehead!"

The pinkette's grin immidiantly fell into a frown, not at all surprised when a certain blonde threw her arms over her shoulders, pressing her chest into the pinkette's back as she leaned over to speak. "Have you found yourself a boyfriend yet? Don't you think its about time?"

This especially caught the two male's attention as they looked up at the blonde female and their teammate. Sasuke, especially, was interested in what the pinkette had to say to the question. Did she have a boyfriend yet? For some reason, anger started to fill him at the thought of her being with anybody else other than him, though he didn't let his anger show.

Sakura tilted her head to the side to get a better look at the female grinning at her. "Uh no, Ino. I don't have time for dating. I barely have enough patience to deal with these two." she replied, pointing her finger to the two males in front of her, ignoring Naruto's pout and Sasuke's frown. "Much less a third guy."

"Hmm." Ino hummed, putting her finger to her chin in thought. Suddenly, the pinkette got the feeling that the next thing out of her mouth wasn't going to be too bright. "I don't know, Sakura. That Neji guy is kinda cute." Sakura slumped her shoulders in defeat and let out an exhausted sigh. At least she didn't say someone like Gaara. "And you seemed to get along with him earlier too." Ino continued, poking her index finger into Sakura's cheek, starting to get on the pinkette's nerves. "Maybe you should give him a try."

"No way." Sakura replied, much to the dark haired male's silent relief, and shrugged the blonde off. Turning to face her, Sakura pointed a finger at the blonde's nose. "The first second I consider Neji as a date candidate is when you go on a date with Rock Lee."

"Ugh, no." Ino grimaced.

"Why not?" the pinkette smirked.

"Because," Ino began, knocking Sakura's hand out of her face. "the dude's totally obsessed with you."

Sakura laughed at her blonde friend and replied, changing the subject off of Lee, "Besides, there's already someone that likes Neji and I, for one, don't want to get on her bad side."

Ino's ears instantly perked up in curiousity. "What? Who?"

"Oh, you'll see eventually." the pinkette smirked. "I noticed it when I introduced myself to him." Sakura thought back and couldn't escape the shiver that went through her at the sour look Tenten had given her when Neji grabbed her hand.

"Yeah, right." Ino said, throwing herself back over her shoulder. "I think you like him."

"I don't." Sakura pouted.

"Ohh! I know who Sakura likes!"

The other three genin turned their heads to look at a grinning Naruto. "Who?" the two females asked at the same time, though the curiosity was there in all of them.

"Not telling." he replied, chuckling as his grin grew wider.

"Naruto." the two females mumbled with a frown.

"Still not telling." he laughed.

Sasuke let out an annoyed sigh. Honestly, his two teammates could get on his nerves at times but he had to admit it, they kept him entertained. Though he was curious as to who Sakura liked and how Naruto had come to find out. The blonde seemed to be oblivious to noticing those sorts of things. Then again, it was Sakura. The Uchiha shouldn't be surprised that Naruto would pay her enough attention to find out who she had feelings for. Sasuke could also recall that Naruto had actually been able to find out that he, himself, had feelings for their teammate.

The pinkette looked over her blonde teammate carefully. Who the hell was it that he thought she liked? Tilting her head to the side in thought, she tried focusing on it harder. Finally shrugging in defeat, she let out a sigh and vaguely listened to the two blonde's getting into the beginnings of an argument. Raising an eyebrow at them, she wasn't surprised when they got in each other's faces, irritated sparks flying between them.

Letting out another sigh, she felt a pair of eyes on her and looked to see Sasuke watching her. There was something behind his onyx gaze but she couldn't quite decipher what it was. It was almost as if he weren't really looking at her, more like looking through her, in deep thought. His eyes were glazed over, signaling that he was, indeed, in deep thought. Though she wondered what it was that he was thinking about.

Sasuke registered the fact that Sakura had turned to look at him, but she didn't say anything to him. The male was aware of his attraction for her, but he wasn't sure how deep that attraction ran. He shouldn't be bothered by the fact that she might like someone. He shouldn't be bothered by the idea of her spending time with someone else. Even if he shouldn't have been, he was. Sasuke was deeply bothered by the idea of someone else being around her, spending time with her, making her laugh and caring for her. He also didn't like the idea that if that happened, she might stop doing her weekly visits to his house to make sure that he was alright.

"Sasuke?"

Sakura watched as his eyes cleared after she called out his name. The longer she had stared at him, the more that unknown emotion would cloud his eyes and she didn't like it. She didn't like it at all. Seeing that she had his full attention as he blinked at her, she continued in a soft voice, "Are you alright?"

The Uchiha let out a small sigh before nodding, "Yeah."

The pinkette nodded her head in return, though not believing his words for a second. The emotion that had clouded his senses unnerved her greatly and she wouldn't let it slide without crucial observations later if it were to appear again.

"Hey Naruto!" yelled a loud, childish voice that snapped her out of her thoughts. Everyone turned to look at a group of childeren running towards them, Konohamaru leading them.

Sakura sighed and looked up into the sky, drawing out the noises around her, fully knowing that the kids were there for an interview. The kunoichi began to walk off, not paying attention to the fact that she began walking away the same time the dark haired male next to her decided to as well.

The two frowned and turned around to see Naruto clutching their wrists with a hopeful pout on his features. Without missing a beat, the two genin stated in unison, "I don't have time for this."

The blonde's face fell with slight shock that they were able to say the same thing at the exact same time and his hands fell, giving the two their wrists and freedom back.

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