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First it started with As then Bs and now Fs. This is unacceptable for the heir of the Uchiha family, Sasuke cannot be failing a class! Not in senior year. It's time to call in the experts, Sasuke say hello to Sakura your French tutor. Sakura x Sasuke

French Kiss

Chapitre Sept


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"Neji!"

The chocolate haired teenager smiled at the cherry blossom who returned the gesture. Her green eyes never left his face.

"Are you okay?" He was the first one to break the silence between them. The smile never left his handsome face.

"Bien…" For some reason, Neji was so…Sakura couldn't even find the word to describe the young man before her. Their little moment earlier resurfaced in her mind.

"Sakura? Are you sure?" The Hyuuga eyed the girl who was just lost in her thoughts. His smile threatened to turn into a smirk. He had a feeling to what or rather yet who she was thinking of and he couldn't have been happier.

The girl in question finally snapped out of her thoughts as she heard the smashing of several lockers. The hallways were clearing as students walked to their next class before the late bell rang. Sakura instantly looked away as her cheeks were burning up. How long was she staring at him?! It was embarrassing on her part. She pulled her thoughts together quickly.

Neji chuckled. He had to admit she looked cute as her cheeks turned rosy pink. Before he had a chance to speak, her green eyes met his eyes once again.

"J'ai perdu mon chemin, pouvez-vous m'aider?" (I lost my way, can you help me?)Even though she was given a tour almost an hour ago, her mind at the moment was still recovering from her little trance.

"Bien sûr. I'll be more than happy to help you." His voice carried out the words in such a charming tone.

Sakura fought off the butterflies in her stomach and hoped her voice wouldn't crack. "I'm suppose to be helping your French class this period. Mind taking me there?" She used a playful tone.

Neji was a bit taken back. Only one question popped in his mind: Was she flirting with him? He didn't think the girl had it in her. This time he didn't hide his smirk.

"My lady…" He held out his hand which she gladly accepted. Hand in hand, Neji led Sakura to their classroom.

Not too far away a pair of eyes watched in amusement as Neji and Sakura walked away.

"Do I smell high school drama?" His words were followed by a laugh as he started to also leave the empty hallway.

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Tick Tock Tick Tock

It was a dreadful sound. It was irritating, bothersome, frustrating, maddening…the list can go on and on…

Sasuke stared out the window trying desperately to block out the ticking clock. It was taunting him, telling him that every second that went by his tutor was somewhere else having fun.

Fun? That word didn't sit well with Sasuke. He shifted in his seat as more thoughts came to mind. His thoughts became bitter as he thought of who she was accompanied by this morning.

'So she was with the freak boy…' He thought back to earlier when he ran-no strike that he didn't run he walked calmly! Really he did. After all he had class on the second floor, Literature/Grammar, so he was going to bump into her one way or another…It wasn't like he planned anything! Really! (Denial…)

Anyways, Sakura was with the pale boy who made fun of Naruto's manhood in the beginning of the year. That's just great isn't it? Sasuke rolled his eyes. 'Hopefully he didn't have such an influence on her…' The last thing the Uchiha wanted was Sai rubbing off on Sakura.

"Sasuke, can you tell us what was the author implying in lines five to sixteen?" Once again Sasuke became victim to the teacher's wrath. Normally it would be Shikamaru who was picked on, since he was always sleeping, but today she set her eyes on Sasuke.

The said boy wasn't afraid to narrow his eyes at the teacher as she raised an eyebrow. "I see you don't even have your book open." She just kept drawing attention to the boy.

Like in the class before all eyes were on Sasuke. The boys grinned mischievously; they have been waiting for a day for Uchiha to screw up. Even Shikamaru was up watching with bored eyes. He sighed, waiting for something to happen. The girls in the room stared with worry eyes at their dark prince.

"You have been slipping, Sasuke." These words were all too familiar to the boy. Sasuke remained silence, but his glare was still strong. The teacher was unaffected and continued, "Open your book and read aloud the passage."

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"I was afraid you got lost…" Kurenai said as Neji and Sakura walked through the doors of the French classroom.

The students who were suppose to be conjugating a list of verbs as a punishment for being too noisy all looked up. The whispers and gossiping began as many took notice of Sakura.

"Isn't that Sasuke-kun's tutor?"

"That's the chick I was telling you about."

Sakura bit her lip. She was a bit uncomfortable, actually no not a bit but very uncomfortable. She was a bit embarrassed, but also annoyed. Didn't these people have manners? They were just talking about her in front of her!

"Sakura-chan was lost." Neji spoke and the class quieted down to listen. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes; really sometimes his classmates were childish. "Please excuse our lateness."

The green eyed looked over at the teacher who didn't show any anger. Sakura muttered an apology. "Pardon."

"Ne t'inquiète pas." (Don't worry.) The older woman said with a smile. It was the girl's first time, she will let it slip. She turned her attention to Neji, "Thank you, Neji. Now go to your seat." The boy followed the order.

The class continued to buzz with whispers.

"Silence!" The teacher screamed at the class. All mouths closed shut and looked over at the teacher; however, some still stared at the pink haired girl that stood by the door. Kurenai looked around to make sure she had everyone's notice. She started to walk around. Her eyes wandered around as she began to speak.

"From on now, you will have another teacher in the classroom." She stopped and directed her attention to girl with green eyes. "Class please greet Sakura Haruno."

"Bonjour!"

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"So Ton Ton what do you want for lunch?" The maid looked down at the pig.

The pig with the pearl necklace looked over at the kitchen table. She snorted as her eyes looked over at the bowl of fruit.

Ayame followed the pig's gaze and laughed. "Aren't you a healthy piggy?" She earned another snorted from the pig though the maid didn't know if it was a good or bad gesture.

The brunette picked up a red apple and began slicing it up. She started to hum to herself while making lunch for the pig. Ayame managed to get along with Ton Ton even after the incident the day before. She, like her boss, thought it was ridiculous to have a pig as pet but after to getting to know the animal, she was considering to have one herself. Though, now she can't look at a piece of meat the same way again.

'Now I know why Sakura-chan is a vegetarian…' Ayame washed off the knife and her hands before giving the pig her lunch.

"Here you go Ton Ton." She placed down the plate and left the pig to its meal. "Now to do lunch for the men." It was followed by a sigh.

It was a bad enough having to please Fugaku and Sasuke, but Itachi too? The older Uchiha was a pain in the ass as Ayame like to put it. Even after working for him for five years, she didn't understand him. Itachi wasn't so bad, but something that man can be a mystery. His true intentions were never clear, was he a bad guy or a good guy? Then there was Sasuke who completely changed after his mother's death. Ayame couldn't help, but feel pity for the young boy.

'Not only does he have to deal with the loss of his mother, but with the pressure his father is putting on him…' She thought to herself as she started to prepare the afternoon meal. 'Maybe Sakura-chan can change that?' It was strange thought, but Ayame was hoping that another female around the house can lighten things up a bit.

The maid continued with her thoughts on the pink haired French girl. She smiled at her thoughts.

Ring Ring Ring

She was too wrapped up in her thoughts to even notice the phone ringing. Ton Ton looked up from her plate and stared at the young woman and then looked at the phone. She was wondering if the woman was going to pick up. The phone continued to ring and its noise fell on deaf ears.

The master of the house was getting annoyed with every single ring. He held the newspaper tight in his hands.

"If that woman doesn't pick up the damn phone…" Fugaku didn't finish his threat as ringing stopped. He whispered a small thank you before going back to his paper.

However, it wasn't Ayame who picked up the phone it was Itachi.

The young man who returned from the school a few moments ago was in the living room with the phone in hand.

"Hello? Uchiha residence." Itachi kept a cool tone over the phone. He looked around for any sign of the maid, but she wasn't around. She must be having fun with the pig, thought Itachi.

"Hello, may I speak to Sakura Haruno?" It was a strong masculine voice with an accent. Itachi raised an eyebrow.

"Qui êtes-vous?" (Who are you?) It came natural to Itachi to speak in French. Sakura didn't know anyone in Japan; it was her first time after all. So it would be safe to assume that the boy who called her is from her native land.

"Français?" The boy on the other line asked with confusion in his voice. "I'm surprise…" The boy started to say, his tone changed. "I was told that the Uchihas were bad at French." His words were followed by a chuckle.

Itachi was very curious now. "You must be talking about my younger broth-"

"Sasuke Uchiha, correct?" The boy interrupted Itachi with a sharp tone. Itachi sensed some bitterness, he smirked. "You must be Itachi then?" The French boy continued.

"Yes. You know my name it would be nice to know yours." He was getting a bit pissed off, but didn't let his voice show that.

"Pardon my rudeness. I'm Gaara Sand, a close friend to Sakura." He introduced himself. "Is Sakura there?" He stated again his purpose for calling.

"Sorry, but she isn't. She's at school with Sasuke." Itachi didn't have to say that, but he had a feeling that would fire something within the younger boy.

"I see…" And it did. Gaara wasn't too happy. "Can you tell me when she will be back?"

"Around four she'll be back. If you like I can take a message." Itachi smiled.

Gaara said nothing for a moment. Before Itachi could ask if he was still there, Gaara answered. "No, there is no need for that. Please just tell her that I called and I will call later on this evening, if it's not a problem."

Itachi couldn't help, but frown. He was hoping for some information. "Very well."

"Merci, Itachi-san." The line went dead.

Itachi held the phone in his hand. He wondered about the boy and what business does he have with Sakura.

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The bell rang and the students rushed out of the classroom. The last ones to leave were Naruto and Sasuke.

"So you have French next?" The blond asked the other boy who didn't bother to answer.

'French…' Sasuke thought. He felt a bit anxious. Wait what? He was nervous? No, that couldn't be it! Just because Sakura, his tutor, was going to be there doesn't mean anything. He wasn't worry or excited. It was just going to be a normal class. He wasn't thinking about French for the pass four periods. So what 

that he wasn't listening in Math, Literature (double period) , or Economics and only thinking about his fifth period class…that didn't mean anything.

Naruto watched his friend dig himself deeper in his thoughts. The blond wanted to laugh. This was the first time Sasuke was out of reality and actually focusing on something…well a GIRL!

"Where are you going?" Naruto looked at his friend. It looks like Sasuke came back to Earth. The Uchiha looked for an answer. The blond student was suppose to have Chemistry now. The science department was in the first floor not on the second.

Naruto gave Sasuke a grin. "I want to say hello to Sakura-chan!" The dark haired boy rolled his eyes and continued to walk faster towards his classroom. Maybe he can slam the door in Naruto face…that was a nice thought.

'That's something a jealous boyfriend would do…' Sasuke stopped and thought over what crossed his mind. Again he was lost in his thoughts, but that changed when he heard Naruto scream his tutor's name.

"Sakura-chan!"

The said girl was caught by surprise, but she quickly smiled at the one who addressed her. "Naruto-kun?" Sakura stood outside the class. She had just gotten back from her small break and was ready for the next class.

"What are you doing? Do you have Spanish now?" She asked at the smiling boy.

Naruto rubbed his head in a nervous fashion. "No. I have chem now, but I wanted to see you. How is your day going? Did anyone make fun of you or something? You know if something bad happened you can tell me! Cause I will get them Sakura-chan! I will make them pay if they hurt!" Naruto became louder and continued to rant.

Sakura was already getting embarrassed as he started to draw attention. "Please Naruto-kun, calmez-vous." (Calm down) However, Naruto didn't listen, but what Naruto did listen to was the hit he got from Sasuke.

"Idiot, go to class." Sasuke passed by Sakura and entered the classroom. He didn't bother to turn around.

Sakura watched as the boy just left. She thought it was a bit too much to just hit Naruto and that was rude of him not to greet her. She rolled her green eyes and walked over to the Naruto was cried over his wound.

"That bastard!" He rubbed his head. Naruto then felt a warmth touch. He looked to meet a pair of worry green eyes.

"Are you okay?" Sakura watched as the boy's face turned red. Naruto backed away from her touch as he continued to blush.

"Yes!" His voice cracked on him. "I'm fine, don't worry about me!" The late bell rang and that was Naruto's cue to leave. "I'll see you in lunch! Bye bye Sakura-chan." The blushing Naruto ran down the stairs leaving a very confused Sakura.

'Did I miss something?' She wondered to herself. All she wanted to do was help Naruto.

"Sakura?" Madame Yuuhi's voice took Sakura out of her thoughts. She looked up at the woman by the door, "Class has started."

Sasuke took a seat in his usual seat in the back of room. He didn't bother to take out his notebook. He instead started to listen to what his classmates had to say.

"Did you hear we're going to have the new girl helping us out?"

"She's pretty cute, don't you think?"

Sasuke bit his tongue and stayed in his seat. However as the comments continued it was hard for the boy to hold back especially when heard something about his dear rival.

"I heard from my friend in the third period that Sakura came in with Neji-kun!"

"Yea and that she was talking with him the whole period!"

"I also heard that Neji asked Sakura on a da-"

"Silence!" Today that was Kurenai's favorite word. The woman lost count how many times she had to repeat herself. She knew that her students can get talkative. She's usually fine with that if it's about the topic, but today they were talking about how much they love French. Instead they were talking about a certain girl. The woman sighed as she walked over to her desk.

"Today as you know the French classes have an assistant teacher. Please welcome Sakura Haruno." The teacher presented Sakura who now comfortable standing in front of the room. She had to deal with it for the last two periods so now it felt more natural to her.

"Bonjour." She bowed.

The class greeted her back and then quickly when back to their whispering and Kurenai didn't like it one bit.

"Don't tell me I have to do the same thing I did to the third period class? I gave them some work on conjugating a list of verbs. I'm counting it as a quiz for them. Should I do the same for you?" She smiled brightly as the class ended their gossiping. "Good so we can get started." She looked over at Sakura who walked over to get some papers on the desk. Sasuke's eyes along with a few other eyes followed her every movement.

Kurenai began explaining the next assignment. "What you're about to receive is your topic for an essay." It was immediately followed by a whine from the students. She ignored it. "Each of you will get an expression or a quote and you have to explain what it means. This should be a very simple assignment. I'm sure you have done this in your literature classes only thing here is that it must be done in French."

"When is it due?"

"It's due on Monday. You'll have the rest of the week to work on it in class and the weekend at home. Today in class you're working on gathering ideas and making an outline. You are more than welcome to ask for help from Sakura or me." Kurenai's red eyes landed on Sasuke who was completely ignoring her. His attention stayed on the pink haired girl who was making her way towards him.

'Date?' Sasuke was still thinking about the last comment he heard. Even though the girl didn't finish he knew how it was going to end.

That Hyuuga had some nerve to ask her out…

"Sasuke-san?" His eyes looked up at the owner of the voice. Green eyes smiled down on him. "Here's your quote for the essay." Sakura said. She leaned in closer and Sasuke took in her sweet aroma. For moment his mind just blanked out.

"En amour comme à la guerre, tous les coups sont permis." (All's fair in love and war.)