Don't own Naruto .o.o.

"talking"

'thinking'

Warning for language!


"Naruto, we're home!... Naruto?" Sakura looked around the kitchen in search of someone as they walked through the door. "I wonder where everyone went?" Just as she said this, Hinata came strolling into the room.

"Oh you're home Sakura-chan, how was school?"

"Oh, it was good."

"Oh, so did you pass your histroy test?" Sasuke sensed a depression come over the girl standing beside him. Sakura walked over to the freezer and pulled out a pint of ben and jerry's chocolate chip ice cream; this was a bad sign. "It was that bad huh? Don't worry Sakura-chan, you'll do better next time."

"But I need to at least get A's on my last tests to pass!"

"I'm sure your mother would hire you a great tutor, if you asked her."

"I've already had three! Two of them kept trying to flirt with me and we got nothing done, come to think of it, after Naruto threw them out on the lawn that's the last time I ever saw them... I wonder if they moved out of the city?"

"Hehe, yeah that must be it."

From the look on Hinata's face, Sasuke knew those two tutors weren't breathing any longer and were probably at the bottom of Tokyo bay; the gifts you're given when you're the princess of the biggest mob family in all of Japan.

"Don't worry so much about it Sakura-chan, I know you'll do better."

"Thank you Hinata-san."

Sasuke caught the door that lead to the rest of the house open, revealing a woman he had never seen before.

"Hey Sakura, how are you?"

"Oh Tenten-chan!" Sakura hopped off the stool she was sitting on and ran to hug the other woman. Sasuke looked the woman over and decided she wasn't a threat; what woman wearing a knee length yellow skirt and a white tank top with tennis shoe was a threat? "What are you doing here?"

"Well Hinata and I decided to go to 'Ice' tonight, want to come?"

"Yeah! But only for a little while because it's a school night; can Ino come too?"

"Yeah I don't see why not. Sakura... who's this?"

"Oh, I keep forgetting he's following me. That is Uchiha Sasuke, he's the bodyguard daddy hired."

"Oh I see... you know that name sounds familiar. I'll have to ask Neji when I get home."

"You're going home already?"

"Yeah, we were helping your mother today, and we need to go home to get ready for later; it was a pleasure meeting you Uchiha-san."

"Hn."


Once the older girls left, Sakura went to her room to do her homework. Sasuke didn't have any thing to do so he followed her, he was a little surprised she let him in her room though; but he was pleased to have the opportunity. The room was slightly bigger than his own, and painted a light pink color, not surprising though. A big queen sized bed, with clean white linen sheets, was located in the middle of the back wall. A desk, where Sakura was sitting, was to his right; and on the other wall to his left was a bureau and two doors. One of which was the bathroom in her room, and the other had to be a closet, otherwise the mountain of clothes she probably had would be thrown all over the floor.

When he was finished inspecting the room, he moved to stand next to the desk; again acting like a bodyguard should, and he was also curious as to what she was doing. She was mumbling something to herself, while writing down notes; as he was about to scan just what she was writing, Sakura let out a frustrated sigh, and slammed the book shut. "Oh! Why do we need to learn about 'American' hirtory anyway, it didn't happen to us!" Sasuke didn't open his mouth to say that they had some involvement during WWII, because he knew that would upset her.

'Wait! Since when do I care if my targets are upset?'

This puzzled the man, in any other occasion he would speak his mind just to embarrass the girl and make her feel stupid... but why not now? He's only known her for about a day, so there shouldn't be an emotional attachment, especially from him.

Coming out of his thoughts, Sasuke realized that Sakura had moved away from the desk and was searching her dresser for something. A smirk came to his face as he noticed she was bent at the waist looking over the draw, and if he bent slightly the angle up her skirt was perfect. But he of course, not being a horny animal, didn't bother with it and thought she was trying to get him to look.

"Found it!" Whatever she retrieved, Sakura pulled to her chest as she turned back to look at him. "Um... Uchiha-san, could you please leave while I get changed? You should also go change... if you're coming with us to 'Ice', you'll be really hot with all those layers on."

"Hn." Sasuke hadn't been to a night club since... well since his last mission about a month ago; and he's never been to one named 'Ice' before. Thinking it was one the ones all the rich kids hung out in, it wouldn't be very exciting and guns probably weren't allowed inside... even though most clubs didn't allow them, but no one listen to those unwritten rules. So taking that into consideration, Sasuke grabbed a pair of black jeans and a black tank top, that was tight around his chest yet baggy at the top of his waist; to hide the gun he was putting in the back of his jeans.

He waited an extra ten minutes in his room, hoping that was enough time Sakura needed to finish her make-up or whatever the hell took women so damn long to get ready. But when he got downstairs he was surprised to see her standing at the door waiting for him.

"There you are, I was starting to worry for a minute."

"Hn."

He couldn't say he wasn't shocked to see her fully dressed and ready; he was a little embarrassed that he was the one being waited for, he himself never liked waiting for people. But she just smiled and went to open the door, "Are you taking your car, because I have to go pick Ino up."

"I'm driving, and we'll pick her up because I don't know where this club is."

"Oh, you've never been there before? You'll like it, it's fun, and I have to give you directions to Ino's house; hopefully she'll be ready by the time we get there, but I always whined up waiting for her."

"Hn."


"Sakura you're mean! Why didn't you tell me Sasuke-kun was coming with us?" Ino hadn't shut up since she got in the car five minutes ago, and it was getting on his nerves.

"Because I thought it would be implied that he was coming because he is my bodyguard. Hello, where were you this morning at school?"

"What do you mean 'where was I'? I was there!"

"I was being sarcastic Ino."

"Oh..."

'Idiot.'

Sasuke pulled into the private parking lot across from the club about ten minutes later. He was surprised to see a line outside of the warehouse across the street. Large crowds was one thing Sasuke didn't like, he didn't want to lose his charge in this mob; especially when she was dressed like that.

Sitting in the car waiting for Ino, gave him the time to look Sakura over. She was wearing a pink spaghetti strap shirt, and a pink and silver satin like skirt that went down to her thigh, with her black flats. Her hair was pulled up in a bun, but not tight enough that it would stay up all night.

"Uchiha-san... are you coming?"

Sasuke looked up to see both girls were out of the car and on the street. Once he was out of the car, they made it across the street. As they got closer to the club Sasuke could see half the girls in line had their attention on him; the rest were looking at the bouncer at the door. He wasn't as tall or bulky as others that Sasuke had seen. He was about the same height as Sasuke also, but had long blonde hair pulled half up into a pony tail.

"Ino, what's he doing here?"

"He's been working here for the past month; we've got it made!" Ino smiled and walked up to the older boy.

"Sakura-san, who is that guy?" something about the man was familiar to him, but Sasuke just couldn't put his finger on it.

"Oh, that's Deidara... he's Ino's older brother, come on," Sakura grabbed his hand and dragged him up to the door, where the others were.

"Hey Sakura, long time no see!"

"Hey Deidara."

"The others are already inside, go ahead; and sis make sure you stay away from the drunks!"

"Oh shut up ass, you're not my boss!"


The inside of the club was far worse than the outside atmosphere. It smelled of sweat from all the bodies rubbing against each other on the dance floor, and of alcohol that was being served at the bar. With it being so dark, and the neon lights the only thing on, it wasn't easy for Sasuke to see the other patrons that frequented this club. Sakura seemed to have spotted something in the corner because she grabbed his hand and lead him in that direction; it was at this time that Sasuke noticed Ino was no longer with them, but he wasn't concerned because he wasn't being paid to watch her.

"Sakura-chan there you are, we were wondering where you were. Oh hello Uchiha-san, glad you could make it," Tenten waived as the two finally arrived at the table. Sasuke ignored her and decided to look around for Neji, he'd rather not want to bump into him.

He had been curious ever since he meet the brown haired woman earlier that evening when she mentioned his old school mate. Sakura was willing to answer all the questions he had. And when he asked who she was, Sakura quickly went into the explaination that she was Neji Hyuga's wife, and Hinata was Neji's first cousin; that's how they all knew each other. She also stated that the male Hyuga was very protective of his wife and didn't let her go out alone much.

Sasuke wasn't surprised, the boy he thought of as a friend when they were younger, acted the same way now; he of course would never mention he knew the male heir to the hyuga empire. The large family made millions in genetic research, a number of them were also assassins that worked under Uzumaki's pay roll. So he was expecting the other man to appear at any minute; he didn't want to be seen by him and have his cover blown.

"Sakura, I thought Ino would be with you also?"

"Oh she is Tenten, I'm pretty sure she's dancing with some guy her brother wouldn't approve of."

"Yeah, that does sound like her."

"Where's Neji at? I'm surprised he would let you come here alone."

"He doesn't own me, I can go where I please... but if he asks, your brother was with us all night, right Sakura?"

"Right, and we were all good girls."

"Hey Sakura! Over here!" All three girls looked over to the dance floor where Ino appeared from the mess of bodies. "Come on, let's dance! Hi Hinata... Tenten."

"Hello Ino, and that sounds like a great idea."

"I don't know about that girls."

"Oh, don't be a baby Sakura, we came here to have fun!"

Sasuke watched as the blonde practically had to drag her friend onto the floor; the older women weren't far behind. Sasuke took a seat at the now empty table and watched Sakura sway her hips to the beat, and the men that had taken notice of her the minute she started. 'Bastards.' He could tell she had no clue they were staring at her, and he didn't like how they were undressing her with their eyes.


"Sakura, Hinata tells me you're not looking foward to the banquet next weekend."

"Oh no I am, it's just the dress my mother picked out is a little flashy."

"Yeah, but now that Sai said he would go with her, her attitude has changed right Sakura?"

"Oh you asked him!?"

"Yes, today and he said he would love to!" Ino smirked, seeing her best friend being to blush.

"Sakura-chan!"

"We're very proud of you Sakura, you must tell your mother soon."

The girls danced to a few more songs, before Sakura decided she needed a break; but one of the guys that had been staring at her decided to step in.

"Hi."

"Oh, hello. Excuse me please," Sakura tried to get around him, but he would just get in the way.

"I'm Ryu."

"It's nice to meet you Ryu-san, please excuse me now."

"I couldn't help but notice you and your friends dancing over there... you're very good."

"Um... thank you."

"I wanted to ask if you would dance with me?"

"Um, no thank you."

"Why not?"

"Because I have a little rule that I don't dance with people I don't know," Sakura hoped he would take the hint and leave her alone; she didn't feel at all comfortable around him.

"But I just introduced myself, so we're not strangers yes? Come dance with me," his tone didn't really leave room for saying no; but Sakura did anyway.

"No! Now I was nice to you and didn't want to embarrass you but I've had enough! Now please step a side so I may go sit down." She really didn't mean to snap the way she did, but this man just didn't get it. She let out a sigh of relief as Ryu moved slightly to the left, giving her a little room to go around and reach their table. But as she was passing Ryu grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him. "What are you doing!? Let go of me!"

"I don't think so princess! No one says no to me!" Ryu hissed into her ear as his grip tightened on her small wrist.

"Please stop... you're hurting me."

"Oh now you're going to cry huh? A few minutes ago you had your nose in the air like you were better than me... what happened to that!?"

"Please let me go!" Sakura was in a panic now, trying to break free and get away from this crazy man. With her free hand she was beating against his upper arm to get him to let go; she knew screaming for help was useless because her voice would be drowned out by the loud music in the club... she was on her own.


Just as she thought he was going to drag her back on the dancing floor, and do god knows what, a hand grabbed Ryu's arm and ripped Sakura's arm out of his; she was roughly pulled behind the other man, but at this point she didn't care... as long as she was safe. The two men were having a conversation, but Sakura wasn't really paying attention; she was relieved however to recognize the other man's voice even though she didn't hear it often.

"Sasuke." Sakura didn't realize her slip up with calling him by his first name so formally, but Sasuke did, he chose to ignore it for the moment. His main focus at this moment was the man that dare touch her.

He had been watching Sakura dance from the moment she was pulled away from him, and his eyes hadn't left her since. He did have to admit that she was a very good dancer; a lot better than any other woman he knew. She had his full attention and she didn't even know it. When she had begun walking in his direction, a strange feeling came to his chest; he couldn't breathe no matter how much air he took in. He knew she was the cause of it because this was the same feeling he had when he first met her; before he knew who she really was.

The loss of breath was quickly replaced by rage as the man first approached her, and only grew the longer they were talking. At first he thought they were old friends, with the way she smiled at him, but he realized that wasn't the case as she began to glare at him; and Sasuke could vaguely read her lips... she wasn't happy. He didn't move however until the guy grabbed her, and fear flashed across his charge's face. A sickening feeling hit his stomach at her expression, something about the pain on her face and the tears coming from her eyes, forced Sasuke from his seat and to her side.

Once she was safely behind him, was when he assessed the damage. There was a bruise forming on her wrist, darkening by the minute, and her soft whimpers were giving him a really hard time controlling his anger... he was one tear away from pulling his gun on this loser and shooting him right between the eyes.

"What gives man? Go find your own girl!"

"Hn."

"What's with you man... you deaf or some thing?" Ryu smirked and tried to reach around Sasuke to grab at Sakura again. Seeing him coming for her caused Sakura to panic and cling to her protector's shirt.

Feeling her shake with fear at his back caused Sasuke's rage to finally erupt over. He grabbed Ryu's wrist, pulling him closer to them, before he pulled his other arm back and punched the prick square in the face. The force of the blow knocked him into several people, who were dancing, and caused a crowd to form around them rather quickly.

"Did you see that guy!"

"Yeah, he just punched that kid."

"You think a fight is going to break out?"

"That guy needs to be arrested... or at least thrown out!"

"What the hell is going on over here!?"

"Sakura, are you okay?" Hearing her best friend's voice caused Sakura to look up from behind Sasuke. Ino, Hinata, and Tenten were pushing pass Deidara and a few of the other security guards, that were on duty, to get to them.


Once everyone went back to dancing Ino's brother came over to handle the situation, again he repeated his prvious statement. "What happened?"

"That pig that Sasuke decked was trying to take Sakura some where; he was protecting her!" Ino hollered, barely able to keep from kicking the unconscious man that was still laying on the ground.

"Is this true Sakura?" Deidara looked over to the girl he practically treated like a second sister. She just nodded and showed him her wrist, and Deidara ordered the guard that was still there to take Ryu out.

"Sakura, you okay?"

"Yeah... but I think I want to go home; can we go home Uchiha-san?"

"Aa."

The others could see she was upset about happened, so they didn't push her into staying. "Alright, I'll see you tomorrow in class Sakura. I'm not ready to go yet, so I'll just get a ride with my brother."

"Oh great, I got to drop you off now? No guys better be following you out of the club when it's time to go home."

"Shut up Dei!"

In all their efforts to try and calm Sakura down, everyone forgot Sasuke was still standing there. But he wasn't paying attention to what they were saying, he was to busy checking his mental health. 'Why did I do that? That feeling... why did it appear when she was scared? why did I care if she was scared... why do I care about anything she does? It doesn't make sense.'

"Uchiha-san... can we go please?" Sasuke looked down at the princess to see she was still trembling slightly and she was trying to not cry; this caused his anger to build again. Before his rage consumed him again, he grabbed her uninjured wrist gently and guiding her to the door.


The drive back to the house was silent; except for Sakura's sniffling every now and then. Sasuke pulled up the drive way and up to the front door. "Uchiha-san?"

"Go inside."

Sakura could sense he didn't want her questioning his actions but she just couldn't help it. "But Uchi-."

"Go," he didn't raise his voice at her, but his grip on the wheel tightened.

Before she left the car, Sakura looked back to him, "Thank you for protecting me."

"... It's my job," he hadn't meant it to sound as cold as it came out, which confused him because that was how he normally talked. But the pain in her eyes as she closed the door and walked up the stairs, caused a different pain to form in his chest. But he couldn't focus on that right now as he sped off down the path, and back to the street.

It began to rain before he got back to the club, only making his mood worse. He spotted his target hitting on some girl in the alley to the right of the actual building. He didn't seem to phased after the hit he received an hour before; he did however have a nice black eye though. The girl who was welcoming his advances couldn't have been much older than Sakura; and she was clearly asking for it with her posture and facial expressions.

"Are you sure we should be out in the rain?"

"Hey babe, if you're uncomfortable with this spot, we can always go back to my place."

"Yeah?"

"Oh yeah."

"Hn." Hearing another voice other than their own pulled both their attention to the one that disturbed them.

"You again! Look I ain't bothering your chick anymore, unless this one's yours too. You know this guy?" The girl in question shook her head. "No, okay leave us alone then; I let you hit me inside, but I won't out here."

Sasuke didn't even flinch at Ryu's threat, his life has been on the line so many times, this was nothing. He looked to the girl, who flinched under his stare, "You... leave, now."

Just the growl coming from his throat scared her, "Um... I think I need to go home, call me," she smiled to Ryu before dashing of to the parking lot.

"Man what the hell! First you steel the pink haired chick and now this one! Dude if you play for the 'other team' I ain't interested." This guy was really annoying, and people that are annoying don't live long around Sasuke. Ryu was about to approach him, but backed away when the gun reflected off the light from the street lamp; his attitude completely changed then. "Whoa man! Let's talk about this now. That comment was a joke, can't you take a joke!?"

"You will not approach Sakura again," Sasuke cocked the gun, and aimed it at Ryu, who was trying to back down the alley and look for an escape.

"Sakura? Who the hell is Sakura? You're talk about the pink girl? Yeah, I'll stay away, I got it, she's yours." He began to panic more when his back hit the far end wall closing off the alley, and preventing him from running away; Sasuke still hadn't put the gun down to a safe level yet.

"You hurt her."

"I'm sorry man, please I didn't mean too. I was just playing with her," Ryu was now begging for his life, which made Sasuke smirk... he liked watching people beg to save themselves, when in the end he killed them anyway.

"She's not a toy to be played with."

"I know man I..." A shot followed by five more rang out, silence, the pulsing of the music coming from the club, and the rain was all that could be heard now.


"Where did you disappear to?" Sasuke was met by the stone cold Tsunade as he walked through the door an hour later.

"I was out," it wasn't any of her business what he did... he didn't even really know why he did it.

"My daughter told me what happened, and what that beast did to her."

"He was taken care of," Sasuke looked her straight in the eye when he said this, so she would understand what he really meant.

"As it should be, you may just last here Uchiha," she turned and headed into the den. Most likely heading for the study, to call her husband.

"Hn." Sasuke didn't feel like listening in on their conversation tonight, he was tired and still confused at to his actions earlier, and decided that the loss of sleep was the cause. He headed up to bed without a word, and slipped into his dark cave of a room.

The next morning the police discovered the body of a twenty something year old man in the alley behind the night club 'Ice'.


Note: Okay if no one got it... Sasuke killed him, like he does to a lot of people. But why is he acting so weird around Sakura? It couldn't be that he has feelings for her... right? Sorry this took so long to get up, but as you can see, it's LONG, and right now finales are coming up and I have two major projects to do, so I'm trying the best I can here.

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Fantom Phreeke (I know Sakura seems unrealistic, but that's the whole point of the story. She's the one rich person who's different.)
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