Preview: "All Konoha high students please report to the old abandoned shrine. ASAP."

All the students were standing in front of a forest which you had to go through to get to the shrine. It was dark, and strange howling sounds came from inside.

Suddenly Anko sensei appeared out of a cloud of smoke which was caused by a smoke bomb. 'Wow, she really does put a lot of effort into early entrances.' Yukina rolled her eyes, still paranoid that she reeked of seaweed. She looked over to where Sasuke was, he was ignoring a bunch of girls begging for his attention. Yukina would never admit it but she was actually relieved he didn't even spare them a sideways glance.

'Dammit why am I getting jealous over such a jerk? You idiot! Idiot! Idiot!'

'Oh so admit that you're jealous?'

'What? NO!'

'You're in denial.'

'Am not!'

'Are too!'

Her silent self-arguing was interrupted when Anko sensei spoke up, "well girls and boys welcome to the first activity of your summer paradise schedule." Everyone started to murmur as to what the activity was.

"I call it 'Anko sensei's heart pounding test of courage in the forest of death! '"

The minute Yukina heard the activity her knees started to shake, 'ghosts! Great I'm screwed! Maybe I can sneak away.' She thought as she attempted to stealthily walk away from the scene, she bumped into a hard wall. Looking up she noticed Sasuke was looking down at her, "you know you'd make the Great Wall of China want a retirement." She said crossing her arms over her chest.

'Dammit you coward! Just say you'll be her partner.' Sasuke mentally chided himself, as he opened his mouth to speak, he was surrounded by his annoying fan girls telling him crap like they were scared or asking him to protect them. He rolled his eyes and looked back at Yukina who was walking away towards Tanoshi. "SASUKEEE! BE MY PARTNER I HATE GHOSTS!" yelled Naruto as he plowed through the fan girls and latched onto Sasuke's arm. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched in annoyance as he saw Hinata walking up to them, and to his relief she pried Naruto off of him. Regaining his usual composure he followed after Yukina.

'Fuck! its official, I'm jealous.' Yukina thought walking towards Tanoshi who was standing awkwardly beside Gaara. She sighed realizing her whole point was to get Tanoshi and Gaara together, and if she asked Tanoshi to be her partner she would disappoint Gaara 'dammit being nice sucks.' She thought walking up to the awkward couple. "Hey! Love birds get a move on." She said pushing them both into the forest.

Suddenly she felt a strong grip on her arm pulling her into the forest as well, turning she saw Sasuke was dragging her through the forest. "Hold it," she wrenched her hand away to glare at Sasuke. "What?" he asked looking at her with emotionless eyes, "what happened to all the girls that were lining up for you to be their knight in shining armor?" she asked sarcastically, to her surprise Sasuke smirked "what's wrong angel? Jealous?"

'Called it,' "don't be ridiculous I'm not that retarded, AND DON'T CALL ME ANGEL!" Yukina yelled contradicting her thoughts. Sasuke smirked and started walking away, "by the way what's with the hoodie?" he asked indicating the yellow sleeveless hoodie Yukina had never taken off for the whole day.

Looking away Yukina didn't answer; she had temporarily forgotten that it was a test of courage when she heard a rustling in the bushes beside her. Freaking out she latched onto the closest thing which happened to be Sasuke, looking back at the bushes a white figure jumped out and Yukina squeezed her eyes shut.

"Careful, it probably has a gun." Sasuke's sarcastic voice made Yukina open her eyes to see a fluffy white bunny wagging its cotton tail before hopping away. 'Well I feel stupid.' She thought, quickly noticing the arrogant smirk on Sasuke's lips. "Um… I was just checking if you were scared." She said letting go of Sasuke's arm. "Riggghhht." he dragged rolling his eyes at Yukina's lame excuse, and continued walking with Yukina keeping close behind.


(With Gaara and Tanoshi)

Tanoshi glanced over at Gaara who was looking straight ahead flashlight in hand she would never admit it but she was severely afraid of ghosts. Hearing some twigs snap near her she unconsciously drifted closer to Gaara, "are you scared of ghosts?" he asked as he noticed Tanoshi slightly brushing against his side. "Maybe just a little." She said snapping her head around when she thought she heard another noise, suddenly something wet and slimy rubbed against her back causing her to scream and hug Gaara tightly.

After she calmed down slightly she started to pull away, but Gaara did something that surprised her, he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer to his side. Blushing slightly she leaned into his warmth; suddenly ghosts didn't seem all that scary anymore.


(Sasuke and Yukina)

They walked in awkward silence for what seemed like hours, until Yukina couldn't take it anymore looking over at Sasuke to attempt conversation she noticed that he was gone and she was all alone. "Sasuke?" she called but no one answered, terrified beyond belief she squeezed her eyes shut and knelt down covering her ears, tears were threatening to spill from her eyes 'I'm scared!'


(Gaara and Tanoshi)

'Gaara really is a nice person even if everyone says he's scary I just don't see it, damn I'm pathetic I've had a crush on him since grade school and I still haven't told him.'

Tanoshi thought looking at the red haired boy beside her.

Gaara noticed her eyes on him and looked down to meet her gaze, at that moment they heard rustles from either side of them and suddenly two boys popped out dressed as ghosts disappearing as quick as they appeared.

Tanoshi opened her eyes to see Gaara on top of her and her eyes widened when she noticed Gaara's lips had connected with hers when they fell. Gaara noticed this as well and quickly started to pull away. To his surprise Tanoshi sat up as well and pushed her lips to his again.


(Sasuke)

Panic started to make his mind race Yukina had disappeared and Sasuke was getting more worried by the second though he refused to show it. He started running in a random direction hoping to stumble on the girl.

He was tiring quickly when he heard a soft whimpering, following the sound he was sure it was Yukina.

Yukina looked up in surprise when she heard a rustling in the bushes behind her. Terrified she started walking backwards wide eyes fixed on the bushes; suddenly a figure emerged. Screaming Yukina stepped back but she failed to notice the cliff behind her. Falling backwards she felt someone grab her arm and falling with her, the fall was broken by the feel of cold water hitting her body. Opening her eyes she found herself lying in a shallow river, she couldn't move because of another body on top of her his arms around her. Yukina sat up and noticed the other person was Sasuke, 'he must've protected me when we fell' she thought.

Sasuke started to groan and opened his eyes to see Yukina beneath him both soaking wet, before he could react Yukina had thrown her arms around his neck "I'm so glad you found me." She whispered. Relief flooded through him to know that she was alright. "Hn, we should get out of this river." He said, Yukina nodded and followed him out.

The cliff they had fallen wasn't that steep so Sasuke suggested they climb back up; of course Yukina agreed with him but she forgot to mention one tinsy-tiny detail she had completely busted her ankle, and pain shot through her whenever she took a step- so basically IT HURT LIKE HELL!

But Yukina being Yukina didn't want to bother a seemingly grumpy Sasuke. Sasuke was already half way up the cliff when he noticed Yukina wasn't following, "Yukina, hurry up." He called and watched as Yukina slowly put her foot on a rock and he noticed how she winced with every step he sighed and slid back down.

Yukina squeaked when she felt Sasuke's hands on her waist lifting her up and setting her back down on the ground, which was easy since she had only climbed like two centimeters. Yukina whirled around faster than her ankle could handle as a result she fell straight into Sasuke.

"You're hurt." He stated plainly.

"Yeah, no shit Sherlock." She snapped.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Yukina flinched at his sharp tone Sasuke didn't always lose his temper but it's scary when he did.

Sasuke noticed Yukina's fear and forced himself to calm down, sighing he sat Yukina down and inspected her ankle Yukina hissed slightly when he touched a sore spot. "Sorry," he muttered "it needs a bandage."

"Really? Gee, I would've never thought of that! Why don't I use my magical powers and make a bandage just appear while you fetch us a pumpkin and we can go to a ball." Yukina rolled her eyes emphasizing the sarcasm in some of her words. "God! Why the hell are you being so damn bitchy?" Sasuke asked finally letting his temper get the better of him, Yukina sighed "look I'm sorry, okay? It's just that I'm cold, hurt, scared and we're both lost in the middle of nowhere."

Sasuke softened a bit at Yukina's apology, "well let's just get your ankle patched up." He said as he stood up, "and where the hell do you think we're gonna get a band…" Yukina trailed off when her eyes landed on Sasuke's well-toned stomach; he had ripped off a piece of his shirt exposing a bit of his six-pack, to use as a make-shift bandage. "Like what you see?" Sasuke smirked causing Yukina to look the other way blushing.

Once Sasuke was done wrapping Yukina's ankle he had proceeded to make a fire when he noticed Yukina shivering, "you know, you'll be warmer if you take off your wet hoodie." He stated. Yukina slowly took off the dripping hoodie and started to wring it out, as she turned around Sasuke's eyes widened when he saw the scar on her back it stretched diagonally from her hip bone to shoulder. Unconsciously he reached out and touched her scar feeling her muscles tense, "what happened?" he asked slowly but Yukina didn't answer, "Yukina tell me who did this to you." He said firmly; placing a hand on her cheek so she would turn to face him.

Yukina took a deep breath she knew she wouldn't be able to hide it forever, "I guess if it's you it'll be fine." Yukina started telling Sasuke about her past, "when I was eight I had a little brother…

Flash back

"WAAHH!" a boy with blonde hair and green eyes cried causing a woman with red hair and eyes to snap at the six year old, "would you just fucking SHUT UP!" at that moment an eight year old Yukina came rushing down the stairs she glared at her useless baby-sitter Karin, as she put a comforting arm around her brother.

"Miguel what's wrong?"

"I'm hungry." The little boy sniffed.

"Well you heard him, if you want him to be quiet you should feed him." Yukina said glaring as the older woman ignored them and went back to her phone. Miguel started crying again, "it's okay Miguel I'll make you food." Yukina soothed though she didn't really know how to cook she had seen her mother do it before so how hard could it be?

Going into the kitchen she turned a knob on the stove and heard a clicking sound, opening the fridge she noticed that they were all out of eggs so Yukina walked out of the house to a nearby store; but of course as an eight year old she didn't know that the knob she turned was the gas and that she shouldn't have left it open.

While Yukina was out Karin walked into the kitchen and stood a little too close to the stove pulling out a lighter to light a cigarette she flipped open the cap exposing the flame and, BOOM!

Yukina's eyes widened in shock when she walked back to a burning building that was supposed to be her home, "MIGUEL!" she screamed as she ran into the fire coughing as smoke burned her lungs making her eyes water, she looked around for her brother in the scorching heat.

She ran screaming her brother's name flames licking at her side causing her to cry out in pain finally she spotted her brother's body amongst all the chaos but it was too late the flames had completely consumed the little boy, now there was nothing left but a burning body. Yukina collapsed to the floor in despair she was so consumed by grief she didn't hear the creaking of the iron and glass chandelier above her. Finally the ornament gave away one of its sharp iron spokes cut straight through Yukina's back causing her to scream in anguish the iron was burning hot and flames continued to lick at the blood seeping through her now permanent scar.

End of flashback

Yukina broke down in tears once she finished her story and Sasuke quickly wrapped his arms protectively around her, "It's all my fault they are both dead because of me." She sobbed clutching Sauske's shirt as he began to gently rock her back and forth stroking her hair softly, "shh, it's not your fault angel you didn't know." Sasuke comforted as Yukina's sobbing dimmed a little they just sat in silence, "Sasuke, thanks this is the second time you were there for me." Yukina said smiling a little when she thought of the first time Sasuke had comforted her like this.

After Yukina had completely stopped crying they both pulled away, "and what about you?" she asked "is it because of your past that you're so distant from everyone?"

Sasuke looked at her and sighed, "It's not as bad as yours but when I was kid I was always compared to my older brother Itachi. He was the perfect athlete, good in school and my father and mother adored him and didn't really have time for me, I didn't want to lose to my brother so I started working harder pushing myself so that my parents would recognize me, I guess I was so obsessed with gaining perfection I didn't have time for other people."

Yukina listened quietly before sitting up on her knees and putting her arms around Sasuke's head making him lean closer to her, Sasuke was shocked at first but relaxed and let her hug him.

The next morning Yukina limped behind Sasuke as they were walking around the cliff to look for a way back, "could you hurry up? You're so slow." Sasuke said looking over his shoulder to see Yukina's violet eyes glaring at him. "why don't you try walking around barefoot in a bikini with a busted ankle." She shot back. Even if they did have a bonding moment last night some things never change.

After a little while Sasuke finally sighed and knelt down, "get on my back I'll carry you." He said. Yukina was relieved to get a break from walking so she happily climbed onto Sasuke's back, as they-I mean he started walking again.

Yukina laid her head on his strong back feeling it rise and fall with each breath, he smelled like fresh mint and Yukina soon felt herself drift off to sleep.


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