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Chapter six: Enter protector and some tripping up!

"Troubling..." Itachi muttered, a dark aura surrounding him, as he stared out at the bustling city, through a small hole in the blinds. The profile sitting behind him on his desk, that had been putting the man at un ease for the past half an hour now.

"Send in Sai!" Itachi turned to face Kisame, with no emotion on his face, yet it was obvious to the blue haired man, that his partner was very worried.

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"Do you understand?" Itachi queried fiercely, his crimson eyes studying Sai intensely.

"Yes, It is my duty to guard Sakura, with my life." Sai answered, not even a flicker passing through his eyes.

"Good, you're dismissed!"

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Sakura scratched her head, staring at the sheet of paper in front of her. This was gibberish to her.

'So, x=2, if...oh hell, this is useless.' Sakura figured, a look of pure annoyance crossing her features.

'Who needs maths anyway.'

Just as her thoughts ended, Kakashi sauntered into the room, late as always. Putting a stack of books down on his desk and then clearing his throat to get the classes attention. Sakura looked up lazily from her work, wanting to glare at the teacher for setting such a hard standard of maths, when he wasn't even there to teach them how to do it.

"Now class, I have an announcement to make" Kakashi paused, eyeing the reaction of his class. Shikamaru was currently sleeping, Ino was picking at her nails, Sasuke was staring out of the window, Naruto was...who knows what he was doing and Sakura was busy giving him a funny look. Sweat dropping, Kakashi continued.

"As of today, we have a new student, come in Sai!"

'It can't be...' Sakura thought, as the door handle twisted around and a handsome young man, strongly resembling Sasuke walked through the door, his charcoal eyes blank and raven hair slightly ruffled.

"Yo, Hag." Sai greeted, with a slight wave of his hand and a big, fake smile planted on his face, directed towards Sakura. He was acting completely oblivious to the rest of the class.
"Sai!" Sakura called out incredulously, practically jumping out of her seat. The whole of the class had gone completely silent. This had to be one of the strangest boy, the class had ever come across yet.

"I will sit here," Sai paused, pointing to an already occupied seat, right next to Sakura.

"Move him!" Sai finished, in a completely blank voice, that sent shivers down most of the classes backs.

Only, Sakura slapped a hand over her forehead.

'This couldn't get any worse' She pondered, as the boy who'd currently been seated next to her, had scurried to the back of the class, in fear of Sai and let him have the seat.

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Naruto, on the other hand, couldn't understand why he would have to glance at Sakura every few minutes. This had been going on since the other day, when she had seemingly appeared out of nowhere in front of the Akatsuki. She'd looked so cute, that Naruto felt his face heat up just thinking about it.

'No, I must focus.' Naruto thought, gripping the pen in his hand more determined. Yet, he still found himself wanting to look up.

'What is wrong with me.' He thought, shaking his head, before glancing at the board to read the next task. Only, caught a glimpse of that new boy, talking to Sakura, she had a smile on her face and so did he, even if it looked weirdly fake, Naruto couldn't help the twinge of anger that rose up.

"Oi." Sasuke called, trying to get Naruto's attention.

"What is it?" Naruto answered, finally turning away from Sakura to face Sasuke.

"You were staring at Haruno." Sasuke stated blankly, raising an ebony eyebrow.

"No, I wasn't! Why would I stare at her? I hate her." Naruto hissed back, getting really defensive. Sasuke only glared for a moment before turning back to his work. It had been completely obvious to him, the dobe was staring openly at Haruno and he didn't realize it.

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"What are you doing here?" Sakura whispered across to Sai. Who seemed busy writing something down, in what looked like a small black diary, completely unfocused on the lesson.

"To keep an eye on you. Suspicious person spotted, codename: Dickless, consistent staring."

"Ehhh!" Sakura cried astonished, what the hell? Somebody in class was staring at her and what was with that nickname from Sai.

'I wonder who it is, probably Kiba, planning his next attack or something,' Sakura concluded in her mind, not giving it too much thought.

"Dickless is approaching!" Sai announced, turning around in his chair and giving one of his bone chilling smiles.

"Huh?" Sakura replied, sweat dropping, she wasn't planning to turn around but curiosity ended up getting the better of her. As she twisted around in her seat Sakura nearly gasped. The only person approaching them at the moment was Naruto, who had a very irritated expression on his face. Maybe he'd heard Sai calling him dickless, but it was impossible wasn't it? There's just no way, Naruto would stare at her!

"Oi Sakura, who is this guy?" Naruto snorted, glaring at Sai as he reached the front.

Sasuke, who had been observing Naruto, raised an amused eyebrow.

'Yeah, you soooo hate her Naruto. It's sure easy to tell that, when you stare at her, call her by her first name and get jealous over the new kid.' Sasuke's thought's dripped with sarcasm.

"This is Sai." Sakura answered, Pointing to her old friend, who was very blunt and clueless at how to express his emotions.

"well it's nice to meet you Sai, but Sakura and I will be going now." Naruto responded quickly, grabbing Sakura's wrist, who didn't have time to react as she was dragged to the door of the classroom.

"You too, dickless." Sai called after them, a smirk lighting up his face.

At this Naruto froze, slightly baffled.

'what did he just call me? I could of sworn...' Naruto's thought's were interrupted, when his wrist was twisted, non too gently and he was suddenly laying sprawled on his back, in the doorway of the classroom.

"What the hell was that for?" He half yelled, half whined, staring upwards at a fuming Sakura.

"What the hell do you mean? I could ask you the same thing, trying to drag me out of the classroom." Sakura seethed, puffing her cheeks, which were red with frustration.

"Dad wants us home by lunch time." Naruto responded, a blush once again staining his face. Sakura, to him looked a little more than adorable, staring down at him like that.

"Why didn't you just say that too begin with?" Sakura threw her arms in the air, exasperated. Jeez, was this boy hard work sometimes. Twisting on her heel, Sakura walked back into the classroom, grabbing her bag and stationary off of the desk. Next thing, she was walking side by side of Naruto out of the classroom and towards the school exit, unaware of the whispers of classmates.

"How strange, did you just see that?"
"Yeah, Naruto was going somewhere with Haruno."
"I know, but you have to admit, they kind of looked cute together."
"Tee-hee-hee, actually you're right."

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Sakura cringed, Kushina had literally threatened her into a skirt and heals, small ones...but they were still heals and Sakura was having trouble walking in them.

'I mean, for heaven's sake ,we're only going to a restaurant opening. Though, I thought Naruto was handsome earlier, Boy is he yummy now and I've never smelt better cologne in my life!' Sakura thought, eyeing Naruto. Who was seated next to her in the car, in a navy blue buttoned T - shirt, with the top button's un done and jeans to go with and his hair - Then it hit her...she was staring admiringly at Naruto Uzumaki.

Feeling her face heat up, Sakura quickly turned away, staring out of the window.

'Stupid Sakura, Stupid! Get a grip will ya!' She scolded herself, feeling her hands start to clam up in nervousness, yet she couldn't understand why she was so nervous and aware of Naruto's presence so suddenly.

'What has gotten into me?' She thought, feeling awkward for the rest of the car journey to the restaurant. Stepping out of the car was a problem for Sakura; she struggled and struggled, finally making it out successfully. Only, once she'd waddled a few steps forward, her foot slipped and Sakura went tumbling forward.

"Ahh!" Letting out a surprised scream, the girl's eyes widened, she was about to make herself a laughing stock. Only, was shocked, when Naruto smoothly stepped in front of her, catching her gracefully in his arms. Sakura blushed into Naruto's chest, her heart beat racing faster and faster at his close proximity, his cologne was stronger and she could feel his heart beat against her ear, as she had her cheek pressed against him. Naruto, also felt the blush appear on his face, the moment Sakura had come into contact with him, he'd felt a tingling sensation. Her skin was so soft and she fit perfectly against him, he was un willing to let her go and then she looked up meeting his eyes. Ocean blue into emerald green, staring deeply into each others eyes, blushes still tainting there faces. Naruto, couldn't quite describe his feelings, it wasn't anything he'd felt before, Sakura was also having a hard time breaking the contact, his eyes were so intense and she'd never really registered just how blue his eyes were before now.

A clicking noise, sounded abruptly, shocking them both out of each other's arms, their blushes even more heightened. Kushina stood grinning from ear too ear, a camera hidden behind her back. Minato on the other hand, was smirking knowingly.

"Getting along better, I see!" Minato teased, taking Kushina's hand in his, he quickly began walking away toward the restaurant entrance, a giant grin planted on his face.

"Hey! What did you say?" Naruto screamed angrily, he was embarrassed as hell and didn't dare turn around to call Sakura, before jogging to catch up with his father. Sakura, on the other hand, held a hand to her chest, not daring to look at Naruto as she walked forward to catch up, she couldn't believe she'd been so stupid.

'Oh well, Once thing's for sure...I think, I might have a crush on Naruto!'

'Who'd of thought it? ...Me, having a crush on Sakura chan!'

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