Chapter 8!

I don't own Sasuke. Or Naruto, for that matter.

SASUKE IS MINE!

:D


"Where are we going?"

Sasuke chuckled. "It's a secret."

Sakura pouted. "Sasuke-kun?"

He sighed and cupped her face in his hands gently. "Sakura-chan, please?" He cracked a smile for added effect.

"O-kay."

"Good. Now close your eyes. No peeking." Sakura sighed when Sasuke held her hand.

After a few steps, Sasuke stopped. "Sasuke? What's the matter."

"Nothing, now open your eyes."

When she opened her eyes, she gasped in wonder.

They were atop the Hokage Mountain, and there was a sanctuary there. "Do you like it?"

"Sasuke...it's beautiful! I've never seen anything like it!"

"It was my mother's. I tended it after they died."

"Oh. I-It's so wonderful! I love it!"

"I'm glad."

"Why can't we see it when we're down there? I only see a big hunk of rock."

"It's there. You just don't look closely. Like in people, you only see their bad side when you don't look closely. But if you do, you'll see that there's really good in them."

"That's what people see in you. They think you're bad, evil even. They think that all you care about is power. But I don't."

"Yeah. At first, I thought you were just an annoying fangirl. But time proved me wrong. I've learned to like you, love even."

"Yeah. Time changes things, ne?"

"Yes."


Sakura sat up from her bed, only to be dragged back down again by a pair of arms wrapped around her waist.

"Uh, Sasuke-kun? You can let go now.." Sasuke groaned.

"Sasuke, I have to work."

"No, Roary-chan," he answered sleepily.

"Roary-chan?" Sakura giggled. "Sasuke, wake up!"

"What is it?" Sasuke let go of her, rubbing his eyes. Sakura sat up.

"Who's Roary-chan?" Sakura asked, an innocent smile on her face.

Sasuke turned a bright shade of red. "Where did you hear that?"

"From your mouth."

"I said that?"

"Yep. Now who is he?"

Sasuke's face was crimson. "He was - my stuffed lion."

"Aww, how cute! Do you still have it?"

"Yeah, I do." Sakura squealed in delight.

She pinched Sasuke's cheeks. He winced slightly. "And you're cuter."