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Hi guys, I'm sorry for not updating yesterday I was busy (gets ready for punishment) but I wrote the story a little longer And well, I just want to say something to this g.o.d guest reviewer. Please keep your opinions to yourself if you have nothing nice to say. If you think my story is garbage then why are you reading it in the first place? And I'm not going to stop updating my stories because there are some people who actually like it ok? (Goes back to happy mood) thanks whenrosesawake there should be more people like you =D. Sorry guys i had to let it out. Any ways Welcome new followers! And people who favorite this story, I love you all _ hope you enjoy this chapter.

"Sakura order number three is ready!" Said rin, holding a tray with hot coffees. Today the shop seemed to be filled with people who waited for their drinks, hoping the caffeine would wake them up to start the day.

The pink haired girl wrote down her customers order on her notepad before turning around to go receive the tray from rin "you really need to hire more people there's to many for just the two of us to attend" she advised, stretching her tired arms and then taking the tray from rin.

"Don't worry about it, I already plan on hiring at least two more people. Now go take the coffees to the customers before they start complaining that their cold."

Sakura nodded and walked over to leave all the coffee orders. She walked over to the last person and stopped to place the coffee in front of him "here's your coffee sir" He looked up at her and for a split second she thought it was gaara. He almost had the same characteristics as him, except this guy had black eyes instead of green and who knows? maybe this man was his long lost brother or something like that she thought.

"I'm sorry, do I remind you of someone?" He asked raising one of his eyebrows.

The pink haired girl noticed that she had been gaping at him for quite some time and quickly averted her gaze from him. she held the tray close to her chest embarrassed to even look at him. she looked down at his coffee that slowly released steam into the air "Yeah, you resemble someone i know" she responded meekly.

His lips formed a side grin "my name is sasori and if I'm not mistaken you must be sakura am I right?" He saw the surprised look on her face and he couldn't help but smile.

"How do you know my name?" She asked a little creeped out that a stranger knew her name. Or did she know this guy from somewhere?

"A little bird told me" he said taking a sip of his coffee. He glanced at her from the corner of his eyes and saw how she gave him a confused look.

"Sakura you have another customer!" Yelled rin who was busy cleaning the counter.

"I'm sorry but I have to attend other customers" she said giving sasori an apologetic smile.

He stirred his coffee before looking up at her "I understand, don't worry I'm sure we'll meet again soon." He gave her an evil like grin, taking a drink of his coffee as he watched her leave.

She walked over to a mysterious looking guy who had his eyes hidden with a dark blue hood and black pants. She couldn't help but wonder who would be wearing a hoodie in this hot weather. "Hi sir, what can I get for you today?" He pointed at something in the menu and she wrote it down on her notepad. "Would you like sugar with that?" He shook his head no and she wrote it down "alright then, I'll be back with your coffee" she said smiling. He gave her a nod and watched her leave from the corner of his eye.

As she made her way to the counter she felt someone grab her hand. She turned around surprised at whom it was "gaara? What are you doing here?" She tried to free her arm from his grasp but his hold only tightened.

He pulled her to him, making her bump on his chest. His green eyes piercing through hers "I thought I'd find you here. Sakura you have to accept my proposal, I promise I'll make you happy, I'll give you anything you want, and you wouldn't have to work in this filthy place, you wouldn't have to work at all."

She looked at him in disbelief "Gaara, I already gave you an answer" she replied trying to push him away but he refused to let go of her.

He let the anger get the better of him and his grip on her wrists tighten making it painful "I'm not taking no for an answer!" He shouted, getting the attention of customers.

She looked at his angry expression and it made her fear him "There's people here gaara let go of me! Your hurting me."

"You heard her let her go!" Said rin hitting him on the head with the coffee tray. She was not about to see one of her employees get hurt in front of her.

He gritted his teeth in pain and pushed rin making her fall on her behind "Stop getting in my business!" he barked at the astounded rin. "he's insane" she whispered.

Kakashi appeared out of nowhere and was beside rin in an instant, helping her stand up "sorry I'm late" he turned to gaara. His visible eye glaring dangerously at him "you shouldn't be treating women like toys gaara, especially if it's my girlfriend" he took a step closer his stare intensifying.

Rin had to almost drag kakashi outside to calm him down, telling him that she was ok and that she didn't want anymore commotions in her shop.

"How dare you do that to her!" Said sakura, scrunched eyebrows and a frown forming on her lips "I am not going to marry you, I don't care if your the richest, hottest guy in the world. I simply don't love you so please leave me alone!" She said angrily.

Nobody stood up to help. They knew who gaara was and they would rather not interfere. They did not want to appear in any newspapers or TV news, talking about how a famous model got hit by a person in a coffee shop just for the fun of it. They knew media tempered to make their own version of the real story.

Gaara only grinned at her, ignoring the way she tried to push him away. she let out a frustrated sigh of defeat "You know? I like when your mad" he said letting go of one of her wrist's.

She scoffed "oh yeah? Well I know what will wipe that grin of your face" she grabbed a coffee mug that was on the counter and threw it on gaara's clothes.

"How dare you!" He spat angrily his clothes sticking to his body from the warm sticky substance. He raised his hand but someone stood protectively in front of her and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. He felt his feet lift from the ground and his green eyes made contact with the person that held him. His eyes widened as he saw the guys crimson colored eyes blazing angrily at him "Leave" he told him with venom in his voice. Gaara couldn't help but nod dumbly. He was too shocked to even say anything. This person had the eyes of a demon. The hooded man threw him on the floor and waited for him to leave.

Gaara stood up and dusted himself before glaring at sakura and pointing a finger at her "you will pay for refusing me haruno" he said making his way out of the shop.

Rin ran over to sakura with kakashi walking behind her "I'm sorry for leaving you alone. I had to calm kakashi down before he started a fight and destroyed the coffee shop. are you ok?" She asked worriedly.

Sakura rubbed her sore wrists and looked up at rin "don't worry I'm fine."

"Did he hurt you?" Asked kakashi in a serious tone "if you want I can go and-"

Sakura waved her hands "there's no need to, I'm fine kakashi" she said giving him a reassuring smile.

"Well if he ever tries to hurt you again, you should kick him where it hurts. it will paralyze him for some minutes giving you time to run away" he suggested.

Rin giggled while kakashi ruffled sakura's hair who huffed and smiled "Yeah I should have thought of that before."

"So who was that young man who saved you? Is he one of your suitors?" Asked rin curiously.

Sakura was busy talking to rin and kakashi that she forgot about the guy who had protected her from gaara. She looked around the shop hoping to find him and her eyes lit up as she saw him walk out the door. she looked at rin who nodded in understandment.

"Go ahead there's not many customers left anyway, I can handle it."

Sakura thanked her and ran out the door in search of the young man "hey wait!" She yelled making the guy stop. His back facing her "I forgot to thank you for protecting me back there" she said looking at his back, since he refused to turn around and look at her. She saw him nod and kept on walking ahead. "Wait what's your name!"

He stopped and sighed in frustration "annoying" he mumbled to himself. He turned around to tell her it was none of her business but a burning sensation stung his neck, making him fall onto his knees. He held onto his neck, gritting his teeth.

Sakura quickly sat down in front of him "what's wrong?" She asked worriedly "let me help-"

"I don't need your help!" He looked down on the concrete floor, hoping that she wouldn't recognize him. The pink haired girl stayed quiet for a moment. His voice and attitude seemed very familiar to her.

He let out a cry of pain. He couldn't resist the pain any longer, beads of sweat fell from his face and down to the floor, his vision blurred and the only colors he could see were red and pink. He didn't know when he had held onto her hand but he was squeezing it tightly, trying to fight of the pain he felt. "don't let anybody see me" he managed to say through gritted teeth before passing out and falling on her chest.

Sakura felt panicked. she tried to lift him up with her but he was too heavy. She laid him down making sure that his hood was covering his eyes and ran to get kakashi for help. He gladly accepted and helped her take him to the hospital.

"No way, so we have magic powers!" Said an excited naruto "then I wish to have all the ramen I could get!" He said with his hands held up high in the air.

"No you idiot! Its chakra not magic powers!" Said a frustrated Karin who adjusted her glasses.

Naruto gave her a confused look "and what's the difference?" He said scratching his head.

"Someone give him a smart pill said a lazy shikamaru" who was leaning against the wall.

Kiba who was next to him snickered "not even that would help the poor guy."

Naruto turned his seat around and gave them the look "hey I heard that!" He said pointing an accusing finger at kiba and shikamaru.

Neji sighed as he heard kiba and naruto fighting again. Only one word crossed his mind to describe them childish. He couldn't understand what hinata saw in naruto. He was immature and irresponsible to him. He shook the thought away and decided to ask Karin a question before he got frustrated "So how do we know what type of abilities we have?"

"That's the hard part" she said kicking suigetsu who was rubbing his leg on her seductively under the table. she saw him cringe in pain and with a satisfied smile faced neji again "since we weren't born with using this chakra, we must release it by meditating."

"By meditating? asked ino? Are you sure that's going to work."

Karin nodded "once you release the chakra, your going to be able to feel it throughout your body, making your senses stronger and when that happens you will know your ability" said Karin eyeing everyone. suigetsu, hinata and I have unleashed our chakra already now it's your turn. But you better be careful you might end up hurting yourself or someone else."

"Really!" Asked an excited tenten "what can you guys do? could you show us?"

Karin looked at suigetsu. He nodded and Karin punched his face making it turn into water. Almost everyone gasped as suigetsu's face turned back to normal.

"That's awesome!" Said naruto "I can't wait to know what my power is."

"What can you do Karin?" Asked amy. She wondered what kind of ability she would have and if it would be useful to get sasuke to notice her more.

"I can sense people from a certain distance" she said proudly.

"No fair I want that ability too!" Whined naruto.

"Well juugo here can communicate with animals" said suigetsu patting juugos back.

"No way!"

"Come on naruto, let's unleash our power of youth together!" Said lee with his fist in the air and flashing a smile that almost blinded everyone. "if i fail to unleash my abilities first, then i shall shave off my eyebrows!"

Naruto almost laughed as he imagined lee without eyebrows. "Alright bushy brows let's do this!" They both ran into the woods to go meditate.

"There so immature" said tenten shaking her head. Everyone nodded in agreement.

Kakashi and sakura entered the hospital with an unconscious person.

"Miss Sakura? Your early today" said the lady at the front desk.

"Yeah I know. I really need to treat a patient is there any empty rooms down this hallway?" she asked tapping her fingers impatiently on the counter.

"Yes in fact room 110 is available" she said checking on her computer.

Sakura thanked her. once kakashi laid the man on the hospital bed he turned to sakura and asked her if she needed anything else "Thanks kakashi but I can handle it from here."

"Alright if you need anything just give me a call ok?" He said walking out the door after she nodded. He waved goodbye and left closing the door.

Sakura immediately turned to the unconscious man, eager to know who he was. her hands reached for the hood that almost covered half of his face "Now, let's see who you really are." she slowly removed the hood, revealing the young man's face. She gasped and covered her mouth in horror…"sasuke what happened to you?" She whispered in disbelief, looking at the black marks that scared his face and the mark on his neck. Beads of sweat fell from his forehead, rolling down onto the hospital bed. He scrunched his face in pain, holding onto his shoulder where the black mark was. Sakura didn't waste anymore time and got a towel cloth, dipping it in the cold water. she gently placed it on his forehead, hoping it would calm his fever down a little. He flinched from the coldness but then relaxed as he got used to the temperature. She gently removed a strand of his spiky hair from his forehead, wondering what was going on with him. she had seen burn marks but they were nothing like what he had and that mark on his neck made it all seem weirder. she had discarded it as a tattoo since there didn't seem to be any ink in his skin but then what was it? She would have to do some research.

Almost an hour passed by and sakura hadn't moved from her spot. she had sat on a chair, her arms crossed on the bed, she laid her head sideways on her arm and watched the man she loved sleeping peacefully. His fever had gone down pretty quickly and she was waiting for him to wake up. Her eyes felt heavy after a few minutes. work at the coffee shop sure had exhausted her and she ended up sleeping.

an hour later Sasuke stirred and opened his eyes, only to be blinded by the bright light on the ceiling. He put a hand on his forehead to shield the brightness a little. He took a moment to look around him and noticed where he was. Great he was in the hospital again. He looked to his left were a peaceful sakura slept. He sat up, rubbed his eyes and got off the bed careful not to wake her up. He ran his fingers through his raven spiky hair, stopping mid-way when he noticed his hood was not on. That only meant one thing…

"Nobody saw you if that's what your worried about" a sleepy sakura said, standing up and staring at his back.

He tensed when sakura's hand laid gently on his shoulder "sasuke what happened? Maybe I can hel-

"No" he said shrugging of her hand. He had been careless and know she new who he was. She knew what he had become.

"But I-"

He turned around abruptly, startling her "do you not see me? I'm a monster, you can't help me" he said ,taking steps toward her, while she backed away until the hospital bed prevented her from walking any further. she laid her palms on the mattress looking up at his blazing crimson eyes which alarmed her. She thought his eyes were black and not red. She felt frightened, could he be some kind of vampire? either way it was sasuke and all she wanted to do was help him.

"Why do you insist on helping me, when I have done nothing to help you? Why do you love me when you know I can't love you back? He hissed, leaning closer to her face… why?" He whispered harshly, looking into her eyes that flickered with emotions he couldn't describe.

She gulped, feeling nervous either because he was so close to her or because his eyes looked at her with so much intensity "you know the answer to that" she breathed out shakily. If he got any closer to her she would probably start hyperventilating.

He tried to look intimidating, he had tried to push her away, he had hurt her with words and yet she still loved him. He couldn't understand how she could feel that way towards him if he never did anything to deserve her love. would she still love him if he stayed like this forever? Wouldn't she be embarrassed to walk down the streets of konoha with a guy who looked like some kind of beast?

"Sasuke-"

"Why Aren't you scared of me?" He asked before she could say anything.

She laughed lightly, her eyes softening "why would I be scared of you?" She said holding his cheeks with the palms of her hands. "You could have scars, marks, wings, fangs or a dam flower growing out of your head, and either way it wouldn't change how I feel because you would still be sasuke and I would accept you with all your imperfections."

He felt his chest grow heavy with shame and guilt. He didn't deserve such feelings from her. He knew she would be willing to do anything for him if he asked her to but he couldn't. She deserved a guy who would treat her the way he would never be able to. His heart wasn't meant to love, love was weak he reminded himself but then… he looked from her big green orbs down to her rosy lips, what was this warm feeling he felt inside every time he was close to her?

Her cheeks grew red and she was sure her heart was about to explode any minute when sasuke leaned in closer. she placed her hands on his chest feeling the rise and fall of his heartbeat. She saw him hesitate as if he reminded himself that it was forbidden to kiss her. She closed her eyes her lips tingling with anticipation as she felt his lips brush hers lightly.

The door suddenly opened and a nurse walked in, an embarrassed look on her face once she saw the scene before her. "I'm so sorry; I didn't mean to interrupt anything!" She blurted out, face red.

Sakura's face turned a deeper shade of red "it's not what it looks like!" She said waving her hands over sasuke's shoulder who seemed to be giving her a why are you lying look, making her turn even redder if that was even possible. He smirked at her flustered face. He never thought he'd be in this type of situation.

"I'm sorry!" She apologized again covering her face with the clipboard she had on her hands. "I just came tell you that your shift starts in a couple more minutes. I'll knock on the door next time, I promise" she said closing it without another word.

An awkward silence followed after. Sasuke put his hood back on, hands in his pockets. He couldn't stay here any longer. His heart was making him do stupid things again and he refused to listen to it. He turned around to leave only to be stopped by sakura.

"Sasuke don't leave" she said grabbing a hold of his hand. He turned around to face her, getting the feeling of déjà vu. "Sakura, I can't stay"

She looked down at their hands and chuckled a little "you said the same exact words years ago. I thought I would never hear it again."

He sighed she always made things so difficult "It's not like I'm leaving the city" he muttered, hoping it was enough for her not to cry. He had always hated seeing her cry.

She smiled, knowing it was his way of comforting her. She let go of his hand and watched him leave, after all it was always this way, he left and she stayed. he was right, she was wrong. They were complete opposites. She sighed probably they weren't meant for each other after all.

"Hey ino what are you doing?" Asked tenten getting some water to drink from the fridge. She had finished her work and had been meditating to release her chakra.

The blonde opened one eye to look at her friend "I'm trying to meditate, duuh." she responded,closing her eye's again.

"On the table?" She said with an eyebrow raised.

"Yea but now I can't because, someone interrupted me."

"Well I'm sorry mam" responded tenten looking over at hinata who was sitting on the chair "hey hinata, what's your ability?"

"Karin said it's called the byakugan. It g-gives me a 360 degree field vision that allows m-me to see through solid objects."

"That sounds awesome, when did you unleash it?" She asked curiously.

Hinata blushed as she recalled how she got her chakra unleashed "w-when I was with naruto." she said fiddling with fingers nervously. She knew her friends would start asking a bunch of questions and she wasn't sure if she would be able to tell them.

"Wait you were with naruto, alone?!"

Ino looked up at the shy girl "so what happened when naruto took you to the room?" She said grinning mischievously.

"Yeah tell us" said tenten taking a seat next to ino.

Hinata turned bright red "well…"

FLASHBACK

Naruto held hinata in his arms, struggling with the door knob. He looked down at the unconscious girl, a smile making it's way on his face "We look like a newly married couple" he muttered to himself. Once inside he walked a few feet carefully, only to trip on a shoe that was on the floor. Hinata landed safely on the bed while he fell face first on her stomach. He looked up at the girl, her pale eyes staring back at him a blush spreading on her cheeks.

"Hi- hinata your eyes!" Yelled naruto hiding himself behind the bed.

She gave him a puzzled look. Did her eyes look scarier than before? She turned around to see herself in the closet mirror and saw web like veins popping out on the side of her eyes. She gasped and covered herself with the blanket "I'm s-sorry n-naruto I didn't mean to scare you I d-don't know what's going on with me."

Naruto stood up after recovering from his shock and walked over to her feeling stupid for saying that to her. He probably hurt her feelings "its ok you didn't scare me I was just…surprised. we should go ask Karin maybe she knows about it" he suggested.

She nodded and they headed to where the red haired woman was.

END OF FLASHBACK

"That was so not romantic" said ino who had been listening intently.

"And what exactly were you hoping for?" Asked tenten who was braiding ino's long hair.

The blonde propped an elbow on the table and leaned on her palm "I don't know a kiss? Or a love confession."

Tenten shook her head "that's so like you."

"Don't think I didn't notice that you and neji were missing to" grinned ino "Did anything interesting happen?"

The brunette blushed and looked away remembering how she and neji had almost kissed if it weren't for lee.

"I knew it!" Said ino smiling widely "spill it."

Tenten looked at them nervously "well we…we almost kissed." She admitted.

Ino squealed…"wait what do you mean almost?"

"Well Lee interrupted before it could happen."

"Are you guys talking about me?" Grinned kiba entering the kitchen with akamaru.

Ino rolled her eyes "yeah you wish we were. may I help you with something?" she asked so he could go away.

He leaned on the table "mind getting me some bottles of water for me and the guy's pretty lady?" He said twirling a strand of her blonde hair.

Ino swatted his hand away "stop being so cocky" she said standing up and grabbing bottles of water, handing them over to him. He thanked her and winked before leaving.

Tenten gave the blonde a devious smile "what was that all about ino?"

"It l-looks like kiba l-likes you" said hinata fiddling with her fingers.

Ino rolled her eyes "pa-lease kiba's a play boy remember? He doesn't take any girl seriously. what makes you think he will with me?"

Tenten put a finger on her chin "yeah your right, I've never seen him in a serious relationship before now that you mention it. But who knows maybe he does want something serious with you."

Amy, who had been listening walked in snickering "who would ever take ino seriously? when she wears all that makeup and wears short clothes all the time. I bet guys would only take her for a one night stand because you look like a slut."

"You better be quiet if you know what's good for you" tenten said in a menacing voice.

Amy faked a hurt look "I'm only telling the truth. How many guys have you slept with ino? you probably lost count already. I bet that's why shikamaru asked temari out because he wanted someone who was decent and not someone like you" she said enjoying the look of hurt in the blondes face.

Ino walked up to her and slapped her with all the force she could "I've had enough of you! Running your mouth like that" you know nothing about me!" She yelled angrily.

Amy put a palm over her red cheek and laughed "this just proves how hurt you are or is it because it's the truth?"

"Hey what's going on here?" Asked shikamaru who had heard ino yelling.

"Nothing, I'm leaving" said ino taking of her apron and throwing it on the table as she walked out.

Hinata went after her "I-ino wait!" She knew how much amy's words had hurt the blonde and she wanted to know if she would be ok.

Ino waved "don't worry, I'll be back later I'm going to my parents shop."

"You really think she's going to be ok?" Asked tenten watching her leave. A worried hinata glanced at her "I h-hope so."

Sasori sat silently on his bed, sharpening his knife. He had to admit today was an ...interesting day. He grinned as the image of sakura popped in his mind. tomorrow will be even better he thought to himself.

"Why are you grinning by yourself for? You look stupid" said kisame, watching as his partner looked at his reflection on the knife he was sharpening.

Sasori looked up at kisame and frowned "madara really needs to give us a room of our own. It's not fair that konan gets her own while I have to fu*en share with you."

Kisame sneered "it's not like I want to share with a brat like you either and your right, maybe the boss should make us fight for a room" he said going to his own bed "The one who succeeds in killing the other gets the room" he grinned. Before the two started a fight Deidra entered the room "hey sasori you ready for tomorrow?"

Sasori got up and placed the knife in one of his many puppets "of course I am, I've been ready ever since we were assigned to this mission " he grinned evilly "I just hope our victims are ready for what's coming to them."

Well that was it for today, hope you guys liked it, plz review. I'll update soon. Until then! =)