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Chapter 10: Wait for me

Sakura held her algebra book in one hand, and her math book in the other. Sasuke was staring at her, wondering what she was gonna do. She glared at both books and threw them out the window.

"What the…Sakura! That was homework!" Sasuke groaned, while Sakura sat fuming on her seat.

"I'll never get any of those anyway. Might as well say I lost it." Sakura mumbled. Sasuke rolled his eyes, studying was never something Haruno Sakura liked. He sighed and got up, his injuries were still aching, but he managed. He called the nurse to get the books that Sakura tossed out the window, and he sat back down beside her.

"Alright Sakura, I'll teach you if you would just stop fuming and cursing the subject. It's actually easy." Sasuke said, gently lying the book in front of her, afraid that she would just blow. She didn't, and he was thankful.

"I'll never get it Sasuke-kun! I mean, it's like the subject hates me!" she whined, making him sigh again. He took a few pieces of paper and started scribbling on it.

The school was in panic, students were running everywhere and anywhere to get out. Teachers couldn't control them and the ANBU were unsure of what they needed to do. Tsunade was no where in sight, and Sasuke was in the hospital. Neji was taking over Sasuke's duties for now, but with this situation, things couldn't get any worse, could it?

Oh how wrong Neji would find out he is. After trying to get the situation under control, Hinata told him that Tsunade was with the Kazekage in an important meeting, thus not hearing about this yet. Then TenTen told him that Naruto had went missing, Kakashi was in battle and Ibiki with him. It couldn't be any worse.

"God no…please…" Neji prayed as he watched a figure emerged from the crowd of students who were rushing to get out.

"Hello Neji-kun. Did you miss me?" a blond with hair covering one part of his face came out, holding a katana in his hand.

"Deidara…" Neji hissed. He was so wrong, Akatsuki picked a bad time to attack them.

"Oh!! I didn't know it was that easy…" Sakura laughed and wrote down the answer. Sasuke just smirked and leaned back.

"If you would just relax and concentrate, its easy." He said, taking out a book.

Sakura continued doing her homework, with the occasional "What's that?" and "I see…", and Sasuke read his book about martial arts. His wounds were already almost healed, and the doctors had earlier given him permission to leave the hospital tomorrow. He was relieved, since he was getting sick of the hospital smell and food. Sakura had stayed by his side since he was admitted to the hospital, to which he was grateful, rather then Naruto who couldn't keep silent.

"Speak of the devil…" Sasuke thought when the door burst open, and the voices of nurses trying to restrain Naruto could be heard from behind.

"Sasuke!!" Naruto shouted, causing Sakura to wince at the sound of his voice.

"What?" Sasuke asked, clearly irritated that Naruto shouted. It was not like he's deaf or something, but seeing the urgent look on his best friend's face immediately alerted him.

"Attack…at school! Sound has launched the attack! I think I saw Akatsuki too!!" he panted, holding the wall for support. The nurses had left them, since they couldn't do anything.

"Shit…" Sasuke cursed under his breath, Sakura had a worried look on her face. Sasuke was not fully healed yet, he could get worse if he went into battle now. Sasuke noticed this and motioned for Naruto to get his gear. He nodded and left.

"Sakura…" Sasuke started. She turned to him, tears welling up in her eyes, he sighed.

"I'll be fine. I promise." He said, smiling softly at her. He brushed away a few strands of hair from her face, and her tears fell.

"But Sasuke-kun! You're not healed yet! What happens if you get worse!?" she cried, holding his hand.

He racked his other hand through his hair, sighing again.

"Sakura, I'm your bodyguard. Orochimaru is certainly going after you, I doubt he knows you're here, but I have to go. It's my duty."

"Duty…" the word echoed in her brain. It was her secret, that since young she had a crush on Uchiha Sasuke, no one knew though, not even Ino, who was her best friend after Sasuke left.

She slowly let go of his hand, disappointed that Sasuke was protecting her only because it was his duty, and no more. She shook her head, it's not like she expected that he would like her, but a little hope wouldn't hurt right?

Sasuke noticed her antics and grew worried. Standing in front of him was the girl he knew since young, the girl he sworn to protect when he saw the other kids picking on her, but now, looking at her, she was no longer that little girl. She had grown and became a beautiful girl, matured and yet so fragile. He screw his eyes shut and took a deep breath, it was now or never, he thought.

"Sakura…" he said, making her look up at him. He quickly leaned down and gave her a kiss on her lips. Her eyes widened at this and her body tensed, and then she realized it.

Uchiha Sasuke was kissing her, Haruno Sakura.

Sasuke pulled away after a while, blushing. Sakura was still stunned and didn't have time to respond to his kiss. He scratched the back of his head nervously, and turned to the door, intending to leave, but Sakura caught his arm, making him look back at her who was blushing furiously.

"Sasuke-kun…" she bit her lip, eyes looking straight at him, and he gulped.

What happened next shocked Sasuke, she leaned forward and kissed him, smiling brightly after doing so.

"Please…be careful." She said,blushing eight layers of red. He smirked and nodded, leaning down once more to her ear.

"Wait for me Sakura, I'll definitely be back." He whispered, and Sakura smiled again, hugging him. Just then, Naruto came back, fully clad in his gear and in his hands were Sasuke's gear.

"Hey teme…!?" Naruto stopped when he saw Sasuke and Sakura embracing each other, he smiled slightly at the sight.

"So he finally did it huh? Took him long enough." He coughed, making the two jump and blushed.

"Sorry to interrupt, but we have a crisis here..." he said, handing Sasuke his things. Sasuke nodded and put them on, while Sakura stood there, watching them.

"What am I suppose to do then?" she asked.

Naruto looked at her. "Go to HQ, you should be safe there, there's a passage leading there in the hospital, I'll take-"

"I'll take her." Sasuke interrupted. "Naruto, you go ahead and tell the others I'll be there, and contact the other ANBU who are in HQ. Nii-san and Shisui should already be on the way."

Naruto nodded and sprinted off, leaving the two behind. Sasuke took Sakura's hand and ushered her to the passage.

"…Ne…Sasuke-kun…" Sakura started, and Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.

"Yeah?"

She bit her bottom lip again, nervous about this, Sasuke stopped walking and pressed a few buttons, making the door in front of him open. He walked inside, still holding her hand.

"Did…did that mean anything to you?" she blurted out, making Sasuke stop. He turned to her with seriousness on his face, making her gulped. He smiled softly and lead her to the lift inside the room. When she was in, Sasuke pushed a few buttons.

"Sakura, I don't know how to express my feelings or anything like that, but... I like- no, love you. Since the day I swore to protect you, I started falling for you." He admitted, blushing.

Sakura blushed at his confession. The lift door was closing, and Sasuke just stared at her, smiling.

"I love you too!" Sakura blurted out again, just in time to see his eyes widened then a smile, and the lift was closed.

She let out a breath she didn't know she was holding and slumped down on the lift floor. She touched her lips and smiled, happy that Sasuke actually loved her back.

Itachi and Shisui were running towards the school, Naruto had contacted them, and other ANBU members in the HQ. The reason they weren't there earlier was because they were training.

"Damn it…why do they always choose a bad time!?" Shisui cursed as they jumped from tree to tree.

"Aa…I heard Akatsuki is there too." Itachi said, narrowing his eyes. Shisui looked at him.

"Payback?" he asked, smirking. Itachi smirked too, nodding his head. They reached their location, immediately jumping into action.

Hinata and TenTen were still securing the safety of the students, which wasn't easy since the big snake they saw made them panic. The emergency escape route was crowded with students, since it was a big school, which meant a lot of students. TenTen cursed at this, and jumped for joy mentally when the last of the student went in. Hinata quickly shut the door and took out a kunai. Neji had started battling with Deidara, while Kakashi and Ibiki was trying to fend off the big snake.

"Damn that snake!!" TenTen cursed as she saw Kakashi avoid a blow from the snake's tail. She took out her gun and katana, rushing to aid them.

Meanwhile, Neji was trying to avoid touching any of Deidara's clay bird. Which wasn't easy as he kept sending them out. Neji was good at taijutsu, but that would mean hitting the clay, resulting in a badly damaged him. So he took out both his guns, and aimed.

"My my Neji-kun, aren't you gonna use your Kaiten?" Deidate smirked, making Neji twitched at the sound of his name. He pulled the trigger, taking out five to six clay birds.

"Stop being a coward and fight like an Akatsuki. Or have you lost your guts since I killed Sasori?" he mocked, taking out another few clay birds with one shot.

Deidara merely smirked as a reply. Sasori was his partner in the Akatsuki gang, but he was killed by ANBU, mainly Neji during a fight sometime last year. Since then, Deidara had been working with a newcomer, Tobi who was seriously getting on his nerves.

"Nah…I'm just warming up, un!" he said, taking out a bigger clay, making Neji widened his eyes.

"What the hell!? He's gonna blow up a big portion!" he thought, dashing forward, wanting to stop him. But Deidara smirked, and Neji realized it was a trap.

"Shit!"

A/N: CLIFFY!!!ehem...yay battle starts!!! xD I'm not really good in romance scenes and battles...hell I think I'm not good at any scences... ehehe...

Sasuke: I'm not in battle yet???

Dark: Oh shut it, you kissed Sakura, not enough?

Sasuke: ((blush))

Dark: ((smirk)) What do you think Sakura?

Sakura: Er...I...gottagoclearmystuffforschoolseeyasoon!! ((runz))

Dark,Sasuke: ... ... ...

Dark: Okaaaaay then! Review pls!! XD