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This is one of the (maybe even the one) longest chapter I've written for this story. Damn, that took me a while to typ. My fingers are still hurting.

Kakashi: Hey, I was finally back in the story!

Me: Yeah, you enjoyed it?

Kakashi: You made me faint...

Me: Hey, you want in or not!

Disclaimer: I don't have a lawyer, so I cannot claim anything! Alas T.T

Chapter 10: Show some remorse!

Sakura woke up, feeling not so well. She felt pretty exhausted.

She looked around and found herself lying in a bed with white sheets covering her body. The room was pretty small, she saw. Sakura realized that someone must have taken her to the hospital, because this was where she was. She saw the sliding door open and the first thing she thought when a person left the room was: he's the one from my dream.

She knew it right away. Unfortunately, he didn't turn around.

Soon after, she fell asleep again, forced by the exhaustion.

Xxx

As she woke up again, it was night. There was a chair placed next to her bed.

It was too dark to see the person's face, but she recognized him by his chakra.

Sasuke-kun…

What was he doing here? Had he been here, while she'd been asleep? She would find out soon enough.

The figure moved quietly.

Sakura knew, however, that he now was also awake.

Neither of them spoke.

Sakura had the feeling as though he was still looking through her even though it was pitch black in the small room.

Finally, Sakura broke the silence which had filled the room for several minutes. "Did you bring me here?"

"Aa," he replied. She could nearly feel his disapproving look.

"Why were you the one who brought me here, considering the fact that I was only a few yards away from the hospital and several people were ready to go to work?" she demanded. She was sure that his well known smirk was plastered cockily against his face.

"Sakura, you know I can be very convincing."

She merely frowned her eyebrows at the place where Sasuke was seated. "Who'd found me?"

Again, Sasuke smirked. "You might never know," he replied.

"Then what were you trying to do by being the one to bring me here? Scolding me for not being responsible? Force me into another date?" she sneered.

"Hn," he replied as he had so often.

Sakura sighed out of despair, then she pulled her act together and said: "Fine, just don't answer me. You have a twisted mind, which I will never understand. Leave me alone now. I need to rest to recover and I know that as long as you'll be here, I won't be able to sleep at all."

"I could punch you to sleep," he said, shocking Sakura quite a lot. "But who am I to hurt a woman?"

"Who you are, you ask? You're the coldest bastard I've ever met and I do count in all those twisted asses I've killed. Because you, Sasuke, betrayed your friends and home. You hurt us more than you can imagine!"

"Go out with me again," he ordered. It didn't even sound like a question. He just ordered her to. It was like yet another slap in the face. How could that bastard be so bloody, fucking arrogant?

"You're kidding, right? I'll go out with you as soon as Naruto stops eating ramen for a week! When Shikamaru will run a hundred laps around Konoha! When Lee will start wearing a blue suit! When you will show some fucking remorse, Uchiha! Summary: never!"

Sasuke had listened while his body was tense and his brain was making plans. Then he grinned. "I'll see you in a month," he grinned.

Sakura screamed angrily and threw her pillow after him with such force that it smashed open against the door, which had just been closed by Sasuke.

You're so dead, Uchiha, she thought, biting hard on her lower lip to prevent herself from screaming again. it didn't take too long until she tasted the metal in her mouth. Blood, obviously.

"Kuso! You fucking bastard!" she cursed.

Who the hell did he thought he was? Grinning at he when she was out of her mind due to her anger.

Xxx

Remorse, she said. He would show her damn remorse. Getting Naruto as far as to stop eating ramen for a whole damn week. That shouldn't be too tough. He would bribe him and otherwise he would be threatening him.

Make the retard wear a blue suit would probably be the easiest part. He would just convince that loser that blue was youthful or something.

Sasuke made a face. Yuk, youthful, he thought, rolling his eyes.

The hardest part would be to make Shikamaru run a hundred laps. Then he remembered Ino's grin when he had stand before her house. Ino could help out. She would probably love to take credit for hooking them up.

Slowly a plan was forming in his head. Everything would work out, he was sure. Just, how would he be able to show Sakura enough regret? Tricky.

Flowers were cliché and he didn't like cliché.

Then he grinned. Sakura would like a little cliché though.

Okay, now where is the gift shop here? He wondered.

Xxx

"Teme!" an enthusiastic voice yelled. Sasuke felt a pair of arms wrapping around him, while he was looking at some cards.

"Hn," he replied, clearly annoyed. He had to speak to Naruto anyway, but he'd rather encounter him somewhere more convenient for him. Not while he was standing in a gift shop, surrounded by Teddy bears and heart shaped cards.

"What are you doing in a place like this?" he asked Sasuke.

Anyway, things would speed up like this.

"You have to stop eating ramen for a week," he told him straight to the point.

That was when Naruto looked so amazingly like Hinata that even Sasuke looked surprised.

Indeed, the foxboy had fainted.

Sasuke was looking at the orange mess on the ground, that was supposed to be his best friend. He pushed a few times with his foot against Naruto. As he didn't move, Sasuke shrugged and paid for his stuff.

Meanwhile, Naruto had regained consciousness and helped himself to his feet.

"Teme! What the hell were you talking about?" he screamed.

"What I was talking about? Would you like to see me and Sakura together?" he asked bluntly. This question made Naruto curious. "Why?"

"Do you?" Sasuke repeated.

"Well, sure! That would be cool." Naruto looked slightly confused.

Sasuke told him what Sakura had said to him, while they went outside.

"Hmm, and you really think it'll work?" Naruto asked, not really convinced. He scratched the back of his head.

Sasuke looked at him and made a decision.

He told Naruto what Sakura'd said to him again and explained his plans. The Kyuubi boy beamed. "I wanna help!"

Sasuke smirked. "You can help indeed."

"Do I really have to stop eating ramen for a week?" Naruto whined.

"Yes. Moreover, you have to make sure that Sakura'll notice."

"That won't be a problem," Naruto grinned.

"Good. Now you have to help me with the Lee problem. Since he doesn't really like the idea of me and his 'youthful flower' together, we have to think of something. For instance, starting with the source."

"What do you mean?" His friend asked confused.

"Who's Lee's biggest roll model?"

Naruto grinned. "Gai-sensei."

"Right, and who is Gai's biggest rival?"

Naruto's grin grew wider. "Kakashi-sensei."
"There you are," he smirked.

Xxx

It only took them ten minutes to find Kakashi in his favorite book store.

"Kakashi-sensei, we need you to wear this," Naruto started, pulling a blue spandex suit out of nowhere.

Kakashi blinked twice, before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he, as well, fainted.

Naruto grinned. "Teme, you have a funny effect on people."

"Dobe, you were the one that made him faint," he scolded.

"Cool, I've always wanted to do that," he grinned foxily.

"First Hinata, now Kakashi huh?" Sasuke sighed, shaking his head. Unfortunately these people had to help him. A total dobe and a perverted sensei.

Kakashi regained consciousness and got to his feet.

"What is this all about?" he asked.

Again, Sasuke explained the story.

"Summary," Naruto added, "Sasuke-teme screw up and we have to even out the mess."

Kakashi nodded, but Sasuke looked annoyed.

"Whatever. We just need you to wear this." Sasuke glared at his former sensei, who had started to laugh.

"You know, there is a far more easy way to achieve all this." Kakashi smiled at them. "I only have to subtly suggest that blue would be more youthful than green. That would do the job as well. Moreover, it would prevent me from wearing that thing." He pointed at the blue suit as if it would kill him. "Please put it away, it makes me shiver."

Sasuke shrugged. "How fast can this be done?" he asked, while Naruto was stuffing the blue suit carefully back in his bag. He was whispering words to it. Very suspicious.

Kakashi flipped a page of one of the perverted books. "Gai is out of town. He won't be back before next week, so I guess you'll have to wait."

"I don't care," Sasuke replied. "As long as it's done within a month. I promised Sakura I would be back in a month."

Kakashi shrugged at this statement. He glanced over to Sasuke with his normal eye. "Consider it done."

Sasuke nodded approvingly. "Good."

They said goodbye and left the shop.

A few people who had passed the shop started talking about the boys as soon as they left the perverted store.

"Where will we be going now?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Ino's place," Sasuke merely said.

They walked to Ino's house and found her opening her door. She looked surprised as she saw Sasuke and Naruto in front of her house.

"Mission?" she asked.

"You could say that," Sasuke replied. "Can we talk to you?"

Xxx

Stupid. Cocky. Bastard.

How had he been able to manage this? Lee had told her Sasuke'd nothing to do with it.

She didn't believe it, though.

It had all happened just a few minutes ago. Lee had greeted her in a BLUE. SPANDEX. SUIT. It was fucking unbelievable. How could he have made Lee wear blue?

Che, next thing Naruto would stop eating ramen for a whole damn week. She chuckled slightly at the idea.

Yeah, as if…

Xxx

Several days later, Sakura was looking for Naruto. She obviously checked Ichiraku Ramen first. Funny enough, he wasn't there. She knew he wasn't on a mission at the moment.

Sakura didn't trust it at all. She asked the owner if he'd seen Naruto.

"No, I'm sorry, Sakura-san. I haven't seen him for at least a week. Is he ill? Please send him my regard when you see him."

Bloody. FUCKING. HELL.

She trusted that Naruto hadn't had any instant ramen as well.

There were two more things left, she had said. Only one of them would be something she could interfere in though.

Bastard. Why had he taken it literally?

There was no way that he could actually make Shikamaru run a hundred laps around Konoha, though. Im-pos-si-ble. No way. But, so she thought anxiously, the other things had just seemed as impossible, yet Sasuke-kun made them happen. For all she knew, it could be a piece of cake to him…

Xxx

A few more days later, a board caught Sakura's attention. The text written on it said:

Shinobi Stamina Training.

Every shinobi, chunin and up,

has to take the stamina test.

You are supposed to be

capable of running a hundred

laps around the village.

She read the further details and was flabbergasted. This was nuts. She could never run a freaking hundred laps around Konoha.

Xxx

That afternoon, someone was knocking on her door. She went downstairs and opened the door.

What she saw amazed her. Someone had put a huge vase of flowers in front of her door. She went inside, smelling the beautiful flowers. She just put them down as she heard the knocking again. swiftly, she went to her door again, only to find nobody standing in front of it. on the floor, she saw a huge card in a red envelop.

She opened it and found the sweetest card she'd ever seen. As she opened the card, she found sweet words written all over it, surrounding the word 'sorry'.

A smile emerged on her face. He surely was putting some effort in it.

"Alright, Sasuke-kun, you can come out now," she said.

But instead of Sasuke, three little ninjas appeared from behind the bushes. They were probably still in the academy, because they were too young to be real ninjas already.

One of them was carrying a large Teddy bear.

"Now you're really overdoing this," she muttered under her breath.

The three were smiling at her brightly.

"Hey you guys. Were you putting all those things in front of my door?" she asked gently.

The three of them nodded.

"And what were you getting in return?" she asked.

"Onii-san promised us to learn us how to throw shurikens properly," one of the two boys said.

"I see. Well, I promise you to learn you how to control your chakra anytime, when you tell me where that onii-san is, now."

The three looked at each other, then nodded.

"He's over there, the good-looking onii-san," the girl blushed, pointing over yonder.

Sakura smiled. "Arigato," she said gently, quickly making her way towards that direction.

Before she really approached his hiding spot, Sasuke had already decided to show himself.

"Sakura, I'm sorry for everything," he said regretfully.

Sakura smiled at him. "It's alright, just stop the stamina training please."

"I can't. Once I had proposed the idea to the Hokage, she became really enthusiastic about it. I don't think I can actually stop her…" He looked at Sakura.

She winced and moaned. "I cannot run a hundred laps around the village!"

Sasuke smirked. "If you collapse, then I'll carry you around."
Sakura blushed slightly. "That could work."

"So, are you going on a second date with me?" he asked straight to the point. Well, at least it was a question now.

"No more games?" Sakura asked suspiciously.

"No more games, how about you?" he asked in return.

"No more games, I promise." She nodded in agreement.

"Good. How about: I'll pick you up after the stupid stamina training," Sasuke suggested.

Sakura chuckled lightly. "Make that the day after. I don't think I'll be able to do anything afterwards. By the way, how stupid it may be, it was still your idea, you know."

"You had your hand in it too," he smirked.

She smiled in return.

"Oh, and by the way, Sasuke kun," she said, "Thank you for bringing me over to the hospital."

He smirked back. "No big deal."

Me: Okay, stop it NOW Kakashi.

Kakashi, grinning madly and flipping pages of his book at the speed of lightening: I can't! It's too good!

Me: What are you actually reading?

Kakashi: Your stories.

Me: Well, okay, I think I'm cool with that...

(Just kidding people! I'm not bragging, no really, I'm waaaaaaaaay too modest :winkwink:)

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Next time: Sasuke and Sakura are getting along better now? How will things proceed?