Chapter 9: The Raven's Jealousy

Note: I don't own Naruto

Author's Note: HEHEHE ENJOY MORE FLUFF!

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"Yuck, no." Sakura shook her head in disapproval as Sasuke held up a dark grey collared shirt.

"Kami, no." Another disapproving shake of head to his next option: an even darker grey crew neck shirt.

Sasuke let out a breath of exasperation as the vetoed his fashion sense. All he needed was a shirt. He wasn't going to a wedding or anything.

"Why don't you pick it then?" He huffed, slightly agitated that it was taking this long to shop for one shirt. The shirt wouldn't mean anything to him anyway. It wouldn't possess his clan's symbol. It's just a placeholder so he wouldn't have to walk around shirtless and have people gawk at him like he was a piece of meat.

Her eyes searched the store and paused when she saw a navy blue long sleeve with pink buttons. She ran towards it with glee and grabbed it off of the rack.

"THIS ONE THIS ONE! Oh Sasuke-kun you'll look sooo good in it!" She giggled.

"Hn." He wasn't exactly happy that the shirt had the color pink in it but he didn't hate it as much as he thought he would. It was quite pleasing to look at and he would wear anything as long as it meant that he could stop shopping.

The couple left the shop and explored the streets of the small village before heading off to find Itachi.

Sasuke spotted a weapon store in the corner of his eye and remembered that he was missing his trusty kusanagi.

"Let's go there." He said.

The girl beside him wouldn't move and so he took a quick glance at her face.

"Sakura?" He raised an eyebrow.

Her eyes were glued to a food stand as her mouth was drooling at the sight of dangos and anmitsu. Her stomach started to growl and rumble so loudly that Sasuke thought a storm was coming.

She looked up at him with pleading puppy eyes. He looked away because he could not stand that look. It's as if she knew how to control him and he did not like that at all.

"Meet back here in ten minutes. Don't eat too-" He couldn't finish his sentence before she was gone and was standing in line at the food stand, jumping up and down with glee. It left him feeling a little fuzzy in his stomach as he managed a tiny little chuckle and walked towards the weapon store.

The line was extremely long; it had about twenty-three people waiting. Sakura stood there, anxious to finally get some food in her stomach. The smell of sweet, savory dangos filled the air as the line slowly started to move.

'I'm going to get a strawberry one...oh and a blueberry...oh oh oh and a matcha...and the original soy...oh oh and two bowls of anmitsu...I wonder if they have any tomatoes for Sasuke-kun...oh! A tomato-based dango! WHAT? Yes!' The girl couldn't contain her excitement.

"Excuse me, miss." A voice called out from behind her. She turned around after she felt a slight tapping on her shoulder.

A tall man, about Sasuke's height, was behind her. His smiled showed his pearly white teeth that reflected the sunlight at that angle. The man had a well structured jaw, a nicely formed nose, beautiful hazel eyes, and smooth yet semi-pointy blonde hair. His body was fit and muscular, as if it was from shinobi training or if it was from him exercising often. His features could definitely earn some stares from girls and most girls would drool over the handsome man, but Sakura was not like most girls.

"Yes?" She replied kindly and curiously.

"I'm sorry. I just couldn't help but wonder if you were from around here because I have never seen you around before." He replied with a smile. His voice was cooling and his breath was minty fresh.

"Oh, sorry no. I just stopped by this village to see some shops." She smiled back. It seemed like an innocent conversation to her.

"Oh, haha. You must really be hungry if you're hopping up and down like that" he made a remark on her enthusiasm.

"Oh...no it's just that anmitsu and anko dumplings are my favorite food." She shouted with glee.

Sure enough, they were at the front of the line and Sakura was more than excited to order.

"OHAIYO! May I have uh…three strawberries, two melons, four red beans, uhhh...four matcha, and two soy...OH! And can I have four of the tomato flavored ones?" She couldn't help but drool as her words flowed from her mouth. As she reached into her pouch to pay, the man behind her placed his hand on her shoulder.

"No no, I got it." He said. Her eyes widened at the generosity of the stranger. It was her lucky day.

They walked out of line as the man forgot to order his food and followed her to the tables nearby.

"A-Arigato..um.." she didn't know his name and he had bought her food!

"Akio." He smiled at her. She really caught his eye from the moment he saw the bubblegum pink hair. He had never ever seen anyone with hair like that. She was just a huge mystery to him and he just had to get to know her better.

"Sakura." She decided to give him her name. Afterall, he did pay for her massive amount of food.

"Nice to meet you Sakura." He sat down at the table with her, facing her.

Just as Sakura decided to take a bite out of her strawberry dango, the man placed his hand on hers and said, "Wait. The strawberry dangos here aren't really good without my homemade love sauce." He grabbed a bottle of 'love sauce' from his bag that had been resting on his back and squirted some sauce on her dango. (That sounded dirty kek). He saw her eyebrows raise as he said the term 'love sauce' and immediately tried to correct himself. "OH! No! It's called 'love sauce' because anyone who eats falls in love with it! It's actually made with rose extract. I carry it around in case I get hungry for some dangos cause they're my favorite food too." He grinned at her.

"Oh...arigato" She smiled and took a massive bite. "Mm..tasty! Arigato again, Akio!" She continued to munch on her food gleefully. She accidentally let some 'love sauce' drip down her neck, leaving a red stain on her peachy skin.

"Oh, Kami." She tried her best to remove the stain with a napkin but failed.

"Haha...yeah it's hard to remove the color so it just stains for a few hours.." He laughed nervously.

"It's alright." She smiled.

She looked towards the weapon store as she waited for Sasuke to come out...it was already past the ten minutes he gave her.

"Sakura...what a beautiful name. It is truly fitting of someone this beautiful." He stated. His face should have been tired considering that he had been smiling the entire time.

"Someone as beautiful as you shouldn't be traveling alone" he said.

"Oh no. I'm traveling with my..uh..my boyfriend. We're just here because he lost his shirt...well I kinda threw it away because it was tattered." She corrected him. It was only a misunderstanding.

"Oh, haha, I apologize. I should have known you would be taken." His hand moved up to the back of his head as he laughed nervously.

"It's alright. It's a common mistake" she smiled at him to comfort his discomfort. "Do you know anywhere I could get some green tea...I need something refreshing to wash this down." She asked.

"Oh yah sure! It's right in the shop over there!" He guided her towards the tea shop. She didn't think Sasuke would mind. She was going to be back in a blink of an eye. "I wonder what Sasuke-kun wants."

As Sasuke was purchasing his new kusanagi, his body jolted and his head turned towards the weapon store's entrance. He swore he could have heard someone call him.

"Sasuke?" The blonde man asked curiously. "Is that the name of your boyfriend?"

"Hai." She nodded politely.

"Well, Sasuke must be a really great man to be have you love him." He made an observation at how her face lit up when he spoke of Sasuke's name.

"He really is…" She whispered.

Sasuke left the store with his new kusanagi on his back, and walked towards the area where he told Sakura to meet him. He looked around and did not see her anywhere. He checked the food stand line and couldn't spot the cherry blossom's hair anywhere. He pushed his way to the front of the line to ask the old woman selling dangos.

"Where did the pink haired girl go?" He asked impatiently. It's not that he doesn't have manners; he just had a very bad feeling about her sudden disappearance.

"She headed off with Akio" the old lady responded without looking at Sasuke and continued to make more dangos.

"Akio?" He questioned.

"Yes. Akio. I think she went over there with him." She pointed in the direction of the tea house.

Sasuke couldn't believe what he heard. Someone was accompanying his Sakura! 'How can she do this to me?' He snapped out of his thoughts because this definitely doesn't sound like Sakura. She wouldn't never betray him like this. He promptly walked towards the location of the man who had taken his Sakura from him.

As Sasuke stood in front of the teashop, he sees Sakura and Akio coming out laughing. The two were a few feet apart from each other but Sasuke still thought they were too close and that they seemed a little too chummy for his liking.

Sakura saw Sasuke on the street and called out his name, excited to go back to her man.

Sasuke's body tensed as his eyes were drawn to the red mark on Sakura's neck. 'What. The. Absolute. FUCK?'

"YOU!" He snarled at the blonde beside Sakura and before she could react, the raven attacked the blonde.

The blonde dropped to the floor while the raven planted himself on the blonde. Holding his new kusanagi over the blonde's neck, his eyes went red and black commas took over the onyx eyes. He wanted to remember the look on the imbecile face when he carves the life out of the jackoass who tried to take Sakura away.

"SASUKE-KUN WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP!" Sakura grabbed Sasuke's shoulder, charged her hands with chakra as she used her superhuman strength to lift Sasuke off of Akio.

"S-S...S-Sasuke eh? Sakura's told me a lot about you...I'm Akio." The blonde held his throat as he struggled to stand up.

Sasuke's eyebrows pinched together, looking at the man wondering what the fuck the guy was talking about.

"Sasuke-kun...what are you doing?" She quietly asked the shaking raven.

"What are you doing with him?" He snarled. He couldn't contain his anger. Something was building deep inside his stomach and it was vile.

"She wanted tea so I showed her where it was." Akio stated. This was not the first time a jealous boyfriend had attacked him. It was, however, the first time the boyfriend was a powerful shinobi. Usually it was some weakling but this guy was different.

"I was not talking to you, you imbecile." Sasuke snapped.

"Sasuke-kun, it's true." She said.

"Then what is that red mark on your neck?" He snarled as he turned to her and stared at the red stain with such hatred.

"W-what? OH! I was trying out Akio's 'love sauce' and it dripped on my neck." She smiled but it didn't stay on her face for long as she realized how wrong that sentence was. She should really think before she talks.

"WHAT?!" Lightning started to form on Sasuke's hand as he unknowing activated chidori.

The man in front of him saw the chidori and fell down on the flow, cowering in fear with his arm in front of his face, trying to block the attack.

"NO! NO! IT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!" She held onto Sasuke's arm before he can hurt anyone and started to correct what she had said previously, "He calls it a 'love sauce' because anyone who eats it loves it. It's actually made of rose extract so it stains your skin! Here taste!" She hurriedly grabbed a strawberry dango with some 'love sauce' and put it in front of Sasuke's face.

"Hn." A huge wave of relief washed through Sasuke as his eyes went back to onyx and his chidori was stopped. He stood in front of Sakura, blocking her from Akio's sight and said, "Stay away from her or the only sauce that will stain anything will be your blood." He turned, grabbed Sakura's arm and walked away.

"G-Good bye Sakura!" Akio screamed out, his voice was still full of fear. This guy does not know how to quit.

Sasuke sharply turned his head around to the moron's voice and shot a venomous glare at Akio with his Sharingan. Before he could turn to attack the moron, Sakura wrapped her arms around Sasuke's waist and gave out a little, "Shh shh shh.." as her an arm brushed the back of Sasuke's head slowly to soothe him.

"I'm yours and only yours...Don't worry...shh shh...Let's go, okay Sasuke-kun?" She whispered to him, soothing him with her hushed voice.

"Aa." He turned to her, kissed her forehead, and headed off to the entrance of the village. They definitely are not going to stay in the same village as that jackass, Sasuke told himself.

"Sasuke-kun?" She peeped.

"Hn?" His eyes remained in Sharingan form, carefully watching if other men were staring at his Sakura, in hopes that his eyes would scare off any potential suitors from trying to woo his woman.

"I got you some tomato flavored dango!" She cheered and she held up a bag containing four sticks of tomato flavored dango. Her eyes beamed with happiness and her lips were curled up into a sweet crescent moon smile.

"Aa. Arigato." He said in a low, sweet, hushed voice as the corner of his lips pulled up into a small smile.

Sakura noticed the little smile on Sasuke's face and as he was trying out the tomato dango, she decided to tease him one more time.

"Sasuke-kun?" She said.

"Hn?" His mouth was full with tomato dango as he let out a curious grunt.

"You're cute when you're jealous." She giggled as they walked out and away from the village.

He swallowed the mouthful of dango and smirked.

"And you're annoying" he teased back as he used his free hand to hold hers. The two continued to eat dangos happily as they embarked on their journey together.