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Sai headed outside and waited for Sakura to join him. He didn't have to wait long as she came bounding down the stairs not a minute later wearing dark green leggings and a light grey snug fitting tank top. She had her weapons satcheled to her hip and thigh.

They started with Taijutsu at first. Sakura had the upper-hand with most of those matches with her nimble footwork and brute strength. After a few hours of hand to hand combat, they switched to Ninjutsu, and Kenjutsu, which Sai had the upper-hand in, with his spectacular tantō skills.

By the time night fell, Both Sakura and Sai were exhausted, and sporting many bruises, cuts, and damaged bones. When they stepped up on the porch, Sakura motioned Sai to sit down on one the chairs so she could heal his injured collarbone, and shoulder.

After healing Sai, she healed her own cuts and bruises before heading back in the house to clean up, and start on dinner. Sakura excused herself to head upstairs for a change of cloths so she could bathe, but Sasuke was standing at the top of the stairs. His eyes lingered on her torn clothing and mussed hair before honing in on her eyes. Once she reached the top step she stopped and held his gaze, since his body was preventing her from moving forward. Sakura stood frozen as he lifted his hand to briefly trace a finger right below her check bone.

"Training?" He asked as he let his hand drop back to his side.

"Uhh.. Oh! Yes, we were." Sakura babbled, snapping out of her shock as she realized that he touched right below a scratch she had gotten when Sai's kunai nicked her.

"Hn." He grunted, still holding her eyes captive with his own.

"I'm going to go take a shower." Sakura informed, hoping he'd take the hint and step aside so she could access her room. To her dismay, he merely raised a arrogant eyebrow at her silent request.

"Really now Sasuke." She clipped as she rose her hands to his chest to try to gently maneuver him away so she could pass, only to be thwarted again when he didn't budge.

"Sasuke?" She asked, cursing the slight quiver in her voice as she looked up at him with questioning eyes. He scoffed softly before stepping back, and allowing her to move forward. Sakura have him another curious look before stepping around him to disappear in her room.

'What the hell was that about?' She thought as she quickly grabbed a change of clothes, dashed down the staircase and locked herself in the bathroom to take a shower.


After taking a long, refreshing shower, Sakura was just about to get dressed when she heard a echoing crash and a string of curses go off in the kitchen. She hastily secured her towel around her chest and sprinted to the kitchen where the noise came from.
Sai, was standing at the edge of the kitchen clutching a kunai, and Sasuke was sitting in a mess of glass from her broken chandelier, glaring up at Sai.

"Seriously? What the fuck guys?" Sakura all but screeched. "You know what? Never mind, don't answer that." She added as an after thought as she stomped over to Sasuke, pressing the seal at his neck, before jabbing the 5 points down his spine none to gently. "You boys aren't even mature enough to be left in the same room together with out supervision!" She scolded before adjusting her towel and dragging Sasuke up with his arm over her shoulders and started to make her way back to the bathroom.

"Sakura? Where are you going?" Sai asked with a miffed tone

"To the bathroom…" Sakura huffed.

"Where are you taking him?" Sai questioned.

"He's coming with me, to insure no other casualties happen when I'm gone." Sakura snapped. Sai's eyes widened and he was about to disagree when;

"Pshhh! Sai, shut up! And clean up this mess." Sakura yelled motioning to the shattered glass in front of him.

Once inside the bathroom, she slammed the door, and deposited her ex-teammate on the floor. Giving him one more scolding look (Which he repaid in the form of a glare) Sakura grabbed her clean clothes and disappeared behind the shell-decorated shower curtain.

"How did the chandelier end up on the floor?" Sakura snapped from behind the curtain.

"Sai threw a kunai at me and I deflected it with a frying pan..." Came Sasuke's lazy drawl.

Sakura almost laughed at the thought of Sasuke fending of weapons with a frying pan, of all things. "Oh? And what did you do to provoke him into attacking you?"

"..."

"Sasuke..." Sakura strained, wrenching the curtains back and stepping out of the shower clothed in maroon harem pants and a black flowing top.

Said man just stared at her with cool indifference. Sakura almost snapped at him again, but upon scrutinizing his expression she noticed the slight tension in his brow, so she let her retaliation disappear on the tip of her tongue.

'It must be strenuous to even keep his eyes open at this point...' She thought, recalling the harsh affects of the seal.

Sasuke tore his gaze away from the furious woman in front of him, to stare at the ground. He felt his eyelids begin to drop, but snapped them open when he felt a gentle hand at his temple.

"Lets get you upstairs so you can sleep it off." Sakura's sweet voice spoke gently to him.

'Wasn't she yelling a minute ago? Fickle woman.'

He grunted his reply as she pulled him up, with his arm around her shoulders again.
They managed to ascend the stairs with minor difficulties. Instead of placing him on his own futon, Sakura walked them in her own room, closing the door behind her, and sat him on the bed. When he looked up at her in question, she told him;

"The closed door will keep the noise from around the house out so you can rest better."

He huffed in response and laid down on his side, not even bothering to look at her as she placed her hands on his temples to ease his discomfort. It was only when she retracted her hands from his skin, did he react, voicing a soft sound of protest. Sakura stared down at him, surprised as she watched his face turn to discomfort.

Her heart ached for him, as she sat back down to run her fingers through his ebony hair, trying to put him at ease again. Her heart skipped a beat as his face relaxed again, and he slowly leaned into her touch.

'He probably doesn't even know what he's doing...' She reminded herself.

She didn't know how long she lied there, before sleep took over her senses.

When Sakura finally awoke again, in was past midnight. Sasuke was still asleep against her chest, breathing softly against her skin. She sighed in content, before trying to ease off the bed. She wanted to go check on things downstairs, and see if Sai was awake.
As soon as she moved, Sasuke's eyes snapped open, instantly alert, and latched on to her form before she could even sit up.
He sluggishly tried to sit up, despite the angry protest his body made, managing a slouched, half sitting, half lying position.

"Feeling better?" She whispered, swinging her legs over the side of her bed to sit beside him."

"Tch, barley. Can't you do something about this?!" He snapped grumpily, glaring up at her with tired eyes.

"I can help with the headaches, but I can't remove the seal to get rid of the symptoms completely, sorry Sasuke."

"Why not Sakura, are you scared of me?" He clipped, with a condescending sneer pulling his lips back.

"I just don't trust you..." Sakura replied with soft eyes.

When he didn't respond, she lifted her hand to trace the soft skin between his eyebrows that creased whenever he was agitated. His expression melted into one of confusion, before changing into a expression she couldn't quiet identify. He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch, groaning softly when she brought her other hand up to his temple, sending soothing chakra to his nerves. Sakura wondered if he could hear her erratic heartbeat... As if sensing her thoughts, Sasuke had leaned forward, resting his face in the crook of her neck.

'Well if he didn't feel my heart before, he certainly does now!' Sakura thought, as a shiver went through her.

"Cold?" He smirked against her neck, nipping at her skin softly.

Sakura froze, torn between the giving in to him, or pulling away. She has wanted him for so long, but she knew he was just messing with her head now, and that hurt.

"Oh Sasuke..." She breathed regretfully as she put her hands against his chest, pulling away.
His expression turned from arrogant and dominant, to confused as he looked at her expression, and noticed moisture in her eyes. 'Why that expression?' He wondered faintly, his head suddenly felt less hazy as he took in her sad eyes.

For the next minute, they sat quietly, analyzing each others expressions. Sakura, deciding she was overwhelmed enough, moved to stand up.

"Wait." Came Sasuke's quiet demand as his hand closed firmly around her fingers.

"What is it?" Sakura asked in a hushed whisper.

"My head still hurts." He dead-panned, tightening his hold on her fingers.

Sakura sighed in response, settling back on the bed once more. Sasuke leaned his head down so she could easily place her hands back on his throbbing temples. A soft breathy sound escaped the back of his throat as her cool chakra soothed him. The groan made Sakura blush as she tried to quell the churning in her stomach.

'What the hell is wrong with me.'

During the duration of the hour long healing session, Sasuke had fallen asleep against her chest, and was now breathing evenly. Sakura absent-mindedly stroked his hair as she wondered how she was going to survive this predicament with Sasuke. If he carried on like he has been, she would probably end up giving in. He would use his soft velvet voice and scorching gaze to ensnare her in his dark alluring web... Thinking like this, Sakura realized that this was a dangerous game she was playing with him, a game she had no chance of winning.

A.N.

Please feel free to point out any spelling mistakes I may have made.

A big thank you to all the reviewers! it really made my day. Seriously... THANK YOU!

And the sexual tension begins! Sakura is wary of getting close to Sasuke, for understandable reasons, considering their history. And Sasuke, just doesn't know what he feel, all he knows in an annoying desire to be close to her...Not knowing why he feels like that, would obviously frustrate the hell out of him.

On a different note, Sai is the ultimate Cock-block! Poor guy is just trying to help hahaha

Sorry for not getting into the details of their training, I really am lame at writing that kind of stuff, hahaha

I love making Sakura, Sasuke's "safe place" I think if they end up together, or even were just good friends in the manga, she would help him through a lot. :)
Again, please review, so I'll know if I should continue posting new chapters of this story. Reviews motivate me to write more, and update more frequently. ;) thank you!