This morning I awoke and felt like a zombie. Last night, I barely got any sleep, and I couldn't stop thinking about what had almost happened. My eyes hurt and it still felt like I was crying but I wasn't. I cried so much last night and in front of Sasuke too. How humiliating.

Of course I thanked him last night, probably about a million times, and he was surprisingly kind enough to walk me home. He barely said much to me as we walked though but it was still nice that he accompanied me. I felt so safe and protected.

I don't want to feel that way though. I want to be able to protect myself and to not rely on anyone but myself. I'm a ninja now and I should be more cautious and responsible. I should have been stronger. I should have been able to escape but I didn't... I had to get saved.

One day though, I'll be really strong, but right now I need to focus on becoming stronger.

I just can't dream it. I have to work at it to make it happen.

Even if my true strength comes slowly...

What troubled me the most about last night was Sasuke's mysterious red eyes. It even looked like he had three black pupils, but maybe that was just my mind playing tricks on me. Sigh. Oh well.

I'm currently right now at the training grounds with my team and so many things were swirling around in my mind.

I didn't even pay attention when Kakashi was lecturing us. My head just remained looking down at the ground while my eyes were sad and I tried not frown.

No one seemed to notice my odd behavior since all eyes were glued onto my Sensei. Sasuke's eyes had returned back to normal of course, they were now black again.

When I first arrived to the training grounds, Naruto gave me a friendly greeting, and I couldn't help but blush. Seeing his handsome face reminded me that he kissed me on the cheek yesterday and I could barley look at the blond. I just shyly nodded and barley said anything.

I then saw Sasuke intently staring at me and I instinctively avoided his gaze. He made me blush too. I felt too ashamed to look him and also felt embarrassed about what happened last night. Sasuke saw me cry, he saw me at my most vulnerable state, and he even had to rescue me too. He even hugged me...

Okay. Now it's official. I can't stop blushing. My face is as red as a beetroot. Oh gosh, why did I have to be put on a team with boys that confuse me so much?! This sucks!

"Alright, team. Time to spar! Naruto, you'll be my partner. Sasuke, you'll be Sakura's sparring partner for today."

My body froze at hearing Kakashi's words and anxiety was now infiltrating me.

Sasuke!

SASUKE?!

Why the heck would he put me with SASUKE?!

"What?! But Sensei! That jerk is going to hurt her!" Naruto protested angrily and he glared at the Uchiha.

Sasuke glared at the blond. "Loser, shut up. No I won't."

Kakashi laughed silently while closing his eyes and his voice was so nonchalant. "Now, now, you two. Chill out. This exercise is just to show off your moves and to help improve. Understood?"

Crossing his arms, Naruto contained the anger from within him, and huffed. "Fine." My goofy friend then turned to look at Sasuke and his eyes pierced right through him. "If you hurt my Sakura-chan though, I'll kill you! BELIEVE IT."

I blushed at his bold statement and my eyes grew wide.

Did... D-Did he say "my Sakura-chan"?

Great. Now I defiantly won't be able to stop blushing!

Sasuke narrowed his stern eyes at him and aloofly shrugged. "Tch. Loser. Yeah right. You wouldn't be able to even lay a single finger on me..."

At hearing this, Naruto's body tensed up, and he grew very, and I mean VERY enraged. "WHAT DID YOU SAY, ASSHOLE?!"

Before Naruto could do anything, Kakashi stepped in front of Naruto, and placidly put a hand onto his shoulder. "Naruto, I suggest you save all that energy for when we spare."

Naruto rolled his eyes and grumbled something under his breath. It was really hard to make out what he said.

With his hands in his pockets, Sasuke aloofly walked up to me, and stood in front of me.

"This shall be interesting..." I heard Kakashi mumbled, almost gleefully, and he chuckled.

I wanted to glare at Kakashi but I was too afraid to move. My frighten eyes just stared at Sasuke and his eyes looked so calm but fierce.

"Let's get this over with."

Geez, Sasuke's voice is scary!

Nervously, I nodded, and then noticed that Naruto and Kakashi started to walk away from us.

Minutes later...

Punch. Block. Punch. Punch. Punch Block. Block. Block. Punch. Block. Block. BLOCK.

This wasn't going well at all. He kept throwing light punches at me while I just kept blocking them. I was too terrified to try to hit him back and I couldn't stop freaking blushing too! All my movements were really timid, even my successful blocks, and my body shook in fear as I tried not to whimper or scream.

He was getting irritated by this, annoyed by my constant blocks, and he glared at me.

"Your stance is pathetic and even your blocks lack movement," he remarked critically, his voice extremely harsh, and his glare on me intensified. "...And you're not even trying to fight back. Again, pathetic."

At hearing his stinging words, I felt all hope of me becoming stronger than him someday be brutally crushed into millions of pieces. My heart sunk in disappointment and embarrassment set in. I just awkwardly stared at him with a frown on my face and I had no idea what to say.

Oh, who am I kidding? How could I even compete with this guy? Sasuke. Sasuke freaking Uchiha... It's seems totally pointless to try to be as strong as him someday. Sigh. I suck.

Suddenly, Sasuke went behind me, and abruptly snaked one hand around my waist while his other free hand took ahold of my left arm.

My body jumped at the unexpected contact and I started to blush uncontrollably. I felt like I was in some sort of oven, that's how hot my cheeks felt, and my heart started to pulsate outrageously. Innocently, my mouth remained opened as nervousness bombarded me, and I tried not to twitch. I felt frozen like an ice cube and my brain seemed to turn into mush. He was talking, explaining something to me, but I wasn't even paying attention, because I couldn't stop thinking about how he was holding me like this! I felt the heat radiate from his body and he felt warm but cold, which doesn't make sense, but whatever! I felt powerless over his touch, paralyzed might be an even better word, or maybe even vulnerable is a better one!

Sasuke was positioning my body to stand in a certain way while he was coldly scolding me at the same time. I couldn't even hear his stupid lecture though, for my frantic thoughts were way louder than his quiet voice, and my heart rate kept increasing with every second. It was weird, because right now I feel kind of violated again, but...I kind of liked it.

. . .

WHAT?! W-What the heck am I t-thinking?! Man, I really am a weirdo!

"...You're suppose to make your stance like this..." I heard him mumble quietly, his voice so calm as if touching me like this was NOTHING, and he acted as if he was just tranquilly picking flowers.

But NO! He WASN'T! He was... He was freaking touching me, AGAIN!

"CHA! THAT PERVERT! HE'S PROBABLY ENJOYING THIS! LET'S KICK HIS ASS! CHA!" Inner me roared fearsomely, her voice so venomous, and she vigorously kicked the air.

Without even giving it a second thought, Inner me took over, and I tried to kick him in the gut with full force but...

Sasuke effortlessly grabbed onto my leg at such tremendous speed and I gasped.

He smirked. "Hn. Just as I expected. You only show your true strength when angry."

Wait... Was...WAS HE TRYING TO MAKE ME ANGRY BY TOUCHING M-ME?!

"CHA! THAT PERVERT!" Inner me screeched furiously.

Blushing, I felt like a frantic mess on the inside but I hid it by glaring at him. "W-What the heck do you think y-you're doing?! O-Of course I'm going to be angry! Now let go of m-me!"

I stopped talking once he ACTUALLY let go of my leg, causing me to loose my balance, and I fell backwards.

Ouch!

I promptly got up, my blood beginning to boil, and my eyes grew fiery.

He jumped back slightly and smirked. "Sakura, come at me."

So I did.

I eagerly charged at him and I briskly threw my fists at him.

Punch. Jab. Punch. Jab. Punch. Punch. Punch. Jab. Jab. Jab. Kick. Punch. Punch. PUNCH.

Nothing was working. He blocked all of my attacks with such ease and it pissed me off so much! I'm not stupid. I know he's going easy on me and I hate it. He saw the rage in my eyes and his eyes were dancing of pure amusement at seeing this. Darn you, Sasuke!

I must admit though. His movements were so fluent, so smooth, and just so flawless. Unlike mine. My movements were just a little above average and still had some flaws. Later in time though, that WILL change.

I then attempted to punch him again to only have him not block me, but grab my fist instead, and he pulled my body closer towards him.

For a second, everything appeared to be in slow motion as the wind danced with our hair, and we locked eyes. Our faces were now inches apart and he was smirking down at me while I stared up at him all flabbergasted. We were close enough to kiss... I started to blush as I then let out a shriek and I forcibly pushed him away.

Clumsiness then set in and I lost my balance once again, allowing me to fall backwards on my bottom.

I cringed at the pain I felt once my butt made contact with the ground and the blood wouldn't stop rushing to my cheeks.

"Y-You... Y-You... YOU W-WEIRDO! Why... W-Why did you do t-that?!" I demanded all flustered, my voice annoyingly shy, and I was VERY embarrassed.

Sasuke just crossed his arms, still smirking, which was creeping me out because he usually doesn't smirk that much, and I twitched in fear.

Suddenly, Naruto rushed up to me, and went to my side. He was now sitting next to me on the ground and looked at me with eyes that were full of concern and anger. "Sakura-chan! Are you okay?! Did that asshole hurt you?! Do I need to kick his ass for you?! Because I will, believe it!"

I let out a nervous laugh as I was slightly taken aback and I blushed. "U-Uh.. N-No. I-It's okay, Naruto."

Kakashi then walked up to the blond and sighed. "Naruto, you didn't have to go ditch our sparring session like that."

"I know but Sakura-chan was in trouble! I couldn't just do NOTHING!" Naruto growled at the silver haired adult and huffed.

I looked at Sasuke and his expression was unreadable.

"Hn."

Author Note: I hoped you guys liked this chapter. Thank you so much for all the wonderful support! It really made me smile since I was feeling kind of nervous about something but thank you! Naruto is just a sweetheart and Sasuke is a weirdo! By the way... I still don't know who to put Sakura with. So it could either be Naruto or Sasuke (; we will see what happens! Please REVIEW and I'll update soon! Thank you!:D

By the way, for those who don't know, I write all my stories on my phone xD and this story will ALWAYS be in Sakura's point of view. Also, sorry if some characters are out of character sometimes xD

That is all! Thank you :3