Warning: Izuna/Sakura moment

I Dare You

Chapter 13 - Sailor Moon, Saturday (Day 7)

Izuna sighed as he knocked on the big wooden door in front of him. He had planned to tell Sakura he was not going to do this anymore. He shuddered at the thought of how she could react. He knew she had a bad temper, not because he had seen it, although he had no intention of doing so.

The door opened and Sakura stood with a confused smile on her lips, obviously not prepared to see Izuna again so soon.

"Izuna, what are you doing here? We're first supposed to meet in a few days for the last part of our plan," her left arm hugged her right, holding the elbow.

"Yeah, about that," Izuna said, as he walked into the house, not bothering about being invited inside or not. Izuna walked into the next room to the right, the kitchen, perhaps not the ultimately best room of choice, but still considerable good enough for the purpose.

"We cannot do this anymore," Izuna said leaning up against the kitchen counter as he watched Sakura's pink eyebrows frown at the words.

"What do you mean by that?" Sakura stepped closer to him without knowing where to put her arms.

Izuna took a deep breath slowly, using the time to think about the chosen words, "I'm not going to mess with Sasuke anymore. I will not help you get together with him again either," Izuna said as he looked up at the ceiling, thinking about Itachi's words from yesterday. He had to do this.

"Why not?" Sakura was not happy with this, Izuna had even been the one to approach her at first, and now he just wanted to quit just like that? "You cannot just … Just … I have to be with an Uchiha! I have to be together with Sasuke Uchiha!" Sakura moved over to Izuna who still stood casually against the counter, not very intimidated by the furious Sakura. She grabbed his collar and looked into his black eyes. They really resembled Sasuke's. They were so dark, she felt like she could drown in them. She could feel her resolve and her anger weakening as she looked deeper into his black eyes.

Izuna took Sakura's hands off his shirt and held her hands against his chest. "Won't this Uchiha do?" he asked with a low voice, as he pulled closer to the pinkette.

Sakura blushed, her heart raced faster and her green eyes looked into his dark ones. Wow … He looks just like Sasuke … So handsome.

Izuna leaned down to Sakura's pink lips and sealed their lips together for a short moment. When Izuna parted away from Sakura, he could see the disappointment in her look. Izuna smirked, turned Sakura around, so she stood against the counter. He lifted her up on the counter, making the height difference smaller. He leaned against her, standing in between her legs and kissed her again softly on her lips, only this time, Sakura kissed back. Izuna ran his hand through her pink short hair and held her around her back, as he deepened the kiss.

Izuna left Sakura's place after he had felt that she would let him leave while being satisfied with how it was between them. He corrected his hair, knowing it was a complete mess, as he closed the front door. That girl is indeed something special. Izuna thought to himself as he got into his own car, which he had parked next to the pavement. Even though he would have enjoyed staying longer at Sakura's place, maybe even spent the night, he knew he had something to do before he could do much more about his own person life. Izuna seated himself in his black car and drove away from the Haruno residential.

Izuna parked his car near the Konoha Park, a perfect spot to do his last deeds he had promised Itachi to do.

Knowing that Hinata would not feel comfortable being around Izuna anymore, he had to contact her through other methods. Izuna had always been good at getting the information he needed, and right now he needed to know Hinata's number so he could call her. Damn, this would be so much easier if this wasn't a secret to that foolish cousin of mine. He thought as he messaged the older of the cousins, Itachi. If anyone would know, it would be him.

Waiting for a reply, Izuna walked out of his car and into the park, sitting down on the nearest available bench. The weather was great, which meant that a lot of people were outside, playing in the park. Izuna looked around observing all the people surrounding him. It was filled with young teenagers flirting with each other, couples walking hand in hand, families spending time together and a few elderly couples walking at a slow pace together as well. It was indeed summer, the time for love. A perfect day, he thought to himself as he enjoyed the sun licking its warmth on his pale skin while the refreshing breeze ran through his already messy hair.

The peaceful state of Izuna was interrupted by his cell phone ringing. At first he had not noticed it was his phone ringing, only because the tone was not his usual one, it was Magic by Selena Gomez. First, when everyone in a few meters diameter around him, turned to watch where the music came from, he noticed it was his phone, which was by then embarrassingly too late to turn it off, as the music has faded off by itself. Knowing who it was, Izuna cursed underneath his breath with a blush on his cheeks as he read the message, it was Hinata's number his cousin had sent her. I'm going to kill Itachi after this. Izuna called the number and waited in silence as the sound of the call began.

"H-Hi this is Hinata Hyuga, who is t-this?" a shaky voice came through, making Izuna smile slightly.

"Hinata-chan! It's me Izuna, Sasuke's cousin, do you remem-" the call was cut off, leaving Izuna in silence, "ber me … ?"

Izuna crossed his arms and his eyes got more determined, so this is not going to be that easy, huh? Well, I cannot really blame her for that. Izuna thought to himself as he recalled what he did the last time they had seen each other.

Dialling the number again, Izuna looked at the phone as it connected once again. This time she did not introduce herself again.

"Please d-don't call me a-again," she said with a shaky voice, obviously not very good at rejecting people.

"No wait, don't hang up on me again!" Izuna hurried, hoping her polite nature would let him talk to her.

Pleased to find out that she had not turned off the call, taking it as an invitation to say what he wanted, Izuna thanked Sasuke for falling for a well-mannered girl.

"Just listen to me Hinata-chan. I know you have no reason to hear me out, but I promise you, I will make up for it," Izuna said, sweating nervously, he knew everything depended on this moment, he had to do it right.

There was silence on the other end of the call, Izuna waited to see if Hinata was going to say anything before he continued.

"I have an idea how to save things between Sasuke and you since I'm the one who ruined it, I will patch it up. I know you like him; otherwise you wouldn't have gone to the cinema with him in the first place, right?" Izuna almost smiled as he gestured with his hands while he was talking, making people look at him as they walked past him.

"I-I … But I don't really …" Hinata's voice faded off in a mumbling.

"Listen Hinata-chan. I promise you, this time I won't trick you or Sasuke. Just do this. Are you up for it? Don't you want to know how he feels?" Izuna said the last part in a teasing voice, knowing it would make Hinata even more embarrassed than before. Sure he promised not to trick them, but that didn't mean he didn't enjoy teasing, and this girl just made things too easy for him, he could practically hear her blush on the other side of the call.

" … O-okay" she said with a weak voice, almost not audible.

Izuna smiled at himself and thanked her for her cooperation. He told her to go to the cinema entrance, and wait for Sasuke to arrive. He hung up after the details were agreed. Now Izuna only had one thing left to do. Smirking, Izuna went to go up to a big tree he could climb up on. This way he was able to see everything at a small distance, as the park was right next to the cinema.

Sasuke had sneaked into Itachi's room once again, just as he did the day before. It had actually helped when he had applied the make-up he had borrowed; you could barely see any of his bruises. As he applied it all on his face once again, he silently thanked the gods that this would only last a few more days and that nobody was going to see this.

When Sasuke was applying the last part, almost done, his phoned started to ring with the Lollipop song. Sasuke fumbled with his hands, fishing the phone up from his pocket and turned off the tone as he opened the message. Itachi you ass, don't change my tone all the time. Sasuke thought as he once again was very happy that nobody was around for this moment. As Sasuke read the message he flinched. A message from Izuna could never be a good thing.

Dear Sasuke-chan

You should go to the cinema immediately, Hinata is …

Nothing was added to the message, making Sasuke worried. What had happened to Hinata? Was this another trick? What would he do this time? Sasuke quickly added the last touch to the concealing, put the things back where he found them and rushed out of the room as fast as he could, not caring that he knocked Itachi's glass vase off the nightstand.

As Sasuke ran as fast as he could across the street, not really looking for traffic, only hoping for the best as he ran, he swore to himself that if anything happened to Hinata, he was seriously going to relocate his cousin's face.

When Sasuke came near the cinema entrance, all he could see was Hinata, standing alone, looking at her feet sheepishly. Sasuke's pace slowed down to a jog until he stopped completely. He quickly hid behind the nearest tree before Hinata would notice him. Sasuke's breath had still not slowed down. Man, I'm in bad shape. He thought to himself as he checked his phone again. There was a new message from his cousin.

Waiting for you … you're welcome ;)

Izuna

It was an attached message from the one before. Sasuke's heart skipped a beat at the thought. She's … She's waiting for me? Sasuke sneaked a peak at Hinata from behind the tree, she was still standing there, waiting for him. What do I do? What should I say? Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. Sasuke started to jump up and down nervously. Okay, you can do this, you're Sasuke Uchiha! Don't worry! You can do this, just relax. Sasuke took three deep breaths and exhaled slowly, trying to calm his racing heart and his slightly shaking hands. Though he would never admit to anyone that he was actually nervous to go over and talk to a girl. Sasuke Uchiha does not get nervous.

Sasuke rolled his head around in order to relax his neck. Okay, I'm ready. Sasuke got out from his hiding behind the three and walked casually towards Hinata, who was still looking down at her feet, apparently finding them very amusing. Before he got up to her he thought, Wow, to think Izuna actually had stuck to his word … I still cannot stand him though.

Naruto, Shikamaru and Kiba were walking together near the cinema, talking about who of the girls in their school was the hottest. Kiba and Naruto were obviously arguing whether or not blondes or brunettes were the prettiest. Shikamaru on the other side was silently just walking along, not really caring to be a part of the conversation.

"I tell you Naruto, the way the - wow!" Kiba stopped, making Naruto and Shikamaru stop as well, looking at him in confusion. Kiba looked like he had seen a ghost.
Kiba grabbed both of his friends by their collar and pulled them behind the nearest bush to hide in.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Naruto asked with a loud voice, already getting up again. Kiba shushed him and pulled him down again.

"Look, that's Hinata and Sasuke," Kiba whispered as he pointed at Sasuke, who was about to walk up to Hinata at the cinema entrance.

"Unbelievable, he's actually doing it," Kiba said surprised as he leaned closer to get a better look.

"If not he's going to do the punishment," Shikamaru said with a monotone voice almost yawning, but still his eyes did not break away from the Hyuga and Uchiha.

Kiba giggled in amusement, "I would just love to see that Uchiha cosplay as one of the characters from Sailor Moon" as he had said it, Naruto laughed silently, torn between supporting Hinata and Sasuke, and wanting to see the image Kiba had just provided them.

"Though that may be fun, but I really hope this will go well." Naruto did not get an answer from his friends, as they were too focused on the couple before their eyes to bother replying the blond.

"Hi … Hinata" Sasuke made his presence clear to the shy girl who was standing at the cinema entrance, looking down at her feet. When she heard the young Uchiha's voice from behind, she jumped by surprise.
"Sa-Sasuke? Wh-what are y-you … W-why are you h-here?" Even though Sasuke's cousin, Izuna, had asked her to come so Sasuke could talk to her, she was still surprised to see him standing in front of her.
Sasuke cleared his throat and his hand held the back of his neck in a nervous gesture, "You see … I want you to hear me out" when Sasuke said those words he felt like smacking himself, you've already apologized, you dork! What do you plan to tell her? That you're crazily in love with her? That you've been dreaming about her every day and night for so many years? Crap … She's looking at me! Why is she looking at me? Sasuke mentally slapped himself once again. Might be because you're talking with her and said she should hear you out? What are you? Just as dumb as Naruto?
"I know what I did was a bad thing … But …" Sasuke sighed, the pale eyes of Hinata were causing a pressure on his ability to talk fluently.
"Because … You see …" Sasuke took a deep breath and tried to collect his thoughts into words that would be understandable. I should have thought about what to tell her long time ago.
"This is not something I usually do. I am not used to pour out my heart like this, so, please hear me out." You've already said that you moron. Sasuke cleared his throat several times through the first sentence and his professional Uchiha smirk was long gone from his lips. Sasuke stood with his hands in his pockets while he was looking slightly away from the shy Hinata, with an equally red blush as she had on her cheeks. Although he was trying to hide it, he was not very successful.
"You see … Hinata, I have always been in love with you, and I know that you have feelings for me as well." Hinata looked up in surprise, was she really that easy to read? Hold on … He said that he … Hinata looked surprised around her to see if anyone had heard that the great Uchiha was in love with her if so she could be in trouble. Or if somebody was hiding, making a prank on her.
Sasuke took Hinata's hand in his and forced his eyes to look into hers, which resulted in an even bigger blush from both of them, "Forget about the others for a moment, forget about the dare and forget about my cousin, think of us, and us alone. What happened between us is not 'nothing' it meant something. You cannot deny that Hinata. I don't care about that dare at all, all that matters is you …" Sasuke's heart was racing as fast as it ever had been, Hinata's eyes were only on him now, she was only focusing on him.
"All I am asking for is one more chance, one more chance for me to prove to you that what we have is more than just a platonic friendship. I have never thought of you as a friend, I am thinking of you as a woman." Sasuke took her hand to his chest, letting her feel his heartbeat.
"This is how my heart reacts every time I am near you. Hinata, I love you …" Sasuke had been talking without really thinking, and at this point he suddenly became very self-conscious about himself as his voice also started to fade away. He looked at Hinata's blushing face. You are just too cute for your own good.
Hinata looked up to Sasuke and her blush became even darker. She kissed him softly on the cheek and smiled a shy smile as she said with her small voice, "I am not going to kiss you on your lips though" she could smell the gentle scent of Sasuke's peach shampoo which made her heart calm down.
Sasuke's porcelain face was ruined, for once he was truly smiling.

Behind the bushes, Naruto, Shikamaru and Kiba were all in a state of shock to have heard Sasuke's bold love declaration and to have witnessed Hinata accepting it and kissed the Sasuke Uchiha on the cheek.

"Hey, you three, want to go inside?" they heard Sasuke saying from the entrance, which made all of them stand up straight in one quick motion revealing themselves, a chill down their spine went through them. Shit! He caught us! They all thought as they walked towards the couple in front of them.

"So, you knew?" Naruto asked with a nervous laugh, scratching the back of his head.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, hitting Naruto playfully on the top of the blond's head, "idiot, I'm not as stupid as you."

All five went inside the cinema, Sasuke and Hinata walking together next to each other. Hinata nervously took Sasuke's hand in hers. Sasuke immediately turned towards her and squeezed her hand, smiling at her.

"Ahh! Tenten and Gaara!?" Naruto said loudly, making the others look in the direction Naruto was pointing. Sure enough, at the counter Tenten and Gaara were paying for tickets, together. Gaara was insisting on paying for both the tickets while Tenten was exclaiming that she was an independent woman, who was able to pay for her own tickets.

Kiba and Naruto looked at the redhead and the brunette with big eyes. "Had you ever imagined those two together?" Kiba asked in Naruto's ear.

"Not one bit" Naruto replied, watching as the couple went into the room to find their seats.

"Come on, let's get our tickets," Shikamaru said bored, ignoring what he had just seen.

As they all sat down, Hinata and Sasuke sitting together, Naruto sitting next to Sasuke, then Kiba and Shikamaru, they watched as Tenten and Gaara who sat a couple of rows in front of them. Tenten was obviously smiling as she talked while Gaara kept a hidden smile on his lips as he listened to what the brunette was talking about.

Sasuke was not able to comprehend how happy he actually was at this moment having Hinata by his side, it felt like a dream. Their hands had not left each other since they came into the cinema, Sasuke not wanting to break their touch ever again.

As the movie began to start, Naruto leaned over to Sasuke, whispering: "By the way, Sasuke, we have agreed that you're going to cosplay as a Sailor Moon character tomorrow."

Sasuke turned to look at Naruto with a 'what-the-fuck' face, only to see a lifted eyebrow with a 'sorry bro' smile.

- The End -

A/N: Wow, that was the end for I Dare You.
I'm not really sure how I feel right now, it's so weird that it's actually done.

So what do you think? My first story with chapters! It's amazing, I had planned this to be a one-shot, but ended up with 13 (actually 14) chapters.

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