Wahoo! I hope you like this chapter. You guys said Sasuke wasn't ooc in the last one, well he might be a little from here on out, so I'm apologizing in advance.
The Next Morning I wasn't sure what to think. Sasuke definitely changed in this life…was I brought to, like, an alternate universe or something?
Jeese, weird…
Fact of the matter is…against all odds I fell in love with him again…
What's worse is I almost feel like he loves me back.
I sighed, getting dressed in my usual attire, then heading out the door for an early start to the day.
Of course, I see Sasuke out on the street, and I rush into the nearest store possible.
What can I say? I'm nervous! What if he turns me down, forgets about the whole thing? What if he's already over it all? What if--
Okay, Sakura, your being a child. If he doesn't want to think anything of it, let him! There are plenty of guys to be with who would care!
With my newly found confidence, I walked out of the store…
And straight into Sasuke. He held my forearms to stop me from falling over.
"Oh, Sasuke…" I started, "Um…hi?"
He just stared at me.
"Okay, Awkward, Umm…"
"What are you doing out here so early?" He finally asked, I realized he was still holding me and scrambled out of his grip.
"Errands." I answered simply.
He looked behind me, and I turned around.
I nearly died--The Icha Icha book store…
"Uhh…Oops?" I said, turning back towards Sasuke. He smirked and shook his head.
"You're annoying." He said, ruffling my pink locks as he walked away.
"Hey!" I countered, "Meanie, get back here!" He kept walking away.
"You're not being very nice!" I called after him. I huffed, then turned to finish my errands.
…Which I wasn't actually here for, but while I was out, you know…might as well…
--
It was later that day when I encountered him again. I was helping a woman walking her four dogs.
Yes, four huge dogs.
They were currently dragging me along to parts unknown when he intervened, taking two of the bigger dogs.
"What?" I began, "you think I can't handle the bigger dogs?"
He rose an eyebrow.
"Give me the big one!" I demanded, he switched the smallest for the biggest.
…he started to drag me away quickly, "Take it back! Take it back!"
He smirked and grabbed the dog, not even budging when the dog began to try and drag him away.
I pouted, okay, so I can get his by a 4 ton boulder and not move, but when it comes to dogs, god help me!
Whatever.
I'll work on it.
"Guess you can't handle the big dogs, huh?" He whispered in my ear.
I glared at him when he pulled back. He smirked and placed his lips on mine.
I nearly fainted on the spot. Second time in one week that he kissed me! He tilted my head to meet his lips with his hand on the side of my head under my jaw line. I looked down to see he was holding the two huge dogs with one hand.
Showoff.
I closed my eyes and slid one hand behind his neck…
Until my dogs pulled me away, trying to get to a grasshopper. I was roughly pulled away from Sasuke's lips.
"eheh…" I laughed nervously, holding one leash in each hand again. He rolled his eyes.
"Come on." He ordered.
Wow…And you thought he would try to forget about it!
Quiet you…
"Sakura." He called, I looked up, seeing him quite a while away.
"Oh! Coming!" I called back, dragging the dogs with me.
--
We brought them back to their owner after a nice walk (yeah, scratch out the nice part).
"Oh, I see you got your boyfriend to come help you." She smiled, Sasuke stayed emotionless.
"Whatever." He mumbled, and walked away.
She frowned, "He's not very polite, is he?"
I sighed, "Not always, no."
"Okay, well, thank you! I really appreciate you doing that for me, I just have so much to do today!"
I smiled, "Your Welcome! Anytime!"
I turned and caught up with Sasuke. "You could be a bit nicer…" I commented.
"She was annoying."
I smiled, "More annoying than me?"
He smirked in return, "Hardly."
I glared playfully and nudged him in the arm.
"Meanie."
He didn't say anything.
I was suddenly curious. "Sasuke?" I called, stopping in my tracks. He stopped a few steps ahead an turned around.
"Yeah?"
I looked at my feet, "About last night, and earlier when walking the dogs…Does that mean we're, like--"
"Do you want it to?"
I looked up, he was staring straight at me.
"I don't know." I answer warily.
It was really quiet then.
"Do you?" I finally asked.
He was silent. "If you had a choice between having me or that Ryato kid, who would you choose?"
I sighed, "First of all, it's Ryota--" He scoffed, "And second, you're completely avoiding the question."
He frowned, "So I take it the answer's Ryota?"
What?
"huh?" I spat, "What do you mean? No, it does not mean that."
"Then why wouldn't you answer?"
I glared, "Because you wouldn't answer my question!"
"Yes."
"…what?"
"The answer to your question is yes, now answer mine."
I stayed silent, did he just say he wanted to be with me?
"Well?" He asked impatiently.
I jumped up to him, wrapping my arms and his neck and kissing him fiercely. He responded immediately, wrapping his arms around my waist and deepening the kiss.
Hah, three times in one week.
I was the one who pulled away--as much as I didn't want to. "Does that answer your question?" I asked.
He frowned, "not really."
I rolled my eyes, "You. The answer is You. Ryota's just annoying."
He smirked, "I have to agree with you on that last part." I giggled, bringing my lips up to meet his.
We heard a scream, whirled around to see where it came from and saw a girl about our age staring at us horrified.
"Fan girl of yours?" I asked as she ran away as quickly as she could.
"I don't know, you think I keep track of those things?"
I glared, "I used to be one of 'those things'"
"Well then it's a pretty damn thing your not anymore, come on. Let's train."
"For what?"
He glared, "Chunin Exams."
"…right…" I hurried after him.
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Of course I lost.
Because my chakra levels still weren't as high as they were when I was older…
Okay, that sentence sounded weird…
But I came pretty damn close to winning!
After the training, we laid in the clearing talking.
Well, kind of talking, he isn't much of a talker.
"If we go against each other in the Chunin exams, will you kick my ass terribly?" I asked.
"yes."
I glared at him, but couldn't help laughing. "Mean."
"No one ever said I was nice."
I sighed. This life was good.
But a question suddenly popped up.
"Sasuke?" I asked, sitting up. He turned his head to look at me.
"Orochimaru said you'd come to get power…"
He was silent.
"You won't go, will you?"
He still didn't answer.
"Sasuke, promise me you won't leave!"
"I'll make the right decision, Sakura."
I was mortified. I fell stood up angrily.
"Yeah, right," I said, "That's your way of saying no promises."
He didn't say anything.
"Sasuke! You can't leave!" I said angrily.
"Why not?" He questioned calmly, not batting an eye at my obvious anger.
"Because that's betrayal!"
"To who?"
I stared open mouthed, "To Konoha, to everyone, to me!"
He went silent.
"You don't need to go! You can get power here! Do you really think Orochimaru wants to help you? He just wants you! He couldn't give a flying fuck of whether or not you kill your brother! We care, Sasuke! Everyone in Konoha wants you to complete your goal! We want you to be happy!"
He didn't respond.
"Fine, leave!" I snapped, finally losing my temper, "Damn it, Sasuke, it's like I'm talking to a rock!"
I began to turn and leave, but his voice stopped me.
"Sakura." I stopped.
"What?"
"I'll promise you that I won't leave if you promise me something in return."
"What?" I asked, "What do I have to promise you?"
He looked at me, "Promise me you won't give up on me." He said, "If something goes wrong…"
I didn't understand.
"If I loose it…"
He knew the curse mark might lead him to it.
I set my jaw, "I promise."
He looked back up at the sky silently. I turned around and began walking away again.
It's almost dinner, I thought on my way home, Mom's probably worried.
Yeah, yeah, bad ending, I know. Review!