Hi Again!
I'm am so SORRY for not updating for so long... GOMENAZAI!
it's just that... i went through a disease called 'writer's block' and was so stuck on how the story should go... plus i had a few topic tests and assignments due n stuff...yeah
Luckily i asked moi frwen YUNA who gave me the best idea which i have written about in this chappie.I couldn't thank her enough as the story raced through my head as i put pen to paper. THANX SO MUCH YUNA!
and once again... ARIGATOU GOZAIMAS to ALL my REVIEWERS!
this time i have taken the time to acknowledge each person who had reviewed for chapter 7... they are...(drum roll)
Sakura2387, pUrPlEpOlKaDoTz , Kakashi320 K chan Millie-chan, animefan24 Usagi , Sasu+sakuFAN, xx-Tsumi-Chan-xx, Lone Sakura,MelanieStar, G-wiz, starry-eyed angel,SaiLaKaKaShi,springninja, babykitty2070, moonlightpath, kuMi-iZ-Miii, Presea Combatir, Kagome1992, Gothbrat, UNKIND, limitedvision, Sierra , springninja, iluvsasuke...
I apoligize if your name is not up there if you did review...its just that...(nervous laughter) i started getting bored at copying and pasting the names so..sorri...XP
Well...oh yeah...the winner for the Valentines's Day Chapter is...(drum roll)
NEJI/TENTEN and NARUTO/HINATA! Both? Oh boy...more work for meh...but i dun mind i've already written Neji and Tenten's Valentine's Day but i dunno if i should upload it now...or after SasuSaku... another vote? hehe. XP
ok, ok...sorri for this LONG author's note...i'll let you read the fanfic then...
Happy Reading and Please Review if you can!
Chapter 8: SasuSaku Part III-
The Fighting ContestWithout thinking he carefully linked his fingers with hers.
Sakura noticed this and turned around to look at him. She felt her face burn up as she stared at his face. Sasuke was smiling. And he looked so damn sexy. He rarely smiled or hardly at all. He only smirked occasionally when something catches his attention but today, this smile looked…happy. Sakura slowed down her pace to walk beside him instead of in front like before. She looked away as her face burned up even more and a smile crept across her face.
'Ohmygod! Sasuke-kun is smiling at me! Smiling! The Sasuke Uchiha! AT ME! HA! Wait till Ino-pig hears about this. Sasuke-kun likes me! Like he said so yesterday! HELL YEAH!'
Sakura squeezed his hand a bit at her thoughts. She did not want to let go. They seemed to fit so nicely together.
Sasuke felt her hand squeeze his slightly and he looked at her. He smirked when he saw her totally flushed face and the smile that played on her lips. The two continued to walk on, neither knowing where they were going. Both were too drawn into the moment.
Meanwhile…
Kakashi was hiding on the roof of the Hot Springs. He saw the whole thing and was grinning devilishly.
'WOW. He must really like her…He lent his towel to her, how cute! Aww…and look at them now! They're holding hands!' Kakashi then glanced at his watch for the time- 2:00pm.
'Great. I have nothing to do for 5 hours!' He thought for a moment before an idea came into mind. ' Hehehe… I know what to do… it'll probably take a while to set up but it'll all be worth it to see Sasuke's priceless expression… and I'll just happen to be there with a camera! Yes…yes…now, I'll meet up with the two later…this'll be interesting…I got this idea from "Come Come Paradise" also…ah… my trusty book.' He rubbed his hands together greedily and with that thought, he jumped off the roof and headed towards the restaurant they were going to dine in tonight.
The two continued to walk down the road, which looked like it lead towards the horizon. It just so happens that the road the road leads straight to 'Old Cherry Blossom Park'. The two just kept walking and came to a halt once they realized where they were.
'This feels so familiar…' Both thought at the same time before continuing to walk down the pathway surrounded by the beautiful pink filled trees. (A/N: If I didn't make it clear before, well, Sasuke and Sakura had the same dream last night…XP)
The wind blew softly and a few cherry blossoms were flying in the wind. They suddenly stopped walking as both remembered the dream they had last night and blushed red. Sasuke looked at Sakura and when she noticed, she looked straight back at him and smiled sweetly. The weird thing was, he smiled back. Sakura could feel her face go warm as her eyes widened a bit at the sight. When they finally broke their eye contact, Sasuke led her to a nearby bench. Their hands broke apart as they sat down on the bench and took in the scenery around them. Silence broke out once again.
Only the rustle of leaves could be heard rolling along the floor in the gentle breeze. Sakura then heard a distant sound of cheering that wasn't there before. Sasuke noticed it too but took not interest in it. Sakura got curious at where the sound could be coming from and so stood up to go investigate.
"Come on Sasuke-kun! Let's go find out what it is!" and with that she grabbed his arm before he had a chance to protest, and the two followed the loud cheers and screams. The cheers got louder as they approached what looked like a temporarily set up stadium.
Sakura made her way through the crowd to see what was going on. Up on the stage, she saw two guys having what looked like, was a ninja battle, though it only consists of taijutsu (hand-to-hand combat). Sakura watched in awe as the one with the spiky grey hair dashed behind his opponent and threw a kick at him. The other guy was caught off guard and had taken the full blow. He lay unconscious on the stadium's floor as medics came and carried him off the stage in a stretcher. A man in a black suit came onto the stage and spoke into the microphone.
"Another one down as our undefeated champ wins again! Give it up for Takashi!" the crowd cheered and roared.
"Who would be his next opponent? Step up onto the stage NOW! If you defeat our undefeated champ you will win an excellent PRIZE!"
Sakura heard this and looked around for Sasuke, who had made his way through the crowd and was now standing next to her.
"Sasuke-kun! You can defeat him! I know you can! Come on! Go up there!" Sakura asked him cheerfully.
"No." Sasuke replied in a monotone. He felt like Shikamaru when he added- "It's too troublesome."
"Aww…Please?" Sakura pleaded him as she put on her cutest face with puppy dog eyes.
Sasuke took one glance at her and looked away without giving a response. He was about to give in to her cutesy face but managed to resist.
Sakura then thought for a moment before and idea popped into her head. She began tugging on his arm and linking hers with his as she snuggled up to him. She was hugging his arm.
Sasuke felt this and his face burned up at the touch, but still he gave no response.
"Please Sasuke-kun?" She asked once more. He just looked away and pretend to ignore her pleas.
Sakura was about to give up then she decided to enter him by force into the contest by force. She lifted up his arm into the air and yelled out, "HE WILL!"
Everyone's gaze fell onto the two. Sasuke looked at the girl, then at his arm raised up into the air. He quickly withdrew it from her grasp and shoved them into his pockets. "NO!" he snapped back. But before he could walk away a spot light fell onto the two.
"Would the boy with the raven hair who had just volunteered to be Takashi's next opponent please step up onto the stage!"
Sasuke was frozen on the spot. There were whispers between the girls around them saying things like, "He's cute!" "OMG! He's so handsome!" Sasuke heard these and he thought, 'Oh no. More girls to add to the fan club.' Before he had a chance to protest, Sakura grabbed his arm and began pushing her way through the crowd and leading him towards the stage. People seemed to move out of the way for the two and the crowd began to cheer to try and encourage the bothered boy as they neared the stage. With one last push he was at the foot of the stairs leading towards the top of the stadium. Sasuke let out a heavy sigh as he made his way up. The crowd cheered once more only this time with Sakura's voice amongst them.
"YAY! Woo! GO Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheered.
Sasuke took a good look at his opponent, Takashi. He was the same height as him and had spiky grey hair. Kind of like Kakashi's only smaller. He had brown eyes and wore a yellow singlet and ¾ jeans. The man in the suit with the microphone made his way towards Sasuke before speaking into the microphone again. "Would the contestant please state heir name." The man asked as he held the microphone to Sasuke's mouth for him to speak.
"Uchiha Sasuke." He replied in a monotone as usual. Several sighs came from the girls who had just fallen in love with him as others broke into whispers once more, Saying things like,
"Isn't he the Uchiha kid?"
"Isn't that the clan with the legendary Sharingan?"
"Wasn't he the last survivor of the Uchiha massacre?"
Sasuke heard this and clenched his fists as his brother's laughter filled his head once again.
The man in the suit spoke into the microphone once again.
"Okay. The match between Uchiha Sasuke and Takashi Nukeru will begin on the count of 3."
Sasuke and Takashi took their fighting stance and prepared for battle. Each one's gaze piercing into the others.
"Now remember, only taijutsu is allowed. No ninjutsu or genjutsu otherwise they will be disqualified. Understood?"
Both boys nodded, their gaze still not leaving the other's. The crowd became silent and was watching the boys' every move.
"Ready? One…Two…Three!"
Takashi leapt into the air and was going to plunge down on top of Sasuke. Sasuke smirked at this. 'Too easy' he thought, before doing a back flip and landing on his feet behind Takashi. Before Takashi had time to regain his balance after his move, Sasuke swung his leg at Takashi's side, which sent him flying across the floor.
Quickly landing on one of his hand, he spun around to kick Sasuke, who blocked his kick and grabbed onto his leg. Sasuke spun and toss Takashi away into the air. Takashi landed by doing a back flip and landing on his feet. He ran up towards Sasuke and threw a few punches at him, which he easily dodged.
Takashi threw one more punch aimed at his face and Sasuke dodged the blow by ducking under and lunging a kick at Takashi taking him into the air. Quickly leaping into the air after him, he performed his special taijutsu move the 'Lion Dance'. Once it was done, Takashi was left on the floor unconscious and Sasuke landed smoothly on his feet once again. It was over.
The crowd erupted into loud cheers and applause as medics came onto the stage and took the unconscious Takashi off stage to treat his wounds. He wasn't very badly wounded. Sasuke had only done enough damage only to leave him resting in bed for 3 days. The crowd continued to cheer, this time even louder and he could hear the new members of his 'fan-club' as they screamed out "WE Love You Sasuke!"
Sasuke just rolled his eyes at this and was about to jump off the stage when the man in the suit came back onto the stage and spoke again.
"Give it up for our new champion! Uchiha Sasuke!" The crowd applauded with frequent screams and squeals from the girls. Sasuke's gaze fell onto a certain pink-haired girl.
Sakura was cheering and clapping and smiling happily. Sasuke saw this and smiled back at her without thinking. Sakura quickly looked away as her cheeks began to burn once again. This was the 3rd time he had actually smiled at her today. Yes. Three times! She's one lucky girl. His new fan girls shot envious glares at Sakura for being able to receive a smile from their 'Sasuke-kun' before returning their gaze with heart-shaped eyes back to the raven-haired boy.
The man in the suit got out something fro his pockets and gave them to Sasuke as he said-
"Here is your Prize! Two tickets to the Kyoto Amusement Park that is opening in two weeks. Congratulations!"
He handed the tickets to Sasuke, which he took and shoved into his pockets before leaping off the stage. Once he landed on the ground, a group of fan-girls gathered around the Uchiha boy.
"Take me to the amusement park Sasuke-kun!"
"No! Take me!"
"As if he'd go with you! He's taking me!"
An argument started with in the group with Sasuke stuck in the middle. Two girls then grab each of his arms and began pulling him one-way then the other.
"He's MINE!"
"No! He's MINE!"
Sasuke was really annoyed and so flung their arms away and jumped out of the crowd.
'Great. What am I going to do with these two tickets?' He thought as he let out a heavy sigh. Then, remembering that he was supposed to be with Sakura, he began looking for the pink haired girl. As he searched through the mob he thought- 'I know! I'll take Sakura! But what if she doesn't want to go…how am I going to ask her…?'
Sakura was making her way back towards Cherry Blossom Park. She didn't want to be caught in the mob of his 'fan-girls'.
'Well, He won! I guess that now he'll take someone there, or, he probably give them away' she sighed 'Knowing Sasuke-kun, he isn't the type to take someone to the amusement park… I guess I'll just wait for him back at the park…'
Sasuke had managed to escape from the mob by jumping up into a tree. He decided to climb higher to look for Sakura. He quickly spotted the pink-haired girl making her way towards the park and followed her by jumping from tree to tree. He caught up with her quickly.
"Sakura!" He yelled to get her to stop.
Sakura heard her name and stopped in her tracks. Recognizing the voice, she put on her sweetest smile as she turned around to face him.
Seeing her sweet smile, Sasuke's heart leapt and began to beat faster, thumping loudly against his chest.
"Yes Sasuke-kun?" Sakura replied sweetly.
"Why did you leave?" he asked trying to hide the concern in his voice.
"Ne, I didn't want to be caught in the crowd." She replied truthfully.
"Aa." He replied. "U-Umm…Sakura?"
"Hmm?"
He looked away as his cheeks reddened.
"W-Would you like…t-to go to the…amusement park w-with me?" He stuttered. He must've been really nervous because the Uchiha Sasuke never stuttered. Sakura's eyes widened in shock and then narrowed in joy.
"Y-Yes! Of Course! I-I'd be glad to!" She replied joyfully as inner Sakura let out a hearty 'Hell Yeah!'
Sasuke let out a silent sigh of relief and was glad that she had accepted his invitation. Did he just ask her out on a date? The Uchiha Sasuke going on a date with Haruno Sakura. He never thought that he'd see the day that he'd answer to his heart's pleading cries of letting someone get close to him, let alone, LOVE. He didn't know why he was so nervous about asking her such a simple question. Maybe because he wasn't just asking any girl… Maybe because he wasn't just asking a simple question… Or maybe…the fear of rejection?
"Hey, let's head over towards the restaurant now." Sakura spoke through the silence.
"Hn." Sasuke replied.
Sakura turned around and began to walk and was caught off guard when Sasuke's hand made it's way towards hers. The 'couple' walked together hand in hand towards Kimono's Café Du Paris.
TBC...
How was that chappie? Please Review!
And if you want me to update the neji-tenten chapter...tell me then...coz i dunno if i should upload it yet...anywaiz...
Next chapter... is at the restaurant...and anotherphase of Kakashi-sensei's plan... hehe XP
Until Next Time...Ja Ne!
Credits of the idea of this chapter to my friend Yuna- (she made me put her name in the credits here...so yeah...XP)