Hiya peepz!

Sumenasai! i haven't updated in agez! -bows- sorriz! well... i have an excuse! (haha...i sound like Kakashi-sensei XD)

well...like i said in moi last chappie... 2 assignments due one week after the other...oh boy -.-;; and then guess what after starting 2 weeks of school?

WE GET OUR HALF YEARLIES! GOD! and i was like...OMG! WTH!

In week THREE! man...sigh...so haven't been able to update since the end of the holidaiz... sorriz to keep you guyz waiting! i tried my best...-.-;;

BUT NOW! ALL EXAMS ARE OVER! -dances around- WOOT!WOOT! and assignments done and handed in! all except a geography one due like...next week so...ahh... i decided to quickly uplaod this chappie first. for allmy readers aka reviewers out there. XD

and once again...DOMO ARIGATOU TO ALL MOI REVIWERS! LOVE YOU's ALL! YAY! OVER 210 REVIEWS! THANK YOUs ALL SO MUCH! It makes me feel so special.

And i would just like to point out this particular reviewer:

MelanieStar- I love your reviews! You are such a dedicated reader! everytime i read a review of yours it makes me so happi! and i know that you are a narusaku fan yet you still read this SasuSaku fanfic! and...you've always rated it as 10/10...hehe... Domo Arigatou gozaimas!

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HAPPY READING! and please leave a review afterwards if you can! Arigatou! (",)

Chapter 13: SasuSaku Part VIII-

The Winners of the Contest

"And now, the moment you all have been waiting for. The Winners of the contest!" Kakashi announced as he stepped up onto the stage once again with a spotlight following him. He smiled through his mask, making a few girls swoon. (A/N: Don't you just LOVE him? XP) He glanced over at Kurenai who gave a small nod in reply for him to continue.

"Now, as mentioned by the beautiful Kurenai earlier, there will be prizes awarded to places first, second and third." Kurenai blushed slightly with a sweat drop on the side of her head when Kakashi said 'beautiful'. The crowd was silent once again now, as they listened intently to find out who were the winners.

"Coming in third are-" Mizukai stepped up onto the stage and handed Kakashi an envelope as a drum roll played in the background.

"Yamanaka Ino and Nara Shikamaru!"

Sakura gasped. She had no idea that Ino was in the contest. She hasn't seen them all night and wondered what Ino must've felt when she saw Sakura with Sasuke. Obviously, they would've scored well in the third activity thanks to Shikamaru's intelligence. He would've known a lot about Ino because one, he was in her team, and two, Ino always like to brag about what she likes and stuff. A spotlight fell onto a table in the opposite side of the restaurant, where a girl with blonde hair tied up in a high ponytail and a guy with a lazy look on his face sat. Ino wore a beautiful lavender dress. It had sleeves that went off the shoulders and the dress reached just below her knees. She had black heels on and wore a diamond necklace to complete the look.

Sakura couldn't help but smile at how adorable they looked together. Ino did not look at all bothered by Shikamaru's lack of attention, for she wore a happy and cheerful smile, which changed to a shocked expression when the spotlight fell onto their table. A red tinge rose onto her face as she grabbed Shikamaru's hand and began leading him onto the stage to claim their prize. The couple stepped up onto the stage, hand in hand as it may seem, but really, Ino had to drag his lazy ass up there.

"Congratulations! Here are your prizes!" Kakashi handed Ino a white envelope. Ino looked at the envelope with a puzzled expression on her face and opened it to see what were its contents. She pulled out 5 orange and yellow pieces of card, vouchers was what it looked liked.

"Five free visits to Ichiraku Ramen! And also-" Kurenai handed a bouquet of roses to Shikamaru, who lazily muttered a thanks to her. Ino was staring at the big bouquet with wide eyes and a sweet smile on her face. Of course, Shikamaru noticed this and sighed before presenting the bouquet to her with a slight tinge of red on his cheeks. Ino squealed in delight and took the bouquet with both hands before linking one arm with Shikamaru's.

"Domo Arigatou! Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!" Ino spoke into the microphone cheerfully. The crowd applauded as the couple stepped off the stage and went back to their table.

Naruto, who was sitting at his table with eyes wide as plates, had been staring at the orange and yellow cards in Ino's hands and he was on the verge of tears.

"F-Five F-F-Free Visits?" He breathed out in disbelief.

"Wah! Hinata-chan! Why couldn't we have come third! I wanted five Free visits to Ichiraku Ramen!" He had anime tears running down his face and gloom in the background.

"And in second place-" Kakashi began as once again, a drum roll played in the background.

"Uzamaki Naruto and Hyuuga Hinata!" A spotlight fell onto their table that made Naruto stop his complaining about the vouchers and his eyes lit up in hope. He quickly jumped off his seat and took Hinata's hand and ran up onto the stage to where Kakashi was. Once there he grinned widely and held out both his hands expectantly. He was hoping that he'd get probably ten, yes, TEN free visits to Ichiraku Ramen since he and Hinata came second.

"Congratulations! Here are your prizes!" Kakashi handed Naruto a white envelope and Kurenai handed a bouquet of White Lilies to Hinata. The envelope that Kakashi handed to Naruto looked just like the one he had handed to Ino just moments before. Naruto's eyes widened in excitement and he punched a fist into the air in joy before opening the envelope. With a grin, he pulled out the contents and two red tickets came out.

"Huh?" Naruto's grin turned into a questioning and confused look. He looked up at Hinata who shrugged her shoulders then looked up at Kakashi.

"Ne Kakashi-sensei? Why are they red? Aren't they my free visits to Ichiraku Ramen?" Naruto asked.

"Huh? No! Those are tickets to the Kyoto Amusement Park opening in two weeks!"

Naruto just stared frozen on the spot. He looked disappointed and his shoulders drooped. 'No Ramen?' Hinata placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder, to hopefully cheer him up. Naruto's expression then changed from a saddened one to an angry and desperate one. He grabbed Kakashi's shoulders and shook him wildly whilst yelling out-

"Where are my free visits to Ichiraku Ramen?"

Everyone sweat dropped. Naruto finally admitted defeat and just took the two tickets to the Amusement Park.

"T-there m-might be a Ramen s-stand at the Amusement park N-Naruto-kun…" Hinata said to Naruto, which made his face light up.

"Yeah! And its going to be a lot more fun with you Hinata-chan!" he smiled towards the girl which made the blush on her face get brighter, if that was possible.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the boy and his sudden change in mood. One minute he was shaking him back and forth like crazy questioning him where his free tickets were and the next he was cheering and smiling cheerfully about going to the Amusement park. He sweat dropped, then sighed when Naruto began to step off the stage holding Hinata's hands and leading her back to their table.

"And now, the moment you guys have all been waiting for, the winners of the couple's contest also known as the Couple of the Evening or even better, the cutest couple of Valentine's Day!" The crowd silenced into nothing, so silent that you could hear a pin drop. Every one was listening intently, eager to find out who the couple of the evening was.

"And…the couple of Valentine's Day is-" A drum roll played as Mizukai stepped onto the stage and handed Kakashi a red envelope containing the names of the winners. The drum roll was longer than the others creating suspense within the crowd.

"Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura!" Kakashi announced rather more cheerfully than normal. He knew that it was coming. (A/N: and I bet that all of you guyz did so too XP)

Sakura gasped as Sasuke's eyes widened very, very slightly in shock. A spotlight fell onto their table for the third time that evening. Sakura's eyes met Sasuke's quickly before she grabbed his hand with a faint blush on her cheeks and heading up towards the stage. The spotlight followed them from their table and up onto the stage to where Kakashi stood with a grin hidden behind his mask. Sakura was smiling cheerfully with bright red cheeks. Sasuke on the other hand, retained an expressionless face as usual, though deep down his inner-self was blushing like mad because of Sakura's soft hand in his. Kurenai came up onto the stage as well carrying 2 boxes, a pink one and a blue one. She handed the pink one to Sakura and the blue one to Sasuke.

"Domo Arigatou!" Sakura thanked Kurenai.

"Hn." Sasuke muttered, using his single word vocabulary.

Sakura quickly began opening the box like a little child opening a Christmas present. Her eyes widened in admiration as she pushed aside the pink tissue paper covering the prize within the box. It was a doll. It looked somewhat liked a plushie doll and it wore a pink kimono with white cherry blossoms patterned over it. It had a white obi ties around the waist and had pink hair. Its eyes were closed which was shown through the stitching in a line, a dot for a nose and no mouth was present. (A/N: I've drawn a rough sketch of these dolls described and had uploaded it onto my devianart account. URL at end of chapter)

Sakura carefully took the doll out of the box and admired it and the fine details on the kimono, before hugging it like a teddy bear.

"Aww! Its so Adorable!" She squealed as she held the cute little doll. Sakura looked over to see what prize Sasuke got.

Sasuke pulled out a doll as well. The doll looked just like Sakura except that it was a boy. It had black spiky hair and wore a blue kimono with a navy blue obi. Sasuke stared at the doll for while with his usual expressionless face. He then looked over at Sakura and raised an eyebrow.

'Pink hair?' Sasuke thought. 'Now who does that remind me of?' he though sarcastically as his gaze went to the kunoichi's hair.

"Happy Valentine's Day!" Kakashi wished them.

"Arigatou! You too!" Sakura replied with a cheerful smile. The crowd applauded, some even cheered for the winning couple. Sakura took a bow politely and smiled towards them. They both placed their dolls back into the boxes. With the box in one hand, Sakura grabbed Sasuke's hand with the other.

"Come on Sasuke-kun, Let's Go." And with that she led him off the stage.

"Well! That's the end of the contest. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!" Kakashi announced as the crowd erupted into cheers and applause once again.

"Oh and to thank everyone for their participation here tonight, a rose would be given to each couple so that you are not leaving empty handed!" Kurenai added as Mizukai stood at the door with a basket of roses.

"Happy Valentine's Day everyone!" Kurenai finished off.

The crowd began to make their way out and Mizukai handed a single rose to each couple as they left.

Sakura carefully placed the box into her bag, as did Sasuke with his. They proceeded to the door and Mizukai handed the single red rose to Sasuke. They walked out of the café and into the lightened world outside. Sasuke continued to hold the rose between his, avoiding the sharp thorns. They stood there for a while.

"Here. You have it." Sasuke broke the silence and held out the rose to Sakura. Sakura smiled sweetly at him, which brought a red tinge to his face. A blush became present on her cheeks at his sweet gesture.

"Arigatou Sasuke-kun!" Sakura replied as she reached out to take the rose. Her fingers brushed lightly against his, which sent shivers down his spine. Sakura smelt the rose and smiled contently at the sweet aroma.

"I'll walk you home." Sasuke said as he waited for Sakura to follow.

"Y-you don't have to…"

"Its fine. I don't mind."

And with that they fell into step together.

TBC...

Please Review! It makes me realli happi when i get reviews! hehe

Okok..i know...heaps of people wanted NaruHina and SasuSaku to tie in first place...but i had other plans for them see? i wanted to include naruhina in moi sequel..so...they had to come second to win da amusement park tickets! and i just randomly placed inoshika in third coz...well... i didn't know who else to put there...hehe...

Now...an Anouncement:

Sadly... "Valentine's Day" is coming to an end...-wahh!- yes...you've guessed it...next chappie is da last... but there will be a sequel! i promise!

and since this is da second last chappie... if you have any questions about this fanfic..anythign that you didn't understand...i shall answer at the end of the next chappie k? and i'll give special thanx to each individual reviewer who has stuck by me all da way to the end of moi FIRST fanfic XD

oh and...for demoneyes14 who wanted to know what questions were wrong...lets say...the for SasuSaku- sasuke's dream answer to Sakura's...aka...the last one...and Naruhina...of course...Naruto's answers about Hinata...i think the fav colour one and...fav fruit perhaps? i think...hehehe... ;;

well...the TRUE reason why this was so short is because...ahh...i wanted to make it 15 chapters...and it also gives you guyz time to ask questions... anywaiz... sorriz bout da EXTRA long A/Ns... just had to clear some things and ...-sniff- bid farewell... i gurantee next chappie is longer than this one... and Naruhina and SasuSaku moments too! plus...you'll find out what Sasuke's gift to Sakura was...hehe...i had this idea planned ALL along...

anywaiz...

until next time...

Ja Ne!

-Sasusakuforeva-ilovesasuke- aka- Natasha-chan XP

(but i will change moi author's name/pen-name after this fanfic is completed )