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Poker Face

Sakura never expected Sasuke to react like that to anything, Much less kiss her willingly in such a way. She sighed and turned to him while he was sitting by the river, cleaning off the dirt and leaves that his body had picked up from running off all wet like he did. She felt the breeze blow against her chilled skin while she awkwardly adjusted her clothing.

"Why did you kiss me Sasuke?" Sakura asked in a serious tone, making him turn to her, his black eyes cold. "I don't re-call kissing you." he spoke feeling himself give off a slight tinge behind that poker face of his. She turned to him, her look on him incredulous.

He noticed her eyes, and how they darkened with anger. "Fine, be that way." She spoke while she stood up. "?" ...

He looked in her direction and saw her jump off. 'No...Wait...' He thought while she jumped across the pond, distancing herself from him. Then sat down, he stilled and noticed that she had a small roll of bandages in her mouth while she held her ninja-sandals. 'Is she hurt?' He thought while he instantly was next to her, noticing her wound on her shoulder... her ankle looked swollen.

He heard Sakura grunt and hop to the other side of the pond, evading him. Then sat down again while she took off the bandage from her mouth. 'She's...getting away from me?' He thought while he watched her tend her own wounds, he noticed slight bruising on her ankle.

"Stop looking at me." She scolded him making him jump. 'I wasn't looking at you.' His mind countered, she noticed his look. "Don't look at me that way, I know you were." She spat back at him while she put on her sandal, and then went to tend on the flesh wound on her shoulder. She looked back at him and caught him staring, so she gave out a small 'hmph' and stood up, and jumped off.

'She's angry with me...' He thought while he noticed her jump off from tree to tree. 'Why did I kiss her?' He thought as he watched her movement while she continued to get away from him.

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'Baka Sasuke.' She though while she landed further downstream. With a sigh she began to un-button her shirt, 'Damn that thing... if he really is a part of Sasuke I have yet to know why both want to see me dead so badly.' She thought while the grumbled, reaching to the second roll of bandages. She blinked feeling another presence, the same feeling entered her. Her stomach warmed while she turned and noticed Itachi's standing there, peering at her from across the stream.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him a bit surprised; her eyes darkened and looked away.

Sasuke had followed and noticed them begin to talk, jealousy spiked again while he noticed his own brother smile and reach to her. 'Damn it don't touch-'"Don't touchme." She snapped at him. "Such a feisty cat aren't you?" He asked her in a smile while she looked away from him. "That's a very nasty bite you have there on your shoulder... if you don't take good care of it you might scar."

"What do I care if I scar? The one person I want doesn't want me- regardless of the amount of flaws I seem to ha-" She gasped seeing his speed while he turned in front of her, reaching to her she threw herself back, kicking him back away from her in the process. "I said NO!"

Sasuke blinked noticing her movement. "I won't let you have me, I've told you before time and time again, and I won't let you take me." She told him while he smiled to her, a small blush coming across his cheeks. "I like you, Haruno." Itachi spoke making her stiffen. Both Sasuke and Sakura froze seeing him smiled to her, "If Sasuke doesn't like you, I'll be happy to take you." He spoke seeing her sickened sputter as she backed away.

"I'd never consider it." She spat to him while she turned, her wound forgotten. He was instantly in front of her again. "That pretty skin of yours will scar-" "Don't you get it? I don't care!" She shouted as him aiming to kick him, his hand took hold of her leg, his fingers trailing up her leg to landing on the creamy curve of her hip.

Sasuke felt himself growl while he watched his older brother move up against Sakura. "But I care..." Itachi said easily while he smiled and leaned down to lick her wound. "My little brother still has yet to realize that he has great power inside of him... we are all powerful in our own way..." Itachi spoke as he received a punch from Sasuke.

Sakura jumped seeing him there as Itachi spun and landed gracefully. Angrily Sasuke charged to him while he noticed him smile to Sakura and then disappear again, at this Sasuke turned to her. She was breathing heavily from his words, and he had finally noticed that she was blushing, her eyes were wide. She was flustered, this managed to get him even angrier while he walked to her and took her by the hook of the arm.

"Don't go near him; don't let him come close to you! Don't look at him!" he shouted while his grip tightened on her, "slut! You lousy SLUT!" he shouted harder while she was about to slap him. He took her hand and clenched to it, drawing her into an embrace while he squeezed her.

She blinked, not recognizing his movements. "You won't choose him, you won't dare choose him." He said against her cheek while he took her face in his palms and leaned in to kiss her. She blushed hard when she felt his lips press against hers. 'He's angry with me...' She thought distantly while he noticed her wound, she noticed his eyes knit up, 'I did that...' He thought while he held her, 'that monster in me...did this to her.' He thought while she pressed her arms to his chest to push him away.

"Stop this..." He heard her say while she pushed him away. He felt something strange, he wanted to hold her for a little while, but she wasn't willing... she was pushing him away. "I'm no slut." Sakura spoke to him while she managed to push him away, "You and I..." She started while he let his arms fall limply to his sides, his gaze on her. "We aren't anything but acquaintances." She said while she twitched and fell to the floor, he reached to her and started to heal her.

"What if I told you I didn't want to be acquaintances anymore?" he told her, his voice hushed while she looked back at him. Her eyes met his, 'I think I've fallen in too deep.' He thought while he watched her. 'I don't want him to have you... you found me first...' He thought while he felt something in his body begin to yearn, a childish feeling.

'Accept me... tell me you want me more than you want him.' He thought while he noticed her lips still in movement, she noticed his eyes on them. 'Repeat it to me over and over again, tell me Sakura... Tell Me.' he thought while he noticed her eyes wide, her blush dark.

Damn it... tell me

To Be Continued.