Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, the filler episodes would be yaoi.

Warnings: SasuNaru, Sakura-bashing, OOC-ness.

Chapter 2

Sasuke brooded as he sat in his physics class. His elbows leaned on the table, his chin rested on his hands; typical Sasuke-pose.

Bastard.

"What the hell are you talking about?" he asked confusedly.

"You! You slept with my girlfriend," Naruto yelled.

Sasuke had denied it but Naruto had ignored him Good thing he hadn't cried or I would have hit him, Sasuke thought. Seeing unshed tears in Naruto's eyes had irritated him to no end. With Naruto and Sakura disagreeing all the time, he hadn't thought Naruto would be this affected. Fighting before you got together could be considered chemistry by some idiots but if nothing changed after, you just aren't meant to be. Right? Sasuke asked himself. There's no point if you annoy each other all the time.

I'll fix this, Sasuke resolved.

/(A/N:how do you do the scenebreak thing? the long line that separates scenes?)

At his first break, Sasuke went looking for Sakura. He found her talking to one of her friends before he dragged her by the arm to an empty classroom. It annoyed him that Sakura's friend made a thumbs-up sign to Sakura. He threw her almost roughly before trapping her by resting his fist against the wall behind her and leaning over her. He meant to intimidate her but he didn't seem to be succeeding. Sakura looked up at him with excited eyes. Her face was flushed and her lips were parted. Now if she could transform into Naruto everything could be perfect. Sasuke wiped that thought away as he concentrated on the task at hand.

"You'll continue going out with him," Sasuke growled.

Sakura frowned. "I– what? You know that I like you."

"Then what was the point of- ?" Sasuke began. His irritation rose as he remembered all the reasons why he hated Sakura and girls in general.

"Look. If this is about last night I have to admit that was kinda..." Sakura replied, looking a little embarrassed. "But since Naruto wasn't there I couldn't resist."

"You went too far and you know it." Sasuke almost shouted. His fist tightened and dug into the wall. Breathing deeply, he tried again, "You will ask him out on a date."

Sakura had this stubborn look on her face. "No! I'm done trying to deal with him. He's annoying and his idea of a date is ridiculous. I had no idea I'd be so embarrassed-"

She stopped talking when Sasuke's hand closed around her neck. She nearly stopped breathing even though his hold was light. He stroked her neck pressing lightly.

"You're too good for him, is that it Sakura?" Sasuke asked furiously. Sakura could have sworn his eyes had turned red. He pressed harder on her neck. Her frightened eyes pleaded with him, her mouth opened but no sound came out.

Sasuke released her. "You'll do as I say."

"Yes," Sakura choked out as tears finally came.

At that moment something made Sasuke look left, towards the hallway outside the door. His startled eyes met Naruto's blank ones. Sasuke let go of Sakura but Naruto was already walking away. Sasuke followed, already forgetting about Sakura who slowly slumped to the floor crying.

He went up to the rooftop where he thought he'd seen Naruto go. He struggled against the door as the heavy wind pushed it inwards. Outside, the clouds were dark and thunder rumbled reaching deep into his chest. Naruto stood at the far end, his profile facing Sasuke. The wind played with his hair, running rough fingers through the golden strands His face was pale and he was staring off into space. Sasuke ached to touch him.

The door slammed loudly behind Sasuke and Naruto turned to look at him. There was none of the anger Naruto had displayed earlier, only sadness and a kind of regret. He turned away while Sasuke approached slowly.

"I give up, you know," Naruto said quietly.

"Why? You've got it wrong. We didn't-" Sasuke protested.

"Weren't you kissing her just now?" Naruto asked.

"I wasn't! We were just talking," Sasuke said uncomfortably. He couldn't say he'd been threatening Sakura. "And last night, nothing happened. You believe me, don't you?"

Naruto moved as if to walk away. Sasuke caught his hand.

"Stop this! I told you..." Sasuke trailed off; frustrated that Naruto wouldn't believe him.

"Say something, idiot!"

Naruto kept standing there, his head down. Sasuke couldn't understand his expression. He seemed to be struggling with himself. Is it that hard to believe me?

Sasuke cursed, about to give up and leave when he heard Naruto say something under his breath.

"What?"

"I said 'Alright'," Naruto repeated.

"You wouldn't betray me like that, would you?" He looked straight at Sasuke with a small smile.

Sasuke laughed a little with relief. "Never," he said. "Come. It's starting to rain."

Sasuke let go of Naruto's hand and walked to the stairway with Naruto following slowly. By the time they reached the hallway Naruto seemed his normal self again. But his parting words puzzled Sasuke.

"You should treat her more nicely." A 'see you later' and a wave and Naruto was gone.

Who, Sakura? Sasuke chewed on Naruto's statement for the rest of the day.

tbc...

A/N: This isn't actually the end of chapter 2 but I might not be able to update for a while so I decided to post this. The next chapter will then be chapter 2.5. More stuff will be explained there. Thanks to all who reviewed. Made me feel happy. I was surprised at the positive feedback and now I feel like I really ought to give you a good story. Ah, the pressure.. I kind of know now where I want the story to go but I didn't before so thanks to those who gave their ideas. It'll probably end around chapter 3. Please review. Thanks.