I'm so so sorry this is late, I have been one hell of a time writing Chapter 5! Because I'm so stuck this one is really short! Please don't hate me! *hides in a bombshelter*
For the disclaimer please the first chapter!
Chapter 4
The next three days of Sasuke's Crusade didn't yield many results.
On the first day, he walked to class with a handful of wildflowers to gift to her. She promptly threw them in the trash and proceeded to be nearly late afterward, so he wouldn't get the opportunity again.
On the second day, he sabotaged her lunch and then offered to share his extra-large one with her. She declared that she would rather go hungry and then snuck off campus to eat at Ichiraku.
On the third day, he passed her a whirlpool-inspired poem found in his mother's trunk. She sent back a reply stating that she didn't have red hair or violet eyes but at least he got her last name right. Sasuke double checked the poem and saw that it was addressed to one Kushina Uzumaki. Dammit.
Then, after a long day of rejections, he would go through his clan's archives and try to find potential cures for Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan. There wasn't much success there either, which is why he was so irritated when Kiba got his attention the next day.
"So, the Uchiha's got a crush on Naruto-baka?" Kiba smirked, "And she keeps rejecting you! How does it feel to have the sandal on the other foot?"
Sasuke didn't take much offense to this, knowing that the Inuzuka was annoyed by how almost every girl in class fell over themselves to get his attention. He was irritated by something else though…
"Do you consider Naruto Uzumaki to be attractive?" Sasuke demanded.
"Huh?" Kiba looked bemused, "I guess she's sort of cute."
Sasuke unleashed some of his killing intent. Since it was powered solely through yin energy and he had many negative life experiences to draw on… "Oh? Do you like her then?"
Kiba froze still in terror. Shino's body emitted a low buzzing sound. Chouji shivered.
Unlike the others, a pallid Shikamaru could still move. He leaned forward and met him with wary eyes. "She's not his type."
"She better not be," the Uchiha replied coldly, withdrawing his KI. To his satisfaction, the Inuzuka took a seat at the other end of the classroom from the blonde from then on.
He felt a little guilty when Naruto seemed to realize this though and, not aware of the reasoning, looked hurt by the rejection. To distract her, Sasuke proposed another date and got a book thrown at him. She didn't look sad anymore though…
At least Kiba Inuzuka now knew that she was off-limits, which was the one good thing accomplished today (Sasuke wasn't aware that he'd accidentally stabbed his own foot by showing every other boy that Naruto Uzumaki was someone worth fighting over). The day only got better when chakra control lessons came around.
"Very good Sasuke," Iruka praised, favoring him with a smile for the dozen leaves pasted on his hands. "This is the last lesson for today and since you've already mastered the technique, you can go home early."
"Hai Iruka-sensei," the Uchiha nodded absently, ignoring him in favor of the way of the wind blew a blonde's pigtails around. Naruto made a shout of frustration as, yet another leaf flew off her head. "Actually, maybe I should volunteer to help some of the other students."
"Oh," the Chuunin's eyes followed his own and he looked amused, "Well Chouji could use some help-"
"Shikamaru's available." Sasuke promptly got up and moved to the other end of the courtyard where the Uzumaki sat. "Hey dobe. Iruka-sensei says I'm supposed to help you practice."
She glowered at him. "Are you here to make fun of me?"
'Hmm, honesty is the best policy,' the Uchiha determined. "Only a little. You suck."
Oddly enough that admission drew a small smile. Encouraged, Sasuke continued. "You're using too much chakra for those leaves."
"I can't use any less than I do now," Naruto admitted reluctantly.
"Then we'll try an area that's hard to channel chakra to. Will you take your sandals off?"
She looked at him suspiciously. "This isn't like one of your 'making up' ideas, is it?"
"...Do you want it to be?" At her unimpressed look, he added, "I would never do that in public."
"You should never do that at all," she stressed, before following the directive.
"Good, now try and channel chakra to the soles of your feet. The least amount of chakra pathways are located there, so it'll be harder for you to overflow them." Her feet were soon a light bluish color, which, after some encourage, dimmed down to the faintest pale blue glow. Sasuke promptly added a leaf to it before Naruto's impressively short concentration span could waver and…
"It stuck!" The radiant smile Naruto gave him was wiped off a second later when a soft expression crossed his own face. She returned to looking away, blushing and grumbling as Sasuke considered the next step of his Plan.
"Have you ever heard of the tree-walking technique?"