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Anyway, continuing on;

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Chapter 16: Confession

Sasuke's eyes were dark, his face was calm, and Erza panicked under his grip as he leaned close again with the piece in his hand. She struggled trying to free her hand out of his vice like grip, only for few red patches to appear on her pale skin.

"Could you release-" She began before another piece of cake was slipped into her mouth. The heat of her mouth dissolved the icing as the cream melted, and the tang went everywhere taking her into a bliss.

Sasuke really knew how to bribe her. She was beginning to reconsider forgiving him as he didn't seem so distant now, but when she opened her eyes he was there with an unreadable look on his face. He released his hold on her, and leaned forward kissing her softly. She winced a little as his mouth perfectly locked up with hers. She tasted the heat of him, licking the strawberry cream of his lip. It felt good when she felt his tongue against hers, hot and devastating.

The moment was lost to Erza. Her body became heavy, and she began to melt. Her heart raced in her chest. Her head was spinning, her body was burning, her mind filled with the excitement and anticipation of her first kiss.

Her head began to feel dizzy, and she was out of breath so she placed her hands on his shoulders and gently pushed him back. After feeling a bit light headed due to all the blood rushing to her head, she glanced back at him to him hanging his head down.

She didn't want the moment to end. Afraid that Sasuke would leave mistaking her actions, her hands slid down to his chest and clutched onto his black cloak.

Why did he kiss her? Was it just to distract her? Was he drunk? Or, was it just on impulse?

She didn't care.

She held his eyes as his head lifted, looking as dazed as her.

"Again," she demanded, and he went to reach another piece of cake, but she said, "No, you." and grabbed his cloak to pull him closer. He cupped her cheek and kissed her again but leading the kiss perfectly like a snake expert which he was unlike the sloppy one they had before.

His hand slid behind her head as the kiss was deepened, and she fell into him, crackers exploding in her chest and the kiss was exactly as how she imagined it to be all the time she read those novels. She felt his other hand on her waist, sliding hot under her sweater and her blood surged at the contact his fingers had with her waist.

Few more seconds, and it would have probably escalated into something else but some coughing came interrupting them.

"Am I interrupting something?" The old lady said, with a small smile on her face. "I am sorry for disturbing you when you were having a moment, but I have to close the shop and the entire cake is still lying idle on the table."

Erza looked over Sasuke's shoulder giving her an apologetic smile in return. They really shouldn't keep the old lady waiting this late at night.

"Can you please parcel it?"

..

Sasuke walked back to a bench that Erza sat up on after he finished apologizing to the old lady. The old lady didn't seem to be offended by what happened earlier in front of her bakery. In fact, she seemed all to eager to find out what was happening between him and Erza but he muttered an apology and left.

Now that the blood rush was gone, and his trademark color had refilled his cheeks, he was at a loss of words as he took a seat beside the redhead who seemed to be in a world of her own.

Erza glanced up at the sky, the full moon filling up the dark night.

"The moon's pretty today, isn't it?"

She said with a fond smile, reminiscing about the conversation they had back in his world. He glanced at her for a moment, looking like he was listening but his mind was far too preoccupied with what he had done.

He was far beyond confused by his earlier actions, thinking on why he had acted on such impulse. Not once had he lost control like that with her. Not here. Not even when they were in the leaf village. But now, he had practically forced a kiss on Erza, not giving her time to react. Granted that she did kiss him back and even demanded another one, but she might have done that only because she was the kind of idiot who thought more about others than herself.

She probably didn't want to upset the person that had saved her when she was lost. Plus, there was this incident by the cliff that he witnessed a few weeks ago. Where she had been finally reunited with her childhood love.

Sasuke stared at the open palm of his hand, the silver light over their head lighting the deserted walkway they sat by.

The only thing he did was make mistakes, like he had when he had been a kid. During his childhood, after the massacre had happened, he always had the tendency to run off when someone he cared about was nearby, or even just when he didn't like something. When he tried to talk to her, his voice was thick with hesitation, almost as if he was still unsure.

- "Are you prepared to sacrifice for the happiness of the people you care about?"

Shikhamaru's words rang through his head as he tried to make sense of what he had done. Midway through his monologue, he vaguely realized that Erza had stopped talking and was looking at him. With concern probably because it was just like her.

An image of when they were back in Konoha, back in the Uchiha household flashed through his head. The days he spent there were simple and might appear plain, but looking back now, those were probably the most peaceful moments he had since he started his journey of redemption.

"Erza," He started, his voice was low as dread filled him about what was going to happen next. Once the gratitude she felt for him would fade away, what would that make of the bond between them? Steeling himself, he knew he has to at least fix what he did. He didn't want to selfishly steal her happiness on account of him trying to force her to play along for his sake.

"About what happened earlier... I didn't mean to... I..."

He knew what he wanted to say but wasn't able to form words, afraid of what would happen once he spoke his mind. A hand went to cover his face, the overwhelming feeling of guilt not leaving his head. He heard clothes rustling beside him. She probably left.

Erza crouched down in front of him, her eyebrows knitted together.

Sasuke didn't have the courage to look at her as he felt her gaze. The feeling of her gaze upon him was like the warmth of the sun upon a dying man. It was an overwhelming sense of bliss, and he could feel it welling up inside him as he felt the blood run cold to his extremities. And then she broke that silence.

"Why?" Her nose was scrunched up to show her confusion. "Why are you thinking that way?"

"You don't have to play along for my sake, Erza," Sasuke let his hand fall by his side and averted his gaze away from her eyes, "It's fine."

Her slim fingers rested on top of his knees before the redhead started speaking, her voice gentle. "You are overthinking, Sasuke. I wouldn't have asked for you to... kiss me again if I was just playing along. Even if it was in the heat of the moment."

Sasuke gave her no answer, but her arms were already resting on his knees, her hand reaching up and tracing his cheek. A pause as she tried to gather herself before she continued, her tone earnest. "It's not something we think about, it just happens in the moment. But, it doesn't mean I would just go and kiss anyone who kissed me."

Despite his insecurities and worries, he was slowly feeling himself relieved as she spoke. It was like a huge burden that was placed on him was slowly lifting. Was it really alright for him feel like this?

"But, don't you have other people that care about you? People who wouldn't hesitate to fight the world for you?"

He wasn't talking about her guild members. People who wouldn't hesitate to do anything for her happiness. Like Jellal. From what Ultear had told him, Erza was perhaps the only light in Jellal's world. Like Itachi had been for him.

"What are you..." She had started but he could see realization hit her not a moment later. Her face for the first time tonight looked conflicted.

Why did things have to be so complicated? If only he had sticked to his original plan, travelled the world alone as soon as he landed in Fiore, if only he hadn't accepted Makarov's offer to join Fairy Tail, he could have spared himself of this unknown pain and guilt. Things had been much simpler in his life before she had come.

All his life, revenge was his only goal. He tended to cut his bonds if a greater power was offered to him in exchange. Bonds had a meager value to him then, so he began his journey to search for the parts he lost when he was travelling down his quest for revenge.

Journeying the world, protecting the village from shadows like his late brother, repenting for the sins and pain he had caused in the ninja world and to the people close to him. That was all his life. Or, at least had been.

There was no use pretending that he didn't care about her.

He looked at her to see that she had an unreadable expression on her face. It seems like he put her on a bad spot. But this was fine. Even if she didn't have an answer right away, the fact that she was conflicted regarding him was more than enough.

He raised his arm, intending to flick her forehead and tell her it's alright but she beat him to it. She stood up and almost sat on his lap as one of her knee was placed on the bench between his legs. Her hands went to cup his cheeks and before he knew it, she hastily leaned in and pressed her soft lips clumsily against his. His eyes widened slightly as she leaned back after a moment, a blush visible on her face under the moon light.

Her chocolate eyes looked straight into his. "I hope this answers your question... You are the only one I kissed till now, idiot. Stop overthinking things," She murmured to him who was still shellshocked by her actions. She seemed to gain a scowl as she looked away with a huff and her voice turned to a whisper that could easily be drowned by the breeze that was blowing. "Was it that unexpected?"

He knew she wouldn't remain the same after she had regained her memories. He saw that first hand during his brief stay in Magnolia as well but despite how he had felt after seeing this drastic change in her, he was still able to spot the girl he knew from before.

Sasuke felt tired as he leaned forward, his forehead resting against her shoulder. He let out a breath he didn't realize he had been holding in, a weight lifted off his shoulders. Later, he would realize that it was a chuckle, "Thank you, Erza."

A small smile played on his lips as the redhead was scrambling to find words at his sudden gratitude. Just earlier she had no problems with kissing him again but this simple gesture seemed to be too much for her.

This was how you washed away the guilt and ugly feelings inside him, bit by bit. It would have been fine if she had chosen to ignore him after she got her memories. He knew he didn't have any right after all he had done. Really, she was so strange. But he supposed that was also part of what drew him towards her. Perhaps, he can finally distinguish the bond he has with her from the one he has with Naruto.

An emotion that seemed ridiculous to him a life time ago.

..

"You really are annoying."

Sasuke's Rinnegan pulsed with chakra, putting Sakura under a genjutsu and knocking her unconscious.

"Sakura!" Kakashi rushed to her side being the closest one to her.

"You didn't have to put Sakura-chan under a genjutsu!" Naruto yelled, clenching his fist, from where he stood.

Sasuke turned to face the blonde, "If I didn't, she would have chased after us and gotten in the way."

Kakashi placed a hand on Sakura's arm looking at her with a considerate look, "Sakura... Sakura just wanted to help you all this time."

Sasuke looked at his former sensei with a staid expression, "So, you are suggesting me to enjoy a bit of romance? Well, I have no reason to love her or be loved by her."

"The only time you need a reason is when you hate someone!" Kakashi spat back. "You don't need a reason to love others!"

Sasuke thought about what Kakashi said at that moment, but all that filled his mind were his dead parents and his brother sitting peacefully and laughing with him at the diner table. The only memory left of them where they weren't trying to kill each other off.

"...Perhaps, but those are ties to a failed past." He then jumped away from there, heading for the valley of the end to settle things with Naruto.

..

"Seems like Kakashi was right after all," Sasuke mumbled against Erza's shoulder. Also, I am beginning to understand Sakura's pain. To think that she encouraged me to go to this world.

"Are you alright?" Erza asked leaning a bit closer and lifted his face, her hands cupping his warm cheeks in concern. "You seemed lost again."

Sasuke shook his head, "I am fine." He answered, before clearing his throat. "So, Erza. What now?"

Erza retracted her hands, and settled back on the bench beside him, "I guess it depends." She said looking straight ahead. She had thought about it. She knew Sasuke probably didn't have any clue as to what to do in these kind of situations.

Heck, even she didn't know anything about it. The only superior standing she got now was because of all the novels she read. On one side, she wanted to confirm his feelings for her. On the other side, she knew she couldn't refuse him if he asked her to return to Konoha with him. Even though he had declared that he will be staying in Fiore for a while.

Konoha was the home of Sasuke, and she knew that even if the village had made his family suffer, subdued them and isolated them, it was still his home. Normally, one would come to resent such a place, and she was beginning to understand why Sasuke defected from Konoha and never returned to it during his glory days, mind her.

Even if he didn't tell her about his past, she wasn't an idiot. She had been in Konoha long enough to find out what happened to his family and clan. At the start, whenever she went to market or some other place in the leaf village, bystanders had approached her normally at first and suggested her to leave him and spat the same nonsense that his clan was unstable, and that he had done many bad deeds in the past. Few old ladies suggested her to leave him and had the gall to ask her to look at their sons as possible candidates for her husband after she leaves Sasuke.

The visits were reduced as days went by, mostly because of stern glares and few poundings by her. Eventually people stopped approaching her due to her fierce personality, thinking she was a lost cause. She didn't care what they thought of her. She only cared enough to stand up for Sasuke, and prevent them from bad-mouthing him, which she did.

Even when half of the village hated him, he didn't seem to mind it. He seemed like he had no problem, and still moved forward probably carrying it all with himself.

According to Naruto, it was the memories of his late older brother, Itachi Uchiha which compelled him to move forward and kept him connected to the village. When asked what kind of a person Itachi was, Naruto simply had answered that he was a great Shinobi and the kindest man he ever knew. When asked further, he advised her to ask Sasuke on that.

Sasuke of course, was pained when it was brought up, so she didn't ask further on that. Looking at the miffed expression on his face upon remembering his brother and his family for some reason then hurt her too. He was already an anti-social person to begin with and his past didn't help his case. He was mostly by himself be it during his travels or his stay in Konoha.

She made a decision then to never let Sasuke feel lonely. Of course, she didn't have her memories then, so she conveniently forgot about it the moment her memories returned and also due to the relief of reuniting with her friends again. She had thought back then that there was no other way she could meet him again and decided to carry all those uncertain feelings inside her heart.

Of course, she hadn't predicted that Sasuke would directly jump after her when she jumped through the portal leading to Fiore. Oddly enough, she remembered about her decision now.

But, right now her guild was in a peril state and needed her more than ever. Heck, it looked like it needed Sasuke's strength too to return to its former glory. The rest of them takes a back seat, at least until the games were finished with Fairy Tail at the top. Then, maybe.

She heard Sasuke speak something. Was he speaking this whole time, or was he waiting for her to finish contemplating?

"Huh?" She said. "Sorry, I wasn't listening. Could you repeat that?"

Sasuke sighed, "I was just asking what now? It might be annoying but if it's you, I don't think I would mind being labelled as a part of couple. But then again, I have no idea what a couple means... I am just saying what I heard others say."

The blush intensified on Erza's face upon realizing that Sasuke had just proposed in a so Sasuke like way, but she had to halt her emotions forcibly as it wasn't a wise decision at the moment. Her lips pursed as a conflicted look was seen on her face. "I... am sorry. We can't at the moment," She said, while every fiber in her being said, Yes, yes, anything.

Sasuke nodded slowly, "I see."

"I am not saying that we shouldn't!" She said rather quickly as her thoughts ran wild at the sudden shift in the atmosphere. His face... "I just mean not at the moment! Especially when our comrades could be in danger..." The look on his face was too much for her heart to handle. She felt like tearing up. Maybe she was already crying. Her eyes welled up as one of her hands went to rub against them. "...I can't give an answer yet. Can you please wait a little longer? We need to focus on bringing the guild back to its former glory for the sake of our comrades who suffered in our absence... What am I even saying?"

Sasuke blinked, before a small smile graced his face after a moment. She was just the kind of girl who placed her guild's and her comrades well being before her own happiness. One who wouldn't hesitate to risk her life for her comrades; this similar trait shared along with his best friend and his former teammate. One who was truly kind, but also the the type who gets flustered and mad over a strawberry cake, dense at few things and laughs at bad puns.

"Your crying face is still the same when I found you for the first time," Her tears stopped momentarily as a hand gently rested against the top of her head. She looked up to see him smile softly at her. "I understand, Erza. You are right. I can wait a little longer. So don't cry. I am alright."

"Sasuke..."

"I think this is enough for today. You don't need to worry about this," Sasuke said, getting up and offered his hand for her to take. "Come on, let's go."

Erza nodded, wiping the tears of her face. She took his hand, getting up from the bench and proceeded to walk with him as he led her towards her inn. Even though he didn't speak again, he had a content expression on his face. Like he was at peace after a long struggle.

She suddenly felt embarrassed, remembering that she partly cried in front of him.

Erza cleared her throat, smiling as if she wanted to remove her tear fiasco from being the last thing on Sasuke's mind from today. "Er, I was thinking. You are a great kisser, you know."

"Am I?" Sasuke raised a brow at her. "That's good to hear."

Some silence ensued again as Erza began formulating her follow up question and also a curiosity she had since like for ever, "So, did you, you know..." she began, trying to sound casual, "...kiss anyone before?"

"Oh? Why the sudden interest?"

She turned red at the question as Sasuke had an amused expression," It's not like you're being shy to me!" Erza defended, "I just want to know, I guess..."

"That's a different matter," Sasuke shrugged. He then opened his eyes to see her looking at him curiously. "What?"

"Who was it then?"

Sasuke continued walking, "It was Naruto." Just as Erza was about to open her mouth, "Don't you dare. I won't tell you about how it happened."

"But, I didn't even ask anything... yet!"

"That look on your face is clear," Sasuke stopped seeing as they reached her inn. He turned to face her and held the parcel containing the cake for her to take. "Here, and don't bring it up again. Actually, forget I said anything about Naruto. If I suddenly start remembering that awful incident again after all this time, I am going to hold you responsible and simply use your lips as a compensation."

Erza's lips curled up slightly, "I don't mind if you do though."

Sasuke looked surprised for a moment, "I am sure you don't." He remarked with a smile. He hadn't expected her to respond to his bold words that way. He had only meant it as a joke but good to know she didn't mind it.

Erza smiled, "See you tomorrow."

"Yeah," He responded and began walking in the direction of his inn with a small smile on his face. Erza looked at the bag in her hand, before waving her arms and muttered a good night.

Now, they both could concentrate on the games with their minds fully focused on it. But, at least their respective worries were gone about each other and some light shone on their relationship which was good news. They could focus on the competition with a peace of mind.

..

Day 2;

Sasuke had a disinterested look, "Tell me again why we thought it was a good idea for Gajeel to participate in Chariot?"

"Gajeel-san was adamant since he saw Natsu-san competing," Juvia informed him.

Sasuke turned to the water user before he remembered something, "That's right. You and Gajeel were from the same guild before joining Fairy Tail, right?"

Juvia nodded, "I was a part of elemental four, while Gajeel-san was ranked above us. I may not be as strong as Mystogan-san, but I can hold my own."

Mira turned towards Laxus, "Maybe you too have this sickness that Dragon slayers do?"

"Don't tell anybody," Laxus sweated a bit as he crossed his arms.

"I think its pretty obvious at this point," Juvia pointed out.

Sasuke looked back at the race that was going on. People had to race on a moving vehicle and magic was allowed. And, apparently Dragon Slayers had this weird sickness for motion. The three dragon slayers on the scene were more than enough for Sasuke to confirm that. It was a bit strange was all. He turned to Juvia, "Do you have any sort of these weakness that we need to know beforehand?"

"I can focus alright in a battle... It's just that I lose my concentration when..."

Sasuke turned to the blue head who replaced the previous blue head. "When?" He prompted her to say.

"I can't focus when my darling Gray-sama is involved!" She squealed as Sasuke along with Laxus and Mirajane sweat dropped. "His body tends to get exposed whenever he fights!"

"That is creepy!" They turned towards the dugout where Gray was yelling, looking their way.

Laxus raised an eyebrow, "I never knew Gray had such keen listening abilities."

"Juvia loves how Gray-sama can even hear my words despite the distance!" Juvia said, covering her blushing cheeks with her hands. "Oh, Gray-sama!"

"Stop creeping me out!" They heard Gray yelling again.

Sasuke sighed, "I think he is being creepy now."

"Right?" Mira smiled. "Oh, it looks like it is finished."

They looked at the race to see Natsu and Gajeel finish last... again. But, it seemed like the other dragon slayer didn't mind crossing the finish line, letting the gen one slayers get ahead of him. Sasuke crooked his eyebrows at his arrogance but didn't comment anything.

But, one thing stood out apart from their lame performance. It was Natsu's speech about participating for the sake of their comrades, who had been waiting for them for seven years. He got the same gist of it from Erza last night. Seems like Erza, Natsu and Naruto all were cut from the same cloth, while Gray seemed a bit more like him if he was being honest.

They then turned towards the screen to see the current standings as the commentator announced.

Raven Tail - 22 P

Lamia scale - 20 P

Saber tooth - 18 P

Blue Pegaus - 15 P

Fairy Tail B - 11 P

Marmaid Heel - 8 P

Quattro Kerberos - 11 P

Fairy Tail A - 2 P

And, the first match began between a dog man and a snake man. Sasuke went forward with those names as the contenders got involved in some weird bet, but he noticed that even though the snake person fought the earlier round, he was chosen for this bout. And, in the end the snake person, whose name was Kurohebi won which really wasn't much of a surprise.

"Poor guy," Mira looked sad for the fallen warrior, named Toby. The dog man, Toby was crying his heart out, but a bet was a bet. Apparently he had bet to share a secret he never shared with anyone before.

He was lying down with one of his sock intact while the other one was missing. He began revealing the details of how he lost his precious sock, while tears rolled down his cheeks.

Sasuke was shaking. He wanted to know what was wrong with everyone in the arena, pitying the guy... and why? All because he lost his damn sock many months ago? It is tied around his neck for Kami's sake! "Oi, don't tell me you are about to cry?"

"But... he looks so sad, and it is such a sad story," Mira sniffed, as Sasuke's brow twitched. There was something seriously wrong with this girl.

Sasuke observed the arean as the snake person, Korohebi was decent enough to point to Toby's lost sock. Toby was happy because of this and began crying tears of joy. Whatever he wanted to say to Mira vanished the moment he also saw Erza from her respective stand empathizing with Toby.

Then, the snake guy went and offered his hand. Just as it looked like the two combatants were about to shake their hands, he snatched the sock from him and tore it. Sasuke felt glad that the stupid sock was out of the way, but immediately began questioning his choice in the redhead who was barely being restrained by Gray from attacking Kurohebi.

A bit of commotion was created, but the announcers were quick to start the next match. The next match began with the commentator announcing Bachus's name. And his opponent was Elfmann of A team.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the drunken guy, "Say, Mira. What kind of a guy is Bachus?"

"I would say he is as strong as Erza."

Sasuke kept quiet, before sensed something was up. One of the traps infused with chakra he placed near the infirmary got messed up. "I will be back in a moment."

Before Mira could look at Sasuke, he had vanished.

..

"Where are you guys taking Wendy?!" Natsu was yelling, chasing after three guys who had Wendy, Carla and Porlyusica. He had earlier disposed of a guy wielding guns.

"Let us drop them!" One of the guy yelled.

"Are you an idiot?" The other guy carrying Wendy argued. "Our orders were only to kidnap this blue haired girl. Why did you bring these other two?"

The guy carrying the old lady looked at the figure he was carrying, "I mean... doesn't she look like a girl from an angle?"

Natsu was infuriated, "What was that about kidnapping Wendy?!"

The guy carrying Wendy looked behind his shoulder, "That guy is too quick. Is he seriously the same person who competed in the that competition?" He then bumped into the guy carrying Carla in front of him. A vein popped in his head, "See where you are running, idiot!"

"L-look!" The other guy didn't say much, but pointed his shaking finger towards a person in front of them who had a glowing red eye.

Natsu halted, "Sasuke!"

Natsu stood on one side, while Sasuke stood on the other cutting off their escape path. The three assailants stood no chance as within a flash, Sasuke had decapitated two of them with two swift round house kicks, while the third one met the burning fist of Natsu. All the while this happened, Sasuke had managed to get the three who were captured back without any harm and had set them against the wall.

Few guards came rushing towards them hearing some explosion caused by Natsu's fist, "What is the commotion?"

"Commotion, my ass!"

Sasuke watched as Natsu went to argue with the guards regarding their security. Seeing as they were distracted, he bent down near one of the assailants and opened one of his eye. He then used his Sharingan to check his memories, but there was nothing worth noting in it. They just received an anonymous request from someone in Raven Tail. That was all.

The only thing which seemed a bit suspicious was a brown cloaked guy handing that request. The insignia on his cloak which looked like a dragon with the upper half in red and the lower half in white was what got Sasuke into thinking. It looked like a rip-off of the Uchiha crest.

It could be someone from Raven Tail, but yesterday's actions regarding the princess searching for him and Erza going on his behalf left a bad taste in his mouth. It looked like something was actually going on in the palace. Could someone actually be trying to use the past disputes between Raven Tail and Fairy Tail? That was still a possibility, but for now further investigation required before he could confirm it for a fact.

Something was definitely going on. He then turned his attention to the blue haired girl who had woken up in the meantime. "Are you alright, Wendy?"

"I-I feel fine, Sasuke-san." She said bowing down. "Thank you for your concern, Sasuke-san. Thanks to you too, Natsu-san."

Sasuke was surprised by her polite gesture but did not show it on his face and nodded. Seeing as the guards had arrived on the scene, he put his faith in Natsu to take care of them if something pops up. "B team's match still isn't over. I'll be going now." He said vanishing from there, leaving Natsu, Wendy, the white cat and Porlyusica alone.

..

Getting back, the final match had started. Between Sabertooth and Mermaid Heel. Rather, it seemed that it was already about to be over. Despite Sabertooth being the top guild, it looked like there were strong wizards from other guilds too. A powerful female swordsman in this case from Mermaid Heel.

He walked into the arena through a passage available for audience. He did not see the need to meet up with his team, as this was the final match of the day- Kagura vs Yukino having already caught the news of Mira's win, which seemed to be all that was on others mind at the moment. Wonder what kind of display went on in that?

He stood near the passage exit to observe the final match, seeing as the crowd were on their feet for what was happening. It was a rather rare sight. Two giant eels were frozen in mid-air, as Yukino seemed powerless due to some force acting on her.

Gravity, huh? Sasuke noted the observation as this white haired girl was on her knees and was panting. He was so indulged in the sight that when he noticed a laugh beside him, he was almost about to take out his katana and strike at the guy beside him. That was when he noticed a guy wearing a brown cloak beside him having a hood over his head, leaning against the wall and his hands folded. He had black eyes, pale skin and his hair was black. That was all Sasuke could get from his appearance.

"Relax, dude." The guy said. Sasuke noticed that his voice was a bit brassy and he deduced that the male beside him was no older than him as the voice seemed a bit young. The stranger continued, "I must admit though, it is such a rare sight to see a celestial arts user now-a-days. And, the opposite woman is a better swordsman than I imagined."

Sasuke not one for conversation, kept quiet and observed the match ignoring the guy all the while keeping an eye at him. This guy was able to sneak up on him, which was no small feat. The match looked like it reached its climax with Kagura swinging her blade on a giant serpent, but the guy did not stop rambling much to Sasuke's irritation.

"You know, I once met a celestial wizard whose level was like no other. She was the best in the business," The guy rambled to Sasuke, as if he knew Sasuke all his life and was his best bud. Even Naruto never approached him this way the first time. "She was a fine babe, and had such a fine broad. Wish I had tapped that at least once."

Irritation became clear on Sasuke's face as the guy described her and what he wanted to do with her, "Why are you telling me all this?" Sasuke turned his head around and narrowed his eyes.

"Anna was a shy girl. In fact, she made it her mission to help others. I feel bad for talking about her this way, but her body says otherwise." The guy continued ignoring Sasuke's question.

Sasuke cleared his throat keeping his face blank and showing the scowl at his question being ignored, "Do I know you?"

The figure seemed to blink, "Oh, sorry. That's right. My bad." The guy unfolded his arms. "My name is Kawaguchi. I am 23 years old.-"

Sasuke nodded at finally given a chance to speak, "Sasu-" He started to give out his name out of common courtesy, but was given no chance to finish as the guy didn't stop talking paying no heed to what he was saying.

"-I am one of the elite soldiers in my kingdom, which is quite big by the way. I like sweets, especially this capital's strawberry cake. You should definitely try that-"

"..."

"-My zodiac is Capricorn and my blood type is A." He stopped speaking as a blade was now pointed to his neck.

The former avenger looked eerily calm and spoke in a calm, cold tone, "Stop talking, or I'll kill you."

"Woah, easy there hot stuff!" The guy reeled back raising his arms. "No need to get all grumpy. I will stay silent if it's what you want."

"That would be much appreciated."

Sasuke was glad as the guy had quietened down, but almost winced when the guy started speaking again. "So, as I was saying, that babe was fine. In fact, I mistook her for one of the contestants in these games."

The Uchiha sighed. It seemed like he had no choice but to listen to this guy, as he couldn't get anywhere with the crowd blocking the front and he couldn't just shove a chidori through him just for talking to him. As he looked for an exit to get out of there, the guy continued.

"But, this doppelganger is sexy too. I would love to get my hands on her, but my girl would murder me."

A ray of hope shone before Sasuke when he found an exit, so he decided to humor the guy for the first and last time, "Maybe I need to meet your girl and tell how you like talking about other women and how faithful you are."

"Please! Anything, but that!" The guy shuddered. Sasuke had a small victory smirk for gaining some sort of retribution on the guy who was constantly violating his ears. He turned his back on the guy, and took a few steps but halted when he heard Lucy's name being mentioned.

"I will stay away from Lucy if that's what you want, so please do not tell my girl. She is pretty scary as it is." The voice came as Sasuke understood the matter now. All this time, that guy had been talking about someone who was Lucy's look-a-like. Still, a fair warning had to be given to the guy to not go anywhere near his guild. If he was talking this much about her, then Erza and Mira definitely had to be kept hidden from this guy.

As he turned back, all that greeted him was a swirl of dust blowing his face as a piece of paper lay in the place where he stood before. Frowning, Sasuke went and picked over the scrap of paper. His brow twitched as he read the contents,

"Just kidding about the whole staying away from Lucy. My girl isn't here at the moment, so I am free to do what I want, pretty boy. Your warning would have been null."

Sasuke looked pissed as he clenched the paper, seeing as the guy had guessed that he was going to warn him.

"Ha ha, that expression on your face is priceless. Oh, and P.S: Your team-mates are cute too, :P!"

"...I am going to kill this guy very slowly."

And cut. Don't bother searching up Kawaguchi. He is an OC created for this arc. But, you can already guess his origin.

Would a second hand really make him much stronger? All of us were blown off our seats when Sasuke vs Kinshiki happened, and a thought must have popped into our head then- How would have the fight gone if he had two hands? His dominant hand is left hand, so it would help him a lot in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. He needs two hands to perform other jutsu's of Rinnegan as far as I think. I maybe wrong.

Will Cana obtain Fairy Glitter? Hmm, she would if she enters the team. Knowing Sasuke, she would probably get a chance.

I know that Sasuke has been a lot quieter since his battle with August, but finally some action presents itself before him in next chapter.

Next Chapter: Sasuke back in action.