"His name is-"

"Sasuke Uchiha…"

Kagome was shocked. She thought back to when pinky had busted into the room wanting to know where a Sasuke was… Well, at least now Kagome knew.

"Uchiha-san, would you happen to know who pinky- I mean Sakura- is?"

He snickered at her nickname for his old teammate.

Ibiki grunted. "I suppose I don't have to worry about the both of your egos clashing, so I suppose I should take my leave." He took out a chain with at least a hundred keys on it and quickly picked one. The key to her jail cell, she guessed. He quickly put it in inside the hole and unlocked the huge metal door. "In you go, Higurashi."

She gulped, suddenly realizing that if something were to happen, Ibiki wouldn't be there. "Good-bye, Ibiki-sama." And with fake confidence, she took two steps into the darkness. She heard the door slam behind her and the slight jingle of keys as he locked the cell back up.

"Good-bye, Higurashi."

With each echoed step he took down the long hallway sounded fainter, and she realized that with each step her heart became even heavier. Her bottom lip quivered. It was so dark it was painful… No… He was going to get her… No… No, please, not-

She felt a cold hand grasp her shoulder, causeing her to jump with a shriek of terror rising in her throat. "Calm down, woman." Oh... it was just Sasuke… She breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

She grabbed onto the stranger like her life depended on it. To her, it felt like it did. He put his arm to the back of her knees and picked her up. Her arms wove around his neck and tightened. She felt him walk to the opposite side of the darkness and she saw a flicker of light. A torch! He'd lit a torch for her.

Curiosity got the best of her and she pulled her face back from the warmth of his neck to look at Sasuke's features. She gasped silently. He was beautiful! He had spiky, soft looking hair, almost the same color as her own, actually. Glittering obsidian eyes, beautiful creamy skin… and from what she could see through his shirt, fine abs. "You're not an old muscle man at all!"

He raised an eyebrow, glaring menacingly at her. She shook her head. "Don't worry about it, Spiky."

He grunted. "You just have offending nicknames for everyone, don't you?"

She laughed. "Completely!" He glared.

"Just don't call me spiky." Alright… if they were going to be in a cell together, they might as well compromise.

She pouted. "Ok…" She smirked evilly. "Mr. Giggles, then!"

He growled deep in the back of his throat. Yea, so much for compromise, he thought as his glare deepened.

She laughed- it sounded like bells. "Yes, it's perfect! Mr. Giggles is your name!"

He simply took a few steps and dropped her… into a tub of water. She shrieked at the cold temperature.

Sasuke smirked with triumph. "Hn…"

She surfaced with a pout and said with a whiny edge to her voice, "Mr. Giggles has a temper."

Dropping the cute act, she glared through her hair. She stood and flicked some water at him as she reached for the towel that was on the sink to her right, which turned into a water war when he splashed her back. Not just any water war, though… A water war… In a jail cell! She giggled and continued to soak the Uchiha with water.

When they had finished playing with water like children- or so he had claimed it was- they were both completely dry and sitting side by side on the only bed in the jail. Not liking the awkward filled silence, Kagome decided to continue their earlier conversation. "So, Sasuke…"

"Hn?"

Her eyes narrowed. "About my question from earlier…"

He snorted. "Which one, exactly?"

Kagome sighed and glared at the wall. "Do you know Sakura?"

He closed his eyes. "She was my old teammate. She always had a crush on me, every girl in the village did. That's why I'm surprised you're not hanging all over me."

She smiled and shrugged. "I'm used to attractive people."

He nodded. "I see."

There was momentary silence, until Kagome abruptly sat up.

"So wait, if you know her and she knows you, then how come she doesn't know you're down here in Konaha? She almost choked me to death trying to get me to tell her where a Sasuke was. I honestly think she would've killed me if Tsunade had not intervened."

"Hn. That sounds like her…" he thought back to the many times she had beat Naruto to a bloody pulp. "Anyways, she doesn't know I'm here because Tsunade thinks it would be healthier for her to think there's no hope for me rather than to continue this ridiculous fantasy that one day we'll fall in love and get married." He rolled his eyes. "So she asked everyone to keep it a secret. Only Kakashi, Tsunade, and Ibiki know I'm here." He hissed. "I do not know why the old woman insists on protecting her. She'll never be stronger if everyone keeps babying her like they are. It's her own fault for thinking up the delusion."

She pursed her lips. "I suppose I see where you're coming from." She switched the subject. "Why not Naruto, then? Why doesn't he know you're here?"

"Naruto has a big fucking mouth."

She made an "O" with her mouth.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Giggles, I know I ask a lot of questions."

He growled. "I'm not a damn Mr. Giggles, you insolent girl… Mr. Giggles is something you name a stuffed clown monkey."

She smiled sweetly, although the mischievous glint in her blue eyes told you she her intentions were anything but. "Exactly!"

He blanched, caught off guard. "Are you implying that I'm a monkey?"

She looked away and smirked. "Maybe… I guess you'll never know, Mr. Giggles."

He glared. "I can make life hell for you…"

"Go ahead. I like it that way, anyways." Of course, she knew he wouldn't really do it. But she was never more wrong. Poor Kagome didn't know to never challenge an Uchiha. Much less a teenage Uchiha undergoing puberty…

He smirked and breathed cool air on her neck. Goose bumps ran up and down her arms and an uncontrollable shiver went down her spine.

He brought his lips to base of her throat and placed a short, but promising, kiss there."Your wish is my command, my darling…"