Chapter 29 – Sasuke's Chapter (Part 3)

It was stupid and archaic. Why did I have to do this? I didn't even like the senior class. Why would I have to participate in raising money for their prom?

"Line up," Kakashi-sensei walked passed us. How could he support such a degrading thing? We were people after all not animals.

"I'm so nervous," I heard Choji in front of me say to Shikamaru.

"Don't be, Choji. I know a girl will totally bid for you," Shikamaru patted Choji's shoulder.

"Maybe a snack would help," he reached into his lunch basket.

"Hey, you need that for your girl," Shikamaru pulled Choji's hand out of the basket.

"Are you boys ready to be auctioned off?" Anko walked in front of us smiling. I could not believe that we were being auctioned off to girls for lunch dates in order to raise money for the senior prom. I did not want to spend the day dressed up and with some irritating girl.

"Come on boys. Smile! Lots of lovely ladies are waiting to spend a fortune for your company," that woman went on. I despised her.

"Let's begin then!" She walked off to the podium while we boys stood off stage but we were able to see the audience full of girls. Anko went to the mic and began the atrocious event.

"Hello, ladies! Are you ready to raise money for the senior prom?"

"Yes!" The girls replied to Anko's question.

"Alright. Let's begin! First, we have Kiba Inuzuka," Anko called dog boy and he strutted on stage. Some girls cheered.

"Let's started the bidding at five! Do I hear five?"

"Five!" A girl screamed.

"Ten!" Another. The bidding went on till Kiba was sold for forty. Each boy went up and no bid went passed fifty.

"Naruto Uzumaki is up next. How about we start at ten?"

I heard some girls calling out bids. I saw Hinata blushing furiously in the front row. I knew that she and Naruto had started dating but she was too shy to stand up and bid.

"Fifty!" Sakura yelled but raised Hinata's hand.

"Fifty! Hinata Hyuga bids fifty. Anyone else want to bid higher?"

None did. Naruto grinned as Hinata had to come up and claim him. Sai came next and Ino glared all the girls out of their bets and ended up paying less than twenty for her boyfriend. Shikamaru was sold for thirty to some girl in glasses.

"Next to last we have Choji Akimichi!"

Choji walked slowly and nervously onto the stage. No girls cheered but groans resounded.

"Let's start at ten!" Anko smiled. No made a bid. All could hear the girls muttering about how they didn't want Choji.

"We want Sasuke!" I girl screamed out. More girls started screaming it and chanting. All these stupid girls kept calling for me. Stupid.

"Now, ladies, Choji is up right now and-" I could see Anko was trying to help Choji out.

"Sasuke! Sasuke!" They kept on. I hated that. I saw Choji look down embarrassed and they said boys were cruel.

"Hundred!" A single cry stopped the commotion.

"What?" Everyone stopped and looked to the owner of the bid.

"Who said a hundred?" Anko asked.

"I did!" Sakura stood up with the money in her hands. Sakura? I was surprised. I really was. I thought she would bid on me since she was so "in love" with me.

"Sold. Choji goes to Sakura Haruno for a hundred," Anko announced. Sakura walked up to the stage and gave Kakashi-sensei the money.

"Sakura," Choji blushed.

"Sorry it took so long to bid. I had to get my money together," She smiled to him and took his arm. They walked off the stage.

"Now, is the time for the long awaited Sasuke Uchiha," I was called out. I stood on the stage unamused.

"Let's start the bid at twenty since you were all so anxious for him," Anko said.

"Twenty!"

"Thirty!"

The bids went on and on. Finally, it was down to Karin and Ami.

"Two hundred!" Ami went.

"Two hundred and seventy five!" Karin yelled. I saw Ami frown. I wanted to leave then. I could handle Ami. Saying her name would keep her satisfied but Karin would try something. Why couldn't Sakura have waited for me?

"Two hundred and seventy five going once. Twice, Sold! Kairn come claim your date," Anko said.

Karin sauntered up and took my arm. My skin crawled at her touch.

"You're all mine now, Sasuke!" She squealed.

We were made to go out to the cafeteria and sit with our "dates". Everyone looked so…cozy and I was stuck with Karin.

"I never thought Ami would be my rival for you. I thought Sakura would have tried but apparently she prefers fatties," Karin sneered as she unpacked the basket of food my mother made. I saw my mother had packed syrup-coated anko dumplings, umeboshi, and anmitsu…Sakura's favorites. She had been expecting Sakura as my date as well. Karin started squawking about how the food and how she was glad to be with me and whatever. I didn't care or listen. I looked over at the others. Hinata and Naruto were laughing while eating ramen. Sai and Ino were sharing momen tofu, cherry tomatoes and pudding. Sakura and Choji sat at a table near Karin and me. He had packed potato chips, barbeque and wrapped cakes. He was gorging himself on the food and she was barely eating. How inconsiderate of him. Sakura kept smiling laughing at whatever he was joking about. I knew she had only bided on him out of pity but how she kept laughing and touching his arm was really annoying.

"Sasuke, are you even listening?" Karin grabbed my arm. I pulled away from her and sighed. I nodded so she would not bother me much anymore.

"So do you want to?" She smirked.

"Do what?" I had no idea what she was talking about.

"Get out of here?" She smiled.

"Yes. I would," I stood up.

"Great! We can-" She started but I walked out before she finished or even looked up from the food.

I walked out of the school and started for Itachi's place. I had no interest to go home and face the inquiries of my mother on how that awful event went. I knocked on Itachi's door and he opened it looking very surprised.

"Sasuke? What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I need to avid some people," I walked into his apartment. I sat on the couch.

"Why do you need to avoid people?" He asked.

"Karin bought me at an auction and I can't stand her."

"Karin? Ohhh, Karin."

"Yeah."
"I thougth for sure Sakura would have bought you," Itachi said and looked away from me as he had been doing lately whenever we talked about her, "Was she sick today or not have enough money?"

"No. She bided on another guy," I felt so annoyed.

"Another guy?" He practically gasped.

"Yeah. But it was Choji Akimichi. It was a pity bid. He was being booed off the stage."

"I see," He relaxed a bit. Itachi was so protective of Sakura. Their relationship was so weird. He was always so concerned about her and her love life. If she wasn't with me, he would act so weird.

"Well, feel free to hide out here all you want. I have to go to work," Itachi left me. I watched some TV and raided his fridge. I eventually left when I saw it was past diner time. When I left the apartment I walked down and saw Kakashi-sensei walking some dogs. It was weird seeing him out school. I had no idea he had so many dogs.

"Kakashi-sensei, wait up!" Sakura ran up by him with more dogs. Why was she with Kakashi-sensei? They were smiling and laughing. It was so annoying.

"Sasuke-kun!" She saw me and waved. She gave the dogs to Kakashi-sensei and ran over to me.

"Sakura."

"What happened at the lunch? You just got up and left!" I was surprised she noticed since she was so wrapped up in Choji.

"I didn't like my company," I answered.

"I see," She smiled.

"How was your lunch?"

"Fun. Choji is a very sweet guy," She kept smiling. It was annoying.

"Good."

"I get finished with Kakashi-sensei in a few minutes. Want to walk home together once I'm finished?" She asked. I shrugged.

"Great! Stay here! I'll be right back!" She ran off to catch up with Kakashi-sensei. I waited fifteen minutes for her. When she finally came back she apologized for how long she took. I just shrugged and we started back towards our homes. She told me about how everyone else's lunches went and other unimportant things.

"Whoa!" A group of drunk men stumbled out a bar and in front of us. I pushed Sakura back before she would run into one of them.

"Ssssorry," One slurred his apology.

"Hey! You're cute," Another hiccupped as he looked at Sakura. She stepped back more from the men.

"She is cute. Want to come have some fun with us?" Another started talking.

"She can't. She's with me," I put my arm around her.

"What? Come on. Don't you want to come have fun with us and leave this dweeb?"

"I'm with him. Back off," She said.

"How rude!" One snarled. He reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Let go of her!" I yelled at him and hit his arm.

"Back off! I got to teach this girl a lesson on how to be polite!" His buddy knocked me away from me.

"Let go of me, asshole!" Sakura yelled. I got back up and went to punch the asshole but before I could Sakura had flipped him over. The other guys helped him up and then ran off. I was impressed. I had almost forgotten that she had taken martial arts.

"Are you okay, Sasuke-kun?" She came to my side.

"I'm fine," I waved her off.

"Thank for standing up for me," She was blushing. I didn't do that well of standing up since I got knocked down and she actually had to flip him herself.

"You did more than I," I stated.

"No. You did a lot. Thank you," She smiled. I sighed and started walking again. She stayed by my side smiling all the way home. She was so annoying…