Chapter 5

After a few "dates" Sakura's dream of a real first kiss with Sasuke Uchiha was still not realized. She had been fantasizing of such an intimate moment since she first saw him. Just thinking about it made her revert back to her academy days, making her face shine bright red and her palms sweat.

Everyone around Konoha had seen the two together, never holding hands or anything, but it was more than obvious they were seeing each other. After her infatuation with Sai, Ino no longer felt the sting of jealousy everytime Sakura told her about her day with Sasuke. Ino actually pushed the relationship to happen, more than anything, she wanted to see Sakura happy with the man she's loved since she was a little girl.

One weekend afternoon, not a single member of their group of friends had a mission or anything else to do for that matter.

"We should go to the hot spring!" Naruto hollered over all his comrades discussing what they should do on their day off.

"Tha-that's a great idea, Naruto" Hinata's head popped up from behind the blond.

"Yeah! Since we're a bit older now we should all not have a problem bathing in the same spring right? Hehe" Ino's conniving expression sent chills up Hinata and Sakura's back. The kunoichi couldn't handle picturing themselves bathing with their significant others, even with one of them already being married.

"How about the males and females go their separate ways and meet up together afterwards, hm?" Sai put his hand on Ino's shoulder, disappointing her.

At the hot spring Ino, Hinata, Sakura, Temari and TenTen bathed together on the female side, while Rock Lee, Naruto, Sai, Shikimaru, and Sasuke bathed respectfully on their own side.

"so Sasuke…" Naruto with a sly grin slide over to where Sasuke was sitting in the water.

"You and Sakura..hehe"

"What about it"

"Oh maybe that you two have been spending a lot of time together lately and everytime I even say your name around her Sakura gets all red and stuff. She turns really werid."

At the talk of Sakura's blushing, Sasuke couldn't hid his small half smile.

"We do not do it!" Sakura's loud angry retort bellowed through the bamboo walls to where the boys could here. Startled, all the men just stared at each other, listening

"Of course I don't know what it looks like!" with that, every boy in the bath jumped to place their ear to the separating wall to listen in more. Sasuke, stayed inside the spring, hiding a small blush.

"Ino, please do you have to get all perverted like that?" Sakura wild blush was prominent as she spoke to her friend, looking away from her.

"aw come on forehead we know you and Sasuke have been spending a hell of a lot of time together. Just tell us what he looks like naked" at the last word, Ino looked like a pervy snake flicking her tongue at the mere thought of Sasuke without clothing.

Sakura held her hands over her ears "No no no no no!"

"Sakura come on!" Sakura jumped out of the water to talk over her perverted best friend.

"It's nothing like that! And if it turns into that you'll be the last person to know!"

"Oh wow, Sakura has really filled out-OW" naruto's realization and sudden thud on his head made all the girls look up towards the openings in the bamboo fence.

Within every crack, there was a boy's peeping eye. And behind haruto rubbing his aching head, Sakura made eye contact with her beloved Sasuke.

"Sasu-Sasuke"

"Co-cover up Sakura he can see you!" Hinata's small plea barely reached Sakura.

Sasuke's slight blush reminded Sakura of her nudity, he everted his eyes from her and she dove into the hot water with a scream.

The relaxing hot spring became a complete ruckus when all the women sweared at the boys for catching a glimpse. After getting out, Sakura put on her towel and began looking for her clothes. All the other girls had began dressing already, Sakura couldn't find the emerald necklace Sasuke had given her. She had taken it of before getting in the bath to make sure she didn't ruin it, and ended up losing it.

"No ugh no" Sakura groaned still in her towel looking around the entire dressing room. Most of her friends had left already and left her alone listening to Sai and Ino way too far up each others' asses to pay her any attention. After crawling all over the gorund, Sakura tried to lift her head, only to collide with another body. A boy's body. A boy's body that was also only wearing a towel. Sasuke-kun.

"Looking for this."

Sasuke held up the necklace, it sparkling in the light.

"Ah!" Sakura jumped up to grab the necklace, only to have Sasuke bring it up higher and out of her reach.

The room was empty now, just Sakura and Sasuke in their towels, and Sakura trying to jump for the necklace without letting her towel drop to the floor.

"Sasuke why-"

"What were you getting worked up about in there today"

"What? Oh..well Ino just doesn't know how to keep her big mouth shut sometimes hehehe…" Sakura's embarrassment and hesitance made Sasuke smirk. He handed her the necklace, and she put it back on.

Sasuke's hand reached for the amulet, and held it right above her breasts. Sakura looked like she was going to implode.

"When it does come to that, she will be the last to know." With that, he dropped the necklace back down on her chest and let his fingers linger. And he was gone.