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"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound-"

"Sakura."

"-That saved a wretch like me-"

"Sakura."

"I once was lost-"

"Sakura!"

"-But now I am saved-"

"SAKURA!"

"... What is it Sasuke-kun?"

"Shut the hell up."

Tears. "You don't like my singing?!"

"You were singing?"

(Fight number: 87)

-The Hidden Knowledge of a Pink-Haired Kunoichi-

Our heroine, Haruno Sakura, trotted merrily to the Uchiha house that morning. With a song in her head and a smile on her lips, she knocked at the door. Last night hadn't ended as badly as she feared. In fact, she learned a good tid bit about her dear Sasuke-kun.

Since she expected the youngest Uchiha to answer the door, she was quite surprised to see the eldest son. She was SHOCKED-STUNNED-OVERLY-SURPRISED to see the eldest Uchiha son in his boxers, shirt-less, and messy-haired.

A dark flush broke out onto her pale cheeks. She instantly averted her eyes to her feet. "I-is S-Sasuke-k-kun here?' she mumbled. Oh great, I'm starting to sound like Hinata, she thought miserably. But then again, she justified, who answers their door in their UNDERWEAR?!

"Oh, Sakura... isn't it?" Itachi asked in his polite voice. "What a pleasant surprise. Come in, Sasuke's not ready yet." He stepped aside for her ability to enter.

Pleasant, he says. She smiled as brightly as possible and walked inside the lovely smelling house. She looked around, on the look out for that man known as Fugaku. When she didn't see him, she relaxed and flopped onto the living room sofa. She was delighted when she sank into the fabric as it bent softly to her every curve.

It took her a while to notice Itachi sitting on the chair on the opposite side of the living room, staring intently at her. When she did notice, her blush instantly returned. Make conversation, she urged herself. "So, um... Itachi-sa...kun..."

"Do you remember what I told you last night?" he asked patiently.

She smiled and nodded. "Sure do!"

"Good. Don't tell Sasuke."

The pastel-hair-colored girl cocked her head to the side. "Eh?"

"You heard me."

At that moment, the love of Sakura's life entered the room. Her heart lurched out of her chest the moment she set eyes on the dark angel. "Sasuke-kun!" she yelled gleefully as she jumped for him with her arms outstretched. But right before she came in contact with him, she froze.

He cocked a brow. "Hn?"

"Er..." she glanced at Itachi out of the corner of her eyes. He seemed expectant. "Uh, Sasuke-kun, lets go before we're late!" she yelled as she grabbed his wrist and pulled him out the door, slamming it behind them anxiously.

Itachi shook his head.

--

Sakura made sure not to look at Sasuke the entire walk. Little did she realize that she had yet to let go of his wrist. Sasuke watched the determination on her face for just about as long as he could stand before getting irritated - which wasn't very long.

Oh, Sasuke, patience is a virtue. One of the many ones you weren't granted with.

The angry boy jerked his wrist back to shove it in his pocket where it belonged. Sakura looked back at him with surprise. When she met those obsidian eyes, she lost herself. "Sasuke-kun!" she wailed.

The outburst was quite sudden. The Uchiha stepped back and looked around. Good, no one was around to see the odd pastel-haired girl have her hysteric. "Uh, Sakura, what's your problem?" he demanded.

The girl's ears twitched. She averted her eyes from her feet to his face. "P-problem?" she squeaked. "What ever are you talking about? I don't have a problem. No problem here, no sirry. I mean if I had a problem it's not like I'd keep it a secret or anything. Secrets are for problems what turkey is for peanut butter. Just doesn't go together. Nope, nuh-uh, no way ambré. Not fer me. So, um, Sasuke-kun, do you have any problems and or secrets?"

Sasuke simply stared at her. "Did you happen to have any sugar today?"

"AH HA HA HA!" the fake laugh startled him once again. "No way! 'Course not! Okay, maybe just a little bit. But it's hard not to put sugar in the Cheerios that have no sweetening. Don't you agree? Hey, what about your problems?"

To Sakura's dismay, she discovered that they already arrived at school and Sasuke was conversing with Neji.

Hyuuga Neji- brown hair, tinted white eyes, cousin to Hyuuga Hinata, kinda mean, hates Uchiha Sasuke with a passion.

He didn't even listen to a word I said!Sakura fumed. He's even talking to Neji to avoid me!

Unfortunately, Uzumaki Naruto happened to pass by and greet the bitter girl. Now he has the misfortune to face the shorty's wrath!

"How am I?!" she echoed his question through her teeth. "What does it matter how I am! Sasuke-kun has a SECRET! And he didn't even tell me about it! I tell him everything! Well, except for the girly stuff that no one who can call himself a man wants to hear about. But that's why I have Ino, I suppose."

Naruto stared at the girl who seemed to be talking mostly to herself. But that was before the tiny gears in his empty head began to grind. "SASUKE HAS A SECRET??" he screamed.

Sakura nodded grimly. She grabbed the Uzumaki's collar and pulled him in to whisper in his ear. The blonde's face went from flat, to curious, to surprised, to just plain giddy. He looked at the Haruno with wide cerulean orbs. "Really?" he asked excitedly. "Wait, how do you know somethin' like that?"

"Itachi-sa...kun told me," the pinkette answered proudly.

Get off your pedestal...

"You mean that gang member guy with the weird eyes?" Naruto questioned.

"Yup!"

"Oooooooooh."

"SAKURA!" Ino came bursting into the scene (which, by the by, is outside on the school stairs, school starts in approximatly 2 minutes.) The blonde threw her arms around her friend and squeezed tightly. "You'll never believed what I just heard!"

"Word got out that fast?!" both Uzumaki and Haruno yelled incredulously.

"Well duh!" Ino grinned. "The whole village saw it."

"THEY SAW IT?!" both unisized.

Ino blinked. "We are talking about Naruto wearing a dress and running around the village, right?"

Both relaxed. Sakura even giggled. "Ino, that was so last arc! We're on to juicer, more anticipated things. Come here," she pulled the big mouth closer and whispered the secret she just told Naruto.

Who knew Sakura was so bad at keeping secrets?

And the Yamanaka's face copied just what Naruto's did. When she was in the giddy stage, Sakura finished with a grin. "Really?" Ino asked suspiciously. "It's hard to believe the amazing Sasuke-kun would have such a juicy secret like that."

But before Sakura answered with her proud answer of Itachi, Ino caught sight of Inuzuka Kiba.

Inuzuka Kiba- hood to his hoodie is always up, tan skin, doggie eyes, carries around dog named Akamaru. Loud, nosey, kinda just there with no purpose really.

And so, Ino tackled him. "You have to hear what I just heard about Sasuke-kun!" she shouted, waving her arms excitedly at the startled boy.

"Get offa me!" he growled as he gave the girl a hefty shove.

This didn't seem to tamper her one bit. She grabbed his hoodie, pulled him closer, and whisper gleefully in his ear. His face went from bored to interested in fewer moments than it had with the other two who knew. His eyes were wide as he looked at Ino. "Seriously?" he howled.

The three that knew nodded. "But keep it a secret," Sakura warned.

Kiba opened his mouth to protest but closed it shut when Sasuke happened to pass by. Walking with his arrogant nose high and his hands shoved into his pockets, Sasuke only paused in his stride as he saw all four grin at him. The one who caught his eye most was the one with the second most idiotic grin (next to Naruto.) He lifted a brow at the Haruno.

"Hello, Sasuke-kun!" she greeted cheerfully. I feel so much better now that others know.

Naruto and Kiba snickered off to the side. Ino kept jabbing Sakura with her elbow, staring at Sasuke conspicuously.

"Tch, whatever," Sasuke muttered. He turned his head back to the direction he was heading and resumed walking. Though his exterior was stoic, his interior was burning with curiousity.

... Is it my hair? he wondered briefly.

...Nah, couldn't be.

"Hey, Sasuke you better hope it don't rain!" Naruto called from behind him. "'Cause if it does, you'll drown!"

Twitch. Sasuke hurriedly turned the corner before he snapped.

"Sakura-chan!" Kiba moaned once the Uchiha was gone. "Can I at least tell Shino?"

Sakura contemplated this. Shino-kun hardly talks to anyone. So mysterious.

Aburame Shino - brown hair, dark glasses, pale skin. Mysterious. 'Nough said.

"Sure," she finally decided.

While Kiba raced off to find Shino, Sakura looked around curiously. She had been suddenly abandoned. Soon, though, she spotted Ino whispering in TenTen's ear. She also found Naruto whispering to a blushing Hinata.

So much for keeping it a secret.

--

After first period, Uchiha Sasuke walked the halls to his next class. At first he remained oblivious to the staring people but after a moment or two, their stares began penetrating. He watched them all with side-glances while they gaped or giggled. His fan-girls seemed to steer clear of him for once. Why did the sweet bliss feel like a bad thing?

And where the hell was Sakura?

He sighed and turned into his classroom. The teacher - Mr. Orochimaru - looked up and smiled that creepy smile of his at the boy. Sasuke ignored it and took his seat at the back of the class. He was well aware of the stares from the few students who were in the classroom at this early time. But he kept his gaze on the doorway, waiting for a certain pinkette to stroll into the room.

When she did... Sasuke couldn't believe his eyes.

His fan-girls were all over her?! What. The. Fuck?! his mind hissed. Has... Sakura gone gay?! Sweat trickled down his cheeks at the thought.

The girls surrounded Sakura - looking at the small girl with pleading eyes. Sasuke couldn't quite hear their squeals but they sounded similiar to begs. He strained his ears but they abruptly ceased when all sets of eyes rested on the Uchiha. The girls silenced and trailed to their seats - averting their eyes from Sasuke to Sakura.

In the middle of the lesson, something suddenly flung against Sakura's head. She flinched in surprise and looked down. A perfectly folded note lay on her desk on top of her notes. She carefully and secretively unfolded it.

It was Sasuke's writing.

What the fuck is going on?

Was all that it said.

Sakura sighed and scribbled sloppily her response. When she was finished, she folded it back up, messing up in the process, and flung it back at him. He caught it mid-air and unfolded the messy job with some troubles.

I learned a secret about you.

Was her reply.

Tell me or I'll disown you.

Sakura paled visibly when her eyes swept over the paper. She bit her lip and glanced at the irritated Uchiha. Might as well, she figured, or else someone else will tell him before I do and things will go down, down, down.

She quickly scribbled the answer and threw it to the prodigy boy.

Inter-

Mr. Orochimaru caught it.

-ception.

A squeak escaped Sakura's lips. Sasuke watched the teacher read the horribly folded note with expressionless eyes. But he couldn't hide the cold sweat increase when a curly grin rose up the teacher's lips. He looked at Sasuke with those slimy eyes. "Sasuke-kun, I had no idea."

"About what?" Sasuke had to work from keeping his voice from cracking.

"You don't know?" Mr. Orochimaru looked deceivingly surprised. "Well," he said as he shoved the paper into his breast pocket, "if it's a secret then I guess you shouldn't know. At least for a little while. But... if you'd like to come to class after school..."

The Uchiha bawled his fists. Pure disgust revealed to his face. "Hell no."

Mr. Orochimaru chuckled. "Then I suppose you will never know. Sakura-chan, you are forbidden to tell him or you'll get detention."

"Yes, sir!" Sakura said immediately.

Sasuke glared daggers at her.

School was a living hell through the rest of the day.

--

Haruno Sakura had been sure not to cross paths with the fuming Uchiha the entire day. She only had two classes (including lunch) with him so it wasn't THAT hard. The second class she had with him was Kakashi-sensei's class and she skipped that to go to Gifted classes with Tsunada, the principal.

And, she also skipped lunch.

So by the time school was over, Sakura was rushing out the doors to get home and eat something. Her stomach growled and snarled at her like an angry dog. And for some reason she kept smelling ice cream and it only enticed her hunger further.

Naturally, she stopped to get an ice cream cone. As she licked the cold, sweet vanilla, she thought about Sasuke. Again. I wonder why Sasuke-kun doesn't like sweets. Oh, I know! Maybe he's allergic to sugar! But there's sugar in just about anything these days. Hm...

Without realizing it until it was too late, she accidentally ran into someone. "Oh, I'm-"

Death glare.

"Gaara-kun..." Sakura shuddered. Not only were his glares unjustified, but they were frightening. She feared she might explode while under that pressure.

Ahem.

Gaara - reddish-brownish-depends-on-what-kind-of-mood-you're-in hair, jade, glaring eyes, dark, bruise-like bags around them, cold-hearted, scary, scary again, quiet, was it mentioned he was scary? Hm...

I should have got sprinkles, Sakura randomly thought as she stared at her bare cone.

The colorful, rainbow kind...

And the cone's too boring. I shoulda got a waffle cone or somethin'.

Lick.

A cherry would have been good too!

Lick. Lick. Lick.

"Sakura-chan."

The Haruno - who had temporarily forgotten, somehow, the frightening lad - looked up into those harsh eyes. "Y-yes?" she stuttered.

He averted his eyes for a brief moment.

He looked... almost awkward...

"Well?" Sakura urged kindly. Realization smacked her in the face. "You want to know Sasuke-kun's secret!" she grinned. "Right?"

No response.

"Come on," she taunted. "I know you do. I'll only tell you if you admit that you want to know."

...

...

"It's a good secret," the girl whispered.

"Fine. Tell me the goddamned secret," Gaara commanded.

"Okay!" Sakura chirped. She poised her cone away from them as she leaned in and whispered the well-desired secret into his ear. She was rather anxious while she whispered away. Maybe a spark of emotion would be seen on the always impassive, stone face?

Nope.

When she was finished, he simply gazed at her with flat eyes. "Well?" she prompted eagerly. "Whatcha think?"

He suddenly turned on his heel and began walking away. "Don't care," he muttered as he disappeared from view.

Sakura clutched her ice cream cone so hard it splattered in her grasp. She looked at it with woeful eyes. "No! Now I have to get a whole new one and wash my hands?! If that stinkin' Gaara hadn't pestered me then I'd have been just fine. Oh well. I guess this means I can get a waffle cone, sprinkles, and a cherry on top."

Talking to herself, she entered the ladies room behind the small resteraunt. Once the sticky coldness was off of her hand, she walked back out - still talking oddly to herself - and ordered another one.

Only when she was handed the cone and started licking it did she realize.

I forgot everything I was going to add!

Angry with herself as well, the girl started walking again, staring intently at her feet. Without realizing it until it was too late, she accidentally ran into someone. Again. Honestly, child. If you're going to walk while angry, at least try to watch where you're going.

Death glare.

No, not Gaara.

Yes.

Uchiha Sasuke.

God, this is NOT my day. "S-Sasuke-kun" the Haruno greeted nervously. "Now what are you doing by the ice cream store?"

His glare didn't let up - only darkened. "What the fuck," he spat.

Sakura winced. Woah boy, he's pissed. She looked back down at her feet. "Um, good to see you too? Did you happen to copy the homework for Kakashi-sensei's class? I really ne-"

Her face was suddenly seized. The Uchiha cupped a hand around her jaw, forcing her to look up at him. "Tell me," he commanded.

That's the second cold command I've received in under two minutes, the pinkette thought angrily. "You wanna know?" she retorted bitterly. She knocked his hand away and began walking off. "Then go ask someone else!"

Did she honestly think she was escaping the Uchiha's wrath that easily?

Yes, she did.

But she was wrong. Nope, not this kunoichi was getting away.

Furious, Sasuke grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to face him. "Tell me," he demanded, holding her close to his body.

"I don't want a detention," she said. She was a bit preoccupied with trying not to get any ice cream on the angry man. The last thing he needed was an excuse to get even angrier. "I told you to go ask someone else. If you'd listen to me for once, you'd be able to find it out. Actually, why don't you go ask your brother? He kno-" Sakura broke off as she stared at the cone in her left hand.

It was dripping.

A small drop fell around the rim of the cone to slide slowly down to the tip of the cone, narrowly avoiding Sakura's hand. Her wide emerald orbs watched it with every millimeter it passed.

She bit her lip and looked back at the Uchiha who held her tightly.

Back to the vanillaness.

And back.

The ice cream one.

Lick.

"Dammit, Sakura!" Sasuke gripped her tighter. "What do you mean my brother?!"

"He's the one who told me," she replied between licks.

Sasuke paused. He watched the luscious red tong lick away the white ice cream for a moment and allowed his perverted mind to wander. White. Licking. White and she was licking it. His lips parted slightly.

No. Stay focused. Uchihas do not allow... things to get in the way of their thought process.

Alright.

What was he thinking about?

Right.

Itachi.

"What did that bastard tell you?" Sasuke burned his eyes into Sakura's.

"He told me your secret," she replied flatly. She finished the ice cream with a final crunch of the cone. Once that was accomplished, she swiped her hands as if they were dusty. "Um..." a blush broke out onto her pale cheeks. "Sasuke-kun, could you please let go of me?"

"Huh?" he looked at their position. "Tch." A tid bit reluctant, he released and stalked off. "I'm going to find Itachi," he announced with a hand in the air as a goodbye.

"Say hi for me!" Sakura called.

Twitch. Hell no. That was a negative. The only thing Sasuke would be saying to Itachi would be... content not suitable for young viewers.

I AM SO SORRY! I took forever writing this. I'm sorry. I lied in the last one. But that's okay, if you don't keep up with the serialization. It's not even that funny!... woe is me. But there was a little Sasuke-Sakura interaction there. The secret I SWEAR TO GOD is in the next chapter. And I'm not making ny promises but I will try my very best to get it done soon. And, I added more people! he wholke school knows about the secret. All except poor Sasuke. Ha ha ha... But he'll find out, maybe. Maybe he'll never know, but you guys will. And, more romance is coming up! Stay tuned for the drama! (and humor...)

Time for question that I always ask that you will find out when this series is over!

What IS this secret that EVERYONE except Sasuke knows? What will happen when Sasuke asks (tells) Itachi to tell him the secret?

and as always.

HOW WILL OUR FAVORITE PAIR END UP IN THE END!

(well that answer's pretty obvious considering it's a SasuSaku story...)