Theme #3 – jolt!

Disclaimer: same as always.

---Misunderstandings---

"Sakura, this isn't the way home."

"Oh, I know that."

That's what you say, yet you continue to walk in the wrong direction.

A strong hand gripped her elbow, forcing her to come to a stop.

"Eh, what is it, Sasuke-kun?"

Piercing onyx eyes surveyed her.

"Where are we going?"

Sakura smiled.

"To see Neji-san, of course."

Just the sound of the Hyuuga's name made his countenance visibly darken, but Sakura failed to notice that. Or maybe she just decided to ignore it.

"… Why?"

If it had been anyone else, Sakura would have said that sounded suspiciously like a whine. But of course, Uchiha Sasuke never whined. Never.

"Why?"

This time, his voice was sharper. Insistent. It demanded an answer.

Patting his cheek, to which he instantly pulled away from, Sakura said cheerfully, "I need to give Neji-san a check-up."

---

The pink-haired medic-nin and blue-haired ANBU member stood outside the apartment door.

"Ne, Sasuke-kun, who would have thought that Neji-san would decide to live away from the Hyuuga complex?"

"…"

Leaning forward to rap on the door for a second time, Sakura continued, "I always thought Hinata would be the first to leave, so she could go live with Naruto. But I guess she enjoys seeing him suffer whenever he comes to take her out for dinner."

Sasuke looked away, disinterested in anything concerning the blonde shinobi.

"Then again, I think anyone would feel uncomfortable in the presence of Hiashi-sama."

"Why are we here?"

Putting her hands on her hips, Sakura frowned at him.

"Sasuke-kun, I told you. I have to check up on Neji-san."

His handsome face twisted into an annoyed scowl.

"Why can't he go to the hospital?" Like a normal person.

Sighing, Sakura knocked against the wood for the third time.

"Neji-san doesn't like hospitals. So it's much easier for me to come to see him."

Neji-san. Neji-san. Neji-san. How much longer until it became 'Neji-kun'? The scowl increased tenfold. When that day comes, I'll be sure to smash his face into a wall. And crush him into particles.

The door swung open.

"Finally!" said Sakura.

And a freshly-showered bare-chested Neji, complete with dripping wet hair and a white fluffy towel wrapped around his lower body, stood in the doorway.

---

The room was silent except for the sound of hot green tea being carefully poured into small clay tea cups.

At length, Neji, now clad in a beige velvet robe, brought over a plate of green tea cookies and said, "I apologize for making you come all the way here."

Having gotten over her shock of seeing the Hyuuga answer the door in such a state of undress, the pink-haired kunoichi waved away his apology.

"It was no trouble for us. Right, Sasuke-kun?"

Lounging in his seat, the Uchiha only glared at Neji.

"Riiight?"

"Hn."

Inwardly sighing at Sasuke's childish behavior, Sakura said, "Well, we don't want to waste your time, Neji-san." She rolled up her sleeves, looked towards Sasuke, and said, "Sasuke-kun, do you mind stepping outside?"

"… Hn."

But he made no move to get up.

Good grief, she should have known better than to bring him along. Sakura looked helplessly at Neji.

Rising from his seat, the Byakugan user said smoothly, "Haruno-san, we can go into my room."

Casting him a grateful look, Sakura rose as well and followed him through a doorway on the left.

The door closed.

Leaving Sasuke alone in the living room.

He took a sip of his tea and savagely bit into a cookie, the scowl still displayed on his face. That Neji. Damn him. Who knew what he was capable of doing in a room with Sakura?

Logical Sasuke slapped him. Sakura is there as a medic-nin. She's there to treat his wounds. Not as… as a… Logical Sasuke's cheeks turned slightly red. Not a-as a whor – I mean, a… uh…yeah.

Yeah! cried Romantic Sasuke. Have you no faith in our lover?

She's not our lover! snapped Avenger Sasuke, Sharingan eyes flashing dangerously.

Romantic Sasuke smiled dreamily. But she soon will be. Ahhhh. Sakura... So beautiful…

Avenger Sasuke snorted. You're pathetic.

We have to kill him. He's in there. Alone. With our Sakura-koi, said Possessive Sasuke darkly.

Logical Sasuke sighed. Is no one listening to me? Nothing is going to happen between Neji and Sakura.

… So? asked Possessive Sasuke. He's still in her presence. She's our Sakura-koi. Not his. He has no right to be in the same room as her.

Romantic Sasuke trilled, We must have faith in Sakura-hime! Let's go buy her a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates!

Another snort from Avenger Sasuke. Who cares about flowers. Let's go kill that Hyuuga instead.

Sakura's shocked voice from the other room silenced the arguing Sasukes in his head.

"Maa… It looks even bigger than last time."

Sasuke almost choked on his cookie. Hurriedly, he reached for some tea to wash it down.

"And even harder."

Neji's faint chuckle drifted over to the Uchiha's horrified ears.

"No need to look so surprised, Sakura. You know what to expect from me."

'Sakura'? When did 'Haruno-san' become 'Sakura'? When they were alone together? … Oh damn. When they're alone. Together. Oh damn.

Possessive Sasuke angrily waved an axe in the air. We must kill him. NOW. He's been fornicating with OUR Sakura-koi!

Avenger Sasuke's eyes gleamed hungrily. Another person for me to plot revenge against. Must kill, kill, kill! He laughed wickedly with delight.

Exasperated, Logical Sasuke threw up his hands. Why does NO ONE listen to me? We can't jump to conclusions! Many a shinobi have fallen due to their inability to think things through.

Sasuke's grip on the clay tea cup tightened, as he heard Neji's next words.

"Aren't you going to massage it for me?"

Seething, Sasuke set his cup down none-too-gently and got to his feet. He was just about to barge right through the door and tear Neji's head off with his bare hands when Sakura's tinkling laughter floated into the room.

"Wow, aren't you demanding today?"

Something in her voice stopped him. It sounded as if… almost as if she were teasing him. Which meant she clearly enjoyed Neji's advances towards her… Which meant…

Romantic Sasuke wailed loudly. We've lost her! She's been lured in by that horrid Hyuuga! Our love for her was not strong enough. He sniffled dejectedly and blew noisily into his baby blue handkerchief.

We can't jump to conclusions, repeated Logical Sasuke, but he didn't sound as confident as before.

Slowly, Sasuke edged towards the door. He suddenly jumped as Neji let out a small sigh of relief, but to Sasuke's crazed jealous mind, it sounded like a wild moan of pleasure.

"Is this to your liking, Neji-san?" came Sakura's melodious voice.

Another sigh/frenzied cry of lust.

"Don't stop, Sakura."

Possessive Sasuke shouted furiously, Enough! We must stop him! He's being touched by our Sakura-koi!

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill… cackled Avenger Sasuke, as he charged up his Chidori.

Big fat tears rolled down Romantic Sasuke's saddened face.

Logical Sasuke remained silent.

Charge through that door THIS instant and rip off Neji's vile manparts!demanded Possessive Sasuke in a fit of rage. NO ONE should EVER touch OUR Sakura-koi!

And that's exactly what Sasuke did.

---

Okay, no. Sasuke didn't tear off anything from Neji's body, but he did cause quite a commotion when he burst through the door, jealousy and rage etched all over his face.

He stared at the scene before him.

Sakura and Neji stared back at him.

…

Inwardly, Sasuke hurled curses at his four inner personalities, all of which had become uncharacteristically quiet.

The medic-nin had been standing behind Neji, her hands, bright with chakra, hovering over a large purple bruise on the ANBU captain's back.

Sasuke felt very foolish. Very foolish. So that's what Neji meant when he said 'massage.'

The Hyuuga raised an amused eyebrow.

"Something you needed help with?"

Sakura looked curiously at him.

"What's wrong, Sasuke-kun?"

Using all of his shinobi skills and training, Sasuke managed to not stammer as he replied, "Nothing. I just thought that the check-up was taking rather long."

Neji was no idiot; he was considered a genius after all. Realization quickly flashed in his pearly white eyes, and his lips curled up into a smirk.

"Uchiha, we've only been in this room for 3 minutes. Surely you couldn't have missed Haruno-san that much."

Sasuke boiled in his skin. How dare that bastard taunt him. And that jab at his relationship with Sakura… How dare he. Sasuke itched to send the kunai in his pocket straight through Neji's head, if that was even possible.

"Uh, Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura hesitantly. "I'll be done in just a minute. You can wait for me outside."

"…"

"Sasuke-kun?"

"Hn. I'm leaving."

And with that, he turned on his heel and walked resolutely out.

Sakura looked up in alarm.

"Sasuke-kun! Where are you going? Don't go yet; I'm not done!"

Torn between running after her love and staying back to treat her patient, Sakura decided that she had a job to do, and she would see to it that it was completed first.

But that didn't mean she wasn't in a hurry to finish.

As soon as her chakra had reduced the bruise to almost nothing, she practically sprinted out the door, calling apologetically to Neji, "Gomen, Neji-san, but I really have to go!"

---

"Sasuke-kun! Sasuke-kun!"

He could hear her frantic footsteps growing louder and louder.

A hand gripped his shoulder and yanked him back.

The Sharingan user stared apathetically at Sakura's flushed face.

"What is wrong with you?!" she demanded. "You can't just leave me like that. It's rude."

"Hn."

'What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Stop lying to me!" cried Sakura, the confusion and hurt clearly visible in her voice.

God, she's so annoying, thought Sasuke, as he snaked an arm around her waist and pulled her close. Pressing his lips against hers briefly, he successfully cut off whatever complaint Sakura had to hurl at him. He scanned the area around them, making sure none had witnessed the kiss. Then, he let go of her waist and grasped her hand.

"Nothing's wrong. Let's go home."

And Sakura was too dazed to argue.

---owari---

AN: I suppose you could view this as a companion to the previous chapter. Then Sasuke won't seem as OOC for kissing her out of the blue.

Speaking of blue, would you describe Sasuke's hair as blue or black? It looks black, but it also looks like there's some blue in there. Blue black? Dark navy blue? Just plain black? I actually spent 10 minutes staring at pictures trying to figure this out. I have no life.

I bet you guys could see the whole Sasuke-thinking-Neji-and-Sakura-were-going-at-it-when-they-actually-weren't thing a mile away. Bleh. I'll have to work on being more vague next time. But then again, the title basically gives it away.

Sorry if Neji was a little out of character, but he had to be, otherwise things wouldn't work out.

Writing Sasuke's inner personalities was so much fun. I should include them in another one, huh.

And take a look at my TezuFuji fic, Story of Our Lives, when you guys have the time. I'll be updating that one soon.

And I re-edited chapters 2 and 3. Actually I just put in the divider lines. The lack of divider lines was bugging me.

Sigh. My grandmother's in the hospital. And my mom's flying out of the country to see her tonight. We don't know if she's going to make it. Life is so depressing. First my dad, and now possibly my grandmother.