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Chapter Six: Finding The Doubt

"This is where you don't say what you want so bad to say."

"Do you like Sakura Haruno?"

Sakura? Okay this was strange. She had the opportunity to ask him anything she wanted to...and she chose to ask him if he likes Sakura? Sasuke felt his stomach twist. Why would this girl want to know something like that? On top of it all...it was a stupid question, period. Of course he didn't. He had those kind of feelings for no one.

"Sakura Haruno?" Sasuke asked, bewildered. The girl only nodded as Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "How do you know Sakura?" He asked. The girl only shrugged, making Sasuke somewhat angry. Damn, how does she know her?

"Do you?" She asked softly.

"In what way?"

The girl groaned. "Would I really ask something as simple as liking her...as a friend? No. Stupid question, Sasuke."

"Yeah, stupid question...you know my answer."

"Yes?" She giggled a little bit.

"No."

Sasuke ran a hand through his hair.

"I said you have to answer honestly. You can't play if you don't." The girl said, putting her head down.

"I am answering honestly." Sasuke mumbled.

"Liar."

"She's simply my old teammate, but it's all history now."

The girl giggled, and looked up at Sasuke. "So you admit you had history with her?"

Sasuke glared at her. No. This girl has a way with twisting my words. "History...as in we were simply on the same team as genin. She was no different from any other girl that liked me back then."

"Back then?"

"Yes."

The girl giggled once again and scooted closer to him. His glare deepened. She was getting way to close. He didn't like it. He was actually feeling...nervous. "What about now?"

Sasuke grunted. "What about now?"

"It's not like her feelings have changed. You know that." She stated simply.

Sasuke quickly stood up, leaving the ANBU shinobi staring up at him, puzzled. "Yes, I know that. The question is how do you?" Whoever this girl was, she knew a little too much about Sasuke and the people around him. He didn't like that at all.

"Really? Is that your question?"

Sasuke stared down at her. He wanted to know her name...but this seemed a little more important at the moment.

"Yeah, whatever."

The girl sighed and stood up. Strands of her black hair fell over her mask. "We had a couple missions together. Being tight with the Hokage, she was able to get into some really advanced missions with the ANBU. I don't know her all that well, but she did tell me that this guy she used to have a thing for had become a missing nin."

Sasuke put his hands into his pockets. Leave it to Sakura to tell random people how she felt about personal matters. "And she told you it was me?" The ANBU nodded.

"She told me you really were only interested in getting revenge."

"She was right." He said roughly. The girl only shook her head.

"No, you were wrong."

Sasuke coughed. Who does this girl think she is? "What?" He asked angrily.

"You were wrong, thinking you could only hate. People are born with emotions...all kinds. They aren't something you can simply shove aside." The girl said as she walked past him. Sasuke simply watched her walk away.

"I chose that path and buried my emotions." He shouted as she stopped and turned around to face him.

"I'm going to pretend you started out with the first question, and I'll ask you my question about Sakura some other time." She said sourly. Sasuke only looked at her as the moonlight reflected off her mask. "I think you need some time to think." She finished as she disappeared.

She was annoying and sarcastic. Sasuke didn't like this. She was also persistent, and would be around Sasuke for the next 2 months. Dangerous. He didn't know what kind of questions she'd throw at him, now that he got himself twisted up into this little game. The only ties he had with Sakura now were the ties he wanted to wrap around her neck for telling that ANBU girl things about him. He was frusterated with this girl. And even more so...he was frusterated with the fact that he still didn't know her name...when he had the opportune moment to ask her.

"I don't understand. It's been 3 whole days, and Sakura hasn't said a word to me." Sasuke said irritably. Naruto frowned and patted Sasuke on the back. They were outside of some knick knack shop and were watching Sakura as she looked at the things on the shelves.

"Well, she told me she didn't really want to talk to you. Maybe she's sick of you being a bastard." Naruto chuckled and Sasuke glared at him.

"She said that?"

"Yeah...well not the bastard part. I think she's scared of you...talking to you. It's been like this since she collapsed on you, right?" Naruto asked as Sasuke yawned.

"Hn." He didn't care all that much about Sakura's ignoring him. He was just curious about it. And he was especially curious about what that ANBU shinobi had told him a couple nights back. If Sakura really still had those kind of feelings for Sasuke, wouldn't she be trying to communicate with him?

"Sasuke!"

Before Sasuke could turn around, a girl with long blonde hair had jumped on his back, causing him to slightly lose his balance. Ino.

"Oh wow, I've missed you. I haven't seen you these past few days. Where have you been?!" She screamed into his ear. In one swift movement, he managed to release himself from her grasp.

"I've been busy." He said simply, turning to Naruto. Yep, still annoying. His thoughts slowly drifted to Sakura again as he seen her leave the shop. "Even a simple 'hey' would scare her?" He asked Naruto suddenly, ignoring Ino.

Naruto shrugged as they watched Sakura walking away. Sasuke quickly started walking towards her.

Sakura had been walking with her head down until Sasuke walked in front of her and cut her off. She slowly looked up at him, and sure enough, her expression was priceless.

Is she really all that scared to talk to me now? Sakura."

Sakura swallowed hard. Oh wow...this is embarassing! What could he possibly want?! Her eyes met his.

"Hey."

"H-Hey..." She stuttered nervously.

Her eyes widened as Sasuke smirked and walked away. What the? She whipped her body around and before she knew it, the words were coming out.

"Is that all you wanted to say?!" She called out, causing Sasuke to stop and turn around. He had a victorious smirk on his face, showing that he was rather pleased he had startled her.

"What else should I say?"

Sakura froze. What else should he say? What was she expecting? "I don't know. Something about how pathetic it was of me to faint on you."

Sasuke chuckled. "Yeah, well you just said it yourself."

Sakura's face grew red. She hated when he played these games with her. Was he really okay with it, or was he mad? If she had to take a guess...he was angry.

"Yoooo, Sakura!" Naruto yelled as he and Ino ran up to Sasuke. "What are you doing?"

Sakura scratched her head. "I was just heading home."

Ino walked up to Sakura and laced her arm around hers. "No, you weren't. I think we should all grab a bite to eat. I want to catch up with Sasuke!" She exclaimed cheerfully.

Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"So you admit you had history with her?"

That stupid girl and her stupid question. Sasuke sighed and started walking up to Sakura, who took a step back in confusion. Why was he all of a sudden going out of his way to talk to her?

"Why were you ignoring me?" He asked abrubtly. Naruto walked up beside him and pulled Ino off to the side, as to let them have a private convorsation. She squealed as Naruto yanked on her arm.

Way to go, Naruto! Sakura cursed him inwardly. As if this wasn't awkward enough, she had to be alone with Sasuke. "I was embarassed." She said quickly, avoiding his eyes. She was lying. It was so obvious. The truth was, she wanted to see how strong her feelings for him actually were. She wanted to get over him...but it was proving to be more impossible every day.

Sasuke just looked at her, making her even more nervous. She started glaring at him. "I was just embarassed! You didn't have to carry me to my house...or tell the Hokage I was sick. It...isn't something you would normally do."

His eyes widened. "Then what is something I would normally do?"

Sakura's breath grew shallow, wondering whether or not she should say what she wanted to say so bad. Sasuke's stare grew more intense, waiting for her answer.

"Leaving me on a bench somwhere...so you wouldn't have to deal with me getting in your way."

Ouch. Sasuke's mouth flew open, but he found he had nothing to say. That was a direct hit. He knew exactly what she was talking about...the night when he had left the village, and knocked her out so she wouldn't scream. He slowly closed his mouth, wondering what he should say. Would he say something rude, to get her back...or...

After an awkward pause, he finally spoke.

"You're right."

Sakura's heart jumped. What? "Right about what...?" She asked, making herself sound completely stupid. Why didn't he yell at me or something? She was completely confused.

"That is something I would normally do." He said softly as he walked past her. After a second of letting the convorsation sink in, she turned around, only to find him gone already. She frowned and exhaled a deep breath. Little did they know, at that very moment...they were both wondering the same thing...

So why didn't he do it?

When Sasuke walked into his house, much to his surprise... he seen that ANBU girl sitting on his couch. He didn't want to deal with her right now...not after what had just happened...but he was too mentally drained to even care. He sat down next to her, noticing she was reading some book as she closed it and threw it onto the floor.

"Bad day?" She asked. Sasuke nodded.

"Do you like Sakura Haruno?" Just thinking about that made his head spin...and made him slightly angry at this girl sitting next to him.

Whatever. He wasn't about to give that any second thought. Of couse he didn't.

"If you can take back your question...I want to take back mine." He said simply, staring at the floor. He noticed she had turned to look at him.

"Uh...okay?"

"So we'll restart the game...and I want to go first, okay?"

"Sure..." She said slowly. Sasuke turned to look at her. Or more so, to look at her mask. He really wanted to see this girls face. This girl. Damn, he was sick of calling her that.

"Okay...I want to know..." He hesitated. This had been one of the major things bugging him. It was actually annoying him to no end. "I want to know your name."

He couldn't see her expresion but he knew she was smiling. She had obviously been waiting for him to ask. "Really? That's it? Isn't it just a name? I thought it wasn't a big deal?"

His expression softened. "It is."

After a minute of silence, the girl sighed and looked away from him.

"My name..."

Sasuke never removed his eyes from her mask as she spoke.

"...is Kalei Hitsuchi."

Next Chapter: All Needed Proof