Chapter Seven: The So-Called "Spell" Is Broken.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Manami's Point Of View

Keitaro had pretty much ditched me to hang out with Akio.

I had to follow him around, to show how much I loved him.

But somehow, I felt like there was something wrong with me.

We all sat at a restaurant. Keitaro and Akio took a walk down memory lane. They'd be laughing, saying, "Oh, do you remember when…" or "How about that time when…"

I sighed quietly. Then, I saw the hottest hottie in the whole entire hottie universe.

I nudged Keitaro. "Keitaro-kun, who's that guy over there?"

I pointed to the raven-haired guy who entered the restaurant.

Keitaro looked at the guy and frowned. "That's no one. Don't worry about him,"

"Tell me who he is!" I urged him.

"Fine, babe! He's… uhm… Do I have to tell you?" Keitaro began

"Manami?" The raven-haired guy had walked up to our table. "Manami, I was at your house yesterday… and…" He trailed off.

I blushed. "A-Anou… Who are you?"

His eyes went wide and slightly glared at Keitaro. "I'm Sasuke. Don't you remember?"

"Sasuke? Uchiha Sasuke?" I said.

"Yeah. Keitaro, what did you do to her?" Sasuke sneered at Keitaro.

"I didn't do anything!" Keitaro smirked. I thought I heard slight sarcasm in his voice.

"Listen, Keitaro, can we talk privately for a moment?" Sasuke glared at my boyfriend.

"He probably wants to apologize to me about some stupid thing he did," Keitaro murmured to me.

I shrugged.

Keitaro stood up and said to Sasuke, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Come with me," Sasuke murmured.

Sasuke and Keitaro left the restaurant and I said to Akio, "Uhm, I'm gonna go now. See ya,"

I slowly followed them and then they stopped in the forest.

I hid my chakra and crouched down behind the bushes.

Sasuke's Point Of View

I led Keitaro to the forest and when we were both out of sight, I shoved Keitaro.

"What the hell did you do to her?!" I spat.

"I didn't do anything!!" Keitaro frowned.

"Oh sure, I was outside Manami's home and you were inside with her. I saw you pour that drink or whatever in her mug!! What was it!?!" I yelled.

Keitaro's eyes widened, but then he smirked. "So what if you saw? You don't have any proof that that happened. But since you know, I may as well tell you what it does. I poured that chemical in her drink to make her fall in love with me. She doesn't remember anything about her previous relationships and she doesn't know anything about the chemical either, who cares? Bros over hoes!! We can be friends right, Sasu--"

Then, we heard rustling in the bushes. We turned around.

Manami stepped out. "What's this about a chemical? And me losing my memory?" She frowned slightly.

"Manami! How much did you hear?" Keitaro stopped smirking.

"I heard the things that you were hiding from me," Manami said.

"Well, it's not true! I mean, you don't need to know that stuff," Keitaro said.

"It all makes sense now. When you didn't want Neji to talk about Sasuke, when you didn't tell me Sasuke's name… I can't believe you did all of this, and worse you took away my memory!" I cried.

I slapped his cheek and ran away from him.

"Manami!" Sasuke said. "Keitaro, you bastard,"

Sasuke ran after me and I could hear Keitaro mumbling, "Damn it,"

I stopped at the lake, and stood at the end of the dock.

Just then, Sasuke had caught up with me. "Manami, you okay?"

"Why are you asking me? I hardly know you," I sobbed.

Yeah, I was crying.

"Manami…" Sasuke said.

He hugged me from behind, holding me close.

My eyes widened.

Everything came rushing back now.

I clutched my head.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked.

"I… I have a major headache right now," I said.

Then, the pain stopped and I blinked.

"What… happened?" I asked.

"What do you mean, 'What happened'?" Sasuke asked.

"I remember drinking from my mug, and having a headache, but that's all I remember. How did I get here?" I asked.

Sasuke explained everything to me.

"That bastard…" I whispered. "Where is he now?"

"He should be in the forest," Sasuke said.

We both went there and Sasuke was right, Keitaro was sitting on the ground.

Keitaro looked up and smirked. "So, you've come crawling back, huh?"

"In your dreams, freak!!" I said.

I punched, kicked and even pinched him. "Leave this village and never come back!! By the way, I'm no hoe,"

"H-Hai," Keitaro stuttered. He called his sister and they left the village.

Haha, I bashed him up.

Then, Tsunade came storming up to us. "Why did you get rid of the (hiccup) prince and princess?!"

"Hedrugged me or something!! Didn't you notice me going all goofy around Keitaro?!" I said.

"Well, yeah, but I thought you were already (hiccup) crazy," Tsunade smirked.

"Look who's talking!" I spat.

"Calm down, (hiccup) kid. If he did something stupid he deserves to leave the village… At least he paid for the mission," She smiled.

"All you care about is sake, money and gambling. Some hokage you are and what's with the hiccupping?" I muttered.

"HEY! I (hiccup) care about this village!!" Tsunade stuck her tongue out.

"Okay… you're drunk," I said.

"Urhmmmmhuuuuuhhherrrrrrrrr…." Tsunade groaned as she passed out.

I slung her shoulder over mine. "Let's bring her back to Shizune,"

Sasuke nodded.

On the way, I asked Sasuke, "Na, Sasuke, why are you still wearing that horrible buck bow and other stuff from Orochimaru?"

"I was hoping you could help me get new clothes... together," Sasuke mumbled. "But you seemed to busy with Keitaro,"

I smirked. "I'm not busy today, why don't we get some clothes after this?"

"Okay," He smirked.

-x-x-x-x-

We ended up getting Sasuke clothes exactly like Kakashi's, except without the mask.

I eyed Sasuke carefully and grinned. "You look great,"

He smirked. "I always look great,"

I hit him on the head. "Don't get too cocky, Sasuke,"

"Sorry," He murmured.

I laughed. "It's okay,"

Later, we reached the lake (as always) and sat on the dock.

I coughed softly.

Sasuke sighed deeply.

"So…" We both said at the same time.

We both blushed and turned away from each other.

3rd Person's Point Of View

Sasuke and Manami sat at the dock, but sat as far away from each other as possible.

"So…" They both said at the same time.

They blushed, and looked away from each other.

What are you doing, Uchiha?! She's right there! You've confirmed it yourself, you still love her! Sasuke's inner self mentally screamed at him. I'm more concerned about her than myself. I'm not going to lose her again. Sasuke replied to erm… himself. Pshh… Yeah. Like you're going to lose her again, JUST ASK HER OUT ALREADY!!Inner Sasuke teased.

Hurry up and do something about this, Hyuga!! Stop being a sissy and kiss him! Manami's inner self taunted. He probably doesn't like me anymore. Manami thought sadly. BAKA!! DO YOU SEE HIM BLUSHING?! BLOODY HELL… Inner Manami screamed. What about Gaara-kun? Manami thought. What about him?! He's your best friend, and ONLY your best friend. Besides, Sasuke likes you. Hell, he loves you, Inner Manami answered. How would you know?? Manami asked mentally. Che duh, I contact Sasuke's Inner mind sometimes. Inner Manami replied. I didn't know he had an inner… Manami wondered. Everyone has one, NOW HURRY UP AND ASK HIM OUT!!!

Manami and Sasuke both sighed, and at the same time, they asked each other, "Do you want to go out sometime…?"

They laughed softly. "Sure," They both mumbled.

After that, there was an awkward silence.

"So… uhm…" Manami started.

"Its nice weather today, isn't it?" Sasuke mumbled.

"Y-Yeah, nice weather," Manami said.

-x-x-x-x-

Manami's Point Of View

We talked. Yeah, that's it.

OKAY, so we asked each other out.

It's just a date…I mean, no harm in that.

Sasuke walked me back to my house. It was 6:30pm.

We reached my door and he said, "So, how about tomorrow night, I can take you out for dinner, if you want,"

I smiled softly. "That would be nice,"

"Great, so I guess I'll see you tomorrow at training, after that, we can go out," Sasuke smirked.

I nodded. "Okay, goodnight,"

"Goodnight, Manami," Sasuke softly kissed my forehead and left.

I blushed, but I felt happy.

I was happy because I had missed his kisses.

And, I finally realized why I hated him for leaving.

Well, I didn't hate him for leaving… I wanted him to stay, and that's what made me mad.

I had no intent of killing him. I just wanted to be with him again.

I unlocked my door and my brother, Neji, was talking to someone.

I looked inside and my eyes widened.

"Kotetsu-san!"

Yo, gomenasai if it took too long!! I'm just kind of stressed right now. Haha, Manami-chan's going on a date with Kotetsu-kun!! PLEASE REVIEW!! Umchuh umchuh umchuh umchuh umchuh GAARA OF THE FUNK!