Sorry I took so long to upload.. but I had exams (which is the reason for those plot bunnies for Acknowledgement and Pre-Academy Days). I also had no idea of how to get Sasuke to fall in love with Sakura. I'm still not sure, but I want to upload, so here it is. The next chapter. Enjoy!

Dear Diary,

My shrink ordered me (well, he said that he was asking, but I don't believe him. He looks sadistic) to 'pour my feelings' to him, and when I didn't told me to write in this stupid book. I'm not sure what purpose it serves, but I will persevere. No silly blue book will defeat me!

Ahem.

So, my feelings… I'm annoyed, bored, guilty… the shrink (whose name I do not care to know) says I have to give reasons as well for the emotions. He is reading this over my shoulder as we speak. He is an idiot. An annoying, whining nincompoop whom I would like to dunk in a boiling vat of oil and then set him on fire, before… He just winced, gave me a look and an injured sniff, and flounced of. There. TAKE THAT, BITCH! (Now excuse me while I go back to emotionless.)

It has been a few months since I returned, and I get the feeling that I am in an alternate reality. The dead last, Naruto, will soon be Hokage, the shy Hinata is training to be clan head (mostly because Naruto dropped hints that if she was not made Head, the Hyuuga clan would suffer. And everyone knows Naruto still has his prankster spirit in him…), Sakura and Ino are Head Medic and second in command at the hospital, everyone has found their path, changed everyone else's perception of their future. Honestly, I feel left out… I wonder if I'm still the strongest like I once was (this will never be read by anyone). My probation is over, and I have been made Jounin. Unfortunately, I am still considered too untrustworthy to be made ANBU. This, however, means I have less time to socialize (not that I would have anyway), and when I do, it's usually something that the whole Konoha 12 are doing together. Due to the hormones flying, I find myself usually stuck with Sakura, as we are the only ones without a partner. It isn't as bad as I feared… she seems to have got over her crush and we are now quite close friends.

I just asked my shrink what would happen if I was writing secret ninja stuff in here and it was found by a spy. I then narrowed my eyes and asked him whether he was a spy. He did a very good impression of a fish, and looked rather constipated when I told him that. We have now reached an agreement: he pronounces me sane, and I never come near him again. Ha! I NEVER HAVE TO WRITE IN THIS BOOK AGAIN! Sayonara dairy!

I threw the book out of the window and made good use of my fire techniques- to ensure that I never saw the stupid thing again, it never came back to haunt me, and certain friends wouldn't find and use it as blackmail- after which I followed it out of the window, leaving a trembling shrink. Sakura had told me to pick her up for lunch, and I did not want to be late. One of the few bad effects of Sakura not having a crush on me was that I was now very vulnerable to her punches. Ouch.

I winced (inside. Outside, I was the same stoic bast…erm person I always was) at the look on Sakura's face. Then I winced as she pressed cream or something on my wounds with a little more force than was really necessary. Her face softened slightly at that, and she muttered, "You two are idiots! Who goes looking for trouble during a mission?! We find enough and more of that anyway!" I glared at her and then winced as she cleaned my wounds. "It wasn't my fault, Sakura." At the look she gave me, I amended, "Not completely, anyway. I couldn't let the idiot go alone, now could I? And besides, it's not like we would have lost. I mean the idiot alone could them on…" Sakura interrupted me at this point. Apparently, she was still angry. Oops. "Yes, he alone could have taken them on, but what did you do? You decided to go with him, for Kami knows what reason, and then you get in a fight with him, you idiot, and…and" she broke down crying. My eyes widened a little at that, and I looked around inconspicuously for our teammate. He was better at comforting people. Since he didn't magically appear in the room, I sighed and started trying to comfort Sakura. "Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry. C'mon Sakura don't cry. How 'bout I promise to never do that again? " She giggled suddenly, and wiped her face, saying "Aww, did poor Sasuke-kun not like seeing me cry? Well, don't worry, I'm not gonna cry anymore, ok?" and then she smiled at me brightly and said, "Thanks for trying to comfort me though." And I felt a funny feeling in my stomach when she looked at me with that happy face. I grunted and tried to ignore the fact that I was blushing a little. She grinned widely and healed me, then shooed me away. And i remember thinking that she looked nice with a smile. Her smiling was good. i was going to make sure that she never cried again.

"What?"

Sakura shifted a little and looked a little guilty. "I'm sorry Sasuke-kun. I forgot to tell you earlier. I can't come for our normal team meeting, and neither can Naruto."

"But why not?" I was aware that I sounded a little whiny, but I couldn't help it. The small get-together things that team 7 did every week was the few things I liked doing. And since both Sakura and Naruto were too high up to get a lot of missions (and when they did, they could probably finish it within a week), we met almost every week. So you can figure out that I wasn't happy with this new plan.

"Because tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and Sai asked me out. Naruto is spending it with Hinata, so…yeah." She looked uncomfortable. "Look, I'm sorry I didn't mention this before, but…" I cut her off. "You're going out with Sai?" She nodded, her face lighting up. "Did you know he thinks my pink hair contrast really well with my eyes?" She grinned. "Well, I got to go get a gift for him and all that. Ja." She walked of and for some reason, it made me get a bad feeling in my stomach when she didn't turn around. Then she suddenly turned and smiled brightly, waving, and my heart suddenly decided to do some flips. I also got an image of chibi Sasuke with hearts in his eyes. But that wasn't me falling in love with Sakura. She was my friend, and I was just glad someone cared about me. Yeah, that was it. Really.

The next day, I realised that I didn't have anything to do, seeing that all my friends were busy. It was Valentine's Day. Then I remembered that Sakura was going out with Sai (who I still thought of as my replacement) and decided to follow them. Just to make sure nothing happened too Sakura. Who was a poor, defenseless girl. Who would kill me if I ever said that aloud. Yeah.

So I did a very good impression of a stalker (and yes, I get the irony of me stalking Sakura). Not that I was actually stalking her. Nope. Sai took her to a place in the woods, with a waterfall and butterflies etc, etc. then he brought out a picnic, and apologized for not cooking himself; he had bought everything. Then he gave Sakura a picture or a drawing which I couldn't see, and she blushed and smiled at him. After the (stupid) picnic (which I was irritated to note Sakura seemed to like), they went to a bunch of places. After dinner he dropped her home. And that was when all hell broke loose (not literally though. I didn't do anything then. I meant that that was a turning point in my life). He hesitated, then bent down and kissed her. And she kissed back. And I felt the sudden urge to rip Sai away from her and castrate him, followed by an urge to kiss her so hard that she would forget all about him. For a brief instant I lost control of my emotions, but quickly regained control. They broke the kiss and she went into her house, while Sai walked away a bit and then said, "Well, Uchiha. Did you like the show?" I stepped out of the shadows and glared at him. He smiled that freaky smile of his and said, "You have to control yourself better. I could feel your killer intent flare when I kissed ugly…" Sai found himself slammed into a wall, and I snarled, "Don't call her that." He smiled and suddenly held out something. I looked at the thing; a book. 'Symptoms of love'. I looked at Sai, who said, "Read it, it may help you." Then he walked away.

I settled into my bed and opened the book – and then couldn't stop. The book described love as a feeling where you felt butterflies in your stomach when you were near the person you loved. You wanted to see them happy all the time. You didn't like them kissing someone…oh, so that was what that feeling had been. When Sai kissed Sakura. Jealousy. Reading further, I came to the realization that I had most of the symptoms in the book.

That was the time I accepted the fact that I had fallen for Sakura. Oh hell.

And that is the next chapter. Now to get him to admit his love. Why the hell did I try to do this? Anyway, review if you liked, disliked, whatever.