A/N: Okay, I know I said this should be about trick or treat in the last chapter, but since that file got deleted, I'll have to use another idea. Here's a crossover of Naruto and Ragnarok Online! This chapter may be close to M though… As for their communicators, just think of the Oracle Bells in Shaman King. That's what they use to communicate.

SUSH Combo: High on Fluff

Exact Opposites

She walked around the town of Prontera, admiring the Halloween decorations that were all set up for the month of October. "Wow, the decorations really give an eerie effect." She could hear some novices yelling for help, and when she turned, she saw a Nightmare, its ghostly appearance of a horse snarled at the newbies. She had to do something! It was her job, as a priestess, to help those who are in need. "And there is no way a bunch of novices will be able to deal with a high level monster that's aggressive."

Quickly doing a holy attack, she managed to kill the monster in three to four blows. She smiled reassuringly at the newbies who looked at her in awe. "Wow ne-chan, that was amazing!" the priestess laughed and tried to hide her blush with one of her hands. "That was nothing, now go on and pick up the items it dropped, you'll find some really worth something." The novices were about to do what they were told when their eyes widened upon seeing another aggressive monster appear from behind the pink-haired priestess. "Look out!" one of the female novices cried and when the priestess turned, she got hit by a Jakk, it's pumpkin head having a sinister smirk when she fell on her butt, feeling the pain of the attack. "Damn this thing." She was about to cast another spell when a dark figure suddenly cut in between her and the monster.

"Wah..?" she gaped, seeing the man before her dressed in mostly bandages, a long scarf around his neck that somehow hid the lower part of his face. His hair was as black as night, and it was spiked up at the back, an image of a chicken suddenly popping up in her mind. She stared some more, observing him, watching in awe when he only delivered one Sonic Blow to the Jakk to kill it. "Wow…" she whispered, the novices imitating her bewildered look. He turned to her, giving her an impression of a drop-dead gorgeous guy. "Holy Cr- er…! Gah! He's hot!" her inner self cheered, almost saying a bad word- which was a no-no for a priestess like herself- when she saw her rescuer's looks. His eyes were the color of onyx, and she found herself drowning in them. "That is one hot assassin…" she thought to herself, noticing how he was glowing a blue aura.

Jaw-drop for her.

"Y-you're already an elite?!"

The assassin sighed at this and offered her a hand and she gladly took it as he pulled her up. "For someone who easily defeated a Nightmare, you sure can't sense a Jakk coming your way." He muttered. She glared at him for this. "Hey, it's not my fault I was taken by surprise! I'm a priestess! I master in healing and holy stuff! Not in stealth or senses like you!" he smirked, and it caused her to blush-why? Well, a smirk was close enough to a smile. "Just don't let it happen again, you'll never know when more aggressive monsters come out during the Halloween season." And he turned to leave. "W-wait!"

He stopped and turned his head to her. "U-um…" she bowed down a bit, her long pink locks following her movements. "Thank you for earlier." He gave a curt nod and proceeded to walking again. "Um, may I at least know your name?"

Again, he halted and faced her, a smirk on his face. "Maybe someday, I can tell this won't be our last meeting." And he continued on his way, the people that were supposedly blocking his path seeming to clear it for him, as if it was the parting of the red sea. "But…" she trailed off and sighed. "Oh well, who could forget a face like that anyway?" she thought as her eyes started to sparkle, a dreamy gaze all over her face. "And I thought that it would be a knight in shining armor that would save me one day, instead, it turned out to be an assassin in dark clothing."

"Sakura!"

She spun around to see a blonde dancer run over to her and tackled her into a hug. "I-Ino! What're you doing here?" Ino gave her a sly grin and nudged her a bit. "I saw what happened, and trust me, elite assassins never bother to save anyone, much less a priestess, but you just got saved by that guy!"

Sakura sweat dropped as her friend continued ranting. "Um… Ino…"

"Will you put a cork in it? You're so troublesome…"

A vein popped at the side of Ino's head as she glared at a wizard who had a hairstyle that resembled a pineapple. Next to him was a chubby guy who had red swirls on his cheeks. This guy was a blacksmith, and he seemed fit for the job. "Sakura, allow me to introduce my teammates in our party. Nara Shikamaru, the lazy genius, and Akimichi Choji, the big-boned." She leaned closer to Sakura to whisper something in her ear. "Whatever you do, don't call him fat or anything related to that."

"Okay…" she nodded meekly, then felt a tug on her right sleeve. Looking down, she saw one of the male novices that she saved earlier, and behind him were three of his co-novices. "Can you… help us?" he asked meekly, turning red in the face when she smiled. "Sure, come on." She turned back to Ino who was blinking questioningly at her. "Sorry if I have to cut our meeting short, but these kids may need my help in leveling up." She waved goodbye to them as the three did the same and parted different ways. "Okay, next stop, Poring island!" she opened a teleportation portal after giving them some of her support and defense casts, then entered the portal after the four novices have gone in.

"Dude, where have you been?" a blonde guy asked his elite friend when he came walking, still glowing a blue aura. "None of your business dead-last." He muttered, not bothering to stop before his friend who yelled at the nickname. "Geez, for a knight, you're pretty noisy." The assassin said, narrowing his eyes a bit at the blonde. "Feh, I knew having that Kakashi as our tanker won't do you any good."

"Oh really Naruto?" they turned around to see an assassin with silver-hair, and he had a book in one of his hands. "If I did not make a suitable teacher for the two of you, then how come Sasuke is already an elite assassin?"

"That's the point! He's already an elite but I'm not! And you're late again!"

"I wasn't late, you just failed to notice my presence behind those trees." He closed his book and walked over to them. "Come on, the guild master is waiting for us."

"What does she want now?" Naruto asked, folding both arms behind his head as he walked beside his assassin best friend. "I bet it's another 'tank' job." He muttered.

Tank- this is also called helping in other terms, because this is where a high-level person helps out the lower-level ones in boosting up. The one doing the job is called a "Tanker", and doing it is called "Tanking".

Kakashi just ruffled the blonde's hair. "Actually, we'll be having different jobs." They reached the guild's meeting place and headed directly to their leader's room. "You're late." The guild leader said, opening her eyes to look at them. "I can understand Kakashi and Naruto being late but Sasuke?" a small smile found its way on the female monk's lips. Naruto narrowed his eyes at this. "Hey old hag, it was the bastard's fault we're late! Not mine and Kakashi's!"

"Oh really?" in the blink of an eye, she disappeared in front of them and was now behind Naruto, and with a quick punch, had the blonde haired knight meet the ground, face first. "And don't call me that ever again, brat!" she yelled, a vein popping at the side of her head. Kakashi took out his orange book and opened it on the last page he read. "So, what's our mission this time, Tsunade?"

She coughed and turned to face all three. "We lack full support members in our guild, and with the upcoming war, we need to have our defenses raised."

"How strong is the enemy anyway?" Sasuke asked, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and eyes closed- the pose that Naruto would dub as the "feeling-cool" pose. "The same level as you, Kakashi, Shino, Gaara and Neji."

"Hn. Elites."

"That's right." She said, walking back to her chair and sat on it. The light bulb that gave the room light was starting to flicker, and the female monk sighed at this. "Kakashi, I think I should give you the job of finding a new light bulb that would last long. Apparently, Naruto didn't buy the right one."

"Hey! It was the merchant's fault! He said it would last long!"

Sasuke sighed and opened his eyes. "Idiot, that's the purpose of merchants, they tend to sell you products that may seem to be good but are actually not. You should be more careful." The blue-eyed knight gave the assassin a glare and then 'hmphed' afterwards. Kakashi chuckled and turned back to Tsunade. "So, I'll go find a better light bulb while these two will find a full support healer?"

"Yes. Whether it's priestesses, monks, acolytes, bards, and dancers- whatever! I'll leave the two of them to be the judge of that." All three gave a nod before Tsunade dismissed them, getting back to recruiting some of her subordinates to prepare for the upcoming guild war. "Something tells me that this is going to be more fun than the last war."

"Well, I'm off to find a light bulb! Good luck hunting for an FS." And Kakashi left them with one jump to a roof and another, looking like a ninja on a mission. "Hn. See 'ya loser." Naruto turned to the now leaving Sasuke. "Hey! Aren't we supposed to look for an FS together?"

"Nah, you'll only scare that person away."

"Oh and I suppose you won't?"

Sasuke just ignored the knight and continued making his way through the crowd, all the while aware of how many stares he got from the dancers that were stopping to gawk at him. "If these dancers weren't wearing clothes so scandalous, I would've picked them already." He avoided eye contact with most of the girls in his surroundings. "Bards tend to be boastful and annoying. I guess it's a priestess then." He smirked, remembering the pink-haired girl he saved earlier. "Sakura was it? Nice name." when he left her a while ago, he heard a female's voice call for the priestess. "Must be because of the pink hair." He shrugged and found an acolyte. "He already has a guild. But not our enemy." He approached the male acolyte. "Hey, how many zenies for a warp portal to Morroc?"

The boy smiled. "None. You come from Shadow Assault guild right? Well, you're our ally, so it's for free." Sasuke managed to give a smirk and nodded his thanks when the boy transported him to Morroc. "Now to go see if mom knows any FS priests or priestesses I can ask to join."

"Ah-choo!" she sniffed and looked up at the night sky. "Who could be talking or thinking about me?" She felt a tug on her sleeve and looked down to see the novice she was tanking. "Ne, are you okay?" she gave him a warm smile. "Yes, I'm fine. Listen; there are a lot of people here that's taking the monsters I hit, why don't we go to a different place?"

"Like where ne-chan?" a female novice asked, blinking innocently after eliminating a pink poring. Sakura smiled at her. "We'll go to Morroc and get you to fight worms, aka, Hodes."

Hode- a worm that lives in the dessert grounds of Morroc- where thieves, assassins and rogues live and meet.

The three novices that she was helping gulped. "I'll have to form a party and invite you, so that I could be aware of your status with regards to your stamina." The three nodded and accepted the invitation the priestess sent them. "So we have Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon." She smiled brightly at them. "Let's get going then!" she opened a portal as they all went in- not noting how a poring managed to enter the portal- and appeared in Morroc town, where they could see a lot of people from the thief class talking and fooling around. "Stay close guys, a lot of drunkards stay here."

The three kids clung to her, and she sweat dropped at their behavior, smiling none the less as they walked towards the entrance of the dessert. "Hey, hey!" she was pulled back by the arm, her head turned to who had grabbed her so violently. "Um… is there anything you want?" she asked as politely as she could, her nose twitching from the stench of the rogue that seemed to be drunk, judging from his slurred words and the half-empty bottle he was holding. "What's a priestess like you doing alone here at night? With three novices none the less!" he hiccupped afterwards, grinning at her.

"I'm here to tank them, now please, let me go so that we could go on. It's starting to get late." She said, trying to pry her arm off of the rogue's hold, but to no avail. "Damn, this guy's grip is too strong. Not to mention, his whole body is muscle bound." She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Too bulky for me."

"Well, it's getting late as you said, why don't I just take you to an inn and rest, then I'll let you go tomorrow, how's that?" Sakura didn't fail to notice the lust in the man's eyes, and that alone was enough to have her feel fear and anger rush through her veins. "I don't have time for guys like you." She seethed, "And there is no way I'll go with someone like you who's obviously drunk!"

"Aw, too bad, I can't let you go! What a rogue wants, a rogue gets!" and he pulled her back, causing the three kids to let her go as they cried for her when she hit the ground, landing on her left arm. She flinched from the pain when she tried to move it. "Oh no, I think my arm is broken." She bit back her cry of pain and tried to stand up, but the rogue pulled her right arm and pinned her to a wall, his breath fanning her face, and she felt like puking from the stench.

The rogue gave a maniacal grin. "You're really pretty, did you know that? It's a big mistake for you to walk pass he-OW!" he looked down to see the three kids kicking and punching his bulky legs. "Damn, fucking, kids! Guys, a little help here!"

Sakura's eyes widened when she saw three more rogues approach them and take the kids, holding them up to prevent them from hurting their friend. They too, had sinister smiles on their faces as they saw Sakura. "That's a pretty one, why the sudden change Ichiro? I thought you were into dancers?"

"True, but this little priestess caught my eye. Her innocence just drives me wild." He said, biting the white collar of her outfit and ripped it to give him access to her neck. "And it looks like she hasn't been claimed either. Oh the joy." He sneered and nuzzled her neck, teasing it a bit before he opened his mouth, ready to bite her. "Don't…" she pleaded, and the four men looked up at her to see her green eyes shed tears. "Please…" she said, shutting her eyes.

She only received a round of laughter from the men, the kids trying to escape to help her but to no avail. Sakura looked at the kids afterwards. "Just let them go, their parents might be worried. Let them go and you can do what you want with me!"

Ichiro looked thoughtful for a moment. "Good deal, but what if you change your mind once we let them go?"

"I won't! Priestess' promise!"

"Well Ichiro, people in her class never lie, so I guess she's telling the truth."

"Yeah," he turned to glance at his friends with a smirk. "Maybe we should…"

Sakura closed her eyes, hoping that they would let the kids go.

"…NOT!" they all chorused laughing when Ichiro slammed Sakura on the ground, him on top of her as the three kids cried out. "Sorry, but you're in our turf, and nobody gets to tell us what to do." He lowered his head and sucked onto her neck, causing her to yell as well as beg him to stop when his hands roamed her body. Her priestess uniform didn't help her either, since one side had a slit that started from her upper thigh, and that gave Ichiro access to her legs.

"Ne-chan!" Momiji and Udon cried.

"Stop it!" Konohamaru yelled.

"OW!" Ichiro cried, sitting up as he nursed the small bump that formed at the back of his head. He looked up with angry eyes as his companions looked around. "Who threw the rock at me?!"

"I did…"

They all looked up, seeing an assassin on top of a roof, the full moon illuminating some parts of his face as he continued tossing the rock in his hand up and down. The rogues glared at him, but he just threw the rock again as it hit Ichiro's forehead. "What the hell? Stop it you dumbass!" the man closed his eyes and sighed. "Stop talking to yourself." And he jumped down, opening his eyes to reveal them red.

Ichiro's companions took a step back, knowing very well about the red eyes. "I-Ichiro, we better get out of here."

"Why should we?" he asked, standing up as he spat on the ground. "Why would I let a scrawny guy like him scare us?" he charged at the new comer as his friends tried to stop him. "Hn, idiot." And later, Ichiro found his arm twisted behind his back, the assassin that arrived holding him up against the wall, pushing his face on the rough barricade of a building, making sure that blood began to ooze as cuts formed. "I'll let you live if you get out of here, and make sure not to dare violate anyone again, got it?" he emphasized his point by pushing the rogue further into the wall, causing Ichiro to cry out in pain.

"L-Look S-Sasuke, w-we were just… playing you know…" one guy said, laughing nervously. Sasuke turned to him, giving the man a piercing glare. "You call trying to rape a girl and probably kidnapping kids playing? I don't find it fun or amusing, do you?"

"N-No… it's just that… well…"

"Get out before I summon up an army of nightmares to chase you around."

"Okay, okay! We get it!" he took Ichiro and ran, followed by his two friends, leaving Sasuke with Sakura and the three kids. "Che, weaklings…"

"Nii-san…" he looked down to see the three look up at him, still intimidated by his height and aura. "Um… t-thank you…" they all said together. He stared at them for a while, then walked over to Sakura, who was hunched over and hugging herself. "Twice in a row," he muttered, kneeling down before her as she slowly looked up, finding his face familiar. "You sure have a knack to get into trouble," he smirked. "Sakura was it?"

He stiffened when she suddenly tackled him to a hug; her arms wrapped around his neck as she shook and cried how scared she was. He hesitated, but ended up returning the embrace, not used to physical contact with someone he isn't close with. "They're gone, so just, forget it." He said, not knowing what to say to her. He looked at the moon, trying to guess what time it was before giving up and sighing. "Look, it's late, and there are going to be a lot of aggressive monsters around, so…" another sigh escaped his lips as he carried her bridal style, startling her for his sudden actions. "Come on, I'll let my mom take care of you guys for a while. I still have a mission." He turned to the kids who blinked innocently at him. "Stay close." He ordered and walked towards a nearby house that was big enough to hold two to three families.

"Oh my G-" Fugaku's mouth was clamped shut by Mikoto's hand as she gave him a warning glare. "Do not say the Lord's name in vain dear." She said, pulling her hand back and turning to Sasuke who just entered the door, carrying Sakura who had some parts of her clothes torn, followed by three novices who hesitatingly entered. "Sasuke, why didn't you tell us you were already married?" Fugaku asked, gaping at the three kids.

Both the assassin and priestess blushed as Sasuke glared at his dad and explained what happened. "Oh, so that's why she seems so weak right now…" Mikoto whispered, looking at Sakura. "You poor dear." She said, watching as Sasuke placed her on the couch. "Don't worry, my mom's a priestess like you." He whispered when she clutched his arm, afraid to be left alone. "This girl," he thought, giving a slight smile to her, which she returned with a blush and avoided eye contact. "…is fragile."

"Alright Sasuke, I want you to take your father and these kids out of the living room, I'll have to change her clothes."

"Okay." He said and stood up, catching the look Sakura sent him. He bent down a bit and placed a hand over hers. "Relax okay? Nothing's going to happen to you." And he left as Mikoto treated her.

"Are you married or what? Not to mention," he glanced at the three kids. "Are they yours..?" Sasuke gaped at his father in disbelief. "What the hell?" the three novices sighed. "There are not my kids! I just told you the whole story a while ago!" Fugaku looked like he did not believe his son.

"I'm going out for a while." Sasuke muttered, stepping outside and walking around. When he was in the middle of the town, he stopped and turned to his left. "Stop following me Itachi." An assassin appeared from an alley, disabling his hide technique and approached Sasuke. "I bet you couldn't have sensed me if I didn't make you notice my presence on purpose."

"Whatever…" and he continued walking; not missing the looks some dancers sent his way. Itachi whistled in awe at how his brother attracted that many girls with just walking pass them. "So why don't you ask those dancers to join the guild?"

"The way they dress just annoys me."

"How about those bards?" the older Uchiha suggested.

"They keep asking for something in return." He caught one bard's look, and he immediately knew that this one was gay. "Hey, I can't help but overhear you two converse," he said in a gay-ish tone. "How's about I join your guild and go steady with you?" he asked, drawing himself closer to Sasuke who twitched in annoyance and disgust. "Sorry, not interested, but my brother over there seems to be, he kept looking at you earlier." Itachi's eyes widened as he looked at Sasuke in bewilderment. The bard smiled coyly at Itachi and began to chase him when the older Uchiha started running away and cursing his little brother.

He smirked and continued to wander around Morroc town, all the while searching for a suitable FS. Without having any luck, he decided to go back home, seeing his dad waiting for him with the three kids looking like they were training or something. "Are you sure you two aren't-"

"Dad, for the last time, we are not a couple!" he nearly yelled, proceeding inside the house as he stopped when he spotted his mom going down the stairs. He raised a brow when she gave him a smile. "Sakura is now getting some sleep. In the meantime, why don't you get some rest as well? You still have a mission for your guild tomorrow right?"

"Aa. Hey mom, is aniki back yet?"

"Yeah, he arrived around five minutes earlier. He looked really exhausted."

Sasuke sweat dropped. "How did he get here before me that fast?" he shrugged the thought off and climbed the stairs, unaware of her mother's giggles. Fugaku came in, wondering why his wife was laughing. "Well…" she said in a sing-song voice, and the next thing they heard was Sasuke's yell of "MOM!" Mikoto just laughed and turned to the three kids. "The guest room is available, you can stay there." She said with a grin and headed to the kitchen to clean up.

"I can't believe this…" Sasuke murmured, marching to his brother's room with his shoulders slumped. He straightened himself out when he started to knock on the door. He heard Itachi's voice, telling him that he can come in, and when he opened the door, he leaned on the frame for a while. "Hey, bro, can I sleep here for the night? Even if it's on the floor, I don't mind." He glared towards his room. "I don't want to sleep beside a girl…"

Itachi sat up and grinned. "The girl is sleeping on your bed?" he earned a nod from his little brother. "Cool! You can sleep here, but I get to sleep beside her then!" he rushed to the door but only had it slammed on his face. Outside, Sasuke muttered a string of profanities as he turned his back on Itachi's room. "Forget it aniki…" he said, and then headed back to his own room.

"Che, I can't believe this is happening to me…" he thought, closing the door behind him as he sat down on the floor and leaned on the wall, staring at the pink-haired priestess' sleeping face. She looked really angelic and fragile as she breathed at an even pace, her chest rising and falling in a slow manner. Although he was an assassin, he was still part of the male species, and he just had the urge to brush off those pink bangs that blocked some parts of her face from his view.

"She's pretty cute…" says his inner self. "Hn." He replied, suddenly blushing when he realized he had agreed to that annoying little voice in his head. "Hah! You do like her!" he shook his head in an attempt to get rid of what people would say- his conscience. After a few moments of staring at the girl, he finally drifted off to sleep.

His senses told him to wake up, informing him that there was someone just a few inches away from him, not that it was a threat or anything. Never the less, he slowly opened his eyes, only to be met with a pair of green orbs. "Hey," the owner of the eyes said. He nearly jumped if he hadn't recovered quickly, afraid that his reputation as an assassin may go down the drain. He shook his head a bit, adjusting to the sudden brightness the sun's rays gave when it invaded his room.

"Why are you sleeping on the floor?" asked the voice. He looked back to see the priestess bent over him, her face just inches away from his. The first thing that came to his mind, however, was: "What time is it?"

She blinked and thought for a while. "Around 11AM, or later." His eyes went wide. "What?!" he quickly stood up, but since his legs were a bit numb from sleeping crossed-legged the whole night, he stumbled forward, making his lips crash onto hers, as well as his body fall on top of her own. Both their eyes went wide as he abruptly pulled away, wide onyx orbs staring back at green ones, both faces tinted red as they remained in that position. Her hands were pressed against his chest, while his were on either side of her head, preventing him from crushing her small form.

"Sasuke, Sakura, it's almost lunch time so wake…up…now…"

The two turned to the door to see Mikoto with a grin on her face, as well as a drop of sweat roll down at the back of her head. She stared at them, her smiling lips twitching as she tilted her head a bit. "What are you two dears doing..?" she asked. Fugaku came up behind her, yawning and muttering something about being old enough to wake up on his own. His eyes bulged out of their sockets when he saw his son on top of the girl. "Good grief! Sasuke! Get off of her now! You two already have three kids so stop making a fourth one!"

Sakura twitched, and Sasuke sensed a dangerous aura coming from beneath him. Curious, he looked down to see a pissed off Sakura, her eyes darkened as she opened her mouth to speak. "Our kids..?" she asked, her tone dripping with venom. He panicked inwardly and got off of her, backing away from the angered priestess. "Look, it was a misunderstanding! I already told them that- hey… what are you going to do with that? No, no… it was a mistake!"

They were both unaware of how his parents slowly closed the door, and outside, the people of Morroc heard a loud 'bam', followed by a few more. Some sighed as an old man said: "There goes the Uchiha brothers again, fighting in the morning…" and the whole town continued with their business.

Mikoto hummed a happy tune as she chopped the carrots on her chopping board at a quick pace. She turned to her right when she heard her youngest son mutter something about annoying girl and something close to that. He took some ice out of the freezer and placed it in the ice pack, afterwards, held it on his head as he walked out of the kitchen, missing the amused look of Mikoto who started day dreaming about little kids with pink hair and onyx eyes, or black hair with emerald orbs.

Sasuke rolled his eyes when he saw his father grinning at him. What a way to start the day. "I knew you two were-" he stopped when his son slammed the ice pack on a desk. "For the last time dad, she is not my girlfriend or my wife!" Fugaku gave a meek nod, sensing the dangerous aura his son gave off. Even if he was an assassin cross and is much stronger than the elite teen before him, he still knew when to back off when one of his sons or when his wife- whose a high priestess- is in a bad mood.

The three kids stood still in the living room, still intimidated by Sasuke as he looked their way, a forced calm glare on his face. "What..?" he drawled as the three stiffened and shook their heads. "Geez, they're only kids so stop intimidating them as if they already aren't." all heads turned to the stairs where Sakura came down, her eyes narrowed at the elite assassin her age. "And that's your business… how..?"

She glared at him and he returned it as dark as he could. "I'm their tanker." She answered. He only snorted and didn't bother to say anything. Not because he was defeated, but because he just thought it was a waste of time. Yeah right.

"I'm going…" he said in a lazy tone as he stepped out of the house. "Not so fast Sasuke." He stopped and sighed, turning back to meet his mother's stern look. "I want you to take Sakura and the kids back to Prontera, where they live." Sasuke gave his mom a "you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me" look, but only got the high priestess angry. "You will do as I say whether you like it or not. I am your mother, therefore what I say, goes! Got it?"

Sasuke gave a nod when his mom was close to hitting him like what Sakura did with her staff. After agreeing, Mikoto went back to her sweet and happy self. "Then it's settled!"

"That's okay Mrs. Uchiha, I believe we'll be fine right now." She narrowed her eyes at Sasuke. "And I do believe we are only causing someone here, some trouble and wasting his time." Sasuke sighed, silently agreeing to her. Itachi, meanwhile, smirked and placed a hand around Sakura's shoulder. "That's okay, I can replace Sasuke." Sakura thought about it before speaking. "Hmm, yeah, compared to your brother, I think you're more trustworthy." Itachi smirked at this when Sasuke scowled. "Now, get your hands off of me, now." This time, it was Sasuke's turn to smirk and Itachi's to frown as he quickly removed his arm from Sakura's shoulder, fearing the wrath of an angry girl.

"Now, now, I do believe that it will also be better if Sasuke will just go with you. He is, after all, looking for an FS…" Mikoto trailed off when they all noticed Sakura and the three novices walking away. She turned back to her two sons and glared. "What're you two standing there for? Go and follow them!" she nearly yelled. The two nodded and ran, fearing their mother's anger as she smiled and waved at her sons. "Take care now you two!" her husband just slapped his forehead with his hand and sighed deeply, all the while thinking what possessed him to marry a girl like his wife.

"I can't believe that guy…" she muttered as she cast a protect spell against the novices while they battled the hodes, making sure that the worm-like creatures were attacking her and not the kids. The monster just kept missing as she continued cursing the elite assassin. "Even if he is hot and good-looking and… and… gah!" she was so frustrated that she ended up taking her staff out and hitting all the hodes she gathered for the kids, killing them in a few hits. She panted and cleared her throat, composing herself. "Sorry about that, I got carried away…"

Konohamaru and the two just gave an unsure nod as they attacked a new hode Sakura got for them. "Can this day get any worse?" she sighed deeply, not noticing that a Hunter fly, an aggressive creature, was making its way towards them. "I can't believe I'm still thinking of that jerk…" her thoughts got disrupted when a powerful assault came from her left. Turning, she found a hunter fly buzzing and attacking her with such speed. These creatures were known for their dexterity and speed, so she acted quickly and killed it, only to attract more hunter flies that were around. "Oh man!" she cast the three kids Kyrie Eleison, the shield spell, then turned to their weapons and cried out: "Imposito Magnus!" this causes the novices' weapon's damage to increase. "Guys, kill them while you're still on Kyrie!" she told them as she flinched from the numerous and continuous attacks the hunter flies gave.

Sakura turned to the hunter flies and quickly cast them Lex Aeterna, having increased the damage it will receive from the kids for an easier kill. "Sanctuary." She whispered, having healed all three novices at the same time. "Magnificat." She said, causing her magic level, or SP, to increase fast as she continued giving her full support. Although, it only caused her blue gemstones to be consumed pretty fast. "I need to buy more later…" she turned to the hunter flies and mentioned "Slow Poison" as it poisoned them, helping the novices to eliminate the aggressive mob faster. "I'm running out of SP…" she thought, near to collapsing. "Someone, help…"

"This is such a waste of time…" Sasuke muttered as they continued walking across the desert of Morroc. They both raised their tattered scarves to cover the lower part of their faces, and put on their masks, preventing the dust or sand from entering their nostrils. They also had to squint their eyes as they continued to wander around the desert, trying to detect the priestess or the novices.

"You know, Sakura is really pretty, and her name fits her perfectly well too." Itachi began, noticing how his brother twitched a bit. "I wouldn't mind courting her too, especially since she doesn't seem to be interested in you, unlike the dancers outside."

Sasuke smirked at this. "What makes you so sure that she isn't interested?"

"Just by the way she hit you, and how she despises you with the tone of her voice whenever she says your name or talks about you."

"Really? I believe it was more like a forced one."

"How sure are you?"

"Assassin instinct." He answered bluntly. They stopped upon hearing a lot of buzzing noises, followed by a priestess' cry for "Kyrie Eleison" as well as "Sanctuary". They looked at each other, immediately knowing what was going on. "Hide." They said as they disappeared and blended with the sand storm. Next, they performed "Cloaking" as they easily moved towards where the four people they were looking for stood, shocked to see the number of hunter flies that surrounded them.

"Shit, we have to use sonic blow and grimtooth for this." Itachi muttered. Sasuke nodded. "Don't forget to use Venom Dust or Venom Splash when you get the chance, aniki." And they rushed forward, attacking with great speed as Sakura noticed the purple powder that surrounded the hunter flies, followed by a cry of Sonic Blow and Grimtooth, which killed all the hunter flies instantly.

As the dust cleared and the sand storm passed, Sakura looked up to see Sasuke standing before her, his head facing sideward as he looked at her from the corner of his eyes. "Good thing we came here just in time." He said. Sakura narrowed her eyes at him. "I was perfectly capable of taking care of myself!" Sasuke smirked and closed his eyes. "Are you sure about that? You looked pretty messed up to me." He opened his eyes to look at her, only to see her standing and perfectly well. "Are you sure about that?" she asked, smirking.

"You probably used heal…" he muttered. She panicked inwardly but remained her composure, turning to Konohamaru. "Did I use heal?" she asked, smiling. The novice was about to say yes but he caught the look that Sakura threw him and quickly shook his head. She turned to Moegi and Udon who also shook their heads, and finally, to Itachi. "Did I, Sasuke's brother?"

"Itachi." He corrected. "Did I use heal?" she asked again. Itachi was about to nod when he sensed the girl's deadly aura. Instantly, he shook his head, laughing nervously. Sasuke took note of his brother's anxiety and sighed. "Figures you'd use your anger on them." He said. They all turned to the loud voice that called the young assassin's attention.

"Dead-last…" he murmured when the blonde knight reached him, followed by a priestess with long black hair and pale lavender eyes. "I found an FS for our guild!" he grinned at the girl who blushed. "Meet-"

"Hinata!" Sakura yelled, running over to her fellow priestess and then hugged her. Hinata smiled and returned the embrace, acknowledging her friend. "It's been a while, hasn't it, Sakura?" she asked in a soft voice. "Yeah, I know." The pink-haired girl chirped. They turned to the others, seeing them blink at them with raised brows. "Sorry, we know each other." They gave a short nod, responding in their own ways.

"So, teme, what about you? Have you found an FS yet?" he asked, grinning.

"No." he muttered, walking away. "Huh? You mean I beat you?" Naruto asked with wide eyes. All heads turned to the assassin who only ignored the knight and continued walking away from the group. "What is up with him anyway?" Sakura muttered, crossing her arms. "Somehow, all first impressions I had of him went down the drain."

"Don't be like that Sakura." Itachi said, removing his mask as he walked over to her. "You can't blame him for acting like he's got a tough problem on his shoulders." Sakura raised a brow. "I just don't get him. He's too anti-social that I don't even know if he's gay or what." Itachi laughed. "If he was still here, I'd say he was gay just to piss him off, but no, he's straight." Sakura looked like she didn't believe Itachi and the older Uchiha just sighed and took out two butterfly wings, an easy teleportation to get out of the desert and into the town. He gave one to Sakura as they used it, leaving behind the three kids with Naruto and Hinata.

"Itachi, where are we going anyway?"

He pulled her to the middle of the town and stopped, pointing at where his brother was. Sakura followed his finger to see Sasuke being surrounded by the dancers that hang out in Morroc. She could see, from the look in his eyes, how annoyed he was. "Why are you showing me this?"

"My brother is good at almost everything, but when it comes to showing emotions- besides anger, hate and other negative feelings, he's poor at it."

"He has emotions..?"

"Yes Sakura." He turned to his brother again. "It's just that most of the girls he has met only go after him for his looks, not for who he is. And if you ask me," he turned to her and gave a brotherly smile. "He thinks you're different from them."

"What makes you say that?"

"He likes you."

Before she could say anything with regards to what Itachi said, she heard a female voice she was too aware of. "Ino." She said, turning to see the blonde dancer flirting with Sasuke. Itachi sighed. "Friend of yours?"

"Yeah."

"Then you'd better save her from her death. Sasuke looks like he's ready to kill."

"If you don't leave me alone right now, I swear, I will kill you."

Ino just smiled flirtatiously at him and walked closer. "I know you won't be able to do that. You're a guy, and all guys have weaknesses." Sasuke glared darkly at her. "Then maybe I'm not like all guys you know. I don't fall for your acts nor your dances, and it will never affect me the way it affects others." he said through the mask that covered his face.

"Ino!"

The dancer turned to see her pink-haired friend running towards them. "Hey Sakura!" she was startled when the priestess grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her. "Are you crazy? Get away from this guy! He could kill you!" Ino just laughed. "Very funny Sakura, I don't think this guy can kill me. And besides," she eyed Sasuke up and down. "He's too hot for me to pass." She was about to flirt again when Sakura stopped her. "Ino, I'm telling you, he isn't like any other guys whom you can easily lure! He's practically emotionless!"

"Ouch…" Inner Sasuke said, all the while ignored by the outer one. Ino scoffed and pushed Sakura away, then started to approach Sasuke. Again, the priestess blocked her, but this time, was facing Sasuke. "Don't do anything! Don't kill her! She's my friend." Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Then make her stop and I won't."

"Come on Sakura, even if he kills me, you can always resurrect me again! You're a priestess!"

Sasuke smirked, a glint in his eyes that told Sakura that it was not a good sign. "Yeah, let me kill her and then you can bring her back to life, afterwards, I'll do it all over again." Sakura felt cold all of a sudden after hearing the tone in his voice. It was really convincing, and somehow, she just realized how an assassin can really be scary- they live up to their reputation.

Ino giggled and tried to flirt once more. Sasuke took a step forward, his weapon raised, ready to slit the dancer's throat when Sakura narrowed her eyes at him. "Take one more step and I'll do something you won't like." He blinked, and Ino watched in amusement. "Hn. And what can you do?" he asked in a challenging manner. Sakura didn't back down and stood her ground. Again, Ino squealed. "That's it!" he took another step forward, ready to eliminate the blonde girl but instead, was stopped when Sakura suddenly pulled down his mask and crashed her lips with his, causing everyone to stare wide-eyed, including Sasuke himself, at the girl.

She pulled away and panted, her eyes still narrowed and her cheeks slightly flushed. Sasuke just stared back at her with wide eyes, forgetting about his sudden craving for blood. "If you attempt to kill her, I won't hesitate to do that again." He smirked, and she didn't like it one bit. He leaned closer to her face and whispered. "Then you're just giving me motivation to kill her." Sakura gulped and tried to keep her cool. "W-what?!" his smirk broadened and he closed the gap of their lips. Her eyes widened in shock as he pushed her lips apart with his tongue, intruding her mouth. He pulled away just when she was tempted to return the kiss, half of her disappointed while the other half was relieved. "Now we're even." And he left.

Sakura would've fainted if she hadn't composed herself. Unconsciously, she raised her hands and touched her lips with her fingers, still able to feel the assassin's lips on her, the incident still replaying over and over in her mind before her thoughts were interrupted by Naruto's voice. "Holy crap! I can't believe that teme had the guts to do that in public!" it was then that Itachi's words rang in her head.

He likes you.

"Sakura," the priestess looked up to see Hinata smiling at her. "Join the guild." She said. Sakura smiled back and gave a nod. Naruto cheered as he led the way to the guild HQ. "Hey Ino! Why don't you join too? We could use all the FS we could get!" The dancer nodded as Naruto hollered once more. Sakura stopped though and caught everyone's attention. "You guys go ahead, I need to clear my head for a while." And she left, walking to the other side.

"Does he really…?" she thought, accidentally bumping into a female monk. "Oh sorry, I- Tsunade-san!" The monk looked down to see Sakura and she grinned and embraced the girl in a hug. "Hey Sakura! Long time no see!"

"Yeah."

"Well, sorry to cut our meeting short but I have to go look for Sasuke and-"

"Sasuke? As in… Uchiha Sasuke?"

"Oh, you know him? That's great! Could you tell him that his mission is cancelled? I still need to get back to the guild HQ! I heard you're a new recruit, so I'll be seeing you there some time! Thanks in advance for telling Sasuke!" and before Sakura could protest, Tsunade teleported herself to the guild HQ. "Great." She murmured, heading towards the Uchiha household.

She knocked on the door and waited for someone to open it. Fugaku greeted her but then stopped upon seeing who it was. "Sakura, what brings you here?" Sakura bowed down in respect and smiled. "I came to deliver a message to Sasuke. Is he here?" the Uchiha patriarch nodded and let her in, telling her that the assassin was in his room.

He turned to his room door and sat up, telling the visitor to come in. When he saw who it was, he raised a brow. "What're you doing here?" Sakura looked at him, staring at his face that was no longer covered by a mask. "Nice, you're not wearing your mask." She grinned. Sasuke blushed a bit and looked away, twitching when she giggled. "Well, your guild leader, Tsunade, said that your mission is cancelled."

"Hn."

Sakura sweat dropped at this as he got up and walked towards her. He stopped and looked down at the girl who began sweating under his intent gaze. "Move." He said. She grinned sheepishly and shook her head. "I don't want to." He twitched. "Move. It. Sakura."

"No."

"Why..?"

"I don't want to."

He resisted the urge to bang his head on the wall. "You're so annoying." She grinned. "I know." He sighed and turned to the window, planning to exit there, only to stop when Sakura was now standing there. A vein popped at the side of his head as he turned to the door and tried to get out of his room, but again, Sakura blocked him. This process repeated for a few minutes before Sasuke clenched his fists and cried out his frustration. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"

"Nothing."

"Argh! Hide." And he disappeared before her eyes. She twitched. "Ruwach." She cried out as a blue ball of light circled around her when she entered the room, trying to detect him. Sasuke, who was hanging on the ceiling, jumped down and ran out of his room, causing Sakura to turn to see the door slam. "UCHIHA SASUKE!!"

"What the hell is wrong with that woman?!" he asked himself. "I don't know, but it looks like she's got the hots for us!" his inner self yelled. Sasuke twitched in annoyance and continued hiding from behind trees to tents, and alleys. He ignored the weird looks thrown at him as he continued running away from an angered priestess who kept shouting his name nearby.

"Uchiha! Stop hiding and face me like a man should!" she yelled, stomping down the village as the people gave her way, afraid to be in the girl's target range. A few feet away from her sat Ichiro and his gang, sweat dropping at the girl's rage. "Am I glad I'm not in Uchiha's shoes." His friends nodded slowly in agreement, watching as the pink-haired girl kept yelling for Sasuke.

Speaking of Sasuke, he was currently hiding in an alleyway, catching his breath when he managed to loose the girl. "Sasuke-niichan, what're you doing?" he looked down to see a thief at the age of probably twelve, the kid he usually tanked when ever he was spotted. "Not now Kishiro, I'm busy."

"I just want to know what you're- Oomph!" Sasuke quickly covered his mouth and pulled him to the shadows of the alleyway, watching out for Sakura who just passed them and was yelling his name. "Look Kishiro, don't tell anyone of my whereabouts, or else I won't help you become an assassin, got it?" the kid nodded as he let him go. Sakura spotted Kishiro and called him over. The boy just blinked and wondered why she called him. She smiled at him and bent down a bit. "You didn't happen to see an assassin about this tall with black hair and eyes did you?" Kishiro remembered what Sasuke told him, so he said: "I did but he told me not to tell anyone where he is." Sakura smiled again. "Come on, tell me, I need to know."

"Why are you looking for him anyway?"

Sakura leaned down and whispered to the boy's ear her reason. Kishiro smiled and pointed to the alleyway. "He's over there." Sakura turned to her right and saw Sasuke walking away, stopping when he heard Kishiro's voice. "Damn that kid!" he cursed when Sakura yelled at him as he sprinted away, Sakura tailing behind him, leaving Kishiro with a dumbstruck look.

"Lay off Sakura!" he yelled when she was gaining on him. "Get back here Uchiha!" he picked up the pace and Sakura did the same, waiting for the right moment before she jumped and tackled him from behind, afterwards, teleported to a secluded spot.

"What the hell do you want from me?!" he asked when she pushed him forward. He was startled when she kissed him on the cheek, then parted and smiled. "Thanks for everything Sasuke-kun!" he blushed and she warped herself to Prontera, her hometown, leaving a blushing Sasuke to touch his cheek, the spot where she kissed him. A small smile made its way on his lips as he shook his head and sighed. "What an annoying girl…" he heard laughter coming from his left and saw Kishiro grinning at him. "See? If I didn't tell her of your whereabouts, you wouldn't have been kissed!" he sweat dropped when Sasuke gave a wicked smile and raised his katar, his weapon of choice in fighting and killing. "You're dead Kishiro!" and he ran after the kid.

2 Months Later…

Sakura sighed as she left the Uchiha household to go look for Sasuke. "That guy is such a pain." She warped herself to Payon, where Fugaku told her was where Sasuke was currently staying. "Did he forget that we have a guild meeting? Geez! Tsunade just had to send me to look for him!" she walked towards Payon's cave and passed by two novices being aided by a priestess and an assassin. She smiled upon remembering what happened just three weeks ago.

Flashback:

Sasuke sighed as a bunch of pink porings, orange drops and green poporings kept attacking him yet did him no harm as he remained seated on the ground, arms crossed. Sakura giggled and continued to perform her support casts on Konohamaru and his two friends as they attacked the monsters. Sasuke felt his legs go numb as he sighed and stood up. A poporing got pissed that it suddenly mustered up all its strength to attack Sasuke. It caused the assassin to loose his balance a bit, as well as a single unripe apple to fall from his back pack and roll on the ground. A pink poring saw it and immediately gobbled it up, giving a hearty cry of happiness as it jumped on Sasuke who fell on his rear at the surprise attack from the little blob of pink.

"The hell!" he cursed, seeing the pink monster cuddling at him. Sakura giggled as he gave an annoyed look. "Get off!" he ordered and the blob did, all the while keeping a happy face as it bounced happily beside Sasuke and continued to close in on him, acting like a cat when it rubbed against his leg with its cheek. "Wha..?"

"You caught it." Sakura said as the three novices watched in amusement. "I what?" he asked. Again, she smiled. "You caught it." Sasuke turned to the poring, then to Sakura. "But… that unripe apple was… Itachi's…"

"You stole it from him?"

"No! He asked me to buy one!"

"Too bad, you just caught the poring. It is now your pet."

"But…" he glared at the poring. "I don't want one…"

"Deal with it." She grinned.

"You keep it."

Sakura raised a brow. "I would if I could, but it doesn't seem to follow me around like it does to you." He sighed and grumbled a few incoherent words. The poring just kept following him no matter how harsh he yelled at it to tell it to go away.

End of Flashback

She reached a certain area of the cave where a bunch of smokies were. Seeing as there weren't anybody around, she easily found Sasuke sitting in the middle of the place. He had his left cheek resting on his left palm while his right held onto a yam. On his head was his pet poring, looking down at the smokies in curiosity. The raccoon look-alike monsters were staring at Sasuke as he stared back lazily, not minding how some were afraid to even go near him from the blue light that surrounded him.

"Poring!" the pink blob cried out when it saw Sakura. It jumped from Sasuke's head and into Sakura's arms who laughed and hugged the monster that laughed as well. Sasuke turned his head to her slightly, not seemingly surprised to see her here. "What're you doing?" she asked. He raised his right hand a bit, indicating that he was planning to catch one smokie. Sakura smiled and approached him. "Why?"

"For a girl that I like…" he muttered, missing the sad look that Sakura had on her face as she forced a small smile and sat down beside him, petting the poring in her arms. She smiled when it relaxed to her touch. Sasuke eyed her from the corner of his eyes as he recalled what happened a few weeks ago.

Flashback:

"Stop being so mean to it." She said as they both walked down the empty streets of Prontera that night, the poring still following Sasuke despite how he yelled at it to go away. "I'm not. I'm doing it a favor by scaring it so that it wouldn't have a pet owner like me." Sakura rolled her eyes and stopped, then bent down and called the poring over. The pink blob looked at her, then at its master, then back at Sakura. It bounced towards her as she carried it while she stuck her tongue out at Sasuke. "Meanie." She said, walking ahead of him. He sighed and followed her, wondering why he had to be so damn obedient to his mom when she told him to walk Sakura home.

"If you want it so badly, then keep it."

"It won't stick to me that long! You caught it and all pets remain extremely loyal to their masters!" Sasuke sighed again as they continued walking. "So, what're you going to name it?" she asked. "Don't know, don't care." He replied bluntly, still looking forward. Sakura pouted and muttered a "killjoy" under her breath as she looked back at the pink blob in her arms. "Hmm…" she thought up of a hundred names that could suit the little thing until she grinned and exclaimed: "Poi-Poi!"

Sasuke stiffened and slowly turned his head to her. "Excuse me..?"

"Its name will be Poi-Poi!"

"Have you gone nuts?"

"Why?"

"I'm an assassin! There's no way in hell will I name that poring with a-a- girly name!"

Sakura rolled her eyes and grinned at the poring. "I think it's cute. And besides, didn't you just mention earlier that you didn't care?" the poring nodded its head in agreement as Sasuke glared at it. "And you said that pets are supposed to be loyal?"

"Well, you were so mean to it that it probably changed its mind!"

"Good, then you can have it."

"Fine!" she said, hugging the poring. "Looks like I'm your new owner now Poi-Poi!" the poring made crying noises as its teary-eyes gazed at Sasuke. The assassin twitched and snapped his head to the creature's direction. "What're you looking at?!" Sakura sighed. "You have some big issues Sasuke."

The poring jumped down from her arms when they reached her home. "Thanks for walking me home, even if you were forced to." She said, grinning. Sasuke "hn-ed" and was about to walk away when the front door of her house burst open. "Haruno Sakura! Do you have any idea what time it is?!" Sakura sighed upon hearing her father's voice. Sasuke, on the other hand, flinched from the Champion's tone of voice. He stared at the Haruno Patriarch who seemed to be more fit than the male monks in their guild. "And just who is this guy?"

"Dad, he's a guild mate okay?"

Mr. Haruno eyed Sasuke from head to toe, only to earn a pinch on the ear from his high priestess wife. "You stop scaring her friend now dear." She said, glaring at the champion who nodded. Sakura's mom smiled at Sasuke. "Thank you for walking my daughter home. Why don't you come in for a while?" Sasuke refused the woman's offer politely and even forced a small smile. "I insist! I have a few questions with regards to Sakura!" she said. The poring made its presence known as Mrs. Haruno kneeled down to listen to the blob. She nodded as the poring seemed to be talking to Sakura's mom, and Sakura just gaped. "You understand their language?"

Mrs. Haruno raised her hand to Sakura as she kept listening to the poring. "I see, so that's why!" she grinned at the two, one blinking while the other glared at his pet. "Come on in for a while." She said, pulling the two in and making them sit on the couch. She sat down as well and told them how a high priest can communicate to one or two monsters, and that she chose to learn the language of the poring family. Mrs. Haruno also told them what the poring had said, things like Sasuke and Sakura's first encounter, their meeting at Morroc, excluding the part where Sakura was almost violated as well as the kissing incidents that happened.

"You see, this poring was curious as to why you have pink hair Sakura, and since it's also pink, it thought that you were a relative, so it followed you around, including the desert in Morroc, until it was caught accidentally by Sasuke here." She eyed the Uchiha and smiled. "You are the master of this little fella right?" Sasuke gave a nod. "That's one intelligent poring you have there!" she said.

"A-aa…" Sasuke said, looking down on his communicator when it beeped. "Um, it looks like I have to go ma'am, my mom is wondering what's taking me so long." He stood up and bowed down in respect. "Thank you for inviting me in." Mrs. Haruno smiled and shook her head then turned to Sakura. "Do walk with him dear." Sakura gave a nod as Sasuke called his new pet to follow. "Oh, and Sasuke?" the assassin stopped and turned to the Haruno matriarch. "I'd love to meet your mother one day." He forced a smile and a nod as he stepped out with Sakura and the poring. "No way! You two are so alike I don't think I can or will survive." He thought.

"Well, see you around." He was about to walk away when Sakura picked up his poring and held him by the shoulder. Next thing he knew, he was right in front of his home. "How are you going to-" he got cut off when she handed him Poi-Poi and warped back to Prontera. Sasuke looked down at the now sleeping poring and smiled. It sure reminded him a lot of Sakura- pink and annoying. "Maybe I ought to call you Sakura at times…"

End of Flashback

"So…" she began, snapping him from his daydream. "Who's the unlucky girl?" she teased. Sasuke smirked at this. "You're calling yourself unlucky?" Sakura blinked when he just looked at her with a smirk. "Tell me." she demanded.

"No way."

She sighed. "You're so mean." She murmured and looked down at the poring. They sat there for a few moments of silence as she smiled and opened her mouth. "Whoever she is, I guess she's lucky that someone likes her." He raised a brow. "Well, I like someone, but I guess he doesn't like me the way I do." She failed to notice how he clutched onto the yam on his hand tightly. "Care to describe?" he asked. "So that I can easily find and kill him…"

"He's an assassin like you," she began. "He's cute, tall, has black hair and onyx orbs."

Sasuke thought about this, piecing everything together. "She likes Itachi? Not that he's cute, he actually has eye bags under his eyes…" and he was unaware that he too, had the same attributes she gave. "But then, there are a lot of assassins with the same appearance." He sighed inwardly. "Anything else?"

"I like annoying him. He's irritating, and… well, he can be sweet in his own way too."

"Hn." "I'll kill him…"

She smiled sadly upon the lack of his reaction. "And not only that," she added. "I always feel safe when I'm in his arms…"

"Definitely Itachi." He thought, fighting the urge to shift his obsidian eyes to red. "But most of all," she continued, looking at him with a bright smile. "I love his eyes." He blushed a bit and looked away. "What about you Sasuke?" she asked. "It's not fair that I told you about who I like while you don't."

"Hn." He said. "Annoying attitude." He started. "I like seeing her angry because, she's cute that way. She's a priestess like you, and I also like her smiles."

"Oh, she must be really something."

"Aa."

"Is she a guild member?"

"Sort of."

"That's not a direct answer."

He smirked at her demanding attitude. "Yeah, she is." Sakura seemed content with what she said as she tried to figure out who the priestess was. "So, you're getting her a smokie?" he nodded. "She's lucky then." She sighed. "Why?" he asked. "I always wanted a smokie." She grinned sheepishly. Sasuke closed his eyes and smirked. "With your attitude, I doubt any smokie would go near you."

"Oh? Then how come all these smokies are coming to me?"

Sasuke opened his eyes and had them wide when she saw majority of the raccoon-like creatures crowding around her, even if she didn't have anything to lure them. He twitched and tossed her the yam on his hand. "Then catch one." She blinked and eyed the yam then back at him. His eyes seemed to be full or irritation or defeat. Sakura concluded that he must've really loved this girl to be seeing emotions like that. "If only I… was that girl…" she got up and wrapped her arms around his shoulders from behind, her head resting on his right shoulder as he slightly turned to her. She smiled at the smokies and then placed the yam back on his hand.

"If you really like this girl, then you wouldn't give up easily."

He turned to the smokies that were slowly creeping up to him, sniffing his hand that had the yam on it. Sakura smiled and pulled away, not knowing how he wished she didn't let go. Sakura returned to Poi-Poi and laughed upon seeing Sasuke surrounded by smokies. There was one on his head, one slinging to his shoulder and the rest simply surrounding him. What caught her eyes though was the one that lay on his lap, eating the yam on his hand as a small smile tugged on his lips. Sakura blushed and looked away when he turned to her. "Wanna meet her?" he asked.

"I don't know, I may just-" she got cut off when he pulled her up and led her out of the cave. She blinked when they reached outside of the cave. "Fine, where is she?"

"Amatsu." He answered. Sakura sighed and warped the two of them, along with Poi-Poi and the newly caught smokie to where they were going to meet his crush. They arrived in the middle of a cherry blossom grove, and Poi-Poi took this time to wander around. Sakura noticed it going too far that she chased after it. Sasuke looked at them and sighed, carried the smokie in his arms and ran after them.

"Poi-Poi! Don't go too far!" she scolded, reaching the poring as she sat on the ground by the lake and had the poring on her lap. Sasuke reached them then slowed down his pace until he halted before her. "Geez, what's up with you two running off?" she stuck her tongue out at him as he placed the smokie down. "So, where is she?"

"She's right here." He said, sitting down as well. "I don't see anyone else but us." She murmured. Sasuke sighed. "Are you sure she's here?" she asked. "Positive."

After 30 minutes…

"What is taking her so long?!" she yelled. Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes as she started ranting about how a girl was so late and how she can't stand it anymore. "Sakura," she continued ranting. "Sakura." He was ignored. "SAKURA!" she stopped and turned to him. "Sit down will you?" and she did. "How…" he started, looking away and blushing. "If a guy would court you, how do you want to be courted?"

"Why are you asking me? I mean, I'm probably not the same as the girl you like."

"Well, you're a priestess too, so I guess…"

"But we're not alike."

"Can you just tell me?" He said, his voice sounding desperate. Sakura giggled. "Fine, fine." She said, setting the poring aside. "When Tsunade was still tanking me, I always wanted a smokie. She said that she'll get me one, but I said that I wanted someone I like to be the one to give it to me." Sasuke listened carefully to her. "And I also want him to kiss me if ever." She grinned sheepishly. She was startled when he handed her the smokie. "Wha..?" he sighed. "You can have it."

"But-" he didn't let her continue when he stood up and smirked. "Is that all I have to do to court you?" she blinked in confusion and shock. "Here I was, wondering how I could and what I should say when that's all I needed to do to court you." He leaned down and smirked. "I never thought it was that easy." She was about to say something when he suddenly captured her lips with his. He pulled away and smirked, afterwards, got another hit from her staff.

"OW! What the hell was that for?!" he yelled, nursing his aching head as Sakura looked down at him, her bangs shadowing his eyes. "Because you kissed me…"

"But you said you wanted to be kissed when courted!"

"You mean, I'm the girl you were talking about?"

"Isn't it obvious?" he asked back. "Man, she can be dense sometimes…"

"But you told me I'm cute when I'm angry! I'm not cute when I'm angry!"

"To me, you are."

She smiled and looked down. "Thank you…"

They walked back to Prontera in silence. Sasuke just kept thinking about the events that had happened. "Damn it, I don't even know if she likes me back nor have I asked her to be my girlfriend…"

They stopped by the fountain in the middle of Prontera town that night. He raised a brow at her sudden actions. "You can leave me here, I can walk back home on my own now."

"You want my mom to kill me?"

Sakura laughed at this. "She won't know unless Poi-Poi tells her."

"In that case, since Poi-Poi is such a tattletale, she would know."

"Poi-Poi," she bent down. "Please don't tell Sasuke's mom."

The poring looked up at the sky as if in thought before nodding. Sakura smiled gratefully at it and carried her new smokie. "Well, I'm going." She said. When she was walking away, Sasuke remembered something. "Who's the guy that you like..?" he asked all of a sudden, eyes averted elsewhere. Sakura smiled and without turning around to answer him, she yelled.

"Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke's eyes widened at this as she slowly disappeared from his eyesight. Next, he smiled and looked at his pet poring. "Come on." he called and the blob followed him as he walked back to Morroc.

To be continued…

A/N: This story will conclude in the next update, which is on November. No accurate date as of now. This is to make up for my late updates. And I might end up deleting Yakuza II due to no motivation. Keyword: MIGHT. Thanks to Mayline, my friend, for the help!