So I got reviews saying Neji should be the cook, or Deidara or Hidan. I thought it over for a while and decided… Well, you can figure out when you read the story. I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

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Naruto's pov

As I exited the café, I could feel my shoulder and arms numb and sore. Fuck, Temari really knows how to make people work endlessly. I walked down the road and thought about our new waitress that seems to gather everyone' attention where ever she goes, good or bad. Today was super hardworking day because of her. Damn her and her charm. Wait; did I just say her charm? What the hell, Naruto! I know you worked really hard today and even though I know that… really what the hell? Thinking that pink-haired girl is charming was just ridiculous!

"Sure. It would be my pleasure."

Wait, I know that voice. It belonged to a certain long-pink-haired girl with endless emerald eyes. I walked towards where the sound came from. It came from where the alley is. Nobody goes there; that's the Konoha's most feared gangs, Sharks, territory! Anybody who went there probably had a death wish, walking into the gang's territory that even police was afraid to go! Anybody who knew… please don't tell me that Sakura didn't know that and walked straight into the territory. I looked around the corner, and my feared thought came true when I saw Sakura with at least 30 men surrounding her. It was because of my height that I could see her at all. I immediately hid myself behind the wall, trying to breathe normally and not so loudly. I know she's strong, knocking out me and Gaara like that, but still… She's going to die! This is not a normal school gangs trying to profit off of her; this was real crime!

I need to help her, don't I? I know I hate her and all, but still I don't hate her so much that I'm going to leave her in the trouble when I can do at least something to help her. No, I'm not going to walk away like a coward. I was going to go into that surrounding circle and help her. Yes, I made up my mind. I was about to make my presence known when a body came flying to my direction. It was not Sakura's; it was a man with a baseball club that I saw when I was spying. Awestruck, I hid every part of my body hid behind the wall except for my hair and eyes. I looked and saw something breathtaking.

Sakura, who dropped her white hood long time ago, was performing a roundhouse kick toward a guy with stupid tattoo on his arm. He was at least 2 times bigger than her but after her fiery kick, he collapsed to the ground, definitely unconscious.

"Not bad, but it's going to take more than that to defeat all of us!"

As a guy with a blue hat came to her direction. She smirked, jumped and kicked the guy's head, move that looked like Gaara's axe. When she landed, two more guys came into her direction; one with long pipe came from behind while the other with a pocketknife came from the front. When they came close, she ducked down and those two almost stabbed each other. When they were off guard, she quickly tackled their feet and, as if that's not enough, she gave them a good punch in the jaw. They were knocked unconsciousness immediately.

"You bitch!"

More came, this time three of them, toward Sakura's direction. When they came close, she smirked again, and jumped. When they were wondering where she was, she came down and banged two of the men's head to each other. She quickly flipped and kicked the other guy's head with her elbow. When she landed, all the guys were slowly stepping back from her a little.

"Come on; don't tell me you're scared of a little girl…"

That was the first time in my life that I thought someone was scary. I found my legs shivering uncontrollably. Sure, angry Tsunade was scary, but this kind of scary was different. Her eyes were not warm eyes like I saw today, but cold eyes with no emotion at all. Her face, her skin, her body was flawlessly beautiful; it made her look much too perfect, thus making her look scarier. The way her eyes reflected by the moon light, everything about her than made me think of a cold-hearted assassin or a killing machine with no thoughts at all. Her aura was much too like what we see in scary movies. I always wanted to meet some kind of people like that aura, but I suddenly wish that I haven't. It was much too frightening.

"Don't tell me that suddenly you are conscience is telling you that you shouldn't hurt a little girl. If that is why, don't worry. This girl in front of you is not ordinary."

Her words truly frightened me, no more like the way she said it. She was completely different person than who I saw before. When we fought, she actually had some annoyance in her eyes, it held some emotions. But the person in front of me… she didn't and it scared me.

"Oh? Than I don't think I need to hold back!"

With that shout, a man with electric shocker came up to her, electric shocker full charged and making blue electricity. She won't be able to dodge that, no matter how strong she is… She waited for the man to come closer, and when he and I thought that he surely got her, she merely sidestepped and punched the man square in the jaw.

"Toys won't work with me, jerks."

"OH yeah? Than how about this!"

With that, a man that looked 4 times bigger than Sakura sideways (meaning he was ultra fatty) grabbed her from behind. She was struggling to break free, but couldn't with that firm grip on her. Smirking, a guy with pocketknife came up and licked his knife.

"You gave us hell of a trouble, kitty. Let me tell ya, the consequences aren't that good, you will be punished with each and every one of us here."

With that, he tried to rip her top but was met with Sakura's sneaker in the face. He was immediately unconscious. Taken by surprise, the man who has been holding her loosened his guard. Sakura of course did not miss this chance. She flipped and let her sneakers meet the man's face. He too was immediately unconscious. I think he broke his jaw or something, because his chin was in an odd angle. She looked up, only to find five guys running into her direction. When they came close enough, she kicked the middle one in the face. She performed roundhouse kick to all the four guys and they were knocked down immediately.

She was amazing. She was so fast that I could not see her before movement before she kick and punch. Her face expression gave away nothing as her emotionless eyes stared at the men that she knocked out cold. After I blinked, all the opponents were defeated and she was the only one standing. She was facing the wall and I could only see her standing sideways. Her emerald eyes piercing through the wall as she stood there, just staring at the bodies she defeated.

"Whoever you are, come out."

She noticed? I was so sure that I hid myself well! Maybe it could be someone else, right? As she saw nobody coming out, she turned around to face me, her eyes boring into mine. She surely saw me this time, no doubt. I walked out to face her and she just stood there, unmoving. Her emerald eyes were looking at me like she knew what I was thinking right now.

"Are you scared of me, Naruto?"

"Wh-"

What is she, a mind reader? She knew exactly what I was thinking, it's freaky!

"What are you-"

"I understand if you are scared of me."

With that, even if it was for a brief second, I saw one emotion that I thought would never see in her; sadness. She was sad by the fact that I'm scared of her. I felt a tug in my chest. What was this, do I pity her? And why in the world do I want to kill myself just now?

She grabbed her hood and held it over her shoulder. When I saw her walking away, I couldn't help but call out for her.

"Sakura!"

She seemed a little surprised that I called her by her name. I never called her name, I just called her 'you' or 'hey' or whatever. The way her name rolled on my tongue felt good and sound came out of it made me almost shiver. Only her right side of the face was facing me and the rest still faced forward. Her eyes held hint of surprise.

"You don't actually think that you are fine after all that fight? Come on, I'll walk you home. I don't want you collapsing in the middle of the road."

"Naruto, I'm fine. I didn't get a scratch, see?"

She was true; she did not get a scratch on her, not even a single little scratch. Those guys were really pathetic compare to her. However, I thought that if I leave her alone, I felt like I'm going to regret it deeply later. She looks so vulnerable even though I know perfectly well she is not. She looks so sad… it feels like I won't see her again if I let her go like this.

"No, I don't care if you didn't get any scratch on you. I'm going to walk you home and that's the end of the story."

I ran and caught up with her. She looked at me for a moment. I really wish I'm not blushing right now. That would be way too embarrassing.

"What?"

"Nothing. Thank you, Naruto."

With that, she flashed one of her genuine smile. It was my first time seeing her smile and it was beautiful. Her eyes held genuine happiness and it shone and I have never seen her eyes shone like that. I seriously doubted for a moment that this delicate looking girl would do so much damage with her small delicate hands, but when I looked at the bodies that were lying around the alley, I think not.

"Come on, where do you live?"

"'Konoha Place'. Don't you need to go home? I think your parents will worry."

"They can't… They're dead."

"I'm so sorry, Naruto."

"It's okay; I mean I'm used to it already anyways. It's not that big of a deal. What about your parents? Aren't they going to be freaked out when they see a hot guy walking you home in the middle of evening?"

"Don't worry, they're dead too. Don't say sorry, I hate it when people do that. Let's just say that we are even, okay?"

"Yeah… sure."

Giving me a quick smile, she changed the subject into something brighter than this.

"So, don't you think whoever name places in Konoha has such a little imagination? Konoha Academy, Konoha Place… Seriously, people know that this place is Konoha already."

"Well, what would you come up with?"

"I don't know. Blossom's place, maybe?"

"I prefer Konoha Place than that."

"Hey, it's so much better than Konoha Place. That name is so dull and old."

"Sakura, naming an apartment Blossom's Place is way too girly. It's not like a girl dormitory or something."

"Fine. Let's see if you are coming up with any better one."

"How about Naruto's Place?"

"That's totally stupid. If you get a restaurant, you can name it like that. But an apartment? Eh."

"Hey, it's waaaaay better than Blossom's Place!"

"How could you? It's such a delicate name, beauty that suits the place!"

"I didn't know you could talk like a bitchy girl who seems to fantasize hot guys in our school."

"I really can't believe that you compared me to one of those bitches."

"Colorful language use, miss."

"I know, I'm so amazing."

I snort and she giggles. When she's giggling, I looked at her. I smile unconsciously because of her innocence. It was unbelievable, she could beat the crap out of Konoha's strongest and scariest gangs and here she was, laughing so innocently. She was so smart, considering she could solve questions that I couldn't solve even if the hell freezes over but so naïve at the same time, she actually didn't notice that all the guys when we were in the work were hitting on her.

"Hey Naruto? Where do you live?"

"I live in Konoha Place. Just everyone from the student council lives there. I really don't know why we didn't see each other before."

"Wait, you're in student council?"

"Yeah, got a problem?"

"What the hell? You're just going to make people vote for wrecking the whole entire place and beat up some girls!"

"There's no way I'll do that even if I want to!"

"So you do want to!"

"No, I said if I want to, it's impossible!"

"Why?"

"Sasori-sempai and Itachi-sempai will kill me if I even come up with that kind of thing."

"Who's in the student council anyways?"

"Um… Itachi-sempai, Sasori-sempai, Dedira-sempai, Hidan-sempai, Kisame-sempai, Sasuke-teme, Tobi-sempai, me, Gaara, Neji, and Kiba."

"Oh… well, to answer your forgotten question, I just moved in 2 days ago. It feels like months though."

"What about when you go to school? What time do you leave?"

"7:30. I walk to school, that's why I go to school so early."

"7:30? That's the time when I wake up!"

"Nice."

"I know."

After couple of minutes of comfortable silence, we reached our home. Okay, that sounded bit weird. We reached Konoha Place. There, way better.

When we went into the elevator, I asked where Sakura lived and surprised, again because I lived in the same storey too and never saw her before. When I went in, I couldn't believe that we live in the same building. Compare to mine, her apartment's interior was fantastic and, most of all, clean, while mine was a mess.

"did you decorate the house?"

"Nah. My dad did before he passed away, now come on. I'll give you a cup of tea."

"It's okay, you rest. I'll try to make something to eat for both of us."

"But I only have 3 minute things."

"Don't tell me you don't know how to cook."

"Nope."

"Absolutely nothing?"

"Absolutely nothing."

"Maybe I'll ask Neji to teach you how to cook. I'm not a very good cooker myself, so I can't teach you but Neji, I promise you that he's cooking skills are even better than hotel chief."

"Do I need to pay him?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure if I tell him that you really need some help with cooking because your refrigerator is full of microwave foods, he'll agree."

"Do you think he'll teach me?"

"Sure, why not. Hey, let's not talk about him right now. Do you have anything that is not 3-minute thing?"

"Um… I have bread, couple slices of hams, 5 apples, 2 potatoes, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, and 1 jar of pickles. Oh, and I also have some pasta and 6 tomatoes."

"Didn't you say that you couldn't cook? Why did you buy pasta?"

"I didn't read the cover correctly. I thought it was Mac & Cheese. It was not."

"Wow… you really are helpless."

"Thanks. That really warms my heart."

I giggled a little and started to wonder what I should make. Well, duh, I have to make pasta but what kind? You know what; tomato sauce will be fine, since she doesn't have anything else.

People think that because I'm so obsessed with ramen, they think that I won't be able to cook anything else. Well, if you're friends with Neji, you'll be able to cook descent enough. I could make many things, it's just that with this limited ingredients, I can't make anything else.

"Than tomato pasta is it."

"Cool, hey I'm going to take a shower and get changed so…" she walked out of the kitchen, "Good luck, Mr. Chief." She smirked and left. If any other person sees me and Sakura like this, they will think we were going out or something. As I cut the tomatoes, I hear the water starting and all the mental images of Sakura in the bathroom… It really is tempting but I know that if I even got closer to the bathroom, she'll kick my ass.

I need earplugs, badly.

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"I can help you with cutting vegetables if you want, Mr. Chief."

"Sakura, stop mock-"

Do you want to know why I stopped talking? Well, I turned around, and when I saw Sakura, she was wearing her pajama in front of her male classmate. I don't really care if it's just a normal pajama, like a sleeveless top with pants? I really don't care if it's one of those. Her pajama? It was a black super short short that didn't even reach her mid thigh with gray baggy shirt that says 'Let me sleep'. Her shirts were so baggy that it covered her shorts and it looked like she was wearing nothing under her shirt, but still not baggy enough to bring out her chest. The shirt caused dirty mental image to my mind. Her hair was still damp from the shower she took. When she came close, I could see some water from her hair going down to her chest, causing another dirty mental image. I think I'm bleeding, I'm sure.

"So, am I going to help you or not?"

"Huh? Oh, just set up the table, I guess."

"Right away, boss."

I rolled my eyes and tried veryhard not to think of the mental images, but it seems like it's next to impossible.

"Hey, boss, can you get that silverware for me?"

"Sure."

As I leaned closer to her and reached my hand to get the silverware, I could feel her scent and was almost tempted to bury my nose to her neck. I really need to stop this. I got her the silverware and she looked at me, concerned. Oh, please tell me that I'm not blushing.

"Naruto, you okay? Your face is red."

Okay, so I'm blushing. Thank god that she was so naïve and doesn't notice that I was blushing, not fever.

"Sakura, I'm okay-"

"Wait, let me see."

With that, she put her right hand on my forehead and left on her own. I turned even redder, if it was even possible. Guess what, it is possible. I hate myself.

"I don't see any difference. Wait, maybe…"

Before I could say something to protest, she already put her forehead on mine and felt the temperature. Her forehead was cool against mine, and I could feel her breathe on my face. I said that I was relieved by her naïve personality, well scratch that. It's because of her naïve personality that I'm suffering from all the images and now this? Give me a goddamn break!

"Sakura, I'm fine. Come on, the pasta will get cold."

"Okay…"

When I went to the table, she sat across me and started to dig in. She started to ask me questions and I answered them. It was about the food anyways, like "how do you make the sauce?" or "how do you cut vegetables in such a nice shape?" or "You'll make a good housewife." Okay, so that was more of a statement, but seriously, so I landed a hit on her head, and immediately regret it. She is going to kill me.

But she did not; at least not in a way that I thought she was going to kill me. No, she did not beat me up, she tickled me. I escaped to the couch and she followed me there, giggling and tickling me until I said 'give up'. God, I'm so exhausted.

"I win."

"Yeah, so what?"

"clean the dishes."

"But it's your house!"

"You mean, apartment."

"whatever, it's your house! I'm the guest here!"

"Shut up and clean it up, or I'll continue the execution."

With that, she started tickling me again.

"Fine, fine! Stop, I think I'm going to die laughing."

"I win!"

It was then when I realized how awkward position we were in. Sakura pinning my hands above my head with one hand, (I know, it's amazing how much strength she has) and her other hand was under my shirt to tickle my stomach. It looked like she was… you know…

I blushed but she doesn't seem to realize that she was the one causing all of this. How naïve are you?

"Sakura, get off so I can clean the dishes."

"Okay!"

Rest of the evening was just fine with me blushing every now and then. When I went back to my apartment, I just collapsed in my bed. I didn't even get changed; I was way too occupied for that. I was thinking about Sakura in her apartment: her touch, her breathe, her smile… and compared it to Sakura I saw earlier in the fight: her eyes, her kick, her punch… I thought of both sides of Sakura, scary one and kind, sexy, cute, and naïve one. Either way, I liked both of them.

Shifting, I tried to think of something else, but it was so hard. Her face, the smooth skin, her smile, her lips…

Don't tell me I fell in love with her… can't be… right?

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Yeah! I know, everything was Naruto's pov, but I thought it was necessary. So Neji is the cook, I thought that Neji cooking could work well. Next is bit of Nejisaku, I guess… I'm really not sure.

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