Summary: Sakura is the cute, new girl at school, and Sasuke is the cold heart-throb. Sakura is plunged into events that will changer her life forever...

Pairings: Main is Sas/Sak…and that's alllll you need to know

WOW I am so freaking sorry for the UBER lat update!! I know you probably hate my ass right now, but if you have any heart left in you whatsoever, YOU'D GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE AND CONTINUE READING…ahem and REVIEWING…

Sasuke: MangaLover24, you know that you're kind of pushing it…

Sakura: NO SHE ISN'T. EVEN THOUGH SHE'S A BITCH FOR NOT UPDATING IN LIKE FOREVER, SHE STILL DESERVES HER STORIES TO BE REVIEWED!!

MangaLover24: Gee…thanks

Sakura: No problem babe! winks

Sasuke: Sigh…I can't believe it took you so long to update…jeez

MangaLover24: Hey, I already said I was sorry didn't I??

Sakura: YEAH, I heard it!

Sasuke: Man I am so ready for summer…

Naruto: OMG I KNOW!! I can't wait to go to the beach with Sakura-chan and MangaLover24 and see them in their BIKINIS ;)

MangaLover24: Hits Naruto Baka

Sakura: Thanks, you saved my energy on that dobe

Sasuke: Hey only I cant call him that!

Naruto: YEAH!...wait-

MangaLover24: Anyways Naruto, you're not my type

Naruto: Aww but MangaLover24-channnn

MangaLover24: Don't call me that, it sounds bad without my actually name

Naruto: …okay whatever you say MangaLover24-chan :)

MangaLover24: Eyebrow twitches

Sakura: See now you know what I have to deal with all the time…shakes head

Chapter 13

"These New Feelings"

Sasuke was currently glaring a hole at something hanging on the wall. Apparently it was a note. It read: Hn. Foolish little brother.

Even though it was only four words, Sasuke knew exactly what it meant.

Sasuke's eyes bled red. He ripped the note off the wall and tore it to shreds.

"ITACHIIIII!!"

XXXXXXXXXX With Sakura and Itachi XXXXXXXXXX

"ITACHIIIII!!" A voice rang through the house, sounding pretty far away.

Sakura's eyes widened. 'That-that was Sasuke!' She thought.

"Mmph…stop…" Sakura muffled.

Itachi smirked into the kiss. He pulled back a little but for air and let their ragged breaths mingle. "Hn…well it seems that my little otouto found the note I so kindly left for him." Itachi said. "You wouldn't want him coming up here and interrupting our little fun would you?"

Sakura looked confused. 'What's he gonna do?' She thought. Then she suddenly heard a clicking noise. She realized that Itachi had locked the door. 'Oh fuck' she thought as Itachi once again advanced towards her.

XXXXXXXXXX With Sasuke XXXXXXXXXX

Sasuke sprinted down the hall and climbed the flights of stairs. He was pretty tired, but thought nothing of it as he pushed himself harder after thinking about what Itachi was doing to Sakura.

'He better as hell not of done anything to her! I swear, if he laid one of his filthy finger on her, I'll rip him apart!' he violently thought. 'Come on…just a little further…' Sasuke reasoned as he pushed himself to go even faster. 'There!' He could finally spot the door he was headed for at the end of the seemingly endless hallway.

Sasuke made a lunge for the door and grabbed the golden handle. Sasuke was horrified to find it locked.

"Itachi!!" Sasuke yelled. "Open the damn door!"

Itachi just ignored him completely.

'Sasuke!' Sakura thought desperately.

Sakura struggled against him, flailing her legs in different directions, franticly trying to get away.

Itachi growled and slammed his knee in between her legs so she would not be able to kick him.

Sakura gasped, which did not go unheard by the younger Uchiha standing right outside.

"Itachi!! What the hell are you doing to her?!" Sasuke yelled.

Itachi just ignored him again, and instead he pushed his knee farther up, making Sakura arch her back and push her chest into his.

Sakura whimpered, infuriating Sasuke even more.

Itachi noticed that Sakura was looking at the door from the corner of her eye. Itachi then lifted her chin up forcefully, tilting her face up, and dug his tongue deep into her throat. Sakura couldn't help but moan.

Sasuke, hearing all the gasps, whimpers, moans and whatnot, was literally about to kill his only family member. He was clenching his fits so hard that his knuckles were turning white. And he was gritting his teeth so hard that blood started dripping from his gums.

Itachi suddenly grabbed Sakura's hips and started to grind his own against hers'. He let his hands travel upwards…

Sakura made a noise that was in between a shriek and a moan. "Not there!!" She squeaked.

"ITACHIII!!" Sasuke yelled as the door suddenly came crashing down.

There stood Sasuke, panting and his eyes dangerously blood red.

Itachi stopped ravaging Sakura and slowly turned around to look at his brother.

"Well look who decided to show up" Itachi started. "Care to join us? We were about to-"

"Shut the hell up!" Sasuke screamed as he charged towards his brother.

Sasuke threw a punch directly at his face, but Itachi saw this coming a long time ago, and easily dodged but ducking and side-kicked Sasuke in the stomach.

Sasuke gasped and fell to the floor in pain.

"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled as she fell to her knees to help him.

"Hn, how weak you are…Well, I'll be going then." Itachi said while he turned to leave.

Sasuke groaned and coughed up blood. "You bastard…get your ass…back here…" He choked out

"Hn, pathetic. Maybe next time foolish little brother." Itachi said. Then he suddenly turned and looked directly at Sakura. "This won't be the end of this…you'll be mine…but for now we must part for awhile…Sayanara…Cherry Blossom…" Itachi's final words were as he somehow just disappeared in front of their eyes.

"Huh?" Sakura said.

'How did I not see him leave?' She thought.

"Wait!" She yelled as she quickly ran out the door and looked down both side of the hallway. But she didn't see anyone, only nothing…just…nothing…"Whaaaat?..." Sakura said to herself, in a complete daze. But Sakura came to when she heard Sasuke groan. "Sasuke!" she called as she ran to his side.

"D…damnit…" Sasuke coughed out. "Damn…damn…damn!..."

Sakura's eyes softened as she looked at him. "Sasuke…"

"Why…" Sasuke mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Why the hell am I so weak?!" Sasuke shouted.

Sakura was a little startled and stumbled back. "Wh-what are you talking about?"

"I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING!"

"Of-of course you did Sasuke!" Sakura stammered.

"Did WHAT? JUST SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCH AS YOU PRACTICALLY GET RAPED BY MY BROTHER?!"

"You saved me-"

"I DIDN'T…I couldn't…save you…I'm too weak…I'm…too weak…I'm sorry Sakura…I'm so sorry…" Sasuke confessed as he collapsed into Sakura's chest and started sobbing.

Sakura was surprised, but later wrapped her arms around him and comforted him quietly.

'I guess he's letting out all the emotions he's held in for so long…' She thought. Then she noticed the steady breathing coming from his mouth and realized that Sasuke had more so cried himself to sleep. Sakura yawned and looked at the clock. It read: 2:30 a.m.

"Holy crap it's that late already??" She questioned out loud. With much effort, Sakura managed to pull Sasuke to the couch…He was too heavy for her to pull all the way to the bed on the other side of his bedroom. "Wow I never knew Sasuke weighed so much!!" Sakura thought out loud. "I better head on to bed…" Sakura slowly said, and looked back at Sasuke.

Sakura moved her lips down to his…pausing right above his own slightly parted lips, hovering there for a few seconds, with her long hair dropping down like a pink waterfall all around his face.

'Well what are ya waitin for? Go on and kiss him already." Inner Sakura scolded.

Sakura shut her eyes and scrunched up her face, looking as if she was in pain. And at the last moment she swiftly moved her lips to his forehead and placed a kiss there, and then hastily left the room.

After her light footsteps had disappeared, one of Sasuke's eyes pried open. He placed his fingers on his lips, where he could still feel the tingling feeling of Sakura's lingering lips. Sasuke sighed and then fell asleep, thinking about what it would've felt like with her lips on his own.

XXXXXXXXXX Next Day XXXXXXXXXX

Sasuke woke up to the delicious smell of food coming from the downstairs kitchen. Sasuke slowly got out of bed and tiredly walked down the flights of stairs. When he peeked in, he saw Sakura cooking at the stove with a pink apron on with a matching handkerchief tied around her head. Her hair was quickly put up in a messy bun..

Sasuke thought this was absolutely the cutest scene ever…of course he'd never say that outloud though. After taking a mental snapshot of the scene, Sasuke briskily waslked over so Sakura

Sakura jumped a little when Sasuke suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist and nuzzled his chin into the crrok of her neck. He asked, "So what're you making?"

Sakura happily smilled and replied "let's see…" she thought while cutely putting her finer on the tip of her chin. At this point Sasuke really had to control himself from yelling out "AWWWW!" But Sakura spoke up just in time, "We've got ham omelettes, bacon, pancakes, sausages, waffles, hash browns, oatmeal, hot buttered croissants, and…hmm did I miss anything…?" Sakura asked outloud as she looked over the dining room table. Then she turned to Sasuke as if asking him the question again, but Sasuke was not paying attention to the pink-haired girl standing next to him…no, he was staring at the table full of food, apparently drooling.

"…Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked as she started to walk in front of him. Once she saw his face she giggled. "Sasuke-kun…you're drooling."

Upon hearing that, Sasuke slapped out of his food fantasy and quickly composed himself. "Hn…"

'Wait…did she just add a kun to my name?' Sasuke thought.

Sakura then gasped and put her hand on her mouth as she realized what she said. "Eh, um…I m-mean uh Sasuke…" Sakura said as she greatly blushed and looked at the floor.

Sasuke smirked. "Well…did you make this all by yourself?"

Sakura smiled. "Yep! Just me myself and I."

"But why'd you make so much food and set plates for…" Sasuke counted. "11 people…?"

Sakura laughed nervously. "Hehe..i may of invited some company over."

Sasuke's eyebrow twitched. "…without asking me?"

Sakura playfully stuck her tongue out. "Mmm…yeah, what's it to ya?"

Sasuke close his eyes impatiently. "Do you really want to know, S-a-k-u-r-a?"

"Sasuke…I don't like the way you're saying that…"

"Well then I guess that means you really won't like this!"

Sasuke started chasing after Sakura was laughing and screaming, while Sasuke was smirking, almost smiling.

"You'll never catch me, Uchiha Sasuke!" Sakura shouted.

"We'll see about that, Haruno Sakura!" But Sasuke was really thinking differently then what was coming out of his own mouth.

'What the hell?? Why is she so fast?! Hn, well I guess that race at the beginning of the year was no fluke'

"Catch me if you caaaaan!!" Sakura yelled while running out the front door. "Oh wait, YOU CAN'T! AHAHA!"

"Sakura come back! I don't feel like running after you damnit!"

Sakura laughed. "Well that's just too bad! Look like you won't get your revenge!"

By now they had cross the Uchiha's mini parking lot, ran a few blacks, and through a small woods. Sakura stopped right before the freeway and turned to check on Sasuke, who had his hands on his knees and was panting pretty hard.

Sakura laughed victoriously. "Come on Uchiha! Is that all you got?!" She yelled as she started running across the freeway…

Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Try to keep up with this girl Uchi-" Sakura saw a truck coming down the street right towards her…

"Sakura MOVE!!" Sasuke shouted, looking up at the scene in front of him.

Sakura couldn't move, she just stood there with her eyes wide and terribly afraid.

"SHIT!!" Sasuke said as he started running towards her frozen form. "SAKURAAA!!" Sasuke screamed in horror.

'DAMN I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT!' Sasuke thought realizing that he wouldn't be able save her.

Sakura finally came to her senses, but it was too late. She gave a blood-curdling scream…

The truck was beeping and was trying to swerve and slow down. No use…

"NOOO!!" Sasuke yelled with tears beginning to sting his eyes.

The truck was finally at Sakura. And Sakura lifted her arms in front of herself as if it would be useful as protection.

The suddenly a blur cam and pushed Sakura out of the way just in time. On the opposite side of the street Sasuke fell to his knees and put his hands on the floor for support. He was breathing heavily and still looked horrified.

With Sakura, she was barely conscious. She was very dazed and lightheaded. She managed to open one eye and look at her savior…it was a little blurry, but she could make out to red marks under both of his eyes…and then she seemed to of passed out from the shock of the impact, or she just didn't want to wake up from the frightful event.

After Sasuke came to, he slowly got up, still looking into space with the same expression as before. He waited until the traffic stopped and he ran over to where Sakura was. He noticed that someone with spiky brown hair was on top of her.

"Sakura!" Sasuke called out.

The guy picked up Sakura bridal style and carried her over towards Sasuke. Sasuke saw that it was Kiba who saved her.

"She seems fine. She doesn't have any major injuries, just a few scratches." Kiba said. He sighed in relief. "Damn, I'm glad that I made it in time."

But Sasuke wasn't listening. He was just staring how Kiba's hands were holding onto her thighs and arms. He was furious that he wasn't the one to save her, but was surprisingly also thankful that someone came in time.

"Sasuke!!" A voice called from a distance"

Sasuke looked over and saw an orange blob coming their way. "Sasukeeee!!" Naruto called as he caught up to them. "I saw the WHOLE thing happen right in front of my eyes. I can't believe I wasn't the one to save her! But good job dog face, I guess you can be useful…" Kiba just ignored this comment and rolled his eyes. Naruto took Sakura from Kiba's grasp and held her instead. He started snuggling his face on hers' and squeezed her tightly. "Wahhh Sakura-chan…" Naruto mumbled while sniffling.

Sasuke scoffed and looked away. "Hn, Dobe…"

Sakura mumbled in her sleep and moved in Naruto's arms.

Naruto gasped. "Sakura-chan?"

Sakura groaned. She slowly opened her eyes. "Mmm…Naruto?" Sakura weakly said.

Naruto beamed. "Sakura-chan you're awake!!" Naruto said as he hugged her even tighter. "Ohhh I'm sooo glad you're okay dattebayo!"

Sakura softly chuckled "Naruto…you're hurting me…" Referring to how hard he was holding her.

Naruto immediately loosened his hold, but he still kept a firm grip on her form. "Gomen, gomen! I'm just so glad you're okay Sakura-chan…." Naruto said quietly, lowering his gaze to the floor.

Sakura's eyes softened. She made a small smile. "Oh Naruto…it's fine…everything's fine now…" Sakura said as she placed her hand on his soft head.

Naruto gave his signature fox grin and looked like he was a happy puppy being petted by its favorite owner.

"Oiii!!" A femal voice called. They all looked over to see the rest of their friends coming with Ino in the front waving. They all shortly caught up. "Oh my god Sakura! Are you alright??" Ino said with concern.

"Yeah…I think I'll be alright." Sakura replied while smiling.

"Oh thank KAMI!" Ino said as she hugged Sakura's head. "I don't know what I would do without my best friend!!"

"I-I'm very happy you're safe Sakura-chan." Hinata said from behind Ino.

"SAKURA-SAN!!" Lee shouted, pushing his way through the crowd. "I am delighted that your wonderful youthfulness was saved!!" He shouted with anime tears pouring down his face.

"Eheh, arigatou Lee-san." Sakura said.

All of the group of friends gave Sakura their thankfulness one by one.

"Sakura…" The last one called out.

"…Neji…" Sakura slowly said.

Neji moved his hands towards Sakura. Sakura flinched and closed her eyes because she did not have the same feelings for Neji anymore. But Sakura was greatly surprised when He placed his hand on her shoulder and gave her a genuine smile. "…I'm glad you're alright." He said with care.

Sakura beamed and smiled as tears started to show in her eyes.

"Sakura-chan?? Is something wrong?? Does something hurt??" Naruto asked frantically.

"Nothings wrong…" Sakura said as she continued smiling and crying of happiness. "I…I think I can stand manage to stand up now…" Sakura said while trying to get out of Naruto's grasp. Naruto looked unsure but she gave him a look of determination. And he gave in and helped her stand up. Sakura stumbled a bit but she slowly got to full height again.

"Sakura…" Sakura looked up to see brown eyes staring at her. "Are you okay now?" Kiba asked quietly.

Sakura smiled at him softly. "Kiba…" She started. She moved her lips up to his face and placed a quick kiss on his check. "Arigatou for saving me..."

Kiba turned beet red. "Ah-um…you're welcome." He stumbled out, greatly embarrassed.

"Awww man!! See look! I would've been the one getting that kiss if I was the one who saved her…" Naruto whined.

Kiba snapped out of his reverie and smirked. "WELL YOU DIDN'T. I DID. So HA." He rubbed in.

"Shut it dog face." Naruto said irritated.

"Is that anyway to talk to someone after they just saved Sakura's life?" Kiba asked smugly.

Naruto growled.

"Thought so."

"Oh I totally forgot!" Sakura suddenly said.

"What?" Ino said.

"All the food i prepared for you guys today!" She said slapping her forehead.

"YESSS I've always wanted to try your cooking Sakura-chan!" Naruto said jumping up and down.

Sakura laughed. "Well shall we get going? Let's not have it go to waste!"

Sasuke finally spoke. "Sakura I should carry you. You can't walk home all by yourself."

At the hearing of Sasuke's voice, Sakura looked sad for only a moment. And then she nervously laughed. "Sasuke you're probably tired from all that running too...so why doesn't Naruto just carry me or something." She said while looking away.

"Sakura-chan really??" Naruto shouted.

"Yes Naruto..." Sakura said playfully rolling her eyes.

"Well, Here we go!" Naruto said as he scooped her up bridal style.

Sakura laughed. "Well I guess we'll just meet you all back at the house!" Sakura yelled.

"Alright Sakura, see you in a few." Shikamaru said as he got in the driver's seat and everyone hopped in.

Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke all walked back to the mansion in silence. But it was a comfortable silence, and Sakura didn't dare to ruin it. But Sasuke did not like it one bit. Sakura was a little uncomfortable in the position, so she rearranged a little and rested her head on Naruto's chest and sighed in contentment. Naruto looked down and smiled at her. Sasuke saw this out of the corner of his eye and he glowered at them.

Once they all arrived at the house, they went into the kitchen right away, all hungry from the morning's events.

"Wow I can't believe it stayed warm this whole time...maybe my magic cooking skills kept them heated." Sakura joked.

Everyone took their respective seats. For some reason Sakura was looking a little down-hearted.

"THIS FOOD LOOKS SO GOOD." Naruto excitedly said.

"Dobe, she hasn't told us we can eat yet." Sasuke said.

All of them turned towards Sakura. "O-oh me? Of course you can eat! You don't need my permission!" Sakura said happily, faking a smile.

But all Naruto could notice now was the huge table of food in front of him. "ITADAKIMASU!" Naruto said as he literally dove into the food.

"Sakura you're cooking is soooo good!" Tenten said.

"Yeah it's like 20 times better than mine." Ino said.

"Oh Ino I know...I've tried yours." Sakura said.

Ino playfully stuck her tongue out.

"Damn girl, I can't get enough of this bacon." Hinata said quietly.

They all stared at her. "DID HINATA-CHAN JUST CURSE??" Sakura shouted.

"I don't know that's what i heard." Shino said.

"CURSING IS FUCKING YOUTHFUL I SAY!!" Lee shouted from standing on the table. He looked a little woozy and his face was red.

"...Lee-san, did you take some of the sake from the fridge?" Sakura asked.

Lee swayed over to her. "Psh noooo...All i grabbed was this soda pop...pop! Pop! Boom!" Lee said as he hiccuped and held up a bottle that clearly said 'sake' on it.

Everyone sweatdopped.

But Sasuke was one that could not take his eyes off Sakura. 'Why is she ignoring me?' He thought.

Sakura suddenly turned towards Sasuke, causing Sasuke to look surprised.

"I'm sorry Sasuke do you need something?" She asked with a little bitterness in her voice.

Sasuke looked around other thatn Sakura's eyes and was greatly confused. "Eh, um...iie..." Sasuke finally said looking down.

"Oh. Then please try to refrain from staring at me." Sakura said as she turned back to Tenten to continue their conversation.

On the other side of the table Naruto and Ino looked at each other. "Whoa...what do you think that was all about?" Ino whispered into Naruto's ear.

"Hmmmm" Naruto said while placing his hand under his chin. "Hmmm..." He contemplated for awhile.

Ino was losing her patience. "...Well?"

"Oh, oh I figured it out!" Naruto said as he pointed his success to the ceiling.

"It's about time." Ino mumbled.

"What was that?" Naruto asked looking at her.

"Oh nothing. So what were you going to say? How come Sakura's mad?" Ino asked leaning in.

Naruto leaned even closer and looked around suspiciously making sure that no one was listening. "...I have no idea..." Naruto whispered. And he pulled back and looked at her as if he did nothing wrong.

Ino's eyebrow twitched. "BAKA!!" Ino said as she continuously punched Naruto on the head, resulting in multiple bumps and a black eye.

"Ow..." Naruto said rubbing his head. Ino just sighed at her stupid blonde friend.

'Why do I have to have to same hair color as this baka?' Ino asked while looking up as if she was praying.

Suddenly Naruto screamed. "THE LAST PIECE OF BACON!!" He shouted as he plunged for it. But as his fork touched the bacon, he saw another one on their too, challenging him. He slowly followed the forks pathway up the arms and to the challenger's face. It was...Hinata.

Naruto thought that since Hinata was so nice and had a soft spot for him, he'd let her have the last piece, so he kindly smiled up at her. On the other hand, Hinata had no intention of giving up the last piece of bacon. "...Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked getting his hopes up. Hinata's bangs covered her eyes.

"Naruto...-kun" She said evilly. She looked up and gave Naruto the scariest look ever.

Naruto screamed like a girl as he retreated from his challenge. "Have it, have it! I don't want it!! Just please don't hurt me!!" He cried.

Then Hinata's demeanor completely changed as she turned back into her quite, innocent self. "Aww thanks Naruto-kun." She said as she gave a sweet smile covered in poisoned honey.

"Ehehe...no problem Hinata-chan..." Naruto said nervously. But Hinata just flashed another death-hell-horrifying-pee-in-pants look at him, causing him to crawl under the table. Kiba and Shikamaru gave a weird look towards Hinata and she just smiled at them as she finished the last piece of bacon...

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX After Breakfast XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

"Ohhh that was delicious..." Chouji said ashe rubbed his already fat stomach.

"Thanks Sakura-chan! That was great!" Naruto said.

"I'm glad you guys enjoyed it!"

"Yeah it was fun...well, minus the you-almost-getting-killed part." Shikamaru said.

Sakura laughed. "Yeah well I'm only here because my night in shining armor saved me!" Sakura joked and winked at Kiba. Kiba blushed and just looked away. Akamaru barked at this acknowledgment.

"Sakura." Sasuke said.

"Hmm? What do you want Sasuke." Sakura asked a little annoyed.

"Can we talk?" He asked.

"Sure, go ahead and talk." Sakura said coolly.

Sasuke was getting a little frustrated. "No, I meant in private."

"Ohh? What do you want to talk about? Because we kind of have friends over, and I don't want to leave them.

"Sakrura, tell me what's wrong." Sasuke begged.

"Nothing's wrong Sasuke." Sakura said blatantly.

"There's obviously something wrong. You've been ignoring me this whole time."

"What are you talking about Sasuke, no I haven't."

"Sakura! I think we're gonna leave now!" Ino called form the front door.

"Well Sasuke, we'll have to continure this later." Sakura said as she began walking away. But Sasuke grabbed her wrists, and Sakura looked back. She gasped as she was sucked into the beauty of his pleading obsidian orbs. With all her strength, Sakura looked away from his eyes, and roughly yanked her arm out of his grip

"I-I have to go..." Sakura said as she quickly made her way to the door to say goodbye to her friends.

After all of them left Sakura tried to quickly make her way upstairs to avoid Sasuke. But Sasuke would not let her go so easily. He moved in front of her before she could get into her room.

"Sakura, please...can we just talk? Are you mad at me?" Sasuke asked.

"No. Now please let me through." Sakura asked with forced politeness.

"Sakura, just tell me-"

"Move."

"Sakura-"

"I said move." She said slowly and threatingly, with every word laced with venom.

Sasuke hesitated, but moved aside. As Sakura walked past him, a wave of panic just washed over him, and he grabbed her wrist again.

"Sasuke what are you doing?" Sakura demanded. She was starting to lose her patience.

"I-I...sorry..." Sasuke said as he looked at the ground.

"...Well?" Sakura asked as she was waiting for him to let go of her.

"I...I can't let you go Sakura..."

"What?"

Sasuke looking up with pleading eyes. Sakura gasped at how vulnerable he looked.

"Why...why are you mad at me?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura looked away. "Ha, what makes you think I'm mad..."

"I can' tell...Sakura, please just tell me...Was it because I didn't get there in time?"

Sakura looked confused. "What?"

"Was it because I didn't get there in time...because I wasn't the one who saved you when I was supposed to?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura looked away again. "N-no. That's crazy Sasuke..."

"Yeah that's it isn't it..."

Sakura looked anywhere but his eyes.

"Sakura..." Sasuke said as he pulled her chin to face him. Sakura's eyes widened as she looked straight into his eyes, getting lost into oblivion, not aware of anything anymore. Sasuke slowly moved his lips to hers...And he placed a sweet, chaste kiss on her lips...Sasuke could taste the sweet flavor of strawberry. Sasuke licked the bottom of her lips, desperately asking for entrance. Sakura was hesitant at first, but she slowly gave him access. Sasuke explored her mouth and savored every place of her cavern. He knew better than to push it, so he pulled back, letting their hot breaths dance together.

"S-Sasuke..." Sakura said quietly.

"Shhh..." Sasuke said as he wrapped a hand around her waist and placed a hand on her head and pulled her close to him tightly. Sakura gasped that Sasuke would hug her like this, as if she would vanish if he held her any looser. "Sakura...I'm so sorry...I promised...I promised that I'd protect you no matter what...And I already broke that promise...Already..." Sasuke said while pulling her body even closer to his own.

"Sasuke it's okay... honestly, that was a little selfish of me…I can't count on you for everything..."

"I know but...I swear on my parent's grave that I will protect you with my life from now on." Sasuke said as he looked straight into her eyes.

Sakura blushed and looked down. "Eh...Um...thanks...Sasuke..." Sakura said as she looked up and gave him a sweet smile.

Sasuke beamed and looked like the happiest kid on earth right now. And then he also, gave a genuine smile.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX To Be Continued XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Did you like it?? I tried to make it extra long because I am such a bad author because I didn't update in forever. And for those who are still believing in me and reading my story, GOD BLESS YOU :) so please just REVIEW. I don't even care if it's something like "WTF u suck! u haven't updated in forever!" I DON'T EVEN CARE!! I JUST WANT REVIEW!! (please) Fine, i shall be nice again and give you a preview, because you deserves it, you believers you :)

Please read the next chapter hopefully coming out next month right after June 4th! (that's when I finish school) PLEASE REVIEW!! I'M BEGGING! I'M ON MY KNEES!! I'M ON MY STOMACH! I'M ON MY FREAKING KNEES HERE!! (haha i guess you can tell that I like saying that)

P.S. The summary will change

P.S.S. I decided that it will be a SakuraxEveryone in this story...but it will obviously end up SasukexSakura, so don't worry, what do you think? (please tell me in your REVIEWS :P)

P.S.S. I will not update unless i reach at least (notice the at least) 300 reviews!! So the ones who review you better count the reviews if you want me to update! I'm gonna even let you guys cheat a little bit and review for not only this chapter! So if i haven't reached 300 reviews, tell your friends or something to get an account and just review for god's sake! XP haha welllllll just remember that i WILL NOT UPDATE UNLESS I READ AT LEAST 300 REVIEWS. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ja ne! I love you ALL!!

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