Sorry if this chapter is...blah. I was experiencing a minor brain melt-down.

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"No matter what, I refuse to lose to the dobe." Sasuke growled as he threw his 40th kunai. He was on the training grounds, trying to brainstorm a plan that would ensure both a date with Sakura and Naruto's defeat.

Sasuke blinked.

Never, in a million years, did he think that he would even consider dating Sakura Haruno, one of his self-proclaimed fangirls. 2 years ago, she was an annoying, clingy, preppy stalker who Sasuke wished would disappear off the face of the earth. Now, he thought she was a strong, independent medic-nin who could handle everything herself. Everyday, Sasuke would look at her and think about how much she changed from the past Sakura Haruno, whose squeal would want to make him run all the way to The Land of the Snow just so he could get away from her, to the present Sakura Haruno, whose pink hair shone like a new dawn, whose emerald eyes glittered even in the darkest night...

Sasuke shook his head slightly. Where the hell did all that come from? He was Sasuke Uchiha. He wasn't supposed to be thinking like a romantic. Sasuke scowled. Kakashi really was a bad influence on them.

"Hey, Sasuke!" a cheery voice called. He turned around to see none other than Sakura herself, laden with heavy grocery bags. She walked over to him, not noticing the slight blush on his face.

"Sakura." Sasuke acknowledged, as he threw his last kunai. He shoved his hands in his pockets, and started walking towards her. He noticed that she had at least 10 heavy bags with her, and remembered the advice from Naruto's book.

"You never take a break from training, do you?" Sakura asked with a smile, as they started walking away from the training grounds. Sasuke shrugged, and reached for her bags.

"Let me carry those for you." Sasuke said, and took the bags from Sakura. She stared at him for a moment, then smiled.

"Sure! Thanks a lot, Sasuke." She replied, with a small blush. She thought,' I don't know why he's acting like a gentleman all of a sudden, but this is better than the cold robot I know.'

After walking for a couple of minutes in silence, they ended up in front of Sakura's house. She opened the door, and gestured for Sasuke to walk in. He sauntered into the kitchen, and heaved the bags on top of a table, and shoved his hands back into his pockets. Sakura sweatdropped.

'Guess he's back to being Sasuke, The Duck-Haired Emo.' She thought.

"Sakura, honey! Is that you?" a female voice called. A woman with green eyes and pink hair walked in. She blinked at the sight of Sasuke, but smiled warmly at him.

"Oh! We have a guest?" she asked. Sasuke guess she was Sakura's mother. Her hair and eyes were a dead giveaway.

Sakura nodded.

"Mom, this is Sasuke Uchiha. You know, my teammate." Sakura answered, starting to put some vegetables and fruit away. Sakura's mother nodded, and greeted Sasuke, who was starting to look uncomfortable.

"Well, welcome to our house, Sasuke! If there's anything you need, just call me! Sakura, remember, you still have some chores left, dear." She walked out of the room, pausing by Sakura to whisper," Not too bad, honey! He's a keeper." With a departing wink, she left.

Sasuke coughed, and stared at the floor awkwardly. Sakura winced, and thought with a flush on her face,' Too bad she doesn't know about his super hearing.'

"So." Sakura cleared her throat, and tried to clear the embarrassing silence.

"I need to start painting the basement walls, so if you want to stay, you can..." Sakura trailed off. Sasuke weighed his options. Stay, help Sakura, endure the humiliating cracks her mother made, and get a date, or go and lose the bet to the idiot ninja? He sighed.

"I'll stay." Sasuke said in a monotone, and Sakura smiled. At least she didn't have to do the work by herself. She led the way to the basement, and Sasuke noticed how large it was. It would take all day to finish painting half the room!

RING, RING!

"Sakura! Ino's on the phone!" her mother called. Sakura called," Coming!" She turned to Sasuke, and told him," I'll be right back." She dashed upstairs and took the phone from her mother.

"Hey, Ino, what's up?"

"Did you forget, Forehead? We were all supposed to meet in the shop for lunch!" Ino scolded playfully.

"Oh! Sorry! I forgot it was today!" Sakura cried out," My mom asked me to do a lot of errands today, and now I have to paint the basement with Sasuke." Instantly, as these words left her, Sakura regretted mentioning Sasuke. She could almost feel the smirk on Ino's face.

"So, you have a date with Sasuke, huh? You should have mentioned that. Don't worry, I'll tell the others that you have a little appointment with a certain dark-haired Uchiha." Ino cooed, smiling as she twirled the phone cord around. Sakura blushed.

"It's not a date! I just bumped into him on the way home, and he offered to carry my groceries home. It's strange, though...he was acting so...so...gentlemanly."

"Really? Shikamaru was acting really weird today, too. And Tenten told me that Neji was acting almost human. Weird, huh?"

"I know. What's with the guys? Oops, sorry Ino, but I gotta go. The basement's not gonna paint itself! Bye!" Sakura hung up and went back downstairs. She sighed, and thought,' Poor Sasuke, having to paint the whole basement. I bet he's still trying to open the paint cans.' She giggled, but then gasped, not believing her eyes. The walls were completely painted, with no mistakes whatsoever. And Sasuke himself was sitting on one of the boxes, looking bored out of his mind.

"Sasuke! How...you..." Sakura was at a loss for words as she gazed at the shiny walls.

"How the hell did you finish this in less than 5 minutes?!" she exclaimed. Sasuke snorted.

"It's a little something called Shadow Clone Jutsu, Sakura."

"Oh, right! Good idea." She grinned. Suddenly, she remembered something.

"I have to get going! I need to deliver some paperwork to Lady Tsunade! Do you want to come, Sasuke?" At this, Sasuke inwardly rolled his eyes.

"Do you really need me to do everything for you?" he asked, remembering what Naruto's book said. He looked at Sakura's face to see an anger vein throbbing, and slowly growing bigger. Wrong choice of words, Uchiha. Now face the consequences and die.

"What did you say?! If I remember correctly, I never asked you to carry my bags, or paint the whole freaking basement, Sasuke! You did that by yourself!" Sakura yelled, enraged. Did he really think she was that weak? That she couldn't carry a couple bags, or paint a few walls by herself?! She didn't need him in the first place! Stupid men and their stupid egos!

"..." Sasuke's face remained impassive as he glanced at Sakura's face. She continued to look angry, so he decided to use one of the book's tricks.

"Sakura." He interrupted her angry outburst, and flinched slightly as she snapped at him.

"WHAT?!" she almost screamed.

"Do you want to help me revive my clan?" he asked smoothly.

SMACK!

Sasuke held his red cheek, wondering what he did wrong, and who the hell was dumb enough to write a book with lame advice, and asked," What was that for?". Sakura's cheeks were flushed.

"You pervert! And we're only 14, too! Did hanging around Kakashi-sensei do this to you?!" she shrieked.

"No, I'm only saying that a girl as beautiful and strong as you should be the only one to bear my children." Sasuke said. (A/N: I felt so awkward writing that for some reason...)

"Oh..." Sakura mumbled. There was a minute of silence before Sakura said," Um, I have to get going now...So later, Sasuke! But do me a favor, and never say those words to a girl again. Or I'll slap you." She giggled, and kissed him on the cheek before running upstairs, and out of the house to The Hokage Tower. Sasuke stood there for a moment, before twitching.

"Hn...no date?"

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L.M.H: so yea...hope you guys don't hate it as much as I do, but I can't think of anything for Sasuke and Sakura.

Last, but not least....NARUTO AND HINATA!!!!!

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