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Chapter Three: Impressions

No more gas in the rig (Can't even get it started)
Nothing heard, nothing said (Can't even speak about it)
On my life on my head (Don't want to think about it)
Feels like I'm going insane, yeah

Sasuke shot up like a rocket from his seat, knocking his chair back. "What are you doing here, Sakura?!" He snapped, pointing at her accusingly. The entire class watched, mesmerized by how this beautiful and sweet new girl could cause this kind of reaction from the great Uchiha. Sakura herself smiled and slowly approached him. Karin was watching her with sheer curiosity and slight annoyance that her boyfriend was on first name basis with a girl they'd never met. What happened next would be the cause of such scandalized rumors nobody but the two involved would have any clue as to what was really going. With alarming swiftness, Sakura caught Sasuke's chin with her index finger and thumb before crashing her lips on to his.

"I'm here because you are my fiancé, remember?" She giggled happily and the class erupted with the sounds of discussion. Girls were asking Sakura questions, boys were teasing Sasuke and even the teacher asked questions as to how it happened. "He proposed to you, Haruno-San?" One girl called above the other voices and silence suddenly dominated. The question all wanted to ask was hopefully going to be answered. Sakura smiled, her fingers wrapping around the invisible bracelet on Sasuke's wrist. "It was an arranged marriage by our parents. After graduation, Sasuke-Kun and I shall be wed before taking over my father's business in Mexico." She mused wistfully and Sasuke's heart sank. Was he going to be dying that soon or was Sakura just making an excuse as to why he'd disappear some time after? He glanced at Karin, who was fuming. He twitched a bit, knowing the look in her eyes. She was going to try to put Sakura in her proper place. "Sasuke-Kun forgot about the engagement, so that's why he was dating. Now that he knows about me, he won't be needing you, Karin-Sama." Sakura stated with a sweet smile turning up on the red haired woman. Sasuke briefly wondered if Sakura could read minds considering her words to the other woman.

Karin's face turned a bright red, matching her hair, and she shoved her glasses back up her nose. "Well, I think that it's up to my Sasuke-Kun if he marries you or not. Don't you agree, girls?" She stated, and looked at her little cult of followers. Sasuke knew them all by name, simply because her group were the girls his friends were either dating or interested in. Ino Yamanaka, the girlfriend of his friend Chouji Akamichi, had once been in Karin's spot. Ino used to be the fair and just leader of the group of very popular girls, but Karin snatched it away the minute she hooked up with Sasuke. Ino twirled a strand of her long blond hair around her index finger, her aqua marine orbs scanning over Sasuke and Sakura. Ino quickly looked at Karin and gave her that amazing and completely fake smile. "Right, Karin-San. It's a free country, after all, and he has the rights to marry the person he loves." She stated and looked at the next girl. Sasuke suddenly glanced at Naruto and saw the anger there.

Hyuuga Hinata was a very sweet yet very quiet young lady. She had lavender hair that went down to her hips and eyes the same silver as the full moon. Sadly, Hinata was used to being bullied and looked down. When it got around that one of the popular guys might like her, she was yanked up into the group. The truth was that nobody had interest in her until after she joined the group. Naruto had developed a crush on her and then they learned why she was chosen. Ino had told Naruto, when he asked who liked her, that it was all just a bluff. Karin had wanted another person who would agree without a second thought and considering Hinata's past it was obvious she would do anything to keep her friends. Naruto asked if Hinata knew, and Ino said she was completely oblivious, and since Naruto hated when they asked her what she thought. She would always agree with Karin just so she could keep her friends. "I-I-I think th-that S-S-S-Sasuke-Sama s-s-should honor the deal ma-made between their pa-parents." She stammered and silence followed. Everyone was stunned by Hinata actually having an opinion. Ino looked at her with wide eyes, and Karin was glaring at her harshly.

"I'm with Hinata-Chan on this one." It was Sabaku Temari. Temari was a strawberry blond, keeping her hair in four peculiar pigtails on her head. Her eyes were a pretty shade of pine green, and she was one of the most curved girls at school. Her boyfriend was Nara Shikamaru. She smirked at Sakura and walked over, resting her right hand on the other girls head. "I like her, Karin. She's got mocksy, spunk, and I like that. Besides, it's not like you were actually being truthful with Sasuke." She mumbled the last part too quietly for anyone else to hear except the one it was meant to threaten. Karin growled.

"You think you can just step up and decide that, Temari?! Well, you and Hinata can just get the hell out of this group then!" She screamed. Sakura watched curiously, her head beginning to pound dully. This place reminded her of her human years. Her head hurt, making her tremble. Sasuke glanced at her worriedly. Karin glanced over as well. "Oh my, not feeling well, Haruno? Not so smug hearing that he has a choice? It's obvious who would be his first choice!" Karin laughed haughtily.

Sasuke was getting worried with the way Sakura was looking. Her body was trembling and she looked like she might collapse in on herself. Her grasp on his wrist had tightened and Sasuke winced at how the bracelet scratched his skin. 'Just run away, Sa-ku-ra! He'll never love you anyway!' It sounded just like Karin, but it wasn't. No, Karin was Sakura's new romantic rival. Sakura whimpered loudly, feeling her legs abandon her. Sasuke caught her and gasps of excitement and shock filled the classroom. "When Sakura, uh, gets stressed out she gets really bad headaches! Can I take her to the nurse, teacher?" Sasuke asked frantically. The teacher, too stunned to really process what was happening, nodded and Sasuke took off running. He carried Sakura bridal style, not caring what kinds of rumors would be spread about the two of them.

He was thankful that the nurse wasn't in her room currently. He set Sakura down on one of the beds and looked around. Kakashi was her Overseer but didn't seem to be very good at his job. He looked down at her and sighed. She looked so disgustingly human, so frail and weak. Sasuke wondered if it was simply because of whatever she'd done to get to this point, so that she could follow him to school like this. He gently caressed the sides of her face and briefly wondered if the warmth of her skin was just an illusion. "I should probably get back to class." He mumbled, wondering if she could hear him. He turned and began to leave when he felt fingers clench on to his shirt.

He glanced back at Sakura and was amazed by her. She looked truly human, unlike the Demonic side of her he'd seen both times they had met in the past. Her eyes were rimmed with tears, her lower lip trembling slightly, and her knuckles were turning white from grasping the material of his top so tightly. "Please don't leave me all alone?" She begged, sounding just like a lost child addressing a police officer. To his surprise, his heart gave an excited thumb. He slowly sighed and walked over, sitting in a chair beside her bed. He gently took her hand from his shirt and held it in his. She smiled and the beauty of it broke Sasuke's heart. He began to wonder which Sakura was real as he watched her sleep; The seductive Antichrist that he would be forced to marry in some time, or the frightened and innocent young girl in front of him.

TBC

Sasuke is starting to fall! Woo-hoo! Also, with Yvaine-Chan's help, there will be lots of Spanish and French in the next chapter! Until then!