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Chapter 3: What the Hell Lee?

I woke up earlier than usual. I took a nice hot shower and got dressed up in the same clothes as I had on yesterday, except this time I pulled a baggy black hoodie with a small Uchiha crest stitched into the front. I grabbed an apple for breakfast and had a cup of water, just before I grabbed the cookie I had bought yesterday and head out the door. Now I know this is weird, but I was actually going to visit Sakura and drop the cookie off. But since it was still dark out I decided I would rouse Sakura so that she could watch the sun rise with me. 'Awww Sasuke! Finally let your romantic side take over, it's official we're partners!' Inner taunted me. I really felt like snapping back at him, but decided against it.

When I finally reached her house, I was kinda cold, but still I concentrated Chakra to my feet and walked up the side of her house silently and opened her window. There she was, a realistic version of sleeping beauty, I'd never tell her, but she looks much cuter with short hair. My heart sped up when I entered the room, I don't know but it just did. 'Hey dumbass, be prince charming and wake her up, you know how,' Inner taunted in my head. I didn't have to bother with him, I placed the cookie on her night table and stood there with my hands in my pockets and stared at her.

I noticed the sky outside had started to lighten, so I tentatively shook Sakura awake, whispering in her ear, "Sakura, Sakura, wake up!"

"Nani?" She said rubbing her the sleep out of her eyes as she sat up. "Oh! Sasuke-kun!"

She was staring at me shocked, her cheeks were bright red, dang did she look cute!

"Come on Sakura, watch the sun rise," I whispered to her.

She stared at me thinking she was dreaming. She must really be surprised that I snuck into her house. She slowly got out of bed; and walked over to put her coat on. She fumbled with the buttons until she finally buttoned them all, I grabbed her hand and pulled her to the window, I picked her up bridal style, and jumped up from the window. She wrapped her arms around my neck as I climbed to the roof of her house. There we, well really I stood with Sakura in my arms. She had her arms wrapped around my neck and we watched the sunrise. Unconsciously Sakura rested her head on my chest, making my heart pound faster. I always watched the sun rise alone, but with Sakura it seemed ten times better. The sun slowly rose above the horizon, transforming the sky from the deep navy to purplish-blue, to light purple, to pink and orange before it turned back into hues of blue. She sighed and turned her head to face me, "Ne, Sasuke-kun why did you wake me up to see the sun rise?"

"I dunno, I felt like it," I shrugged back. 'Yeah that's it, you just felt like it, hahaha you make me laugh Sasuke!' Inner taunted sarcastically. Yes, al he does is taunt. He never ever says anything useful!

"How did you get into my house?" Sakura asked snapping me out of my thoughts.

I turned my head from the pale blue sky, "I'm a ninja Sakura, I'm capable of sneaking into people's houses."

"G-gomenasai, Sasuke-kun," she said looking down in embarrassment.

"For what?" I looked at her confused.

"I shouldn't have asked such a stupid question," she said resting her ear against my chest. 'OOOH! We is in trouble Sasuke! She'll hear that heart beat and go-,' "Sasuke-kun, your heart has an unsteady beat," Sakura commented. 'Crap!'

"What do you mean?" I asked looking at her coldly. I regret looking down now. She looked so cute looking up at me with those cute emeralds full of concern. "Are you okay?" She asked placing her hand under my forehead protector to check my temperature.

"Yes Sakura, I'm perfectly fine, I think I should take you back to your room before your parents wake up," I replied allowing annoyance to enter my voice.

I guess she just noticed the position she was in, she turned red, very, very red. 'Oooh! Sasuke doesn't she look cute when she blushes?' My inner asked eagerly. 'Yes, yes she does,' I mentally sighed.

"Hold on," I smirked.

"H-hai," Sakura squeaked.

I jumped down and went into her room through her window. I laid her down on her bed gently. I climbed out the window, but not before I heard Sakura whisper, "Bye, Sasuke-kun."

I walked back to my house. I went in and made myself something to eat. I finished and decided to head to school. When I got there I found Sakura sitting there, but this time she was sitting with some guy with a "cute-guy spiky hair-do," or so the girls called it. She was smiling and blushing at the same time. Whoever this dude was he was getting on my nerves. "So Sakura-san, do you want to go on a date today? My treat to you my beautiful, youthful blossom," I heard as I walked closer. 'OH HELL NO! That is not Lee, I mean just look at him, he has that neat spiky hair-do thing, and what's he wearing?' Inner was right, she looked nothing like Lee. Unless, Lee went to the barber! He also went shopping too, 'cause he wasn't wearing those gay green spandex, no he was wearing a pair of dark brown pants, with a tan long sleeves shirt, with a cotton vest on top. His eyebrows were… thinner? 'Please say no, please reject like the first time, please, please, please!' Inner begged getting on his knees and holding his joined hands together above his head in my mind. 'Oh shut up! Oh course, she'll reject his dumbass!' I hissed back at my inner. 'Who you callin' a dumbass… dumbass?' Inner snapped back.

"Umm sure," Sakura's voice pulled me back down to Earth, and sadly I think I hit it a bit too hard because I think I heard her just say yes.

"FUZZY EYEBROWS?" Naruto yelled out of no where. "Is that really you? Because you don't look like a dork anymore."

I smirked in amusement, 'nice one Naruto,' I thought. 'BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh Go-hod! GOOD ONE NARUTO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!' Inner exploded laughing rolling back and forth on his back. Lee sweat-dropped and he lowered his face with the dark expression of humiliation.

"OI NARUTO! You should be nicer to Lee-san!" Sakura hit Naruto on the head scolding him.

"E-t-t-t, sheesh, Sakura-chan what's with you?" Naruto asked holding his head and looking at her all annoyed.

He should be used to this by now though, she hits him on the head on a daily basis. She finally noticed me and looked away blushing red. Lee stared at me confused, Naruto stared at me going 'What The Hell?' I walked over to the group. "O-ohio, Sasuke-kun," she said looking at me with red cheeks.

"Hn."

"Is that even a word?" Lee asked me.

"Hn," I replied.

"I expect an answer Uchiha!" Lee scowled looking annoyed.

"Hn." My plan was working, he was starting to get annoyed. I turned my head to face the direction opposite him.

"Oi! Look at me when I'm talking to you!" Lee flamed. "I want an answer than 'Hn'."

"Hn."

Lee's left eye twitched. Yes he was most definitely annoyed. "So my Sakura, let's leave after school," Lee said.

I tensed up right then and there. 'This guy is asking for a serious beating, don't you think so Sasuke?' Inner gritted his teeth cracking his knuckles. 'Yeah he is,' I agreed. 'What's today's date? I have got to record this! This is the first time we have ever agreed on something!' Inner said taking his planner out. Wait inner has a planner? Oh god, I agreed with inner? Something was definitely wrong here.

"Oh hey there Hinata! Neji!" Naruto called out.

I decided to annoy him too. "Hey Naruto I saw you flirting with her at the café yesterday," I nudged him a smirk tugging my lips.

He turned red, but then came back with a witty reply, "What about you? You are so obvious Sasuke, you and Sakura-chan."

Now it was my turn to turn a light pink. "HAH! I knew it!" Naruto celebrated.

That idiot could realize that I liked Sakura but couldn't realize that Hinata like him until now, that sounds just like Naruto.

"Oh shut up dobe, I have to fight for her affection now," I replied quietly.

Naruto's eyes widened, he whispered, "You versus Fuzzy eyebrows?"

I nodded. "No sweat you'll win for sure!" Naruto encouraged.

"Be quiet about this Naruto, it is-,"

"Your little secret?"

God this was turning out the opposite of what I expected, I was supposed to be annoying him, not he's supposed to be annoying me.

"Let's follow them today after school," Naruto suggested.

"Good idea dobe."

"SASUKE-KUN!" I got pounced on by a blonde, Ino.

My right eye twitched in annoyance, "Get off of me Ino."

"I missed you soo much Sasuke-kun, even a minute without you is torture for me!" Ino squealed in my ear.

"Are you trying to make me deff?" I asked her.

"O-of course not Sasuke-kun," she replied.

"Geez what a troublesome woman, eh Sasuke?" Troublesome, that was definitely, "Shikamaru, urusai! (shut up)" Ino exclaimed finally getting off of me.

"Oi Sakura, I need to talk to you," I called.

"Excuse me Lee-san," she excused herself politely.

"What's wrong Sasuke-kun?" She asked sweetly.

"We-," I was cut off because Naruto chose to push me at that time, and here we go again. Sakura was once again underneath me. 'God, what the hell dobe?' I am really gonna kill him, yet then again, Sakura was blushing tomato red again, and I was looking into her eyes, again. The only difference was that this time, I was literally on top of her. Our noses were practically touching, part of my stomach was touching hers, and the only thing that kept my chest with my hammering heart in it above hers were arms that were supporting me. 'Lean in Sasuke, better now then never! Lean in, Lean in, Lean in!' I was really tempted to do what inner told me, but then I remembered that everyone was watching us. The thing that reminded me about the crowd around us was Ino screeching, "NARUTO! WHAT DID YOU DO?"

"What? I didn't do it on purpose," Naruto lied innocently.

"Are you okay?" I asked Sakura.

She nodded in response. I slowly got off her and pulled her to her feat. We were both blushing, mine not so visible, and Sakura's scarring her cheeks. We stood there looking into each others eyes. I didn't notice that I was still holding her hand until she looked down at her hand. "Oh," I release her hand.

She giggled nervously. I stared at her, she was so cute, so innocent. It was her innocence that made her so irresistible. The school bell rang signaling us to enter the building. She looked away and ran in. I looked at Lee who looked so envious, a commoner would have burst out laughing at his facial expression, but I was an Uchiha, and we don't do that.

~X~X~X~X~X~X~

After school I met up with Naruto in front of the school where Lee was just about to take Sakura to a local restaurant. We snuck around very well, we even used cloaking jitsus. Lee kept on trying to make moves on her. I was gonna kill him a numerous amount of times, but I made sure to relax. When they got there Sakura ordered a sushi plate, since it was a sushi restaurant. I was okay until Lee tried to feed her a sushi, I was soo gonna kill him. He kept on making stupid jokes, that were lame, and he blabbed on and on about youth. Sakura just kept her fake smile up and continued to nod encouragingly. She looked out the window and noticed that it was getting dark out, so she excused herself. I guess she was saying something about her parents. It was hard to lip read you know. She waved good-bye and left, "Yush!" I cheered. "See ya Naruto."

"Bye Teme!" He replied.

Sakura looked relieved to have gotten away from Lee. She stopped in front of a counter and admired at a piece of jewelry that was there. I waited until she left before walking over to the counter. Sure it was suspicious, but who cared, that sweet Cherry Blossom wanted it. 'Now that's the right way to think Sasuke!' Inner cheered smugly. I mentally rolled my eyes. I looked at what she was looking at, it was a golden oval shaped locket with a cherry blossom carved out of the front. It was really nice, perfect for Sakura really. I stood there looking at it and admiring it's every detail. That's when my mind drifted off, '"Oh Sasuke-kun! It's beautiful!"

"I got it just for you Sakura, Merry Christmas."

"Oh Sasuke-kun!" She'd run and hug me. And then I'd pick her up and spin her, and then she giggle and I'd smirk.'

"Hello son," I looked up to find the woman behind the counter looking at me.

"Would you like that locket? That girl that just left was looking at it, you wouldn't happen to know her no, would you?" The woman asked. She looked like she was in her early twenties.

"Ummm," I looked down and noticed that there were earrings that matched the locket.

"I'll take that as a yes, is she your girlfriend?" The woman pressed.

'Dammit woman! Stop asking questions, she will be, yes she will be!' Inner yelled angrily. 'Oh shut up!'I snapped at inner.

"No, she's a friend, that's all," I replied coolly.

"Oh, really, just a friend, that happens to be a girl," she kept on trying to pry me open.

Not happening woman, "Hn."

"Oh come on you can tell me!"

"I don't even know who you are."

"So what?"

"Look Lady, I just wanna buy the locket," I said in an irritated tone.

"Okay, alright, you're lucky it's on sale," she pouted and put her hands on her hips, "it costs 10,000 yen, with those earrings you were just looking at, I'll make you a sweet deal of 10,500 yen."

"I'll take it!" I said. 'You're carrying that much money with you? There are thefts dumbass!' Inner gawked.

'Dude did you not look at this baby on my head? Anyone dares to mess with me with get his sorry ass whipped, and besides I carry all my money that's not in the bank with me everywhere I go!' I snapped back.

'Yeah that's why you left your wallet at home yesterday,' Inner folded his arms over his chest.

"You carry that much money around with you?" The woman asked me stunned.

"What I came to shop for Christmas, is it wrong to carry a lot of money?" I asked irritated.

"N-no!" She stuttered wrapping a bright red ribbon with a thick golden line going down the middle and two thin golden lines on the edges around the navy blue, velvet box. The did the same for the forest green box with the earrings in it.

"Thanks for coming! Hope you girlfriend likes your gift!" The woman called. What an annoying woman.

I placed the newly purchased gifts in the pack I had bandaged on my leg. I decided to shop around and buy some things for Christmas. While I was shopping I heard Lee, "I think my youthful blossom is starting to fall for me!"

"That's great Lee!" His sensei, Gai cheered. "She would have to be foolish not to fall for someone as youthful as you!"

"I will have to disagree with that," Kakashi popped out of nowhere with his stupid book in hand.

"Ah, my great rival Hatake, Kakashi," Gai greeted.

"Oh please Gai, why must you be so dramatic?" Kakashi sighed not looking up from his book. Man this guy was good at multitasking.

"Why do you disagree with what Gai-sensei said, Kakashi-sensei?" Lee asked, obviously curious. "Are you afraid that your subordinate will lose to me, Gai-sensei's, and your rival, subordinate?"

"No, it's because I do not approve of you and Sakura being a couple," Kakashi stated simply.

Gai and Lee sweatdropped. 'YEAH! Way to go Kakashi! You tell 'em!' Inner cheered punching the air in my head.

"Kakashi-sensei!" The sweet voice of an angel called.

"Hello my youthful blossom!" Lee greeted.

"Oh, Konbawa Lee-san," she replied.

"What is Sakura?" Kakashi asked.

"Oh have you seen Sasuke-kun?"

Gai and Lee fell backwards anime style.

"Nope," he answered looking in my direction. 'Did he sense my presence?' I thought nervously.

"Oh, okay, arigatou Kakashi sensei," she said before running in my direction.

I pretended to be walking out from where I was standing. Sakura was hurriedly walking towards me, even though she still hadn't seen me. She only noticed me when she bumped into me. She lost her balance and started to fall. I caught her though. I wrapped my arms around her waist and put my hands together behind her back. She opened her eyes to look into mine, she was bright cherry red. From the corner of my eye I could see Lee glaring at me, Gai looking all confused, and Kakashi just sneaking a peek at us. I gave Sakura my trademark smirk and continued to look into her eyes. They made me feel so calm, their beauty, they made me feel at ease. 'I don't love Sakura, she's just a fangirl, yeah, riiiight!' Inner mocked.

"You had something you needed to tell me?" I asked her.

"H-hai. Ano, Sasuke-kun do you wanna-," she started before I cut her off, "Hey do you wanna go out for lunch tomorrow? My treat."

"N-nani S-Sasuke-kun?" She stammered.

"Do you wanna have lunch with me tomorrow?" I repeated.

She nodded, looking at me with those big innocent eyes of hers. She was so damn cute! I guess she had just realized our position, her cheeks turned a brighter red. If it were possible, she looked even cuter. I was enjoying looking into her eyes when, "WAAH? FOREHEAD GIRL? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH SASUKE-KUN?"

Yes, it was Ino, I might kill this girl. "Why does she keep on spoiling my happy mood?" I accidently let the thought slip out.

Sakura looked at me with her eyes wide in shock. "Nani?" I asked her in my usual tone.

"N-nothing," she replied. I'm pretty sure she heard me. "Nothing Ino pig!"

"DON'T SAY NOTHING TO ME WHEN HE'S OBVIOUSLY HUGGING YOU!" Ino yelled. This woman was making a scene.

"No I just bumped into him and he caught me," Sakura replied. On that note I pulled her in for a hug. I knew she wanted one. "S-Sasuke-kun," she blushed, hugging me back.

Ino stared at us blinking, once, twice. "Nande? Nande Sasuke-kun? Why her?" Ino asked.

"Because she's not a woman as troublesome as you," Shikamaru appeared out of no where, "I have been looking all over for you."

"For me?" Ino asked putting a finger on her lips and batting her eyelashes at him.

"I didn't want to, but Asuma sent me to find you," Shikamaru replied lazily.

Ino had been owned, not once, twice. I was finally allowed to look into Sakura's eyes again when, "OI TEME!"

That was it, I gritted my teeth and close my eyes trying to calm down. "Are you alright Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.

"Ne, teme! I saw that! Ha-Haaa!Y-," Naruto was cut off with my fist slamming into that concrete scull of his.

"Et-t-t," He rubbed his head.

"A-are you o-okay N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked shyly.

"Y-yeah, so Hinata!" Naruto said cheerfully.

"N-nani? N-Naruto-kun?"

"Do you wanna go out on a date tomorrow?" Naruto asked rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

There was a holler of cheering and hooting behind me, as everyone cheered for Naruto for some reason. "To answer your question, no, Hinata-sama will not be going out with you on a date," a cool, calm and collected voice said.

"N-Neji nii-san, what are y-you d-doing here?" Hinata stuttered.

"Fulfilling my duty of protecting a member from the head family," Neji replied coolly.

"It's either that, or you are just jealous your cousin doesn't like you!" Naruto laughed.

"No, it's not that," Neji replied managing his cool tone, "and besides, she is my cousin, I don't find it appropriate to like my cousin."

"Yeeeeah! That's it!" Naruto continued to laugh. "Come on Hinata!"

Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and dragged her behind him.

"NARUTO GET BACK HERE!" Neji called running after Naruto and Hinata.

With that Naruto picked Hinata up bridal style and jumped away laughing, with a blushing Hinata in his arms. Neji was following in pursuit, trying to catch them. He whispered something to Hinata and she nodded. "Kagebunshin ni jitsu!"

"Bunshin no jitsu!" The two called creating a bunch of replications.

"Naruto you idiot, Neji's Byakugan and my sharingan can see which one is the real you!" I called out to him smirking.

Naruto didn't care, he just kept on running around. I activated my sharingan and noticed that the real Naruto and Hinata were gone. "OH SASUKE-KUN! YOU LOOK AMAZING WITH YOUR SHARINGAN!" Ino screeched from the sidelines.

"Tch, what a troublesome woman you are, I think you may have damaged my ear drum," Shikamaru said using his pinkie to rub his ear.

"Eeeh? Be quit Shikamaru, you are just jealous that girls don't fall over you like they fall over Sasuke-kun!" Ino fought back.

We all sweat-dropped, Ino was crazy alright. I felt somebody looking at me and noticed that it was Sakura, "Nani?"

"I-it's nothing," she looked away shyly.

"Expect to find me at you house so we can watch the sunrise again," I told her.

"H-hai," she nodded smiling shyly.

With that being said, I gave a small two finger salute to Lee and left.