Chapter Three- Racing

Almost everybody took off like vicious dogs were on their tails once they were allowed into the park. Sasuke was one of the only people who simply walked. He kept a close lookout for a flash of pink that would indicate where Sakura had run off to.

When he found her, though, he didn't expect exactly where he'd find her.

Pink hair flew wildly as it rounded a corner…on a go-cart.

One of the last things Sasuke would have guessed was that Sakura would make a dash for the go-carts. But there she was, and she was winning, too!

Sasuke watched as Sakura maneuvered through the track expertly, and kept up a good lead from all the others. Sasuke also noted, not as surprised, that Naruto was in the race. He had to contain a laugh when Naruto tried to overtake Kiba and crashed into one of the bumpers. Some workers scooted out and fixed Naruto's cart, and the blond was off again, far behind the pack.

Sakura, not very surprisingly from her lead, won the race. She leapt from her seat excitedly, and hurried to get back in line. Sasuke decided to take this opportunity, and slid into the line right behind her.

Sakura turned around, and grinned when she noticed Sasuke behind her. "Sasuke, hey, did you see that last race?" She asked cheerfully. Sasuke had never seen her so excited.

"Yeah," Sasuke grunted in response.

"Did you see Naruto crash?" Sakura giggled as she seemed to remember the moment.

Sasuke smirked. "Yeah…."

"Are you just going to say 'yeah'?"

"No."

Sakura punched his arm playfully. "So you're going to race?"

"That's what I'm in line for."

"Oh…yeah…right…I bet I can beat you!"

Sasuke's smirked deepened. "So what happens if I win?"

"Uh…I don't know…what do you want?"

Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know."

"Well…" Sakura began as she turned to face the worker who would let her in. "Think about it during the race. That is…if you win!"

Everybody got into their carts. Sasuke took the one in front of Sakura, since she said she'd "give him an advantage". This seriously killed a part of Sasuke's pride…now he'd have to show her who was boss.

A worker stood up in front of everyone and explained the rules of the track. It was the usual: the number of laps, don't bump into anyone, or at least try not to, if you crash just wait until they fix you, and violations mean you're out of the race. With that, they removed the barricades, and everybody zoomed off.

For the moment Sasuke was in front of Sakura. He smirked, she shouldn't have given him the front seat. Sasuke looked up, there were only three people ahead of them. This would be too easy.

Sasuke stepped harder on the gas and quickly overtook the third person. The one in second blocked him from passing on a turn, and Sakura nearly slipped past him at that moment if he didn't swerve in front of her.

After a couple laps of struggles, Sasuke passed the second person. Now the only one who stood in his way was the one in the lead, but Sakura had stayed on his tail the whole time.

A while later the worker from before stood up and gave a signal that said there was only one lap left to the race. Sasuke pressed as hard as he could on the gas, and closed the distance between him and the first place racer. They made a turn that would lead them to the last stretch, but just as Sasuke overtook the racer and was about to win, a cart zoomed past and made it to the finish before either of them.

Sasuke stopped his cart. He was right behind the winner. He had a bad feeling in his gut about who sat in the seat before him.

The winner stood up, and the first things Sasuke recognized was a blob of shoulder-length pink hair, wild, sparkling green eyes, and a triumphant smile. Sasuke had lost at the very last second.

However, the only question is Sasuke's mind was whether or not Sakura would want something for beating him.

Sasuke unbuckled himself and stood up. He walked towards the exit where Sakura had already left, and stood on the other side, obviously waiting for him.

"I won!" Sakura exclaimed when Sasuke reached her.

"What do you want?"

"What…?"

"We bet, you won."

"Oh yeah…hmmm…what could I want from Sasuke Uchiha?" Sakura tapped her chin thoughtfully as she spoke.

Sasuke could only imagine what Sakura would come up with. She'd bet multiple times against Naruto, and when she wins, she normally doesn't hold back. The last bet ended in Naruto running up and down their street in his boxers singing embarrassing rewrites to Christmas carols. Hopefully she will be merciful today.

"Well, I guess I shouldn't have you do anything bad or embarrassing since we are with our class and you didn't complain and ask for a best two-out-of-three." Sakura mumbled these things mostly to herself.

Sasuke internally sighed with relief. He would be spared…unless anything bad meant the horrible stuff and anything below that was still pretty bad. He just had to wait until she made up her mind.

Finally, Sakura snapped her fingers. "Alright, come here." She ordered.

Sasuke stepped closer to Sakura. She motioned to him to come closer, and soon he stood just inches away from her. The proximity made his stomach feel a little weird.

Sakura's actions surprised him beyond words. She grabbed the front of his shirt, pulled him down to her level, and kissed his cheek.

Sakura pulled away after a couple quick seconds. "Well, I'm going to find Hinata, later!" And with that, she was off.

Sasuke stood dumbfounded at what Sakura did. His hand unconsciously moved to his cheek, which felt much hotter than it did a couple seconds ago.

Bing!

Sasuke looked down and pulled out his cellphone. A new message had come in.

To: DarknessAvenger
From: RamenKing

DUDE!! DID SAKURA JUST DO WHAT I THINK SHE JUST DID!? DID SHE JUST KISS U!!?
~*~

Sasuke sighed, not from Naruto's reaction, but because if he had seen it, it probably meant a few others did, too. Hopefully no fangirls or they'd either question Sasuke, or attack Sakura.

To: RamenKing
From: DarknessAvenger

It was just on the cheek…. She beat me at the go-carts.

To: DarknessAvenger
From: RamenKing

HA! I TOLD u she liked u!!
~*~

Sasuke didn't reply to Naruto's message, and put his phone away. He looked around; he couldn't see Naruto or Sakura.

Sasuke's hand went back to his cheek, which still felt a little warm.

Sasuke smirked. "Well, at least now I have some hope."

And that's the end of that! Next up will mainly focus on the NaruHina and TemaShikaIno triangle! Sigh…let me tell ya, emotions sure can affect what you write. Just a few days ago I was all pissed off and started to write a fighting-fic, like I said I would in my profile, so that may be up soon, but I don't feel the drive to work on it like I did earlier when I was mad. But I think I'll still work some more on the fic, I have wanted to do a fighting one lately…so that'll probably be a disruption to the chapters of this. (Not in the time it takes, just that you'll see it while I'm still working on this.) Anyway, enough of my ranting, chapter four is on its way!