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A/N: I had to change the chapter title. The title "School Affairs" is no longer eye-catching. Don't worry; this chapter is still within the School Affairs arc, I'm just changing the title that's all.

By the way, I also want to dedicate this chap to Aria's star (Sorry if I missed ya on the previous chap!) for being there with me during the start of this fic! Thanks for the support, this chap's for you! For the readers out there, please read to your heart's content!

Chapter 12: Run, run and cling miserably to life!

I…

"Y – Yes…"

He stood up, put the ring on her ring finger then kissed her on the forehead. Sakura smiled up at him, happiness shining in her eyes. "Yes, I'll marry you Neji-kun."

Neji smiled. He took her hand and led her to the makeshift altar where Lee placed a veil on top of Sakura's head. His assistant gave her a bouquet of white roses to complement the wedding look. Finally done, they faced the 'priest' and then began to exchange their 'wedding vows'.

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Meanwhile…

Sasuke increased his pace as he felt the thundering sound coming nearer. He glanced behind him and winced when he saw tons of girls obviously running after him.

"Damn, that dobe! How am I supposed to get a girl and escape at this rate? He alarmed the entire female population!" he grumbled angrily as he made a right turn at an accessory stall. He couldn't even find Tenten anywhere to help him!

There was no other choice, he had to go back to the rooftop and wait for the festival to end!

But where?

Where would he go?

Whoever knew that the school grounds were this BIG?

'Probably it's because of the stalls. They transformed the entire grounds into a life-sized maze! Heck, why am I thinking anyway? I better shake those girls off or I'm doomed!' he angrily thought as he made another turn this time, heading to where the love-themed stalls were located.

Clutching his bags of octopus balls and the heavy black cloak he used to cover himself, Sasuke sprinted a bit faster this time. Behind him, the sounds of squealing were becoming louder and louder.

Desperate, he looked up to the heavens and gritted his teeth. "Kami-sama! Please help me! I'll do anything! Just please spare me from this kind of torture!"

The screaming sounds were now getting nearer and nearer.

"Oh, hell! Just save me!"

"Haruno Sakura, do you take Neji Hyuuga as your husband?"

Sakura glanced from the priest then to Neji and smiled. She clutched the bouquet of white roses tightly in her hands.

She softly answered. "I do."

The priest then turned to the brown-haired Hyuuga and repeated the same question. "Hyuuga Neji, do you take Haruno Sakura as your wife?"

Smirking triumphantly, he answered. "I do."

The priest grinned, happy that their booth had earned another profit. "Well then, what are you waiting for? You may now kiss the bride."

Sakura blushed.

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Back to our hero! (sweatdrops)

Now with 150-people femme fatale hot and running after his…ehem…behind, Uchiha Sasuke continued running for his life, muttering his endless string of curses because his prayer didn't obviously work (well, he sort of forgot his GMRC making him to be a very bad boy and miracles didn't easily happen with just a simple snap of a finger, right?)

His entire face lit up when he saw another corner rounding up to the end of the stalls.

Miracles do happen after all!

"Finally! My prayer has been answered! Kami-sama still loves me!" Sasuke cried out then laughed maniacally despite of himself.

(High up from the heavens, Kami-sama sneezed. Achoo!)

Due to his over eagerness for escaping, he stupidly tripped on his own foot. Sasuke yelped in horror as his precious food and cloak went flying into the air and before he could even stand up, the entire femme fatale mercilessly ambushed him.

"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Back to the make-believe wedding ceremony…

"Well then, what are you waiting for? You may now kiss the bride."

Neji smiled as he placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her to face him. His hands then lifted the lacy white wedding veil that was covering her face. Afterwards, he cupped both sides of her cheeks then leaned down to kiss her.

On the other hand, Sakura blushed when she heard those words. And now, Neji was leaning down towards her for a kiss just like in those traditional wedding scenes from the Hollywood movies. She closed her eyes slowly, feeling Neji's breath warming her cheek.

…………

Back to our main character…

"No! My takoyaki! My cloak!" Sasuke squealed as he tried to free himself from the women who were desperately clinging to his body.

"My dignity!" he screamed when a girl latched on to his neck and attempted to kiss him.

Now, Sasuke was pissed that he didn't get to eat his balls in peace. Desperate to get himself freed, he pushed, pulled and even kicked the women who were busily tearing at his clothes. He even tried biting them, which made the entire situation worse. Now the girls were offering themselves, actually their necks, for his white teeth to feast upon.

That was the very first time Uchiha Sasuke knew the meaning of the dreaded word "hickeys".

"Gahh! Stay away from me! Leave me alone!" he yelled. He finally pried himself off of his fan girls' clutches then resumed running to save his beloved octopus balls and cloak and of course his hide.

…………

Neji leaned closer to his girlfriend, determined to seal her lips with his when all of a sudden he got hit on the head four times. He opened his eyes angrily and glared at the four brown paper bags, which he unexpectedly caught by accident.

"Where do these things come from?" he asked himself aloud. Shaking his head, he decided to continue on giving Sakura a kiss. He grasped her again on the shoulders, closed his eyes and went for the kill.

SSSSMMMMMMOOOOOOCCCCCCHHHHHHHH!

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Sakura on the other hand was getting impatient. Was Neji-kun hesitating?

She had been waiting for Neji's lips to descend onto hers when a black cloak appeared from nowhere. It landed on top of her head and covered her entire body.

Sakura still kept her eyes shut and waited. "W-what is going on?" she asked herself nervously.

Was Neji-kun still planning something out of his sleeve? A romantic escapade like the one from those stories when a handsome rogue would kidnap an innocent damsel-in-distress and claim her as his? He was really determined in taking her back since he painstakingly planned all of this.

Before she knew it, she was lifted up into the air and carried off to somewhere else.

3:00 PM

Tenten had just finished counting her profits for the day when she saw some women running to the opposite direction of the Jail Booth. Even her prisoners perked up after they overheard the women babbling endlessly about a certain someone they encountered back in Ino's Takoyaki stall. Her ears stinging, she leaned a bit closer to listen to the conversation.

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"Really? He's really here? Uchiha Sasuke-kun, Konoha's number one pin-up idol?"

"Yes. He was last seen in Ino's stall buying four bags of takoyaki."

"Are you sure? He could be anybody."

"Ppffttt! It was really Uchiha Sasuke-kun in the flesh! That loudmouth assistant of Ino's called him by his first name! Almost everyone stopped at the sound of his name!"

The vein on Tenten's forehead began to twitch. "That wily fox! He was so stupid! He had to yell out Sasuke's name in order to get his attention! Naruto! Wait till I get my hands on you…" she grumbled as she listened further to the conversation.

"What happened next?"

"Well, he ran. The last thing I heard was that he was being hunted down around the school's main grounds by almost everyone. I swear, after they catch him, they would drag him to those love-themed stalls and force their way on him."

"Ooohhh! They're so lucky! I wish I could also have my time alone with Sasuke-kun! He's soooo dreamy!"

"Yeah!"

"Me too!"

"Me three!"

She had heard enough. Tenten bolted from her chair and then ran to the direction of the love-themed stalls. She gritted her teeth. Even if she arrived there on time, she didn't have enough manpower to overcome those lovesick fanatics.

Cursing angrily, she made a left turn and immediately searched for Naruto.

3:45 PM

School Rooftop…

Panting heavily from the running he had earlier, Sasuke bolted the exit door then slumped against the doorframe. Feeling the life draining out of his system, he forced himself to take deep breaths. He glared at the blue sky.

"Damn girls! Were they planning to kill me? I almost died out there!" he grunted. His brother was definitely going to pay for this!

As if on cue, his stomach rumbled loudly. Sasuke raised a hand on his quivering abdomen. "Man, I'm hungry." He stood up then walked towards to where his four bags of takoyaki and black cloak lay in disarray. Afterwards, he crouched down in front of it, picked up one brown bag and popped an octopus ball into his mouth.

He was on the verge of chewing when all of a sudden there was a slight rustle of movement from under the heavy cloak. Sasuke swallowed as he edged away slowly from the stirring fabric.

"What the hell? Don't tell me that another obsessed fan girl is hiding under that!" he muttered under his breath. The rustling continued and Sasuke groaned.

He immediately sat on his heels. "Looks like I have no other choice but to look underneath that," he said to himself. The raven-haired boy dropped to his knees and crawled slowly towards the still moving cloth. Fingering the hem, he hitched a breath then yanked the cloak in a swift motion.

Out of surprise, he unexpectedly bit his tongue.

"Geez! You didn't have to knock me out after asking for my help, T!" Naruto cried out as he fingered the bruises on his arms. Earlier, Tenten showed up in front of the takoyaki stall and demanded that he should come with her to search for their apparently missing comrade.

After he agreed, she dragged him behind the stall and proceeded to beat the living daylights out of him. When she was finally satisfied that she turned him into a pulp, she quickly explained that it was for putting Sasuke in danger.

Tenten glared at him. "And your point is? It was entirely your fault, you stupid blond! If you didn't yell out Sasuke's name for the entire female population to hear, then he wouldn't be on the run like this!"

Naruto stuck his tongue out. "Geez! Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't know! Maybe if you stopped cackling then we will be able to find him in time!" he retorted in a swaggering tone.

Instead of answering, Tenten bashed her fist on Naruto's cheek and moved on ahead of him.

"Ow!" Sasuke yelped when his teeth accidentally bit his tongue. His eyes were wide as saucers. He clutched the cloak tightly in his hand. He stared at the person in front of him and groaned.

"Not you again," he croaked. 'She' was the very least thing he would ever want to ponder at that very moment.

It was none other than the pink-haired girl whom he had encountered countless times. Only right now she was wearing their school uniform with an intricately designed wedding veil on top of her head. She was also wearing a shocked expression but not as much as shocking as his.

Her trembling lips began to move. "Ita…no…I mean, S-Sasuke…san…is that you? You're…you're a mess."

Sasuke resisted bonking her on the head. She really needed to improve her memory once in a while. Sighing, he then sat cross-legged and stared at her. "Barely recognizable. But I don't need that from you right now."

Sakura averted her eyes when she heard those words. "I…see." At that moment, she was surprised that she ended up seeing the handsome Uchiha's face rather than her 'supposed' husband who was at her side earlier at the makeshift altar. Was fate really that cruel in order for her to incessantly cross paths with the mysterious Uchiha Sasuke?

Well he was really a mysterious person, period.

And now she was being stared at as if she was lint that needs to be plucked off. Sakura bowed her head, chewing her lower lip. She shook. As always, she had that same effect to other people.

Others always treated her as a nuisance; a weak, clingy person to those who misjudged her. Even if she wanted to surpass their outcomes, everything still remained the same. Especially after she met Hyuuga Neji.

"Oi."

Her green eyes widened when a finger poked her forehead. She lifted her chin up and saw intense pools of black. She shrank back from his gaze, afraid that he might notice her shivering.

Sasuke propped one arm to support his chin as he gave her an inquisitive look. This girl was starting to annoy him. "You know," he began, choosing his words carefully so that he would not frighten her. "I'm not really going to hurt you but from the way you're acting, it seems that I already had."

Sakura shook her head. "N-No! You're wrong, Sasuke-san! It's just that I…I'm afraid that I caused you trouble again. I don't want you to get mad at me…I…"

He flapped his hand nonsensically. "It wasn't your fault. Naruto was the one who started this ruckus."

'Oh.'

She eventually smiled and albeit relieved that she wasn't the reason the boy was angry. Sakura stood up to shake the dust off her skirt then turned to Sasuke and spoke. "Well, I guess that's about it. I have to go back or else Neji will start looking for me."

He scowled. "Go back? You mean at the school grounds?"

"Yes," the pink-haired teen answered as she headed for the door.

Sasuke trailed after her then grabbed her wrist. "You're not going anywhere."

A/N: Sorry for the very short chappie! School, as always, is a total boredom; with more groundwork for us poor students. I'm currently busy with thesis, which I have to finish within four months. Don't worry, folks! I'm still going to post updates, but not as fast like it was before. My beta-reader is also doing the thesis as I am; we're in the same team actually.

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