SASUKE'S POV

Kakashi was training the team immensely today for some god-forsaken reason. I'm guessing it's because we "wasted" half of our time at the festival yesterday. My time definitely wasn't wasted considering I now I have Yami as my girlfriend.

Girlfriend.

The word itself still seems foreign to me. A lot of people think I've had tons of girlfriends because of the many annoying fan girls that chase after me. Unbeknownst to them, I've never even liked a girl. There hasn't been a girl who tried to get to actually know me. They're just obsessed with my looks and strength. Hinata seemed nice but she's too shy and she obviously fell for the idiot. Tenten wasn't really up to my standards and Temari…well she scares me sometimes. Besides that, I never took interest in girls until Yami became my friend.

~flashback~

I heard a giggle coming from behind me and didn't turn around fast enough to prevent getting run into. We both hit the ground hard and I looked to see a small girl getting up and dusting herself off.

"I'm really sorry about that. One of my friends was chasing me," she said stretching out a hand to help me up. I took it gratefully and stared at her in confusion.

"Who was chasing you?" she was about to tell me until that kid Naruto came out of nowhere and tackled her. "GOT YOU KURA!"

"No fair Naruto I was talking to someone!" he finally looked up and saw me standing there watching them.

"Aw he doesn't matter that much," he said laughing. I scowled at him and started walking away until that girl yelled "wait" and grabbed my hand. I turned to see her wide brown eyes staring at me in curiosity and her short hair pulled into tiny pigtails.

"What's your name?"

"Why do you want to know?" I said skeptically. I did NOT need another little girl chasing after me.

She looked down a little embarrassed. "I don't have any friends besides Naruto, so I was wondering if we could be friends. I promise I won't stalk you or anything."

I was kind of in shock. This is the first time anyone has ever actually asked me to be a friend. I wasn't sure how to respond.

"…okay I guess…"

Her eyes lit up in a cheerfulness that I found so cute I couldn't help but smile a little. "That's great! I'm Kurayami Shihaisha. As you've noticed Naruto calls me Kura."

"Then I guess I'll call you Yami. I'm Sasuke Uchiha."

~end flashback~

I punched Naruto in the face before he had the chance to even think about catching me off guard. "Dammit! I thought you were distracted!"

I smirked, "I told you I'm better than you."

"What were you thinking about anyway Sasuke? You seemed really out of it," Kakashi said looking up from his book. "Just reminiscing."

"About?"

It wasn't really any of their business, but I ended up looking at Naruto when I answered, "When we first met Yami."

"Back in the good old days," he said grinning. I couldn't help but smirk back until Sakura spoke. "Why?"

"Because she's mine now."

Everyone was silent. Seriously, there was a creepy silence between all of us until (of course) Naruto spoke up. "Dude! Took ya long enough."

I raised an eyebrow, "Glad I have your approval."

"Well it was obvious she liked you, even when we were kids. She looks at you the same way man." I already knew this but having someone as a witness to this made me feel…good.

Kakashi sighed, "Well good luck with her Sasuke. She's quite a handful."

"What do you mean?"

Before he could even answer, I heard running coming from the distance. We all looked to see what it was and saw that it was a cloud ninja running away from an anbu. He was running frantically screaming "help me!" until the anbu jumped up, twirled in the air, and slammed a hand right into his back to make him fall to the ground. I'm guessing the anbu applied chakra into the attack, and we all stared in shock as the anbu calmly walked over the ninja and picked up his lifeless body.

"Is he dead?" Naruto said, afraid of the answer.

The anbu shook her head (her because of the obvious curves), "No, just paralyzed. He actually thought he could get away. The screaming just made it pathetic. Anyway, see ya guys." She gave a two finger salute and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Kakashi turned to me, "THAT'S why I said she's a handful."

Sakura was still in shock, "THAT was Kurayami?"

"I have great choice in girls, "I said smirking.

KURAYAMI'S POV

"You gotta stop sending me after these pathetic ninja Tsunade. This guy just screamed all the freaking way," I said dumping the cloud ninja's unconscious body on the floor and deactivating my Karengan.

She raised a blond eyebrow at me, "Technically I should say you barely completed the mission considering he almost went through the village." I shrugged my shoulders, "Only the training grounds where the team was."

"You can't be so careless girl."

"You can't underestimate me Lady Hokage," I said in a defiant tone. I hate it when she gets like this with me. "You assigned me to a main mission yet put me on other important ones. What do you expect me to do?"

"Get all your jobs done."

"Then don't question how I do them," I said slightly glaring then walked away. She didn't see my harsh glare because I still had my mask on but I'm sure she could tell through the tone of my voice. Evidently, I don't really give a crap.

Sighing to myself, I went back to the training fields Sasuke was in and sat against a tree when I arrived. Kakashi was trying to work one-on-one with them, so the ones sitting out were Naruto and Sakura. Sakura saw me arrive and decided to come talk to me.

Love my life.

"Hey Kurayami, can I ask you something?" she said staring with her bright green eyes. Sometimes I was really jealous of the color. "Ask away."

"What's it like being Sasuke's girlfriend?"

So he told them. "It's only been a day. Barely."

She fiddled with her fingers nervously; I'm guessing she was a little fidgety because she was trying not to be rude or anything, just curious. "Well okay, how did Sasuke come to like you in the first place?"

Now this question kind of shocked me. It wasn't because Sakura asked or anything, it was because I myself didn't know the answer. I could tell she just wanted to know to better herself so she could make an impression on (probably still Uchiha) someone.

"Sakura…I honestly don't really know," I finally said. "I don't really think I'm that interesting. Things easily bore me, I love training, singing, dancing, writing, keeping myself busy, or just walking around. Keeping my mind off things is what I normally do, and I'm never in the village long enough to hang out with "friends," or at least the small amount I have. I think my eye color is dull and my hair is just plain black. I would kill for your green eyes."

She practically shouted at me, "But you're gorgeous! And everything you just said is pretty much what Sasuke is into. And…why do you try to keep your mind off things?"

"I'm an Anbu Black Op Sakura. I may be a ninja, but my job mostly surrounds torture and death." She shuddered slightly but still kept going, "Either way, it sounds like you're perfect for him. I gave him all the attention in the world and he thinks I'm a nuisance."

"Well, I've known Sasuke since we were little. I may have left for quite a lot of time but we had a close connection that obviously resurfaced. But Sakura, have you ever tried to get to know Sasuke? It just seems like you fawn over his looks and strengths, but do you know his favorite food? Color? Kind of movie?"

"I guess you're right," she said dejected. Damn, I'm really not good with this kind of stuff. "Do you think I'll find any guy Kurayami?"

That I smiled at, "Of course. Just be you okay Sakura? Don't be too…stalkish and obsessed."

She nodded happily until Kakashi called her over to switch with Sasuke. She walked away while Sasuke walked towards me wiping sweat off his face. "You need a shower."

"Shut up," he said smirking at me while sitting next to me. "So what was that cloud ninja business about?"

I waved my hand like I was waving off a fly, "Don't ask. Tsunade sends me on really crappy missions."

"According to you. You're just too strong." I smirked as I finally took my mask off to playfully glare at him, "Whatever man."

He chuckled slightly, then turned to look at me and paused. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he kept staring at me, and I began feeling a little self conscious. "What is it?"

He shook his head but inched his hand towards me face to move my bangs out my eyes. His frown deepened as he stared at me, "Your eye color…is red."

"You're shitting me," I said in disbelief as I took out a kunai to see my reflection. He was in fact right, my eyes were now red. "That time already?"

"What time?"

I shifted my gaze to him, "Do you remember when I was little when my eyes would change around a certain time?"

"Yeah," he said in a daze trying to remember. "They would turn pink if it was near…holy crap your birthday."

I chuckled, "Yes, my birthday is coming up."

"But why are your eyes red now when they use to be pink?"

"They get darker as the years go by. Red is a symbol of power, this means I'm going to become a little more powerful soon." He shook his head, "Like you need the power."

"Well I do need to keep up the standards of being an Uchiha's girlfriend," I said smiling. He smiled back and held my hand. "You don't need to do anything. You're perfect just by being you."

I blushed at the comment but quickly grabbed his wrist and pulled him away just in time to miss Naruto being thrown into a tree by Kakashi. "GEEZ SENSEI THAT WAS A LITTLE HARSH!"

Sasuke and I both shook our heads at his reaction. "I am supposed to teach you Naruto. Hey Kurayami, why don't we spar and show them how it's done?"

I smirked at the challenge, "You're on." I kissed Sasuke on the cheek and went to stand a good distance away from Kakashi for this. "And no Karengan Kurayami."

"Yeah yeah I know. I don't want you dead either."

SASUKE'S POV

Before Yami and Kakashi could start, I quickly ran over to Naruto and Sakura to tell them something. "What do you want jerk?"

"Shut it idiot," I hissed at him in hushed tones. "We need to plan a party. Yami's birthday is coming up."

"WHAT?" Sakura smacked him in the head for bursting like that. "When?"

I had to think for a bit. My birthday was July 23, and Yami's was always four days before…

"A week from now, July 19," I finally answered. Both their eyes widened, but this time Sakura spoke up, "That's short notice. How old is she?"

Both Naruto and I answered this time, "15."

"Wow, her sweet 16."

"We need to plan an awesome party for her!" Naruto said in all his hyperness. I rolled my eyes but nodded nonetheless. I wanted Yami to enjoy this since I know she'd never agree to a party. Knowing we had to plan something, we nodded to each other and turned to watch probably the best fight we'll ever see.