Anything for you that's the reason I exist

by Gravenimage

He will do anything just make her happy just to see her smile at him. Now she will do anything just to make him happy just to see him smile at her. From Naru/Hina Sasu/Saku to Naru/Saku Sasu/Hina after ch 450 lemons included you've been warned.

8. A mission gone right and wrong

Chapter 8 A mission gone right and wrong

Disclaimer: If I own Naruto Sakura's confession would have been right and heartfelt not rush because Sakura was obviously cornered by Sai and Shikamaru however Sakura feelings for Naruto are real.

'' this means thoughts

Bold letter are inner Sakura or Kyuubi speaking

Italics are flashbacks

Bold and Italics are dream sequences

(Location: open road somewhere in grass country territory)

Two ninjas were running in a large field. But were in a hurry since they were near to their destination, it was none other than Sasuke and Hinata. Sasuke was carrying a small box in a bag while Hinata had her byakugan activated. He couldn't believe that this was all real. He felt so happy right now because after such a long time he has finally been given a high rank mission by Kakashi. This was his first B rank mission since he returned to Konoha three years ago and he couldn't be any happier. Happy because he didn't have to do anymore crappy genin rank missions and that means no more chasing the cat from hell Tora anymore. Now from now on he will be doing true missions like a true ninja of Konoha. Although that he realized that this is the first time he has left the village since he returned three years ago, it felt weird to finally be leaving the village doing missions like nothing happened. It didn't matter he was glad to be doing real missions worthy of his attention instead of doing kids missions, also it didn't bother him that Hinata was the one who was in charge of the mission.

Hinata was happily leading Sasuke to their destination which was the hidden grass village. Their mission was simple they needed to deliver the box to the village containing medicine to help some of the villagers and ninjas that were suffering from a rare disease. She smiled thinking that it was Sakura the one who made the vaccine for the sickness after all she has become into the best medic nin of all Konoha and the five countries. They needed to hurry since the sickness can kill people at a fast rate, the more they delay the more lives would be taken by the disease. All of the sudden she thought that she was having her first mission with Sasuke together. The last part of together made her blush a little they were together in this mission but they were certainly not together as a couple at all. She already has a boyfriend and a wonderful person. Thinking about Naruto the Hyuga heiress didn't know what to think, sure she missed him but she couldn't help but put her foot that something was wrong. She finally erased her thinking and focus on the important mission they needed to fulfill.

Sasuke was keeping his eyes on both the road ahead and Hinata. He couldn't help it but smile at the Hyuga heiress he was so glad for her. Why would he feel so happy for her the answer was quite simple. He has tried asking Kakashi to give him a high mission since he has behave on his sentence for becoming a missing nin however the mask Hokage has refuse his request. That is until someone came to Kakashi and convince him to give him the high rank mission that he rightfully deserves. The Uchiha gave another look to Hinata he will never forget what she did for him because it meant a lot to him.

Sasuke entered the Hokage's office seeing Kakashi sitting on his desk reading one of the volumes of Itcha Itcha paradise which make him sweat dropped at the sight. He wasn't the only one he realized he wasn't alone in the office Hinata was also present and she was sweat dropping too because she knew about the adult series the sanin Jiraiya wrote. Hinata saw him entered and smiled at him just like the social person she is and she knew he was going to like what Kakashi is going to tell him.

"Hey Hinata…"

"Hi Sasuke-kun!" replied the Hyuga heiress her smile never leaving her face.

Kakashi finally took his face from the adult book and stare at the Uchiha" oh Sasuke you're finally here."

"You wanted to see me?" asked the Uchiha.

"Yes I have some good news for you Sasuke" the mask Hokage gave a smile.

Sasuke looked annoyed hearing that" Kakashi the last time you told me that I was retrieving that freaking cat Tora which the dam fur ball used my face as a scratching post."

Hinata tried to hold her laughter hearing that she really fined it funny. But she calm down and kept he cool she didn't wanted to anger Sasuke.

"I know but this time I really have good news for you Sasuke trust me I finally have a high rank mission for you."

The Uchiha's eyes widened praying that he didn't heard wrong" are you being serious?"

"I am and not just that but you won't be doing anymore D rank missions you can say you're a little off the hook with your sentence."

"You're not really pulling my chain here right?" Sasuke was still shocked.

"I'm not I'm being serious I managed to negotiate with the council about a high rank mission and lightened your sentence too"

Hinata frowned at his comment while Kakashi realized his mistake he coughed" my mistake I didn't negotiate with the council but rather someone else did isn't that right Hinata?"

Hinata smiled while Sasuke was shocked gazing at her" what?"

"Hinata convinced the council to give you a high rank mission with the condition that she goes with you as the leader of the mission I gave permission for her to be in charge it was the only way to gained the council's approve" replied Kakashi.

'I don't believe it!' the Uchiha gazed at the Hyuga heiress who looked at him back and smiled' she went through all that trouble just to get me a high rank mission but…why?'

"Hinata I'm counting on both of you to succeed the mission."

"Yes we will do our best" replied the Hyuga heiress.

"All right onto the mission this will be a B rank delivery mission, you two are to deliver the medicine to the hidden grass village ninjas as well civilians have been infected by a rare disease. Sakura have provided with the creation of the medicine to cure the sickness. I suggest you leave immediately since they grass village really needs the medicine, be careful if you encounter any unwanted guests."

"Will anyone come to hunt me down?" asked Sasuke.

"No need to worry Sasuke I have erased your information from the bingo book since you're no longer a missing nin as well as the other hidden villages."

"We understand Kakashi-san we won't let you down" Hinata said.

"Gear up and get ready to leave at once."

"Right!"

Sasuke smiled as he gazed down at the Hyuga heiress concentrating ahead with her byakugan. To think she will do him such a favor to try and convince the council to give him a high rank missions. He didn't know why he felt so happy it was obvious he has finally had a mission worthy of his attention or maybe because someone really care about him to gone all the trouble to help him. Yet he hasn't even said a word to her what kind of person he was to not at least say thank you to Hinata for her kindness. Ignoring the feeling that his heart was beating a little fast maybe it was uneasiness or maybe he was nervous, he was going to stay quiet about this matter anymore. He calmed himself and tried to say the right words which they were thank you for helping me, he couldn't say them without facing her. He was getting nervous again and he mentally growled at his behavior around the Hyuga heiress because it wasn't right to be like this.

'What the hell is wrong with me I have never felt like this before stupid…damn get your act together and just tell her already its only Hinata for crying out loud?!'

The Uchiha took another gazed at the Hyuga heiress" Hinata…"

"Hmm?" she looked at him snapping her from her concentration on the road ahead.

"About what you did….convincing the council to give me a high rank mission I just want to say….thanks for helping me…it means a lot to me that you took your time to bother yourself with this."

Hinata smiled" I wasn't bothered at all I didn't mind talking to my father so he could arrange negotiations with the council members to make the decision so I really didn't do much."

"No you did a lot thank you I really mean it" his tone was very honest he was really grateful for her kindness.

The Hyuga heiress continued to gazed ahead only this time a small blush have crept over her cheeks she dispelled it feeling happy and her stomach was full of butterflies" no problem….S….Sa….Sasuke-kun I….I…I'm…g…glad….I was….able…t…to help…you…"

The Uchiha raised an eyebrow at her" you all right you just stuttered?" a small amused grin escaped his lips.

"Yes I'm all right I got something on my throat" she felt stupid because it was really a dumb excuse.

Sasuke kept his grin while enjoying her expression he was well aware why she stuttered. After all he wasn't dense like Naruto who thought that Hinata used to have a fever because her whole face was red whenever he got near her. And now the he looked at he realized that she looks cute when she was blushing.

Hinata didn't know why she stuttered. It was an old habit that she got rid of a couple of years ago. It was one of the symptoms when her boyfriend was near but now she didn't know why she stuttered if she was with Sasuke. There was no time to be thinking about silly things she needed to focus on the mission it was important because lives were at risk in the success of this mission. She gazed ahead with her bloodline and saw their destination was very close.

"The heaven and earth bridge is just up ahead after we cross it we'll be near the hidden grass village!"

The Uchiha nodded and he followed her as they arrived to the heaven and earth bridge that leads straight to the hidden grass village. The bridge was of course rebuild since it was destroyed when Naruto twent Kyuubi three years ago during the mission to capture Sasori's spy which it was nothing but a trap arranged by Orochimaru. They crossed the bridge newly rebuild bridge while Sasuke was in deep thought. The mission was safe for now they haven't encountered any missing nins or bandits it was after all a B rank mission.

'So far so good although I don't mind some action to spice up the mission a bit'

(Location: Yamanaka flower shop Konoha village district fire country territory)

Ino was having another day in her mother's flower shop. She wasn't so busy with missions which it was the reason she's been working lately on the shop. She actually like working in the flower shop because she has always love flowers and the job put her in a good mood. It was the job that would help her feel relax and calm just laid back and attend the customers. She stopped from current train of thought as she started thinking of her best friend who has been suffering in secrecy for the past three years. She still remembers the conversation with Sasuke about Sakura's secret love for Naruto and the truth about her relationship with the Uchiha, which it was nothing but a big act or fake relationship. She felt bad for her pink haired friend the fact that she has given up on being truly happy with the man she really loves by handing him over like a prize to the next candidate in line which it was Hinata. She even wonders how she can handle the pain of heartbreak every time she sees him or even when he's with Hinata eating or having fun. Remembering the Uchiha's words of not getting involved because it was Sakura's decision not to say a word of the truth and leave things the way they are. But it was hard for her not to try and do something about it, yet she just didn't know what to do.

'Sakura….you deserve to be happy just like anyone else…' the Yamanaka eyes softened thinking about her best friend.

Over the years Ino's rivalry with Sakura have finally ended realizing that she will always be her best friend since they were little. They were no longer going head to head to win Sasuke's affections since they have finally grown up and they were no longer immature fan girls. Things have changed so much during the past years and slowly their big rivalry that the two kunoichis had over each other slowly faded away. They have finally matured and they have move with their lives forgetting about the days when they were always fighting trying to see who will be the one to have the Uchiha's heart. Ino has a boyfriend and she was deeply in love with her teammate Chouji which she couldn't believe it but she was glad to have him. Sakura was with Sasuke but only because she wants to keep Naruto happy knowing very well that the blond cares a lot about her happiness more than anyone. Her best friend was suffering and going through a lot and there was nothing she can't do to make her see that she might have a chance. After all Naruto was with Hinata and he loves her, the same with the Hyuga heiress.

She sighed as she fixed the flowers next to the counter' why does love has to be so damn complicated?'

As she resumed her duty she saw Sakura entering the shop carrying a shopping bag' speak of the devil.'

"Hey Sakura!"

"Hey Ino" the pink haired medic nin replied back smiling at her.

"The usual right?" asked the Yamanaka talking about the flowers since Sakura always come to her to buy the flowers to picked for Tsunade.

"You bet I got the day off at the hospital but I want to take the time to change the flowers for Tsuande-sama."

"Okay then" Ino left the counter to picked the regular flowers that Sakura orders, she returned with a couple of white lilies wrapped together" here you go that'll be 50 ryou."

Sakura gave her the idea while taking the flowers before she became in deep thought. She stood there quiet holding the flowers while holding the shopping bag with her other hand while Ino was getting a little worry for her dull expression.

"What's wrong?"

The pink haired woman lowered her gaze to the ground" Ino…do you think that Tsunade-sama will ever wake up?"

The Yamanaka smiled" of course she will she's one of the legendary sanins and the fifth Hokage she's not going to give up that easily"

"Thanks I really needed that you're absolutely right."

"Of course you know Tsunade-sama can be very stubborn sometimes she has become a little like Naruto."

Sakura smiled hearing the blonds' name" yeah I think everyone has become a bit stubborn because of him that's his way of making us stronger or believe what we fight for, but anyway what would you expect from the hero of the village?"

"Exactly so don't get down about that I assure you that Tsunade-sama will wake up soon."

"Thanks Ino I really needed that" smiled Sakura.

"So anyway what's in the bag?" asked Ino curious while gazing at the shopping bag she's holding.

"Oh this it's just a book I bought no big deal."

"Can I see it?"

"Um…no it's a little personal" replied the pink haired medic getting nervous it only fed the Yamanaka's curiosity even more.

Ino grinned" don't tell me you bought an adult book?"

"No it's nothing like that I swear!" replied Sakura her whole face blushing.

Suddenly Ino snatched the shopping bag from Sakura while she got upset trying to get snatch it back from the platinum blond" Ino give me back that book!"

"Relax Sakura I'm just curious to know what you bought that would make your face flushed with embarrassment."

"It's none of your business Ino pig!" shouted the upset Sakura.

"Don't get cranky forehead I just want to see what you bought…." the Yamanaka blinked seeing the book it was title how to cook unique ramen, the title of the book only made her grin evily while gazing at the pink haired medic nin" what's this Sakura don't tell me you're thinking in cooking ramen for Naruto?"

Sakura blushed" no it's not for him it's for Sasuke-kun!"

"Oh please Sakura don't waste your time lying to me because we both know that Sasuke isn't a ramen maniac and besides judging from the title of the book I say you're trying to cook the best ramen for Naruto isn't that right?" Ino's grin never left her face.

The pink haired woman turned her back to the Yamanaka so she didn't saw her whole face blushing from the embarrassment" so what if it's for Naruto-kun I invite him to my apartment every now and then to have a bowl of ramen I'm just doing him a favor as a friend nothing more just don't get any ideas okay?"

"If you say so" Ino replied not sounding amuse or if she was teasing it was more like her tone was filled with some sorrow before handing her back the book.

Sakura took the book back but she obviously noticed her tone and got a little worry" what's wrong Ino?"

"It's nothing I have to take care of something on the back see you later" she left the counter while feeling sorry for her best friend' Sakura how long are you planning to suffer?'

'What was that all about?' thought the confused Sakura.

Just before she was about to leave the flower shop Sai entered the shop wearing regular clothes. The former ROOTS went to the flower shop for the same reason as Sakura. He has also being leaving flowers for Tsunade every once in a while.

"Oh hi Sai!" Sakura smiled seeing her friend and teammate.

"Hello Sakura I came to buy flowers for Tsunade-sama" replied the former ROOTS with a smile.

"Well Ino is in the back so you will have to wait a little until she gets back."

"I see I don't mind waiting because there's something I would like to talk to you Sakura."

"What is it?"

"It's about Sasuke-kun" Sai said while Sakura blinked not knowing why he wanted to talk to her about her boyfriend" have you noticed that he has been spending a lot of time with Hinata?"

"What?" Sakura was bewildered by the question" what are you talking about Sai?"

"I know it's not my place to say but I have seen them walking together some of the villagers have also seen them together for a couple of days now."

Sakura was too shocked to believe what Sai just told her. No words could come out of her mouth because of her shock and she wasn't the only one. On the back of the shop Ino was moving some of the flowers from the new shipping until she almost strip when she heard Sai talk about the Uchiha and the Hyuga heiress. Her eyes went wide like dinner plates as she shut her mouth from gasping she didn't wanted them to know that she was overhearing the conversation. She couldn't believe what she just heard of course she will think that there was something else going on between the two ninjas more than just friendship.

'No way…..Sasuke and Hinata that's impossible!'

"Sai could you please repeat that again?" Sakura was still too shocked to believe what she just heard or maybe she thought like she was losing her sanity.

"It's like I said lately Sasuke-kun has been spending time with Hinata they act like they were good friends I have never seen such good friends like they way they act around each other. Perhaps people are starting to gain respect and trust for Sasuke-kun."

"I see…" she finally eased herself letting the information sink in understanding that she wasn't hallucinating right now.

"I can tell that both of them are very happy around the other they are true friends like they have created a strong bond between them."

Sakura smiled of course she was happy that the Uchiha was spending time with his friends and he was starting to earn some respect after receiving three years of punishment for his treachery. She felt like the rest of the former rookie could finally forgive him and let him in as their friend. To finally change their minds of Sasuke to see him as a comrade and not as a traitor was enough to make her happy. But other thoughts entered her head thinking the impossible what if there was something going on between them more than just friendship. Of course she knew Hinata love Naruto very much and she will never hurt his feelings but what if there was something going on. Did her boyfriend have something in mind being with the Hyuga heiress, but there was one thing that was making her feel scare and worried. If her worst fears were true then someone was really going to get hurt someone very close to her and who secretly loves with all of her heart and soul.

'Naruto-kun….it can't be Sasuke-kun would never do anything like that but they did went on a mission together' she was really in deep thought only thinking about the blond jounin.

Sai noticed his friend's far off expression like she wasn't paying attention to him" Sakura are you all right?"

"Huh yeah I'm fine I was just thinking that I have a busy day today" she gave a fake smile.

"Are you sure because there's no need for you to give me a fake smile?" Sai was concerned seeing through her smile after all he was once a master when it came to give fake smiles.

"Hey how can I help you Sai?!" Ino said arriving at the counter obviously pretending like she didn't heard a thing about their conversation.

"Yes Ino I would like some dandelions."

"Dandelions sure coming right up!" the Yamanaka left the counter while Sakura was still in deep thought.

"Well I better go Sai I'll see you later bye Ino!" Sakura left the shop feeling uneasy.

Ino returned to the counter with Sai's flowers" that will be fifty ryou Sai."

Sai gave her the money while Ino was gazing at the exit of the shop thinking about her best friend' what happened to Sakura she looked uncomfortable I hope it isn't about the Sasuke and Hinata thing of course she's not jealous.'

"Thank you Ino" Sai said taking the flowers.

"No problem hey do you know what happened to Sakura she looked a little uneasy?" Ino was obviously pretending like she didn't heard nothing while she was on the back room of the shop.

"I don't know but perhaps she's not feeling comfortable about what I told her. I have seen Sasuke-kun and Hinata spending time together like they were really good friends I didn't thought she will get the uncomfortable with the news though."

The Yamanaka nodded understanding what was going now. She saw as Sai bowed before leaving the shop and leaving the platinum blond with her thoughts about the whole situation that was just mentioned to her. It was obvious what was wrong with her best friend what could make her feel so uneasy and uncomfortable and possibly scare.

'There's no way there could be something going on between Sasuke and Hinata everyone knows she's crazy for Naruto and Sakura is obviously not jealous about Sasuke. You can't fool me Sakura you're feeling scare that Naruto might get hurt if there is such an affair always worrying about Naruto's happiness.'

(Time skip)

(Location: restaurant hidden grass village eastern district grass country territory)

Sasuke and Hinata were enjoying a tasty meal in one of the local restaurants in the grass village. They arrived to their destination a couple of hours ago and they visited the hospital where they delivered the box full of medicines to cure the disease the village was suffering from. The medic nins from the village didn't wasted time as they immediately used the vaccine on the sick people and they eagerly awaited for the results. As expected from the best medic nin in Konoha Sakura's vaccine prove very effective as the infected were cured as soon as they were injected by the vaccine shot. The villagers were happy as well as the ninja population and the families from the infected they couldn't be any happier. The rightful ruler kage of the village gave his most humble thanks to them before he decided to kindly pay for their meal. It was the least he could do for their job well done and they humbly accept his offer enjoying the free meal. Sasuke was enjoying some fried rice with dumplings dip in onion sauce while Hinata was eating some dango with green tea.

However things have become a little uncomfortable for them since they arrived at the restaurant. The people from the restaurant as well as the people that were passing by were giving them uneasy looks while others were giving them not so trusting looks. Obviously the stores weren't directed at Hinata but rather her friend who was ignoring all of the gazes continuing to enjoy his meal. He knew very well that they must have heard about him former missing nin and apprentice to the sanin Orochimaru. The same person that killed him and killed his older brother missing nin from Konoha Uchiha Itachi. Also the same person who attempted to captured the Raikage's younger brother and jinchurikki of the eight tails risking a war between hidden cloud and hidden leaf. It was obvious that the people in the hidden grass village were feeling hostile towards which it was to be expected from someone who was a traitor who blindly following the path of revenge. He resumed eating his food calmly while thinking that things got get bad since they were in another village, he was only worrying about Hinata that she could get caught in the possible conflict.

'I doubt that they will pick a fight if they do they will only be risking a war with Konoha which it will be bad for them, besides we delivered the medicine on time were in their debt. They won't be foolish enough to attack me after I delivered the cure for their sickness.'

Hinata who by now was worried by the glances they were receiving was feeling very uncomfortable right now. She was expecting that the village will be lively like Konoha but right now they weren't being lively. They were gazing at them like a pack of wolves eyeing their prey, one wrong move and they will attack. She wasn't foolish to start a conflict with any civilians or ninjas for the matter it will only risk a war with the grass village. Causing a war was the last thing on the Hyuga heiress's mind she just kept calm and resumed her eating which she was almost done. She gazed at Sasuke and he was almost done with his food while keeping his eyes on the people around them looks like he was well aware of the hostility reflected in their eyes. Ignoring their gazes was the only thing to do but she knew that their looks were directly towards the Uchiha.

"The food is not bad" Sasuke said.

"Sasuke-kun…" Hinata's voice was full of concern because of the stares from the people in the restaurant as well as outside of the place.

"I know looks like my reputation has them very happy" the Uchiha's comments was obviously full of sarcasm.

"This doesn't look good."

"Relax they won't try anything foolish after we saved them from that sickness thanks to the medicine we delivered let's just ignore them and remain calm, no point in freaking out."

The Hyuga heiress nodded as she was finally done with her meal she was ready to leave from the restaurant not wanting to stay any longer. Sasuke followed he finished his meal he then went to the counter to order something else. Hinata was confused by his action until she saw him buying a cinnamon roll making her blink not knowing what to say. He has actually bought a cinnamon roll for her, the thought only made her blush a little. Sasuke returned to her holding a bag with the cinnamon roll before handing it to her.

"Why did you buy it?" Hinata smiled at the kind act.

"I guess since they have cinnamon rolls here might as well buy one" he replied coolly.

"Thank you Sasuke-kun although you said that I will look like a balloon if I keep eating them" she gazed at him with a small smirk.

"You're always training hard you eventually burn all the fat so it's okay to eat sweets."

"That's what I told you before" she replied with a sweat dropped.

"Come on we better get going before they keep staring" he said in a low tone so that she will only heard him.

They left the table leaving the restaurant obviously ignorant the looks from the villagers as well some grass ninjas. They walked through the streets without making any eye contact with anyone just gazing at the road ahead. Sasuke looked at the sky it was still half of noon they still have plenty of time before it gets dark meaning that they didn't have to stay in the village for the night. And with the way things were going in the grass village there was no way he was staying in a inn, before he realize he could be killed in his sleep. He was a target in the village although his information wasn't in their data books except in the five main hidden villages. It wasn't no trouble now since Kakashi gave the order to erased his information from all data books since he was no longer a missing nin. But it didn't meant that he had to watch out for any hunter nins or enemy ninjas that are after him especially from Kumo.

"Sasuke-kun I think it will be best if we leave the village before sun down" Hinata said in a whisper.

"I know I'm not taking any risks staying here were done with the mission so let's head back to Konoha."

Hinata nodded and they took the path to the village gates. Luckily for them they weren't far from the gates from the entrance to the grass village. As they passed through the villagers they were still giving long glances at Sasuke while others were keeping their eyes on him all of them were suspicious of the Uchiha's presence in their village. They felt quite relief when they saw the village gates straight ahead they walked towards the gate when they stopped. A cloud of smoke appeared revealing two grass chunins, both of them locked eyes with Sasuke. The Uchiha have to groan mentally things are never easy with him he was expecting to leave the village just like that. Hinata kept calm while she got a little closer to Sasuke next to him and he didn't mind he couldn't blame her if she was feeling a little nervous.

"Yes can we help you?" asked Sasuke.

One of the grass chunins gazed at him from head to toe" ninjas from Konoha our leader is grateful for your big help delivering the medicine were in our debt."

"It was our mission so there's no need to thank us we were just doing what we told" Hinata replied.

The second grass chunin gazed at Sasuke" you wouldn't happen to be Uchiha Sasuke?"

"And if I am?" asked the Uchiha.

"We have heard all about you. You're not quite the loyal ninja aren't you?"

"I am now our mission is over so were heading back to Konoha if that's okay with you?" Sasuke kept his eye son both chunins while Hinata was expecting anything to happens a fight most likely to break through.

The two grass chunins looked at each other before gazing at the two somehow letting them go wasn't in their minds Sasuke could tell and he didn't needed his sharingan to read their minds to find out.

"You made a wise choice in leaving."

"Have a nice journey back to Konoha" the other chunin replied.

They nodded before they were off leaving the village until they were out of sight. The two grass chunins who were assigned to guard the main village gate weren't comfortable to let the Uchiha go. They have heard so much about him being a very dangerous missing nin and all of the sudden he's back being a ninja of Konoha. After all they didn't know much about Sasuke's punishment sentence so anyone would feel hostile or scared just by seeing him. They finally erased their thoughts since the Uchiha was already gone from their village they resumed their guard duty.

(Apartment complex middle district Konoha fire country territory)

Naruto arrived at Sakura's doorstep in her apartment. He was feeling very happy because Sakura has invited him to have some ramen at her place which he said yes in a heartbeat. For various reasons first he didn't had to pay by going to Ichiraku's and second spending time with the pink haired medic was way better than eating dozens of bowls of ramen from Ichiraku's. And after a hard training session with Konohamaru his appetite has awaken. His stomach growled loudly like a raging beast worst than the growls of the Kyuubi so he was pretty hungry. He kindly knocked on the door wanting to taste Sakura's ramen and to talk to have a conversation with her it was never enough to spend time with his favorite cherry blossom. Although he wasn't thinking of his girlfriend Hinata who left on a mission with Sasuke he knew she was going to be all right she could take care of herself. Besides Sasuke was with her and he trusted his best friend more than anyone he will watched over her back when it was necessary.

He chuckled' hehe…ramen and Sakura-chan my two favorites things in the whole world'

The door finally opened revealing Sakura. Naruto had to suppress the blush that was going to strike his face at what she was wearing. The pink haired woman was wearing a simple white t shirt with the words "girl power" written in kanji and colored in red letters. She was also wearing a pair of blue shorts that made notice of her nicely formed womanly figure and nice legs. The blond jounin didn't just have suppressed his blushing but the incoming nose bleed as well. Sakura's shorts were lower on her knees making her look very sexy in front of the blonds' eyes. He prayed to Kami not to get any perverted fantasies or nose bleed that will make him look like a stupid pervert in front of the gorgeous kunoichi in front of him.

'Sakura-chan why....why do you enjoy torturing me it's like you enjoy it?' Naruto thought watching her sexy clothing.

Sakura smiled seeing the blond jounin and secret object of her affections and erotic fantasies wearing his jounin attire. No mattered how many times she has seen him wearing his attire she will always think that Naruto in his jounin uniform make him look very sexy and a hot juicy piece of human meat.

"Mmm yeah baby….hot stuff coming in!" inner Sakura licked her lips as the sexual hunger hit her badly while the real Sakura have to agreed with her more dirtier and perverted side.

"Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto said in his cheery mood.

"Hey Naruto-kun the ramen is almost done please come on in" Sakura kindly let him inside her apartment.

He smiled walking through the halls of the apartment until reaching the dining room. Although he didn't know a thing about internal house decorating he could tell that Sakura had a good taste when it comes to decorating. The dining room was a long counter with six available seats while it had a perfect view of the kitchen. You could see the person cooking with no problem it was the kind of design that the restaurants in Konoha had like the same design from Ichiraku's. The blond happily got seated in one of the seats which it was the one that had the best view on the kitchen from the rest. He saw Sakura putting her pink apron with the leaf symbol of Konoha on the front ready to finish making the ramen.

"The water is already boiling it will take a couple of minutes before the ramen is ready I hope you don't mind the waiting?"

"Not at all Sakura-chan I don't have anything plan for today Kakashi sensei hasn't given me a mission since the one I had with Ebisu's team."

She nodded as she concentrated on the ramen while in secrecy she was gazing at the open book she bought. It was a good book to perfect the making of ramen giving it the ultimate taste making the most tasty and delicious dish ever eaten. She hoped that Naruto didn't saw her reading the book although the tall blond wasn't paying attention to her for the moment because he was gazing somewhere else. Naruto was looking at the wall next to the kitchen they were a couple of pictures that brought him lots of memories.

The first picture hanging on the right was the team seven's picture when they first became genins. The second picture was when they became team Kakashi minus Sasuke because he left Konoha by the time the picture was taken. The third picture was of the new team Kakashi with Yamato as the team captain and Sasuke's replacement Sai, of course back then Sai was the emotionless asshole he used to be before he changed thanks to Naruto's gift. The fourth picture made him smile even more while blushing, he and Sakura were wearing yukatas it was taken three years ago when they went together to the annual Konoha festival. Naruto was wearing a clear blue male yukata while Sakura was wearing a beautiful dark blue yukata with cherry blossoms petals all over it. That was probably the best moment in his entire life it felt like a date with his favorite cherry blossom. Of course Sakura denied because he told her that it was lonely to go alone to the festival. They ended up watching the fireworks together making it a very romantic moment he blushed when Sakura told him that they hoped to watched the fireworks again next year together.

"That's my favorite picture right there" Naruto thought out loud catching Sakura's attention.

She gazed away from her pot that was making the ramen while seeing that he was pointing to the festival picture when they went together. She smiled seeing the picture to think she actually went on a date with him but she denied giving him the excuse he gave her of not wanting to be lonely on the festival. She had so much on that day although she ended up emptying Naruto's wallet from all the things she bought.

Her smile never left her face gazing at the picture" that's my favorite picture too I really had a lot of fun on that day with you even if I drained all the money from you" she giggled a little while she lowered her gaze so he didn't saw her blush.

The blond jounin only scratched the back of his head in embarrassment while he was blushing slightly. Sakura resumed with giving the final touches to the ramen while Naruto gazed at the last picture hanging on the wall. It was when they went with their respective couples to next year's Konoha festival. The four took the picture smiling happily. Naruto was wearing an orange yukata while Hinata was wearing a navy blue yukata matching her long hair, Sasuke was wearing a grey yukata and Sakura was wearing a pink yukata. He smiled that day was nice he really had a lot of fun but there was something different about it. Perhaps because he wasn't alone with Sakura like in the last picture. How he wished he would go together again with the pink haired medic nin if it wasn't for the fact that he has a girlfriend and Sakura had a boyfriend. Yet he didn't know how many times he had wished things would have become different for him and Sakura. Suddenly his eyes fell back to the kitchen especially towards the pink haired woman. Something caught his eye and blushed as he was no staring at Sakura's nice wide and firm ass. The blue shorts she was wearing showed how well developed was her backside it was truly a bootylicious sight.

'I would love to spank that' Naruto's perverted side said causing him to grin like his diseased perverted teacher.

Sakura finally finished with the ramen she was now pouring the pot on a big crystal bowl ready to hand it to Naruto. She was smiling widely while being nervous at the same time this was the first time she has made ramen following the instructions of the book she bought. She was only praying that the ramen was out of this world in taste as a good thing that is. She suddenly heard a chuckle coming from inside of her and she knew very well who she was. She was annoyed to find out that she was still residing within herself and she couldn't be any more upset with the news.

"You're pitiful you know that."

'I'm not listening to you.'

"Just look at you, you have been sweating bullets working your ass off to make that ramen taste like the food of the gods just to make Naruto happy. If you really want to make him happy kiss him take off his clothes and have your way with him trust me he will be the happiest guy in the world."

'I can't hear you!'

"Don't ignore me you're dying to fuck him senseless like there's no tomorrow I am after all the essence that feels your inner desires and most erotic sexual fantasies. How about if I tell you one of your perverted fantasies?" inner Sakura was grinning evilly.

Sakura has completely shut off her communication with her inner self ignoring anything that she will tell her. She grabbed the big bowl of ramen handing it to the eager Naruto who looked very hungry holding his chopsticks in anticipation. The blond took a sniffed at hot ramen before licking his lips because it smells very good.

"Here you go and sorry for making you wait!" she smiled at him.

"Wow Sakura-chan this smells great!" shouted the overjoyed Naruto.

"Dig in hope you like it" she was still smiling warmly at him while crossing her fingers in desperation' please Kami let it taste delicious let Naruto love it.'

"And I'm telling you to fuck his brains out already what else would make Naruto happy then to have hardcore sex with this sexy cherry blossom bombshell?!"

Once again Sakura ignored her inner's perverted comment as she saw Naruto taking the first bite of her made ramen using the books instructions. She saw the blonds' eyes widened from shock like he was in a trance and she knew what this meant, the sight was going to make her cry.

'No…he doesn't like it he hates it why I tried so hard to make that ramen good?!'

"Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto gazing at her with a shock expression while she felt like she couldn't look at him straight into his eyes" this ramen…….is the most delicious ramen I have ever tasted!"

"What?!" Sakura was shocked at his comment.

"Yeah this ramen is amazing I have never tasted anything like its way better than Ichiraku's and that's speaking a lot from me you're truly the best cook ever Sakura-chan!" he gave her a big smile.

Sakura was blushing from the compliment while she started fidgeting which it was usually one of bad habits from Hinata whenever she was being nervous around Naruto.

"Huh Sakura-chan are you okay?" Naruto was worried seeing her fidgeting.

"Um….yeah I'm fine I'm glad that you like it Naruto-kun" she stopped her fidgeting quickly she didn't wanted to embarrass herself in front of the blond jounin.

'Hell yeah I rule he likes it a lot!' she shouted mentally in victory.

"Big whoop I still suggest hardcore kinky sex over one silly bowl of ramen" inner Sakura snorted.

"Hey Sakura-chan?" Naruto took another bite of the delicious ramen" I've been wondering if you're busy today?"

"Busy no…I'm not I have the day off today why do you ask?" Sakura was gazing still smiling because of her victory for making the best ramen ever, she made a mental note that it was the book she bought that help her with her achievement.

"Well I'm not busy today so I've been wondering if you want to have a sparring session with me, it's been a while since we have had a one on one fight so what do you say Sakura-chan?"

The pink haired woman smirked at him" you're challenging me to a fight Uzumaki Naruto you think you can take me on?" her tone was full of amusement.

"Of course I can I'm the hero of the village!" he gave his fox grin.

"Really?" the pink haired medic raised an eyebrow amused at his answer" you may have become very strong, hero of the village and you may be the son of the fourth Hokage but to me you're still the same loudmouth unpredictable knuckle head ninja."

Now naturally Naruto will feel a little hurt by Sakura's comment but he wasn't. He felt happy it proves that Sakura likes him not just how popular and strong he has become but simply for who he is. She likes him for just being simple Uzumaki Naruto not Namikaze Naruto. It wasn't for his looks or his heritage that she likes him it was just his personality to Haruno Sakura what only matter about Naruto is on the inside not outside.

"So what do you say Sakura-chan for old time sakes?" asked Naruto smiling at her.

Sakura only giggle" sure thing you're on I accept your challenge, but don't say I didn't warn you."

"Thanks Sakura-chan" Naruto took another bite from the delicious ramen.

"You don't mind if you wait for me to change so we could go to the training field together" she tried not to blush when she mentioned the word together.

"Not at all I'm enjoying this ramen a lot of course I'll wait for you!"

"Great I'll be right back" she left while suppressing to giggle because she felt like she was going on a date with her blond friend.

Naruto watched her leave until she entered her room his eyes never left her nice ass' damn Sakura-chan looks so hot and sexy on those shorts.'

"You're very happy for just going to spar with Naruto" inner Sakura said with a grin.

'Quiet you can't you just shut up for once?!'

"Nope I like annoying you a lot it's so much to watch you torture yourself being with him while you secretly want to rape his ass off."

'Whatever now leave me alone.'

She reached her room and started changing into her jounin battle attire. As she was changing she couldn't help but giggle sparring with Naruto. It was true it's been a while since they have fought against one another so hearing that she was going to have another fight with him made her happy. On the back of her mind she thought she was having a date with him after all spending time with the blond jounin was the best thing that could ever happen to her in life.

(Location: near the heaven and earth bridge grass country territory)

After they left the hidden grass village Sasuke and Hinata became quiet all of the sudden. They were talking quite often while they were on the village before they noticed the looks the people were giving at the Uchiha. Hinata wasn't dumb she knew that there was something bothering him and she had a pretty good guess that it's about the villagers' expressions towards him. She couldn't blame him Sasuke has been trying so hard to change his old ways when the only thing that matters to him was revenge. A chance to redeem himself for everything he did searching for his new life instead of following the path of hatred and power. It seems that no matter how hard he tries he couldn't erased all the damaged he did to his name, he may have returned as a Konoha ninja but to the eyes from the rest of the world he was just a dangerous missing nin not to be trusted. Hinata saw his thoughtful expression she wanted to say something that will cheer him up or make him feel better but apparently she didn't know what to do or say.

"I'm sorry…" it was the only thing that came into her mind.

"What?" Sasuke gazed back at her confuse" why are you apologizing for?"

"It wasn't fair the way they were looking at you at the grass village."

"That's it don't feel sorry for them I have gotten used to the hatred and distrust its normal for me?" he turned his gaze back to the road ahead.

"It must hurt you a lot every time they looked at you with so much hostility and hatred" he pale eyes softened while giving the Uchiha a quick glance.

Sasuke stopped walking while lowering his gaze to the ground thinking for a moment knowing that she was right. Hinata followed him before getting next to him perhaps she said the wrong thing and he was upset with her.

"You're right" he spoke calmly" I guess after all this time it still hurts but it doesn't matter I have friends who don't see me like that back at Konoha slowly they are those who are accepting back as a comrade, so I don't complain."

The Hyuga heiress nodded with a smile as they resumed their walking. Just before reaching the heaven and earth bridge to cross the border Hinata activated her byakugan to search for any hidden enemies. She saw two figures crossing their bridge at the same time they reached the bridge.

"Sasuke-kun…"

"Company?" asked the Uchiha gazing at the bridge ahead.

They saw two ninjas wearing the headband of the hidden stone village. They seem young like in their late twenties Sasuke caught of their uniforms seeing a vest resembling the jounin vest from Konoha but it was colored yellow. The one thing that caught his attention was that they were giving the same look from the villagers from the grass village. It was clearly that he could tell that they weren't friendly and the possibility that a fight was going to break out was very high. They walked to the bridge until they were facing the two stone ninjas.

Hinata was still looking at them with her byakugan" their chakra levels are high."

"They seem to be jounin level let's be careful" replied Sasuke.

The Hyuga heiress nodded gazing at the two stone jounins who were only looking at Sasuke it seems their mission might have some fighting after all.

"Well well what do we have here?" one of the stone jounins said" aren't we lucky to be patrolling grass country and we meet up with the one and only Uchiha Sasuke you have quite a prize on your head."

"What?!" Sasuke was shocked.

"What are you talking about Sasuke-kun is no longer a missing nin he's a Konoha ninja?" asked Hinata.

"Really?" the second stone jounin said while taking a black book from his jounin vest which it was obviously a bingo book he opened it as he was looking at one of the pages" then why is he in my bingo book he's right here? Uchiha Sasuke from the Uchiha clan S rank missing nin apprentice of the former diseased sanin Orochimaru, threat level high kill on sight if spotted village of origin hidden leaf village well you get the idea" the jounin was grinning.

Hinata was shocked while gazing at Sasuke who was more shocked than her not believing what he just heard. He felt betrayed and disappointed although he didn't want to believe the stone jounins that his information was really in the assassination book.

'It can't be….it's not possible Kakashi told me that he gave the order to erased my profile from the bingo books from Konoha as well as the other hidden villages so why?'

Hinata still didn't believe them she took a step in front of the Uchiha as a way to defend him" there must be some kind of mistake Sasuke-kun is no longer a missing nin are you sure you're not making this up?"

"Bingo books never lie his information is right here and why would we lie?" the same stone jounin said while putting his bingo book away back to his vest pocket" with that kind of bounty we can live the rest of our lives quite nice and relax we might not have to do missions for a while."

"But…that can't be true…."

"That's enough Hinata looks like we have no choice but to fight them" Sasuke reached Kusanagi while activating his sharingan.

One of the stone jounins charged at Sasuke forming hand seals" earth release rock fist!"

The jounin's left hand turned to rock ready to punched him but Sasuke was quicker and kicked his chin followed by a punch to his face sending him to the ground in no time. The other jounin released a barrage of shurikens which Hinata reflect them with her great heavenly spin. The same jounin charged at Hinata but Sasuke kicked him then an uppercut. He gasped seeing that Hinata was only keeping her attention on him and his opponent but he forgot about the other jounin which he attacked first. He took a kunai which Sasuke was shocked seeing that he was lunging at the Hyuga heiress.

"Hinata look out!!"

Hinata gasped as she turned around and stood still. The jounin stabbed her abdomen while she quickly hit him with a powerful palm thrust sending him all the way to the forest. The knocked jounin decided to finish the job and charged at Hinata with the same jutsu turning his fist into rock. But Sasuke was in front of him and took the opportunity to steal his bingo book from his pocket. He grabbed the stone jounin by his collar while pointing Kusanagi to his throat.

"Before I kill you I have to ask you something." his sharingan was flaring from anger.

The jounin chuckle" I don't think you have the time you should worry about your friend instead."

Sasuke's eyes widened hearing that how could he has forgotten Hinata she was injured by the kunai of the other stone jounin. Hinata was bleeding while she was at the border of the bridge ready to fall off. His worst fear came true as the Hyuga heiress couldn't keep her balance due to her injury and she fell from the bridge.

"Hinata!!!" shouted the desperate Sasuke as she ran after her.

Without thinking about it he jumped off from the bridge following her as they both fell heading into the deep river down below. The stone jounin looked below while he saw the second jounin that was send flying by Hinata walking towards him. He couldn't believe his eyes but he was grinning although they don't have Sasuke's body it was enough for them to confirm the Uchiha's death.

"Heh the job is done….either they will drown when hit the river or they'll die when they fall from the waterfall at the border of the country."

Sasuke has hit the cold water from the river as he started swimming rapidly trying to get to Hinata's fallen body. The current was strong and violent but it didn't stop the Uchiha from rescuing her, he even gathered chakra in his whole body to have better control in swimming. He finally grabbed Hinata while he was trying to reach the surface ignoring the powerful currents. Reaching the surface to catch his breath he noticed that he was now around the forest he was probably far from the sight of the heaven and earth bridge courtesy of the strong currents. Still focusing chakra on his entire body he swam as fast as he could trying to beat the current so he could reach the border while holding Hinata with his hand tightly held around her shoulder. After seem like hours Sasuke finally reached the border before reaching the waterfall ahead.

He saw her unconscious while checking her pulse he was shocked not sensing her pulse or her heartbeat for the matter. He acted fast as he started opening her jounin vest followed by opening her jacket revealing her fish net shirt. He blushed slightly seeing her very noticeable breasts but he shrugged it off it wasn't the time to think about any of those things. He opened her mouth before giving her mouth to mouth and performing CPR on the Hyuga heiress. The Uchiha was getting a little inpatient he couldn't afford to lose Hinata, he knew if she dies he will most likely be executed by the Hokage since the council didn't trusted him at all. But right now the only thing he in his mind was Hinata's safety she needed to live he wants her to live. For once he didn't care if he was killed for being a traitor or even treated like a complete outcast he just wanted to see the Hyuga heiress all right. He knew it was his fault she got hurt because of him the stone ninjas were after not Hinata she only got involved in the assault and got harmed.

Sasuke continued his therapy on the Hyuga heiress but she was still not waking up' come on Hinata…please breathe don't give up!'

He felt relief when Hinata started coughing the water she swallowed when she felt into the river. He turned her over so that she coughed all of the water. Once she was done he needed to heal the wound on her abdomen. Hinata was still unconscious so he lifted fish net shirt to see the wound that was caused by the stone jounins kunai. He quickly took some ointment that Sakura has given him from his kunai pouch along with some bandages. He took some of the ointment and spread it gently around her wound making the Hyuga heiress flinched a little because of the small burn she was feeling. Once the necessary amount of ointment was placed she started wrapping the bandages around the wound. Sakura has given him some advice when it comes to bandaging wounds, he needed to make sure to tie it too tightly or the wound might reopen. The pink haired medic nin wasn't the only one who gave him advice but Kabuto as well back when he was Orochimaru's apprentice.

He was glad to see Hinata's breathing has steady he gave a smile' looks like she'll be fine.'

Hinata was wearing her princess gown watching the rest of the mask people dance. She smiled when she spotted the mask stranger gazing at her with a smile. She went to him and the kind gentlemen offered his hand. She took it before he led her to the balcony of the ballroom. She was in awe watching the beautiful scenery the full moon was big shining followed by a night sky filled with stars. She has never seen such beautiful night sky before while the mask stranger was holding her hand gently feeling his warm touch pleased her. She blushed at the way he was looking at her with so much affection in his eyes like he was about to kiss her. He caressed her cheek causing her blush to worsen while feeling her heart ready to burst from her chest from beating so fast.

"Hinata…." he said sweetly.

"Hinata!"

"Hinata you okay?"

"Come on wake up..."

The Hyuga heiress slowly opened her pales and the first thing she saw was Sasuke's face looking concern. She slowly got up while the Uchiha was looking at her still looking worried but relief that she was all right.

"What happened?"

"You fell from the heaven and earth bridge and I jumped down to save you" replied Sasuke.

"What?!" she was shocked gazing at him" I…remember falling from the bridge but you….Sasuke-kun that's crazy."

"Well sometimes crazy works you would have gotten killed if I didn't saved you on time."

Hinata slowly gazed at herself before she realized that her jacket was opened and she was showing Sasuke her fish net shirt. She completely blushed looking at the Uchiha she got the idea what he was up to and completely backed away from him in fear.

'No don't tell me….did he…'

"It's not what you think I healed your wound you should be fine now" Sasuke's replied was quick so she didn't get the idea that he might have taken advantage of her.

Hinata felt better she remembered she was stabbed by a kunai from one of the stone ninjas. She finally noticed her wound in her abdomen which was wrapped in bandages she smiled thinking that the Uchiha saved her life. She closed her jacket along with her jounin vest feeling like she needed to apologize for thinking that he was going to rape her.

"Thank you for saving me Sasuke-kun I'm sorry that I doubted or didn't trust you I…"

"Its okay don't worry we should get going and find some shelter it will be dark soon."

"The stone ninjas?" asked the Hyuga heiress.

"They could be looking for us it gives us another reason not to stay here come on."

She nodded as she got up following the Uchiha through the forest, she realized something was missing" Sasuke-kun what happened to our gear?"

"We lost them when we were at the river. The current was too strong and I couldn't save both of our packs without letting you go."

"I see thank you for saving me again Sasuke-kun."

"It's all right…"

(Location: training field number seven Konoha fire country territory)

Naruto were now ready to begin their friendly sparring match. Naruto gazed at her the pink haired medic has changed into her jounin attire. Sakura was wearing a jounin vest with her red shirt however this shirt had long sleeves and she stopped wearing her pink elbow pads, she was wearing a pink medic skirt however it had more pockets. Her black spandex shorts have become a little longer reaching below her knees and she was still wearing her black boot style sandals. The blond jounin made some quick pushups and warm up exercises before the main event. However he did noticed that Sakura was very happy he has never seen her smiling widely before perhaps she was really looking forward to this match with him.

Sakura has never felt so happy before for two things. First she was spending time with her blond friend and secret object of her deep affections and two she was still thinking that the sparring match was like having a date with him. While inner Sakura was still mocking her to get into his pants already she was giggling mentally happy to be here with him. She knew it has been a while since their last fight and she was going to remind him how tough and strong this cherry blossom has become. She put on her black leather gloves ready for some action while smiling at him.

"Are you ready Naruto-kun?"

"I'm always ready Sakura-chan!"

Sakura got into a fighting stance" just to make things fair how about if we used taijutsu only?"

"Only taijutsu eh okay that's fine with me you're still going down Sakura-chan" Naruto replied with a smirk.

"Don't bet on it!" shouted the pink haired jounin as she charged at him with tremendous speed.

Naruto dodged her chakra charged fist countering with a left hook but she blocked it launching a chakra charged kick at him. The blond jounin dodged the kick while jumping away from her, he quickly charged at her giving a barrage of punches and kicks. The pink haired kunoichi was quick as she dodged them before she managed to catch his fist and threw him sending him a few feet away. Naruto landed on his feet dodging Sakura's own barrage although he got a little freaked out because she was charging chakra on her attacks. Meaning if he gets hit by one attack it will be lights out for good. He managed to land a blow on Sakura but he didn't use too much force on the attack hurting the pink haired medic was the last thing on his mind. However Sakura noticed and she wasn't happy with his actions expecting to go all out with him even if it was just a friendly sparring match between two teammates and best friends.

"Naruto you're not taking me seriously don't hold back!"

"Come on Sakura-chan were not having a fight to the death it's just a friendly fight nothing to be serious about" replied the blond.

The pink haired kunoichi frowned at his answer" after all these years you still think I'm that same weakling little girl isn't that right?"

"What of course not I don't think that Sakura-chan I know you have become very strong, hell you're monstrous strength have become even more monstrous than ever!" he gasped shutting his mouth he knew he has made a big mistake.

Sakura got pissed while a couple of veins popped on her forehead" what?!"

"I mean your super strength no…I mean your insane strength oh crap no that's not what I meant!" Naruto was freaking out looking like he was about to crap his pants seeing how pissed the pink haired woman looked.

"Ah Naruto you know very well how much I hate when you say that about my strength I'm going to kill you!" shouted the pissed off Sakura.

'Oh shit I am so dead now!'

Sakura charged her fist punching the ground causing a powerful earthquake and the ground of the training field to split in half due to her inhuman strength. Naruto gulped in fear he was really in for it now knowing that he has angered the pink haired medic nin a lot because of her super strength comment. Suddenly he gasped in terror seeing Sakura flying straight at him launching a powerful kick at him. He dodged it while Sakura hit the ground causing a large crater. The blond jounin composed himself unleashing a barrage of attacks. Sakura was quick as she dodged them while blocking some of them, Naruto managed to land an uppercut on the pink haired medic jounin while using a kick on her face sending her to the straight to the demolished ground. He was worried hoping he didn't hit her too hard. He got his answer when Sakura erupted looking more pissed than ever charging at her with every part of her body flaring with her chakra. Now normally Naruto with his courage and never ending determination will face his opponent head on but in this case that wasn't the case.

'I don't want to die!!!' thought the freaked out Naruto as he started running for his life.

While running Sakura has surprisingly tackle him to the ground ready to beat the living shit out of him. She faced him while launching a fist which the tall blond caught but she managed to lay a punch on his face with her free hand. Naruto flinched in pain but he noticed that it didn't hurt at all looks like she was holding back on him more like she was playing with him rather than sparring with him. None of them didn't realize that Sakura was on top of Naruto in a very sexual position Sakura continued her deadly barrage on the blond while he was blocking her attacks. Naruto threw her off from on top of him while the pink haired kunoichi landed on her feet while Naruto charged at her with a fist. Sakura was quick to block it but Naruto used another kick hitting her. Sakura's body disappeared and was replaced by a wooden log.

'What substitution jutsu!'

Sakura appeared next to him punching him. He failed hard on the ground while Sakura launched a kick and he dodged it he knew she was holding back on him. Not using too much chakra on her punches and kicks so she doesn't cause too many injuries on him. Naruto punched her face but she quickly recover from the soft punch as she jumped on him and grabbed his neck with her legs using a scissors throw. The blond jounin landed on his feet getting hit again by a kick from the pink haired medic until he vanished replaced by a wooden log. Sakura started looking at all directions and she wasn't a bit happy with his stunt.

"What the Naruto you promised me no ninjutsu!"

"Excuse me!" came Naruto's voice as he landed on the ground from hanging on a tree branch" what about you?! You used substitution too!"

Sakura took her chance now that the blond jounin has lowered his guard and tackle him getting on top of him again in the same provocative position. Naruto gasped seeing Sakura very angry ready to punch him and this time she was charging a lot of chakra on her fist ready to send a killing blow so he prepared for the worst and close his eyes not wanting to see the deadly results. As he stood waiting for the painful blow he realized that it never came instead he was hearing laughter. When he opened his eyes he was puzzled to see Sakura laughing out loud.

"Sakura-chan…why are you laughing what's so funny?"

The pink haired jounin dried her tears from her laughter feeling her stomach hurt from all the laughing" I'm sorry Naruto-kun I couldn't help myself your face was so funny when you got scared, I guess you're really afraid of me when I'm angry."

The blond jounin wasn't happy in the least with her rude joke frowning" Sakura-chan that was so mean I thought you were going to beat me up bad, this means war I'm going to get you for this!"

The pink haired medic childishly stuck her tongue at him following his game" just try it."

Naruto chasing her around the training field for a while. What started as a friendly sparring match turned into a simple game of cat and mouse, they were literally resting from their match with a game of tag. By now Naruto was no longer upset with Sakura but rather enjoying himself in the chase they were just having fun with each other. It proves how strong their bond of friendship really is, although in secrecy both wanted to have more than just a friendship bond but rather a bond of eternal love. To form a relationship and turn their friendship into pure love was they really want. But they know it couldn't happen because they didn't belong together they already have other people to care about and love. Sakura was taken and so was Naruto but inside of them they wanted to give each other a chance to give it a shot and be happy. So far Naruto wasn't having any luck catching up to Sakura until he decided to increase the chances.

He made a cross shape hand seal" shadow clone jutsu!"

POOF!!!

Ten Naruto clones appeared as they charged at the running kunoichi" we have you now Sakura-chan!" they said in unison.

'Heh think again' she smirked while punching the ground.

Sakura caused another earthquake demolishing another part of the training field. All of the shadow clones were caught in the attack and they vanished. She grin victory she has won the game of catch o maybe she spoke too soon. She was tackle from out of nowhere by the real Naruto as they both landed in the ground where it wasn't demolished by Sakura's powerful punch. He was on top of her smirking at the capture of his prey which he was surprised that she wasn't upset but she was rather smiling at his job well done.

"I got you now Sakura-chan" smirk the blond jounin.

"Yes you do" she smirked back when she was referring to something else like capturing her heart years ago.

"Looks like I win you did put up a good fight Sakura-chan."

"Thanks you too although you were holding back on me" she pouted a little.

"Hey we were just having a friendly match nothing else I really missed having a match with you."

"You really mean it?" Sakura said in a whisper.

"Yeah of course I always like you…er….I mean I always like spending time with you Sakura-chan" Naruto replied in a heartbeat making sure that Sakura dindn't heard the last part.

"Thanks" she smiled feeling her cheeks blushing.

Naruto blinked finally realizing their position and he has come to realize how close he was to the pink haired medic jounin. Now that he thought about it this was the first time he has ever been this CLOSE to Sakura. He tried not to blush but he was feeling scare there's no way Sakura will let this slip by without punching him he was too close to comfort. Not to mention that his hormones were losing control because of the close proximity he had with the sexy cherry blossom. It was driving him completely insane and he was getting turn on while he was mentally praying to Kami that he didn't get an erection because the feel of Sakura's body pressed against him was amazing. Right now he was only thinking in taking her and penetrated her right here and now. His mind was filled with all of the images from his erotic dreams with the pink haired kunoichi and no matter how much he was trying to control his urges and his lust he was failing miserably. Just looking into her beautiful jade eyes, her face and her angelic lips dying to get kiss wanting to taste her sweet scent, he already smelled the sweet scent of cherry blossoms coming from the pink haired woman. He wanted this moment to never end.

Sakura was in the same boat as her blond companion. Ever since Naruto was on top of her she started getting many indecent and perverted images in her mind. Most of them were of her erotic dreams with the tall blond jounin while inner Sakura was having tons of nose bleeds with the pornographic images her outer self was having. She was staring deeply into his gorgeous cerulean eyes, how she could ever be so blind not to see how beautiful Naruto's eyes are. Now she knew and every time she looks at them she always get lost in them and mentally contemplate their beauty forever. Just like Naruto she wanted this moment to never end.

Naruto was getting a little nervous still controlling his hormones the urge to kiss her was so big but he knew if he did Sakura will kill him" um….Sakura-chan how come you haven't hit me yet?"

"Why should I?" she asked in a whisper again giving him a sweet smile.

"Huh?"

"I don't mind if we stay like this…." she said above a whisper but she wasn't thinking rationally anymore she was now speaking from her heart and all of the feelings she has been hiding for Naruto for three whole years were starting to resurface.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto didn't hear her but he was now blushing not knowing what to do.

Sakura could have removed herself from the blond jounin if she wanted to but why she didn't do it already? The answer was quite simple she loved it very much. She loved the feeling of Naruto's body pressing with her own body and she didn't want to remove herself from him or Naruto from her for the matter. She felt her body getting hot she was getting very excited while she knew that she was already wet between her legs while she was locked in Naruto's cerulean eyes she was thinking in kissing him so badly that she could almost taste his lips.

'Okay I'm very close to Sakura-chan and the way she's looking at me what's wrong with her I have never seen her like this before?!' thought the shocked although he didn't mind to be this close to her.

While Sakura was trying to resist the temptation in kissing the blond jounin inner Sakura already had plans for this little situation. The inner side of Sakura's personality has been cheering loudly for outer self to actually have the guts to have Naruto on top of her without screwing up in punching him. Since the position both jounins were in was very provocative.

'I…I Naruto-kun and me….I…'

"Oh hell yeah it's about damn time you make a move on him!"

'No I can't do this Naruto-kun is with Hinata I don't want to jeopardize his relationship with her!'

"Don't you dare screw this up this is your one chance to take him it might be your last, so go ahead and kiss him make him yours!"

'No I can't I just can't go through with this…'

'I know you want him so badly and now he's this close to you, you can almost taste him take Naruto now!"

'I dear Kami he smells incredible damn it!'

"Kiss him kiss him kiss him kiss him kiss him KISS HIM KISS HIM KISS HIM!!!" inner Sakura was shouting in desperation wanting to taste the blonds' lips.

'But I…'

"Just look at the way he's staring at you he wants you he's probably having perverted thoughts about you hehe he wants to kiss you and probably fuck your brains out do it and kiss him already!"

'I…I do…I want him….Kami help me I want him so badly please help me…'

"Then you know what to do don't hold back fulfill your desires."

"Sa…Sakura-chan" Naruto said blushing at the close proximity he wanted to kiss her badly.

"Naruto-kun…." Sakura touched his face gently full of tenderness her touch was so soft and wonderful to the blond jounin.

Before they know it their faces were getting closer and closer. Naruto's heart was beating so fast he thought he was dreaming. There was no chance this was really happening he was getting so close to Sakura his lips were inches away from her own. He couldn't believe it that he was about to kiss her, he was about to kiss the woman he has love since little. The same woman he loves with every bit of his strength and yet in his head he really thought that he was dreaming. Sakura was feeling worst because she wanted to kiss so badly and yet she couldn't knowing very well that the blond was off limits because he already had a girlfriend. But she couldn't hold her urges anymore all of her feelings that she has been bottling inside of her for three years have emerged and she was now following her feelings and desires. Their faces went closer and closer until their lips were just mere inches away they could sense each other's breathing tickling with the other. Their eyes were locked admiring the other's eyes lovingly and by now Naruto has finally give in to his desires and feelings.

And finally contact happened. Both of their lips met in a soft and passionate kiss. Naruto felt like he was hit by electricity but it was such a pleasant and amazing feeling. This kiss was completely different from the ones he had with Hinata. It was full of desire and passion it was better than kissing his girlfriend. The only thing he wanted was to continue kissing the gorgeous cherry blossom he pulled her closer as he pressed force on the kiss causing Sakura to moan softly. Sakura felt like she has died and gone to heaven. As soon as Naruto's lips made contact with her lips she felt like getting zap by a pleasurable bolt of lightning satisfaction and lust entered her system as she moaned in pleasure at the kiss. She pulled him closer speeding up the kiss as her desires and urges needed to be fulfilled. She took the time caressed his long golden hair while she was moaning in his mouth with so much delight. Pretty soon she begged Naruto to open his mouth and let her tongue in and he complied. As her tongue entered his mouth both of their tongues were now fighting for dominance. By now lust and sexual hunger has taken over both as they continued their heated passionate kiss.

'Dear Kami so this is how it feels to kiss Naruto-kun mmm….It's out of this world I…I can't control my body I'm so hot I want him ooooohhhh shit it feels so good I want more!'

"No need for you to hold back on him now go ahead take off his clothes and claim him mark him as your property!" cheered the horny inner Sakura while licking her lips in anticipation at the upcoming intimate act.

The kiss became more heated as both ninjas were now moaning loudly as lust filled them both. Their hands were now running around their bodies touching each other in an intimate way like they were lovers. While the two were continuing their hot kiss they never noticed that they weren't alone as in someone was watching them. Standing in the bushed not too far away from Naruto and Sakura stood a shocked Yamanaka Ino. Her mouth was wide open as her eyes became wide like dinner plates as she couldn't believe it what she was seeing. Her best friend was kissing Naruto and the most shocking thing was that the blond was kissing her back in the same lustful matter. She erased her shock as she finally knew the truth about Naruto, just by watching him kiss Sakura like there's no tomorrow the picture was very clear.

'I knew it….I knew it all along Naruto still loves Sakura just look at his tongue fighting with hers damn now that's what I call a desperate kiss full of desire. No need to be a genius to figure out that Naruto has been wanted to kiss Sakura so badly for so long' the platinum blond was smirking at the sight.

"I should have seen this coming."

Ino gasped hearing someone next to her she gazed only to see Sai who was looking at the kissing scene with a normal expression on his face" Sai why are you here?"

"I just came to return this book that Sakura borrowed me about the stars, I knew she was in the training field but I wasn't expecting to see her sucking faces with Naruto-kun."

The Yamanaka shook her head" me neither but anyway you said you should have seen this coming did you knew that Naruto still like Sakura?"

"I think Naruto-kun's reaction whenever he's with Sakura always smiling and blushing, pretending like it didn't bother whenever she was with Sasuke-kun. Comparing his behavior with Hinata which it's completely different he's happy but faking his happiness deep inside, to this very day Naruto-kun is still hurting on the fact that he can't never have Sakura no matter what he does."

Ino smiled at him" wow Sai you really have been doing your homework huh?"

"I learned that sometimes you need more than just books to understand human emotions" replied the former ROOT with a smile.

The Yamanaka nodded as she saw that Sakura have broken the passionate kiss with Naruto' looks like the show is over and just when it was getting good.'

Sakura was now standing shocked at what she did. She finally managed to regain her control over herself and sexual desires and right now she was feeling so ashamed of herself so much. How could she do this to Naruto to Hinata his girlfriend, she has betrayed their trust and their friendship all because she couldn't control her urges. Tears were forming at the corner of her eyes at what she did she couldn't even looked Naruto in the face much less into his eyes she wasn't worthy to gaze at him. She was breathing hard catching her breath since the kiss really took a lot of her air while her whole was still blush at the rush of the heated kiss.

It was the same thing with Naruto. He slowly got up while panting his face blushing. He was feeling a little dizzy and couldn't see or think straight at how good and amazing the kiss was. A kiss that he desired for so long, a kiss that he thought he will never have because the cherry blossom was always off limits to him. He has always he will never have Sakura because she has never like him more than a friend but now he couldn't believe that he has actually kissed her and she has kissed him back without getting beat up by her.

"Sakura-chan…." said the dizzy blond still feeling the effects of the passionate kiss.

"I….I'm sorry Naruto-kun I have made a mistake I have to go" Sakura started running off from the training field.

"Wait Sakura-chan!"

Naruto stood there feeling very awkward not knowing what to do. He wanted to go after her but right now he was so confused. He felt ashamed of himself realizing that he has made a big mistake. He has betrayed Sasuke's trust by kissing his girlfriend and his friendship. He growled he will never forgive himself for the horrible mistake he has done, he started leaving the training field feeling guilty and ashamed. He didn't know what to say to his best friend when he tells him that he just kissed his girlfriend. But for now inside his mind kissing Sakura was his best and favorite mistake.

"I guess those two have snapped out from their passionate moment" Ino said feeling sorry for Sakura when she saw her running from the field crying.

"Things have become a little complicated" replied Sai.

"You said it I feel more concern for Hinata though."

"What about Sasuke-kun?"

"I don't think he will get that upset about Sakura kissing Naruto but one thing for sure. Sai you must promise me not to tell anyone about this no one must know what we saw here today are we clear?"

"I promise I'm very good when it comes to keeping secrets I won't say a word."

"Good."

(Time skip: Evening)

(Location: forest region somewhere in grass country territory)

Sasuke and Hinata have been walking for hours through the forest although it was impossible for the moment. First they were tire and they needed to camp for the night. Second both of them were extremely cold because of the cold water from the river the temperature was low and they could barely walk from all of the shivering. Third Hinata couldn't continue anymore with the cold invading her body she barely was able to concentrate using her byakugan to search for a way out of the forest and return to Konoha. Fourth there was the possibility that those two stone ninjas were still pursuing them just to make sure they were both dead. Now they have gotten seated on a tree lying on the ground taking a break before they can finally rest. It was going to be tough since they didn't have their equipment so no sleeping bags leaving them with the choice that they have to sleep on the cold ground. The night didn't help either the temperature was very low making them shiver even more. This was going to be the perfect test for them to use the survival tactics they've been taught from the ninja academy.

Sasuke shivered never in his entire life he has ever felt so cold before and he admitted it was annoying and terrible at the same time. He knew he needed to be strong since they are worst thing that being cold or having a cold for the matter although he was concern for the person next to him. He gazed at Hinata who was shivering more than him she was shaking like a leaf and it was really worrying him a lot. Her safety was his top priority he couldn't let anything happen to her the last thing he wanted is for his partner to die doing his first high rank mission. If he didn't do something quick she might die from the cold not to mention that the coldness from the night was making things more complicated.

"You okay?" he knew the question was stupid of course she wasn't all right.

The Hyuga heiress couldn't even shake her head as she continued to shiver" I…I'm cold…."

"I know….I'm cold too…."

"S….Sasuke-kun….le….let's make….a fire…."

The Uchiha knew she was going to make that suggestion but he couldn't risk it" we can't…the enemy might still be out there if we make a fire we'll be giving away our position it will be best if we don't attract any unwanted attention…"

"But….we…h….have to do….something….or we'll die from the cold…."

"Either that or we'll both have a cold that might end up killing us….however I…."

"What is it?" Hinata knew he had a plan.

"I….there's a way for us….to warm each other without the need of a fire…and we won't be bringing any attention….but it's not to be taken lightly you won't like it…"

"Sasuke-kun….I'm too cold to even argue…with brrrr…..you so please….tell me…." Hinata's shivering was getting worst.

The Uchiha nodded" you probably remember when Iruka sensei talked about survival tips….when we were hiding from the enemy….making a fire was out of the question….so the only possible way for anyone to survive in a situation when you need to warm your body from the cold temperature is….to remove our clothes and embrace each other in a attempt to warm both of our bodies….I told you it's not to be taken lightly….so I understand if you don't want to do it Hinata…"

"All right…." the Hyuga heiress replied quickly.

Sasuke gasped" what is that even something to make up your mind so quickly?"

"Like…..brrrrr I said….I'm too cold brrrr….to even argue with you if that's….the only way….brrrr….then so beat it….I won't die from the cold…."

Sasuke nodded he knew it was the only way he got up from the log" all right I'll leave you alone so you can have your privacy."

Hinata even if she was shivering she couldn't help but giggle at the nervous expression in his face" Sasuke-kun….what's the point brrr…..of giving me privacy when you're….going to see….me in my….undergarments anyway?"

"Right….I didn't think of that…"

She giggled as the two ninjas started removing their clothes. Sasuke removed his shirts along with his kurenai and shuriken pouch followed by his long black pants. Hinata removed her jounin vest before she stopped and she started to stare at the shirtless Uchiha. She blushed as she gulped a little she could clearly see his well tone muscles and so far she like what she was seeing. She quickly went back to removed her own clothes while blushing a lot. She needed to erase any indecent thoughts that were invading her mind for looking at Sasuke. To think she was actually going to strip in front of someone who wasn't her boyfriend. Hell she hasn't even gotten naked with Naruto so this was the first time she was taking her clothes off in front of a man. She took a quick glance at him before her eyes went wide. Now Sasuke was wearing nothing but his blue boxers she saw how well tone were the muscles in his legs. No doubt that the Uchiha had a lot to offer. She finally controlled herself and resumed her stripping.

Sasuke looked at Hinata seeing that she has taken her jacket along with her long pants, and then she removed her kunai and shuriken pouch. This was the first time he was seeing a woman removing her clothes in front of him since Sakura has never done that because they were after all having a fake relationship. He actually blushed when the Hyuga heiress removed her fish net shirt showing her bindings and even with her binding on he could see that her breast were big. His onyx eyes traveled to her white panties and her long legs with white creamy skin in his mind they were perfect. Even if this was the first he has seen a woman in her underwear he thought that Hinata was beautiful like a pure innocent angel that has fallen from heaven. She finally removed her sandals before turning to him.

Both were blushing seeing each other in their under garments, Sasuke with his blue boxers and Hinata with her white bindings and white panties matching her pale eyes. Both of them stood quiet watching each other and before they realized they were both blushing mostly because of the pure embarrassment. Hinata was now shivering worst than before now that she was in her under garments. Sasuke went to her and before she had a chance to say a word he pulled her closer in his arms making her blushed deeply. As soon as she felt the Uchiha's arms wrapped around her waist she felt his cold body but it was to be expected because he was cold too. It will take time for them to warm their bodies but it will be worthy they won't get cold anymore preventing them from catching a cold or dying by the sheer cold. Sasuke got seated on the log holding the Hyuga heiress hoping that this works. He was feeling worst feeling Hinata's cold body and yet he didn't know why but it felt good to hold her so tightly. Like he was protecting her from every single thing that will harm her not to mention that her wonderful scent was driving him crazy. It was a mix of fresh vanilla with flowers it was truly intoxicating.

Hinata hasn't stopped blushing since Sasuke hugged her. Her breathing and her heart beat were going rapidly like she felt like she was going to die from a heart attack a good heart attack that is. She has been asking herself for so long that it felt so right even if they were doing this in order to warm up their bodies. Her boyfriend Naruto has never hugged her like this before she felt so safe and protected like nothing bad was going to happen to her as long as she was in the Uchiha's arms. She knew she was blushing because she was embarrassment to be in such an intimate hug with Sasuke but why she was feeling her body getting hot. Why was she feeling so wet between her legs and why she was feeling like she wanted to take the Uchiha right here and then. She quickly erased any impure thought from her head she shouldn't be thinking such things especially when she was with a man who wasn't her boyfriend.

After a couple of minutes of embracing each other they were now feeling the warm that was emitting from pressing their bodies together. It was a nice feeling they were no longer cold looks like the survival tip they received from Iruka has really helped them a lot. Not to mention that I felt so good to embrace each other like this, both ninjas were blushing while trying to ignore any incoming impure images to their minds. Hinata felt happy when she felt Sasuke's hand caressing her long hair like he was trying to calm her making her feel safe and it was working. Soon they couldn't control themselves and lust and desire filled them both. Sasuke tried to control any silly feelings and urges that he was feeling, but holding the Hyuga heiress in such a loving embrace it was impossible for him to hold his urges. It was the same thing with Hinata while she was feeling some unknown feeling she didn't understood she pulled the Uchiha closer to her feeling the great warm of his body she love it so much she wanted to hold him forever. Sasuke was really being torture he could control the hug but the feeling of Hinata's voluptuous breasts pressing on his chest was fueling his hormones a lot and he didn't how long he could control himself.

He mentally growled in frustration' damn it get a hold of yourself what's wrong with me, this is annoying damn her breasts they feel like two big soft pillows pressing on my chest its driving me insane.'

'Sasuke-kun….I don't know why I feel like this….it feels right why am I so embarrassed but why I can't control myself?'

Before they realized they were now looking at each other. Their eyes locked admiring how beautiful they were. Hinata's pale eyes were like two shining pearls while Sasuke's onyx eyes were like two dark orbs that possessed darkness, a darkness which it was considered graceful and attractive. The most important thing was that in their eyes it was reflected all over them. A feeling with lust and desire the passionate that was burning in them it was enough to drive anyone crazy from sexual lust. Yet none of them knew why they were feeling like this assuming it was the effect of the hug that was causing this. To think they were feeling like this even if they never say a word back when they were twelve. But after Sasuke returned and he accomplished his sentence in ANBU prison he started talking to Hinata. It was just the mere fact that she was his best friends' girlfriend it was the reason why she was talking to him when everyone else hated him and feared him. Or perhaps there was something more maybe she talked to him because he was really a nice person with a shattered past that couldn't be fixed.

Hinata has always seen Sasuke as an enigma, sometimes he was nice and sometimes he just didn't want to say a word to anyone. He was very proud of his clan and he cherish honor like no one it was the reason why he took the role of avenger of his clan although she didn't understood his pain. But now in the three years since she became Naruto's girlfriend she has come to understand him little by little and become his friend. She actually like talking to him although he didn't talk much or he will say his famous words hn. She was so happy when the Uchiha started opening to her and he slowly let her in his life. And ever since then she hasn't come to regret a thing. Both have become close friends and started forming a bond like no other it was proof when Sasuke started teasing her and she will tease him by acting like a spoiled little girl. Now both of them were staring so passionately gazing into their eyes as they were still enjoying the warm embrace with their under wear on.

She blushed slightly gazing into lovely onyx eyes" Sasuke-kun…." she said above a whisper.

Sasuke like the way how soft, innocent and sweet her voice sounded just now. He was shocked the same with Hinata because they have realized that their face were leaning closer and closer. They both knew what was going to happen their lips were getting closer in an attempt to have a kiss. But why they were going to kiss both knowing very well that it was wrong since both were already taken, the simple answer they were following their instincts. Finally their lips were so close their breathing was tickling the other while they were still gazing into their eyes filled with the same desire and hidden feelings they still didn't know yet. Finally contact was made as their lips met. The kiss itself was very soft with a lot of passion Hinata gave a weak moan because it felt good as she continued to press her lips with the Uchiha. Sasuke pulled her a little closer while caressing her long navy blue hair enjoying the taste of her lips. Tons of things and emotions ran into their heads as they continued the passionate kiss.

'What the hell am I doing I can't do this she's with Naruto I have no right to do this!' thought the Uchiha in outrage.

'No this is wrong I love Naruto-kun I can't do this I….' yet Hinata continued her kiss with the Uchiha.

They finally broke the kiss without making any eye contact. Both were feeling ashamed at what they have done and by now they wanted to break the embrace if it wasn't for the cold night they have no choice but to remain like this until tomorrow morning when they continued their journey back to Konoha. Silence felt between them not wanting to say a word for what just happened. It wasn't long before both of them closed their eyes and eventually they felt asleep still remembering the kiss thy both share. Sasuke's first kiss was with his best friends' girlfriend while Hinata has never had a kiss like that before compared to the times she has kissed her blond boyfriend. They both hoped they will forget the incident tomorrow but they knew they were wrong. They will remember it for the rest of their lives.

(Time skip: the next day)

Sasuke and Hinata were now traveling in the long road finally leaving the forest. Thanks to their warm hug from last night they were able to sleep without dying from the cold. However things have become a little complicated since last night. Both ninjas haven't spoken to each other since the incident last night the kiss has caused a big problem in their friendship. Neither one of them looked at the other they were just concentrating on the road ahead without saying a word. Hinata ddn't like the lond awkward silence she actually likes to talk every now and then especially with Sasuke and even with him he talks to her quite often until that kiss came to the picture. She felt terrible yet she didn't know why she hasn't complained or why she wasn't angry with herself for kissing the Uchiha. She knew very well that she did wrong by kissing him she basically cheated on her boyfriend Naruto by doing so. But she didn't know why she wasn't so upset with herself or with Sasuke for the matter for the kiss, she just didn't quite understood why. The mission has completely turned their friendship upside down from right to wrong.

She continued gazing at the road ahead before activating her byakugan gazing beyond the normal eye into the distance and she finally decided to break the uncomfortable silence" were almost out of grass country it might take us a couple of hours before we reach the fire country, but first we should buy some food I am a little hungry."

She gazed at the Uchiha expecting him to say something but instead he only nodded his head and they both resumed their walking. Hinata felt like a kunai just stabbed her heart feeling hurt by his silence. It's like he was ignoring her like he wanted her out of his sight. She felt like crying after becoming such good friends and forming a strong bond now their friendship has been destroyed all because of one kiss. She tried to hold her tears she wanted to be strong or hold her emotions. If she was going to cry then she will wait until they return to Konoha. As they continued Hinata noticed that Sasuke has stopped walking looking in deep thought.

"What's wrong Sasuke-kun?" she never left his gaze wanting to see his expressions which was unreadable.

"You know…." Sasuke finally spoke since last night" Naruto he…..he has always been there for me he has been through a lot trying to find me and bring me back to the village even if he never brought me back. But he was always there for me he never gave up hope that there's was still some chance for me to be safe. Even if I try to kill him back at the valley of the end and back at Orochimaru's hide out he never stop believing that there was still some good in me he has always seen me as his best friend. He's my best friend too that idiot is a true friend I'm proud to have someone like him as a brother."

Hinata was smiling the whole time before she realized a couple of tears have fallen from her eyes. To think she has betrayed that same person and she wasn't feeling any regret which she hated a lot. That's when she felt scare when Sasuke was gazing at her with some anger and hostility she took a step back but the Uchiha took a step forward meeting her eyes.

"Sasuke-kun…." her tone had some fear.

"I won't betray Naruto I will never betray him and I will never betray his trust he's my friend and I will repay him like the true friend he is."

"What are you saying?" Hinata felt herself trembling probably because she had an idea what Sasuke was going to say to her.

"I'm talking about that kiss from last night it was nothing….it was nothing but a mistake none of us shouldn't have done that. We're just friends nothing more you have a boyfriend and I have a girlfriend and its going to stay like that whether you like it or not!" his tone was cold and emotionless completely different from his usual self it sounded a little like the old avenger Sasuke.

The Uchiha left in a hurry while Hinata followed him shortly however she couldn't take it anymore. The way he was being cold to her and his expression towards her she couldn't hold her tears anymore and now more tears were falling uncontrollably. Sasuke has left ahead of her because he didn't wanted to see her face full of tears he knew it will kill him to see her like that. But this was the only way to remain loyal and true to his best friend.

'I'm sorry Hinata but I won't betray Naruto's friendship ever again.'

While Hinata was walking and letting her tears fall she didn't know why she was crying in the first place. Why she should be happy what Sasuke said was the truth. She had Naruto and he has Sakura she should happy that he told her those cold words. Yet she didn't know why she felt so hurt and heartbroken maybe she felt something when he kissed her last night. She reached and touched her lips she could still taste the Uchiha's lips on her. She didn't say a word as she followed him through the road while trying to dry her tears. She couldn't get that kiss out of her head no matter what she does.

'I kissed Sasuke-kun….and I like it.'

To be continued

There another chapter done and happy to see that Sakura was telling the truth about her feelings for Naruto. Naru/Hina fans must be feeling like killing Kishimoto for his treachery or whatever. But it looks like Naru/Saku has a lot of possibilities to become canon in the manga after all Kishimoto has been focusing and developing this pairing in the 10 years since he started writing the manga there's no way he will kill the pairing now. But anyway as for the story I have to say that besides the main couples I will add friendship couples in the story too. They will be Naru/Sasu, Saku/Ino, Saku/Hina and Sasu/Ino I like creating powerful bonds of friendship between the characters especially with Sakura, Hinata, Sasuke and Ino. Please review and tell me how you like the story so far everything is finally developing well so farewell and I will see you all next time.

P.S. I'm finally going to update am I worthy to love you for the fans of the story look forward to the chapter.

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