Hello, hello. This one was a little rough with the work schedule I have but I'm glad I finally got it up for everyone to read. I hope everyone enjoys it. Warning Sasuke is creepier than usual, lol.

Chapter Three: Creepy Realization

Sakura woke to the sunlight in her eyes. Her sleepy state of mind disappeared the instant the dream came back to her. "Shit! That's so creepy. He's been stalking me this whole time. Eck! I don't know if I can do this now." She shivered at the thought of him perched outside her bedroom window while she was sleeping or getting dressed. Inner Sakura was laughing her ass off. 'At least your popular.' Sakura rolled her eyes. 'Yeah, in all the wrong ways.' Inner's smirk turned into a demented grin. 'Well at least he is a hot stalker.' 'If I could kill you right now I would.' Sakura thought back in irritation. 'Ah, but you love me.' 'Oh shut up.' Sakura gathered her pack before bounding up into the trees.

Deidara was trying so hard not to be detected, but it was so hard not too. The pinkette's outburst was quiet amusing. He watched as she bound into the trees heading for their battleground. "Dana, what did you do to weird her out so bad, yeah?" Sasori's little puppet popped out of Deidara's cloak. "I told her a bit too much information. Now follow her, before that Uchiha brat comes after her. I have a feeling I'm not the one stalking her."

Deidara growled at that before taking off after her. "Shouldn't we go the short way and just wait for her, yeah?" Sasori's chibi looked up at him, as he considered the idea. "For once you're right, brat." Deidara smirked, letting a light chuckle escape his lips and then veered off to go the shorter way.

Tsunade's deep honey eyes glared at the Uchiha in front of her. "I will reinstate you, boy. Cause any trouble what so ever and its straight to prison for you and the girl." Sasuke nodded his eyes focused on Tsunade's. "I ran into Sakura last night. She seemed troubled and a bit worn down. Allow me to prove my loyalty by protecting your apprentice." Sasuke purred smoothly trying to win Tsunade over.

Tsunade snorted amused at this subject. "My apprentice can handle herself. Your concern for her is a bit surprising." He let a slight chuckle escape as he realized he did sound concerned. "I was a bit surprised by that new attitude of hers. Is she as accredited as she says?" Tsunade smirked proudly before glancing out the window.

"Yes she is. She probably told you of all those accomplishments and they're on going. She's not done with her self. She has surpassed me and will become a legend in the medical field, with those breakthroughs. She's the lead in poisons and their cures. Most of the male ninja of the five nations are asking for her hand, even some of her male friends here are secretly longing for her, but she's hell bent on her skills." Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction at the very shocking information.

"So it's true then. The last time I saw Kabuto he said something about finding your apprentice to play with." Tsunade's eyes widen with a mix of false fear and anger in them. "I didn't think it was Sakura if I had I would have killed him." Tsunade let a fake growl escape while rubbing her temples. 'He wants to protect her, but why. He must have an ulterior motive. He doesn't even know she killed him. ' Tsunade thought before speaking again. "Why are you so bent on going after her?" Sasuke's eyes widened realizing she seen through his lie. "Well Hokage-sama I have taken an interest in her."

Tsunade wasn't surprised by this. "I know Kabuto is dead. Sakura took care of him, she even brought me his head. If you go after her don't interfere with her mission even if it is a deadly battle. You need to learn she is not helpless anymore." Sasuke bowed deeply, his eyes never leaving hers. "Thank you Hogake-sama." Tsunade nodded with a mysterious smirk playing across her lips. "Send the girl in. She is not allowed to go with you. You may go." Sasuke turned to leave, a dark smirk spread across his face. 'Perfect, it will be me and Sakura alone. I'll take her even if it's by force.

Sakura stopped about a mile away from her destination. 'How should I approach this? He's not trying to kill me this time, but then again that might be a lie.' Her fingers brushed of her masked lips remembering how Sasori had kissed her. 'No he won't hurt intentionally. That kiss proved it all too well.' 'Yes it did. You should go kiss that hottie for real.' Inner piped in smirking like a maniac. 'No way! It's still creepy that he's been stalking me this whole time.' 'Yeah but… Hey you feel that chakra. It feels like…' 'Sasuke! Shit we've got go find Sasori now.'

Sakura growled as she bolted for the battleground. 'He's fast so I'm going to have to pick it up, if I don't want to be caught.' She infused chakra into her feet making large cracks in the ground with every enhanced step. It didn't take long for the place to come into view. Suddenly a kunai wedged into a tree in front of her. Sakura slid to a stop making large waves of earth behind her. She turned to find the man she suspected all long, Sasuke. He stood a few feet away from her, slight shock registering at the large wave of earth. Sasuke, what do you want?"

Sasuke raised a questioning eyebrow. I told you I'd come anyway. Besides I wanted to talk to you alone." A darkness seemed to make a home in his smirk. Sakura tensed knowing trying to escape him was pointless. "Why come all this way just to talk? You could have just waited for me to return." He was now a foot away from her, the smirk grew even darker if possible. "Well you see Karin follows me everywhere and I can't shake her unless she is ordered to stay behind. I'm not a very patient person, you know that." He explained trailing the last part as he inched a few inches closer to her.

Sakura's eyes focused on the man in front of her. 'Seems the snake's creepy habits have rubbed off on him, eck.' His hand rose slowly but stopped when she tensed even more. "Why would you want to be alone with me now? My fan girl habits died years ago." Sakura said with an arrogant smirk forming on her lips. He let an Orochimaru-like smirk form on his lips in the same creepy manner. "I wanted to confess my secret feelings for you. The new attitude caught me off guard. I have to say I'm impressed. I never pegged you as the arrogant type." Sakura flicked her hair and rolled her eyes. 'First Sasori and now this. He's getting creepier by the second.'

Her thoughts were released when a hand touched her face. She went pale and quickly swatted it away. "Go ahead and confess. I need to get going on my mission." Sakura said sternly her eyes now watching him warily. "I think the feelings I had for you when we were genin has changed since our last encounter. You have changed and you are far more beautiful and powerful now. I think I love you after all these years. I would like to make you mine and mine alone. I was hoping you would let me do more than just confess. I have so many things I want to do to you right now."

There was an obvious danger to his words. He made the distance between and crashed his lips hard onto hers. Sakura was shocked and paralyzed by something, that's when her shocked eyes noticed the wire holding her body. 'Damn what do I do?'