Chapter 5: Jealous Uchiha

Sasuke, who hid behind the nearest tree overhearing the whole entire conversation, his eyes widen ask he stared at the kunochi. Depression again washed over him, he slowly walked towards his tent that Neji had set up for him. Sakura saw Sasuke coming back and ran up to him running along side him asking him questions.
“Sasuke-kun your back…where have you been?” She asked him while trying to catch up to him.
“Hn…..” was his only reply back to her.
“What’s wrong?”
“Hn…”
“Do you wanna talk?”
“Hn…”
“Sasuke, why won’t you answer back to me?”
“Hn….”
“Are you angry?” Sasuke stopped and stared at the kunochi before him “You are angry aren’t you….” Sakura stared away from the Uchiha’s dark obsidian eyes and clenched her necklace even harder but still trying not to break it. She placed it back in her pocket and looked at the Uchiha with all her courage and spoke back to him. “Sasuke-kun you are angry with me aren’t you?”
“N-N-No it’s nothing really” he said as he entered the tent. Sakura stood outside feeling depressed and confused. She slowly walked over to where her tent was she entered slowly and saw Riku in her tent sleeping away. She placed herself on one of the sleeping bags that she had bought along, and slowly fell asleep but couldn’t she continue on to look over her should to see Riku, but whenever she did she would think of Sasuke. She got up and exited the tent.

Sasuke laid down on his sleeping bag staring at the top part of the tent only to come up with an image of Sakura each time.  He slowly closed his eyes trying to fall asleep in the moment when he heard a rustling from outside. He tried to take no notice of it when the entrance to his tent slowly open to reveal Sakura carrying a blanket wrapped around her body (she’s wearing pjs btw). Sasuke looked at her and smirked.
“What brings you here in the middle of the night?” he asked her.
“Sasuke-kun I was wondering” Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he heard her continued on with her sentence “this might be a bit awkward but…..” He slowly stood up from where he was and made his way towards her placing his strong arms around her waist, making her lean on his well-toned chest. Sasuke slowly stroked the kunochi’s hair.
“Since today when you told me that I was too protective of you…it’s cause I care about you Sakura” Sakura’s emerald eyes widen she could fell his warm breath touching her delicate skin, one by one.
“Sasuke-kun….but do you l-lo” she was cut of with a kiss. His lips touched hers, feeling his warm she slowly returned it back to him. Their glance broke and she looked up at him.
“Sakura….to answer your question I do love you…..” Sasuke said as he pulled her in a tighter embrace form before. Sakura felt tears of joy fell from the corner of her eyes, she was about to wipe them away when Sasuke beat her too it. “Why are you so sad? Did I hurt you again” She slowly shook her head from side to side trying to argue with the Uchiha.
“I’m just happy because you never said that to me” she let out a small giggle and the Uchiha smirked at her actions.

“Since you’re here you can sleep here tonight” Sasuke said as he laid himself down on his sleeping bag, as Sakura followed. She had a million questions racing through her mind that she wanted to ask, but they all disappeared the minute Sasuke lovingly pressed his lips against hers while pulling the blanket over them for added privacy.

Riku woke up the next day finding his side of the tent empty with nothing but just an empty sleeping bag.  He stood out of his tent eyeing the Hyuuga and looking at him sitting by the fire and packing up his belongings for the continued journey. “Where’s Sakura?” Riku asked impatiently towards the Hyuuga prodigy. Neji rose to his full height grabbed his belongings and started to walk a few steps when he spoke over his shoulder to the concern client.
“Why do you ask me?”
“What?”
“Why do you ask me?”
“Cause I said so where is she?”
“She’s not important to you is she?”
“N-no” Riku stuttered as he felt rage take over his whole body he clutched his fist in anger.
“Good. We’ll be leaving” The Hyuuga ended his statement and continued to walk a few steps infront of the now raged client.  

“Sakura wake up” Sasuke nudged her as he bent over to kiss her ear. Sakura still half asleep giggled at his actions. “Sakura, wake up”
“Mou Sasuke-kun I’m still sleepy” Sakura moaned as she stood up rubbing her emerald orbs to get a better focus on the light that shone in through the material of Sasuke’s tent.
“Wake up we got to go” Sasuke stood up, bent over to grab his backpack and his clothes and put them on.  He bent over to her; she was still running her eyes trying to get use to the amount of light that shone through. He looked at her emerald eyes and whispered to her softly. “You don’t wanna get left behind do ya?” Sasuke spoke in his monotone voice trying to tease the pink-haired kunochi. Sakura stood up with a blanket wrapped around her body as she dashed out to her own tent.

“Sakura! There you are” Riku saw her walk past to her tent as he followed her back to his tent.
“Now’s not the time Riku” Sakura spoke back to him and a very annoyed tone.
“Sakura?”
“What?! Can’t you see I’m busy?”
“Sakura what’s gotten into you?”
“Hey! I wanna finish this mission as soon as possible so will you leave me alone so can get ready!” Sakura bellowed at Riku. She walked back into the tent and closed the entrance so he couldn’t see her. Riku stood there in amazement, he never seen her like this what happened to the gentle Sakura that he knew?

Sasuke stood out of his tent to meet up with Neji who was outside his tent waiting for the Uchiha.
“What took you so long?” The Uchiha smirked at the statement “What’s so funny”
“Where did you go?”
“To get some water for the group” Sasuke packed away his own tent and shoved it back into his bag. “There I answered the question now answer mine Uchiha what took you so long?”  Sasuke shoved his hands in his pockets and closed his eyes.
“My actions are none of your concerns” The Hyuuga twitched and stared at the Uchiha.
“Your actions are my concerns because I’m the team leader, now Uchiha I demand you to tell what took you so long?”
“Why should you know, we better go” Sasuke re-opened his dark onyx eyes and walked a few paces infront of Neji until he reached the exit of Sakura’s tent.

“Uchiha what to you want?” Sasuke glared daggers at the client near Sakura’s tent. Silence fell amongst both of them. “Sakura’s not going to let you in” Sasuke smirked at his actions still giving him the Uchiha glare.
“We’ll see about that”  

The Uchiha stepped in and stared at Sakura who was busy putting on her top. She turned at who had came in.
“Ah! Sasuke-kun” Sakura bellowed as her cheeks quickly turned to the shades of pink as she tried to cover her bare chest away from him. Sasuke smirked at her actions he came closer to her. “Mou Sasuke-kun now’s not the time for your little games” Another smirk came to the Uchiha’s lips as he leaned closer to her, their foreheads were touching each others “Sasuke-kun….we have to get ready”
“I know……I just wanna be with you for a little while”
“Maybe later?” Still holding her bare naked chest trying to hide away from the Uchiha in embarrassment.
Hearing her demand he let go. Shoving his hands in his pockets and walking away like the usual person he was. “Fine” he said in his dull monotone voice. “Hurry up then” getting out of the tent, leaving Sakura stand there in shock.

A few minutes had pass and Neji was on the verge of killing nearly all of the team member he had been waiting for Sakura, Sasuke and Riku, waiting patiently….Sasuke arrived, his knapsack on his back.
“You’re late”
“You’re early” Sasuke re-stated
“We better get going” he was about to head of until he noticed that something wasn’t right “Where’s Sakura?” he asked.
“Here I am!” Sakura called out as she ran towards her other team members. Followed by Riku. Sasuke eyed dangerously at the Client. Setting aside their differences for now, the team continued to their journey.