I TOLD YOU, HE'S…

I'd been bored for the past week and I'd always read others fic for fun..since I'd been utterly bored to death, I wrote this story. I know about how others feel bout new author n stuff but I really hope that you'll not gonna make this stuff harder for me. Always not that good with technology so help me a little will ya'? and I've always been sasunaru's fan…gosh.. I shall stop rambling things.enjoy

Pairing:sasunaru….obviously..

Disclaimer: kishimoto sensei got all the credits for creating those smexy guys

CHAPTER ONE

I TOLD YOU HE'S NEXT

The Ichiraku owner stood in his place behind the counter, serving his many, loyal customers with ramen. Ayame, his assistant took up all the dirty dishes to the back of the humble stall. He smiled satisfyingly. Today's such a rough and hectic one yet the income made him smile. A familiar voice cut him back to reality.

"Oji-san..." the Ichiraku owner quickly made his way towards his most loyal customer, Naruto. The said blonde had been there for the past two hours. He can tell that the demon vessel-as what others refer him to, currently destressing over a reason he didn't know, observing how long that it take for him to finish his ramen. He smiled at the young adolescent.

"Yes, anything that I can help you with?" he asked the blonde politely.Naruto sighed.

"One more please..." The owner nodded, inclining that he understood what had been said. Few minutes afterward, a hot steamy miso ramen was ushered to Naruto. Naruto nodded politely for his fifth bowl and murmured thanks. He picked up a pair of chopstick, poking the ramen dispassionately.

"Itadakimasu..." the word mouthed by the blonde.Naruto gulped down a mouthful of ramen.His mind wandered back to what happen a few hours ago…

A loud crash echoed throughout the Konoha forest. Animals scampering around, shocked by the sudden erupted noise.Amongst the animals, a mop of blond hair detected, running away from the source of the sound. Damn, she'll know I'm here in minutes. Naruto halted at the thought, attempting to change his escape route since he considered that's the best to be done at this time. He directed more chakra to his feet and made a sharp turn before he continue to run, hoping that he's hiding his chakra presence well in order not to be found by his irate comrade.

Another loud crashing sound made him stop."Fuck!" a quiet curse slipped from his mouth. An impending aura seems to dominate the forest. Naruto tried to move but to no avail. He was frozen to his feet. Goosebumps glide down his spine as he felt the black aura getting stronger and closer. He turned to face the core of the aura.

Just a few feets in front of him, stood a familiar figure. Sakura stood firmly on a large branch of a birch tree. Her beautiful pink hair rustled softly by the wind yet her emerald green eyes were glaring ominously at him. Naruto swore that Sakura had developed such a glare that goes second after a certain bastard. Naruto moved a little. Sakura crossed her arms in front of her bosom, frowning.

" Na. Ru.To" the name spatted out by Sakura, each word drawled with venom in it. The blonde sweat drop. Seems that the old hag had passed her temper to Sakura-chan too. Naruto gulped, seeing the pink-haired kunoichi radiating such a deadly aura.

"Stop pissing me off. Those pictures are solid prove!"

"Hell with it! What if you do something with it? Maybe you fake it. How can I believe you?" Naruto said, almost yelling. Sakura twitched. She unfolded her arms, searching her pocket for something before she threw it to Naruto (with full force!)

A white envelope hit the blonde at his head. The impact of the collision was so great that Naruto fell down from the tree. A loud thud was heard when his body hit the ground. Naruto got himself up in sitting position, clasping his hand on his head. He grimaced, shuddering the pain away.

"Dammit Sakura. I might get a concussion!" Naruto yelled, pointing his finger childishly at the kunoichi. The latter gracefully made her way to the ground. A soft chuckle slipped from her lips as she stands next to the blonde. Naruto frowned, obviously clueless why she was acting like that.

"You wouldn't moron. And anyway, I'm a medic Nin. That wouldn't be a problem." Naruto scowled at her. Then he realised the envelope that hit him before laid beside him. He picked it up, skeptically examined it. He looked up to Sakura, brow raised questionally. Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Open it, moron!" she hissed. Naruto did what had been told to him. He opened the white envelope. He took out what seems to be a film negatives. He took a closer look to get a better view of what he held. He scowled as he saw a negative of a picture Shikamaru and Temari kissing. She didn't have to be that solid. Naruto pouted. The kunoichi grinned widely.

"So this time I win. Shikamaru with Temari, not with Ino-pig." She said, pride gloated in her words. Naruto growled. He'd been short with money for the past two weeks and the lack of mission that he had didn't assist him in any way. Damn, he even has to take a break from dropping by to Ichiraku.

Naruto tilted up, looking at her with wide, almost teary cerulean eyes. Sakura groaned. Che, puppy-eyes tactic. He should know that I'm immune to that. Although the kunoichi had that kind of thought crossing her mind, she couldn't ignore the blonde totally.

"What are you up to now, Naruto?" she asked, defeated. Naruto grinned. He knew Sakura now to well. She may be short tempered, two-faces, a super strengh demon with a large forehead but she wouldn't put him aside. She has a soft spot for him, and always will have. The blonde scratched the back of his neck, averting his eyes from her. He took a deep breath before he spoke.

"Urm…er...c-can I pay after our next mission? You see, I kinda having a problem with my financial…hehe" the blonde let out a nervous laugh. Sakura frowned.

"You should stop spending your money at the Ichiraku, you know..." she said, obviously despising her friend's love for ramen. It's not that she hated it that way but she didn't think that devouring such unhealthy thing almost everyday were to be considered as…well, normal. Naruto quickly turned his gaze towards Sakura, both horror and anger etched from his face.

"You didn't have the right to criticize me! I can eat whatever and whenever I want. And for your information, I used my own money not your fucking one!!" Naruto hollered. Sakura sighed. An angry Naruto had always been an annoying person to handle. The blonde huffed, crossing his arms in front of his chest, still muttering curses under his breath.

"Naruto," the pink haired kunoichi called her companion politely. Naruto swivelled to face her. Sakura smiled, Naruto frowned. She smiled? What the… The blonde eyes widen to the size of a saucer when Sakura punched a nearby tree. In a swift moment, the big tree cracked to thousands pieces of wood. Naruto paled. She's a monster, she's a monster, she's a monster, she's a monster….. The mantra keeps chanting on his head. Simultaneously, he inched away from her.

"Wh...What?" he asked, stammering. Sakura smiled, indignantly. I love my strength, she mused. "I believe you will pay, yes?" Naruto nodded vigorously. Naruto had learned not to annoy his only female teammate-in a hard way.

Sakura seemed to be satisfied with his response, nodded briskly. She lowered her glance to the blonde. "Hey…" the blonde looked up to Sakura. His blue eyes meet with her green one. "You can pay later. I'm not going to have you cursing me all the way home. And I'm not that evil. Just wanna make sure that you keep your promise" She said, giving him a genuine smile.

The words spoken had brought brightness to the cerulean eyes. He gave her his flashy grin, approving her kindness. "Thanks!" he said as he gave Sakura a little space to sit beside him. The kunoichi gladly sat next to him.

"It's kinda boring these past few weeks. Everyone else is busy or in a mission."

"Yeah. Even in the hospital there's nothing much to do. Tsunade-sama is busy and won't teach me anything new for the time being"

Naruto fidgetted a little, trying to get into a more comfortable position. "Talking about teaching, it's been a while since Kakashi-sensei have the three of us practising together." Sakura huffed at this statement. "He's too busy with Iruka-sensei"

"Geez, Sakura. You still can't get over the past. I won that bet, right? About the two of them will be lover." Sakura scowled. "With a little outside help…"

"Nobody said anything about that." He grinned. Then, an idea came into his mind.

"Care for another bet?" he asked the other. Sakura frowned.

"I thought that we had bet on everyone. Let me see, Lee, Hinata, Chouji, Kiba, Shino, Ino, Gaara, Tenten, Neji, Shikamaru, Temari, Kankurou, Sai…yup, that's almost everyone." She said, confidently. Naruto chuckled.

"No Sakura. There is someone else. The only one besides us"

"Who else? I think that we got all the rookie nine here…heck, even Sai is on the list."

A mischievous glint crossed his eyes, "Sasuke-teme" as the name was uttered, Sakura repressed a shocked look. "Who?" she asked again, disbelievingly. Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Sasuke. I told you he's next." Sakura, who had just recovered from her shock nodded. Then she smiled. " Have you figure out what we're gonna bet on him?" Naruto shrugged, obviously couldn't figure out something."This time, you choose Sakura."

"owhohohohoho…are you sure you gonna let me choose what we're gonna bet on?" Naruto gave her a confusing look. "Sure." He said. The kunoichi (maniacally) laughed out loud. Naruto moved away from her, sweat dropping."S..Sakura??"

"Prepare Naruto. Cause we're going to bet on…" Naruto gulped as he heard Sakura finished her sentence.

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Naruto hit his head to the table of the counter, ignoring the weird looks that other people gave him. It's his fault that he gave Sakura the honour to choose what they gonna bet on. And that bastard is certainly not the most pleasant person to compromised with. And Sakura had just been mean…very mean.

The Ichiraku owner looked at his customer concernly, wondering whether he shall comfort him or not. He decided not to do anything when he saw a figure that came into his stall. He recognised the person as the blonde's friend.

Naruto was still distressing over the matter when Shikamaru took a sit next to him. Shikamaru watch as his friends muttering something about being so evil and his eyes bleated red, almost like his in tears. Shikamaru thought that he had done enough watching when the blonde started to pull out his spiky blonde hair.

"Stop that. It's annoying." He said. Naruto, who had been oblivious to his surrounding almost jumped up from his chair. His jaw almost dropped when he saw Shikamaru sat next to him."Wh…when? I mean why? No! It's suppose to be when..Argh, shit. I'm so messed up I'm seeing you Shikamaru." The latter raise a brow at the statement. Troublesome.

"You're not seeing anything, moron. What's up? Lost another bet with Sakura?" the taller guy asked. Naruto gave him a small nod.

"It seems that losing the bet is better than what happen after that." He said with a small voice. Shikamaru gave him a boring look, which Naruto decipher as a sign to go on talking. Naruto took a long breath. "We have another bet" he told him. Shikamaru nodded, gracefully sipping a tea that he had ordered before. Naruto sighed.

"I bet that he's a gay.

-tbc-

A/N: done with the stuff…I'm still writing the rest of the chapter..please read n review..need to know how I perform this stuff…thank you