I walked down the street in Kohona, thinking about past years, past relationships, things like that. Oh, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Sakura Haruno, but most people call me by my last name, except for that baka Naruto(he calls me 'Sakura-chan') and Ino(she called me 'Saku' or 'Saku-chan'). I'm 24, living by myself in a one bedroom apartment in New York City. People also call me a lesbian, but I prefer bisexual, I just like girls better.
Anyway, like I said, I was walking down the street when I something like a muffled cry from the alley I was passing. If curiousity killed the cat then I was the murderer. I saw this guy, a rough lookin' guy too. He had greasy hair, some lip peircings, a leather jacket, jeans, and boots on. He was beating this girl up, and it looked like she was about to pass out. He was saying something about her owing him money, I didn't exactly listen because I was still in shock over seeing the girl's eyes. I knew only one person who had such beautiful bright blue eyes and that was my high school crush, Ino Yamanaka (and the said baka but he's gay, so he doesn't count). We had played some sports together, well, sort of. I was on junior varsity and she was on varsity. She was everything I ever thought about. She was also the only person I ever truly loved. And when I finally told her how I felt about her, she rejected me, completely severing our friendship. I was heartbroken, lonely, and felt like a peice of me had died.
I decided that even though Ino had broken my heart, she didn't deserve to be treated like this guy was doing to her. I walked up to the guy until I was about 5 feet away, trying to keep calm, and said, "Hey, what's going on over here?"
He turned and snarled at me, "Mind your own fucking business, bitch!"
"Well guess what? By calling me a bitch, you just made it my business." I smiled a sickly sweet smile that made me even cringe to put it on.
He kinda just grunted and swung at me. I easily ducked and punched him in the stomach, thanking God that I had taken a karate class during college. He reeled back in shock (I guess he never met a girl who fought for herself) and I landed a solid punch to his jaw. I heard a crack but didn't care what it was. He was out cold, at least for the minute.
I turned to the Ino, knelt down to where she was sitting and asked, "Hey, you alright?"
"I-I think so... T-thank you," she started to cry a little bit as she said that.
"Hey, um, please don't cry. I don't like seeing people cry 'cause it makes me cry and you know how much I hate to cry?" I said, and apparently she didn't recognize me.
"No, I don't know how much you hate to cry...." Ino slowly looked up at me and I gulped.
It's gonna be hard to look her in her eyes...
Hell yeah! She has those eyes that can make you go all hot and bothered to like frozen within 2 seconds!!
Dammit, go away!! I don't need you here too! I forgot to mention I have an Inner, and boy is she perverted! And annoying.
Hey, I'm here if I want to be! And you can't make me leave!
"Well then, I'll tell you. It's the second thing I hate the most. The third being death, and the first being losing the person I truly loved," I hoped that would help her remember me...
"That's um, interesting..." she remarked.
"Hm? What?" I tried my best to feign innocence.
"Oh, it's just that one of my friends in high school told me something like that... except... instead of losing the person... you loved, sh- they.. said it would be losing.. me." Ino looked at me almost expectantly, which was when I thought she might be catching on.
"Really? Huh, smart girl." I helped her stand up, noticing cuts and bruises on her arms.
"What made you say that it was a girl?"
"Uhhm... A guy hates to cry more than anything. A girl doesn't let her emotions ruin her relationships." I whipped that one out, hoping she'd buy it.
"Oh. Ok." I think she bought it! "...It was a girl anyway...... Hey, what's your name?"
"Sakura. Hey, you wanna come to my place? You got some cuts that might get infected." I took her hand gently and led her out of the alley onto the sidewalk, leaving the guy, who was starting to stir, lying on the ground. I smiled as her fingers laced with mine.
"I think I'd like that, Sakura." Ino followed me through the streets, staying quiet for a while. Finally she spoke, "Why don't you want to know my name?"
Oh, shit. "Uhm, I hadn't thought to ask." Oh, yeah, that's smooth.. Shut up! "So, what is your name?"
"Ino. Ino Yamanaka. And what's your last name?"
"Haruno. Nice to meet you Yamanaka." I was just avoiding the question that I knew was coming next.
"Hmm, you know something, I went to high school with a Sakura Haruno.... Hey, did you go to Kohona High?" Yep, there was the question.
"Yeeeaahh, why?" I turned and looked at her, still walking towards my apartment.
"Did you play sports there?" Dammit, more questions.
"Again, yeeeaahh, why? And why are you avoiding my question?" I wasn't liking the way things were going as we reached my apartment door. I finally got the stupid door open after like 5 minutes jiggling the key and walked in.
She followed me into the living room. "Uhm, I think that we went to high school together."
I motioned for her to sit on the couch and she did, sitting near the end of it. I grabbed a washcloth and wet it with some warm water.
"So, we went to high school together? What of it?" I sat next to her, intent on cleaning the cut in her cheek.
She winced and closed her eyes when I started getting the blood off of her cheek. "You can sqeeze my thigh if it hurts too much, you know"
"I think I'll b- ah!" Ino's eyes were still tightly shut when her hand shot out, grabbing my thigh. That action alone would have gotten me aroused, but her hand had landed very high up on my thigh, and my sharp intake of breath caused her to open her eyes and look at me.
"What's wr-" Her eyes widened as she realized where her hand was, but didn't bother to move it "Uhm, I'm... sorry...?"
"It's, mmm, okay" I struggled to stay focused in cleaning her cuts, noticing that she still didn't move her hand.
What'd I tell ya? Hot and bothered...
Shut up!!
Honestly? That's all you can tell me? You know you just wanna take her right here, right now!! You want t-
How in Hell can I have such a perverted Inner?!
It's cause you created me. That means that you are just as pervy as I am.
No, I am not as pevy as you are. No one is that pervy!!
You and I are the same person! Can't you get that through your thick forehead?!?!
Wait, if you and me are the same person... Doesn't that mean we have a thick forehead?
.........shut up.....
I smirked at finally having won an arguement with my Inner.
"Uh, Saku? Are you alright?" Ino was waving her hand in front of my face.
"Huh, what? Y-yeah, I'm fine" I sighed as she put her hand back her lap. I finished cleaning her cuts off when I continued. "I was just thinking.....about....stuff. That's all."
"Oh. So. How's life been treating you?" She was obviously trying desperately to make converstion.
"I've been..." hurt, lonely, confused, rejected, all those things "...good. You?" I cursed myself for not telling her the truth.
"I've been...about the same. My life hasn't been all peaches and cream though," She forced a laugh. It was hurting her to talk to me, but I wasn't sure why.
"Ino, you know that you can tell me anything. After all, we used to be good friends back in high school, before I-" I stopped short before saying 'before I told you my feelings for you'. I knew I couldn't go there. Not yet at least. I wanted her to feel like we were friends again.
"Y-yeah, I know....it's just that I..." She looked away at this point never got to tell you...about my feelings for you...."
My eyes widened in realization of what she just said.
