Disclaimer= I do not own Naruto.

Konoha's shinobi were invited to go another village to train some kids on the way of the ninja. This was going to be a pretty sweet camp because I was going to have my students work their butts off. Since I learned rasengan in three days, I'd have 6 weeks to teach my students that great A-Rank move (providing that they have the affinity for it, of course).

The camp starts off kind of rough. None of the kids assigned to me had the affinity for wind. That meant rasengan was out of the question for them. The first few weeks of camp were basically a taijutsu emporium. Turns out some of my students had the affinity for earth. This was good because I could practice my rasengan while they practice honing their defensive skills doing a variety of techniques such as Earth Style: Mud Wall.

Ino's students had wind affinity. For some reason, she always asked me to do demonstrations for her students. Sometimes I had would help out, but then there were times where I was to tired to even walk. I would later find out from a birdie near the end of Week 5 that she just wanted to get my attention. I gave her a little bit of attention, and since that time at camp, we it off well, or so I thought.

We get back to the village and life returns to normal for me and the rest of the people. Ino and I started talking more and made habits of seeing each other more often to hang out and stuff. She treated me very kindly, as I treated her. There seemed to be no problems of any kind. After lunch at Ichiraku's one day, I walked her to her work. When I walked out of her shop after saying my goodbyes, I bumped into Sai. He asked if Ino and I were going out. I obviously told him no, "we are just friends."

"Are you sure Naruto? I read in a book that if two people are frequently seen together, it usually means that they are going out."

I maintained that we were not going out, that we were just friends. He next asked an interesting question.

"Naruto, you must realize that you cannot frequently hang out with a girl without developing any feelings for her. So, have you told Ino that you like her?"

That question he asked caused me to blush. I'm going to lie. I explained to Sai that I hadn't told Ino yet that I liked her. Before walking away, he told me simply, "tell her how you feel soon, before it is too late." I tossed and turned in my bed for several nights wondering just how I was going to do this. In the end, I told myself that it has to come natural.

One afternoon I was walking around some houses when I saw Ino just leaving a store. I called her name. She came over to where I was and we chatted for a few minutes. Some where in that brief span of time, I asked her to go to the stadium with me so we could walk around a little bit. So we headed over there, found a good spot and sat down. I was building up to tell her how I felt when Sakura came from out of nowhere to whisk Ino away.

"Don't eat at night, be lightning quick in the day no jutsu," I muttered to myself.

I was pissed. That moment was the best time for me to tell Ino my true feelings. Thanks to Sakura, that did not happen. It also did not make matters well that I forgot my carton of milk at home expired…again. At least one thing was happy to be getting in some work.

The next day comes and I am not looking forward to it. I did not sleep well at all. I was tossing and turning the entire night and it didn't help that I had nightmares. My body got up, but not my mind. I made my rounds and got all of that done in a fairly short amount of time. The work was Gennin-level. Even though I still am one by title, I consider myself for Jounin. How is THAT for swag? I had the urge for a work out, so I headed out towards Lee's Dojo for some taijutsu fighting. My taijutsu has improved, mind you, so I want to see how it stacks up to his. Everything was all nice and dandy when I turn the corner to get to the dojo. There is one more turn you have to make, a left turn, to get to the dojo. When I made the left turn, I wish that I made a right one because I turned to see Ino kissing some guy…SAI!

"Ino?! SAI?! What the hell are you guys doing ?!!?"

Sai has some nerve to be kissing Ino.

"Naruto, we are doing something called kissing. I have the word highlighted in my dictionary if you want to read it."

I gave some serious thought to rasenganning the book, but I thought better of it. My feet turned and I walked away. I looked once more at Ino, who noticed that my eyes screamed heartbreak, but didn't seem to care. As I was heading back the way I came, I heard a voice calling my name. It was Sakura out of all people. She asked me what was the entire ruckus that coming from my direction. I told her not worry about it, but she was persistent, that girl. I really was in no mood to talk to her, but to get her off my back, I had to throw her a bone. When I told her about me catching Ino and Sai making out, her expression remained unchanged. She hit below the belt with her next comment.

"Ino isn't good enough for you, Naruto." I snapped.

"Oh REALLY Sakura? How would you know, do you make decisions for her?! Do you control her? All I told you was that I saw her kissing some other guy, but NOOO, you had to add something else. An [ Oh, I see. ] would have sufficed. I know why you said what you said… YOU ARE JEALOUS. You are jealous of the fact that I didn't shower you with attention like I did Ino. Why should I have to given you the time of day? WHY?! You never liked me to begin with. YOU were the first person that I had liked. You were really vibrant on the outside. While many of the guys were turned off by that, I was not. I tried to get close to you, you would not let me get close to you. Perhaps that it why you have been single for so long… you will never let any man get close to you. That crap yesterday about you whisking Ino away was 100% fabricated! You took Ino away from me so she could hang out with Sai. You never were thrilled about the idea of me and her possibly becoming a couple. Ino caved in because she did not want to lose your 'friendship.' It is incredible how you let your jealousy devour you like it has. Sure, I'm mad, but I'm mostly disappointed. People have a right to be happy. I have a right to be happy. You forbade me from seeking one of the ultimate forms of happiness: being in a relationship. Before you and Ino went off yesterday, I was going to tell her that I liked her and ask her to be my girlfriend. This really sucks now. I thought you were a nice person Sakura. I thought wrong. You took my happiness away. From the bottom of my heart, I just want to say…THANK YOU BITCH!"

I cried the rest of the way home.