Hallo kittens! I'm editing this chapter a bit because I think it is awful.

I Do Not Own Naruto

Lots a Lot a Love, Kandikitty

Ino

I have a lot of bad habits but this one specifically I fully blame on Shikamaru. I sighed leaning against the ledge taking a drag from the cigarette. We sat on the roof of his apartment building watching the sunset. He was playing music off his phone filling the air with something more then our morose aura.

His voice breaks through the chorus. "We are a couple of fuck ups aren't we." It was more of a statement than an actual question.

I nod silently. There isn't much more that needed to be said. I clenched my fist- still bruised from the day before. He clasps my shoulder in what is meant to be a comforting gesture. Running my hand through my hair thinking of yesterday, once again I let my temper get the best of me and Shikamaru had to save my ass. This was our last year at Konoha high and I was one more fight away from expulsion.

"What is with you and her anyways? Didn't you two use to be like best friends in middle school?" He shoved his hands into his jacket pockets, knowing this was a subject I didn't want to talking about. We walked the steps down to his place.

"Yes we were. That got fucked up and now we are here. That's it." My voice was harsh, I felt a twinge of guilt for talking to him like this. He just wanted to help but she is something I don't even want to think about, let along talk about. We dropped down on his couch continuing our movie, some B rated slasher flick. My thoughts couldn't help but wonder back to the fight with none other than the bane of my existence, Sakura.

I could hear her laugh from around the corner, I knew the smile she would be holding, I knew the gleam those verdant eyes held. I rounded the corner expecting to see Sakura laughing with TenTen or Hinata, instead she was pressed against her locker by Sasuke. That impertinent bastard! What gives him the right! I clenched my fist trying not to make eye contact with either of them.

Yet he still called after me, "Ey Ino what's up?" I could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Let her be Sasuke." I barely heard the pinkette mumble.

"I don't need you to stick up for me Sakura." I growled back.

"I wasn't sticking up for you." She fumed back.

"Sure as hell sounded like it." My jaw was set, if she wanted a fight she was getting one.

She stepped out from under Sasuke. "Don't start something you can't finish." She was inches from my face.

"I will finish it this time." I shoved her back into the lockers.

"Bitch!" She rebounded faster than I thought, pushing off the lockers slamming her shoulder into my abdomen running me into the opposite wall.

I kneed her in the nose making her lose her grip and landing a solid punch in the same spot. It popped, defiantly broken. She wasn't backing down. It was not your usual 'chick fight' there was no hair pulling or name calling, no scratching or pulling at clothes either. Just punch after punch. I tried to put her in a head lock but she bit my forearm making me bleed. Neither of us noticed Sasuke had tried to break us up, nor that someone had found Kakashi-sensei. Before either of us knew it we were pulled apart by him and Asuma-sensei. We looked at each other taking in the bloody beaten masses we had become.

I stood in the bathroom wrapping up my arm where there were now stitches from Sakura's bite. I looked in the mirror taking in my busted lip, black eye, but most of all the hurt in my blue eyes. Sakura and I were best friends. Were- the key word there. I slammed my fist into the sink instantly regretting it as pain shot its way up to my shoulder. Sakura and I couldn't even be civil for the sake of graduation.

I stole another cigarette from Shikamaru for the walk home. I welcomed the breeze somehow it was cakming. The fresh air was nice, the stars were nice. Overall tonight was just nice. Weather wise anyways. I took my time, not really in any hurry to return home. Mom and Dad both worked late tonight. The only down side to my walk home is the shortest way involves walking passed the Haruno house, ironically a fact I use to love. I held my breath walking in front of it as if any noise at all would draw the pinkette out. I could hear her talking to someone, her bedroom window must have been opened.

"-even know myself... One day we were fine and the next we are trying to murder each other." She made a noise, somewhere between a chuckle and a sob.

"Wasn't it around the time Sasuke asked you out?" That voice was TenTen. She was probably spinning around in Sakura's desk chair. That was her favorite spot last I remember.

I looked up to the window, wondering why they would be talking about me.

"Yeah I don't really remember exactly what happened, she hated him for no reason and... I guess I chose him over her."

My whole body tensed. How could she not remember? How could she guess she chose his side? I bit my tongue refraining myself from shouting something and kept walking. I need to stay away from everything to do with her. She will ruin my chances at graduating.