Skullz&Rozez- Infatuated

Disclamer: I don't own Naruto.

Why was it that, if I had never loved—or even liked—him before, I was completely infatuated with him now? Maybe it was his good looks; but personally, I think it was his attitude… InoxNaruto.

Prologue: 8th grade

I walked into the schoolyard. Sakura was at my side in an instant, chatting nonchalantly as we walked over to our friends. I held my tennis racket in my hand as I walked, proudly showing my purple and pink baby off to everyone who could see it.

"So, what did you do this weekend?" Sakura asked, giving me the chance to (finally) speak. I smiled, and held my racket for Sakura to see

"My dad bought it for me as a congratulations for being first singles" I said. Sakura sighed. A gift from my father was like a gift from a boy. Unexpected, he lived on the other side of the US, sending an occasional email on Christmas or my birthday. But this weekend, after I had emailed him about getting the position of first singles on the school's girls' tennis team, he had sent me a present. I had been cautious at first, not knowing what to expect; but the racket was fabulous.

"That's cool!" Sakura said, as I handed her the racket. Well that was what she would say, she didn't play tennis. I don't even know if she'd ever held a racket before. But the comment was good. "I wish I had a father who did stuff like that for me"

I frowned, "at least you have a father. My dad only sends me an email, like, once a year," I said, my cheerful mood disappearing quickly. "This was the most unexpected thing he ever did for me"

"Oh, right" Sakura sighed. "What is he doing?" Sakura suddenly asked, she pointed over towards our group of friends. Sasuke was in the center, holding a cage of some sort. Hinata seemed to be screaming as she looked inside. I had to check this out…

"Sasuke!" I shouted, running up to him. "What the hell are you doing?" I peered into the cage. A rather large tarantula poked its long furry legs out of the top. Sasuke pushed it back into the cage with a stick.

"It's a tarantula," Sasuke said, obviously…

"You're such a five-year-old!" Sakura said, slapping Sasuke on the arm. Then she squealed as Sasuke moved the cage closer to her.

"Sasuke, you really are an asshole," I snapped. Sasuke frowned and put the cage down. He shook his head. "Anyway, school picture day is today" He announced to me.

I screamed. "You're not serious?" I asked. Sasuke nodded, he took a schedule out of his pocket. "Read it for yourself" I snatched the schedule away from him.

Picture day, September 18th

I looked myself over. The one day I don't straighten my hair is the one day we have stupid pictures. I looked over at Hinata. "I called you last night, you didn't say anything was happening today!" I blamed my mistake on her; it was Hinata, she wouldn't care anyway.

"I forgot" Hinata explained. "I'm sorry"

I laughed "It's not your fault, Hinata" Suddenly I remembered my tennis racket, and I held it up "Change of subject, look what my dad got me"

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "It's just a tennis racket" He said, I sighed "They cost like, twenty bucks at Models"

I glared at Sasuke. Trust the emo boy to ruin your day… "Shut up, Sasuke"

Math class, first class on my schedule. I sighed, not my favorite as a Monday morning first class. I dragged my heavy backpack, full of weekend homework, into the classroom. Naruto and his groupies were seated at a table in the back, left corner. I ignored them and sat down with Hinata in the front.

I'm not the kind of girl who likes the front of the classroom, but I was in no mood for putting up with Naruto's jeers today. Especially when my day was going moderately well. I got my homework out, and handed it to the teacher, Asuma.

Asuma looked at the class, his eyes going from face to face. After a few moments, he spoke "Where is Gaara?" his voice was cold, and he was in no mood for a missing student. Especially Gaara, who spent every other class skipping with Naruto.

"I don't know" someone called out, "Skipping?" Someone else suggested. Everyone was speaking at once, and everyone was looking at Naruto, Gaara's best friend.

Asuma stared into Naruto's blue eyes. The teacher raised an eyebrow "So?" He asked dangerously. There would be no crap from Naruto today…

"I think he's sick" Kiba called out.

"Was I asking you?" Asuma turned for a second to look at the brunette. Then he turned back to Naruto.

The blonde boy shrugged. "What makes you think I know where Gaara is?" Naruto asked, his temper rising.

Asuma stayed moderately cool. "You two are constantly in trouble for skipping school, why wouldn't you know?" Some kids in the class snickered.

I looked over at Hinata. "There he goes again, getting in trouble for something he didn't do" I whispered. Hinata's large white eyes were concentrated on Naruto, like she was watching to see if he would jump and do a back flip at any second and she didn't want to miss it. I wasn't stupid though, she was just getting a good look at him when she could, since it wouldn't look so obvious if everyone else was looking at him too.

Asuma turned away from Naruto, as if he was no longer angry. He wrote two math problems on the board, "Solve" He said, then he walked over to Naruto's desk "Tell Gaara if he doesn't come in tomorrow without a good excuse, he's getting a detention." Asuma said in a dangerously soft voice.

Naruto nodded "Sure, whatever" he said, then he moved his head, trying to see around Asuma. "You're blocking my view" Naruto said disrespectfully a second later. Asuma looked down at the blonde boy

"You're a word away from getting a detention." Asuma said in the same soft voice. He walked back to his desk, "Finish your work" he said to everyone, Naruto especially.

"I have a free next" I said, comparing schedules with Sakura, Hinata, and Sasuke. Sasuke nodded,

"Me too"

"I wish," Hinata said quietly, she looked at her schedule "Orchestra" she sighed. I could tell Sasuke was about to laugh, but thought against it.

Lunch felt like a ten-minute period. I hadn't even finished my sandwich before the bell rang and Sakura and Hinata departed to their classes.

"Come on" Sasuke got up, and dumped his uneaten food in the trash, then placed his tray on the conveyer belt to be cleaned up by the cafeteria workers. I followed suit. We left the cafeteria, and were walking to our favorite spot on campus.

"I hate him!" I murmured, as I saw Naruto, Gaara, and Neji playing basketball on the blacktop court.

Sasuke turned to me, "Who?" He asked, curiosity filling his voice.

"Naruto, who else?" I slapped Sasuke's face.

"OOOh, look who's in control!" A voice said from behind us as we passed the basketball court.

Obviously Naruto had been watching Sasuke and I closely.

"Go away, Naruto" I said through my teeth.

"I was here first," Naruto said, spinning the basketball on the tip of his finger. He faked throwing it at my face.

"You're so immature, Uzumaki" Sasuke snapped. They had known each other their for a long time, and their similar lives made them rivals.

"Standing up for the girl, huh?" Naruto asked. He moved to the side of me Sasuke wasn't on, and draped his arm around my shoulder. "You like her. Huh, Uchiha?" Naruto asked. I squirmed out of Naruto's grasp. He laughed, and walked back to Sasuke's side of me.

"Shut up, Uzumaki" Sasuke snapped, shoving the blonde boy to the ground. Some Naruto's girls gasped. Gaara and Neji blinked as they watched their best friend fall to the ground.

Naruto got up and brushed himself off, as if nothing happened. "You're never going to get her, Uchiha" Naruto said. He turned and signaled for his friends to follow him off the blacktop.

Well that's it for the prologue. If you're wondering who the main character is, it's Ino. Who has a crush on Sasuke, who thinks of her as just a friend. And there is Naruto, who gets a sudden interest in Ino in later chapters.

I know this chapter was short, but it's only the prologue. Later chapters will be longer!

Please review and tell me if you like it; or if you don't like it, what I need to improve on!