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REMEMBER: I AM RE-WRITING THE 2, 3, 4, AND 5TH CHAPTERS!

Disclaimer- I DO NOT own Naruto but I DO own Cassie. Take her and die.


-The Decision-

-A…Party?-

The curtains blew slightly in the breeze. I had left the windows open in an attempt to cool off the house. Not much luck there. Mom was vacuuming the den and I was stuck here…washing the dishes. I wiped the sweat away from my forehead. 'If only cold water could clean dishes,' I thought to myself, hating the summer. The phone started to ring. I didn't bother to get it, since it was hardly ever for me. I could hear my mother pick up the phone and have a thirty second conversation with the person calling.

"Sakura!" my mother's voice called. "Phone!"

I almost dropped the plate on the floor in my dash to get to the cordless phone. The bad thing was, the cordless phone was on the third floor. It seemed to take forever to run up forty-three steps. I was breathing heavily by the time I picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hi Sakura!" an excited voice said from the other line.

I smiled to myself. "Hello Hinata."

Hinata, one of my four best friends, had an even bigger house than I did. Then again, mine only had three floors. Well, unless you count the den which is one floor, underground.

"I have something to tell you," Hinata sounded ecstatic about whatever she was about to tell me.

"Okay…?" I asked, slightly irritated at her for not getting on with it.

"My dad agreed to a party!"

"A…party?" I said, not believing her.

"Yes!" she giggled. "Isn't it wonderful?"

I smiled. "Yeah! I never thought your dad would let you!"

Hinata squealed. "I know! The best part is…it's a boy/girl party. And there is a sleepover afterwards. Even though that's supposed to be girls only, Naruto said they would sneak in through my window! Oh, and the girls are going to wear kimonos. The boys…I bet they'll come in jeans."

All the happiness that was in me disappeared. Boys? BOYS? Not them! I'm never good around boys. I'm not like Ino, who flirts with them too much. I'm not like Hinata, who's totally shy around them. I'm not like Cassie, who can be herself and they'll love her. I'm not like Tenten who hangs out with boys on occasions, because she is one on the inside. I'm just…weird. I lose myself. When they ask me a question, I can't talk. They think it's hot. Me? Not so much.

Hinata tapped the phone. "Sakura? You there?"

"Yeah," I said, suddenly realizing I was still on the phone. "When is it exactly?"

Hinata thought for a moment. "Well. I was thinking tonight. I've already called Tenten, and Cassie. Naruto's taking care of the guys. I know you'll pass it on to Ino, since you two hang out ALL the time."

"Yeah," I muttered. "Hey, I gotta go. And I'll tell Ino. Bye." I hung up the phone and walked back down the stairs.

I walked into the kitchen to see that the dishes were already done. I stood there for a moment, kind of clueless or who could have done this.

"Hello?" said a voice behind me.

I turned around to see Ino leaning on the refrigerator. Ino smiled at me. "Okay, Sakura. I heard you talking on the phone. I did the dishes, so you have to spill."

I sighed and sat on the counter. "That was Hinata. She is going to have a party. Tonight. A boy/girl party. By the sounds of Neji's muttering in the background I noticed it is unsupervised. Then afterwards there is a sleepover. The boys are going to sneak in through the window. And…stuff." I finished rather quickly, not really wanting to know what stuff meant.

I waited.

Ino covered her mouth and screamed with happiness. I flinched, apparently she didn't cover it hard enough.

"What's going on?" my mom asked, walking into the kitchen.

"Mrs. Haruno, Hinata is having a party tonight, can Sakura go?" Ino said, jumping up and down.

My mother looked at me for a moment. I sighed. "Don't worry, I promise I won't get drunk."

Mom nodded and Ino squealed with delight. "I need to get ready!" she exclaimed.

I watched as Ino dashed up the stairs at the speed of light. I mumbled something awful about boys and headed up the stairs after her.

The door to my room was open which meant she had to be in there. I entered the room to see Ino digging through my closet. "What to wear?!"

I had to laugh. She was a crazy woman when it came to looking for clothes. She turned to look at me. "What?"

I smiled and started looking through the back of the closet.

Ino sighed. "There's nothing back there."

"Oh yeah?" I said, holding up a gold kimono.

Ino's jaw dropped. I had to admit, it was beautiful. The gold part of it was the sunset. Blue waves roared up at the bottom and golden fish swam below in the sea. It was perfect for her. I draped it over the back of my purple chair and started examining the makeup she could wear. I picked out gold eye shadow and light pink lip gloss.

"Here," I said, handing the makeup to her. "Have fun."

"What are you wearing?" Ino asked, looking at me.

I sighed. "I'm not going."

Ino looked horrified. "What?! You have to go! Please?"

"No," I said, turning to walk out.

"But," Ino's voice said, "please? Hinata would be so sad. That means you have to go."

I clenched my fists. "Fine. But I have nothing to wear. I never wear fancy kimono's or anything like that."

Ino bit her lip. "Well…I'm sure that I know of one that would SO look good on you." She ran back into my closet as I sat on her bed, awaiting the torture that will come. After several minutes of nothing, Ino emerged from her closet.

"Nothing, hopefully," I said, knowing that fake sad face on Ino's face. She grinned and held out a box. I raised an eyebrow.

"Open it," said Ino, smiling.

I sighed and lifted the lid of the box off.

I lifted the kimono out and admired it's beauty. It was…amazing. It was pink. My color. There was a very sophisticated looking flower design starting at the ankle, going all the way up the leg. Cherry blossoms by the looks of it. Who put this is my closet?

"Do you like it?" asked Ino, hoping I would say yes. I knew the answer, but I didn't want to say it. Ino was giving me those puppy eyes. "Sakura?"

"Yeah," I said, still staring at it.

Ino squealed her girly squeal and was already looking through her makeup. "Now, I won't put on much, since I know you don't like makeup," she said, picking up black eyeliner.

"Eyeliner?" I didn't care if she did that. "Well, I you can go crazy with the eyeliner since I like it." Ino smiled and started applying it. 'I wonder what I'll look like after this is done?' I thought.

I looked at the mirror, not believing my eyes. I was actually pretty for once. It was scary. In a good way. Ino looked awesome as well.

"Wow," said Ino. "Your gorgeous."

"So are you," I said, turning to look at her.

"Yeah," Ino rolled her eyes. "Sakura, do you seriously think I'll call myself pretty?"

"Um, no!" I smiled. "Can we go? We only have ten minutes."

Ino looked at the clock. "EKK!"

I laughed as we both ran down the stairs. "Bye girls!" My mom shouted as we ran out the door.

"Bye!" called Ino, getting into my car. I started it.

"This is going to be so fun!" Ino said, her eyes filled with excitement. I pulled out of the driveway and started off to Hinata's house.

"I wonder which boys will be there?" Ino thought out loud.

I rolled my eyes. "It's pretty obvious that Hinata invited Shikamaru for you."

Ino's face redden slightly. "I don't like Shikamaru!"

I sighed. "Whatever! You know you do and don't deny it!"

I could tell Ino was getting mad. I didn't want her to, but what could I do? She glared at me. "Well, I know for a fact Sasuke's coming! When you were changing Hinata called and told me!" Ino covered her mouth.

My knuckles whitened as I tightened my grip on the steering wheel. "And you didn't bother to tell me?" I asked through gritted teeth.

"I-I forgot, seriously!" said Ino. "Look girl, just avoid the guy! It's not like he's going to walk straight up to you and say I'm sorry! Boys have to much pride to do that. Sakura, please don't get mad."

We had reached Hinata's house. I didn't respond to Ino, I just pulled up in the driveway. I parked the car and turned off the ignition. We both got out of the car. Ino walked quickly over to Hinata and started whispering stuff. Hinata nodded and Ino went inside. When Hinata turned back around I was right in front of her.

"Gosh, Sakura! Scared me!" she said, backing up against the door.

"Sorry," I apologized. "Is he in there? Please say no."

"Who?" asked Hinata, acting like she didn't know.

I sighed. "Sasuke!"

"Oh…um. Maybe?" she said. "Don't kill Naruto for inviting him!"

"I won't. What is Ino doing?" I asked.

"Seeing where he is," said Hinata.

I smiled at her. "Thanks for caring so much, but seriously. I'll have to face him sometime."

Hinata smiled back. "Your welcome. And you look completely amazing!"

I took that moment to look at her kimono. It was violet. The design at the bottom showed iced frozen over rocks. And snowflakes drifted down to cover the top of the ice. "Thanks, I like yours too! Can we go inside? It's freezing!" I said, opening the door and walking in. Hinata followed.

I saw Ino talking to Cassie. Cassie is Naruto's older sister. Her hair is black and she always wears it up in a ponytail. Crystal blue eyes, just like Naruto. She's a senior in high school but she still hangs out with us anyway. Oh yeah, and she loves pink and orange. You now see why I like her? She was wearing a bright orange kimono that was black from the knees down.

"Oh my gosh, Sakura! You look so pretty!" said Cassie, running up and hugging me.

"Uh, thanks," I seriously wasn't used to getting this many compliments. I heard my name in the next room. 'Please don't be him,' I thought. 'Please.'

"You don't know if you don't ask," said a very familiar voice.

'Neji,' I leaned against the wall. 'Well, that means he's here.'

"Hinata-chan!" Naruto said, appearing from the staircase and hugging Hinata. "Miss me?"

"O-Of course Naruto-kun," said Hinata, startled slightly by him. It made me happy to see someone with Hinata. Ino was staring at something with caution.

"What?" I asked, turning around to see what she was looking at. There he was. Sasuke. Right there. Talking to Neji.

"What happened to make you hate him exactly?" asked Naruto, looking confused.

I turned to face him. "Well...as you know, we went out. He said he loved me and everything. Turns out he liked this girl named Karin more. I've been heartbroken ever since." It wasn't hard at all for me to tell that story anymore. I'd gotten over him, but still couldn't stand to face him.

Naruto looked like he was about to kill someone, "I'll kill that bastard." Hinata looked slightly worried at that.

I smiled at him, "No need. I already despise him."

Ino was watching me. "You know, we could get you another boyfriend."

My eyes turned cold. "No. I'd personally rather die."

Ino looked stubborn. "Come on, Sakura! It'll be good for you! That was three years ago. This is now! Please?"

As I have said before, I don't like giving in to Ino. Or maybe I haven't said that before? Oh whatever. Anyway, I wasn't sure about this. Having a boyfriend again sounded like it would make me happy. But it just might turn out like Sasuke and me. Ino was looking hopefully at me. I sighed. "I...guess. But who could I possibly like here?"

Ino bit her lip. "Eh, I don't know that yet. How about...Kiba, he's nice!"

"I'm not much of a dog person. I prefer cats," I said, leaning against the wall.

Cassie's eyes now started to scan around. "Lee?"

I almost laughed, but held it in. "Are you insane?"

"Shino?"

"Ew, no. I hate bugs."

"Neji?"

"Hello, he's dating Tenten. Also, I'm not interested."

"My little brother!"

"Why the hell would I date Naruto, if he's dating Hinata?"

"Dunno...Just saying names. Um, Kakashi?"

"Cassie, he's our teacher..."

"I'm aware. Ino you have any ideas?" asked Cassie, looking over at her.

"Yeah...Oh wait! Cassie, your boyfriend is Deidara, right?" asked Ino.

Cassie raised an eyebrow. "What are you getting at?"

Ino smiled. "Well, Deidara hangs out with that super hot guy...what's his name?"

Cassie had to think for a moment. "...Sasori?"

"Yeah, that's it!" Ino was getting excited. "Sakura could date him! He's so cute!"

I rolled my eyes. "How am I going to date him if I don't know what he looks like?"

"Easy!" said Ino, turning to Naruto. "You did invite the Akatsuki, right?"

Naruto nodded. "Yep!"

Ino squealed and ran off.

I sighed. This was going to be some long night.


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