Let Your Heart Win
Chapter 1
DISCLAIMER: K9PUPPYG DOES NOT OWN NARUTO.
"You're such a bastard."
I turned to look at the owner of that voice. We glared for what seemed to be three years, until the sound of a doorbell broke the tension.
Of course, since it was my house I stood to answer the door.
I looked at the being that stood on the other side of the doorway. It was a girl around my age. Judging by her posture, she didn't really strike me as the most confident.
"Can I help you...?" I asked her.
"Uh-Uhm yes. I'm new in town and I...I was wondering if you went to Fire Leaf High." The words came out of her mouth, barely audible.
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh, uhm. I was wondering if it wasn't too much trouble..." She paused, suddently hearing Naruto's voice.
"Who is it, Sasuke?" Naruto called from behind me. Then he peered around my shoulder. "Hi! What's up?"
I sighed.
"She was about to ask me something, Naruto." Then I turned my gaze back towards her. Her face became pale-er as a result.
"I was-uhm wondering if you could sh-show me the way to school tomorrow morning."
"You're going to our school??" Naruto yelled from behind me...right in my ear. The girl only nodded. "Well, of course he'll show you the way!"
Somehow, my opinion no longer mattered, because the girl took his answer, thanked me, and left. I slowly closed the door and turned to Naruto.
"Why would you do that?" I mustered up all my strength not to punch the boy in his face.
"Do what?" He replied, completely oblivious.
"I don't want to walk with her to school tomorrow." I said simply.
"Well, how come?"
"I'd rather not be alone with a girl that I don't know." I know it would only be a 10 minute commute, but I still had no interest in being in an awkward silence. Just my normal, everyday silence.
"Well, I'll come so you won't be alone! Simple." He had to have comebacks everytime didn't he? I let an irritated sigh escape my lips.
"Fine." I agreed "But, you better be here on time. If you're not here by 6:30, I'm leaving." I had to make sure Naruto knew this. I have an attendance of excellence in school. Naruto, on the other hand...was the opposite.
And with that said, Naruto agreed and left for home. He decided that he should go to sleep a little early.
The next morning...
I walked out of my door surprised to see Naruto and the girl already outside, standing by my mailbox. His mouth was running a mile a second, and the girl couldn't stop from laughing.
"Good job dobe. You came on time." I smirked at his frown.
"G-good morning." The girl said and bowed.
"Good morning..." I paused "What's your name again?"
"Oh, my apologies. I'm Hyuuga Hinata." She held her hand out for me to shake. I took it and replied.
"Uchiha Sasuke."
"And I'm Naruto!" He grinned, and she smiled back at him. Her face was pale and her cheeks became tinted with pink. If I didn't know any better I'd say she has a crush on him. That...or maybe it's because we're standing in the cold. The sidewalks were covered in ice and the winds were whipping wildly.
"Nice to meet you both." She said genuinely. I nodded.
"Shall we go now?" I asked as I adjusted my backpack over my shoulder. They both nodded and we began to walk down the sidewalk. For the first minute or so, it was quiet. The only noise heard was the ice crunching beneath our feet. Every now and then a car would wizz by.
"So, Hinata." Was all I had heard before I tuned their conversation out. Every now and then Naruto would include me by saying "Right, Sasuke?" or "Remember that, Sasuke?" I only nodded in reply.
When we finally arrived at school, we parted ways with Hinata. She had to go to the main office to get her schedule, id, and locker. Thank goodness. I don't think I could bare any more of her giggling at Naruto's antics.
Naruto and I walked to the academics building. This was where all the lockers were located.
"See ya in homeroom, bastard." Naruto grinned as he walked into the stairwell. His locker was upstairs. In freshman and sophmore years, our lockers were next to eachother. That's how we met...
Flashback
Freshman Sasuke was opening his new locker. He had quietly stuffed the books he didn't need inside the locker. Just minding his own business. Then, someone tapped his shoulder.
"Excuse me." Sasuke turned around curiously.
"What...?" Sasuke asked. The person in front of him was a blonde boy with spikey hair. He sported an orange jumpsuit and was about 2 inches shorter than Sasuke.
The boy nervously laughed and scratched the back of his head.
"I can't seem to find my locker. It's 223B." Sasuke looked at him with an are-you-serious look, which the boy read quickly. "Nevermind, I'll just find it myself." The boy said quietly. His head drooped a little and he began to turn away.
Sasuke put his hand on the boy's shoulder, which made him turn to face him. Sasuke simply pointed at the locker next to his.
"223B" The locker read. The boy instantly laughed.
"Haha! I knew that." He said and scratched the back of his head, flustered. Sasuke simply shook his head. The boy turned to his locker and began to open it.
"Ohhh Sasuke!!" came the voice of a girl. She had purple hair and it was long on one side and short on the other.
"What do you want, Ami?" Sasuke asked through clenched teeth.
"Well...I just wanted to let you know that...I'm saving a seat for you in homeroom! Kay?" She told him. He just nodded and she skipped off, happily.
"Wow..." said the boy who Sasuke forgot was even standing there."All the ladies fall over you like that, man?" Sasuke sighed and just nodded, aggitated.
"You sir, are my idol." The boy said with awe. Sasuke just looked at the boy. "Uzumaki Naruto!" The boy held out his hand, grinning. Sasuke thought this boy was annoying.
"Uchiha Sasuke." he replied as he shook his hand. Although Sasuke knew Naruto would be an annoyance, but what he didn't know was that they would soon be the best of friends.
End Flashback
There weren't that many people in the hallway since it was still pretty early. This was the quietest part of the day, and my favorite.
I turned to my locker and opened it. A folded piece of paper fell out.
"Damn." I silently cursed to myself. The paper fell into a puddle created by the melted ice from my shoes. I bent down and picked up the damp paper. Upon further examination I realized that this wasn't any of my classwork. (The poorly drawn hearts gave it away.) It was just a silly love note. So I did what I usually do when I recieve notes in my locker...
Ball 'em up and toss 'em in the trash bin.
I took off my white scarf and black jacket and stored them in my locker, revealing my black longsleeved sweater. I closed my locker and walked towards the library.
I needed to finish my math homework from last Friday. It was only the second week of school, and I'm already slipping. I opened the wooden door to the library and made my way over to the closest vacant table. Unzipping my bookbag, I pulled out my pre-calculus book and my folder. I opened my math book and turned to the homework page. I opened my folder and pulled out my half-finished homework and laid it flat on the table. When I replaced the folder back into the bag where it was, I realized that I didn't have a pencil.
I stood up and walked over to the checkout counter. There was a girl running the checkouts.
Great, another girl to swoon over me.
I walked up to the desk wincing as she exclaimed,
"Oh my gosh! It's Uchiha Sasuke!! Here at my counter!!"
Well, I winced expecting her to say that, but surprisingly, she didn't. In fact, she hadn't even noticed my presence!
I watched her.
Her eyes were glued to a thick book. She had long, pink hair and it was in a low side ponytail.
I cleared my throat.
Her gaze slowly raised from her book to me. She had on black frames that she pushed up on her nose with her index finger.
"Can I help you?" she asked quietly, but audible. Unlike my first meeting with Hinata. She had direct eye contact and a firm demeanor.
"Do you have a spare pencil that I may borrow?" I asked. She folded her fingers together and rested her chin on them.
"Hmm...I think I might." Then she reached down below the desk into her bag and pulled out a pencil. She inspected it and held it out to me. "Here you go." She chirped and smiled at me. I took the pencil from her grasp.
"Thanks." I paused and looked at the name tag on her yellow blouse, "....Ms. Haruno." She smiled again and nodded. Then she went back to her thick book.
I returned to my table and began looking over the problems, and one by one I was completing them.
"Bahaha! You have got to be kidding me!" I heard exclaim. She was probably on a cell phone, I thought. I let my eyes wander over to the checkout counter. There she was, just reading her book.
"Weird."
I said to myself. Maybe she's texting someone... However, I shook the thought off and returned to my math problems.
"Man! Anko was sure crazy to pick this one!" I heard her again. I sighed and looked up again. Again, her nose was buried in that book.
Now, being curious I just watched her.
She flipped a page and she smiled. She continued reading down the page, making different expressions all the way down. Then she laughed again.
"Ms. Haruno?" I said quietly.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Am I bothering you?" I shook my head.
"I was just wondering. What are you reading?"
"Oh, just some philosophical documents." she replied tilting her head.
"Are they...funny?" I was clearly confused. I didn't see the humor in that topic. She blushed and muffled,
"Oh, well no. It was just something my teacher said about them in class."
Satisfied, I looked back down at my math problems, I completed three more when someone sat in the chair across from me. I looked up to see Ms. Haruno. She peered at me with her green eyes.
"Need any help? Homeroom starts in 7 minutes." she told me. I looked down at my book. I had 8 more problems to finish, there was no way I could finish in time for class.
"No, I don't think I'll be able to finish anyways." I told her.
She looked at my book thoughtfully and walked over behind the checkout counter. She crouched down for a while and returned her previous position in front of me. She slid the paper in front of me and said,
"I have Asuma tomorrow. The remaining problems are there for you and all complete." I stared at her curiously. "I just thought that my noise was destracting you." She smiled at me.
"You don't have to..." I started.
"I insist. I'd feel horrible if you turn in incomplete work because of me." I smirked.
"If you say so." And I began to copy her answers onto my paper. Of course, I double checked to see if the answers were correct, and they were. Wow, this kid is some kind of nerd or something.
"Thanks, Ms. Haruno." I passed the sheet back to her. The warning bell rang.
"Call me Sakura." She took the paper and went back behind the counter, this time emerging with her bookbag. I put all my stuff back in my bag and stood up walking towards the door.
"Thanks...Sakura." I thanked her again. She smiled and nodded. Then we parted directions.
Kakashi was my homeroom teacher. He was also my reading teacher, which was third period. I walked in and sat in my desk next to Naruto. He wasn't here yet... Which wasn't surprising. He usually comes running in through the doorway right when the bell rings. Yelling,
"I'M ON TIME KAKASHI!"
I looked up.
Very predictable.
However, Naruto never needs to rush because Kakashi is always the last to make it in the class. Naruto just hasn't learned that yet. His eyes wandered over to me and he grinned. He plopped into the desk beside me.
"Yo Sasuke!" The usual greeting. I just nodded, acknowledging his existence. A few minutes passed and the announcements came on.
"Goooood Morning Fire Leaf High!" Came the voice of Tsunade on the intercom. She's the principal. She continued with the announcements and I tuned in and out on them. I caught that we were having ramen at lunch today, cheerleading tryouts was today, and the first debate team meeting was today. Then, the next thing Tsunade said caught my attention.
"Football practice is today afterschool-" her voice was drowned out by the "Whoop!Whoop!Whoop!" of the football players in my class. I smirked at Naruto as he punched his fist in the air. Naruto and I were among the football players. I was the quarterback and the captain. This only made me very popular, especially among the female population. Which I didn't particularly like after a while...It's just that some of them get out of hand, and I'll leave it at that.
The announcements ended and Kakashi came strolling in.
"Yo." He nonchalantly waved.
The class began to chatter, waiting for the bell for first period.
A few moments passed by and a familiar face emerged into the class. It was Sakura. I smirked and tuned Naruto out. He was babbling on about the ramen they were going to serve at lunch.
She glanced at me and gave me a little wave, which I returned
...which didn't go unnoticed by Naruto.
"Ooh, Sasuke. Who's that? Your girlfriend?" He cooed at me. I frowned.
"Shutup dobe. I met her in the library earlier." I watched her while she was speaking to Kakashi, who had a lazy look on his face. Then, she left the class.
Another minute passed as I tapped the pencil from earlier on my desk. The bell was taking too long.
"Hey, Sasuke." I looked at Naruto. "The playmaker and I were planning-" The bell cut him off. "Nevermind Sasuke, I'll tell you at lunch." I nodded and we stood up to leave for first period.
I came to the doorway of my first period and peeked inside to see if my teacher was in there. My first period teacher was also the football coach, Asuma. He's my math teacher.
I saw him there looking through some papers on his desk. So, I stepped in and made my way to my desk.
"Hey Uchiha, C'mere a second." Asuma called. He called all the football players by their last name. Well, he called some of the non football players by their last name too...
"Yes, Asuma?"
"You know we have practice afterschool today." I nodded. "I'll be looking forward to seeing my star player on the field, right?" I smirked.
"You know it." I deserved the title "star player". I was the only freshman to make it on the varsity team. In my sophmore year I was the fastest on the team, so I was quarterback, and I was titled MVP, and I mentioned earlier that I am the captain of the team.
"Haha! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do this year." Asuma said excitedly. I smirked again and returned to my desk.
"Uchiha." I looked at him. "Pass me your homework assignment."
Oh yeah. I forgot he was my math teacher.
Second period.
My least favorite period of the day... Most likely because it was the loudest. I usually sat in the back corner of this class.
"SASUKE!" Ugh... I know who that voice belonged to. I slowly looked up and saw Ino walking over in my direction. She slid into the desk in front of mine and she turned around to look at me.
"Hey, Sasuke. How was your weekend?" I didn't really feel like talking. So I just nodded. "Cool Sasuke." She paused and blew out a breath. "Sasuke are you playing football this year?" I just nodded. "Well, this year I'm going to be on the cheerleading squad! So, I'll be cheering you on!" She giggled at me. I just nodded again.
I never had a full conversation with Ino. I didn't like her much. Ino was pretty and all. She has blue eyes and blonde hair. It's just that she annoys me, alot. It was worse when she was around her friends. Ino was all beauty and no brains.
My friend, Tenten, came in the class and sat in the desk next to mine.
Tenten has brown hair and always wore them in two buns. (Her hair reminded me of a mouse.) Tenten's a senior and I'm a junior. I don't remember how I met Tenten. I do remember one thing though, she has a huge crush on this guy on the football team.
"Sup Sasuke" I just nodded, acknowledging her existence.
Kurenai (My chemistry teacher.) suddently spoke.
"Okay class take out your notes." I pulled my folder out of my bookbag and I took out the pencil from earlier. Ino turned around and was about to say something, but she stopped and stared at the pencil. She laughed nervously when she noticed I was looking at her funny.
"It was just- well your pencil looked familiar." She said, then turned back around. I looked at the pencil, it looked just like any other pencil to me. I shrugged and copied down the notes on the board.
The bell rang. It was time for lunch.
I walked over to my usual table with Naruto and Tenten.
"Yo Sasuke!" Naruto said as I sat down. "Sup Ten."
"Hey Naruto." she said when she sat down. Naruto looked over to the lunch line.
"I'm gonna go get some ramen." He said while standing up.
"Yeah, I'm coming too." Tenten said and they left. I brought my own lunch, which was a ham and cheese sandwich.
I looked up at the sound of loud laughter. A group of girls walked into the cafeteria. It was Ino and her friends. I sighed and went back to my sandwich.
"HEY HINATA!" I heard Ino yell from 3 tables away. I looked at the entrance and there was Hinata. She waved at Ino. Then she looked around and saw me. she walked over and sat in the chair next to me.
"Hello Sasuke." She said.
"Hey." I replied. I usually never say anything back, but I did.
"ARRRRGH! WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS!?" I heard Ino yell. "HANDLE YOUR FRIEND SAKURA!"
"Sakura?" I repeated.
Then I looked over to Ino's table. There was Sakura, but she looked different. Her hair was like Ino's, in a high ponytail, and she didn't have her glasses on.
Ino was angry and poking Sakura in her face. She was trying to get Ino to calm down.
That's funny, I never would've expected someone like Sakura to be hanging around Ino.
She screamed again and stormed out of the cafeteria.
"What kind of friend are you Sakura!?" One of Ino's friends yelled. It was Ami. "I can't believe you would let something like that happen to Ino!" The other girls agreed and they were yelling at Sakura. After they were done yelling at her Ami said,"Come on! Let's go see if Ino's okay!" And they all stormed out of the cafeteria, without Sakura.
"Geez. What's wrong with that girl now?" Naruto said when he sat back down. He and Tenten sat across from me and Hinata. Naruto noticed her presence. "Hey Hinata."
"Hi." She replied.
"I don't know. As long as she's not here I'm fine." Then I looked back over to where Sakura was sitting.
"Aw, man. I forgot to get a fork." Naruto said. He left to go get one.
"Poor girl." I heard Hinata say.
"Who? Ino?" Tenten asked. Hinata shook her head.
"No, Sakura. Her bestfriend." Hinata said.
"Bestfriend?" I repeated. Weird. If they were bestfriends, how come I've never seen Sakura before? Ino was always in my face... Hinata nodded and continued.
"Ino yells at her alot. For trivial reasons." That made me a little angry. At Ino for being a bitch and at Sakura for not defending herself.
I stood up.
"Where ya goin, Sasuke?" Naruto asked when he came back over.
"Be right back."
I walked over to Sakura, stepping over various stray food items on the floor. When I got to her, she looked up at me. "Mind if I sit?" I asked her. She shook her head and pulled out the chair next to her.
"Y'know. You wouldn't strike me as the kind of person to hang around Ino."
I looked at her, her face was red, but she wasn't crying. She blew out a breath.
"You know, she has a LOT of nerve." I heard her say. I looked down at her hands, she was squeezing the life out of a fork, and her knuckles were beginning to turn white. "Stupid Ino-pig!" I blinked. She didn't talk like someone who wouldn't defend herself.
"What did you do to make her mad?" I asked. Sakura threw her hands up.
"I didn't do anything!" A puzzled expression slapped itself on my face.
"Then, why did she yell at you like that?" Her face paled, and she got this sad look in her eyes, but she quickly masked it with a blank expression. The fork that she was suffocating dropped onto the table.
"Oh, I was just being generous to someone... and Ino." She paused. "She did something to Ino." She looked down at the table. I didn't know what came over me when I said this next sentence.
"Well, you wanna come to our table?"
What was wrong with me? Our table already had enough people as it is. But, something iniside me made me feel warm when she smiled. Then she nodded. Then a look of realization came over her face.
"You're Uchiha Sasuke aren't you?" I smirked and nodded.
"Yeah, why?"
"I've always heard your name, but I never knew your face." She smiled and continued "Nice to meet you." Then we walked back over to my table.
"Hey guys, this is Sakura." I said when we came back to the table.
"Hey, Sakura." They all said at once. Sakura waved. Then she looked at Hinata.
"Hey, Hinata." Then she sat by her. Naruto looked at Hinata.
"You guys know each other?" He asked...with a noodle hanging out of his mouth. Hinata giggled and nodded. Sakura grinned and added,
"Yeah, we have homeroom together." Naruto nodded, satisfied.
"I'm Naruto." He said.
"And I'm Tenten." Tenten added. Sakura smiled and said,
"Nice to meet you, both."
The bell rang for third period.
Naruto gulped down the last bit of his ramen and rubbed his stomach. He looked at Tenten, who was about to throw the rest of hers away.
"Tenten, woah. Wait a second." Naruto said, "Let me finish that for you." Tenten rolled her eyes and passed him the cup. He gulped hers down too. Then he grinned.
"I know who to give my food to when I need to throw it away." Tenten said mortified at Naruto's table manners.
"Only the ramen." Naruto added, holding up his finger. Everyone stood up from the table and went to the trash cans. I looked at Naruto and he had ramen on his chin.
"Uhm, dobe. You got food on your face." I said while pointing at his face.
"Oh, here. I have a napkin." Hinata said. She offered it to him. He took it from her and wiped his face.
"Thanks, Hinata." He said, and grinned at her. She blushed.
Now, I was sure she had a crush on him. I smirked and looked at Tenten. She had the same smirk on her face. Apparently, we were thinking the same thing.
"N-no problem." she replied. Then, Sakura walked over.
"Say, Naruto. Would you mind walking Hinata to her class." I looked at Sakura in surprise. "She was feeling a little light-headed earlier, and I don't want her to fall out." Hinata made a face that said what-the-heck-are-you-talking-about, and opened her mouth to say something, but stopped when Naruto said,
"Sure, I don't mind." Sakura winked at Hinata, who blushed even more,
"Thanks, Naruto." He nodded, then he walked out of the cafeteria with Hinata.
I turned to Sakura.
"I wouldn't expect something like that from you." I told her while we all walked out of the cafeteria.
"See you guys later." Tenten said walking towards the gym. We both waved.
Sakura smirked. "I was just helping." She held her hands up in defense. We walked upstairs.
"Your class is up here too?" I asked. She nodded. Then, she stopped in front of a classroom door.
"This is it." She said. "See ya later...Sasuke." She smiled up at me. I waved and she retreated into her class.
"Welcome back, Sasuke." I heard Kakashi say when I entered the class.
I nodded and sat in my desk. It was near the window. I looked to the right and saw a boy with his head down. He had brown hair that was pulled up into a ponytail.
"Hey, Playmaker." I greeted. The boy lifted his head and lazily replied.
"Sup, Sasuke." Then he plopped his head back on his desk. His name wasn't actually "Playmaker", it was just a nickname he aquired. His real name is Nara Shikamaru. He comes up with all the plays for the team. Which is where he got the name, "playmaker". I thought he was an interesting character. He got horrible grades, yet he was a genius. He was the key to our winning streak.
"Did Naruto tell you about the play?" I heard him say. I looked at him again.
"Oh, yeah. He was telling me about something in homeroom, but the bell rang before he could finish." I paused. "He must've forgot to tell me at lunch." I shrugged.
"Well..." he started "You know Naruto is the worst player on the team." I nodded.
As much as I hated to say it, it was the truth. Naruto was the total opposite of me football wise. In freshman year, he barely made it on the JV team. In sophmore year, he miraculously made the varsity team, and he was the slowest. He got lucky to even be put into the game. Naruto was basically a benchwarmer.
"All the other teams know this as well." He continued. "So, I was thinking of making him our secret weapon." I looked at him like he was crazy, which he seemed not to notice. "I already went over the play with Naruto. We're going to go over it again at practice." Then I looked at him with a face that said what-does-this-have-to-do-with-me? Which he read, and he added. "You're an essential part of the play."
The bell rang again. Signaling for fourth period.
I walked out of the class with the playmaker and we walked downstairs. All juniors have gym for 4th period. So, we walked out of the building towards the gym. Playmaker and I turned into the boys locker room, along with other boys.
I walked over to my locker and opened it. Naruto walked up beside me and opened his locker. All athletes had large lockers for our extra equipment, and they were in a designated area.
"The playmaker told me about the thing." I told Naruto. Naruto grinned and said,
"So, what do you think of it?" I shook my head. I pulled my sweater off, revealing my t-shirt.
"He didn't show me since he didn't have the play with him in class." Naruto scratched the back of his head, while his gym shirt hung around his neck.
"Oh, well I think it's a great play...except for one minor detail..." He trailed off. There was something they weren't telling me.
"What's wrong with it?" I asked.
"Well, you see-"
"EVERYBODY GET INSIDE THE GYM IN 10 SECONDS!!" Gai, our gym teacher, yelled and cut Naruto off.
"I'll tell you later." Naruto said. We finished getting dressed right when the countdown ended and ran into the gym.
All the boys have Gai as their gym teacher, and all the girls have Anko as theirs.
Both of them loved to yell, that's probably why they were hired.
The boys sat on one side of the gym in formation. Naruto sat behind me because his last name, Uzumaki, came after mine, Uchiha. That way, it was more organized when attendance was called.
"UCHIHA SASUKE" I stood up and walked over to the bleachers for further instruction.
"UZUMAKI NARUTO" He stood up and followed suit. Naruto sat next to me and Playmaker migrated from his spot to the other side of me. Gai finished the attendance and walked back into his office, while we waited...
I looked down at the girls who were currently doing warmups. Naruto nudged me in the side.
"Ne, Sasuke. There's your girlfriend." He said while pointing. I followed his finger and I scowled at him.
"She's not my girlfriend, dobe." He was pointing at Sakura.
"Who?" Playmaker asked.
Naruto pointed to Sakura again and said,
"The one with the pink hair." The playmaker looked down at her, she was playing basketball with Ino and her friends.
"She's a pretty good player." Playmaker commented. I watched her play...pretty horribly.
"You're joking, right?" Naruto and I said, simultaneously.
"No." he said blankly. I looked at them again. Ami was passing the ball to Ino and Sakura tried to steal her pass, but ended up dropping the ball.
"She sucks." Naruto said. "No offense, Sasuke." I blew out an agitated breath.
"She's obviously faking it." Playmaker stated. I didn't believe it, but it was useless to argue with the Playmaker, he was always right.
Gai finally came back.
"ALRIGHT! EVERYONE! TODAY'S A FREE DAY! NOW GO PLAY!" As soon as he said "play" all the guys were out of the bleachers.
I walked around and saw Hinata. She was watching some people play jump rope. Naruto saw her too.
"See ya later." He said before he walked off. It was just the Playmaker and I now. I turned around and saw Sakura standing behind Ino. She waved at me, and I waved back.
Ino, who thought I was waving at her, waved at me.
The Playmaker, who was standing next to me, waved at Ino.
Ino just stuck her tongue out at him and walked to the other side of the gym.
Sakura watched her walk off and blew out a breath. She wandered over to me and the Playmaker.
"Hey, Shikamaru." she greeted.
"Sup, Sakura." He said. I looked at them both.
"You know her?" I asked the Playmaker. He nodded.
"Yeah, she's Ino's bestfriend." He replied.
"We all grew up together." She added.
"Oh..." I said. Sakura looked around at the crowded gym.
"Hey, you guys wanna play?" She gestured to the ball in her hands. The Playmaker shook his head.
"No, I'm tired of losing to you." He said. I arched an eyebrow at him.
"You lost... to her?" I asked him. He shrugged his shoulders. "I'll play you." I said. "One-on-One." I added. There was no way I could lose to her.
She smirked.
"Okay." she said. "Shikamaru, be referee." He slumped his shoulders.
"Troublesome." he mumbled.
"First one to five points wins." She said. I nodded.
"Okay." Piece of cake I thought.
We started the game and I had the ball. I was dribbling the ball, when Sakura stole it from me and shot it in the net! I stood there, dumbfounded. She laughed and passed me the ball.
"One to Zero." The Playmaker said.
This time I guarded the ball a little more. She was behind me, and I shot it in the net before she could steal it.
"One to One."
I smirked when I passed the ball back to her. She simply tossed it into the net.
"Two to One."
I frowned at her. She smiled.
"What's wrooong, Sasuke?" She teased and passed the ball to me. I decided to simply shoot, like she did. It bounced off the rim, right into Sakura's grasp.
"Three to One."
"No way!" I yelled. The Playmaker smirked.
"Told ya she was good." he added.
She passed the ball to me. I decided I was going to dunk it this time. As soon as I jumped, Sakura stole it from me and dunked it herself!
"Four to One."
"One more point, Sasuke." She winked at me and passed the ball, which she stole back again. She was in mid throw when the Playmaker yelled,
"Sakura, look!" While he pointed behind us. I looked to where he was pointing and saw Ino looking around for someone.
Sakura wasn't paying attention to where she threw and the ball ended up bouncing off of the hoop and
...it hit Ami in the back of her head.
The whole gym seemed to get quiet.
"Who...THREW THAT BALL!?!?!?" Ami screeched. So, loud that the room seemed to shake. It felt like it did anyways. I looked at Sakura and she mouthed the words,
"Oh. Shit."
A.N.: Uh oh, What's gonna happen to Sakura?? What's wrong with the new play?? Why was she faking to play horribly?? Find out next time on L.Y.H.W.
...So
Here's my new story. I wanted to do a Sasusaku story :D
And here's the first installment!
So, tell me what you think!
