Sasuke sat in the corner alone, listening to those irritating girls arguing over him again. Didn't they know he could hear them?

"Don't even think about it, Sakura! Sasuke is mine and you know it!!"

"Oh yeah, Ino? He doesn't even talk to you. He talks to me!"

"That's because he's in your squad! If he'd been in my squad I bet we'd be together by now!" Blah blah blah. They were just repeating the same things over and over again. Honestly, they were giving him a headache. Couldn't they just shut up? But then again, it was quite funny watching them fight, and come to think of it it wasquite flattering having all these girls fighting over him. In fact, they should do more of it. Maybe he could play with them a little, make them fight even more... Screams erupted from the two girls. It seemed they were yanking at each other's hair. Sasuke smirked. Maybe this would be fun!

"INOOOOOO!" Sakura screamed.

"SAKURAAA!" Ino screamed. Neither of them were having much fun. Both of them had a firm grip on the other's hair, and were trying their best to yank it clean out of their scalp.

"Let go!"

"Not until you let go! You let go first!"

"No! You let go!"

"Why should I?" But then, for no apparent reason, Ino released her grip on Sakura's hair. Surprised, Sakura dropped Ino's hair.

"Why, hello Sasuke!" Ino said, adjusting her ponytail which had been pulled out of shape by that hair pulling incident. Honestly, Sakura was such a pain! Sakura turned around, and came face to face with Sasuke.

"Oh! Um, hi Sasuke!" She hastily adjusted her hair. Ino was so annoying! Then Sasuke did something that caused her to step backwards in amazement. He... smiled at her!

Sure, it wasn't exactly a smile, more of a smirk, but it was directed at her! Not Ino! She flashed a smug grin at Ino, who was also staring at Sasuke in amazement.

"Sasuke! Did you just smile at Sakura?" To Ino's frustration, Sasuke completely ignored her, instead reaching out a hand to help Sakura adjust her hair.

"Are you OK? I heard you screaming." Sakura blushed furiously.

"Um, yeah! I'm uh... I'm fine!"

"Good. Because I wouldn't want to let you get hurt." Both girls were red in the face by then. Sakura was blushing, and Ino was going red with anger.

"Sasuke! Don't just ignore me!" She yelled. No way was she gonna let Sakura get Sasuke! Sasuke turned to her.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't notice you there. Was that you screaming as well?" Ino nodded. Maybe now she would get some sympathy from him? He smiled again. Was there something wrong with him today? He seemed awfully smiley!

"You two take care of yourselves. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to either of you. If it did, well, I don't know what I would do! I might end up doing something stupid." He walked off, leaving both girls extremely confused.

"He smiled... at both of us!" Ino murmured. "He actually... smiled!"

"And he said he wouldn't want anything to happen to us," said Sakura. Then suddenly, they were both at eachother's throats again.

"Don't go getting any ideas, Sakura!" Ino snarled. "Sasuke will be mine!"

"Sure! And pigs will fly! He was looking at me all the time when he was talking just then!" Sasuke, hiding just around the corner smiled as the screams erupted once again. He had been right. This was fun!

Sakura was thinking of Ino. The whole way home. I can't let Sasuke fall in love with that cow!

"But then again," she said aloud. "He was talking to me mainly. And he completely blanked her when she spoke to him at first." But still. Ino was a potential threat. Maybe I could do something about her... she thought, and a small smile spread across her face as a completely evil idea involving scissors hit her. Cha! Her little voice screamed. You get that Ino cow!

Ino was thinking of Sakura. The whole way home. Sasuke is mine! I can't let Sakura get him! I should do something about her... but what? Suddenly, a genius idea hit her and she laughed out loud. That would make Sasuke ignore Sakura for sure! At the corner, she turned right instead of left, which took her to the shop rather than her house, where she had originally been heading. She found what she needed, paid and left the shop with a smug grin on her face and a bottle of bleach in her hand. You just wait, Sakura! She thought, her smile widening as she imagined Sakura's reaction to the trick she was about to play. You'll have no chance with Sasuke after this!