Hey-o! This is by me and CaptSwan! This is the first story either of us have co-written and we hope you like it. Not Everyone and Sakura's Amnesia will be updated soon.

"There's too much pink!"

"You can never have too much, Ino."

"You're just saying that because your hair's pink."

"Just keep coloring."

Sakura and Ino, like the rest of their third-grade class, were on the playground for recess. They were drawing flowers and animals with chalk on the sidewalk. Sakura insisted on using mostly pink. It was her favorite color after all.

"I think we're almost—ow!" Sakura yelped in surprise when a kickball hit her back. She turned around and saw a raven-haired boy from her class picking up the ball that hit her.

He chastised, "Watch where you're standing!"

"Watch where you kick your ball!" she shot back.

"You take up too much room."

"Ugh!" she grunted out and stomped her foot on the ground.

Sakura marched into her house after school ended. She threw her backpack on the ground in a fit of anger.

Her mother poked her head into the living room, "Hi Sakura, is everything okay?"

"Boys are stupid."

"Why do you say that?"

"They're dumb and mean and they throw kickballs at you!"

"Oh honey, that's usually how boys act when they like you."

"I'm gonna throw stuff at him!"

"Do you like him?"

"I dunno," she mumbled, fidgeting her foot into the ground.

"Then try playing nice."

Sakura found him standing with his friend Naruto the next morning before class started. She approached them.

"What do you—"

He couldn't finish his question because she leaned in and kissed his cheek and walked inside before he had a chance to react.

Naruto teased, "You're blushing Sasuke!"

Sakura could still hear them. That was the first time she heard that name.

"Sakura, Sakura you okay?" A voiced called out as the snapping of fingers also echoed in her ears.

Shaking her head lightly, Sakura broke out of the trance she had been in. Just remembering a time she and Sasuke had together as children brought a smile to her face.

"Huh... oh yeah I'm fine guess I just spaced out a little. Almost feels like this class just won't end today," she replied in her usual soft tone while looking over to him casually.

Sasuke let out a small chuckle with his signature grin. "Yeah, know what you mean, doesn't help that Kakashi gives boring lectures then sits there with his nose buried in that book of his," he replied while casually running a hand through his hair.

No sooner than the two complaining about their Junior English class and boring teacher, the bell rang. Standing up from their desks, both headed outside towards the football field. It had been their tradition to hang out at the field, even on days that Sasuke didn't have a game or practice.

While the two talked a girl with red hair could be seen running towards them in a cheerleader outfit. "SASUKE!" She yelled out with a smile on her face making Sakura's own smile fade slightly.

Karin was the captain of the cheer squad and was undoubtedly the most popular girl in school. Sakura occasionally bumped into her because their families both owned investing companies that worked together. Sakura would be lying to herself if she said she wasn't jealous of her: Karin was hot, outgoing and confident.

The redhead grabbed Sasuke's arm and got on her tip toes to kiss Sasuke's lips. Oh yeah, she was also Sasuke's girlfriend. How could she forget?

"Come on let's go to lunch," Karin whined.

"Yeah let's go," Sasuke concurred. "See ya later," he told Sakura.

"Wow Sakura, I really admire your independence," Karin gibed as they walked away, leaving Sakura alone.

After school Sasuke walked Karin home as he normally did. He kissed her, said his goodbyes and walked away. Karin walked into her house feeling happy.

"Mom? Dad?" she called out.

The older red head called out from a nearby room: "In here!"

Karin walked into the kitchen and saw her mom sitting at the dining table with her back turned to her.

"What do you need?" her mom asked evenly.

"Do you know where my phone charger is?"

"I think your dad has it in his office. Don't go in there I think he's on a conference call."

"Tch!" Karin scoffed and stormed upstairs.

She walked past several rooms until she could hear her father talking. Ignoring her mom's request, she was about to burst in until she heard a familiar name.

"Haruno!? Who cares!...No, you don't understand!... The Haruno's don't work with us they work for us…about a year…"

That was definitely her father's voice, but what was he talking about? She pressed her ear against the door and listened to her dad more intently.

"They stole from their investors, they would have lost all of their money and then some if we hadn't bailed them out and paid off the people they stole from…Why!? You're asking me 'why'!? Why do I hire people like you? They were our biggest competitors but now they're practically a second branch. A second branch we get to pay less than minimum wage.

Karin's eyes widened in shock. She knew there was something fishy in their businesses last year. She didn't really care, all she knew was her family got a lot more money and other families looked worse off. No wonder Sakura had to wear old rags!

I can prove it. I'm faxing you the forms and a nondisclosure agreement now. Don't let anyone see these!

A mischievous grin spread across Karin's face.

After Sasuke had gotten away from Karin he had met up with Naruto at some coffee place that his blonde friend always raved about. Sitting in a booth off in the corner it was obvious that something was on his mind.

"Look I don't know why you're even with that girl, I mean really the only connection I see between you two is a popularity status," Naruto stated as he kept shifting his eyes to the door like he was waiting for someone to walk in.

Looking down at the table Sasuke had not seen the odd behavior from his best friend, he did however think about what the blonde said about his relationship.

"Look it's not just because we're both popular, I mean in order to date someone you have to be attracted to them... well, at least to be able to go anywhere in the relationship that is."

Just as Sasuke looked up a girl from their school walked in and it caused Naruto to blush badly catching the Uchiha's attention. Looking over to see it was Hinata caused him to snicker.

"So that's why you like this place, huh? It's where she comes to hang out with her friends," Sasuke teased, watching as Hinata joined a table with a few other girls from their school.

Once Naruto had a moment to regain himself, he looked over at Sasuke again: "Not here to talk about my love life, it's yours in question... I mean really explain to me why you asked Karin out over Sakura, I can't even think of anything that would make Karin the better choice for you." He had a serious tone knowing Sasuke probably didn't care what he said.

Sasuke shot a glare at Naruto when he spoke of his relationship.

"Look, Sakura and I have been friends forever. I don't see her that way, and as for Karin I don't see why not. I mean really she has looks and knows how to... never mind not explaining why I chose her to be my girlfriend, but I gotta go and do some shit. Have fun stalking your dream girl."

"Sakura? What's wrong?"

"Nothing Ino," the pinkette quickly answered.

At the same time, Sakura went to Ino's house. They had been best friends since childhood and they could tell each other anything. At least that's what Ino thought before Sakura showed up on her doorstep on the brink of tears, but refused to talk about it. They moved to Ino's room and still Sakura would say anything.

"Sakura, tell me."

"It's nothing," she insisted.

"Let me guess, hmm, is it about Sasuke?"

Sakura's eyes looked to the floor and she mumbled, "How do you know?"

"That's what it always is. Even if you won't say it I know you love him."

"Yes! Okay, yes. I do…care for him a lot, but we're friends."

"But you want to be more than friends."

"Yeah, yeah I do but he has a girlfriend."

"She's a bitch."

"Ino!" Sakura yelped, surprised that anyone would say that about the most popular girl in school.

"It's true, and I never see Sasuke happy around her and I never see him sad around you."

Sakura sighed softly, "That's true…"

"And you're happy with him."

"What should I do?"

"Tell him how you feel."

"You don't think I've thought of that already?"

"Just do it, please. I'm positive you'll still be friends if he doesn't share the feeling."

Sakura thought to herself long and hard, and finally decided she would take the leap of faith: "I'll do it."

An hour later Karin snuck into her dad's office while her parents were out. She turned on the fax machine and printed off what was sent earlier. A few sheets of paper printed out and Karin greedily grabbed them. On the paper was evidence of what her dad said earlier. Her family had the Harunos cornered: they saved them from bankruptcy in exchange for complete servitude.

The next day Sakura and Sasuke met at the bleachers like every other lunch hour since high school started. Looking at him, she debated different ways to tell him about her feelings, but it had not been as easy as she thought it would.

"So Karin told invited me to her house for dinner tonight, says she's gonna make me lasagna."

"Uh huh, well why don't I whip you up my home made pizza, you know the honey garlic and chicken with fresh tomatoes?"

"Yeah see it's sad when you know what I like more than my own girlfriend does," Sasuke stated with a half chuckle shaking his head.

Sakura smiled when she saw a small smile on his face, it seemed like she could always work a smile out of him and deep down it felt good.

"Look Sasuke, I don't really know how to say this so don't make fun of me if I stumble, but... well I have—" Sakura started before getting cut off from the shock of someone grabbing her arm.

She spun around and saw Karin glaring at her.

"Sakura I need to talk to you for a moment and it's kinda a girl's thing," Karin stated as she acted embarrassed about what she had to say.

With a questioned look on her face, Sakura stood up and followed the redhead behind one of the school buildings, just out of Sasuke's sight and hearing range.

When they were alone Sakura tentatively asked, "Hi Karin, what did you wanna—"

"You're going to stop this friendship you have with MY boyfriend, got it?" she snapped, "and you can't tell him I am making you do this."

"What the hell are you on? We have been friends longer than you have, and I sure don't plan on breaking this friendship."

"Awe you want your mommy and daddy in jail then? I found out your dirty little secret. Your parents are crooks and now my family owns you for bailing them out. So unless you want the whole worlds to know about these you're going to leave my Sasuke alone," Karin threatened. She handed over the documents she had printed from her dad's office.

Sakura looked over the papers and was actually shocked. She knew her parents had money trouble, but she thought things had just worked themselves out like so many times before.

"And I have many copies of that so it's no use trying to hide it either," Karin laughed as she walked back towards Sasuke.

Sakura stood there completely devastated. She wanted to cry. She didn't know how her parents could do what they had; they had been bailed out of something illegal.

As awful as that was, it was nothing to losing someone she loved.

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