Hi! Here is the second chapter. Thankyou for the reviews!

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"Oh, crap."

"S-Sakura-chan, are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?" Hinata's expression was concerned, but Sakura shrugged her worry off.

"Meh, it's just a cut. Don't look at me like that, Hinata, you know I'm fine," she added, after spotting the slight hints of doubt on her face.

"A-Alright, if you say so…"

Sakura was about to return to her experiment when a shadow suddenly loomed over her. She gulped as she turned around to face Asuma sensei, whose eyebrows knotted when he saw the long cut on her palm.

"Glass equipment broke?" he asked automatically. He reminded Sakura of a robot.

Sakura looked down at her wound and nodded.

"Well, you really should have gone to get it wrapped up. We can't have uncovered wounds in the science lab, Haruno." And with that, he dismissed her.

"I understand sensei. It won't happen again." Sakura backed out of the room and made her way toward the nurse's room.

At the nurse's room

Shizune observed Sakura's cut as she cleaned it and put a small bandage around it. As she did so, she began chatting with Sakura.

"So, how have things been lately?" Sakura's face fell.

"Not so good…"

Shizune looked at Sakura's face, confused.

"Why? I thought your life was pretty relaxed," she replied. Sakura shrugged.

"I don't know. Being relaxed and being happy are different things. Besides, you shouldn't worry over me. I will be happy soon. I just have to find Sasuke so I can leave a fist mark on his cheek."

The nurse's eyes widened.

"He's been bugging you again, hasn't he? That bothersome jerk." Sakura suspected that, being a school nurse, Shizune shouldn't really have stated her opinions so obviously, but there was no one hearing anyway.

"Yeah. Just this morning I lost to him again. So I thought that maybe if I screamed at the top of my lungs it would be the last thing he heard."

Shizune's expression was eager.

"Did it work?" Sakura shook her head slowly.

"Nope. He was donning headphones, sadly. I think I made my intentions a little too clear to his microscopic brain. Maybe next time…"

Shizune laughed softly.

"Maybe," she agreed.

Sakura stood up.

"I think I'll get back to class now. Ino will be wondering where I went." She turned to go. Shizune waved.

"See ya."

As Sakura walked slowly out of the room, she spotted a group of four making their way down the corridor. She didn't even need to try to squint, recognizing them immediately.

Sasuke was half-listening to Naruto's incessant chatter when he sensed a pair of eyes burning into his back. He stopped and waited as the rest of his friends paused to wait.

Without even bothering to turn around, he called out.

"Sakura, I know it's you. You know, you shouldn't try to hide. Anybody would be able to see your forehead sticking into the corners of their eyes; and come to think of it they would probably be blinded by its extreme unattractiveness." Still standing there, Sasuke waited for a response.

And heard nothing.

Until he felt her breath ghosting on the nape of his neck. The feeling sent tingles down his spine.

"Sasuke…" she breathed. Am I having fun or what, Sakura thought in silent smugness. She felt him shiver slightly, and went on.

"You know, the reason why I never wanted to be near you was because…you were so perfect, it would be hard to avoid staring at." The warm, foggy feeling on his neck moved slowly to the back of his ear, where it continued to whisper.

"I…really find you are a fine specimen. Which is another cause…I have longed for so long…so long…just to…" A pair of slender arms snaked around his waist.

Sasuke's mind spun in a haze. What was she going on about? She hated him, didn't she? But strangely, it felt good that she was like this; it was almost like she had given up on her hatred for him.

"I really want…to…" her voice faded away as a small hand moved from his waist to delicately trace his jawline. Sakura internally shuddered as she felt his facial muscles stretch into a smirk. Time to flatten the ego.

"…TO SLAM MY FIST INTO YOUR SNOBBY LITTLE FACE!"

And just like that, the arms disappeared from around him and something rock-hard slammed into his cheekbone. Sasuke staggered back from the powerful impact.

"*insert profanity here* YOU, HARUNO!" he bellowed sarcastically, "YOU'RE EVEN MORE OF A WHORE THAN KARIN!"

Of course, Sakura didn't mind. He was killing two birds with one stone – for her. Karin, who was trying vainly to catch his attention, heard the insult and promptly tripped her way in high-heels to the bathroom before she burst into tears.

The pink-haired girl achieved a close replicate of her enemy's smirk, and sneered,

"Oh, wow, nice work, Chicken-butt! Now you've upset your little girlfriend too!"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke cringed, and shot a deathglare at Sakura.

"She's not my girlfriend," he hissed venomously, "so watch that big forehead of yours, Haruno."

Sakura huffed, and turned to leave. She'd done her job getting back at him anyway.

But before he was out of earshot she heard one last offending sentence pour out of his mouth.

"Because hopefully for you it's thick enough to withstand the sight of me in a relationship with a girl other than you."

That was the final straw.

The volcano erupted for the second time that day. Sakura was no longer Sakura. She was a monster. She advanced on the raven-haired guy and started shoving him backward fiercely, spouting an endless tirade of stinging words.

"YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE JUST ABOUT HAD ENOUGH OF YOU AND YOUR STUPID ATTITUDE! I TAKE BACK YOU HAVING A GIRLFRIEND OF ANY SORT; NOT EVEN KARIN WILL STICK TO YOU WHEN SHE FINDS OUT WHAT A SLIPPERY, TREACHEROUS SNAKE YOU ARE. AND WHAT I'D GIVE TO HAVE YOU DIE RIGHT NOW, SO I CAN HAPPILY RECORD THE MEMORY OF YOUR PITIFUL FACE CRYING OUT FOR MUMMY ON YOUR WAY DOWN TO HELL! AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT'LL HAPPEN, THEN YOU'RE EVEN MORE OF AN IDIOT THAN I IMAGINED; BY NOW YOUR PRIMITIVE MENTAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE STARTING TO COMPREHEND THAT IF THE GODS DON'T PULL YOU DOWN, I WILL! YOU CAN GO SLEEP WITH ALL THE GIRLS YOU MEET, BUT ME, I'LL NEVER HOLD ANY FEELING TOWARD YOU OTHER THAN UNDYING, PASSIONATE HATRED! SO PISS YOUR STUPID ASS OFF BEFORE I TIE AN ANCHOR TO YOUR UGLY LEGS AND DROP YOU DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE MARIANA TRENCH!"

She finally stopped, her breath coming in heavy puffs. She didn't notice Sasuke gazing at her with undisguised coldness, then stalking away.

I hope you liked it! Sasuke is talkative, which is a bit funny, but oh well...i'll try to make the chapters longer. :)

Inky