And once again, I decided to make this a chapter story. Sigh, since so many people wanted to know how this would continue, I felt obligated to write more… I'm so bad T.T I give myself so much work… I should finish another story and not make more of them! As for the updating, don't worry about it, I've got ideas. (Today was my day off, so that's why I found time to write this ).

Disclaimer: Well, Naruto's about shinobi, isn't it? And this is about the characters of Naruto being in high school, right? And there wasn't a manga published about this… so that makes it pretty much clear that I don't own Naruto!


Chapter 3: The aftermath.

"No way! So you ended up, kissing all night long?" Ino squealed so loudly on the phone that Sakura had to keep her cellphone away from her ear.

"Not exactly all night long," Sakura soothed her best friend on the other side of the phone.

"But you two are going out now?" she shouted exited nonetheless.

"No, we're not…" Sakura replied carefully.

"Whaaat?! You're kidding me, what do you mean you're not?"

God, Ino really had issues.

"I'm not kidding. Neither of us confessed or whatsoever. Really now, don't make such a big deal out of it. I think it was all about getting the girl he couldn't get," Sakura sighed and lay down on her bed. "I mean, no matter what sweet talk he used, he's definitely not interested in me anymore. He got what he wanted and will, most likely, back away now." And so should I, if I don't want my heart to be broken, she thought secretly, she didn't want to worry Ino.

Ino didn't reply and a silence filled the air. "Ino, are you still there?" Sakura asked slowly.

"Sorry, I couldn't comprehend the bullshit you were blabbering about."

"Ino!" Sakura replied shocked and sat up. The blonde girl surely had a foul mouth.

"Geez, Sakura! He's so into you! Look what he did to get your attention! To make you get over to his place and be close to you!" she was clearly spacing off now.

"Get real, Ino-chan. He got what he wanted and now he's probably bored. To him, it's all just a game." Sakura herself had been in heaven until she'd realized this. Her fall back to earth had been pretty painful, but she'd accepted it nonetheless. After all, she was so plain, compared to the rest.

"You didn't… you know… do it, right?" Ino asked in a mixture of shock, embarrassment, excitement and curiosity

"Ino! You perverted pig! Of course we didn't!" Sakura had her eyes closed and was flushed with embarrassment by the mere thought of it.

"Then why would he be bored already? Let's face it: he's a guy and guys go for the 'hot stuff'!" Ino giggled through the phone.

Sakura's temperature and heartbeat rose quickly. "Cut it out, Ino! He only gave me my first kiss! Don't jump into conclusions! You're really insufferable. No wonder you don't have a boyfriend!" she shrieked embarrassed. "By the way, I gotta go in a sec. My mum's yelling that dinner's ready."

"Bullshit! I didn't hear anything! You're just trying to change the topic," Ino replied. "But anyway, I'll see you tomorrow. You'll see, that Uchiha will be all over you!" Ino announced merrily.

"If you say so," Sakura sighed. "See you tomorrow," she added.

"Bye! See you tomorrow."

"Bye," Sakura said and closed her cellphone. She stretched herself and lay down on her bed again. She closed her eyes and sighed.

Just when she'd finally gotten over her crush after all those years, something like this had to happen. She opened her cell again and looked at Sasuke's face. She'd made that picture quite a while ago now, but she'd still kept it. He didn't realize that he was being photographed. He seemed to be smiling at something Naruto was saying. Sakura had realized that it may be one of the rare moments that the Uchiha boy smiled and had made the picture on a whim.

Yet this situation… it wasn't that she wasn't happy about it, she was just worried about the aftermath of her emotions. But, so she decided, she wouldn't go down that easily; she would be strong and ignore everything that was related to him. She wouldn't go up and talk to him and she definitely didn't need to tutor him anymore, after all, that plan had just been set up by him to meet her. Sakura did feel flattered about that though.

Suddenly her mother called her down for dinner and when she passed a window, she noticed how beautiful the day suddenly seemed.


The next day, Sakura was followed by whispers.

"Isn't she that girl, you know…" they all seemed to say. Had someone spread the rumor?

When she saw Sasuke down the hallway, she couldn't help but hold her breath. She tried to regain her cool, once she exhaled. Even though she wouldn't go up to him, Sakura felt rather anxious. She knew they couldn't last, so it would be for the best to put it all to an end, right at the beginning. If anything would happen say he found another girl, she wouldn't get hurt.

Everybody knew that Uchiha Sasuke wasn't considerate of anybody's feelings.

She had to be careful around him.

The pink-haired girl had arrived at her locker and opened it with a sigh. If only Ino would be here already to support her. But Ino had the annoying habit of always being late. So after several detentions for being too late, Sakura had decided to no longer wait for Ino but arrive alone. She didn't really like that today though. Some girls were hatefully staring at her.

"Don't pay attention to them," a voice growled next to her, followed by: "Get lost!"

Feeling a little shy, Sakura looked at the person standing next to her. "Naruto-kun?" she asked surprised, carefully glancing around to see if Sasuke was also around.

The blonde boy scratched his head. "Hello, Sakura-chan. I'm sorry about those stupid, jealous girls. Teme should have come over here properly, like I told him. Most of the time he says weird stuff like: 'You're not my mum'." Naruto winked at her and Sakura smiled. "I don't even know what would put that idea into his mind. I mean, who would want such an arrogant ass as their child?" he added and shrugged.

"Okay, that's enough," Sasuke butted in.

"If only you would've come over sooner," Naruto sighed and shook his head in disappointment, earning a glare from his best friend.

"You could've helped me out with my locker and I would have," the latter growled.

"Ah, but the girl needed help," Naruto replied and winked at Sakura. "If you would've cleared my locker, I would've been able to help her," Sasuke hissed annoyed.

"Hey, don't blame me for your popularity," Naruto grinned.

"Che," Sasuke replied annoyed, yet he didn't say anything anymore so he must've seen Naruto's point.

Sakura in the meantime, felt very uncomfortable. She felt at ease with Naruto around, but as soon as Sasuke had arrived, the relaxed atmosphere had changed into a tense one.

"Can't you see that you're making her feel uncomfortable?" Naruto sighed disapprovingly and put his arm around Sakura, making her blush. Yet she felt protected and threw Naruto a grateful smile.

"Really now, how come you're so popular, yet you have absolutely no idea of how to treat a lady?" the blonde exaggerated.

Meanwhile, Sasuke looked as if he wanted to kill Naruto on the spot. "Keep your hands off her," he nearly growled, sounding very dangerous to Sakura but it made Naruto laugh. He released her though and grinned at his best friend. "Now now, no need to get all riled up. After all, it's you she's interested in, right Sakura-chan?" Naruto's friendly grin was spread all over his face, making him look so kind and trustworthy.

Sasuke on the other hand, was the incredibly handsome type, though he seemed dangerous. Why couldn't she have fallen for Naruto? That way, things would be so much more at ease, Sakura sighed inwardly.

Sasuke's onyx eyes were currently burning their way through her should and almost made her gasp for air, his eyes seemed to have a red glow… He was so intense… This was bad, really bad. If she would let herself give in to him, there would be no turning back. That was what she realized after she'd averted his gaze from his eyes. He would suck her energy away and leave her to die… That's how she felt after looking into his eyes.

Feeling sick and scared, Sakura suddenly turned around and ran away.

"Sakura-chan?! What's wrong?" she could hear Naruto yell after her. "Teme, what the hell did you do?" he yelled at his best friend, right before Sakura slipped into the toilettes.

She panted heavily, earning weird looks form the girls in front of the mirrors including Ino.

"Okay all, get out of here!" Ino shouted not so friendly at the other girls.

They looked annoyed, but left nonetheless, glancing curiously at the pink-haired girl at their way out.

"Okay Sakura, what's wrong?" Ino demanded.

"I… I can't do this… I never should've…" she whispered incoherent.

Ino caught her quickly before she could drop on to the ground.

"Sakura?! Talk to me!" she could hear Ino's shouting, but then everything went black. The last thing she saw was that pair of onyx eyes flashing red and a faint voice asking what the hell was wrong.


Yes! It's a cliffhanger I know I'm being hated now, but don't worry, I'll update it for sure! I also know that it was rather short, but I felt like leaving it here at this point, so please bear with me. It'll be just fine. (Wow, I'm so excited;this is my first Naruto high school fanfic

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