After lunch Tobi had offered to walk Sakura to her next lesson: Gym. However when they walked past the Basketball courts Sakura noticed quite a few people were playing on it. Didn't Tsunade say that know one was allowed on the outdoor Basketball court except for the school's team?

She was mesmerized by how good there skills were. It almost looked like they were dancing, not tackling each other. A brunette walked up to the only blonde on the court and rubbed his fist into the blonde's hair.

'Boys…' Sakura thought.

Just then one of the players scored a basket. He was easily the most handsome of the guys, with his raven coloured hair and what looked like onyx eyes from this distance. He also looked extremely bored.

"Oh yeah, Tobi almost forgot! Tobi has got to speak to his cousin about something!"

Tobi then ran off towards the court gate. He opened it and ran up to one of the players: the raven haired one. Sakura didn't know what to do. Should she stay where she is?

In the end she followed him. The other two brunettes glanced suspiciously at Sakura, whereas the other three didn't even seem to acknowledge her existence.

"Sasuke! Oi, Sasuke-chan!"

This caught the teenager's attention. Sakura giggled at the way Tobi addressed his cousin. When she got up closer to the cousin she noticed that he was really handsome. Sakura couldn't take her gaze off him.

"Do not call me that Tobi."

"Well then Sasuke should listen to Tobi the first time!"

"What do you want?" Tobi's cousin asked in a hard, cold tone.

'Typical, all the good looking guys are always arrogant… ' Sakura thought.

"Tobi was wondering whether the Christmas party is going to be held at Sasuke's or Tobi's house."

"Tobi, there's a whole month until Christmas; my parents haven't even spoke of it yet."

"But there is so much to do! There's the food, the decorations…"

"If you're so bothered then go and ask my parents." Sasuke interrupted coldly. Sakura narrowed her eyes at Sasuke. She couldn't believe this guy! He talks to his own cousin as if he was a piece of dirt. However Tobi didn't seem to mind. He was probable used to it.

"What are you looking at, Pinky?"

This caught Sakura's attention. She narrowed her eyes even more so that they were almost closed. How dare he call her Pinky! She had just gotten enough of people picking on her. She was about to say one of her own comebacks but got interrupted mid-breath. Hanging on the end of Sasuke's arm was the red-haired girl from cooking, and behind her were Ino, Tenten and Hinata. The red-head was snuggling into Sasuke's elbow and Ino's face turned into a scowl, whether that was because of the red-head or Sakura, she'd never know.

"Would you get off me?"

"But Sasuke-kun, we go out now so I can do whatever I like." The red-head replied.

"Since when have you been my girlfriend, Karin?" Sasuke asked while shaking her off his arm violently. She almost fell on the floor. By this point all the other basketball players came over to investigate, and Sakura recognized the blonde as Naruto… the one that she has to spend after school with for detention.

"Since I asked you and you said yes." Karin replied. Was that hurt deep in her eyes? On the other hand, Ino's face lit up like this was the best thing she has ever witnessed. That's probably why she was in such a bad mood this morning; a girl was going out with her crush. It was easy to read Ino's eyes.

"I didn't say… When did you ask me?"

"Yesterday, why?"

"You idiot, I was talking to Naruto on the phone. I would never go out with you." Karin definitely looked hurt now.

"But you said-"

"I said yes to Naruto when he asked me whether basketball practice was on, so get lost."

'Oh my god, he is so mean! You must be a glitch in your brain if you would want to go out with him!'

"Uh… okay, c'mon Sakura, lessons start in five minutes." Sakura had almost forgotten Tobi was still present.

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In Gym Sakura they were playing Basketball, and she had been placed in the same team as Ino, and at the minute she was playing against the recently rejected Karin. She felt sorry for her. That jerk Sasuke needs a wake up call sometime soon! Before the game started Sakura walked up to Karin and braved talking to her.

"I'm so sorry about Sasuke. He is such a jerk. He needs a taste of his own medicine."

"Don't you dare talk about Sasuke-kun like that! He is the best guy on this Earth and he would never go out with someone like you." And she stormed off.

'I wasn't implying that…' Sakura was about to go after the red-head and tell her that but the whistle sounded for the start of the game. Why did that always happen? Whenever she was going to throw back an insult she got cut off. People will probably think she was weak if this kept going on.

"Haruno! Keep your eye on the ball!" The Gym teacher shouted. She found out that his name was Guy-sensei. She looked behind her to find that the basketball had rolled inches away from her and was now off the court. It was now the other team's ball.

'Focus, Sakura!'

She noticed that the ball was flying into Karin's hands and decided to intercept it. She jumped off the ground through the air as she was only a couple of feet away. Her fingertips just brushed the ball when she got the breath knocked out of her. She fell to the ground and hit Karin on the way with her hand by accident. When she caught her breath she looked around to find Ino crouched on the floor staring daggers at her. Sakura never saw her going to the ball otherwise she wouldn't have done anything.

"You bitch! Now look what you've done! I could have got the ball if you hadn't intervened!"

"I didn't mean-"

"Get of me!" This time it was Karin's voice. Sakura swiveled her head around to find that she had fallen onto Karin's leg.

"I'm so sorry, I-"

"I don't want your apologies Forehead." Karin interrupted. Sakura narrowed her eyes once again that afternoon and began to get up.

"What's all the racket over there? What's gone off! Why have you all stopped the game of Youth?" The teacher jogged over to the pile of girls, "Oh my, are you young ladies alright? Are you hurt? Do you need to go to the nurse?"

"We're fine, Sensei." Ino replied. She got up and stormed over to Tenten and Hinata who were also on Sakura's team.

"Well, that's good to hear. Don't want to spoil your Youth, do we? This lesson can finish early." As soon those words left the teachers lips, Sakura ran into the changing rooms and hurried home. However, when she was around the corner from her house, she remembered that she had a detention that night.

'Shit…' She thought.