Sand: here's chapter 4, it's gonna end soon, I told you this one would be short
Sakura: Sand owns nothing but the plot, we hope.
Kiba: on with the chapter
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Sakura groaned as she raced across the hall from the bathroom to her room, she was trying to hurry up and get ready to meet the girls. She was soooo running late; she wouldn't be surprised if Ino tried to beat her down for it. Once she was ready she raced down the hall, pulled on her tennis shoes, called her goodbyes and ran out the door. She ran down the street and down into the subway.
"Sorry I'm late guys, I stayed at the gym longer than expected than I ran into my old friends and we got to talking." Sakura cried as she sat down in front of the drink they had ordered her.
"Don't worry about it, we're just glad you showed up and you're ok." Saki answered.
"Yeah, I mean how could he do that to you, you're the best person he's gone out with, trust me." Ino said, Sakura smiled at how much her friends cared.
"I just can't believe the guys never told me" she said swirling her soda.
"What are you talking about the guys tried to tell you a bunch of times, they hinted about it because they were afraid to out right tell you, but you never got it." Tenten said as the girls stared at Sakura in shock.
"They did?" all the girls nodded, "OH MAN!! I just soooo ruined my friendship with them, they probably hate me now."
"Awww, we could never hate you, sis." The girls turned to see Naruto, Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru.
"Thanks, little brother." Sakura replied smirking, Naruto glared and opened his mouth to argue but a quiet voice silenced him.
"So, what are you guys doing here?" It was Hinata.
"Having a guys meeting since you all were having a girls meeting." Sasuke replied.
"Aren't you missing one?" Ino asked.
"Kiba's already here." Neji replied, the girls looked nervously at Sakura, but she was smiling.
"Could you guys do me a favor?" She asked in a sing-song voice.
"What?" Sasuke asked narrowing his eyes.
"Ok look I asked my old gang to come to the wedding and made them promise they wouldn't do anything and I was wondering if ya'll wouldn't do anything if they do come??" She asked quickly.
"ARE YOU CRAZY!!!" Naruto yelled, Sakura glared at him.
"They won't do anything to anyone, and it would mean a lot to me and my mom if they came so could you just talk to your 'leader'" she snapped.
"We'll talk to him, but don't get your hopes up." Shikamaru said as the guys walked off to the table Kiba was at.
"You think he'll be ok with it?" Hinata asked as they watched the guys.
"Whether he's ok with it or not, he'll find I can be very persuasive." Sakura said in a low tone, the girls glanced at each other nervously.
"He said the only way he's not going to do anything is if you be his date to the wedding." Naruto said nervously as he stood before the girls. The rage in Sakura's green eyes didn't help his nerves at all.
"You tell him- never mind I'll do it myself." Sakura growled, standing up, brushing past Naruto.
"Right, you listen and you listen good Inuzuka," hurt flashed in his eyes at the use of his last name, but she ignored it, "My old gang is coming to the wedding, they've said they won't do anything, now I know the guys won't do anything without you telling them first, so you're not going to do anything at my mothers' wedding, got it." She snapped leaning closer to him.
"And who's going to stop me if I do, hmmm." He replied.
"I will, because I know a fair few things about you, Ki-ba, a few things that you're dear friends, and family don't know. So, as I was asking, are you going to do anything at my mothers' wedding or not?" she hissed right in his face, her eyes dark with anger.
"Fine, but if they do or say anything it'll be on." He replied, his brown eyes narrowed.
"Fine by me." she replied, with that she turned on her heel and headed back to her own table.
"You, my fine pink haired friend, are extremely scaring sometimes." Ino said with a wide grin, when Sakura had come back and announced that the guys wouldn't be doing anything at the wedding.
"Oh, well, I try." Sakura said, flipping her hair over her shoulder with a wink. The girls laughed, until Naruto reappeared.
"Hey, Sakura, Kiba wants to know what you answer was, about being his date." He shuffled around nervously.
"No" She replied, he nodded and walked back to the guys. Kiba glared at her, she glared back, after a moment their glares softened and they looked sadly at each other, before turning away.
"So, you ready for the rehearsal tomorrow?" Saki asked a few hours, and a hundred dances, later.
"Yes, and no." Sakura replied, the girls looked at her, confused.
"I still can't believe my mom's getting remarried." She said with a smile.
"Don't worry Jiraiya's a good guy, a little weird and perverted, but he's ok" Tenten said watching the pink haired girl.
"He must be a good guy." Sakura whispered as the girls turned to watch Naruto and Sasuke argue about which songs to play on the jukebox.
"Why's that?" Ino asked.
"Cause he raised someone like Naruto, you're lucky Hinata." She replied, Hinata blushed and nodded.
"SASUKE! PLEASE!" Naruto whined, the girls laughed.
"No, now shut up idiot."
"But I like that song." the blonde boy muttered pouting at the dark teen, who sighed and pushed a button on the jukebox.
"YES! Thanks, Sasuke!" Naruto shouted throwing an arm around his shoulders.
"Tch, whatever." Again the girls laughed. They stared at Raymans' until it closed then the girls all went to Sakura's house to sleep over so they could get ready together for the rehearsal.
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Ino and the others woke up the next day to the smell of pancakes and eggs. They headed into the kitchen only to find Sakura at the stove singing and dancing to herself.
"Yume wa tobitatsu no chiisana tsubasa de omoi no kienai basho made futari de tooi umi wo sora wo koete." She sang to herself as she pulled a jug of orange juice and a jug of milk out of the refrigerator.
"Nice singing, Sakura." Saki said smirking as the girls sat at the table.
"Thank you I'll be here till graduation." Sakura said bowing, the girls laughed and Sakura joined them at the table.
"oh I better go wake mom up, the rehearsals in half an hour." Sakura said after her and the girls were done getting ready.
"no need I'm already up, but thanks for waking me early." She turned at her mothers' voice and grinned.
"Well ya looked so darn cute I just couldn't find it in myself to wake you." Sakura said smiling innocently.
"Suuuure." Tsunade drawled out heading back to her room to finish getting ready.
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"No no NO! Sakura you must grasp Naruto's arm like so, and you are to step lightly, I don't think you're mother wants an elephant for a maid of honor!" The wedding planner cried cheerfully, as she turned and headed over to talk to the florist. Sakura snarled and tried to jump on her from behind but was caught by Naruto and Sasuke.
"Let me at her, I'll show her who's an elephant." She growled as she tried to fight them off.
"Now, now, Sakura-chan, calm down." Naruto said, holding her one of her arms.
"She won't be calling me an elephant when I beat her down." Sakura said with a snarl, for the last hour and a half the woman would not leave Sakura alone, pointing out every little thing she did wrong, but did she say anything when Shikamaru slouched down the aisle and caused Ino to trip: NO!!
"Forget it Sakura, she's not worth it." Sasuke said holding her other arm, while the others tried not to laugh, they didn't want Sakura after them.
"Ok, are you little darlings ready to try again with no mistakes this time, hmm, hmm?" she hummed as she came 'skipping' back over. Sakura growled lightly and glared at the woman, but it seemed to have no effect. The music started and they headed down the aisle, first Jiraiya, by himself, then Naruto and Sakura, then Hinata and Kiba, Shikamaru and Ino, Neji and Tenten, Saki and Sasuke, and finally Tsunade, by herself.
"Wait, wait wait, who is giving you away my dear?" The planner, (whose name is now Marie).
"Ummmmm, no … one?" It was more a question than statement.
"You have no living relatives?" Marie asked.
"Only Sakura, but she's my maid of honor." Tsunade replied.
"Well, when the priest asked who is to give you away, she can just answer, can you do that my dear." She asked Sakura, acting as if Sakura were only two.
"Yes." Sakura hissed, still glaring at her.
"LOVELY!" She cried. Then they started on the ceremony itself.
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"I may murder her." Sakura snapped as she and the girls helped finish the decorations.
"Oh come on, Forehead, she's not that bad." Ino said grinning, Sakura turned her glare onto the blonde.
"You only like her because she didn't call you an elephant or say anything about you tripping." Sakura snarled before she stormed over to the refreshment table.
'I'm starting to re-think this whole letting my mom marry Jiraiya thing.' she thought to herself, she turned to watch her mom and Jiraiya talk, Tsunade was laughing, Sakura smiled softly.
"She looks happy." Sakura turned at the voice, it was Kiba, immediately her guard went up.
"She is, and I'm happy for her." She replied coldly, he flinched.
"Not going to help if I say sorry will it?" He asked quietly a few seconds later.
"No it won't." She answered.
"Sakura I-"
"Why did you do it Kiba? Had I done something wrong, I mean was I a bad kisser or something. Or was I not good enough."
"That's not-"
"There must have been some reason why you would go behind my back an-"
"Don't act so high and mighty when you were doing it as well!" He yelled, everyone turned to look at them.
"Excuse me!" She stared at him in disbelief.
"You heard me, you cheated on me first!" He yelled pointing a finger at her.
"I did no such thing!" She cried, tears of anger and sadness welling up in her eyes.
"You did! I saw the letters from Gaara!"
"What? What letters?"
"Whatever, keep on pretending." with that he turned and walked away, Sakura stood there in shock and confusion. Then it hit her, about a month or so ago she had been cleaning out her closet and had found an old box of things from Gaara, pictures of them together, stuffed animals from him, letters from him, and so on. She had kept the box as a memory thing, which was kind of stupid but still. She had started to re-read some of the letters and had left one or two on her dresser, she had gotten distracted from them, she guessed Kiba had come by one day to pick her up for a date and saw them and got the wrong idea.
"It was all my fault, I brought this on myself." she whispered as she sat on the floor and cried.
"You weren't really cheating on him were you, Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked as she and the others came over.
"No I had found an old box of notes and things from when me and Gaara went out and was going through them, Kiba must have saw them and got the wrong idea, oh I should have never kept that box." She cried as someone hugged her.
"Oh please, I still have a box of stuff from my first boyfriend." Saki said.
"You do?" Sasuke asked glancing at her.
"Yes, I do, and don't get all defensive, I'm with you and nothing will change that got it, mister." She snapped glaring at the Uchiha, he nodded.
"Come on, we still have my party to attend." Tsunade said pulling her daughter up.
"Who is all going to be there?" Ino asked as the women headed out.
"Well all of you're moms, Kureinai, and Shizune, and a few co-workers of mine." Tsunade answered as the got in her car.
"Wait our moms, Kureinai-sensei, and Shizune-san, the nurse, are going to be there?" Tenten asked.
"Oh, and Temari-chan." Tsunade said.
"Cool, can't wait to meet her." Saki said, Sakura smiled lightly.
"It'll be a blast!" Ino cried as they drove to Raymans', the radio blaring.
"Yeah!" Hinata said smiling.
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Sand: there chapter four, hope you liked!
Sakura: Read and review.
Kiba: please and thank you.