Summary: Sequel to "ugh, High School". Karin is back after 4 years of leaving Sasuke and Sakura's relationship alone. How far will she go to try and get Sakura out of the picture?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto :(

~chapter 4


Thoughts

Inner

Regular


Sakura POV:

I watch as Karin plays with the gun, "Ka-Karin…don't do this."

She dismisses what I said and continues talking, "Ya know…I didn't think I would have to be the one to kill you….I tried my best to think of ways to take you out without giving myself away but….I've lost my patience…-" She glares at me and points the gun at me. I freeze up, scared out of my mind; oh my god, this skank is really gonna kill me…I guess this is goodbye inner…

Ok Sakura, shut up. Don't talk like that. You have too much to live for. Now is the time to use all the things Tsunade taught you. Don't worry girl, I gotcha back.

-sigh- My inner's right, I can do this. While Karin rambles about her patience I take this time to get that gun as far away from her as possible. Right as she takes a breath I lift my leg up and kick the gun out of her hands into the fire place.

HOLY FUCK, DID SHE JUST GROWL! She lunges for me, landing on top of me. She starts clawing at my face; I could feel the blood seeping from my face. I push her off me and dash up the stairs trying to get to a phone; this bitch is crazy! I make it to my room only to fall flat on my face; she grabbed my ankle making me fall in a plop, "Ahh!" She yanks me by the hair and I go sliding across the floor. She jumps on top of me and bangs my head repeatedly on the floor.

"Alright, that's it," I lost all my sanity and just went in for the kill. I roll us over so I was on top of her; I pounded her face in with all my might. I grab her by the throat cutting off her air; I could see her face changing colors but she was not ready to give up. She starts walking backwards towards the stairs, she strains against my grip, "Let go of me you crazy freak." Skank hoe. We get to the top of the stairs and I could feel myself started to fall, oh hell nah. She is not seriously trying to throw me down the stairs, "Oh no you don't Karin, if I'm going down your going with me." I push us down the stairs, we slide down and I could see her head hit each step; her eyes kept rolling to the back of her head. We land with a thud at the bottom and I get up off her and run into the living room.

"Don't you run away from me!" She runs toward me and wraps her hands around my throat, squeezing. I grab hers too and we just stand there, strangling each other.

Sakura, take her towards the mantle. I do what my inner says, confused at first. I look at her face, then back at the mantle and I get an idea. Thanks inner. I face the mantle and bang her head against it, "AHRUGH!" She removes her hands from around my neck and falls limp against the fireplace then looks at the clock, then at the door, "Fuck." She goes and crawls toward the broken door; I pick up the gun I kicked earlier and stagger after Karin. We both stop in front the "door" and I cock the gun, pointing it at her, "This is it Karin, this is where it ends." I saw panic flash in her eyes, then anger and betrayal; it confused me.

"Go ahead, kill me already! I can't take this anymore! I don't want to live; I want the pain to stop! JUST KILL ME! I WANT YOU TO KILL ME!"

As I'm stand before Karin,ready to take her life I begin to think about what she just said…then I asked myself…what would Tsunade and Mikoto do? After asking myself that question I knew exactly what I was going to do; are you sure Sakura? I nod to myself, positive.

I stare through Karin's blood-shot eyes….and pull the trigger.

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-beep beep beep- ya know, I'm really getting tired of that noise. Me too.

I fidget in my seat, staring at her in the hospital bed. Her hands start to spaz and her eyes squeeze shut; inner? I think she's having a bad dream. I sigh and walk over to the side of her bed, I take her hand.

I could see beads of sweat forming in the crinkles of her forehead. I gasped as she squeezed my hand and her eyes shot open, looking around furiously, "What…? What going on?"

"Your shoulder is gonna have to heal for a while, you passed out from excess blood loss," I say with no emotion, letting go of her clammy hands. She turns to me shocked, "But….why….I thought….I thought you were going to kill me….why didn't you kill me?"

I smile at her shocked face, "Because Karin…you told me you wanted me to kill you, and I was not planning to do anything you wanted me to do."

She chuckles than looks at me seriously, "….I…I'm so sorry…for everything I've done…I had no right to, I just….he just seemed so….perfect…..I…..just…PLEASE FORGIVE ME!"

She starts to sod; she gasps as I hug her, "I know…" I pull away so I could see her face, "Your sick and you need help, I intend to help you Karin. You're not in this alone."

She cries in my shoulder, "Thank you Sakura, thank you so much…"

"You're welcome…"

I walk out of Karin's room and I see Sasuke standing outside the door, "Ya know Sakura, you never told me why you let her live. You had every right to, every reason…"

I take his hand and we walk back to the lobby, "Because Sasuke-kun…she deserves a second chance…" He stops right in the middle of the lobby, "She deserved a second chance! Have you lost your mind! She tried to kill you! REPEATEDLY TRIED TO KILL YOU! SHE TIRED TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ME….!"

His tears spill over as I pull him into my arms, "Sasuke-kun….she's sick and she needs help, and I intend to help her. You may not see it now, but there is some good in Karin."

He sighs and nods, "I'm sorry I blew up, I just…I love you so much, I don't want to lose you…"

I grab his face and kiss him tenderly on the lips, "How many times do I have to tell you Sasuke-kun….You could never EVER lose me, no matter what happens…"

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-sigh- the ugh, High School saga is officially over. I hope you all enjoyed the stories and liked the outcome. Reviews are deeply appreciated :)

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