Dear Haruno Sakura,

I couldn't help but notice your presence in the village again. You've given me a chance to reconnect with you and I think your amazing, but I could never approach you because of certain issues that I'm dealing with. I just wanted to greet you again because this will be our new beginning.

Sakura read and reread the letter as she continued to search for any clues in the letter that could identify whether Sasuke or someone else sent it, but all she could uncover was that they've met before and that they know their flowers. If this person was going to be hidden then she'll have to get some help.

"I've called you here to help me find my secret admirer." Sakura announced as she gathered Tenten, Hinata, Temari and Ino who were all in her room.

"Wait, this was the emergency?" Temari spoke up first.

"Yes. It's an emergency of love. What if you got flowers and a letter from someone who wants to see and talk to you again?"

"I wish." Temari muttered under her breath.

"W-well it sounds serious. We should help her." Hinata mumbled.

"Yeah but what if its a prank or a joke. You should just ignore it." Tenten replied.

"What if it keeps happening though? What would she do then?" Ino questioned.

"In any case, I should at least know who the culprit is. I've already eliminated Sasuke and Naruto from the equation, so we're closer to figuring out who it is."

"Wait why are they-"

"I was rejected by Sasuke and Naruto wouldn't plan this so well. Let's move on." Hinata sighed in relief while Ino smiled. "Why are you smiling Ino?" Sakura glared.

"N-nothing. I was just smiling because Hinata looked so relieved." Ino responded, averting the attention to Hinata who blushed in response. 'I'm sorry Hinata.' Ino said in her head. She can't have Sakura think she was smiling because she was rejected by Sasuke. She didn't care about Sasuke anymore. The only reason she smiled was from her praise of her plan being good… but why did she let her smile be seen so easily.

"Anyway," Sakura continued,"that leaves Shino, Kiba, Neji, Gaara, Kankuro, Lee, Shikamaru and Choji. Any ideas why they would or wouldn't send me gifts?"

"Well, I can tell you Kankuro isn't looking for a relationship so he's out. Gaara on the other hand has someone else in mind and Shikamaru is too lazy to do anything romantic."

"Trouble in paradise?" Tenten remarked.

"You have no idea." Temari sighed.

"Well, if it means anything… I haven't gotten Neji's attention lately." Tenten blushed at her embarrassing reveal.

"M-me too." Hinata added. Her face still scorching red.

Everyone was silent for a few moments when Sakura spoke up.

"How about you Ino? Do you love someone too?" Sakura asked her. This was probably the one time Sakura had given concern to everyone, including her.

Ino could only stare at Sakura, feeling lost in her compassionate green eyes and her kindness for a brief moment. Sakura stared as well and saw Ino's beautiful light blue eyes gazing back at her. The silence between them felt so loud and at that moment Ino felt her heart pound. She finally shook her head and replied, "I don't have anyone I love right now."

Sakura nodded and averted her gaze to the other girls. "I guess the rest of us have a love emergency."

"Yup." They replied in unison.

After their meeting, the girls split into groups and separated to their teams. They thought the best course of action was to lay low for now and help each other with their love problems. If Sakura received more flowers or letters, then they would be on top of it in no time. Although Ino can't be helped by any of them. Her love problem consisted of revealing her plan and she didn't even know she had a love problem to begin with. The whole reason Ino did this was to talk to Sakura and be her friend again. Was she really after something more?

"Neji? Is everything okay?" Tenten asked with concern. "You've been pretty quiet after our mission." After the team was successful in their mission, Guy-Sensei allowed them to get some rest and head home. Neji and Tenten headed home while Lee still had a fire in his eyes to train with Guy-Sensei. The two stayed behind in the training grounds as Neji and Tenten walked in silence for a while.

"It's nothing serious." Neji assured. "There's just been something on my mind lately."

"You too huh?"

Neji averted his full attention to her and stopped walking altogether. Tenten was unprepared for his sudden gesture and lost her cool. She felt her face grow hot as a scarlet, red hue overcame her. 'Be strong Tenten. Be strong.' She encouraged in her head. She stopped walking as well and faced Neji.

"You have my full attention."

"I-I can see that." She stuttered slightly. She tried to breath a little as she spoke again. "Have you noticed anything strange about some of our classmates? I-It's not anything bad or anything but they seem a little off."

His eyes lit up. "I agree. I thought I was the only one who thought so. Is it about-"

"Sakura and Ino?"

"Naruto and Sasuke?" The two spoke in unison of two different classmates, thinking of the others' response. The two were silent for a few moments.

"I never expected that." Neji began.

"Neither did I." Tenten agreed. She started to giggle at Neji's astonished expression. A small smile formed on his face as the two continued to walk home.

Sakura was left to think in her room as she sat on her comfortable bed. She felt warmth spread across her cheeks and her heart beating a little too quickly. Was it from her secret admirer or from Ino? Did they stare at each other too long? Did the letter and flowers come from any of the remaining boys? Did she really want to know who? Does she even love them the same way? Her head was throbbing with questions, thoughts, and needed answers. She needed to sleep on it or else her head would explode with so much stress.

'Hey Sakura. Did your big forehead grow an inch or two?' Someone mocked.

'I think it did.' Another replied.

'I guess big forehead was never meant to be beautiful.' A third voice insulted. Sakura felt sharp knives jab at her body as she heard her childhood bullies. She looked up as they had a vicious look in their eyes and were prowling as they spotted their prey. Their faces were unrecognizable as shadows enveloped them completely.

'Leave me alone. I didn't do anything to you!' Sakura cried, trying to hold in her tears. Her voice and body were back to being small and scared.

'Aww what's wrong? Are you going to cry again?'

'Is that all you do anymore? You are so worthless.'

'No wonder nobody likes you.'

'I... I...' She could hear her voice start to whimper and cower under the voices that mocked her constantly. They wouldn't stop and she was alone to defend herself. She wanted to cry to relieve her pain, but she knew there was no point in crying if all that did was make things worse.

'Stupid forehead, stupid forehead, stupid forehead.' The voices started chanting. 'You are worthless, you are worthless, you are worthless.' Their shadows grew as they kept chanting and laughing as they watched her suffer. They surrounded her and took her apart piece by piece of everything she hated about herself. All Sakura could do was hold herself through the pain. 'You should have never been-'

'Shut up!' The shadows stopped chanting and swarming Sakura as they heard a familiar voice. They growled at the unexpected interruption and directed their blazing, red eyes to the young girl who stood in front of Sakura. 'Are you okay, Sakura?' Her light blue eyes were filled with worry and a softness Sakura didn't recognize before.

'I-Ino?' She tried to say her name through the everlasting tears. 'Are you there?'

"Ino?!" Sakura woke up with a shout. Her eyes were filled with tears staining her cheeks and she felt like she could barely breathe.

"Sakura? Are you okay?" Her mother asked in alarm as she ran up the stairs and opened the door.

Sakura looked up at her mother as she smiled. "I'm alright Mom. It was only a nightmare."