A/N: Fourth Chapter! Woot! Enjoy.

Summary:What hurts the most? having someone you loved kill everything you did love or not being able to move past it? Can Sakura Haruno move on with the help of her bestfriends and maybe a new love?

The Lonely

"Naruto...." Ino growled.

"Sorry, sheesh i wasn't supposed to say it loud." He said.

" I swear if we had gotten busted, you were dead." Ino said darkly.

Naruto gulped.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

"I wonder what that was about" Hinata said.

"Yeah, but oh well." Tenten replied.

Sasuke knowing Naruto so well, Instantly knew Naruto was hiding something but let it drop. He was good, but if it had anything to do with him the dobe was dead. Sakura was also curious of what that was about, they had been whispering then Naruto let out a loud 'Kay!'. Ino was never one to leave Sakura out on stuff, she had always told Sakura stuff. 'Maybe it's payback from what happened before, trying to snuggle up to Naruto. Dumb pig.' Sakura said to herself as she smirked. Sakura looked at Sasuke to see if he knew anything, by the look in his eyes, Sakura found out that Naruto was hiding something. They both smirked, Those two blonde idiots couldn't keep secrets from their bestfriends no matter what. Unfortunately, the two were mistakened. The blondies knew what it would take to hide their secret mission away from the two super hotties - which is what Ino thought, and they were prepared to make sure their mission was completed.

Physical Education started. Gai set up the volleyball nets and grabbed a volleyball.

"Alright Sakura, pick a side of the net." Gai said.

"Right side." Sakura said without bothering to ask anyone.

"Alright set up your team on the right side, Karin you'll be on the left. Set up your teams!" Gai said excitedly.

Everyone moved over towards the nets while Naruto stood standing where he was.

'huh?' He thought.

Sasuke looked back. 'Shit she forgot dobe.' He thought.

"Oi, Haruno we forgot about-" He had been cut off.

"Uzamaki!!! move your but to the team you were put in!" Gai roared.

"Shit!"Sakura said loudly.

"Haruno language!" Gai yelled.

"Gai-sensei, i'll take him in my te-" Karin tried to say.

"No, Gai-sensei, he's on my team."Sakura said.

As she finished a boy with dark eyes and black hair ran in.

"Sai!! Your late!" Gai roared.

Sakura smirked.

"Gai-sensei, I'll take Uzamaki please." Sakura said politely.

Sasuke was shocked by her sudden change, where was the coldness?

"Alright, Haruno. Let your Youthfulness grow more!" Gai said.

Sakura growled and turned to Karin who happened to be glaring at her.

Sakura smirked. "Seems like your hotness isn't with you today Karin, Slut." Sakura said.

"Yeah, well you still ain't going to win!." Karin yelled.

"We'll see." Sakura said.

Karin turned away from Sakura and turned to Sasuke.

"Sasuke-Kun, would you like to go on a date with me after this?" Karin asked as she licked her lips.

'Ewww.' Everyone thought.

"Hn, no i have classes." He said coldly as he glared at her.

'HA! Shame!!' Inner Sakura shouted.

Karin looked at Sakura who was smirking, this angered Karin.

"Why you smirking Haruno, it's not like Sasuke-Kun would ever like you!" Karin let out.

"I don't care if he doesn't like me, i never asked him to. Oh and by the way Karin, atleast i wasn't the one who got rejected." Sakura said as she let out a chuckle.

Sasuke smirked.

Karin walked to Sakura and whispered.

"Lets see you try hug him Haruno." Karin challenged.

Sasuke who wasn't far from Sakura caught what Karin said loud and clear.

"And if i don"t want to?" Sakura said.

"Well then i'll go around telling everyone you slept with Sai, and why your cold." Karin said as she smirked.

Sakura's eyes went wide as she looked at Ino, Tenten and Hinata. She glared. And Sasuke saw it.

'Why is she cold? and she slept with that gay looking guy?' Sasuke thought.

"Fine, and if i get him to hug me back?" Sakura said.

"Then i'll leave you alone for good." Karin said as she frowned.

"Hmm, deal." Sakura said.

Sasuke heard it all, Sakura is going to hug him. Sakura walked towards Sasuke she stopped infront of him. He looked down at her, even though they both had no emotion on their faces deep down inside they were screaming. Sakura reached up and wrapped her arms around Sasukes neck, at that moment he froze, then relaxed as he felt her head rest on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her and held her. They hugged, Ino and Naruto were jumping up and down trying to keep their shouts in. Sakura suddenly pulled away and smiled. Sasuke looked at her lips, they held a smile. A smile Sasuke knew was only for him. He felt happy. He released her and Karin walked back to her side of the net with a frown on her face.

"Alright Haruno, you win. I'll leave you both alone." She said.

"Thanks Karin." Sakura said.

Karin smiled evily. " Yeah well, your not gonna stop my team from kicking your teams ass!" Karin yelled.

'Ugh, somethings don't change' Sakura thought.

She glanced at Sasuke, he seemed to be in thought. She wondered if his heart was racing like her own. She closed her eyes and gave the ball to Neji who served it over the net. Sasuke happened to come out of his thoughts and smirked as he saw the ball coming towards him, he hit it back over the net and it hit the ground. Sakua looked at Sasuke and nodded. 'Goodwork' was what she was trying to get through to him and he caught it and nodded back. It was Neji's serve again, he hit the ball over causing Karin to hit it back to Tenten, to set it up, she hit it to Naruto who hit the ball to Sasuke causing Sasuke to jump up and spike the ball over the net. The game went on, soon it was Sakura's serve. She hit the ball, made it go over the net and it hit the ground. 'Point!' Sakura noted. Sasuke smirked, she smiled back. She couldn't help it, he knew how to make her happy. He knew so much about her, and he had only known her for a few weeks. Yes, they still had their ups and downs when they argue, but either way they were still close. They would read eachother like a book. And thats what Sasuke liked about her, She was the only one apart from Naruto that could read him. Even though both of them still haven't figured out eachothers feelings, but love takes time and trust was all that matters at the moment. But one question had been on Sakura's mind all week. If she could trust Sasuke enough to tell him about her past, but even though she hasn't heard anything about his past yet so she will keep it safe with her untill then.

Sakura looked up to do another serve, she served the ball and it hit the net. 'Thinking to damn much.' She thought. The girls looked at Sakura, she had been captian of the girls volleyball team for 2 years now and they had never seen her miss a serve untill now. They were shocked. It had been Karin's serve she hit the ball over to have Sasuke Naruto jump up and hit it back to her. It hit Karin square in the face! She growled and the ball was now Sasuke's. She threw the ball up, jumped and hit it over the net. 'Pro much?' Sakura thought as she watched him. He turned to her and smirked. The ball came back heading towards Sakura, she broke out of the eye contact she had with Sasuke and spiked the ball over the net.

Gai looked at his watch.

'Almost end of school, time to stop them.' He thought to himself as his youthfulness Sakura spiked the ball over the net. 'Point.'

"Alright, that is it for today. Winning team is Sakura's team, go change and head off to your youthful lunch!" Gai said.

The group split agin into the four and made their way towards the changing rooms. Sasuke stopped Sakura by taking hold of her wrist, he had to know.

"Uchiha what is it?" She asked curiously.

"Stop calling me by my last name, and i want to know what that was about. The talk you had with Karin." Sasuke said as he glared down at her.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"She said she will tell everyone you slept with Sai and why your cold" Sasuke said as he made the last few words cold.

"I didn't sleep with Sai, she made that up. And why i'm cold is my business Uchiha." Sakura said as she removed her wrist from Sasukes grip and walked to the changing rooms.

The bell rang and Sasuke waited outside for Sakura. Everyday he'd walk home with her because they lived the closest. Next door to be exact. Sakura walked out of the gym to see Sasuke leaning against a locker, he looked up and noticed Sakura. He nodded and started walking.

'Idiot, he never waits!' Inner Sakura yelled.

She ran to catch up to Sasuke, she noticed him in a deep thought. I mean they are close friends, but why isn't she comfortable of letting him know about her past? Was it because he is related to Sai? She will tell him when she's ready, but for now he'd just have to settle.

"Sorry."

Sakura was broken from her thoughts by a sudden voice.

"Huh?" She said dumbly.

"I said sorry" Sasuke said through clenched teeth.

'He's not one to say sorry' Sakura said to herself.

"It's fine Sasuke. Lets go home ne?" Sakura said as she grabbed his hand and ran to the parking lot, towards his car.

'She said my name...' Sasuke thought as he let the smallest of smiles show on his face thinking Sakura wouldn't see it.

'He smiled, for me.' She thought as she got into the car and headed home with Sasuke.

A/N: Wow... stories are 'troublesome' Hehe.

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