hey guys sorry that i haven't been keeping up with any of my stories just having a hard time thinking of the next chapter i hate writers block anyway so ya'll don't have to wait any longer here is the next chapter of Demons Vs. Humans

Chapter 4

I didn't speak a word to Sakura for the rest of Sunday after I had stormed off that morning. I couldn't tell what I was feeling more of. Anger because Sakura was practically pushing me away and wouldn't tell me anything about her. Hurt that she didn't feel comfortable telling me things or that we weren't as close as we use to be. Or even confusion for why the pinkette was so set on not telling me, what could have happened in the time that we spent apart that Sakura would feel that no one should know.

The pinkette seemed to understand that I really wasn't up for talking cause she was practically evoding me the entire time. She didn't come looking for me, though I heard her enter her room not even an hour after I had stormed off. She didn't really speak a word to me at all since our argument. I was use to the house being silent but I wasn't use to it being filled with so much tension. The only time that we were even in the same room was when I had gone down to make dinner hours later, though we didn't eat together. We both just picked up our separate plates and went to different rooms. I had chosen to sit in the living room, mindlessly watching something on tv while Sakura had disappeared somewhere up the stairs.

It was as if we were both strangers that had just met and were for some odd reason rooming together. It was such a huge difference to how we were around each other just yesterday. I had pretty much spent most of my time in my own room, though I could only hear some noises that indicated that the pinkette was still in the house. I hate to admit that when the sound of a door closing and the long silence that followed made me worry. What if Sakura had decided to just leave? I shook my head, riding myself of the thought and telling myself that I would care.

It didn't escape me that though I was angry with the frustrating pinkette, I couldn't help but worry of what was going on outside my door. I laid flat on my back on the huge queen sized bed, my dark purple covers creasing as I moved every couple of minutes. "Wonder if I should go talk to her…?" I voiced my thoughts, only silence answering me. I was surprised that my inner hadn't even spoken the entire day. The thought had crossed my mind many times through the hours that I had locked myself up. But each time I told myself that she didn't want to talk to me. She made it clear that morning that she didn't want to talk.

'Do you honestly believe that she doesn't want to talk? What the hell do you want? I was actually enjoying not hearing you're annoying voice the whole day. Yeah yeah, don't try to change the subject. I have no idea what you're talking about. Suuuuuure you don't. The only reason I haven't said anything till now was because I figured you would have enough sense but apparently I give you way too much credit.' I frowned at my inner's comment. What the hell did she mean by that? And did I actually call it a she? What is my inner anyway? 'What do you mean by that? That you would of realized that you were being stupid and would of gone and talked to pinky a long time ago. Apparently you don't have the sense to. How was I the one being stupid?! Sakura practically told me that she didn't trust me knowing about her anymore. You two just reunited not even 3 days ago and you expect for ya'll to just tell each other's life stories? You can't be that blonde.'

Inner's last words hit me like a slap to the face. I was treating this as if me and Sakura hadn't been apart for so long, as if we were just gone for a weekend. I didn't take into account that maybe Sakura wasn't comfortable sharing things considering that we don't know each other as well as we did before. I can't expect for us to be the same as we were years ago because we have lived our separate lives. Things are going to be different no matter what either of us remember, kind of like meeting for the first time all over again. I groaned slightly, rubbing my eyes with my palms in frustration. My inner was right, I was being stupid.

Sitting up on my bed, I glance over at the digital clock on my night stand next to my bed noticing that it was 11:56 at night. Had I really been thinking for that long? Not wanting to waste any more time, I jumped to my feet and rushed out my door. I needed to find Sakura and make sure I hadn't ruined things. Dread started to stir in my gut as I realized I hadn't heard any kind of noise since I had heard a door closing. The first place I checked was the room that Sakura was occupying, though I didn't find the pinkette, I felt relief when I spotted her things still thrown all over the room.

At least I know that she hadn't left while I was still in my stupor. Quickly making my way down stairs, I tried listening for any sign of someone else in the house. The kitchen was empty except for the dirty dishes that still lay undone in the sink, living room was dark and silent, and there was no sound coming from the game room that was down the hall. I was searching high and low for the pinkette but was coming up short as she was nowhere to be found in the house. If she's not in the house then that only leaves….An idea struck as I pondered where the girl could have gone. Quickly making my way back to the main living room, I noticed that the door that lead out to the backyard was slightly left open.

Soundlessly making my way over to the door, I peered through the glass doors, sighing in relief at what I found. There sitting on the edge of the porch was the pinkette, seeming to just be gazing up at the dark night sky. Quietly opening the door, I walked out to the girl, unsure of what to say. When I had gone looking for her, it never accrued to me that I wasn't sure of what I was going to say to her. All I could think about was that I needed to make sure Sakura hadn't left. What would have been the chances or luck that I would be able to find her a third time. When I was finally standing only a foot away from her, I noticed that Sakura actually had her eyes closed and was leaning against her arms behind her. She looked like she could have been sleeping with how relaxed she looked. "Are you going to say anything or just gonna keep staring at me?"

I jumped slightly, not expecting her to notice that I was there or that she was even awake. Sakura opened a single eye, gazing up at me curiously as she waited for me to say something. Not being able to think of anything else to say, I sat down next to the pinkette "What cha doing out here?" She glanced at me for a second before closing her eyes again "Just use to looking at the sky before going to bed, though sucks that can't see as many stars around here." Her gaze went up to the sky, mine following as we both looked up at the tiny twinkling lights. There wasn't many out tonight, though there never is that many cause of all the city lights. Silence easily surrounded us, though it wasn't as uncomfortable as before, it still was awkward.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw that Sakura had closed her eyes again, seeming to be thinking about something. Slowly moving my gaze from the stars to the plants in the yard, I thought of what to say. I've never been that good at apologizing especially since the only ones that I ever really talk to enough are Sasuke and Naruto but those two always bring it up and apologize first, saving me the trouble. Now I don't know what or how to go about this.

Should I just come out and say that I'm sorry? Maybe somehow just hint at it? Wait until she decides to bring it up? My mind was racing with so many things I could do that I wasn't sure of which would be the way to go. Glancing back at the pinkette I noticed that she hadn't moved from her spot one bit. Sakura had her legs hanging off the edge of the porch, her hands holding all her weight as she leaned back, and looking to still be thinking.

'You really should say something already.' the sudden voice caused for me to jump, looking at Sakura to make sure she didn't notice. 'Why the hell are you here? I don't need you bothering me right now. Thought you would need a push. Besides it looks like you could use the help. You're the last person that I would ask help from. You didn't seem to feel that way when I got you to go look for pinky.'

I hated that inner had a point. If she or it or whatever hadn't said anything before then Sakura wouldn't be sitting right here next to me. Come to think of it, who knows where the girl would have gone especially since I learned that she doesn't even care to tend to her wounds or have suitable clothes. I looked the pinkette up and down, noticing that she was still wearing the clothes that I had lent her.

I examined her shoulder though I couldn't really know if her wound was healing up alright since the sleeves of the shirt completely covered the bandages. But she was putting a lot more weight and seemed to be using her arm more so that was a good sign.

'Why don't you just say something already. All this silence is really starting to get annoying.' I really wish that inner would just go away. 'I can't just say it out of nowhere. It would just be weird. And if you keep this up then nothing will get resolved. Stop being a coward, suck it up, and say something already.'

I was really getting annoyed with inner being right about most things, made it harder to hate it. Looking down at my lap, I could feel my heart racing. Building up as much confidence that I could, I took a deep breath and "Sorry about earlier. I know that me not telling you anything really hurt you. I'll understand that you probably don't want me around so I'm going to leave in the morning." My eyes widened in shock as I took in the pinkette's words. "What!? You don't have to leave." I think I was going bipolar or something cause the nervousness I had felt minutes ago had quickly turned into anger.

Sakura didn't look at me at all, just kept her eyes on the plants in the yard "I still don't think it's a good idea for me to stay here anyway. It's better that I just leave so that you could go back to your life." Every word that passed from her lips made my anger boil more. How could she really think that I would want her to leave over such a stupid argument. "You're actually going to leave just because of our fight from earlier?" the words came out before I could really stop them. Sakura looked at me slightly confused at the sudden outburst.

"You honestly think that after all I went through just to get you here I'm just gonna let you walk away over something so stupid? Or do you want to leave that badly that you would take any excuse that you can get to get away from me?" I crossed my arms over my chest, turned away from the pinkette with a frown placed sternly on my face. Sakura didn't say anything for a couple of seconds "N-No Ino I didn't mean it like that!" her voice sounded frantic behind me, still I didn't turn to look at her. Sakura sighed, trying to think her next words carefully "Look Ino, I'm sorry that I hurt you. I'm sorry if it seems that I don't want to have anything to do with you. I'm sorry about everything."

My frown lessened slightly as I listened to the pinkette. "I know that you're mad. You have every right to be. In fact Naruto and Sasuke have a right to be mad at me. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if they never wanted to talk to me again. I'm still surprised that you are. I hurt all three of you." I uncrossed my arms slowly, turning my head slowly so that I was looking at the Sakura out of the corner of my eye. The pinkette had sat up from her relaxing position. Now sitting with her head hung low and her arms resting on her knees. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that the pinkette was a lot older than she seemed.

Her emerald eyes were a much darker shade, her expression looked so tired and worn out, it still amazed me how the pinkette could go from acting like a 5 year old to someone so mature. I can't help but wonder if this was how she was before. "I know me saying sorry doesn't really make up for anything. It's not like when we were kids and a sorry fixed everything. If it means anything, I actually wish that I didn't leave all those years ago." By now I had completely turned to face the pinkette, who hadn't moved in the slightest. I just continued to stare and listen, unsure of what to do. 'This is what I wanted right?...You tell me.'

"I know that it's worse that I'm not giving you any real answers. If I was in your position I would want answers too. I know it's hard to under-" "No." Sakura had stopped, her gaze shifting from the grass beneath her shoes to me as I interrupted her. My gaze was stern as I looked into her confused emerald, I've finally found the will to put in my two sense. "I can't let you blame all this on yourself. Cause that wouldn't be right when I'm at fault for this stupid fight just as much as you." "No Ino, this is my f-" "I swear if you keep talking I'm going to get the antibacterial spray again."

The threat sounded stupid when I voiced it out loud, but apparently it did the trick as Sakura flinched slightly. She used one of her hands to rub at her injured shoulder softly, most likely remembering the stinging sensation from before, mumbling under her breath "That's just playing dirty Ino-pig." I couldn't help but laugh softly at the pinkette, I still find it hard to believe that someone that could take on horrible monsters is afraid of just having her injuries sting a bit.

'I wonder if this was how she was when we were friends.' shacking the thought from my head as I got back on topic "Yeah I can't say that I'm not mad cause I am. I'm mad at you leaving so suddenly without so much as a goodbye. I'm mad at the fact that you finally come back but refuse to even tell me why or where you had gone. I'm mad that you keep trying to find some excuse so I'll just let you up and leave all over again." I glanced up, not realizing when I had begun looking at the floor, at the pinkette, who in turn had gone back to just staring at the grass. I ignored the fact that she looked like a kid that was waiting to get scolded by her parents for doing something bad, instead slowly standing.

"But just because I am mad at you for many things doesn't mean that I want you to leave. Since you already said sorry it's my turn." Sakura had turned to look at me, confusion crossing her face for a second when she saw that I was no longer sitting but standing next to her, causing for her to look up at me. I locked my blue gaze with her green, hoping that every word that I was going to say next was going to be right "I'm sorry for the way I've been acting. When you suddenly came back it was hard for me to except that you really are real and not just a figment of my imagination. And when I realized that you were really there I guess the part of me that still remembered you kind of went into shock. I was treating you like if you never left, expecting for you to just share things with me just like when we were kids. I realized that I can't expect things like that from you right now so suddenly." Our gazes never faltered as I breathed in deeply to calm my nerves. I can't even remember the last time I had to do something like this for anyone.

"Though I hate to admit it, we aren't the same little girls from all those years ago. We've lived our lives apart and have changed. So it's only natural that things between us would be just as different. I'm sorry that it took me this long to realize that. Guess I was just still getting use to the idea that you were really here." my last words came out slightly quieter then I wanted, but Sakura didn't give any sign that she hadn't heard me. We kept gazing at each other until finally Sakura turned away to look out at the backyard "Never thought I would see the day when Ino Yamanaka would apologize to me."

Just when I thought we actually having a great moment, leave it to Sakura to ruin it like that. I nearly fell to the floor in shock at what the pinkette said. I was expecting her to argue, apologize again, or even just stay silent. Guess I need to stop trying to figure out how the girl works cause I might just give myself a headache. "Guess that's one way to ruin a moment." I grumbled as I tried to calm my nerves. Sakura just turned to me, smiling like if she didn't have any care in the world. The pinkette slowly got to her feet, dusting off her hands on her pants as she continued to grin at me "What can I say. I really hate it when conversations become too serious. Sucks all the fun out of everything."

I couldn't help the small chuckle that escaped "Guess you have a point." Sakura grinned at me again looking smug that I actually agreed with her. Rolling my eyes slightly at the girl's childish behavior "Now that we finally got all that figured out. What you say to starting all over?" Nervously glancing at the pinkette, who had dropped her grin and was now just staring blankly at me. As time passed I started to get more and more nervous. Sakura suddenly broke out into a huge smile as she held out her hand to me "Hey the name's Sakura. What's yours?" All the fluttering in my stomach had suddenly stopped, my heart had slowed it's erratic pace. I didn't hesitate to shack the girl's hand "Mine's Ino Yamanaka."

Sakura chuckled, folding both her arms behind her head "There we can officially say that we've started over." I just shook my head "Don't think that really counts but it'll have to do." "Hey! It so does count." The pinkette had moved her arms so she had them folded in front of her and a small pout on her face. I couldn't help but laugh at her "Yeah yeah. If you're done acting like a 3 year old can we go back inside already? Though I hate to think about it I have school tomorrow."

Sakura turned her head away from me "No one told you to come out here with me Ino-pig. Besides you're the one that has school not me. So I don't have to go inside." She stuck her tongue out at me, happy that she didn't have to deal with going to that hell hole. I frowned at the girl's words, just when I was about to say something an idea had hit me. Smirking I walked towards the girl, who was slowly dropping her smirk at my look. I stopped just steps away from Sakura, a huge grin planted firmly on my face, though some of the affect was taken away since I still had to look up at the girl "You just gave me an idea."

Sakura visibly began to sweat as she watched me "A-And what would that be?" My grin grew at the pinkette's reaction "Well since I can't trust you to not get into any trouble or go running off-" "Hey! I don't get into that much trouble and I've only run off like 2 times!" "You're just gonna have to come to school with me." Sakura had paled at the thought, her eyes widening "What!? You can't be serious!" I only crossed my arms, quite happy with myself "Oh I'm very serious. I'm not gonna take the risk of leaving you here alone for hours and then come back to a destroyed house, monsters running all over the place, or you mysteriously just disappearing. So you're going to school where I can keep an eye on you." Sakura pouted at me "What if I say I don't want to?"

Walking pass the pinkette back inside "Then I'm just gonna have to drag you're happy ass down there." I made my way towards the kitchen, hearing the girl following in after me "You're just plain evil you know that. But haven't you forgotten something in your so called brilliant idea. My guardians are supposed to be the ones that have to register me. How are you going to get around that?" Sakura sounded smug as we continued on our way through the now dark kitchen and towards the stairs. "Don't worry about that. My dad has a friend that is in charge of all the student registration. All I have to do is give him a quick call and he'll take care of everything." I couldn't help but smile as I heard the pinkette grumbling behind me the entire way until we were standing in front of our rooms. I stopped right at my door "You know there are other reasons why I want you to go to school with me."

Turning so that I was able to face the pinkette who was still pouting about "So it's not just because you're an evil blonde and you like to see me suffer?" the pinkette's voice was filled sarcasm as she glared at me. All I could do was smile "Stop being a baby. And I just figured that since you're going to be staying here that it would be a good idea to see Naruto and Sasuke again." As soon as my words left my mouth, Sakura dropped the playful act and sadly looked down at the carpet. During the time that I was realizing everything, it had also hit me that I wasn't the only one that was hurting from Sakura's absence.

I remembered Naruto's face when I had mentioned the pinkette, how he quickly became depressed as he remembered their lost companion. And if what Naruto had said about Sasuke's reaction to Sakura's sudden disappearance was any true then I'm sure he was just as hurt as the goofball. It pains me to think that I had actually thought of prolonging not telling the two so that I could spend some time with the pinkette but that would have been selfish. They were just as much her friends as she was mine and we were all hurting. What helped convince me that it was time for a reunion was Sakura's words from before.

Sakura thought that Naruto and Sasuke probably actually hated her because she left. If only she could have seen the look in the usually happy blonde's eyes then she would see that they weren't at all angry. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Naruto broke out crying while crushing the girl in a huge bear hug while Sasuke would be trying to keep his cool the entire time.

"Ino I'm not sure if I'm ready to face them." the quiet words broke me from my thoughts as I returned to what was happening. Sakura looked to be battling with herself as stared down at the carpet, her eyes showing that she wasn't sure. Without thinking I found myself pulling the much taller girl into my arms, slowly rubbing her back "There's nothing for you to be afraid of Sakura. Those two idiots aren't mad at you. If anything they've been depressed ever since our group lost you. Besides I'll be there."

Sakura slowly returned the huge, squeezing me tightly once before pulling away with a small smile "Thanks Pig, who would have thought that growing up would make you so mature." My teeth clenched slightly before I lifted my right fist and hit the girl on the back "Obviously you haven't matured at all." "Yeow! You still have that short temper. You should really look into that." Before I could react, Sakura had already made it to the end of the hallway "Why don't you come over here and say that!" I ran at the smiling pinkette "No thanks. I rather live for tomorrow." Sakura quickly turned the corner, running back down the stairs "Get your ass back here!" "No way! I'm not suicidal! You crazy Ino-pig!" "I already told you to stop calling me that!"

so there you have it chapter 4 sorry again that it took me so long to update and that it wasn't that long of a chapter and that it wasn't all that worth the rate also i've been having a hard time finding time to work on my stories and having major writers block doesn't help at all besides i'm getting the feeling that no one really likes this story so i'm thinking of just getting rid of it as always R&R J-Dog out