Chapter 6:

Despite the incident, school was held after summer break.

An assembly was held to clear everything up.

"Hello! I am the Hokage Tsunade!" A woman with pig tails and heaving breasts came out.

"It's the Hokage!" Naruto was excited to see the person who was in his future spot.

Half of the guys were staring while the other half covered their eyes.

'That's out president...?' Tenten thought as she silently listened.

"I will admit there was an incident during the Maturi, but I assure you everything has been taken care of and we can carry a normal school life." Tsunade smiled and stepped down.

'What normal school life...?' Shikamrau thought as he struggled to stay awake.

"End! Now go back to where ever you came from!" Anko-sensei finished and the students started to walk off.

"That's what they say when something is happening." Temari said. She glanced at Sakura who was silently staring at the ground.

"And that definently proves that there's something." Tenten nodded looking at Sakura. Everyday Sakura would hurry toward the nurse's office after school.

A week passed before Sasuke started to take classes again. But there was something different about him. Even Tenten who didn't know him that well felt as if he was colder than ever.

He wouldn't talk to people anymore. Sakura first seemed relieved that he was back but quickly started looking down.

"What's happening?" Ino asked Sakura.

"Oh, it's nothing..." Sakura said looking down. She was worried. She was the only one that had saw the whole thing. She wasn't stupid and knew that this wasn't the end. She tried to talk to Sasuke but he only said,

"Don't mention that incident to anyone. And I'll be fine. Mind your own buisness." Sakura unable to go against him would silently nod. She never talked to him about it again but her heart was aching. She had dreams where Sasuke was killed by that awful face. She sometimes woke up screaming.

Ino was trying to make Sakura happy so she said,

"Halloween is coming up soon!" Sakura looked at her.

'Halloween.' She thought.

"How about we go shopping for costumes?" Ino tried to make a convincing a smile. Then it struck Sakura.

'Ino was worried about me! So that's why she was acting like this.'

"Sure!" Sakura said. She felt better to know that someone cared.

"Okay, how about 10 tomorrow?" Ino asked relieved that Sakura was looking better.

"Sure! I'll talk to the other girls!" Sakura said and ran off.

'Maybe this could help me lighten up.' Sakura thought as she invited Tenten, Hinata, and Temari.

"You think she's okay now?" Temari asked once Sakura had closed the door.

"She looks like it." Hinata said.

"Hope so." Tenten said. "So about the costumes. Isn't there a costume contest?" Tenten changed the subject.

"Yeah." Temari replied. "I don't want to do it, but I heard everyone who has a costume was forced to enter."

"There's also...a...couple...contest." Hinata said burning red.

"Go for it Hinata!" Tenten shouted.

"..." Hinata thought about it. She would probably do it next year. It was too early for her.

"There's a big costume store over here!" Ino shouted as she ran over to a big store.

They were all awed as they entered the store. The walls were lined with thousands of costumes.

"There's so many." Tenten said looking around.

"If you can't find it here, you can't find it anywhere." Temari said while looking around.

"Yes." Hinata said.

They started to look around at the costumes.

"Which one should I wear?" Sakura asked Ino.

"How about this?" Ino said and pulled out a black and pink witch dress.

"That's cute." Sakura examined the dress. "I'll go try it on!" Sakura said and ran off.

Ino watched her run off.

'I wonder...how long she will last.' A image of a pink haired girl lying on the ground coughing went through her head.

"Ino!" Ino turned around.

"Tenten!" Ino asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, Hinata and Temari are looking for outfits so..." Tenten hesitated. "Is Sakura okay?"

"She's getting better." Ino said. "But..." Ino stopped herself.

"But?" Tenten asked.

"Nothing!" Ino said and looked at the ground.

"Okay..." Tenten said.

"Hey guys!" Sakura came into the picture. "How do I look?" She posed in her dress.

"Cute!" Ino said.

"It looks good on you." Tenten said.

"What're you going to wear?" Sakura asked Tenten.

"Oh, this!" She showed them a costume chinese dress that came with nun-chucks. (Did I spell it wrong?)

"..and that is so you." Temari said and hit Tenten on the head.

"Very like Tenten-chan." Hinata said.

"What are you guys going to wear?" Tenten asked rubbing her head.

"Well, we decided to do a pair thing." Temari said looking at Hinata. "I'd be the devil and Hinata would be the angel."

"The devil fits you." Ino said laughing.

"Whatever. Like you have a better costume." Temari said waving Ino off.

"What!? I do!" Ino shouted annoyed.

"Then what is it?" Temari asked sneering.

"This!" Ino shouted pulling out a random costume. Everyone was dead silent.

"...Ino." Sakura said.

"What?" Ino said glancing at the costume she had picked. It was a french maid outfit! One of the pretty skimpy ones too!

"Nice costume..." Temari said trying to control her laughter.

Ino didn't want to be a wimp so she said,

"What? This is my costume!" Ino said and stomped towardthe cashier.

'Kiba's going to have to be careful.' Temari whispered to Tenten. Tenten nodded and giggled.

Halloween came. All of the school was dressed as something. Even Neji and Shikamaru was wearing something.

"Wow." Tenten said while looking around.

"That's not a costume." Neji said looking at her costume.

"Why are you wearing one?" Tenten asked. She didn't really hear the first statement.

"...If I don't do it Gai would make me wear that green spandex." Neji replied. He was wearing a black cape over some black clothes. Nothing much, pretty simple. (Although way better than the spandex.)

"Where's Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked while looking at the crowd.

"Dunno." He said looking at the crowd. "Didn't see him today."

"Hi guys!" Ino shouted. Ino was wearing her maid dress with Kiba by her side. Kiba was glaring at every guy that even glanced at Ino.

"Nice!" Tenten said trying to act happy.

"You look cute Tenten-san!" Haku said waving. She was wearing something that resembled a shirahime (snow princess). Zabuza was wearing a zombie costume.

"Hi Haku! That outfit is pretty!" Tenten said and smiled.

'I thought he was a guy...' Neji thought.

Tenten and the group went to the place and entered the contest.

Gai-sensei seemed dissapointed when he saw that Neji was wearing a costume.

"Now the announcement for the youthful winners!" A voice came over the intercome.

"Gai-sensei..." Neji and Tenten said. Lee who was wearing his spandex listened eagerly.

There was a pause. After about a minute, the voice returned.

"Sasuke! Report to the school! Report Sasuke!" A voice came over the intercom.

"Sasuke-kun..." Sakura said. Her hands quivered a little bit.

From the back, Itachi smirked.

The crowd started to talk.

'What happened to Sasuke?'

'I wonder if it has to do with the 'incident'.'

Sakura had the feeling he was over there. She started to run.

"Sakura!?" Ino screamed as she ran off.

Sakura found Sasuke staring at a rock that had all the former Akatsuki members engraved on it. He traced Itachi's name with his finger and another name that Sakura didn't know.

"...Sasuke-kun." Sakura said. Sasuke slowly turned around.

"Sakura." He said in an expressionless voice as usual.

"They're calling for you." Sakura said pointing toward the school. "Let's go!"

"..." Sasuke didn't say anything.

"...You plan to leave?" Sakura asked.

"Yes." He said.

Sakura was silent. She had the feeling that he was going to leave. A tear fell down.

"Why do you have to leave?" She asked.

"You don't need to know." He said. Sakura turned to face him.

"Sasuke-kun! I know I've only known you for a little bit but..." Sakura stopped. She didn't know what she was trying to say.

A wind blew. Sasuke turned to her.

"That's right. You don't know anything about me." He said. "So don't but into my buisness." He said.

Sakura stared at him shocked.

"But...this may be selfish...but I want to be with you." Sakura said. "I may not know you but I want to learn about! I want to understan you little by little!"

Sasuke smirked.

"You know...I wanted to do that too." He said. Sakura was suprised.

'Did that mean he would stay?' Sakura thought. When she looked up Sasuke was behind him. "But it's too late." He said and knocked her out.

'It's...not...too...' Sakura closed her eyes. 'late.'

Sasusaku! Resembled that episode but I was able to think up different lines. (Maybe that's because I don't remeber the lines?)

Please review if possible!