"So that was you who bleached Sakura's hair!" yelled Naruto.

"You called me FAT!" screamed Chõji, who had reappeared. "I am not FAT!"

"Hey, you might not like me but you don't have to bitch about me in your diary!" Kiba said. Akamaru barked in agreement and growled at Ino. Sasuke walked up.

"Ino, do you really keep pictures of me under your pillow? I don't mind too much, but really, you should ask first." Ino blushed.

"Uh... Sasuke! Um..." Sasuke waved it away.

"It's OK, really. Just ask next time, OK?" With that he walked off, but not too far off. He still wanted to see what everyone else was saying.

"Ino, did you really make a voodoo doll of me after I yelled at you?"

"Ino! Why on earth do you like that band? You told me you hated them! They're rubbish!"

"I don't really..." Ino was desperately trying to get away, but the crowd wouldn't let her. Sakura saw this and suddenly felt really bad. Really bad. She pushed her way through the crowd. Sasuke also started to feel guilty. That couldn't be nice for Ino. He too started to shove his way through the crowd, and reached her first.

"Come on people, leave Ino alone. Imagine how you'd feel if somebody posted your diary up for everyone to see. I bet you say bad stuff about people and have embarrassing secrets in there too. Leave her alone." Mutterings broke out in the crowd. Sasuke turned to face Ino.

"Come on, let's go." As they turned to leave, they bumped into Sakura.

"Ino, are you OK? I..." Ino went red with anger.

"Leave me alone, Sakura! I know this was you!" Sakura also went red.

"Well, maybe if you hadn't embarrassed me in front of Sasuke like that I wouldn't have done it!"

"Well, maybe if you hadn't cut my hair I wouldn't have done that!"

"Perhaps if someone hadn't bleached my hair..."

Sasuke smirked. All sympathy was gone now. Mindless fighting and arguing he could cope with. It was just when either of them started getting upset that he started to feel slightly... guilty? Screams erupted as Ino began yanking at Sakura's hair. The crowd dispersed and reformed around them.

"Fight, fight, fight!" Sasuke smirked, and backed off into the crowd, making sure the two girls couldn't see him before he joined in with the chanting. He wouldn't want them to think he actually wanted them to fight, after all.

Seven hours later, Sakura let go of Ino's hair, exhausted. Ino was also too tired to yank at Sakura's hair either, so she let go as well. They sat there panting, glaring at eachother. They had been so busy fighting they hadn't realised that it was now dark. A sudden noise made them both jump and look around wildly.

"What was that?" Sakura asked. Ino shrugged.

"How am I meant to know?" Sakura sighed.

"It's just... I know you don't care and you probably won't believe me anyway, but... I swear somebody's been following me over the past few days. I just hear them every so often, like just then." Ino stared.

"You know Sakura, exactly the same thing has been happening to me! I thought I was going crazy, hearing things. But anyway, I noticed something odd. They only seem to be following me when I'm fighting with you, or about to do something to you..." Sakura thought back over the past few days. Ino was right, the exact same thing had been happening to her as well!

"Yeah! Same! I mean, just now, and a few days ago when I was sneaking into your house..." Ino nodded.

"But why would anyone want to follow us?" she said, and then grinned. "Maybe it's Sasuke. Maybe he loves me so much he's stalking me and watching me whenever I totally kick your ass!" Sakura scowled.

"Or he's watching me kick your ass, more like it." Ino glared at her.

"You..." Then they heard the sound again. Ino recognised it that time. It was a twig snapping. Someone was definitely there. Sakura leaned in close.

"Fight me." She whispered.

"What?" Sakura sighed, and grabbed Ino's hair.

"HEY!" Ino returned the favour, and shrieked as Sakura slapped her.

"Whoever's watching us wants to see us fight," muttered Sakura. "He or she will be more likely to stay here if we fight, so we'll get a better chance to see them."

"Right," Ino muttered, yanking Sakura's hair viciously. "You want me to fight you. That's fine with me. Shouldn't we try and move over that way a bit?" She shoved Sakura in the direction where the noise had come from. Sakura stumbled and landed on her back. She shot a quick glance over to where the sound had come from, before leaping to her feet and grabbing Ino, yanking her over and shoving her so she also fell over. All the time they were getting closer to the mysterious stalker.

Sasuke smiled as Sakura pushed Ino. He should probably move further back soon, they were getting a bit close and it wouldn't do to have them see him, but he liked having a front row seat too much. And anyway, they had no idea he was there and people rarely see anything they're not looking for unless it sticks out. He had no idea they knew he was there.

Ino slipped the hand that she wasn't using to pull Sakura's hair into her pocket and pulled out the camera she used to snap shots of Sasuke with.

"I'll zoom in on them using this," she whispered, scratching Sakura across the face. They were close enough to make out the shadowy figure, but they still couldn't see who it was. Sakura nodded.

"I'll leave that arm alone." Then she grabbed the other one and twisted it.

"AHHHH!" Trying to fight Sakura off with one arm and take a photo with the other was very difficult, but Ino was determined to manage it.

"Push me over!" she muttered. Sakura planted her hands on Ino's stomach and shoved. Ino went sprawling backwards in the dirt, even closer to the shadowy figure. In the end, she didn't even need to use her camera. Sasuke rose from his hiding place and ran further away, covering his face. But Ino recognised the hair.

"Stop it!" she shrieked at Sakura, before getting up and running in the opposite direction. Sakura got the message and ran after her, screaming threats at her. When they were sure they were out of earshot, they sat down, exhausted and dirty. Sakura was the first to speak.

"Well, did you get a photo?" Ino shook her head.

"I didn't need to. I saw him. It was Sasuke."