Chapter 7:Basketball Practice

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Speaking "blah blah"

Thinking 'blah blah'

Inner Sakura 'blah blah'

Xo-Chapter 7-oX

The next day Sakura woke up at around nine in the morning.

'I don't remember waking up this early on a Saturday before'thought Sakura.

She sat up on her bed and rubbed her eyes.

Sasuke came out of the bathroom wearing shorts and a t-shirt and he was drying his hair with a towel.

"What are you doing awake this early?"asked Sasuke.

"I was just about to ask you the same thing"said Sakura.

"I have football practice in about 10 minutes.What's your excuse?"asked Sasuke.

"Oh, I don't know, I just woke up early for some reason"said Sakura.

"Hn, I have to go to practice"said Sasuke as he finished drying his hair and threw his towel on his bed.

"Okay, good luck"said Sakura as she got up and went into the bathroom.

Sasuke left the dorm and went to football practice.

Xo-With Sasuke-oX

Sasuke went into the locker room and saw Neji, Shikamaru, and Naruto with smirks on their face.

'What the hell are they smirking about?'thought Sasuke.

"Had fun on your date with Sakura-chan?"Naruto asked Sasuke as his smirk grew.

'Well, that explains why they are smirking'thought Sasuke.

"It wasn't a date, you retard"said Sasuke.

"Sure it wasn't.Did you guys kiss?"asked Naruto.

"Was the kiss on the forehead,cheek, or lips?"asked Shikamaru smirking.

"Did you guys cuddle together at the movies?"asked Neji.

"Did you confess your undying love to her?Did she confess to you?Is she going to break up with Sai to hook up with you?"asked Naruto.

Sasuke was glaring at all of them.

'Since when did they gang up on me?They finally found an opportunity on how to annoy me, and they took this chance'thought Sasuke angrily.

"It wasn't a date and nothing happened and nothing will ever happen"said Sasuke.

"Something did happen!You guys kissed didn't you?!(gasp)You made out with her?!"asked Naruto.

An unnoticeable blush appeared on Sasuke's face because in fact, he did make out with her.

"Hn, just shut the hell up dobe"said Sasuke.

"Oh shit, you did make out with her?"asked Neji surprised.

"Whoa, what's Sai going to say when he founds out that you were making out with his girlfriend?!"asked Naruto.

"I didn't make out with her you idiots"lied Sasuke.

"Sure you didn't"muttered Shikamaru.

"You guys can believe what you want to but, nothing happened between me and the loser"said Sasuke.

"Aw, he even gave her a petname!"said Naruto teasingly.

Sasuke just glared at Naruto.

He punched Naruto as hard as he could on the head and walked away.

"Ow!You freaken bastard!"said Naruto as he rubbed his head in pain.

"You should have just stopped making fun of him"said Neji.

"But, it's so much fun!We finally have something to make fun of him about!"said Naruto.

"Yeah, that's actually true"said Shikamaru.

"We should be getting dressed in our football gear"said Neji.

"Yeah, everyone is starting to head on out to the field!"said Naruto.

Xo-With Sakura-oX

She already finished taking a shower and getting dressed.

She couldn't stop thinking about the kiss from yesterday.

'Wow, he only kisses me to get his point straight across.I guess he wasn't lying before when he said he would never actually kiss me,only to prove his point.Why is it that every time he wants to prove his point it ends up with him kissing me?!'thought Sakura.

It's not the fact that he kissed her that got her all nervous...it was the fact that she kissed him back even though she loves Sai.

'How can I face Sai now?Ah!I practically cheated on him!'thought Sakura.

'So what?It's not like he doesn't kiss girls every fucking day!'said Inner Sakura.

'It's true that he cheats on me all the time and that he's a bastard for it but, I'm not like him, I refuse to cheat on the guy I'm going out with'said Sakura.

'Why do you always have to be so nice to everyone?'asked Inner Sakura.

'I don't know but, ah!I just remembered, starting tomorrow I'm going to be the bastard's freaken slave!'thought Sakura.

'Damn it, that's going to suck.'said Inner Sakura.

'Ugh, today I should have fun while I'm free!I would call the girls but, we didn't exchange our freaken numbers!'said Sakura.

'I thought we did'said Inner Sakura.

'Nope, we didn't'said Sakura.

'Well, then what are we going to do?!We don't even know where they're dorms are!'said Inner Sakura.

'Ugh, let's just walk around, maybe we will bump into them or something'said Sakura.

Sakura grabbed her key and cell phone and walked out of the dorm.

She was wearing gray sweat pants, with a white tank top, and a gray sweater with short sleeves over it.

"I never really liked Saturdays"Sakura muttered to herself and she walked outside boredly.

She was surprised to see Sai waiting there for her.

He looked up when he saw the door open.

"How was your night with the Uchiha?"Sai asked bitterly.

Sakura let out a huge sigh.

"I actually had a good time but, before you start drawing conclusions, nothing happened and it wasn't a date, more of a hang out"said Sakura.

"You sure?"asked Sai as he walked up to her.

"Yes"said Sakura.

"Did he try to do anything?"asked Sai.

"No, I already told you that nothing happened!"said Sakura.

"Just because you told me that nothing happened, it doesn't mean that your telling the truth"said Sai.

"So, now you don't trust me?"asked Sakura.

"I do trust you, I just don't trust you with him"said Sai.

"Sai-kun, nothing happened.Just drop it,please"said Sakura.

'I don't want to tell him about the kiss.Sasuke and I will get killed!'thought Sakura.

'If I force everything out of her and keep asking her then I'm going to end up ruining my final chance.Instead of asking her, I will go pay the Uchiha a visit later'thought Sai.

"Fine, anyway, good morning"said Sai as he pulled her into a hug and kissed her on the lips.

Sakura kissed him back.

After a brief moment, they pulled apart.

"What were you doing out here anyway?"asked Sakura curiously.

"I was waiting for you to come out because I wanted to talk to you about what happened last night and because I'm going to take you out somewhere today"said Sai.

"Really?Where are we going?"asked Sakura.

"Well, we're going to go eat breakfast at a diner and then we can go wherever you want"said Sai.

"Cool!"said Sakura.

"Hey there Sai-kun!"squealed the annoying voice of Ami.

Sakura glared at her.

"What do you want Ami?"asked Sai as he glared at her.

He didn't like Ami for many reasons but, the main reason for why he didn't like her was because of what she did to Sakura, he knew about what happened between the two of them when they were younger because Sakura told him the story.

Sai was really protective of Sakura.

"Um why are you with that ugly bitch?"asked Ami as she looked at Sakura with digust.

"Your the ugly bitch, and I'm with her because she's my girlfriend"said Sai.

"Ew, I knew that you always went around dating any girl you think is hot but, why would you ever date her?Even though your only going to be with her for a few hours?"asked Ami.

"I have been dating her for three years.She's my permanent girlfriend and I would appreciate it if you just left us alone"said Sai while glaring at her coldly.

"What the fuck?So she wasn't lying?!"asked Ami shocked.

"No, now just go away"said Sai.

"Whatever, you're going to end up being mine Sai-kun. She doesn't deserve to be with anyone, I will have you"said Ami as she blew him a kiss and walked away.

"Ugh, I can't stand her!"said Sakura angrily.

"Calm down, forget about her, let's just go do what we were going to do."said Sai.

"(sigh)Okay"said Sakura.

Sai grabbed Sakura's hand and they walked to the parking lot.

They got in Sai's car and he drove out of the parking lot and to the diner.

"Wait, why are you taking me out anyway?"asked Sakura.

"Don't you remember?I told you I would focus more on you, and spend more time with you. I feel bad about how I treated you before...and I want to make up for that"said Sai.

Sakura smiled.

"That's really sweet of you Sai"said Sakura as she leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek as he continued driving.

'I guess it was a good idea to take her out today'thought Sai.

After a few minutes of driving they finally arrived at the diner.

They got out of Sai's car and they walked into the diner.

They ate and talked for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Xo-With Sasuke-oX

The coach had to go somewhere for a few days so, the football practice was cut short and they wouldn't have football practice for a few days.

"At least we wont have to practice for a few days!"said Naruto as the guys came out of the locker room.

"Maybe the girls will want to go out somewhere"said Neji.

"We will call the girls, you have to go back to the dorm and ask Sakura-chan, since none of us have her number"said Naruto.

"Hn"said Sasuke as he walked away.

When Sasuke got to the dorm, his room was empty.

'Where could she have gone?'thought Sasuke.

He couldn't find her anywhere so, he just went back downstairs and outside to meet up with everyone else.

"Where's Sakura-chan?"asked Hinata.

"She probably left somewhere"said Sasuke.

"That bitch left with Sai-kun earlier. He was going to take her to a diner or some shit.I really don't know what he sees in her.Anyway, how have you been Sasuke-kun?"asked Ami as she grabbed onto Sasuke's arm.

Sasuke had a look of disgust on his face as he tried to pry off Ami from his arm.

"Why do you always have to be so annoying?"asked Ino.

"Shut your mouth Yamanaka.We were best friends until you chose them over me!I don't even know how you could become friends with these losers!Sasuke-kun isn't a loser but, everyone else is!"said Ami.

"They aren't losers!Your the loser!Your such a slut!I'm glad that I chose them over you, they're better friends than you ever were!"said Ino.

"Whatever, anyway Sasuke-kun,we should really go out sometime"said Ami.

"No"said Sasuke as he finally pushed Ami off of him.

"Why not?"whined Ami.

"I don't like you and your annoying"said Sasuke coldly.

"I know you don't like me, you love me!"squealed Ami.

"Your squealing is very annoying and it is irritating to hear so, could you just leave the teme alone?"asked Naruto.

"No one was talking to your stupid self!Just mind your own business!I'm talking to my future husband and your interrupting our conversation!"said Ami.

"Future husband?He would never even hug you!What makes you think he would actually marry you?!"asked Tenten.

"Get out of the conversation!Sheesh, nosy people these days"said Ami.

"Ami, just leave"said Sasuke.

"Only because you asked me too.Bye Sasuke-kun!I love you!"said Ami as she blew him a kiss and left.

"Damn it, I can't stand that twit!"said Ino.

"No one can stand her, she's such a bitch"said Tenten.

"Let's just forget about her and go do something!"said Hinata.

Xo-With Sakura-oX

Sakura and Sai had already finished eating breakfast and they were now at the mall.

"Go ahead and get what you like, I will pay for it"said Sai.

"You don't have to Sai-kun.I can buy my own things"said Sakura.

"Yeah but, you're my girl and I want to buy the things you want, for you"said Sai.

"Um okay, but, you really don't have to"said Sakura.

"But, I want to"said Sai.

"Fine"said Sakura as they walked into a clothing store.

"Has Ami been bothering you ever since you came here?"asked Sai.

"(sigh)Well, I didn't see her yesterday and I didn't see her my first day here so, not really but, whenever we run into each other or she sees me, she always annoys me"said Sakura.

"If you want, I can get someone to take care of her for you"said Sai.

"No, that wont be necessary Sai.Besides, if it gets to the point where I really want to kill her then,I will do it myself but, it's okay"said Sakura.

"Are you sure?"asked Sai.

"Yeah"said Sakura.

"Okay well, go pick out some things that you like"said Sai.

"Okay!"said Sakura as she started looking around the store.

She ended up buying two new outfits and a pair of new shoes.

"I guess you don't like to shop much"said Sai.

"(giggles)I guess you can say that"said Sakura as she swung her bags.

It was already two in the afternoon.

'Time goes by fast'thought Sakura.

"We should go back"said Sai.

"Yeah, there isn't anything else to do anyway"said Sakura.

Before leaving the mall they got smoothies and then they got out of the mall and into Sai's car.

After Sai finished his smoothie, he drove back to the dorm.

Sakura took her time on drinking the smoothie.

'Mmm, this is so good!'thought Sakura.

'Sai-kun was actually nice today!'said Inner Sakura.

'You say that as if he was never nice to us before'said Sakura.

'Well, we haven't been with him for a few months!So, he hasn't taken us anywhere!It was nice to spend time with him again'said Inner Sakura.

'Yeah...'said Sakura.

Sai and Sakura arrived back at school in about ten minutes.

Sakura left her bags in the car and just took out her smoothie.

Sasuke and the others were sitting at a table and they were just talking.

They saw when Sakura and Sai arrived.

Sakura and Sai had their hands locked together.

"Well, I'll let you go do what you want. Oh and you left your bags int he car, call me when you need them"said Sai.

"Okay, bye Sai-kun, I love you"said Sakura.

"I love you too Sakura"said Sai as they kissed.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and she put one arm around his neck since, her other one was holding her smoothie.

Sasuke really didn't like the fact that they were kissing like that.

'Whatever, they're boyfriend and girlfriend so, they're always going to end up doing that'thought Sasuke.

For some reason he didn't like the fact that Sai and Sakura were going out.

'It's probably because Sai doesn't deserve someone like her.There's just something about her...I don't know what it is but, she shouldn't be with someone like Sai, she deserves someone better'thought Sasuke.

When Sakura and Sai finally pulled apart, they walked their separate ways.

As Sakura was walking towards her dorm, she saw Sasuke,Ino,Naruto, Hinata, and the rest of them.

"Hey guys!"said Sakura as she walked over to them.

"Hey Sakura-chan, how was your morning with Sai?"asked Hinata.

"It was really nice, we went to go eat at a diner then we went to the mall"said Sakura.

"Where is he off to now?"asked Ino.

"I don't know, why?"asked Sakura.

"Nothing, it's just that he might be going to spend time with one of his whores"said Ino.

"Ino-chan, I know you don't like Sai, and I know that he's usually with some other girl but, he's not always with a whore or whatever.That's not what his life is dedicated to."said Sakura.

"Then he's probably going to drink or smoke or something!"said Ino.

"Why do you always have to think bad of him?!He's not that bad and he can actually be pretty nice at times!"said Sakura.

"He's only nice to you!He has never been nice to anyone else other than you!Which is why you can say that but, he's only going to be nice to you so, our opinion on him is always going to be that he's a bastard!"said Ino.

"Ugh whatever"said Sakura.

"Well, we were looking for you because we were all going to hang out but, since you left with Sai we had to go on without you"said Tenten.

"Yeah and now we're just going to spend time with our boyfriends, sorry Sakura-chan, maybe tomorrow"said Hinata.

"I can't do anything that I want to do tomorrow, or for the rest of the week"muttered Sakura.

"Why not?"asked Shikamaru.

"Well, I have to listen to everything that the Sasuke tells me to do"muttered Sakura.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that"said Naruto.

"Well, Sasuke will be hanging out with us so, you will be too"said Neji.

"True, oh and I don't have any of your numbers."said Sakura.

"Yeah, we never exchanged them"said Tenten.

Just tell us your number and Sasuke will give you all of our numbers"said Hinata.

"Okay"said Sakura.

She told them her number and they put it in their phone.

Sakura and Sasuke went back to their dorm, and the others went with their boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Give me your phone"said Sakura.

"Why?"asked Sasuke.

"You have everyone else's number in your phone so, I will just look for their number and then, put it in my phone"said Sakura.

"I have a new phone"said Sasuke.

"I thought that you were only going to change the number not the phone"said Sakura.

"Well, I had to change my number about 20 times already so, I decided to just get a new phone too"said Sasuke as he gave her his phone.

"Well, you don't have your own number in here so, what's your number?"asked Sakura.

Sasuke told Sakura his number, and Sakura saved it in her phone.

She looked through his contacts and put their numbers in her phone.

When she was done she gave the phone back to Sasuke.

"Are you doing anything today?"asked Sakura.

"No, why?"asked Sasuke.

"Well, I'm not doing anything either so, I thought maybe it would be a good time for you to help me out with basketball"said Sakura.

"Okay, wanna go to the gym or the basketball court?"asked Sasuke.

"For now, let's go to the gym and after I start getting the hang of it, I will verse you out on the court"said Sakura.

"Okay, fine by me but, your going to end up losing anyway"said Sasuke.

"The only way that I will end up losing is if you're a bad coach"said Sakura.

"No, the only way you will lose is if you really suck like the loser you are"said Sasuke.

"I'm not a loser!"Said Sakura.

"Yes you are, and if you ever call me, on my caller ID it will say loser"said Sasuke.

"Ugh you have got to be kidding me!Your such a faggot!"said Sakura.

"No, I'm not"said Sasuke.

"Whatever, let's just go to the gym, go ahead and lead the way because I got no idea of where the gym is"said Sakura.

They went to the gym and Sasuke got a basketball...from somewhere.

"Okay, so first thing is first, you need to know how to shoot correctly"said Sasuke.

"Why can't I just shoot however I want?Why does there have to be a specific way on how to shoot the ball into the basket?"asked Sakura.

"That's how the rules of the sport goes"said Sasuke.

"Well that rule is retarded"said Sakura.

"Do you want to know how to play or not?"asked Sakura.

"I do!Go ahead coach!Continue"said Sakura.

"(sigh)Well, show me how you regularly would shoot a basketball"said Sasuke.

"Okay!"said Sakura.

Sasuke gave her the ball.

Sakura just threw the ball with one hand and it bounced off the rim.

"You threw it as if this was Tennis or something"muttered Sasuke.

"Well, I told you that this was my worst sport!"said Sakura.

"Yeah but, I didn't think you would suck this much at it"said Sasuke.

"Well, I haven't seen you play so, I can't say if your so great anyway!"said Sakura.

"Look, you have to sort of flick your wrist when your throwing the basket ball"said Sasuke.

He grabbed the basketball and threw it into the hoop and it got nothing but net.

"How the hell am I suppose to do that?"asked Sakura.

"Do what I just showed you"said Sasuke.

After about ten minutes of Sasuke showing Sakura what to do and Sakura doing everything wrong Sasuke decided to just put her hands in the right position.

He got behind her and held her arm.

He put it up and then with his other hand he grabbed her arm that she was using to hold the ball and put it up, near her other hand.

With both of his hands holding her arms, it almost looked like he was hugging her from behind.

Sakura was blushing a bit from the warmth and from how close they were.

his head was at the side of her face.

He started to whisper in her ear.

"Usually your suppose to sort of duck down but, for now just push your elbows in, and then just shoot your arms out and like I told you before, slightly flick your wrist and aim for that square that is almost all around the hoop"said Sasuke in his low,deep,rich voice.

Sakura could have fainted right there and then.

'What's going on with me?...Why is it that it feels like I'm in heaven?Ah!What the hell am I thinking?!...But, I actually like us being this close to each other...I just don't know why'thought Sakura.

"Okay"said Sakura softly as she did what Sasuke told her.

To her surprise, she got the ball not the net.

"See, your already making progress"said Sasuke as he moved away from her and got the ball.

Sakura didn't say it or show it but, she felt a bit upset when he moved away from her.

"Yeah, I guess you wont be a bad coach after all!"said Sakura.

"Well, at least you were able to make it in the net.Now try to make it in 15 more times"said Sasuke.

"-sweat drop- Just because I made it in once, it doesn't mean that I will be able to make it in 15 more times!"said Sakura.

"Just do exactly what you did before, and you should be able to make 15 more baskets.They don't have to be 15 in a row but, try to make 15 shots in less than three minutes"said Sasuke.

"What kind of coach are you?!There is no way in hell that I will be able to make 15 more freaken shots in under three minutes!"said Sakura.

"Well, if you don't then you will have to start all over again"said Sasuke.

"Eh...you have got to be kidding me!Your the worst coach ever!I hate you!"said Sakura.

"I don't care, you have to make 15 shots...starting...Now!"said Sasuke.

"Ah!"said Sakura in surprise.

She got the ball and started to try making baskets.

She knew that if she stressed over it, she would keep messing up and never finish making in the baskets so, she concentrated and did exactly what she did before.

Just as she was about to make the fifteenth shot...

"Times up you didn't make it, you have to try again"said Sasuke.

"Say what?!I only had one shot left!That's not fair!you can't make me do it all over again!I almost had it!I only needed one freaken shot!That doesn't make a difference!"said Sakura.

"In a basketball game, one point can be the decision of which team wins so, it does make a difference"said Sasuke.

"Well, this isn't a basketball game so, who cares?!It's just practice!"said Sakura.

"Well, it doesn't matter, I'm your coach and what I say goes so, do it over"said Sasuke.

"Ah!Your torturing me on purpose!"said Sakura.

"No I'm not.Start in 3...2...1...go"said Sasuke.

Sakura was aggravated.

'I only needed one more damn shot!Ah!What the hell?'thought Sakura.

After about an hour of trying, Sakura was finally able to make the 15 shots in under three minutes.

She was tired and sweaty.

"Sasuke Uchiha, YOU SUCK!"said Sakura as she breath a bit hard and wiped the sweat off her forehead.

"We will continue this tomorrow"said Sasuke.

"Can we do something a bit more easier?"asked Sakura.

"Nope, and since starting tomorrow you have to do everything that I tell you to do, I can have more fun"said Sasuke with a smirk.

"Wow, your so kind"said Sakura sarcastically.

"I know"said Sasuke.

"Well, I'm going back to the dorm to take a damn shower"said Sakura.

"Okay, I will be there in a few minutes"said Sasuke.

"Okay"said Sakura as she left the gym.

Sasuke put the basketball away and turned off the lights from the gym.

He stepped outside and started to walk towards his dorm.

"Uchiha!"said a voice that stopped Sauske in his tracks.

"What do you want?"asked Sasuke.

"I want to have a talk with you"said Sai angrily.

Sasuke turned around to face Sai.

"I really don't have time for you"said Sasuke.

"I don't care, I have a few questions and a few demands!"said Sai.

"It's not like I'm going to listen to any of the demands"said Sasuke.

"Yes you are and if you don't, then there will be high prices to pay"said Sai.


A/N:I'm sorry that it ended up being a sort of cliff hanger.I hate cliff hangers too so trust me, I didn't want to make it that way.Anyway, I was able to update this on Sunday like I said I would! :) yay! I updated one two chapters in two days! :) I have just had a hard time on updating as fast as I usually do.Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter anmd I hope you like the story so far.I would be updating sooner but, my stupid sister is always ont he damn computer!Ugh I just hate her so much at times!She's really annoying and well, ugh I don't like her!Anyway, if you haven't yet, vote on th epoll and PLEASE REVIEW!