Naruto smiled, but I knew that it was a fake smile, and I didn't say anything. He sat back down on the bench, Ino sitting beside him and me on the other side of Ino. She let out a happy sigh and looked up at the cloudless blue sky. I glanced at Naruto, trying to see if he was still sad or not but I couldn't tell, he was out of my view.

"I have a feeling that today is gonna be a good day," Ino said, breaking the silence. "I was only teasing both of you. Besides, we all know that you'll like Sakura forever," she stated and I froze.

Was that why he was always so sweet, kind and thoughtful with her? I thought back to when I had just come here and I could already tell that Naruto had a special liking for her, but I couldn't tell what that had meant. A pain started to build up in my heart. It was a pain I had never felt before. I leaned back on the bench not wanting to take place in this conversation. Maybe, just maybe if I didn't pay attention then maybe the pain would go away.

"But Naruto, admit it. She will always love Sasuke. You don't have a chance with her," Ino began, wanting to reason with him.

"It doesn't matter; I'll keep trying and before you know it we'll be together! I know she likes Sasuke; I know she has liked him ever since first grade but… I'm willing to wait till she opens her eyes and sees that I love her more than anyone else," he replied.

"But Naruto… what if, just what if you meet someone else? Someone that would be able to make you happier like no one else can? Are you gonna let her go and keep waiting for Sakura? Or just forget about Sakura and keep moving on?" Ino asked him.

Naruto thought for a minute, and I turned to look at him. He seemed so deep in thought right now. I looked deep into his eyes, trying to find and see if he was still sad. But the sadness that was once there? Gone. I wanted to know if that was Sakura's doing or something else. A part of me wanted to know but another part of me was scared of what the answer was going to be.

"I don't know, I guess I would forget about Sakura and go for the other girl. I can't really say, I'm going to have to live the experience," he said and gave Ino a goofy smile.

Ino sighed then shook her head. "Oh, Naruto, what are we gonna do with you?" she asked him.

"Nothing, I wouldn't be the hyperactive boy I am today," he said. "Now come on! Let's go get Sai's present!" he added then jumped up, and Ino stood after him. "C'mon Naomi!" he grabbed my hand and pulled me up to my feet.

We then walked towards Ino's car. The thought of Sakura being able to take Naruto's sadness away in a matter of seconds made another pain grow in my heart. This one was different though. It felt like if a fire had started to build up in the pit of my stomach and it was only intensifying. I tried to shake the feeling away, not liking one bit how it felt. I couldn't get rid of the feeling so easy but I wanted it gone. Maybe if Ino and Naruto hadn't talked again the feeling wouldn't have come at all, but who knows?

'Konoha Private High School. School of the wealthiest and smartest children of today. A place where students are welcoming and warm and also the home of the Fox," read Ino, her blue eyes scanning the pamphlet that she had gotten from the front office. She shook her head "And home to the most dramatic teens" she added and threw the pamphlet over her shoulder, missing the trash can.

"She shoots, she misses," said Hinata without looking up from her Algebra book. "No wonder no one wants you in their basketball team," she added, making Ino glare at her.

"Whatever!" she snapped, then sighed, laying on her bed.

I looked at her through my book, trying to figure out the problem. These last three weeks had gone so fast and they had turned out to be fun and somewhat lecturing. During those three weeks I hadn't been able to see neither my parents nor my sister. Though everything wasn't that bad; I had learned about the gang's likings and I could tell but I think it would be a long list. Though somehow I was like Ino; we both loved shopping, doing each others' hair and such, but sometimes I thought I was more like Hinata; I was still shy in front of people that I didn't knew.

"Why do you have that pamphlet anyway?" asked Hinata.

"Eh, its fun to add more truth to pamphlets - they don't tell all the truth!" she answered.

Hinata didn't say anything and just focused more on her book.

"So Naomi!" said Ino.

"Hmm?" I asked, not looking up as well.

"You've been here for three weeks, so tell me… is there any guy that you know… sweeps you off your feet?" she asked. This made me look up to see a smiling Ino. "So? Is there?" she asked.

I tried to say something but I couldn't, I was tongue tied. I was going to say no but it felt as if I was lying. I mean, I was pretty sure I didn't like anyone at this school and besides I didn't have time for that. I had to study so I could pass the final exam and graduate so instead I just blushed and looked down making Ino squeal in delight.

"I knew it! You do like someone!"

"Ino, you don't expect her to know. I mean, she's been home schooled all her life, how will she know how love feels like?" interrupted Hinata, saving her page and placed it on her nightstand.

"Hey, no matter what, a girl always knows when a guy sweeps her over her feet," Ino said, looking at her but her eyes turned back to me. "So is there anyone? You know that someone that makes you feel all fluttery in your stomach, but at the same time also makes you feel something else?" she asked.

I couldn't say anything, I was tongue tied and my mind was trying to think if there was any person that made me feels that way. That special feeling whenever we touch, whenever I look at his eyes, and all that? I don't think I had ever felt it. Ino grabbed my book, putting it away and made me look at her; she smiled upon seeing my blush and I could tell what she was thinking.

"Who? Who is it?" she asked excitingly.

"Ino, you're scaring the girl!" Hinata commented. "Maybe that's the reason she's blushing! You know she hates the attention." She pulled Ino away.

Ino shook her head in denial and folded her arms in front of her chest, "I still say she likes someone, she just hasn't found out yet."

"I-I-I don't like anyone." I managed to say, "I-I-I don't think I do because if I did then my heart would tell me, right?" I added.

"Yeah, but sometimes you can be so clueless that you might not notice."

"Ino!"

"Owie!"

I giggled seeing Hinata slap the back of Ino's head. It was fun to see them both argue because normally nobody would win. I shook my head and decided to go to bed since tomorrow would be Monday. I knew Ino was right, though; I was sometimes so clueless that maybe I was having such reactions towards someone without noticing. I just wished that my heart wouldn't have the crazy idea about giving me a hard time about finding the right one, like Ino would put it.

"Alright," said Kakashi, making me come back to the present world.

My mind had been around the conversation I had had with Ino and Hinata but still no matter how hard I tried no one fit that description. I sighed, knowing it was making me space out of class and it was something I rarely did knowing I had to pay one hundred percent attention. I looked at Kakashi with a stack of papers at hand.

"Now that everyone is done with the pop quiz, I am going to assign you partners to work on this small packet. All you have to do is read the passage, answer the questions and tell me how it is relative to the world today," he said and started to hand them out.

I looked around and thought who I might get. Well, I was good with Neji and we normally finished quickly. Ino, well we were good but the thing was that she would normally talk about gossip; not that I mind, but sometimes I could get rather tired of it. And I liked working with Naruto; he made the projects fun and the way he made me feel warm inside made me comfortable. The way his eyes always looked so cheerful and happy and I look at them made my heart flutter in a way that I had never felt before.

"And Naomi and Sasuke," Kakashi said, breaking my train of thought once more.

Huh? I thought to myself, turning my head to look at Kakashi. Did I hear right? Did he say Naomi and Sasuke? I slightly turned my head to see where the raven haired boy sat at. I couldn't help but shake a bit and gulped.

"Well now get to work," added Kakashi.

What was he thinking! I had never worked with Sasuke before and I wasn't liking how Yumiko was looking at me. It was days like this that made me want to be like a turtle. I wanted to have my own shell so I could hide inside it. Well, the sooner the better, I thought as I stood and walked towards him. Yumiko was working with some red haired girl with big round glasses and she was making her do all the work. Suigetsu was working with Ino, and I could tell they weren't getting along. And Naruto with Neji, but at least they were friends. I took a seat beside Sasuke, letting my hair cover the side of my face and placed the paper on the table. He grabbed it and flipped through the pages.

"Alright, I read you write and answer. Got it?" he asked, well more like ordered. I could hear the coldness in his voice.

"A-A-Alright…" I managed to say and dared to look at him. He was staring at me; I couldn't help but look at his onyx colored eyes. I felt drawn to them, I could see the coldness in them but if I looked past that I could see a boy that was hurting inside.

"Would you stop stuttering?" he asked and looked back to the paper.

"O-O-Okay…" I said then slapped myself mentally. "I-I-I m-m-mean… I'll shut up now."

Sasuke let out a loud sigh of annoyance and put the paper on his desk and started reading. I turned my head and tried so hard to look around the room but my eyes were always brought back to his eyes. I could tell he knew I was looking at him by the way he would glance at me, making me want to stop but I couldn't stop myself.

"Would you please not stare at me!" he yelled, making me jump and the class get silent.

"I-I-I'm sorry, I d-d-didn't mean to," I whispered and looked down at my lap.

"Mr. Sasuke, is there something wrong?" asked Kakashi.

"No, there is not," Sasuke replied.

I looked at Kakashi nodding and turning his attention back to his book. Someone knocked on the door, making Kakashi leave the classroom. I could feel the tension starting to build between Sasuke and me. He sighed and leaned back on his chair, I dared to glance at him and he had his eyes closed. He opened his eyes and looked at me.

"I don't like being stared at, I don't like stuttering people, I don't like people that beat around the bush, I don't like a lot of things and I don't feel like telling you all of them," he stated.

I didn't say anything thinking that it was best. I answered the questions without hesitating. We were done quickly; I looked around trying to see if anyone else was done but no one so far.

"Let me check."

I turned to look at him and nodded. As I began to slide the paper towards him, his hands caught mine, to stop me, as he said. His fingers were really warm, like he had been holding them near a heater for a really long time. But that wasn't why I jerked my hand away so quickly. When he touched me, it stung my hand as if an electric current had passed through us. He didn't seem to notice and that was good for me. He handed me the papers and didn't say anything else, I wanted to keep it that way. That sudden feeling why had I felt it?

"Time's up," said Kakashi after some time. I stood, knowing Sasuke wouldn't go and turn it in. "Everything alright, Miss Yoshida?" Kakashi asked.

I nodded in denial "No, everything's fine Kakashi-sensei" I answered and gave him a small smile so he would see that there was nothing wrong. But of course I knew better than that.

I took a seat looking down to my lap, I could still feel the electrifying feeling that I had felt when my hand made contact with Sasuke's but…

"Naomi!" Naruto whispered as his hands slammed on my table making me jump. I looked up at him and automatically I looked into those crystal blue eyes. My heart fluttered in ways that sometimes made me feel light headed. "Did he say something mean to you?" he asked, making me pop back to reality.

"Uh…" I shook my head trying to get my thoughts together. "No, no he didn't," I answered.

He sighed heavily and closed his eyes, thinking. "If he tells you anything rude, let me know alright?" he asked as he opened his eyes and smiled at me.

"Y-yeah… sure," I stuttered.

He smiled. "Alright let's go then!" he said and it was like he knew the bell was about to ring because right after he had said that the bell rang.

Later that night I couldn't get any sleep again; Ino's words came back to my mind but so were the reactions that Naruto made me feel along with what I had felt when I made contact with Sasuke. I didn't get it, why was I feeling that for both of them. Wasn't I supposed to only feel them towards only one person? I rolled over so I could look out the window. Maybe I was wrong and was thinking about it too much.

Yeah, that's it. I've been paranoid ever since I had that talk with Ino. Just give it three or five days and everything will be back to normal again. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.