Title: More Than a Summer Fling

Authoress: LaurenxMichelle.

Chapter: Nine, "No cambiere un Segundo por un beso tuyo."

Sakura pursed her lips as Naruto entered through the door, a frown on his face.

"Nothing?"

The blonde shook his head, sadly, and Sakura's eyes began to water.

"Hey, hey." Naruto ran towards the pinkette, who sat on the crème color Barcelona chair.

"We're going to find her." Naruto soothed and the pinkette shook her head.

"Naruto, it's been almost a week. We can't find her, the girl hasn't woken up, and Sasuke doesn't even talk to anyone anymore."

Naruto sighed, "I should go talk to him." The Uzumaki murmured.

"It's no use." Sakura wiped the tears from her cheeks with the back of her hand. "I already tried. He doesn't even look at you."

Naruto shrugged and gave Sakura a small smile. "He never looked at me when I talked to him. And it doesn't matter if he doesn't." Sakura stared, and Naruto continued. "Even if it doesn't look like he is, he always listens to what you're saying."

Sakura nodded. "Okay, but…you think you could stay with me for a while?"

Naruto smiled. "Of course."

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Tenten sighed as she walked through the door and flopped down on the couch.

"So, I'm guessing, there's no improvement on the girl's health?" Neji asked and raised an eyebrow.

Tenten grunted, and he shrugged. "That's fine. I know you probably don't feel like talking."

"Jesus Christ. We've been working on her for a week. Seven days, Neji. She's like dead, but she has a heartbeat!"

"You do realize what you just said, right?" Neji asked, smirking. It was always fun to see Tenten stressed.

She ignored him. "She could be an accomplice for all we know! Maybe she just pretends to be in a coma, it could very well be some freaky jutsu from another land. She stalks the hallways at night gathering information from us. Soon enough she'll kill us all. Maybe one by one, maybe in one swipe."

Neji held back his chuckle, but let another smirk onto his face. "You just described a horror movie. Now the question is, did you do it on purpose or not?"

Tenten sat up from the couch and glared at him. "This is serious. Ino's missing and this random girl shows up."

Neji's face turned dark. "Shikamaru's thinking. We're going to try again tonight."

Tenten sighed and looked down at her lap. "Gods, I miss her." The brunette murmured.

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Shikamaru sat on the beach, his mind racing. Ino was like his sister, his best friend, and she was missing. Not just missing, she had been kidnapped. Which was ten thousand times worse. The Nara sighed.

"Hey man. How you holdin' up?"

Shikamaru looked up, seeing Kiba upside down, from his point of view. The Nara simply let out another sigh.

Kiba sat down next to him and nodded. "Yeah, I know how you feel."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "Oh, do you?"

"Helpless, useless, irrelevant, a waste of time, a failure. Have I summed it up?" The Inuzuka looked out into the ocean.

Shikamaru stared at the dog boy. "Yeah, I think you've got it."

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Hinata and Temari worked around the kitchen silently. Ever since Ino had been kidnapped, the kitchen had always been quiet. No one spoke. As if they did, all Ino's laughter, her smile, her memory would shatter into bits and pieces. Temari's eyes flicked up a couple of times to see the Hyuuga, and at one point, they locked eyes. Both had a small frown upon their faces. "I can't be here anymore." Hinata whispered as she placed the last dish in the cup board and walked out. Temari sighed and leaned against the counter, taking in every bit of Ino's sacred space, before walking out behind Hinata.

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I cant say those words to you.

Everything he said to her repeated in his mind. To think, she could be dead, and he couldn't say those three little words to her. Those three little words. His eyes narrowed and flashed to crimson and then back to ebony.

"Why the fuck am I so stupid?" He growled.

"You are not stupid." A voice rang behind him. He watched as the pinkette leaned against the railing, facing the opposite way he was.

The Uchiha stayed silent.

"You have to get out of here. This isn't healthy."

"How do you know what's healthy for me? You don't seem to care half as much as I do. I can hear your giggling with Naruto from up here. You're happy she's gone." His voice was monotone, but every word sent a dagger through the cherry blossom's body. Her jade eyes widened.

"You're going delusional. That's the only explanation." She murmured.

Sasuke scoffed and, now, looked at Sakura, his eyes narrowed. "It doesn't matter if I'm delusional or not." Sakura looked at him now. "You don't care what's happened to Ino. You've already given her room away like that. You go on everyday as if she was still with us. She could be dead-"

"SHUT UP!" Sakura yelled her eyes narrowed, threateningly.

The Uchiha stared back Sakura had never yelled at him like that.

"You don't know what goes through my mind. You don't know how I feel. My best friend is missing, and all I can think about is how much of a bad friend I was so many years ago to her. I didn't stand up for her enough. I didn't stand up to you enough." She poked Sasuke hard on the chest. "I'm sick and tired of your bitching. Calling me stupid and useless and annoying. You can shove all that up your-"

"Sakura."

Jade and obsidian looked towards the door where the red head stood.

"I send you up here to get him and instead you're yelling at him."

Sakura huffed and crossed her arms.

"Go downstairs."

Sakura looked up shocked.

"You might rule a village, but you do not rule mine." Sakura answered back.

Gaara's eyes narrowed. "Downstairs." He repeated.

Sakura's eyes narrowed, and she did what she was told, but not before bumping into Gaara's shoulder, rudely.

Sasuke looked at the Kazekage.

"What do you want?" The Uchiha asked, and Gaara smirked.

"You sound annoyed."

"I am annoyed. No one leaves me alone. I want to be alone."

"Alright, then. Just wanted to let you know the girl woke up." Gaara shrugged and turned around.

"Wait, what?"

Gaara smirked, but didn't turn around. "She woke up." He repeated and opened the door, walking out.

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"Isn't Sasuke coming?" Tenten asked, as she watched Sakura walk into the Yamanaka's bedroom.

"I don't know, I don't care." She growled, and took a seat at the girls bed side.

Her raven hair reached a little past her shoulders and her eyes were wide, and a deep violet color. She looked at the room of people.

Neji, Tenten, Hinata, Kiba, Naruto, Shikamaru, Temari, and Sakura.

Just then, Gaara entered a smirk on his face, and a couple of seconds later, Sasuke behind him.

The girl looked shocked to see the Uchiha.

"Sasuke?" Everyone's heads whipped towards the bed, where the girl sat.

Sasuke stood across the room confused. Surely, she hadn't said his name. He didn't know who she was.

"Uchiha Sasuke." She said. Sasuke stared back and nodded, slowly. Her voice was like the small chime of bells.

"Could everyone excuse themselves, I need to speak to him, privately." The dark haired girl asked, and one by one, everyone exited the room.

There was an awkward silence between the two as the girl simply stared at him.

Sasuke was the one to break it. "I'm sorry, but I don't remember ever introducing myself to you and you seem to know me."

She smiled, "I'm Sora. I met you when you were a little boy, you obviously don't remember me."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, and her face turned from her smile into a frown.

"I know I can't change anything that's already happened, but at least let me make amends." She said, looking down at her lap.

Sasuke took a couple of steps forward. "I don't know what you're talking about." He answered and she sighed.

"Obviously." She shrugged. "But if I tell you, you must promise me to let me help you. I can help find your friend."

That last sentence could have made Sasuke do anything. "Okay." He nodded.

"I…" She pursed her lips and murmured something. Sasuke walked forward again.

"I didn't catch that." He leaned in.

"I used to be…" She took in a deep breath. "Your brother's lover."

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