WAHAHAH!!! You guys were so tricked in the last chapter! Let the Shikainoness commence!! (Also Sasuke is a jerk head sooo he had to be a jerk head a little in my story… heh heh)

Disclaimer: I forgot last time! Ok I only own this plot and Susuki and any other OCs I plop in to make sure the story runs smoothly x 2

Chapter 10

Famous last words

Love is a funny thing, sometimes. It can make you happy and at the same time it will break your world. It can cause you to say things that hurt the thing most and do things that you wouldn't do. The hardest one syllable word in whole entire human language. Or it can really make you pissed.

Shikamaru was indeed pissed. This was major pissed. Not Naruto didn't get his ramen on super duper ramen Monday to Sunday, this was my love just kissed some he-she pissed. Shikamaru at first grew dark and then he socked Deidara, angrily. His eyes were actually filled with crystal tears as he glared at Deidara, who looked taken back. The soft murmur of Sakura and Tobi murmuring Sempai just got bitch-slapped was the only sound in the dark room.

"Don't touch her…" Shikamaru hissed, his bored tone had been deleted form memory. His judgments were stained by hurt and testosterone.

"Shikamaru-kun!" Ino gasped out surprised at the reaction that got out of Shikamaru. She had never seen him look so angry, it scared her.

"Hey!! What did you do that for, hmm?" Deidara asked, more or less confused.

"Shut up. Don't. Touch. Her…" Shikamaru's tone was dark and was dripping with hard emotion and hate.

"She came on me, yeah…" Deidara hissed as he took Ino. Her facial expression was scared as she tried to squirm away.

"Hey that hurts!" she squealed. This caused Shikamaru to sock Deidara in his face.

"Try that again, un!" Deidara hissed as he threw a punch.

"You asked for it!" The lazy boy struck and Deidara punched back and the boy got in a pretty heated fist fight. Kiba and Naruto watched, in total shock, Shikamaru was not a fighter.

"Shikamaru!!" Ino yelped out, totally scared. She was beginning to cry and was being consoled by Naruto this time.

"Shh, Ino…" Naruto murmured understanding why this hurt Ino so much. He also wished that Shikamaru would win his girl! Naruto you don't understand! I hurt him! Ino cried as she thought of her lazy hero. How he was always there when she cried. Silently she remembered the day she first met Shikamaru.

Start Flash Back

"Ino! Come in here!" a man's voice called for another room. A young blonde raced inside. Her blue eyes shined wondering what her father wanted of her and why she was called

"Yes, father?" Ino asked simply, knowing they were to have company today and was going to be on her best behavior.

"This is my good friend, Shikato and his son Shikamaru," Her father explained and Ino went up to meet Shikamaru as the dad's got to know each other.

"Hi! I'm Ino!" Ino excitedly yelled, liking Shikamaru already.

"Hi…" Shikamaru murmured, looking away.

" …" Ino glared at Shikamaru, wanting him to look at her. Her face looked displeased and not as pretty Shikamaru noticed as he looked at her.

"What?" Shikamaru asked as he looked to Ino," You don't look pleasing with that glare on your face…" Shikamaru added bored.

"What was that?" Ino was angry but then she sighed and let it go. He looked at her and that made her happy so she just smiled.

"Let's go play!" Ino yelped as she dragged Shikamaru away to play.

End Flash Back

"Sempai! Go Sempai!!" Tobi yelled as he watched the whole fight unfold. Every one else was awkwardly silence, except for a certain silver haired female she was watching with a certain shine in her eyes.

"SHIKAMARU!! UPPER CUT! Hit that petty boy where it hurts!" Susuki knew how to fight and was no stranger to it. Hinata the very same, yet being a more, for lack of better words, ' pure breed' Hyuuga kept her emotions to herself.

Kiba looked at Susuki and remembered Sasuke telling him that she hated fights. That damn lying bastard. He also noticed Sasori nosing up closer to her. She looked a little displeased and that caused Kiba to push him away glaring.

What?" Sasori looked displeased.

"Get off the girl…" Kiba glared as Sasori put his arms around Susuki.

"Did you hear me? I said get. Off. Of. The. Girl," Kiba glared at the totally confused Susuki and Sasori who let go and glared into Kiba.

"Kiba?" Susuki asked, worry filling her words.

" Sasuke isn't here to lie this time. You are going down, puppy," Sasori laughed.

Then since testosterone was boiling up in room another punch was thrown. Then two more boys were put into a fight. This testosterone raged fight, however, was filled with much, MUCH more swearing form the fighters and more dirty moves such as biting and dogs and puppets.

"Get your dog the hell off of me!" Sasori hissed as he threw another punch and attack puppet at Kiba.

"Once you stop with the damn puppets!" Kiba hissed as he took a bite in Sasori's arm, Akumaru taking him down at the legs.

This time Susuki was silent. Watching Kiba fight was hard on her. She didn't want him to get hurt. She just didn't.

Sakura looked slowly up form her sobbing to watch the scene unfold. She noticed fist being thrown and Susuki and Ino huddled close in a total fear as the fights got ugly. Sakura knew she should have stayed to heal them but Sakura left. Those morons are the one who got in the freaking fights in the first place! They… Sakura couldn't finish the sentence.

Shikamaru and Kiba fought out of love so she couldn't bash them. She could say she thought Deidara was nice but Ino needed to fall out of her fantasies and she needed to see Shikamaru. Sasori, she didn't like something about him, and Susuki and Kiba, in her opinion, looked cuter.

That's when the tears came. Sakura wanted to be loved like that. The only person she loved like that was, indeed, him. The same him that was a total jerk head, who broke Sakura's heart. The same him who looked like he was sobbing into that tree over there… Yep that was him, alright.

Sakura didn't know what to say. There Sasuke was whispering her name again and again. He looked like a wreak. He wasn't sobbing but he defintintly had been…

CRYING!?!? THAT GIRLY M-UGH! Inner Sakura was now being strangled by Outer Sakura who was crying at the thought he might of…

"I'm sorry… Sakura… I don't hate you," Sasuke whispered to himself. Not noticing that Sakura was sitting next to him. Sakura, if you were here I would show you how sorry I was…

"Sakura… I never met to hurt you… I lo-" Sasuke was interrupted by a sudden sob, that sounded more like a grunt of despair. Sakura froze beside him as he started to tear up again, a little.

"That girl has been putting me through so much lately!" Sasuke darkly murmured and Sakura began to think that he didn't want her.

'I can't get you out of my mind Sakura… "He said once more then noticed the shifting body heat beside him.

"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura put her head on her prince's shoulder. She got close to him, and the world got silent.

Or we could just stay like this…

Sasuke decided he would compromise with himself. Sakura didn't seem to mind that Sasuke didn't talk or show her much he loved her he just let her be close to him. Sakura would live with that.

"Sakura, in case you didn't hear, I am sorry and," Sasuke was overwhelmed by a chrisom voice so Sakura finished for the embarrassed prince.

"You never meant to hurt me and you lo me… I heard…" Sakura smiled as cuddled closer into Sasuke," I heard…"

"O-o k… well then… lo you…" Sasuke smirked as he kissed Sakura's hair.

"Lo you too Sasuke," Sakura giggled. So right now they couldn't say it all, that day would come.

I love you, Sasuke (Girly man) SHUT UP!

I love you, Sakura

"Sasuke?" Sakura murmured after a moment of silence. Not the awkward kind but a kind of at peace one. It made her feel safe but she remembered the whole seen she left. Wishing that her family wasn't all complete morons and would stop ruining her moments.

"Yes?" Sasuke asked, not really wanting the time spent with her to end. He looked into her with his one of a kind onyx stare, the kind that made Sakura wish that she wasn't about to ruin the moment with one of her lame excuses.

"Well… when I left the guys, cause you know I came out here, well Kiba was beating up Sasori and Shikamaru and Deidara were also at it and…" Sakura trailed off when Sasuke got up and took Sakura's hand and led her to the caravan.

"Got it. The idiots are at it again? Over Ino and Susuki… That Kiba guy has weird taste in women…" Sasuke flashed a rare smile when he saw that Sakura giggled at that.

They walked to the caravan and opened the door to see the nimrods still at it. Well Deidara and Shikamaru had stopped and Ino was treating Shikamaru's wounds and Temari was with Deidara. Kiba and Sasori were in a fight to the death and they were both losing.

Sakura gasped loudly. Kiba had never been one to fight like that. He would never try to land life ending hits but right now he was throwing them left and right. Sasori was just as bad. They looked like they were ready to pass out and each had blood dripping form their mouths. That's when it happened.

"Stop!" Susuki yelled as she ran in the middle of them, getting hit by very direct blows.

No!! She could die like that! Sakura noticed as she ran to them, also getting hit by less direct hit to her jaw and chest.

This caused her to black out the last thing she heard was Naruto.

"SAKURA-CHAN!!!" Ouch I will tell him to lay off, Hinata-hime.

Sakura's dream

Sakura was in a castle a long flowing dress was on her. It was a light pink with pink lolita-ish frills. It was nicer then the usual rags she wore and it showed off her features in a most pleasant way. Her hair was slightly curled and a pink shade of blush was on her face. Sakura never felt that way before.

"Sakura…" A voice whispered. Sakura looked behind her but no one was here so she decided to look out the window and what she saw was her family, begging in the streets.

"Guys! Up here!" Sakura yelled as her family looked slowly up to her, their faces all sad and weary. They looked depressed and even Naruto wasn't grinning that made her unhappy.

"Oh, it's princess Sakura…" Shikamaru murmured. Sakura gasped at her name and noticed that and yelled.

"I'm not a princess! I'm still plain old Sakura!"

Her family started to slowly disappear and Sakura heard her name being whispered again and again. She looked around to see Susuki, all in white.

"Hello… I died on our journey… After that you all went your separate ways and you became Sasuke's wife and the princess only to have him murdered… You killed him…" This caused Sakura to fell on her knees and start to sob.

"How did he die?" Sakura asked, her voice coated in pain. This time a new voice answered.

"Sakura, I killed myself since I couldn't love you anymore… You are a freak…" Sakura heard this and paused. Her mother told her that. Her mother really did. This caused her to sob louder until everything fell into the darkness and Sakura was left all alone in her nightmare.

End Dream

Sakura was in a half dream state and half not, her eyes barely in slits. She felt something brush against her lips and a voice murmur I love you. Sakura didn't know who it was but the certain person had the most sapphire eyes on this planet.

Sakura knew who that was… Sakura knew that two hearts could be broken because of that one sentence being said. Then she let the darkness take her once again.

Sakura's eyes slowly opened to see the princess sitting near her, tears silently rolled down her face. She expected the worse, that maybe Hinata's best friend had died. The pink haired maiden knew that was the worse case scenario and she wouldn't look on that side, yet.

No use looking on the bright side…

SHUT UP!!

"Hinata… how long have I been out?" Sakura asked slowly, wondering what the verdict was. Hinata tilted her dull eyes to Sakura.

"A week. Sasori threw a bad punch and it hit you in an area that takes a body a while to heal, even yours, after you blacked out. We are staying in an inn now… Sasuke-kun and the sand villagers had some gold to pay with," Hinata explained as Sakura nodded.

"So, what about Susuki?" Sakura asked as Hinata sighed.

"She's fine… I was so worried about her then all of the sudden she wakes up, this mourning, and is all like;' Hinata! I beat half the family! Don't worr-' then she passed out, again. It spooked me so much I nearly died. Then Kiba came in, thinking Susuki was dead. He hadn't visited her blaming himself and has been acting pretty antisocial. It has been worrying all of us even Akumaru has lost his umfp lately"

Hinata paused to sigh," He fell on the bed weeping, like I never did see a man cry this much before. I watched, tears started to fill my face and then I totally forgot to tell Kiba that Susuki is alive and came to check on you…" Hinata gave the longest speech in Hinata history, all the raw emotions took her shyness temporarily away for the short while.

"Oh… Then we better tell him to lay off… He might get really into this… Like he could be crying on her for hours…" Sakura stood up and started to walk to the other room. Hinata lead the way then as she creaked open the door there Kiba was still crying. It made Sakura freeze in her place.

" Susuki I love you! Why did you die!" Kiba let out a blood curdling sound. It was like a howl and a sob combined. Soon Akumaru, who was sitting next to him, joined in.

So Kiba loves her… Sakura knew what that was like and felt terrible for Kiba and started to cry, seeing how the way he acted made even Hinata forgot Susuki was alive. The way he looked and sounded was terrible. If Susuki didn't know he loved her after that Sakura might just have to punch it into her… cha!

"Susuki…" He was whispering again and again. Kiba had a look of pain on his face as he touched Susuki's face softly. He gently held it like it could break, to him it probably would break. He would tousle her hair a little, to get her hair out of her eyes. Then he would stare at her as if she was just out of reach. It was the first time Sakura saw him stare at someone like that. His senses were always keen and he didn't even notice them in the room with him.

" Kiba, she is not dead… She is alive… Its fine," Sakura sighed as Susuki yawned, as to prove the embarrassing point. Kiba didn't look embarrassed like Sakura first expected, more relieved.

"Good. That is so good… Thank you… I just…" Kiba blushed and then started to walk out. His whole aura was surprisingly bright now.

"Kiba…?" Susuki cried out," Stay with me…" Hinata and Sakura took that as the hint to leave and leave they did.

"Wow, I had never thought that he loved her that much… I thought it was all physical attractions…Susuki keep him…" Sakura heard Hinata murmur under her breath and smiled.

"Yeah… I'm happy for Kiba," Sakura also smiled with Hinata," So…where too? I'm pretty hungry Hinata!" Sakura smiled as she began to walk.

"Oh! Let's go to the den. The others should be in there." The princess stated and the two walked in silent for a while before Sakura needed to ask the princess something.

I don't want to hurt her….

JUST ASK HER!

"Hinata-hime?" Sakura asked, silently hoping that this would go down ok. When Hinata looked at her to show her she was listening Sakura began.

"Do you still love Naruto?" Sakura asked and she wanted to laugh when the princess got extremely red.

"It's j-j-just w-w-well… h-how d-do?" Hinata mumbled and stuttered. Sakura gave out a sigh and gave Hinata an' It's pretty obvious' look.

The rest of the about 2 minute walk was done in complete silence. Sakura felt kind of bad for putting the princess in that spot. Knowing what Naruto did made it even harder to look at the princess. That's when the two girls made way into the den where everyone was waiting. It seemed about normal. Then Sakura noticed it.

Shikamaru had Ino in his arms! Wow… He finally got Ino to see how much he loved her! CHA!

"Sakura!" a familiar voice yelped out. The voice with the familiar sapphire eyes.

"Sakura…" Another more worried voice stressed out. It belonged to him.

"Hey, I'm sorry…" Sakura started only to be put in his warm embrace. She felt safe in it. That she knew she worried him and that made her feel loved and that made her happy.

"No… I shouldn't have let you go… I'm sorry…" Sasuke whispered as he held her tighter to himself. Sasuke was not going to let her almost leave him again… he was just never going to do that… ever again.

He was so worried about me!

Girly man so loves us!

SHUT UP!

"Sasuke-kun, I'm sorry…" Sakura murmured as she held on to her prince," I never want to worry about me ever again… I want don't want to hurt you… you know why?" Sakura asked as she held him closer, remembering the dream. She didn't want the dream to become reality. She wanted that to never happen. Maybe the marrying of Sasuke part but not the rest. Quickly glancing at Naruto knowing this would probably break his heart but it needed to be done for his and her sake.

"Why? Are you unwell?" Sasuke asked, worried. He didn't want Sakura to be ripped form his grasp again. If that happened that would cause Sasuke to die.

"No…" Sakura murmured slowly.

"Then what??" Sasuke was mildly annoyed with Sakura at this point at time.

"Because I love you Sasuke… That's why…" Sakura whispered as she felt Sasuke melt inside her grasp and Naruto freeze beside her.

"WHY DO YOU LOVE HIM?" Naruto yelled. Sakura felt the room get silent as she looked into the eyes of Naruto.

"Naruto, I'm sorry…" Sakura started but then looked to Naruto and could feel his pain. He must have felt the same way she did when she thought Sasuke rejected her.

"But… I love you… I've loved you for so long!" Naruto yelled as he tried to get Sakura to see him. He wasn't just a goof ball… He was more then that. He could be the man who loved her and protect her. He knew he could.

"Naruto… love can hurt… It is just life. But love that is not returned or false can kill a man…" A voice was heard. To everyone's udder surprise it was Gaara who had spoke the line. Sasuke nodded then looked to Naruto; it looked like his eyes had flashed red for a moment.

"Naruto-kun…" The princess whispered as she saw the young man. Naruto just looked at her and then turned his head. Sakura saw this and wanted to cry for Hinata… why was Naruto such a baka?

"I will always love you Sakura even when you are with him…" famous last words as Naruto walked out of the inn. Hinata watching, tears brimming in her eyes.

Somewhere off in the distance a loud yell could be heard.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE PRINCESS CAN'T BE FOUND!!?" A long brown haired noble yelled as she shook a male in green again and again.

"Neji! I just heard form the Uchiha's that she has disappeared!" The one called Neji sighed then looked to a woman. She had her hair in two buns and was wearing something that was easy to move in.

"Well, Lee and Tenten… we have some work to do… We must make sure Uncle never hears of this. Ok?" Tenten and Lee nodded and the trio was off to find the caravan.

Ahh! That was a nice ending! I had to add Neji in the story like that! Ok! So the latest chapter of he story is finished! ( This one took forever! It's like nine pages long! I feel like I have been writing this for a while)