Star-Chan: Hello Everyone! Yay! We're on Chapter 9 of Happily Ever After. So yes it's getting a bit tense between Sasuke and Sakura. But what's going to happen to them is Sasuke and Sakura cover Star-Chan's mouth–muffle-

Sasuke: Don't tell them what's going to happen!

Star-Chan: Oh right! Haha almost spoiled it for you all! So you guys will just have to find out the answers to your questions as you read!

"Let go, bastard!" Sakura tried to pull out of his embrace but he was too strong. Sakura started to scream but her mouth was instantly covered by Sai's. Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to push him off, but couldn't. Sakura stood there in complete shock until someone yelled her name. She tensed up.

"Sakura," Sakura knew this voice well, Sai stopped kissing Sakura and let her go, she turned around, her body trembling, and her eyes started to sting as tears started rolling down her cheeks at the figure that was now standing in front of her.

"Sasuke…"

Chapter 10: Distrust

"Sasuke, I can explain, please listen to me!" Sakura said pushing Sai away from her and rushed over to Sasuke who stepped back and away from Sakura.

"I'll be going now." Sai said with a proud smile on his face.

"What is there to explain?" Sasuke said avoiding Sakura's watery emerald eyes.

"I didn't, he, he started kissing me, and I couldn't push him off, I swear it was nothing!"

"Are you sure about that, Sakura? That it was all nothing! Sasuke yelled at Sakura whose tears now fell freely from her eyes. This is the first time she had ever heard Sasuke yelled, and at her.

"Sasuke, I'm sorry it's not what you think!" Sakura said trying to grab Sasuke's arm and explain everything but Sasuke slapped her hand away. Sakura's eyes widened as she gasped and cried even harder.

"Sakura, I think we need to be apart for a while." Sasuke said calmly, but inside he was breaking into million pieces. Sakura shook her head; she ran up to him and hugged him from behind.

"No, just listen to me Sasuke," Sakura was saying when Sasuke pulled away.

"I don't want to listen to you anymore! I don't want to listen to anything you say! Just leave me alone!" Sasuke yelled at the pink haired girl and walked off. Sakura followed him begging him to listen. Sasuke started getting really mad; he didn't want to talk about this anymore. He needed time to think stuff over. Sakura grabbed his hand but Sasuke pulled it away from Sakura and slapped her across the face.. Sakura stood there, half in shock, holding her throbbing cheek.

"I don't want to talk to you or listen to you. You're so ANNOYING!" Sasuke said and walked off. Sakura stood there, tears still dropping from her swelling eyes. She slowly slid down to her knees holding them close to her and cried in her arms. This time, no one was going to come to Sakura's rescue, because the guy she loved lost trust in her, hated her, wouldn't listen to her. The last few words that Sasuke said kept repeating in Sakura's mind. "You're ANNOYING!" Sakura started walking home, alone in the cold, crying. She felt so lonely, like the world had ended. Well I kind of did, for Sakura. She felt her heart aching. The thought of losing Sasuke was just too much for her. One heartbreak was enough. Sasuke had healed that, but now he was the one who broke her heart a second time. She cried even more as the sun started to set. She remembered that time at the beach not long ago, the first time Sasuke and Sakura officially went out. Heck, even that very morning the two of them at her house. It was perfect. Him on her lap, her stroking his long raven hair. Sakura cried until she got home, eyes as red as tomatos. She walked up to her room and closed the door. She picked up the phone and called the only person she wanted to talk to right then.

"Hello, Ino here who's calling?"

"Ino, its Sakura." Sakura said her voice still cracked from all the crying. She had told herself it was time to stop from all the crying, not wanting her friends to be worried about her. But she couldn't, she can never stop that hurt that is inside her heart.

"Sakura, are you okay? What's wrong, are you crying?" Ino said concerned about her best friend.

"Ino, Sasuke, he wouldn't listen to me, he hates me now!" Sakura said starting to cry all over again.

"Sakura, what's going on? What happened?" Ino asked clutching the phone to her ear listening to every word Sakura said. She told Ino the whole story, the kiss, Sasuke's misunderstanding, everything. She felt a whole lot better, but the pain was still there.

"It's okay Sakura; I'm going to come over okay? And we can talk more about it then okay? Don't do anything stupid Sakura. Just remember you're a great girl, if Sasuke couldn't see that, then he doesn't know what he's missing!" Ino said hung up on Sakura and quickly got dressed and ran out the door. Before Ino went to Sakura's house, she stopped at one house first. She knocked on the door, and watched it open.

"Sasuke, how could you do this to Sakura?" Ino yelled at the younger Uchiha.

"She told you everything, didn't she?" Sasuke said looking away from the blonde. He didn't want to think about it anymore. Everything was such a blur to him.

"Yeah, how can you do that to her, do you know how much she loves you! She doesn't give a rat's ass what Sai thinks about her. She only wanted you to listen to her and trust her. But no, you had to not trust her and on top of that slap her?! What kind of guy are you, hitting a girl like that! She already had one heartbreak in her life, why did you make another one! Do you now how heartbroken Sakura is right now! She's sitting at home crying her eyes out for you!"

"I don't know how to trust her, I was really mad at the moment, I wasn't thinking straight, I…I don't know what to think anymore… and I saw-"

"You saw them, big deal? That didn't mean Sakura wanted it kiss him, you just assumed that because you saw it, but you don't know what was going across Sakura's mind did you!" Ino snapped. "And you should have known Sakura isn't like that, isn't that type of girl. She loves you, and only you. She doesn't give a crap if the love of her past came back; she just wanted to be with you. And what do you do to her? Break her heart; you should be happy since you succeed." Ino said and stomped back down Sasuke's yard and walked towards Sakura's house. Sasuke stood there for a second before closing the door. He went back in his house and plopped down on the sofa. He was thinking about all the things Ino had said to him, and it actually made sense. Sasuke sat up and picked up the phone. He dialed the number he knew so well. He waited for it to ring. He heard someone pick up and tensed up.

"Hello…?" Sakura said through her side of the phone. She looked at the caller id and found out it was Sasuke's number. She gasped and her eyes widened.

"Hello, Sasuke is that you?" She cried loudly to her phone. But there was no answer. She looked at her phone again to see if Sasuke had hung up, but he hadn't.

"Sasuke, are you there, please talk to me." Sakura said. She had no idea what she was doing. She was all mad and sad over him and now just by one little phone call she wanted to talk to him.

Sasuke was sitting there, with the phone to his ear. He didn't know what to say to Sakura. He had no idea why he called her in the first place. To hear her sweet calm voice that was now still cracked from crying because of him? No. To hear her call his name? No. He knew clearly why he was calling. To apologize to the love of his life.

"Sasuke-kun, I'm begging you at least say something…" Sakura said her eyes starting to tear up again. Sasuke could tell by the sniffling that he had made her cry again. He felt so guilty, for hurting her so many times in just one day. He wanted to say he was sorry and that he still loved her. But the words just didn't seem to come out each time he tried. He had practiced it in his head over and over but couldn't say it when Sakura was right there. Sasuke took a deep breath.

"Sakura," He said in that deep calm tone of his. Sakura jumped a bit after hearing Sasuke call her name. She loved the sound of him saying her name; she didn't know why it just seemed so right. Just then Ino pushed Sakura's front door open and in she came.

"Ino, could you have knocked please?" Sakura said still holding on to the phone dying to hear what Sasuke had to say next.

"I'm sorry okay, sheesh I'm just so mad!" Ino yelled while kicking off her shoes and ran up the stairs to Sakura bedroom, followed by Sakura.

"Sasuke, are you still there?" Sakura asked sitting down on the bed next to Ino. Ino looked at her when she heard Sakura say Sasuke's name.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura said again but there was no response on the other line. She started to freak out again. Her heart was beating so hard it felt like it was going to pop out any second if she didn't calm down. She called his name again, but no answer. She soon heard the click and looked at her phone. Sasuke had hung up. Sakura pulled the phone away from her ear and turned it off. Ino looked at the dazed Sakura; tears were spilling out of her eyes once again. Ino put her arms around Sakura and pulled her close to her.

"Sakura, what happened?"

"Sasuke, he called." Sakura said wiping the tears away from her eyes. She pulled herself away form Ino once she completely stopped crying.

"What did he say, did he apologize?" Ino asked curious to see what the Uchiha had said to Sakura. Sakura shook her head. Ino frowned at the sight.

"He said my name, and then you came in and he hung up after that." Sakura said taking a deep breathe. Ino's mouth dropped open.

"Oh Sakura, I'm so sorry! I didn't know…"

"No, it wasn't your fault don't blame yourself, if he was going to apologize he would have done so already." Sakura said smiling lightly to Ino who gave a smile back.

"I went to see him before I came over here." Ino said looking. She saw the brightness of Sakura's eyes return, hoping that Ino had good news for her, and that everything will be okay now.

"He…didn't say much, well I just yelled at him. But I think he got my point, I think he called to apologize, but was too chicken to do it." Ino said to Sakura whose eyes lost the brightness again and was clouded by sadness.

"Thanks anyways Ino. I should have known not to give him a chance…" Sakura said dropping her head so her bangs were covering her watery eyes.

"Yeah, Sakura, forget about him, move on you don't need him." Ino said putting an arm around Sakura's shoulder.

"But, Ino, I love him…I can't…just move on. I'm in too deep this time. At least that time with Sai I could move away and start new…but with Sasuke, I'm just, I don't know, too in love with him already." Sakura said shaking her head, rethinking all the things that have happened to the two of them these couple of months.

"Sakura, listen to me, if he loves you like you think he does, he will come for you. He will be your knight in shining armor. He won't just leave you here like this. Right now I bet he's thinking of a good way to apologize. I mean he called didn't he, so that's got to count for something!" Ino said patting Sakura's back. Sakura looked up and smiled at Ino.

"Thank you Ino, I really think Sasuke's the one, everything's so right with him." Sakura said looking away and thinking of the tall, smart, good looking Uchiha.

"Sakura to tell you the truth before you came; Sasuke was never this close to a girl. He was always cold and emotionless when it comes to girls. But who could blame him all those pathetic fangirls of his, including that stupid girl Karin. So you changed him Sakura, you made him smile more. He loves you, because you see him as him and not just a good looking guy. That's why I think the feelings he has for you are true and pure." Ino said to Sakura who smiled a real smile this time and not a fake one.

"Wow…that was really…" Sakura said laughing slightly.

"Yeah, I know I can be deep." Ino said laughing and so did Sakura.

-With Sasuke-

Sasuke plopped down on this bed and stared at the phone he was holding in his hand. He had hung up on Sakura when he was supposed to be apologizing.

"What the hell did I just do? She probably hates me now, if she didn't before." Sasuke said to himself has he closed his eyes shut tight. The first image that flashed into his mind was a smiling Sakura, her strawberry pink hair flowing in the wind, her emerald eyes filled with happiness, and her calling his name. "Sasuke-kun." He opened his eyes and sat up. He smiled at the thought of Sakura, everything about her made him smile. Sasuke looked down at his phone and was about to dial Sakura's number again when someone rang his door bell.

"Who could that be so late?" Sasuke said walking to the door to see Konoha's number one hyperactive knucklehead kid standing in front of him. He sighed and opened the door to let him in.

"Teme, where were you after school? I was waiting for you!" Naruto yelled at the raven haired boy he winced at how loud Naruto was yelling.

"Sorry, I…something happened." Sasuke said to Naruto. Sasuke thought it was no point lying to his best friend. Naruto quiet down and looked at Sasuke. He knew when Sasuke ever said 'sorry' something big must of happened.

"What happened?"

"Well…let's see how to start, I saw Sai and Sakura kissing, I slapped Sakura for being annoying, called her annoying when she was trying to tell me the truth, oh and made her cry a billion times today." Sasuke said sarcastically but felt guilty at the same time. Naruto looked at him, his eyes wide. Sasuke raised a brow.

"Sai, you mean the new dude in our homeroom, kissing Sakura-chan?! How the hell did this happen! And your even worse slapped her, made her cry!" Naruto said getting angry at Sasuke for hurting one of his best girl-as-friends.

"Hey, calm down, I wasn't thinking straight, I called her earlier, but hung up because I didn't know what to say to her." Sasuke said turning serious so did Naruto.

"Well you could have started with a sorry you teme."

"I know, but the words wouldn't come out…and I didn't want to make her more upset…" Sasuke said sighing. Naruto looked at the troubled Sasuke. He had never seen him so confused before, and about a girl!

"Hey Sasuke, you know Sakura really loves you. I know she wouldn't do anything to hurt you. Trust me; she's a really nice girl. You should apologize to her." Naruto said to Sasuke who turned towards Naruto.

"I know she really loves me, I really love her too, but this thing, it's got me so messed up. I don't know, I can't think straight." Sasuke said running his and through his raven colored hair. Naruto laughed.

"Sasuke Uchiha, can't think straight, the all mighty Sasuke can't figure a little love problem. That's a first to hear!" Naruto said laughing harder now. Sasuke shoved him and tried to keep a blush from appearing on his face.

"Shut up you dope, be serious won't you." Sasuke said getting pissed off. Naruto calmed down after that.

"Sasuke, look it's not that hard just say sorry!"

"How about if she doesn't listen to me, how about if she doesn't forgive me, how about-" Sasuke was cut off by Naruto.

"She will listen to you, she will forgive you. She loves you I know that for a fact. Sakura always puts her love before anything else, so just trust me this once, and say you're sorry. Even if that means breaking your Uchiha ego, you have to do it, if you want her back." Naruto said locking his serious blue eyes with Sasuke's. Sasuke smirked.

"Heh, your quite an expert at this, do you say that to yourself when you upset Hinata?" Sasuke said to Naruto whose serious eyes turned back into his playful blue ones and blushed deep red.

"N-No! I'm not like you; I would never hurt Hinata-Chan!"

"That's not what I heard from Neji a while ago, I heard she got sick of you taking her out she ramen and when she tried to tell you, you yelled at her…" Sasuke said laughing at Naruto who was beet red.

"AH, shut up teme, we're talking about you not me!" Naruto said trying to change the subject. They both ended up laughing at each other.

"Hey, Naruto, thanks though you helped me a lot." Sasuke said, hating to admit it, but his best friend did help him get over the guilt thing and now he was sure he was able to apologize to Sakura. He just wasn't sure if she would forgive him.

-With Sakura and Ino-

"Hey Sakura, we need to think of a plan to get Sai back for what he did to you!" Ino said her eyes burning with a rage to kill.

"Yeah, we do I hate him so much. I didn't know what I saw in him before." Sakura said brows furrowed together. The thoughts of Sasuke filled her mind again. She frowned.

"So…is this really the end for me and Sasuke?" Sakura asked Ino.

"No it is definitely not the end, he loves you and he will apologize I can guarantee you that! Sasuke might be a jerk sometimes but he will never hurt the girl he loves no matter what!" Ino said to Sakura who smiled.

"But, even if he apologizes I don't know if I'm ready to accept it yet, I don't want to be hurt again." Sakura said smile turned into a frown.

"Then give it sometime, Sasuke will wait for you. I know he will." Ino said to Sakura smiling warmly. Sakura smiled back.

Star-Chan: Yay, there's chapter nine for all you lovely readers! Wow Ino and Naruto can be deep Haha I wrote them say such deep things. It's just so funny seeing Naruto so serious. When I reread this chapter I laughed at my own story. XD I had a hard time writing the part where Sasuke and Sakura had that big fight. It was hard for me to make Sasuke slapped poor little Sakura. But it just had to be done…anyways well what will happen next? How will Sasuke say sorry to Sakura? Will Sakura forgive him? And what of Sai and Karin? You will find out in the next chapter! Thank you for the reviews!

A lot of you said you hate Karin, well me too! That's why I made her the bad guy in this story. Well generally she isn't all that bad, but still bad. Why I hate her, the reason is because she likes Sasuke! She's even worse then Sakura in there genin days! Sasuke belongs to Sakura! And Karin's just plain ugly. TT Arg…I still don't like her…oh whatever, she's just an anime character no need to be so mad. But still! ARG ha-ha. I just had to vent about my feelings towards her. HAHA

Ja-Ne everyone!

4 more chapters to go!

Next Chapter: To Prove I'm Sorry