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"Talking"

'Thinking'

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"Maybe," Kiba remarked with a light pink tinge to his cheeks, "But we also here you have a kick ass house."

"You hear correctly," Sakura replied hugging him and then Shikamaru.

"Oh! Oh! Let's watch a movie!" Naruto declared when Sakura hugged him.

The pinkette laughed, "Fine but you guys are out of here by ten."

Naruto cheered and ran into her house with Kiba close behind.

Gaara grabbed Sakura's books and brought them in while Shikamaru kept an eye on Sakura.

"Kiba she has the hangover!" Naruto yelled from her living room.

"Score!" Kiba yelled running over to him, "Put it on!"

Who knew you could have so much fun at a movie night on a Monday.

Ch.10 Gotta love a girl on crutches

So they didn't really leave by ten, more like 11:30, which left a very tired Sakura the next morning.

She limped around her house that Tuesday morning throwing on a pair of jeans, which she rolled up on her sprained side, and a tight jade tank-top.

Only one shoe was required with her wrapped ankle as she made her way out her front door and waited on her porch swing for her ride to show up.

About five minutes later an electric blue dodge charger pulled into her driveway and honked the horn.

Sakura rolled her eyes and made her way carefully over to the brightly colored car as Deidara stepped out of the driver's side.

"As to why the city gave you your license I will never know," Sakura joked as Deidara waltzed around to the passenger's side to open the door.

"Har har, yeah," he smiled as she lowered herself into the seat, "Just get in there cripple."

She stuck out her tongue at him as he shut the door and drove them down to the school.

Once other students saw Sakura hobble out into the parking lot they all came running over to talk to her about her ankle.

"How long will you be on crutches?"

"Is it true Karin tripped you?"

"Can I sign your ankle wrap?"

"About two weeks, yes, and no…" she answered as she back into the artist's car as the crowd engulfed her.

Deidara noticed her overwhelmed features and helped her scurry through the crowd.

She mumbled thanks as they reached her locker.

The blond leaned against the other lockers, "I have to get to the art room because they require my expertise. Will you be ok by yourself, yeah?"

"I think I'll survive," she replied as she grabbed a book at the top of her locker.

He waved her off, "See you in second hour."

As he left Sakura piled her books into her backpack and shut her locker, making her way to homeroom.

"Good morning Sakura," Kakashi greeted from his doorway.

"Good morning sensei," she replied as she stopped to view her teacher holding the door open.

"I'm sorry about your ankle," he commented looking down at her wrappings and back up at her with a crinkled smile, "But I can certainly find some one to help you around the school today if you'd like."

The pinkette adjusted her backpack on her shoulders and gave him a lopsided grin, "Now that I think about it, some help might be nice."

He watched her make her way to her seat as he took a seat at his desk.

"You can pick anyone you'd like and I'll write them a pass that will allow them to be late as long as they're helping you," Kakashi explained as he wrote out a pass, "You can also leave class a bit early so you can try to beat the crowds during passing time. I'll write you a new pass everyday."

She gave him a smile, "Awesome, thanks!"

'Who should I ask to help me?'

Sakura still had a couple minutes to kill before homeroom actually started so she made a list. Once she was finished listing all possible people she crossed out the ones that would be an annoyance.

'So I have Shikamaru, Itachi, Kakuzu, Sasuke, Tenten, and Gaara. I guess I could just give everyone a chance since I'm going to be on these death traps for a while.'

"Good morning most beautiful cripple in the whole world!" Naruto announced as he stormed through the doors and ran up to Sakura, hugging her around the shoulders.

"Don't call her that you idiot!" Ino yelled after him, "She probably feels enough like crap as it is. Don't make it worse."

"Can you two not yell for five minutes?" Shikamaru complained as he took his seat laying his head on the cool desk.

Sasuke was close behind him and gave a nod of approval to the lazy male's statement.

Sakura tilted her head back awkwardly to look at Shikamaru, "Hey Shika, Could you help me carry around my crap today?"

He raised an eyebrow at her then shrugged his shoulders, "As long as it's not too troublesome."

She gave him a bright smile and turned to listen to Kakashi explain about the fieldtrip.

"These forms are due no later than this Friday," he announced as he passed the packets out to each row, "If you don't have them in by then there will be no way you'll be able to attend."

Sakura was shuffling through the pages until Shikamaru appeared at her side, "We should go."

Through out the day Sakura learned a lot about Shikamaru as they walked together through the halls.

He was near the top of their class, even though he slept through all of his classes. He's never been in a serious relationship and his favorite past time is cloud watching. And he sort of slipped that he had tiny crush on Sakura which gave her the opportunity to harass him the rest of the day.

"I can't believe you like a girl with pink hair," she joked.

"I know right," he replied with a smirk, "She's such a troublesome woman."

He was really quite the softy when you spent a good amount of time with just him.

By the time gym rolled around Sakura didn't need to go change since she really couldn't do too much, so she sat on the bleachers and watched her friends go at it playing dodge ball.

Ino took this opportunity to knock Karin's group around a bit, which she enjoyed more than she should have.

Coincidently, all the Akatsuki were their own team so when they finished their game they surrounded Sakura.

"Tobi thinks Sakura-Chan looks tired!" Tobi declared to the group as Sakura leaned on the row behind her with her eyes closed.

Sakura groaned as she rubbed her neck, "I didn't get much sleep last night."

Sasori stood and moved to sit behind her. He placed his hands on her shoulders and began kneading the tense muscles.

Sakura's eyes rolled shut and she released a breath that she wasn't aware she was holding.

"She really is tense, yeah," Deidara spoke with evident worry laced in his voice.

"Not really relaxing much, are you princess?" Kisame question with a frown crossing his features.

The pinkette sighed, "With everything going on in school plus just moving here and not having someone to help me around the house 24/7, I have to do everything by myself."

She looked up at them with stressful look, "And with these stupid standardized tests, on which I know absolutely nothing, and the fieldtrip, I'm getting pretty overwhelmed."

Hidan snorted as he took one of her hands into his own and began to massage it, "Fuck tests. It's not like they really count for shit anyways."

"Standardized test scores are what college's base acceptance off of," Itachi corrected as he took the stressed pinkette's other hand and copied Hidan's actions.

Hidan's face fell into a mildly shocked expression, "Fuck, Seriously?"

Everyone around Hidan cracked a smile at the foul mouth's stupidity.

"Anyways, yeah," Deidara stated getting back to their original subject, "Sakura, we could defiantly help you study for those stupid tests, yeah."

"And we could help you relax," Sasori whispered into her hair as he continued his ministration on her neck.

Her eyes slid shut as she tilted her head to one side.

"If I wasn't mistaken I would have to think that you'd be using this as an opportunity to get into my pants," she spoke with a small smile playing across her lips, "Am I right?"

"Would that work?" Kisame joked.

"Probably not," she replied with a triumphant smirk.

"In all seriousness Sakura," Itachi began, "We could help you study since we've all taken the test previously."

"That would really be great but I have so many other projects and stuff for school that I have to get done first," she explained with a frown, "I'm just not sure if I have the time."

"What if we helped you with your projects and other homework?" Kakuzu suggested from his spot on the bleachers.

Sakura looked at him with a bit of surprise, "Would you guys seriously want to spend your time helping me with homework?"

"Well you're in some of the same classes as us, yeah," Deidara stated, brushing some of his blond hair from his face.

"And the other advanced classes you're in, we've already taken," Sasori added as he work his hands on a specific knot in her shoulder.

"Tobi thinks it will be fun! Tobi is a good boy!" the masked boy piped in.

"Alright," she agreed with slight apprehension, "But the moment you start to harass me, Hidan and Kisame, or work is not getting done I will hobble my way out. And stripping is not an effective way to help me study."

Deidara cursed under his breath causing Sakura to smirk.

"I will fucking try to keep my hands off you," Hidan remarked with a smirk as he trailed his hands up her arm, "But you're so god damn hot that it'll be a fucking challenge."

Sakura laughed and swatted his wandering hands away then turned back to the group, "Now as much as I love being massaged, we're in public and I'm sick of getting glared at by your fan girls. Plus I don't need my other friends complaining that they didn't get to spend time with me today."

Sasori and Itachi reluctantly removed their hands.

"Other friends?" Kisame questioned with his sharky grin, "Did you just make a reference to us as your friends?"

The pinkette rolled her eyes and stood up grabbing her crutches, "Yes, but don't make me regret saying it."

She began to swing away on her crutches but stopped, "By the way just because you're helping me doesn't mean that I don't get time to spend with my other friends."

"We understand," Itachi replied as she waved to the group.

"Tobi is excited to spend more time with Sakura-Chan!" Tobi exclaimed as he jumped around like a child.

"So are we," Sasori replied with a small smirk.

As gym ended Shikamaru helped Sakura carry her stuff out to the parking lot.

"Thanks for all of your help today Shika," she told him with a smile, "It was a lot less troublesome with you around."

He cracked a smile, "Tch, that's my line woman."

She stopped moving forward and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

His face grew slightly red as he turned his head and mumbled something about troublesome women.

Sakura waved him goodbye and made her way out to the parking lot were Temari's jeep was waiting for her.

Gaara was waiting by the passenger side door and helped her in when she reached the car.

"Sakuraaaaa," Kankuro whined from the back seat, "I feel like I didn't see you at all today."

Sakura snorted, "That's because you were trying to flirt with some helpless girl at lunch and you feel asleep during physics."

"Speaking of physics, what are you going to do about that project we were assigned?" Temari asked Sakura.

"Whoa! We got a project?" Kankuro demanded.

Sakura turned back to look at him, "Yes. And you'll need to find a partner, or you'll have to do it by yourself."

"Wait, why can't I be your partner?" he asked in a very childish tone.

"Because you were to busy sleeping to ask me," Sakura explained with an annoyed look, "So I'm working with Gaara."

The painted male looked from Sakura to Gaara, "I'm going to fail!"

Temari dropped her off and she waved them all goodbye as she made her way into her house.

She made her way into the kitchen where she noticed her answering machine was blinking, signaling a new message.

Hitting the play button she emptied her books onto the counter.

"One new message. First unheard message: Hey Sakura its mom. So I thought I would be back tonight but it looks like I'll be stuck here until the weekend. I know I'm sorry but don't get to upset. Remember how your cell phone broke when we loading boxes at the old house? Yeah, if you look on the front porch there should be a package that arrived today for you that I think you'll enjoy. Hope everything is going well at school and hope to be seeing you soon. Love you, bye!"

'A package?'

She limped to the front porch where she found a small package with her name on it.

Ripping through the top, she pulled out a brand new cell phone.

"Score!" she yelled pumping her fist into the air.

While returning into the house she powered up the phone and punched in a number as she made her way over to the couch.

It rang twice until a male voice answered on the other line.

"This is Kimimaro,"

"Oh so serious Kimmy-kun," she joked to her friend.

"Sakura? I thought your cell phone broke."

"Well having the cool mother that I do has its privileges," she told him as she propped her ankle on a foot rest, "So how have you been?"

"Busy," he stated blandly, "I've had so many things to do for my father's company that I haven't had much time to myself. How about yourself?"

Sakura sighed, "I've been busy too. I've gotten a ton of projects plus homework and to add to that we have these ridiculous standardized tests next week then a fieldtrip."

"I'm sure you can handle it," he told her, "You always knew how to prioritize. So where are you going on this fieldtrip?"

"Kumogakure," she replied as she began to play with a piece of her bubblegum hair, "For a 'cultural experience.' The thing is I have to get my mom to sigh the permission slip by Friday, but it seems she now won't be coming home until the weekend."

"Fax it to her," he stated simply, "And if you go you'll certainly enjoy it. It's quite nice there."

"Yeah I'm sure I'll have fun. I think I'll just e-mail it to her," she decided as she made her way to her computer in the living room.

"Listen Sakura I have to get going but feel free to call me again," Kimimaro told her.

"Sure thing Kimmy-kun," she agreed as she scanned the forms, "Good luck at work."

"Thanks Sakura-chan. I'll talk to you later."

"Bye."

"Bye."

The rest of the night Sakura spent time doing homework and trying to figure out all the functions on her new phone.

The next day Sakura went around to people and exchanged numbers. Her phone was filled with the numbers of her friends and fellow classmates.

They all sat around the lunch table eating their variety of foods.

"It's about time I get your number!" Kankuro complained as he added it into his phone, "Now I can call you every night before you go to sleep so that I'm the last thing on your mind!"

Sakura sweat dropped and Temari gave her a pat on the back, "That probably wasn't such a smart move on your part."

"Probably not," she laughed as she turned to Gaara, "So I think we should get together to work on our physics project, since it's due on Friday."

He gave her a nod, "Come over to my place after school and we can work on it."

She nodded at his reply.

"So whose been helping you with your books today Sakura-Chan?" Naruto asked as he filled his cheeks with food.

She laughed nervously, "Yeah...funny story! Itachi's actually helping me today."

"I'm surprised he's taking the time to actually help someone," Tenten murmured as she took a bite of her sandwich.

Just then Itachi walked over to retrieve Sakura, "Ready to go?"

He offered her his hand which she took as she hoisted herself up from the chair, "Sure, thanks."

"So I'm working on my physics project after school with my partner but if you guys still want to help me when I'm done would be great," she told the eldest Uchiha as they walk to her physic's class.

"Call me when you're done and I'll send someone over to pick you up."

"Alright," she replied with a smile.

After school Temari drove Sakura and her brothers back over to their house.

Sakura made her way up the front steps as Gaara held her backpack.

"Do you have all the supplies we're going to need?" she asked as she made her way into the kitchen.

He gave her a nod and went to retrieve all of the required items.

"I can't believe I got stuck with you as my partner," Temari mumbled to Kankuro as they joined Sakura at the kitchen table.

"I can't believe Sakura would rather work with Gaara than me," Kankuro retorted with his head hung.

Sakura scratched the back of her head sheepishly with a nervous laugh, "So, lets read over the rubric."

The pinkette dug the piece of paper out of her physics folder, "The object of this assignment is to create a container that will hold two eggs safely as they drop to the floor from at least one flight of stairs. You may only use note cards, tape, and glue."

Kankuro's eyes widened, "How the hell are we suppose to do that?"

"Beats me," Temari mumbled as she leaned back in her chair.

"The question is, when will we need this later in life?" Sakura asked as she stared at the sheet.

Gaara returned to the kitchen and tossed the supplies on the table, "Don't copy our idea."

About two hours later Gaara and Sakura had finished their container.

"It looks awful," Sakura commented as she looked it over, "But hopefully it'll hold."

Kankuro laughed, "It looks like a dog ate your homework then threw it back up."

Temari shook her head and stood from the table, "That's disgusting."

"Yours doesn't look much better," Gaara remarked.

Sakura grinned at her friends then pulled out her phone and called Itachi.

"Hello?"

"Hey, I'm all finished."

"Someone will be there in five minutes."

"Alright, thanks. I'm at Gaara's house by the way."

"I know."

She hung up the phone and laughed, "Creep."

"What are you doing now?" Temari asked as she helped gather Sakura's belongings.

Sakura rolled her eyes, "I'm off to do more homework and projects then study for that stupid test next week if I get the time."

Temari chuckled, "Good luck with that."

Sakura hugged her friends good bye and thanked them for letting her come over as a car pulled up in their driveway.

She waved, "See you guys tomorrow!"

"I'll call you before you go to sleep!" Kankuro called to her as she neared the car.

She turned to him at shot him a smile. When she turned back Sasori was holding open her door with his hand held out for her to take.

She grasped his hand and slid into the seat, "Thanks."

The ride to Itachi's house was relatively quiet as Sakura admired Sasori's car.

'Saturn Sky. Black leather interior, rust orange exterior, and black convertible top. I want my own car…'

"I love your car," Sakura complimented as they reached the Uchiha mansion.

Sasori smirked as he pulled up to the circle drive, "I know."

They made their way to the entrance to the basement where Sakura stopped and tried to maneuver her way down the steps.

"Sakura," Sasori's voice spoke.

The emerald eyed girl looked at him with a confused glance but before she had to chance to question him he had scooped her up into his arms and made his way down the stairs, leaving her crutches by the doorway.

Her arms snaked around his neck so that she could stable herself, or so that's what she was telling herself.

"Tobi wants to know why Sasori-sempai is holding Sakura-Chan." Tobi questioned as he looked at the pair from his spot on the couch.

All the boys turned their heads and glared at the red head while Sakura sweat dropped, "Hi guys."

Sasori carried Sakura over to the large couch and sat her between Deidara and Kakuzu.

"So princess what kind of homework did you get?" asked Kisame from his sitting position on the floor.

Sakura laughed, "Like you're actually going to be doing your own homework, let alone helping me with mine."

Kisame chuckled and returned to the video game he was playing, "You know me all to well."

She smiled, "Well I've got book problems for math, an essay for history, and reading for English. Project wise; I have a sketch due for art and I just got finished with my physics project."

Deidara looked at her like she was crazy and gave her a pack on the back, "We've got a lot of work to due, yeah."

Itachi and Kakuzu helped Sakura with math while Deidara and Sasori set up a sketching station for her art project.

"Sempai! Sempai!" Tobi called to Deidara, "Tobi found out that one plus one equals window!"

The annoyed blond threw game controller at the masked boy and continued with his task.

Once Sakura had finished math she shut the book and grabbed her history folder, "Who's helping me with this?"

"Surprisingly enough Hidan is," Kakuzu replied.

Sakura arched an eyebrow, "Seriously?"

"Shit," Hidan complained, "I'm goddamn good at history."

Sakura laughed, "Ok, ok, I believe you."

Hidan moved next to her on the couch and slung an arm around her, "I'm fucking good at other things too."

She slipped out of his grasp and moved to a sitting position on the floor, "Right, that's nice. We should work on this essay though."

As Hidan explained the certain events to her she wrote them down while Kisame sat behind her and rubbed her shoulders.

As Sakura finished her essay her stomach began to growl.

She blushed and held her midsection as her friends laughed.

"Tobi, order us some pizzas," Itachi told the masked boy with a smirk on his handsome face.

Tobi stood straight up and saluted Itachi, "Yes sir! Tobi is a god boy!"

The childish boy pulled out his phone and moved away as he called the pizza place.

Sakura let out a sigh, "Thanks for all of your help so far guys."

Kisame ruffled her hair from behind her, "Aw isn't that cute, she's thanking us."

She blushed and swatted his hands away, "Shut-up jaws."

The sound of foot steps were heard walking down the stairs.

"It wasn't very nice of you to exclude us from this party Itachi," remarked Pein's smooth voice.

"Yeah, especially when our cherry blossom is here as well," both sides of Zetsu spoke.

Konan just walked down the stairs silently and gave Sakura a curt nod.

Sakura supported herself with her hands and pushed herself off the ground, minding her ankle as she moved.

"Sakura let us help you, yeah!" Deidara exclaimed as he quickly moved over to her.

She held her arms out to balance herself as she stood on one foot, "It's ok Dei, I got it."

As she tried to turn though, she tripped only to be caught by a very smug Hidan.

"I always knew you'd fucking fall for me."

With a blush adorned on her face, she wretched herself from his hold, "Jerk."

Once the pizza arrived Sakura had finished sketching a profile shot of Konan since the guys couldn't decide amongst themselves on who she should draw.

They all sat around the TV and ate while Tobi continued to pester them about playing a game.

"Tobi heard about this game called ten fingers and wants to play!"

"If we play will you shut-up?" Kisame asked as he grabbed another slice.

The hyper boy nodded ecstatically, "Tobi heard that people had to go around and tell something they have or haven't done. If you've done the opposite you have to put a finger down!"

"Once you run out of fingers you're out?" Sakura asked as she finished her pizza.

"Yes!" Tobi replied.

"I'd rather play goddamn spin the bottle," Hidan grumbled.

Kakuzu smirked, "The ratio really isn't in your favor."

By the end of the game Sakura was the first person out while Zetsu was the last.

"Wow Sakura-Chan," Deidara laughed, "You really haven't been all that adventurous, yeah."

Sakura rolled her eyes, "Do I really need to be?"

"So lets get this straight," Kisame began, "You've never drank, never smoked, never been out past curfew, and never snuck out of your house?"

"That's correct," mumbled Sakura with her arms crossed.

"She's so innocent," Pein stated with a smirk playing on his pierced lips.

"Have you ever gotten laid?" Hidan asked perverted smile.

Sakura turned as red as a tomato and looked away, "I don't think that's any of your business."

Hidan began to snicker and Zetsu smirked, "I take that as a no."

She shot them a glare, "Shut it."

"Aw, princess is embarrassed," Kisame joked as some of the other boys smirked.

Sakura shook her head and pushed herself off the ground like she did before.

"Where are you going?" Sasori asked.

"Home," she said sternly, "This is the harassing I warned you guys about."

She began to hop her way over to the bottom of the stairs when she noticed Sasuke walking down.

He gave her his signature smirk, "Hey Sakura."

"Hey Sasuke," she greeted with a smile which made the other boys jealous.

"Where are you off to?" he asked as he noticed the tense atmosphere in the room.

"Up the stairs, then home. Mind helping me out?"

He gave her a nod as he gathered her in his arms to take her up the stairs.

Sakura spared a glance at Itachi, "Thanks for having me over."

Once the door up the steps closed Itachi moved behind Kisame and Hidan and gave them a smack to the back of the head, "Idiots."

"Way to go genius," Deidara huffed to Hidan, "Now Sakura-Chan is mad at us, yeah."

"Not one of your brightest ideas," Pein agreed.

"Fuck you."

"You do have your license, right?" Sakura asked as Sasuke helped her into a deep blue Cadillac Evoq.

He smirked at her comment, "Of course."

They rode home in a comfortable silence as Sakura admired the streets at night.

Once they pulled into her driveway Sasuke helped her out of the car and escorted her to her door.

"Don't let them get to you," he told her, "They just joke all the time and don't know when to stop."

"Thanks."

She gave Sasuke a smile and a hug before she made her way inside.

As she was getting ready for bed she received a text message from Hidan.

'I'm sorry I'm such a fucking asshole. Will you still love me in the morning?'

She smiled and replied with, 'I guess I have to since I have to see your face everyday.'

A minute later he replied, 'You know you love seeing my face. I'm fucking hot as hell.'

She rolled her eyes and laughed.

About ten minutes after she fell asleep she received a phone call.

"Hello?" she answered in a sleepy voice.

"Now you can dream about me Sakura!"

"Kankuro I'm going to seriously hurt you tomorrow."

Wow, this was tough. So I understand that it's more of a filler chapter but I couldn't just skip to the test and field trip. That would be stupid.

So READ and REVIEW. And keep an eye out for my future one-shot!