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All credits to Yves_Liong (writer from Wattpad) and Masashi Kishimoto (maker of Naruto).

Warning: OOC characters

Battling With A Hot Guy

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16

When Sasuke saw me on the ground, he stopped right in front of me. I started feeling sorry for doubting Sakura from the looks Sasuke is giving me. But all of a sudden, Sasuke smirked down on me, like he is mocking me.

"How can you trip with nothing blocking your way?"

I felt my cheeks heating up as I try to stand up. "Why are you just looking at me like that when you know I tripped? Are you that insensitive?!" I yelled at him.

Some students started crowding around us, being their nosy selves. I heard some students whispering to each other. "Hinata is picking a fight with Sasuke!"

I know Sasuke heard it too but he ignored it, instead looking at me nonchalantly. "What do you want me to do, help you up?"

I balled my fist to try and control my anger. "Of course! That's what a normal person will do!"

He smirked again. "If a normal person will do that, then why didn't anyone help you?" He pointed out.

Everyone watching us laughed at what he said. It seems they are all on his side again. As usual. "Fine, whatever." I just said, knowing I can't win an argument with him anyway.

"Hey, Hinata-chan. Are you alright? Were you hurt?" Naruto emerged from behind Sasuke. Naruto approached me and lookd at me with sympathy in his eyes.

I gave him a small smile. "I'm fine, Naruto-kun. Thanks." Then I glared at Sasuke.

"Maybe we should bring Hinata-chan to the clinic." Naruto suggested.

"No, I'm fine. I just tripped, nothing serious." I said in urgency.

Naruto looked at me but I nodded at him in assurance. "You're sure?"

"Yes, thank you."

Then suddenly, Sasuke appeared in between Naruto and me. "Let's go, dobe." He said with a cold tone.

Naruto looked at me once again and smiled, I smiled back since he's really a nice guy. When the two walked away, I turned to Sakura, who is watching a few meters away, and gave her a disappointed expression before I started walking away. As expected, Sakura tried to catch up to me as I'm walking to the girls' comfort room and she immediately apologized. "I'm really sorry for what happened, Hinata-chan."

I turned to her with an angry expression. "I told you it wouldn't work, didn't I?" I really hate it when I get embarrassed in front of so many people.

"I'm really sorry, Hinata! Please give me another chance. I should have known he would act so cruelly because he doesn't want you to know how he really feels about you. But look at the bright side, he looks jealous when Naruto approached you."

I'm starting to get suspicious of Sakura again. "Why wouldn't he want me to know about it? And Sasuke definitely doesn't not look jealous."

She shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe he just wants it that way." She replied simply. "Anyway, I thought of another plan to get him to reveal his feelings for you. I'm sure it will work this time. I think the only mistake of the plan earlier was it's too obvious."

I rolled my eyes at her. "If you're planning to push me down the stairs or to get me hit by the car, forget it."

"Are you insane?! Why would I do that to my bestfriend?!" She exclaimed in a bewildered expression.

"Then what's worse that tripping on the floor?" I raised my brow at her.

She smiled mischievously. Then and there I know she's planning something bad. That smirk of hers screams evil, just like mine. "We'll let Sasuke see you getting bullied by Karin."

My eyes widened. "No way!" If there is something I really want to avoid right now, it would be an encounter with Sasuke's obsessed fans. Especially, Uzumaki Karin. She is the worst of the worst. "Forget it, Sakura. I'm so not doing that."

She frowned. "Why not?"

Suddenly, we heard the sound of the flush from the farthest stall. Sakura and I looked at each other and knew that we both thought the same thing. If that person is in any way associated with Karin or if it's Karin herself, we are doomed.

Seeing how there are two of us and only one of her, Sakura and I crept towards the door, ready to pounce at her (whoever she is), as soon as she got out of there. But when the door opened, we both froze upon seeing Ino walk out of the cubicle with a smile.

"Hey!" She greeted me, having seen me first. Then she saw Sakura and noticed how hilarious we look with our arms stretched like we are going to attack her. "What are you, guys, doing?" She asked, looking from me to Sakura then back to me.

Sakura and I put our hands down immediately. "We thought you were Karin." I answered.

"Oh." She remarked, laughing as she realized the situation. "And I thought you two suddenly had the urge to kill me."

We all laughed at that. But then Ino once again turned to Sakura and she seemed confused. Probably because of what happened yesterday so Sakura decided to clear that up. "What happened yesterday was just an act. And I'm really sorry if I hurt you."

Ino didn't accept her apology and instead raised a brow. "That was an act?" She asked sarcastically. "If you ask me, this looks more like an act to me than what you did yesterday. What exactly do you want to achieve from betraying Hinata and then going back to her side?" She even pushed to mock Sakura.

"Ino-chan, it's alright. Sakura-chan is not doing anything wrong." I defended Sakura.

But Ino wouldn't back down as she looked at Sakura suspiciously then back to me. "Are you crazy? How can you still accept her after what she did to you?" She exclaimed in disbelief. "If you need a friend to be with, you can just stay with me, Hinata-chan. Why do you have to believe a good-for-nothing friend like her?"

"Yesterday you were saying we should value our friendship. So what's up with you trying to break us apart now?" Sakura said in annoyance. "And what gives you the right to judge me? Have you known me as long as Hinata does?"

Ino found that amusing though. "I don't need to know you long enough to see right through your selfish side." She shot back at Sakura. "And even if you are just trying to prove Hinata that Sasuke likes her, shouldn't you think first what's going to happen to Hinata? Hasn't it even occur to you that Hinata might get hurt in an encounter with Karin?!" Ino angrily stated.

Sakura shook her head. "She's not going to get hurt because Sasuke will come to save her." She said firmly.

"Oh, yeah? How can you guarantee that? Do you think Sasuke will listen to his ex?" Ino answered back. Then she turned to me. "Listen to me, Hinata. She's just setting you up. She probably wants you to get hurt."

A part of me actually agreed with Ino. I really wasn't sure whether what Sakura is doing is just a scheme she and Karin planned together. But then a bigger part of me wanted to give Sakura a chance. She is my bestfriend for so long so how can I not give her a chance? "I'm sorry, Ino-chan but I'm going to follow Sakura for now." I told her, causing Sakura to smile victoriously and Ino to show a disappointed frown.

"Fine then. Go ahead and do what you want." Ino finally said, giving Sakura one last glare before she starts walking towards the door. "Just don't say I didn't warn you."

She seemed to be mad at me at that point so I decided to follow her and try to explain why I chose my decision. And so, as the door closed and Ino was gone, I faced Sakura with an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry but I need to talk to Ino-chan right now. I'll just see you later, okay?" I said, darting towards the door.

I didn't even wait for her answer. I left the girls' comfort room and attempted to catch up with Ino. But most of the times I'm really unlucky, as I was half-running, I bumped into someone whose organizer dropped on the floor with its inserted papers starting to scatter around. I instantly bent down and picked them up, hoping to help the person but to my surprise, the person did not even bend over to pick her own papers up. It was like she was expecting me to pick them all myself.

I gazed up to see who the person might be and when I did, my jaw dropped. It was none other than Uzumaki Karin, and boy did she look mad. It looked like Sakura's plan had gone way ahead of schedule.

I just hope my savior would come in time.