A/N; Yo, heh, sorry about the last chapter. I know some of you didn't like what happened between Sakura or Sasuke. I didn't like it either, but it was something that had to be done. Anyway, this chapter is going to be a little shorter than the rest, sorry. Oh, I'm so glad you guys blamed Naruto and Kiba instead of me aka; the writer. You guys really are awesome! And what's really cool, Twilight New Moon is coming out on my birthday! I'm not a fan -much-, it's just cool a popular movie like that is coming out on that particular day.

*sigh* I really need to find a new word. Awesome is so three months ago. For me at least! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Even if I wish I did.

Warning: Drama.... Hopefully you guys won't have to hate me.... No, your gonna hate me.

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Sakura's Guide to the Hatake Boys

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Sakura sat at her windowsill and looked at the foggy backyard mournfully. It had been a week since the fight and it had done nothing but rain. They had to cancel soccer practice 'cause the field was flooded out, so they had nothing but drills inside the gym. The Hatake boys had done nothing but ignore her and she couldn't eat lunch with the few friends she had 'cause they wanted to sit with their boyfriends -which were the Hatake boys- she had sent Winry some e-mails, but they were all about her depression. And the worse part was, Sasuke wasn't even talking to her anymore. No, but he was all good and better with Naruto.

`Yeah, just forget Sakura. The girlfriend you had for two and a half months. Oh no, we're not important at all, we're just someone who can be tossed aside and forgotten. Man, I hate high school!'

`You can't blame high school on this. Well kinda, I don't know.'

`Sasuke's a jerk, I can't believe we ever liked him. We should wash our mouth out with soap just in case he has any hidden diseases.'

`I highly doubt that.'

`Crap, your right!'

Sakura sighed and went over to her computer and decided to write Winry another entry.

From: ThePink-Kicker

To: TooDamn-Funky

Subject: Boy Guide

Sakura Haruno's Guide to the Hatake Boys
Entry 5

Observation#1: They stick to each other like they're a pack of wolves.
When a fight breaks out it's like they don't even notice when there's someone else who's also hurting. They just stay on one side.... And apparently it's not mine.

Observation#2: Guys make absolutely no sense.
I thought he liked me, Win. I really thought he liked me.

Observation#3: Boys don't know when to call a truce.
Do you know how many times I tried to explain. Even when there was no reason for me to explain. I HATE BOYS!

Sakura growled and quickly sent the message before she decided to throw her computer against the wall, then take a bat and smash it into thousands of mechanical little pieces! She took a deep breath, raising her hands up to try and calm herself, the last thing she needed to do was flip out while all alone. That could lead to disaster. She sat criss-cross on the bed and put her thumb and middle fingers together. She thought using an old meditation technique would help, if only for a bit.

`Great, all that's left for you to do is say, Ohmn~'

`.....'

`Ah, come on, I was just kiddin'. Don't be so tense, alright? Just stay calm, eventually things will get better.'

`I don't think I have it in me to wait for an eventually.'

`....What's that supposed to mean?'

`.....'

`Hey, you don't mean-'

Sakura blocked out the rest of her inners sentence. Not wanting to listen anymore, she knew what she was about to say anyway. Sakura blinked back a few traitor tears and sniffed slightly. "So much for not crying," she whispered to herself. She looked up at the clock, she would have to go to school soon, it was seven-thirty in the morning. She doubt anyone would give her a ride, they made that a known fact when they all left her to go to school when they were her ride. She didn't tell Anko or Kakashi that though, she rather not deal with parents making their kids give her a ride. Besides, she brought her bike. She could ride that.... Even if it was raining, a little water wouldn't hurt much.

All of a sudden thunder roared and lightning stroke. Sakura looked up at the ceiling while scowling. "I hate you," she hissed under her breath, grabbing her black rain coat and dark red boots, walking out of her room and towards the front door. As she was about to turn the knob, Anko popped out of nowhere. Literally.

"Sakura-chan!!!" she exclaimed.

"Gah! Holy mother-!!!" Sakura shouted in surprise, jumping back into the door, her heart pounding a mile a minute. "A-Anko, wha-what in the world! Where'd you come from?!"

Anko blinked a few times then smiled cockily. "Well...." she paused for added affect. "When a mommy and daddy love each other very much, they-"

Sakura's eyes widened dramatically. "NO! I didn't mean that!"

The older woman laughed and ruffled the young teens hair. "I know dear, I was just playing with you."

The pinkette laughed in realization and out of nervousness. `Not to be rude, or anything. But that was insanely creepy. Like, Orochimaru creepy.'

`Heh, yeah.'

"Anyway," Anko continued. "What are you doing? It's raining outside, your not seriously going to walk to school are you?" she asked worriedly.

Sakura mentally slapped herself. She forgot that for the past week she had ridden her bike in the rain without Anko or Kakashi knowing.

`If it wasn't for her jerky sons, we wouldn't of had to ride our bike in the middle of a storm. Bastards.'

`That's not nice....'

`Whatever!'

Sakura smiled at Anko and shook her head. "Oh no, my friends are down the street, I told them I'd meet them their so they could pick me up. No need to worry Mrs.H!" the pinkette smiled even more for added emphasis.

Anko gave her a skeptic look, not sure if she should by it. But she threw it aside and nodded anyway. "Alright. But you better hurry, get going dear. I'll make sure to tell the boys to wait for you next time."

"No!" Sakura shouted. Anko looked taken aback. "Oh, um, it's fine. I like... riding with my friends anyway, it's no biggy. Well, see ya later, Mrs.H!" and with that, Sakura ran out the door, quickly getting to her bike. She was about to get on when she noticed something wrong, she looked down and noticed that both her tires were flat. Her eyes widened. She could have sworn she pumped up her tires just the other day, tears started to trail down her face while the rain fell down harder.

`I-I can't believe they would go as far as to... do something like this.'

`How childish! Who do they think they are?!'

`Now how am I supposed to get to school? If I walk, I'll be like, thirty minutes late...'

`Better start running.'

` *sigh*'

Sakura walked into the office soaking wet, her hair was stuck to her face and her clothes dripped, leaving a trail of water at her wake. Shizune, the secretary/counselor/nurse gasped in shock, quickly getting up and ran to Sakura with a blanket that was sitting on one of the couches they had. The pinkette wrapped herself in it tightly, as Shizune went to go get Tsunade and something hot to drink. She looked down at her soaked shoes, waiting for her blonde mentor to come and give her, her late slip and possibly a lecture.

"Sakura!" shouted Tsunade as she walked out of her office, she walked over to Sakura and knelt down feeling her forehead. "Are you alright? Your fourty minutes late! Did you walk to school?!" she asked, shocked.

The teen nodded slowly and sniffed a little. "I'm fine Tsunade-shishou. Can you just get me my late slip please so I can make it to my next class?" she asked solemnly.

The blonde nodded and walked over to Shizune's desk, taking out a sheet of paper and scribbling words on it. She then handed it to the barely dry Sakura, then watched as the pink haired girl walked out of her office with her head down. The busty blonde sighed and sat back in the chair, placing her hand over her forehead and rubbing her temples. "Poor girl." she muttered. Shizune stared at the door and nodded in agreement. The turned to Shizune and barked, "Get me some sake!"

Sakura sat outside at the picnic tables during lunch by herself, noway was she going to sit at a table with strangers again while her -used to be- friends laughed and had fun together. And what's worse, Sai and Lee were being extra annoying. Ever since the school found out Sakura and Sasuke had broken up, the fan girls got more slutty, while Lee and Sai got more love sick. She face palmed herself in aggravation when Lee continued to say youth in every sentence he spoke. And Sai just kept giving her that creepy fake smile. She rolled her eyes and stood, if she couldn't eat in peace then she might as well not eat at all. She ignored the callings of the two wannabee boyfriends. She hadn't a clue as to why she seemed to always attract the weird ones. Yes, to her Sasuke was weird too. Only after a day of meeting her, he had kissed her. A good kiss, but still weird.

She looked down at her feet as she walked down the hall, heading nowhere in-particular. She turned her head and looked out the window, it was still stormy out, no traces of the sun appearing anytime soon was in sight. She leaned against the window sill, placing her head on her chin and leaning her forehead against the nice cool glass. This particular spot looked out at the quad, where on most sunny days the students go out and eat sitting by the big fountain in the middle. `I kinda like the rain,' She mused, smiling slightly as she watched the rain pour on down.

`That's just your ever growing depression talking.' her inner deadpanned.

Sakura rolled her eyes, the last thing she needed was her inner talking about how depressed she was becoming. `I'm not depressed. Besides, I have always liked the rain.'

`What you like the ice cold too. Che, no wonder you fell for Sasuke.' her inner scoffed. Crossing her black, white outlined arms, glaring at an image of Sasuke distastefully.

`I don't see why you continue to insult him so much, You liked him too.'

`Yeah, until he just broke up with us `cause of something Karin told Naruto. They all knew it wasn't true. Yet, they still turned their backs on us, even the girls. Do you call that friendship? And what about Shikamaru and Gaara, weren't they kinda our friends before Sasuke?'

`Calm down, your gonna have a seizure.'

`Ugh!'

Sakura flinched as she started to get a major headache. `God, what are you doing to my head?!' she received no reply. She gently rubbed her temples, trying to at least calm the incessant pounding that was growing more painful by the second. "Geez," she grumbled under her breath. All of a sudden she heard some giggling and quickly hid between the lockers. She sighed, her inner had stopped the migraine.

"Karin you are so bad. I can't believe that idiot actually believed you!" said a voice that sounded strangely like Temari.

"I know right, but you know me. There's no way I was going to admit actually hooking up with that "mutt," do you know how embarrassing that is. Even if he is absolutely gorgeous. But Sasuke-kun still beats them all!" Karin stated.

"Speaking of Sasuke-kun. I heard he and that pink haired whore broke up. Now is your chance to go for what you've been aiming for all along. Now you don't have to worry about that slut getting in your way." said one girl who sounded like a donkey.

"I know, right! Have you, like, seen they way they've all treated her, like, for the past week. It's like she's, like, the plague." snorted -literally snorted- one girl who acted like a prep, but really wasn't.

They all laughed -screeched- loudly. Sakura glared hatefully at their reflections in the window, she recognised the girls, they were all on the soccer team. All part of Karin's "Pep Squad of Whores". Their lockers were three feet away from where she was standing, it was a good thing she was so skinny, or else she would have been caught. `So that's what she's been planning?!'

`That bee-otch! Let's be like the vampires and tear her limb from limb and burn all her remains, cackling the whole time. Mwuhahahaha!'

`Quit acting like a spazz from the eighteenth century! Be serious here, we have to find a way to spoil her plans!'

`Right, there is no way I'm letting that Hooker get her diseased paws on Sasuke! SHANNARO, let's go kick some slut butt.'

`Right, first step, claiming the title of captain for the soccer team. But I won't be able to rat her out on my own, I'm gonna need some assistance.'

`Yeah, like brains, and cold exterior.'

`But who?' `But who?' They said/thought in unison. Sakura jumped slightly when the girls that were a few feet away started talking again. The person Sakura now knew to be Temari, spoke up again.

"-Yeah, while your trying to get Sasuke, I can aim for Shikamaru. I know he wants me, there's no denying it, all he needs is a little push. And I know exactly when to do it." she stated smugly. Sakura could just see the cocky smirk gracing the blonde girls features.

"Oh, really? And when is this great plan supposed to come into action." Karin asked curiously.

Once again, Sakura felt that smirk. "During your soccer tournament of course." the pinkette could practically feel the smugness coming off the blonde in floods.

Sakura tried as hard as she could to stifle her gasp. The pinkette knew how important the upcoming game was to Ino, and Temari knew it too. Which is exactly why she was planning on wrapping Shikamaru around her finger that particular day. The emerald eyed girl tried as hard as she could to keep from knocking those whores' heads off with one single punch. Her inner wasn't helping her any either.

`I am dead serious, if you don't let me out. I'm going to give you the biggest headache of your life, and it won't go away until the day you allow me to rip their disproportionate heads off their shoulders!'

Sakura scowled, she knew when to take her inner seriously, now was one of those times. She could not let her inner out, for she would keep to her promises, and ripping Temari and Karin's heads off was one of those promises. `Your already a headache. You know I can't let you out, I did that once and you practically killed the person.'

`Hey! No one, besides Ino-pig, can call me billboard brow!' Sakura rolled her eyes and continued to listen to the girls.

"Wow, you are bad. But are you sure Shikamaru will fall for something like that, again?" Karin asked. "I mean, he is a genius."

Temari scoffed. "Of course he'll fall for it. He's a guy with hormones. You just gotta know how to work it."

"Ah, you slut!" Karin exclaimed, laughing along with the girls as they walked away..

Sakura gagged. `I-I think I just threw up a little.' she waited for their footsteps to fade until she stepped out of the space between the lockers. She glared at the retreating figures in disgust.

`I think I know who we need to help us.'

`Who?'

`...Gaara.'

Sakura walked into the Hatake house, once again drenched in water. Kakashi looked up from his book on the couch, watching as she stiffly walked to the stairs. He saw her nose wrinkle slightly and then- "ACHOO!" she sneezed, he gave her a mournful gaze, giving her a tissue as she walked passed him. "You okay?" he asked.

Sakura growled lowly, oh yeah. She was pissed. "Just dandy." she hissed, walking up the stairs.

The silver haired pervert sighed, thinking to himself. `Oh yeah, my kids are idiots.'

Sakura was walking towards her bedroom door when Kiba and the others walked out of Naruto's room. They all stopped when they spotted her, she looked like a washed out dog. Sasuke had a guilty look marring his face. She was about to open the door when Kiba spoke up. "Do you finally get it now. We don't want you around, so why don't you do us all a favor and get the heck out." he stated.

The pinkette paused as her hand hovered over the door knob. `Ignore him, ignore him, ignore him, ignore him, ignore him...' she repeated over and over again like a mantra. She half expected someone to say something, that someone being Sasuke, but all he did was stand their with guilt staying in his eyes like it was never going to disappear.

"Hey!" Kiba shouted. "Are you listening, or are you just deaf?!"

"You know what," she stated. "I think your just pissed `cause you turned out to be a complete failure. To yourself and your brothers." she looked up and glared at him.

"Oh, so you think you know me?" he asked, also glaring.

Sakura nodded and smirked. "Yeah, I do," she said. "Your smart, your funny, your talented, and you have an awesome family, but all you want to do is walk like some kind of victim. It's really starting to get annoying."

`Oh, yeah! Show dog breath who's boss!'

Kiba growled low in his throat and took a couple steps closer, but Sakura stood her ground. "You better watch it bitch, you don't know what your talkin' about."

"Hey!" Sasuke shouted, grabbing Kiba by the arm and slamming him into the wall. "What did you just call her?" he hissed. " 'Cause it better not be what I thought it was." he ground out through clenched teeth.

"You heard me," Kiba said, his face contorted in anger.

Sasuke glared. "Apologize, NOW, Kiba." he ordered.

"Yeah, right," Kiba scoffed.

"God, your such an idiot!" he exclaimed, slamming his fist into the wall, inches away from Kiba's face. He suddenly turned back around and walked to his room, slamming his door behind him. They all stood in the hallway awkwardly. Music started blaring from Sasuke's room.

Sakura sighed and turned back to the door, opening it, as she was just about to close it. She said, "You really are pathetic." and with that she slammed the door in the faces of six shocked brothers. She quickly walked to her bed and belly flopped on it, her face buried in the pillow. `Oh my gosh! I can't believe I actually did that!'

`That's my girl, you showed them exactly who's boss! I bow to your awesome-ness!'

`I still can't believe I did it. I stood up for myself without you taking over.'

`Haha, that will teach that mutt to mess with us again. Cha!'

She smiled into her pillow, thinking about how Sasuke had stood up for her. `Maybe he still does care.'

`Well, of course. It's not like he can let someone call us "that," even if it is his brother.'

`He was really mad at Kiba... Do you think I should go see if he's okay?'

`It's up to you.'

Sakura lifted up off the bed and walked over to the door, she made up her mind. She peaked out to see if anyone was in the hall, realising the coast was clear, she swiftly walked over to Sasuke's door and knocked a few times.

"Come in!"

Sakura stepped inside, her heart pounding loudly in her chest so hard she feared she was going to have a heart attack. "H-Hey." she stuttered, slapping herself mentally. `Stupid!'

Sasuke looked up from his computer shocked. "Uh . . . hi," he replied awkwardly, backing his chair away from the desk, turning it so it was facing in her direction while also stuffing his hands in his pockets to hide their shaking. He glanced past her at the hallway, making sure they were alone.

"So . . . what's up?" she asked, trying to relieve some of the tension.

"You really shouldn't be in here," he said, looking down so he could avoid her hurt filled eyes.

"You really think I can ignore what just happened just minutes before?" she asked.

"Yeah . . . uh, no . . . I don't know." Sasuke sighed, rubbing his face with his hands. "Look... I really can't deal with this right now... It's getting too complicated, and if anyone sees you in here, their gonna think somethings up. Don't you think we should let things calm down first?"

"Yeah, like that's ever going to happen." she said with a scoff. Trying to hold back the tears, she looked to the side. The cold way he was acting towards her was to be expected, but she didn't think it would hurt this much.

"It's just. . . being around you is just making thinks harder. . . I can't handle anymore drama, especially if Naruto or Kiba pop up." he stated.

"Is that all that matters to you?" she asked angrily, she backed up towards the door, understanding flashing through her eyes. "I see, problem solved then, I guess." she took one last step out the door. She turned and was about to turn back to her room, when he suddenly called out.

"No, Sakura, wait!" Sasuke said.

She turned back around and faced him. "No, it's okay, I can go."

He swallowed an invisible lump and looked back down at his computer. "Yeah. . . Um, maybe you should go,"

And that was when Sakura's heart shattered into thousands of pieces. She tried to hold back the tears as she closed his door and walked back to her room, he really didn't want anything to do with her now. Her mind led her to wondering if he ever cared for her at all. Her knees gave out as she closed her door, she was lucky she even made it to the room, her breath came out labored as she finally let the tears fall. She understood, Sasuke had made it clear he wanted nothing to do with her. They were really over.

`You can't give up! We know why all this is happening, we can't let Karin and Temari win! If we do, Naruto and Ino will be crushed, we have to make things right. And even though all of this happened, I still believe Gaara will help us! IM him , that's the only way you'll be able to talk without the others knowing. You have to tell him, he's all we got left!'

`Alright... But I don't feel like explaining anything tonight... I'm too exhausted.'

`Fine, but you have to do it.'

`I will, just, let me calm down.'

Her inner stayed quiet after that. The pinkette closed her eyes as more tears fell poured down her cheeks until she eventually fell asleep.

Sasuke rushed towards Itachi's room, banging on the door until his older brother opened it.

"What the hell Sasuke, do you know what time it is?" Itachi hissed, but stepping aside nonetheless to let his brother in.

Sasuke walked in and sat on the desk chair, he looked up at his brother. "I think we should talk to Naruto first. . . I know it will be hard `cause he's a stubborn idiot, but after what happened today it's just going to be like talking to a wall if we go to Kiba first."

Itachi just blinked at his brother. "You woke me up at..." he paused to glance at his watch that was on his wrist. "Two o'clock in the morning to tell me we need to talk to Naruto instead of Kiba?" he asked angrily.

Sasuke nodded, not noticing the dark aura flowing off his brother in waves. "Yeah, I decided we're gonna have to do it tomorrow."

"Yeah, whatever, get out." Itachi ordered, opening his door as a sign for Sasuke to leave. He did not want to deal with having to explain to his parents why he had butchered his little brother.

A/N; Hey my peeps! Sorry this chapters so short, I planned on making it longer but I was content with where I stopped, even though I kinda left ya in a cliffy. Yes, you don't need to remind me, I did steal a section from the book. It fit, that's all I have to say. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And I promise, the next one will be super long!
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