"So someone was staring at us outside our window last night. Anyone else saw something weird last night?" I said while we were all eating at the table.
"No way! You too?!" Tenten suddenly said as she slammed her hands on the table.
"You guys too?" Temari asked looking back and forth between me and Tenten.
"Yea, same here." Konan said.
"Around what time did this happen?" Itachi asked.
"9:00pm."
"9:15pm."
"9:35pm."
That's weird…
"Then I guess we're not there only targets. I thought maybe they didn't know what room Sakura was at and they searched all of them, but if I remember correctly we saw that person around 8:50pm last night. So they would have no reason to see into any other room if they know she was in that room." While Itachi explained I got a nauseating feeling run through me.
"But what would they want with everyone else? Or did they not mean to attack me and were they really aiming for another one of the girls?"
Everyone pondered for a moment on the recent events that happened. I don't know what to make of any of it.
Suddenly the doorbell rang and I saw everyone freeze for a moment.
"It's the Yamanaka girl." Itachi said pointing to the new camera he installed at the front door. He got up to go to the door and let her in.
"Hi!" We heard her cheery voice greet Itachi before he invited her in.
"Hello, please come in." He said in his courteous voice.
"Hey guys!" She greeted everyone. "Why does everyone looked like they just saw a ghost?" She asked.
"We'll fill you in later." Tenten said as she stood up. "Ok we should all start heading to school before we're late."
We got up and began to gather our things before saying goodbye to everyone and walking to the door.
"Sakura." I heard and turned around to find Itachi behind me. They continued to walk in a slow manner as to give us our privacy but still wait for me.
"Yea?" I asked looking up at him.
"You look really cute today," He whispered in my ear and I felt my face burn with heat, but before I could say anything he kissed me and I lost my train of thought. "Be careful at school." He said and I could only nod before wobbling back to our group.
"Wow you guys are so lucky!" Ino cheered in her hyper voice. "I wish I could live with all of you guys too! You guys seem to always enjoy life."
We laughed at her logic.
"Well it's not always fun." Temari admitted.
As we began to explain what basically happened she looked at us with her mouth wide open.
"I'm really going to miss you guys." I thought I heard her say, I looked at her with a confused look. Did I hear right?
"Keep it a secret but," She started and her face turned a bit red, "I've had a crush on Sai since my first day of high school."
Ok…didn't see that one coming. Maybe it was just my imagination. I looked in front to see Sai talking to the rest of the guys. Hmm…well now that I think about it I think they'd look good together.
"No way really!?" Tenten asked all excited now.
"Yea." Ino said blushing a bit.
"We should totally hook you guys up." Temari said suddenly pumped, "But are you sure? He's almost as emotionless as Sasuke and Neji."
"Hey!" Tenten said at the insult to her boyfriend. I couldn't help but laugh.
"I like how he doesn't really care what others think, he seems so worldly you know?"
"Well he is a gentleman at least. Ok, you want to come eat dinner at our house today? We'll defiantly make it happen!" Tenten said already plotting in her head.
As we continued to walk I noticed something was different about Ino, she seemed off.
School seemed a bit different it seemed that everyone began to behave themselves now. Before school was like a jail, I guess the word that many delinquents were taken care of yesterday spread like wild-fire and everyone is afraid to do something stupid now.
"Please leave me alone." We heard a small voice say as we were heading over to meet with the rest of the guys to eat.
"You told them didn't you!" Another voice said. I looked over at Tenten and Temari who nodded. We began to walk closer to where we heard the conversation with Ino following behind us.
"You're the reason our friends got hurt you bitch!"
"No, I didn't even know you guys did that!" The girl was crying now.
"Stop lying! You were friend with Hinata weren't you!? Surely you must have told them!"
"We'll teach you a very important rule: Snitched get stitches."
"What do you think you're doing?" Temari said as she stopped the fist that would have hit the frightened girl in front of us.
"W-What?"
Tenten got the other girl by her hands before putting them behind her back and slamming her against the wall.
I stood in front of the girl who was cowering on the floor and Ino kneeled down to try and comfort her.
"Looks like we need to put you in your place." Temari said before slamming her against the wall as well. While they were doing their thing I turned to the girl and she was trembling.
"I-I-Is Hinata o-ok?" She managed to say through sobs. She seemed like a good kid. I really hate this school, she reminded me of myself. Of course I didn't cry and I wasn't as small or cute, but I never deserved the treatment I was given, just like her.
"Yea, she's healing up right now, but she's fine." I said with a smile and she smiled back.
"Are you ok?" I asked checking for any injuries, it seemed she only had a red cheek and a forming bruise on her left wrist.
"Yea, thanks." She said trying to get up to dust herself off. I could tell she was trying to be tough but then something happened.
Her breathing became fast and she fell to her knees again. "Hey are you ok?" I asked and noticed something broken on the floor.
"You're inhaler?" Did she have asthma? I touched her and she felt cold, I began to panic.
"Ino do you have a bag? Plastic or paper bag?"
"oh yea!" She said reaching into her bag and taking a paper bag. She began to take out her lunch from it before handing it to me.
"Breath into this." I said holding the back to her face she began to breath slowly and eventually she went back to normal.
"I think we should take you to the infirmary." I said but she shook her head.
"It's ok, I only have an attack when I get scared or stressed. I'll be ok until I get home if I stay out of trouble."
"We're done." I heard Tenten say as she came up behind me.
"You'll eat with us today and we'll take you to the infirmary after lunch ok? We want to make sure you're ok." She smiled up at us and I couldn't help but feel like she didn't have too many friends.
"But I don't think we can fit on the table anymore, we're kind of running out of space there." Temari said remembering that Ino and I had to fit somehow.
"How about we just move locations?" Ino said.
"Where?"
"Actually I have a spot that I made for myself and my friends, I never showed them because those bitches betrayed me, but now I can show you guys." We all agreed and Tenten and Temari send a message to the boys to meet us where we were.
When they finally arrived we began to follow Ino.
"Where are we going?" Sasuke asked as he looked around.
"Why is there so many stairs?" Naruto complained.
When we finally got there our mouths dropped.
"This is actually awesome!" Naruto cheered.
"Yea, I paid a couple of guys to bring the tables up here and I bought the umbrellas to cover us from the shade myself. And because of gym no one can see us so it's perfect." She said proud of herself.
We sat down and began to eat and I couldn't help but feel like this place was awesome. This is definitely out new spot.
"By the way what grade are you in and what's your name?" Ino asked the little girl I guess we never really asked.
"My name is Amu and I'm a 9th grader." Wow she was young.
"Do you have to call any friends? I'm sure they're worried about where you are right?" Temari asked.
"I already send them a text message saying I'd eat with some new friends." She said with a smile and it made me a little happy to hear she had friends she could be with.
Soon school was over and we were walking home, as we were passing a small store I saw Mai going in the store and I remember she was Itachi's ex-girlfriend. It made a little jealous to tell you the truth, I didn't want to think about the things they did.
I know she was just after his money though, that made me even angrier. Itachi is too much of a good person for her anyways. I didn't think I'd run into her though.
Once we were home Tenten began her plan to get Sai and Ino together. I was in the kitchen helping Konan make the food and suddenly Tenten came barging in.
"I did it! I am a match making genius!" She said with a triumph laugh.
"Oh?" Konan said now amused with one of her own work of match making.
"Sai and Ino are alone in his room." She said wiggling her eyebrows. Konan gave her a thumbs up before laughing.
"You taught me well Konan." Tenten said giving her thumbs up as well.
And then a blur of yellow past by Tenten to the kitchen got her bag and then ran out the door with a slam.
"Not well enough I see." Konan said going back to the food.
"Go get Ino!" I said and Temari and Tenten dragged her back in the house.
Tears were falling down her face and it made me wonder what happened.
"What did you do to here huh!?" Temari said shaking Sai.
"I kissed her." He admitted and looked away, was he blushing?
"Huh?" Tenten and Temari said in unison confused.
"That's why you're crying?" Tenten said confused.
"I wanted to get a kiss from him before I left." Ino said.
"What do you mean before you leave?" I asked remembering what she had said before. 'I'm going really to miss you guys.'
"My father got a job overseas and I'm going to move with him. But I thought if I just got one kiss from my long time crush that I'd be happy but it hurts to know it won't happen again." Tears seemed to falling from her face like a river and I didn't know what to do so I hugged her.
"I don't want to go." She whispered.
