Hello people, how ya doing? Well I hope. I'm not quite sure what happened (I don't remember anymore) but this is not the original chapter 5. The other went poof. Hence it's exteme shortness in comparison. In light of such an event I am considering two chapters if I can't vamp it up.

Chapter 5

Sakura's P.O.V.

I felt the air rush past me for a few brief seconds and waited to hit the ground when it stopped suddenly. Why wasn't I feeling any pain? Surely I would have, I hit the ground on stairs no less. It was then that I felt a warmth across my back and under my knees. Seeping through my tights and bandages.

I opened my eyes and stared into black. Sasuke was staring back at me. His expression both hard and concerned. "Sakura are you alright"? His voice was low and it sent shivers down my spine. I nodded. Totally focused on how close his face was to mine. I could see my wide eyes reflected in his.

"I'm fine. Thank you Sasuke". He nodded and set me down on my feet. I stepped back and his hand reached up smoothing my bangs away from my face. He made sure I was steady before turning back to Naruto.

I was in a daze as a hand closed around mine and pulled me forward into the school. The only thing I registered was Ino's blond ponytail and Naruto's loud cry of pain. Sasuke must have hit him on the head or something.

I didn't really snap out of it till lunch when Itachi came by our table and poked my forehead before asking me if I was okay. I rubbed my head where he poked me and scowled at him. "I'm fine". I replied shortly. He gave me a small grin and left.

Ino pulled me into the locker rooms to change. She helped me pull my shoes and tights off when she noticed my struggles. Now the bandages wrapped around my arm and leg were completely visible. We weren't aloud to wear long pants or sweats unless it was cold. Unfortunately today happened to be warm so no such luck.

Several people stared at me. Their eyes focused on my covered injuries. Some in shock others in glee. The ones who were happy about where Sasuke's fangirls. In their eyes I deserved whatever it was that happened to me.

Out of the corner of my eyes I saw a boy with a bowl cut and bushy eyebrows rush up to me. His name was Lee and he looked just like the gym teacher. He tried to embrace me but Ino held him back. "Not so fast Lee-San. Sakura is injured and she doesn't want to be touched".

He proceeded to spout off about youth and how youthful I must be if I wasn't showing my pain. I cringed each time the word youth left his mouth in a loud exclamation.

"Don't mind Lee. He's harmless. He couldn't hurt a fly unless he's protecting someone". I tried to feel reassured by her words but the gleeful eyes of the girls in my class had be constantly peering over my shoulder. I knew if I let my guard down they would take advantage of it.

Anko said we would be playing dodgeball today and everyone was required to participate today, even me.

So that's how I found myself in this situation with a bunch of Sasuke fangirls aiming to hit me and take me out. Not for the first I was glad to be light and quick on my feet. It was down to me, Ino, Tenten, Hinata, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Naruto, and Kiba. The others had already been hit.

Karin, Nanami, Ami, Kin and two other girls who's names I didn't know stood on the other half of the gym. There had been guys on their team but they got out already. Let's just say Ino and Tenten have wicked accuracy. I also think Tenten might be a tad sadistic. She kept hitting the opposite team in the face with balls and laughing about it.

Karin threw another ball this time directed at me. Before I could think about dodging that one a pair of arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me out of the way. Spiky brown hair in the corner of my eye told me Kiba was there.

I turned my head to the side and saw the deep frown etched onto his face. He wasn't happy. The rumble in his chest had my hair standing on end. It was a warning.

Karin's answering snarl followed immediately and I sensed trouble. "It's okay Kiba, I'm fine. She didn't hurt me".

"No it isn't fucking okay". He all but snarled at me before growling in her direction again. "Karin what the fuck are you doing? Do you want to put her back in the hospital with your stunts? I should let Tsunade have you".

He muttered the last part so that only she could hear. Not wanting the regular students to get to suspicious.

"Seriously Kiba I'm fine. You can let me go now". He blinked down at me only just now seeming to notice I was crushed against his chest and that I wasn't touching the ground anymore.

He set me back on my feet as Anko blew the whistle and told us to get dressed. No one noticed Sasuke dragging Karin out the side door a furious expression on his face.

No one saw Sasuke or Karin for the rest of day. Not that much was said about them anyways. Any rumors started were quickly silenced and soon people just lost interest. Maybe cutting classes was a normal thing for Sasuke and his pack. So when Naruto told me not to worry about it I listened to him. After all I had make up work to catch up on. No reason to spend my time worrying for nothing I reassured myself despite the growing uneasy feeling in my stomach.

As we were packing out things up to go home Ino came over and whispered in my ear. "Sasuke wants to speak with all of us so we're going to meet up in a few. He wants you to join us". She leaned back and I looked around. People were staring at us.

Ino smiled at them but said nothing as she walked out of the room ahead of me. I watched her go for a second before pushing the rest of my books into my back.

As I exited the school o saw them waiting. Naruto waved frantically and shouted. "Over here Sakura-Chan"!

Well that's it for this chapter. Sorry if your disappointed that it's so short. Originally it was longer but I can't seem to locate the finished version so somethings were cut out. Sorry about that. You know the drill by now. Leave me a review and check any cuss words directed at me at the door. Thanks. Ja na!

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