Naruto Primer: Haruno Sakura

Who Loves Who?

Sakura is confused.

While she is confused about her life and what it is to be a ninja, she also is confused about what's going on in her love life, that is, the normal life that a teenage girl should have.

 Since Sasuke recently confessed that he despised her, she was now experiencing an all time low.  She had loved Sasuke for years and years and when she had been put in the same group as him, she was so happy.  Not only that she could be with him, but so that no other girl could.

One thing that had made her angry, though, was being stuck with Naruto.  She got to be with her beloved Sasuke, but had to deal with Naruto as well.  It was like; such a positive positive cancelled out the most negative of all negatives.  Naruto had the hugest crush on her ever, perhaps even bigger than the one she had on Sasuke, and he was so very annoying about it.

Maybe that's why Sasuke didn't like her!  He must have thought that she liked Naruto.  Sakura had to find someone who liked Naruto so that Naruto would leave her alone so that Sasuke wouldn't think that Sakura loved Naruto.  But who in the world could possibly love Naruto?

"Oh, that's right!" Sakura said out loud.  She had just remembered that Hinata had a secret crush on Naruto.  Of course, Hinata had never said so, but Sakura could just tell because of her female instincts.

However…there was a slight problem with hooking up Hinata and Naruto.  What about Kiba?  Kiba seemed to have some interest in Hinata.  So, as not to leave Kiba out in the cold, he would have to be paired up with someone else as well.

But who, though?  Who, indeed?  What if she were to get Ino and Kiba together?  That way, Ino would stop going after Sasuke and give Sakura a bigger chance of getting Sasuke.  Plus, that would mean that Hinata doesn't have to feel guilty about liking Naruto who would stop liking Sakura if he had Hinata and then Sakura would be free to love Sasuke!

Then again…what about Rock Lee?  He was so very kind and sweet.  But she didn't like him as any more than a friend.  Perhaps if Ino went out with him instead, Lee would get a girl in the end and would stop aiming towards Sakura.  The same with Ino; she would leave Sasuke alone.  Hooking up Ino and Lee would eliminate both of Sakura's trouble with getting Sasuke to love her.

But does Sasuke love her?

"He just so recently said he hated me…" Sakura said sadly.

It had just come out of the blue.  It's not like she had done anything to him.  She hadn't asked him to go out with her for a while.

She gave a heavy sigh.  How could Sasuke not love her?  Well, at least he didn't like Ino.  Or any other girl for that matter.  Whenever a girl would come up to him, he would ignore her and wouldn't even give her the time of day, so I guess that's better than him showing interest in another girl.  The only people he really dignified with anything were Naruto, Gaara, Lee, Neji, Kakashi…

"Wait a minute." Sakura said, sitting up straight.

No, it couldn't be true.  Could it?

"Is Sasuke…" started Sakura.  "…Gay?"

It was all making sense now.  That was the reason he always acted cold towards girls and the only times he would ever act happy or mildly amused was when he was in a tussle with another guy.

"That's not going to stop me!" Sakura announced, standing up on a rock as a wave crashed behind her.  "I'll get around it!  Sasuke will love me whether he's gay or not!!"