Operation-Crush
An hour had already passed as Sakura paced the worn club house floor. Ino's dad had built it for the two in the back of her mother's flower shop. With an aggravated sigh, she plopped down on the wooden floor and glared at the ceiling. Another hour rolled by before Sakura realized that Ino must not have gotten her letter.
The two girls had sweet-talked Ino's father into building the club house after establishing the wonderful club Uchiha. But it was more than a club house, it was a comfort zone where both could leave the world behind and find relaxation in their own shared realm of adoring Sasuke. Sakura, the brains behind the operation, came up with all the hair-brained schemes to get close to the object of their affections. The way Ino figured it; she knew Sasuke better, being on his team and all. Sakura saw it in a different light, however; Ino had been her first friend and that had been slightly overshadowed by their rivalry over Sasuke. Sakura saw the club as a way to better the friendship through a common goal. She preferred the way she and Ino would sit and talk calmly about Sasuke for hours to fighting over the uninterested genin for days. She smiled at her pleasant memories then shook her head in disappointment.
How was club Uchiha supposed to survive if its members don't show up to important meetings? Sakura mused while gathering herself up and heading for the door. She obviously was going to have to find Ino.
"Sakura, hey buddy!" Before she could move any more than a few steps, Ino burst through the door, by kicking it down no less and smiled innocently. Without even pausing to say hello, she rushed into an onslaught of questions.
"What's going on? Did something happen to Sasuke? Who did it? Why is Naruto a problem? Why are we doing this in the middle of the afternoon instead of in the evening?" Ino worked herself into a frenzy and was now pacing erratically back and forth. Sakura casually stuck her foot out and tripped her to make her stop.
"Oops.: Sakura feigned innocence. From the floor, Ino managed to get a hold of herself. She hated not knowing what was going on with the great Sasuke, but she hated even more that Sakura did. Standing up, she replaced the door to its proper position and leaned against it, her blue eyes begging Sakura for answers. Sakura, however, refused to answer until the insolent girl apologized for being so late and making her wait so long. Ino didn't quite catch on though, as evidenced by the fact that she went on in a quizzing manner and, upon receiving no answers from Sakura, made her own conclusion.
"Let me guess... Naruto is bothering Sasuke and we need to make him…learn his place." Ino smashed her fist into the palm of her hand and chuckled at the possibilities. Sakura caved, her resolve to ignore Ino fading as she corrected her misjudgment.
"Actually, I have observed Sasuke for a while now, being on his team and all, and I never saw him blush or look so much as ruffled, not even once. Evil? Yes. Psychotic? Yes." Ino glared daggers at Sakura. She continued on anyway. "Cocky? Definitely. But ruffled? Never."
"Yeah and?" Ino grew impatient, tapping her foot on the ground to show as much.
"Well, it would seem, Sasuke has a crush." Sakura answered, ignoring the sudden hearts in Ino's eyes.
"On whom?" She whispered, her hands clasped over her heart.
"On a certain blonde," Ino interrupted her before she could finish, Bouncing up high, Ino squealed in happiness.
"Me, Sakura, it's me, isn't it? Yes I knew it, Uchiha is all mine!" Sakura let her jump around on cloud nine a little before bringing her crashing back down to reality.
"Actually it's Naruto. You were close though, because you're both idiots." Sakura snickered slightly at her own joke.
"Come again?" The look of utter terror on the blonde genin's face told Sakura that Ino had heard what she said. That didn't stop her from repeating it twice more for her own enjoyment.
"What makes you think this? How could you ever Think that Sasuke would like that stupid Naruto? What the hell are you thinking, bringing such blasphemy like that into the sacred club Uchiha?" She continued to rant while Sakura got impatient. Sakura cleared her throat to get Ino's attention, but, seeing that it didn't work, she slapped Ino and waited until Ino broke herself of the shock before continuing.
"Now, Ino," she spoke in a consoling voice as one would speak to a child, "I know this may be quite upsetting. Trust me, I'm upset as well, but I know what i saw and what I saw was Uchiha Sasuke blushing every time Naruto got close to him! I'm sorry if this bothers you, as it bother me to. We are here to fix it , understand?" The calmness of Sakura's voice soothed Ino, nodding once she asked.
"So what do we do? Any ideas on the matter?"
"Well while I was waiting for you to get here," There was a bite in Sakura's voice, to which Ino smiled sheepishly, " I came up with a plan, and it goes like this, Sasuke doesn't like anything or anyone stupid right?"
"Right!" Ino echoed, nodding vigorously.
"Well Naruto is obviously a dumb ass right?"
"Obviously." Ino agreed heartily.
"Well Sasuke is a bit…blinded, perhaps by a momentary lapse of judgment; I must admit though when, that when he doesn't talk Naruto can be cute."
"What do we do?"
"We make Naruto look as stupid as we possibly can, which is going to be easy, the point is to crush Sasuke's crush until it vanishes.
"Operation Crush is in effect!" Ino shouted happily. Sakura grinned in response.
"All right Ino our first plan of action will be." The genin's voice lowered as she whispered in Ino's ear.
"That's geniously evil." She confirmed that she love the first action to take.
The two girls sat discussing the details of the plan until the sun began to sink without any though of their rivalry ebbing until the problem could be solved
Operation Crush was in effect.
Ah, so much dialogue. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Wonder what Sakura and Ino have in store for Naruto.
Sorry it took so long to get this chapter going, I blame it on school!
This is Mathais speaking here. It's partially my fault that this took so long as well, due to the fact that I repeatedly sent this back for revision.
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