HAPPY EASTER! (And to those who don't celebrate it like my friend Fishcake, "Hope you had a great weekend!")

Sorry it took so long to update. Because of my lack of update, I made this chappie extra long (sorta)! Yay!

Not much else to say, but I sure hope you enjoy this.

PG-13

Sakura's POV

Not mine chara, but definitely my plot.

Chapter 6
This weekend I had a fight with my mom. I've been grounded and mom drives me to school everyday. But what happened wasn't that much. I don't understand why my mom hates Ino so much.

"You shouldn't hang out with that Ino girl." Mom said when I got home late Saturday night from hanging out with Ino at the arcade.

I sighed angrily, "Mom, I've told you before, she's my best friend. And anyways, she's the coolest thing that's happened to me since we left dad."

"Don't you speak of that man in our house!" Mom yelled sharply, "Look at what this girl has down to you! She's making you act like her; a delinquent! I forbid you to hang out with her from this point on!"

"I hate you!" I yelled at my mother.

My mom huffed, and calmed her voice back down trying to reason with me, "Sakura, honey, please. I know you two are friends, but she is not the type of person I want you hanging out with."

I rolled my eyes, "Mother, she's not what she seems! You don't know her like I do! She's my best friend!" With those final two words, I ran out of the house, slamming the door behind me. I caught Ino standing outside. She had dropped me off and must've heard what happened. Her eyes formed tears that did not fall.

"Thank you for standing up for me." She said below a whisper.

I was still a bit angry, but my friend was much more important that my anger at my mother. "It was nothing."

Ino leaned forward and hugged me tightly. A slight breeze brushed through our hair, but we didn't pay much attention to it.

"Ok, class!" Iruka yelled from the front of the room, "Today we have two new students. First is Gaara. He's been sick for over a month and he missed the beginning of school. Say hi to everyone Gaara." Iruka would be a better elementary school teacher.

The boy Gaara looked like a colorful goth. His hair blazed in fire red colors that made his eyes glow neon green. He seemed to have never slept in his life because his eyes had very dark colors all around them. But what weirder was the tattoo on his forehead: it was the Japanese kanji for love. Love! That didn't suit his style from what I could see.

I saw him look over the class. His eyes lingered on me for a moment; maybe it was because I made eyes contact with those neon eyes, or maybe something else. But he didn't say anything to the class, just nodded.

Next to him was a beautiful girl. Her brown hair reached halfway down her back. She smiled at everyone and closed her hazel eyes. She was just so pretty and her frame was very slender and elegant. I couldn't help but smile back when her eyes scanned the class and passed by me. She already seemed like a very nice person.

Iruka said aloud, "And this other boy here is Haku. He just moved here." The whole class dropped their jaws: A BOY! That beautiful girl there was a boy! That was a surprise.

Naruto glared at Gaara. He saw Gaara look at me. I didn't understand their glares to each other and shrugged it off. Next to me, Ino watched Haku take his seat in front of us.

"We are starting our second week of school today, so get out your books and turn to…" Our teacher then resumed his teachings from Friday. All throughout our class period I caught Gaara looking at me. But he never showed any expression while staring at me. Multiple times I got shivers from his eyes. When the bell rang, telling us class was over, Haku stood up and walked over to me. His voice was almost as feminine as his looks, "I believe the gothic boy Gaara has a crush on you." And he turned quickly and left with a smile.

A sudden shudder shot throughout my body as I felt something near me. I turned sharply, but no one was there. But I did see Naruto watching Gaara like a hawk as he left the room. Ino plopped her hand on my shoulder, "Chill out Sakura. You seem scared."

I shrugged, pretending nothing happened, "I'm fine. Let's go."

After lunch was Tsunade's class. Ino was going to skip this class, but I managed to drag her in with me. I looked around as we entered the class, and as I feared, Gaara was here. But, in some weird way, I felt safe in Tsunades' class. She was strict and mean, and nothing got by her, so there was no way the creepy Gaara could do anything but stare at me. Within minutes, Ino was asleep next to me, with her nose in the book Tsunade assigned us to read to ourselves. She didn't teach much that I knew of. Haku had finished reading his book; the ENTIRE thing. And guess what we were reading? "The Grapes of Wrath" And yet I was only on the fifth chapter! We had to finish reading this by the end of the semester. But Haku had… Wow. Even Tsunade was surprised when Haku put his book down and sat quietly with his hands on his desk.

She walked up to him and decided to test him by asking questions of what happened. Oddly enough he got everything right! Tsunade said simply when they were done, "Well, then get started on your book report." And turned on her heel to sit back down, the expression of surprise did not leave her face the entire time.

Luckily for me, somehow, Gaara didn't look my way one time. He seemed to be annoyed at the book he was forced to read. Naruto was also having trouble. I sighed and saw Sasuke. He was flipping through the pages, barely scanning each, with a slight look of jealousy on his face. I swooned. Oh, isn't Sasuke just so great no matter what he does?

On our way to P.E., Ino chattered to me. She talked more than I at times.

"Remember what Haku said earlier? You know, about that weird kid Gaara? Why are you taking this so lightly Sakura?" I sighed and slowed my speed. Ino did as well.

I spoke quietly, "I'm not taking this lightly. Down look, but if you can catch him, Gaara is following us. I mean I know he also has P.E. too, but he's following us, not just walking to P.E. Do you see him?" Ino turned slightly, and I was right. There he was, pretending to get a drink at the fountain, just a few yards behind us. Ino faced me and said calmly, "Ok then, let's speed up."

We made it to P.E. in one piece, with Gaara trailing behind slowly. Our P.E. teacher, Gai, was already cheering on Lee who was making his way around the track as warm-up exercise. What a show-off! I did a few stretches and began running on the track. Ino followed me. We made eye contact and silently told each other to race. I sped off without warning and Ino was on my tail. She was catching up fast, so I pushed myself faster. I looked behind me quickly and laughed at Ino. But I caught out of the corner of my eye, Gaara. His red hair was easily seen in the light. When I turned around, I saw Sasuke right in front of me. I couldn't slow myself down and he wasn't really running, just jogging.

"Sasuke, look out!" I screamed. I couldn't stop my run and tripped over Sasuke. I went flying into Shikamaru, who was sleeping peacefully on the side of track. But my former speed kept me flying even after hitting him. I hit the gravel with a sickening thud and my leg caught on something. I screamed in pain, and curled in a ball with my hands gripping my ankle. I heard Sasuke yell at me, "You dumb girl! Watch where you're going next time, and maybe you won't get hurt." That struck me right in the heart.

Everyone on the track seemed to stop what they were doing and ran towards me. I looked up and saw Ino hovering over me. She sat herself down next to me and examined my ankle. Gai and Lee came speeding I my direction yelling stuff like, "What happened? You okay?" Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Naruto pounce on Gaara. "It's all your fault! You jerk!" Kicks and punches were all over the place. Gai didn't have much to say to me when he walked up.

"You have sprained your ankle! Ino, take her down to the nurses' office." Ino nodded and watched as Gai ran to break up the fight between Naruto and Gaara. I laughed when he got a fist in his face causing him to fall down to the ground.

Ino helped me up. We began our way to the bridge.

Our school had some good things. Like for example, our P.E. classes are always down on a hill that is across a creek almost sized enough to be a river. There is a giant bridge over this creek, and the bridge is actually an expansion of the second floor of our school. It was made into looking like a hall from our school.

As we enter the bridge hall, Ino felt I was strong enough to walk on my own. And I could walk actually once I got used to the pain.

"C'mon!" Ino snapped at me. I followed her down the hallway, with my limp affecting my speed.

"Shuddup! I'm coming!" I yelled back at the annoying older blonde, "Can't you see the twisted ankle here?" I pointed to my left leg, glaring at my best friend.

Ino sighed and stopped, leaning against the wall to wait for me. "Look, don't get all fussy about it. Besides it's not that bad a wound, I've had worse."

"That's encouraging." I muttered sarcastically as I hobbled as fast as I could with a twisted ankle.

We made it to the end of the hall where the stairway was inconveniently placed for a high school. I sighed as I peered over the railing. A whole bunch of stairs stood beneath me. I sighed and looked at Ino sadly. "Why doesn't this school have an elevator?"

Ino scoffed and skipped down a few steps, and spoke quietly, not intending for anyone to here, "Because it's a cheap-ass school." I giggled a bit as I set my foot down and began climbing down the plain white stairs holding myself up with the railing. Paint chipped here and there as my hand brushed over it, sending a ticklish sensation up my arm. Lifting my uninjured foot lightly down to the next step, I looked around to see how far I had gone. Not much. Ino was hopping down the steps like a little child, mumbling about the bad things in this school. I just smiled, but her smile didn't last long.

My head started spinning and before she had a chance to grip tightly on the railing, I lost control of my body. The world around me swayed as my body swayed from side to side. I began fearing what would happen to me. My eyes saw nothing but colors of the world around me, mixing and fading off to black. I managed to do one thing before falling over the rail, unconscious:

Scream.

I came to when I had landed. Seeing Ino laying beneath me brought a strong blush to my cheeks. Without the strength to move much, I attempted to wake Ino.

"Hey, Ino. Get up. C'mon, Ino. I need your help," I said as I shook Inos' shoulders. Ino opened her eyes slowly. "Ino! Yes, you're awake. Can you get up?"

"Yes." She said as she slid out from under me and sat up on a stair. I laid back against the stairs I landed on. "Are you ok?" I asked Ino.

Ino nodded, but her eyes said otherwise. Can I ask you something?" I looked at her and nodded slightly. "Who are you?"

TBC…
Wow! That was fun to write! I've been eating all my Easter candy so I'm SUPER HYPER right now! Blah! Ok, reviews…

Lady of Gryffindor: Yup, SasuNaru is in most all of my fics, and might happen in this one. But we'll just see.

Spork ai: Ok, so he's not a jerk, but he's mean a lot. Yes, I agree to the stick-up-the-as comment. Happy? I added Gaara and Haku. And thanks for asking for them to be in here, cuz they were really useful in helping me write this chappie. THANKS!

Yugi-obsessed: Well, then I'm happy you love my writing, and if you like it so much, then try out some of my other fics.

Kiki-chan: YISH! How are you? I came up with this cool saying about my story, "The ending begins where the beginning began." Sorry, I just had to tell you that. Sasuke didn't diss her to her face, but good enough, doncha think? Thanks for that idea. There'll be some Sakura angst in the next chappie or so. Sorry, I don't think I'll use the idea of them fighting in a different way over Sasuke. But then again… I might, but in a different way then you said. Gah! I can't be telling this! Just you wait, and review something cool, I'll work on the next chappie ASAP with a fair chunk of angst. If you think it's interesting now, just you wait. And uhhh… YISH, love ya too!

Ok, I'm getting too hyper, I gotta go.

Review, and I'll see you soon, peoples!