I'm so sorry this took forever to get out. But as most of you should know, the end of year tests are coming soon. My parents are making me study till my hair is falling out. (I'm not joking.)

Anyways, because of the end of year tests, the next chapter won't be out until after the 13 of May. So till then.

PG-13

Sakura's POV

Not mine.

Chapter 11
The school bell rang loudly telling us school was officially out. I walked slowly out the doors, being one of the last kids out of school with my crutches making my walking speed at least half of what it used to be. Ino followed lazily behind me with her head hanging low. I sighed.

"Why have you been so down today? Just 'cause you've lost your memory doesn't mean the world will end." Ino snapped her head up, staring me down with an expression somewhere in between anger and helplessness. "Jeez," I said with another sigh, "Look, I'm here. I'm not depressed, just lost in thought a lot. Ha, I rhymed." My eyes lingered back to Ino, whose own eyes were staring at the ground again. I frowned and decided to test my unfortunate friend. I began move a bit faster, leaning both crutches forward each time and hopping as far as possible to increase my speed. I reached the speed of an average run for a person. I turned to see Ino behind me, running to catch up, a look of slight surprise filled her face.

I laughed joyously, "Catch me if you can!" I then heard something unexpected: I heard Ino laugh and saw her beginning to speed up. I was then reminded of when we first met, but she was the one to start the race, not me. Maybe some things would come back to her. I sure hope so. I miss the old Ino. This one is nice… But never-the-less, she's not the Ino I fell in love with.

Ino spoke out to me from behind, "Hey, are we there yet, or are you just being weird?"

"We're almost there," I answered back.

She then replied with a tone of astonishment, "How can you move so fast with those?"

I just laughed and kept moving.

The ground beneath me suddenly felt like jell-o as I began to take a tumble. I looked to see a pebble under one of my crutches and screamed as I hit the ground. Ino came running up from behind with fear in her voice, "Sakura? Are you alright?" It all felt like a dream. My body was as though I were floating upon a huge cloud up there in the sky. I felt a bit numb as well, but I guess it was mostly on my head where it hurt. Thank god, I didn't hurt my leg any further.

In my delirious state I began to fade into imagination. I saw Ino above me. Her face glowed with beauty and she smiled, speaking just below a whisper, "Sakura, it's alright. I'm here. No more harm will come now, so chill." I smiled back and leaned my head up. Seeing this, her smile turned into a grin. "You too, huh?" She said as she leaned in to kiss me. The floating feeling I had before was nothing compared to this. My heart thudded against my ribs, threatening to escape me.

What I hadn't noticed was that that was all fake. Ino smacked me across the face, with her own face bright, cherry red. I gasped slightly, "Oh my god, did I…?"

She nodded, "You started to smile weirdly after I asked if you were ok and then you… you…" She blushed harder.

I found the crutches near me and stood. I bowed my head in to ask forgiveness, "I'm so sorry. I… I was delirious; I didn't know what was happening. I'm sorry if I…" A hand set itself on my face and pulled my head to look up. I stared into Ino's eyes and she just smiled.

"It's ok, you didn't offend me. Just, well, surprised me, that's all. You hit your head there pretty hard, at least you still have your memory." Behind her smile, I saw the pain in her words.

When I turned around to finish heading home, I saw that we were already there. We must've ran for a while. I shrugged and headed to the house checking behind me to make sure Ino stayed close.

Mom wasn't home yet. A wave of relief swept over me. I told Ino to wait right on living room couch while I fixed a sandwich. I cut the sandwich in two and gave Ino one half. She smiled, "This house is nice."

I waved my hand in the air, "Stop being so polite. You've been here many times before, and you've already said all that nice stuff." Actually she had never once commented on the house, she was always to busy chatting with me. Maybe that's why mom hates her, Ino wasn't the most polite thing around. No, mom wouldn't get so fussy over that.

I decided to give Ino the grand tour, again, of my home. There was nothing special. We had a second floor and that was the most fascinating thing here because not many houses around here had second floors, and most everything was old and condemned.

"And lastly, this here is our room. It was only mine, but I decided you can share it too. Do you want the floor or the bed? I don't mind either way." Ino scanned the room closely. Her eyes seemed to show signs of recognizing a few items. I was joyful to see that, even though I didn't show it on my face.

She spoke softly, "I guess I'll take the bed… but…"

"Don't worry, I'll set up some things on the floor for me, it's ok." I glanced at Ino again. She shook her head in a form of response to my comment, and finished what she was saying.

"But… I don't want to be alone."

I was taken by surprise with her request. I remembered hearing myself saying something like that earlier.

"…I don't want you to be alone."

Had my words stuck to her?

Before I could think more about what Ino had said, the phone rang. I said nothing to Ino, who just sat there staring into my room as though it were haunted, as I ran to the phone downstairs in the kitchen.

"Hello?"

"Uh… h-hello, this is Hinata. Is this Sakura?"

"Oh hey, Hinata. Yeah, it's me. I wasn't expecting you to call." I turned around to get comfortable against the counter and saw Ino standing just in front of me. I nearly jumped out of my skin. "Ino! Don't do that! Oops, sorry Hinata, Ino just popped out of no where in front of me."

I heard a small giggle on the other side of the phone, followed by a short pause. "I was calling to ask you something."

"Sure, go ahead."

Ino, in front of me, just watched me. Her eyes seemed to burn into the phone. Surprised again by her actions, I felt that she must've been angry at the caller for interrupting us.

Hinata hesitated again, "I ju-just got a call fr-from Tenten. She wanted me to stop by her house. She didn't tell me any reason why. Should I go?" I blinked dumbly. That was expected. The way Tenten was staring at Hinata earlier would make someone a bit edgy.

"I'm not sure. But I guess you should, she did ask nicely didn't she? Maybe she wants help with homework, or maybe it's something she doesn't want to talk about on the phone."

"You're right. I'll go. Okay, see you at school tomorrow, Sakura."

"You too, Hinata." I said before I clicked off the phone. Ino still stared at the phone. I don't believe she blinked once.

"Well, let's go back upsta–"

"I'm home, Sakura!" My mom announced as she entered the house.

TBC…
Okay, there you go. Now time for review replies:

Nejisaku4ever: Awww, thank you! I love getting comments that tell me what scenes they liked. (It tells me what I should write next.)

Yohko no Gothika: Yeah he's ugly. Haven't you seen him? Why wouldn't Ino think that? Seriously. Remember the old Ino and her obsession for looks? I got that idea for what he did to Shikamaru from my old fifth grade teacher. A similar incident had happened to him. Yeah, I hope there's some SasuNaru. Who cares? The more gay characters there are, the more fans we seem to gain.

Spork ai: I'm thinking of cutting down some of the couplings. Sorry, but I tried to challenge myself and screwed up horribly. Of course Orochimaru is mean; he's… mean. Thank you, Hinata is easy to write because I tend to be like her a lot. I know, I can't wait to write what'll happen with Mrs. Haruno either.

The Ganhara: Finally, someone telling me what I do wrong. I see what you mean by the idea needs to be better developed, but hey, I tried. Angst and drama isn't usually my thing. Her hate isn't pointless. Her character is based upon my best friend's mother who hates me for absolutely no reason. But I have come up with a reason to the hatred towards Ino and you will know in the next chapter. I know, that love did come out of no where, didn't it? Sorry 'bout that. Oh well, I needed one of them to realize they loved the other before something…. were to happen. I hate how shoujo-ai is so neglected. I'm trying to get more fans of it by writing this. And actually, if you think about it, that's just one class out of the entire school, and it's not that hard to believe, trust me.

Yugi-obsessed: Yummy, brownies! No, not the whole school. Just this class and a bunch of the teachers. I'm glad I'm keeping it up too. But sometime in maybe three chapters, it'll be over. I can't wait for that either, because I really love the ending I have planned.

OK, now, R&R and I'll see you peoples in two weeks or so.