This is a Story of a Girl

Hello, hello! Well... this is my fourth chappie of this fic. So far it's going good! But I have no idea what I want from it. So- no idea where it's going.. Just going along with the flow I guess. I have an idea for the pairing... But I am so not going to tell you people. Lol. Ok. Maybe I will.. just to get you guy's input on this whole thing. I'm thinking maybe Sakura x OC? Or Sakura x Gaara? No offence or anything but the whole thing with Sasuke is just dead. D-E-A-D in this fic. No matter how much I love SasuSaku- I must sacrifice it. And KakaSaku is really wrong right now. Especially since Sakura is 14. That's my age and I really don't want her to date some thirty-year-old man even if he is as sexy as Kakashi.

So Sakura x OC? Sakura x Gaara? Sakura x Naruto? Sakura x Neji? Take a vote people! It's your lucky day- I'm feeling democratic! Although I think I'm just going to go with the Sakura x OC. Bleh. Such a tough decision.

So with my random blabbling finished.. I give you... chapter four!

Act 4: Friendship Lasts Forever

You were everything I wanted

But I just can't finish what I started

There's no room on my back

It was damaged long ago

Though you swear that you are true

I still pick my friends over you...

- New Found Glory -

THINGS TO DO:

Treat Naruto to ramen.

Attempt to rekindle the friendship between Ino and I.

Find ways to secretly murder the Uchiha brat in his sleep.

TRAIN!

Laundry must not forget- no clean underwear left!!!

July 21st

Naruto's appetite is amazing. Actually... Beyond amazing- It's unbelievable. I mean, you haven't seen a man eat until you've seen Naruto and his bowls of miso ramen. Thanks Naruto- now I'm broke.

There is nothing worst than being a pink-haired, flat-chested (oh, believe me. I am flat- I just measured this morning), broke GENIN, who has practically just eradicated from her team because of two stupid bastards (a.k..a Uchiha brat and Kakashi-sensei.) Great. My life is just great! Fantastic, really! Wait until Tsunade-sama hears about this.

I wonder how she'll take it. She always takes politeness-to-your-elders so seriously. I would too, if Naruto called me an old hag every time he saw me. On the bright side, today I finally got out of the hospital. One day early, I might add. What can I say? Revenge can do things to you.

Speaking of which... I haven't seen that Uchiha brat all day. I wonder if Kakashi-sensei warned him not to approach me. Ha! That's right! HIDE IN MY PRESENCE BUT I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN LIKE A BIRD DOES TO ITS PREY! Whatever. I have better things to do than to think about what HE'S doing right now.

So anyways... I saw Naruto this morning and I treated him to ramen. Big mistake, on account of the fact that I am now broke and Naruto's probably somewhere with a huge stomach ache with the amount of ramen he's eaten today. Honestly- that kid could die one day because of constipation or diarrhea! Hmm.... Maybe I should go make him something healthier to eat? Like a burger or something- just so he can get the four food groups and because I still feel guilty with the way that I've treated him. Well, you know what they say, "Tame the man by his stomach."

So, we were both eating our ramen, when all of a sudden Naruto asks me this really stupid question.

He asked, "Sakura-chan, do you still love Sasuke-bastard?", while twiddling his thumbs with a depressed look on his face.

Puh-leeze. Do I still have feelings for that kid? Of course I do. Only they're feelings of extreme and deep hate unlike the previous feelings of love and mushiness. When I told Naruto this, he brightened up so much that it wasn't even funny. Even I had to smile at this. But then, of course, being Naruto, he just had to say the next thing: "YAY! SAKURA-CHAN HATES SASUKE-BASTARD! NOW SHE'S ALL MINE! MINE, MINE, MINE!!"

Which, then resulted in a big slap across the face. You'd think that after all these years that he might smarten up a little. But then... he's Naruto. What can you expect? Besides.... He might claim that he loves me but he really doesn't. It's just.. a crush. A simple, little crush. Nothing serious like true love. I hope that one day, he might wake up from dream that he has of us getting married because let me tell you- that isn't going to happen. Not in a million years. No way. Zero chance at all.

You might wonder why. But the answer is simple- I suspect that he might have feelings for Hinata underneath it all. Maybe all he needs is a little guidance towards the right direction and VOILA! Perfect couple numero deux created by me, Ms. Sakura to think about it.... They would actually make an incredibly adorable couple! And I know for sure that Hinata is head over heels in love with Naruto- I can so tell. With the way she twiddles her thumbs when he's around, how she always turn bright red, her stuttering.... Aww..... Just thinking about them makes me excited. Then... the solid piece of evidence that Hinata loves Naruto- she confessed to me, herself.

I have decided! I, Sakura Haruno, have taken to a new mission in... MATCHMAKING! Watch my supreme skills as I become the Cupid of Konoha! Naruto and Hinata... just you wait.

Later...

Well. I see that news in Konoha travel fast. Very fast. False news too, in fact. You know- it seems like everybody in Konoha has nothing better to do than listen to some loser tell everyone that I treated Naruto to ramen. Great. I bet you they're going: "Ohh... Do you think they did it? They are so young! But then, you can never tell with that Naruto. But Sakura? I would've never guessed?" Puh-leeze. Get over it.

Besides... what do they think I am? Some sort of sap who will screw whoever she meets? Excuse me... but I am still a virgin! That's right- I still have my innocence and to tell you truth, I have no intention of ever losing it. Until my wedding night, of course- if I do get married in the first place which I highly doubt because what kind of a loser would want to marry a pink-haired, broke, flat-chested Genin who has absolutely no sex appeal at all? When I told Ino this, she just looked at me blankly for a second and started laughing her ass off.

Thanks Ino- that was just the biggest boost to my self confidence that I have ever had. But then she told me how silly I was to think that I was ugly.

"We all have our insecurities." She said.

Yeah. Sure. Insecurities. My insecurities are just more on the reality side. I mean, come on. When I looked in to the mirror, all I see is this pale girl with short pink hair and green eyes. When you look at her closely, you will be able to see how plant-like she looks. I look like a freakin plant! Now, I don't know if you consider plant people attractive in your culture but I know that people in my culture sure don't. I mean... are you crazy?

When I questioned Ino about her sanity, she just started laughing all over again. Geez.... You'd think that with the number of laughs I was getting each day, I should just quit being a shinobi and pursue a career in comedy. Can't you see it?

"Hi. My name is Sakura Haruno and I am a plant person."

And then everybody in the crowd would laugh their asses off and toss dollars on the stage and that would end my broke-ness. As if.

"You know, Sakura.. I really missed you." Ino said with a sad look in her eyes.

That totally snapped me out of my reverie of being a filthy rich comedian. My eyes widened a bit. I mean, this was INO we're talking about. Ino doesn't admit mistakes- she usually just yells at you until you admit that you're wrong, even If you were right. And so, she just walked into my house and tells me all about what the people are saying about Naruto and I and then she pulls this one on me. Wow- talk about a way to make an apology.

But honestly... I felt kind of good. I mean, I haven't had a proper female friend since... Hinata but I haven't seen her all that often because she usually has do to something for the Main branch of the Hyuuga house. I felt kind of relieved when Ino told me that she missed me because.. well... to tell you the truth... I miss her too. There was only one Ino and she was really quite loveable under all those temper tantrums and toughness. Like, I used to remember all the times when she'd come after school and we'd play G.I Jane or something. And how we used to tell our deepest, darkest secrets to each other. I really missed that. Maybe my mom was right when she said that I had an extreme lack of femininity in my life.

I realized that I must've zoned out a bit when Ino was just staring at me, a bit bewildered on why I wasn't giving her a response.

"Well... to tell you the truth- I miss you too! I mean, who would I gossip with? Who would I play G.I Jane with? I miss those times and it was really stupid on how it was all because of that Uchiha brat." I replied.

Then, tears started winding up in her eyes. "Please.. Don't cry!", I prayed. Because honestly... I had no idea what do to if she started crying on me. I started praying and praying and praying and still... all my efforts were wasted when the waterworks started. All I could really do was sit there and hug her.

After a while, after the tears subsided, we managed to have a normal talk about stuff and that's when I learned that she and Shikamaru were getting serious. Well... I was expecting it since she and him had been together for two years but still. It's kind of freaky when they're only fourteen and thinking about marriage. Yeah. That's it. They were thinking about being married.

With him being a Jounin and all, there's not a very big chance that he would even live to be 25, she explained. Therefore, in Ino-logic, now would be the perfect time to get married.

That kind of freaked me out. Like, no offence or anything, but you're talking to a girl who hasn't talked about marriage, romance and fluffy things like that for a long time. Instead of talking about the girly things which are now like strangers to me, I have been talking about battle strategies, how to amputate when necessary, the reserves of chakra, bloody battles and strategizing on how to kill other people. So naturally, I have become unaccustomed to this.

So, my natural response to when Ino asked me about what she should do was perfectly acceptable: "Um... I don't know."

Then she just glares at me as if I didn't really care about her love life- which I did but I just don't quite understand, if you know what I mean. Then I had to go on and explain about how I couldn't help her anyway because I had no love life of my own.

Oh. My. God. I have no love life of my own. It is one thing to be completely flat-chested, broke AND pink-haired but to not have a love life either? How can life be so cruel? I just realized the minimal experience that I have had with guys. No guy has ever looked at me in a I-want-to-be-more-than-a-friend way except for Lee. That's a completely different story considering the fact that now Lee and I are very good friends and all his romantic feelings for me in the past are now vanished. But that's besides the point. Oh god. I really need to get a boyfriend. Now I totally see what my mother meant by being eaten by the evil masculinities.

When I told Ino this, she gasped and for once- somebody finally understands my horror. She told me that with this rate, I would never get laid until I'm thirty, which according to her was a very, very bad thing. I could care less about getting laid. It's just my sanity that bugs me. As I read over my journal, I have realized that I am becoming more and more Uchiha-brattish every single day. That is not meant to be taken as a compliment. Oh lord. I think I need a personality make-over.

However, I didn't seem to notice the fact that I was thinking out loud, which gave Ino the advantage of hearing my despairs. She looked at me and smiled that devilish Ino smile and said, "We're going shopping."

With that, she pulled me off my couch and out the door. The rest, as you can imagine is a horror story that must never be repeated. (Which I will tell another day.)

Gosh, can you get anymore unlucky as me?