Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters from Naruto, rub it in why don't you?

A/N: And finally my BIG plot twist! I had so much fun with this! Bwahahahahaha! Please review.

Yamanaka Ino was evil. This was a truth that Sasuke had slowly learned to acknowledge. Why he would think this, he had one very good reason. More than one in fact. The one that immediately came to mind was that Sakura could not seem to keep her mouth shut. This was something that Ino also knew, and had taken advantage of.

The second reason would be that Ino had a strange way of convincing weaker-minded men to do her bidding. One promise of a meal at their favorite restaurant and they were hers. In this case Naruto or Chouji, more likely Chouji seeing as Sakura was involved. Sasuke snorted, Naruto had already called to yell at him for making Sakura cry the other night. Ino had definitely planned this, that much was absolutely certain.

And this…This was just evil.

Here it was that Sasuke found himself, locked in a closet somewhere. And he was not alone. He was stuck in a closet with Sakura. She had already confessed to spilling their scene from the night before to an only too-willing-to-listen Ino.

"I'm so sorry, Sasuke-kun," Sakura sniffed, she didn't seem to be enjoying this anymore than he was. " I s-should've known s-she would do s-something…"

"Shut up already," Sasuke commanded in an agitated tone and Sakura quickly silenced. "I can't figure out where we are if you keep talking."

Sasuke pressed an ear to the door and listened for any footsteps or other sounds from the outside. The room they were in was only about five or six square feet of floor space, at the most. That meant he could try a fireball, but he'd more than likely end up killing them both.

"Damn Ino…" Sasuke finally gave up and turned away from the door. They had already found that there were no light switches in there, so Sasuke tried to make his way to the back of their prison but ended up tripping over one of Sakura's legs.

Sakura cried out in pain, apparently Sasuke was heavier than her looked – especially when he came down hard. He jumped up and tried to calm her down.

"Sakura, relax already!" Sasuke sat down carefully where he was.

"I think you sprained my ankle, Sasuke."

"You can't me serious."

"Oh what? You think I always scream like that?"

"Well…."

"Sasuke! You're so mean!" Sakura's voice broke and there were more muffled sounds.

"Sakura? Are you crying?"

"No…" Came the reply in a strained and obviously hurt voice.

"Oh my God…" Sasuke sighed and sat back against the nearest wall. Sakura continued to sniffle and Sasuke tried to think of how long it would take them to get out. If they were at the academy, it would be a few days seeing as it was now the weekend.

"Oi…What am I gonna tell Hinata?" Sasuke wondered out loud.

"The truth is always a good idea," Sakura suggested. "You said you were on the way back from her house and got ambushed or something?"

"Yeah, I don't even know how it happened," He groaned. He was weak enough to be captured by Ino's minions, he'd never be able to kill that man…

"Probably got hit with that technique of Ino's, then she walked you in or something," Sakura sniffed once more, but sounded much better. "Better than me, I got jumped when I went out to bring the dog back in."

"Do you know who did it?"

"No clue," Sakura sounded calmer. Sasuke was slightly suspicious that she'd had something to do with this but felt too tired to ask about it. Before either of them knew it, Sasuke had fallen asleep next to Sakura.

She eyed him greedily as he finally dozed off, ideas forming as she breathed gently. .: He's all yours! Go for it:. Inner Sakura screamed but she still hesitated. The memory of a few moments ago came to her; Sasuke's dark figure leaned up against the door cursing Ino under his breath.

"I'm not going to be like that," She whispered to herself. "I won't stoop to Ino's level."

She cautiously scooted closer and leaned against him ever so slightly. After all, how is she supposed to sleep without some kind of pillow?

"Um…Hi, Sasuke-kun, it's Hinata…again," Hinata began her third message on Sasuke's machine. " I was just …wondering… well, um, I haven't heard from you so, um…please call me when you can. Bye."

"He's still not answering?" Neji asked, as he happened to catch Hinata trying to call Sasuke.

"No," Hinata studied the floor. "Nothing, I hope he's okay."

"I don't, then he'd have no reason not to answer the phone."

"Neji!"

"Just saying what I think, sorry Hinata-sama," Neji held up his hands in mock defeat. He was a little surprised, it was one of the first times she hadn't called him 'nee-san'. The time with Sasuke seemed to have improved her self-confidence.

Hinata rolled her eyes at her cousin and went down the hallway towards her room. Neji stayed put for a moment, staring at the phone. Hinata looked back at him casually before going into her room, smiling slightly.

"Neji-nee-san," Hinata started and he tore his gaze from the phone. "You should just call her."

"I-I don't know what you're talking about," He replied in the most dignified and emotionless manner he could muster. Neji's cheeks turned the faintest shade of pink and he turned back to the phone. Hinata shook her head and went into her room.

She lingered in the doorway a moment, waiting for it. She heard him lift the receiver and start dialing, sounding uncertain as his fingers hit the keys. Hinata grinned as she overheard her cousin, in his most polite voice, ask to speak with Tenten.

"All you need is love…"Hinata sang to herself with a sad smile as she went and sat on her bed, thinking.