AnimeCrasherz: Whoa, four chapters and this story is held in the span of one and a half days. Okay so now the characters are Naruto, Sakura, Hinata, Sasuke, and Kiba... and Akamaru.

Lies and Confusion

If I were a pair of idiots, where would I be... Sasuke thought to himself as he wandered aimlessly throught the crowds.

Of course! The ramen stand! He had thought that maybe Sakura had dragged Naruto to do some random girl things she would want to do, butNaruto would HAVE to have his ramen first.

Sasuke frolicked over to the ramen stand -not really- and came up behind it. He found Sakura sitting there alone, in a pink and red kimono that matched her hair.

"Sakura." Sasuke grabbed her arm roughly to get her attention.

She pulled her arm back, turning around to face him."Sa-Sasuke? What do you want?"

Sakura had never gotten the chance to ask Sasuke out to the Kyuubi festival, going with Naruto and all, she hadn't even spoken to him in days!

What could he possibly want?

"I need to ask you something." Sasuke paused for a moment, deep in thought, his eyebrows furrowed at the mental image of Hinata."It's important, I guess." Sakura misintrepreted his troubled expression. She didn't know exactly what to think of it, but her assumptions were far from the truth.

"W-well, I suppose a simple question wouldn't hurt." she heaved a deep sigh. "Shoot."

Sasuke carefully remembered what he was supposed to ask her. It was only then that he realized... Naruto was gone!

"Uh, Sakura? Where's Naruto?" he looked around for a moment, expecting for him to stupidly pop out of nowhere in a stupid fashion looking very stupid.

"He's... not here at the moment." Sasuke knew Sakura was hiding something, but he knew he shouldn't push it. (Ooh what happened?)

"So about the question... Sakura?"

"Yes Sasuke?"

"Do you like Naruto?"

Sakura's eyes went wide and she went frozen. Kind of like Hinata.

Do I like Naruto?What kind of a question is that? Think about it Sakura... Inner Sakura was having serioius emotional turmoil. Sasuke comes up to you, with this serious look on his face, and he wants to ask you something. Something... important. Then it turns out he wants to know it you like Naruto?

"I-" Sakura banged her fist on the table, "Of couse I don't!" It seems that Inner Sakura had taken over for a moment.

This sucks! Inner Sakura remained inner once more.

"Okay, okay!" Sasuke got up to leave.

Sakura held back the urge to say something more, but instead just watched his retreating figure being lost in the crowds.

"This really sucks..." she whispered to herself.

Sakura's Flashback...

"Naruto, I have to tell you something. Something you should really know." Sakura was reluctant to face Naruto. She had to get this out, she just couldn't look him in the eye.

"Is it about what's been bothering you this whole time?" Naruto smiled, unaware of the sad truth. "Okay, Sakura, spill. I'll listen."

"Well, it's not about me. It's about Hinata." Sakura stopped walking for a moment. She was looking at the grassy ground, then took a moment to observe the foresty place they stood in, away from the crowds and commotion.

"Hinata? You know I took you on this date for you and only you, Sakura." Naruto grabbed her hand, but she pulled it back.

"It's not that! It's just... Hinata really likes you. REALLY likes you. She has for a while now. And this... this date..." she trailed off, not sure how to reject him lightly.

Naruto grabed Sakura's arm this time, and dragged her closer. "Who cares about Hinata!"

"I do!" Sakura struggled to break from his grip. "I can't do this to her! This date was only a mistake Naruto. I was going to ask if you could go with HER!" Finally she broke free, and began to run.

She zoned out Naruto's shouts as she ran away.

End Flashback.

And now here she sat, miserable and drinking a non-alcoholic drink.

Oblivious to each other, Sakura, Hinata, Kiba and Naruto were sitting in booths pretty close to one another.

They all took longs gulps of their drinks and slammed then down on the table. Except for Hinata who was polite.

I wonder where Hinata is... Kiba thought to himself. Ah well. I should enjoy myself anyways! "Come on Akamaru, let's go get us some food!"

Meanwhile Sasuke meandered back to where Hinata was sitting gloomily.

"Oy." he caught her attention.

"S-Sasuke... d-d-did you ask Sakura?"

"I did. I didn't think I'd have to for me to know the answer, and I was right."

Hinata was utterly confused. "What?"

"She doesn't like Naruto."

"Then why would she... I"m sorry Sasuke. I have to go." She got up, and bowed. "Thank you."

Maybe I should check on Kiba... Hinata thought. I left him alone for a while.

But when Hinata went over to the booth Kiba said he'd be in, he wasn't there! Hinata didn't know whether to feel guilty or abandoned...

Until something else made her feel a million different emotions.

Naruto.

Naruto came and sat down in the booth that Kiba WOULD be in.

Hinata just stared. And to her horror, he caught her staring. There was no time to duck behind something now.

Naruto remembered what Sakura had said to him before. "Hinata?" he said.

"Y-y-y-yes N-Na-Naruto-k-kun?"

"Come here. I'll buy you a drink." It's the least I can do... he figured.

AnimeCrasherz: A lot of conflict in this. No romance/pairing crud yet. That's all in the next chapters! Trust me, if you don't want Hinata and Naruto together, then I can make it so that she says "No I don't want a drink" or something. Don't be discouraged from reading it.

Since a lot of you voted differently (this includes my friends who are telling me to write this story) this should have some king of... alternate ending chapters or something to make everyone happy. Would that be good? Or is it somehow not allowed...

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