A/n: Here is Chapter 4 for all of you, sorry for leaving you all there. Before I go back to school (I'm studying at a boarding school so I won't be able to update for a long time…), I'd give this long chapter for everyone as a gift before I go. Thank you for your reviews. Here are my answers for them.

Sakurachild: -smiles- well, Shikamaru is not really mean, he just did that because he really thought she was lying and so to stop her from doing so. Sakura is in…you'll see here…and also…I think the chapter title will give you a clue. – winks- thank you for reviewing!

littlewolfblossom: Ok, maybe you mixed up, but this is how it goes: Shikamaru said Sasuke's fist hurt because awhile before that, Sasuke punched the wall, although it wasn't that at all true, at least when they were inspected, they would see some swelling on his fist so they wont be caught lying. And to get the two of them back, Sasuke punched Neji's arm and made an excuse that Neji too was hurt. So that's how it goes ne? I hope it answer the question. Thanks for the review!

Kurenai Chinoumi: -laughs- sorry about that cliffy and well…you'll see here what happened to Sakura. Thanks for reviewing!

Lexy499: thank you! I'm so glad you liked it!

KawaiiIchigoNeko: thank you! Here is the update, I'm glad you're really liking it.

sakuraninjagirl: fufu…well…you'll see…miko is my character. I don't really mind if people hate her or like her. She's just one of the minor characters, not really important. About the cliffie, sorry about that. Chapter Three is suppose to be way longer, but I decided to cut it there because it exceeds the limit I have put upon all my stories. Don't worry here is the next. I hope you'll like this. Thanks for reviewing.

Frostbite Wings: A broken bone is not invalid these days. I didn't say Sakura told the teacher her bone was broken. So maybe you misunderstood it. Well anyway, thanks for the review.

A/n: On with the Chapter

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters but I own Ibuki Miko. (Who cares about her, she's just a side character!)

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Chapter 4: Detention

"What Ino!" Sasuke asked.

Ino's lips formed a thin line and she went really pale. She shook her head and pointed at the right upper corner of the blackboard.

Sasuke followed her hand and saw a small words but a long list written on the side of the blackboard she was pointing at.

"What is that Ino?" Shikamaru asked as he too looked at the list Ino was pointing at.

"Read it." Ino said.

"Haruno Sakura:…Photocopy first year's test papers…class 2-1 Sports coach assistant…lunch break for five minutes…write pages 251 to 278 of Biology on the bio lab blackboard…clean 4th floor corridor after class…collect scattered tennis balls after tennis club practice…help the library fix the book shelves after closing…get excuse slip, do a final errand that teacher will give to you and have it signed by him/her, then you may go…" Neji read loud enough for the four of them to hear.

"What the!" Sasuke exclaimed.

"Is that…" Neji began.

"A detention list!" Shikamaru finished.

Ino nodded. Sasuke stared at her unable to believe.

"What! But that schedule looks as if it will be finished late at night! How is she supposed to do that!" Sasuke exclaimed in a whisper.

"I know…! I want to help her…it such a bad day today…and this must be her worst birthday in her whole life ever—"

"Wait, what do you mean birthd—" Sasuke began.

"It's her birthday today." Ino said.

Sasuke looked away, pondering on his thoughts deeply.

"…I want to help her…but we were all warned that if we try to help her…we will get a much bigger amount of the detention too that she did." Ino explained.

"Why did she get detention anyway?" Neji asked although he already had a hint why.

"I don't know…all she said to our sensei is "…I am late sensei, I'm sorry. I have no excuse for it."…she must've though…I know her…" Ino said.

"She does. But why didn't she say it?" Shikamaru asked her.

"I don't know…even today at break, she told me to go ahead with ten-ten and just leave her by herself since Naruto-kun promised to go with her but…we saw Naruto-kun that same time too and he was with Hinata…We saw Sakura again, but I don't know, she just hurried down the stairs when she heard ten-ten called her as if she's running away or something…" Ino said.

The bell rang and everyone filled out of the room to go on separate directions heading for their next class. Sasuke, Neji, and Shikamaru went down the stairs towards the other building for their next subject. They passed the library, and then, Sasuke finally saw her.

Sakura was standing at the copy machine with a three tall stacks of papers piled on the floor beside her, and another two stacks on her other side. She squatted every now and then and Sasuke guessed it must be because she was standing for so long.

Sasuke started to walk towards her but Shikamaru stopped him and pulled him away to their next class.

"You shouldn't Sasuke. You heard Ino. You'll get yourself in trouble." Neji said.

"…But you saw her…it's too much!" Sasuke said.

"We're not allowed to help her Sasuke! We couldn't do anything. End of topic. Come on!" Shikamaru said.

Sasuke just frowned at them but he didn't push the topic further although his mind was already thinking of plans how to help her.

Shikamaru and Neji pulled him inside the room quickly before he decided to run off and help her.

Sakura finished photocopying papers and she finally made her way down the grassy field where class 2-1 were gathering for their sports class. She walked towards the teacher and started helping him when suddenly someone called her.

"Sakura-chan?"

She recognized the voice immediately as Naruto's but even to her surprise, she found herself not wanting to look back at him or turn around.

Naruto took her by the arm and turn her around to face him when she didn't reply. She looked at him blankly with her eyebrows slightly knitted. She wrung her arm away from his grasp.

"Sakura—"

"No Naruto. You didn't keep it. And I was waiting for you, all by myself, luckily someone really made such an effort to keep me company while you on the other hand didn't even care to notify me you can't go today." Sakura said.

"Sakura I can explain please listen to me." Naruto said.

"Oh yeah, well here's your chance now, give it your best shot." Sakura snapped back bitterly.

Naruto knew that she was really mad at him but he knew he couldn't tell her he had been with Hinata that time he failed to meet her at break.

"I had to stay up inside the classroom to finish some work Sakura. I didn't even go out of the room until the bell finally rang signaling for the next class! I missed the whole break Sakura—"

"Oh really? You're an excellent liar Naruto. I saw you with Hinata today at break and now you're telling me you stayed up the whole time inside the room. You're so pathetic." Sakura said.

"Sakura—"

"Stop it Naruto! I've had enough!"

"It's not like I wanted it to happen this way!"

"You did Naruto! You did want it! You're the only one who made things go this way!"

"How dare—"

"Yeah, I dare you! It's the truth!"

She didn't know what happened the next blink, but she found her stomach aching in pain, and she, coughing out blood. She fell on her knees and clutched her stomach with her right hand, her other, pushed to the ground, supporting her weight from falling.

With Sasuke…

Sasuke was twirling his pen in at his hand when he looked out suddenly from the window. He saw class 2-1 gathering with their sports coach but he didn't see Sakura anywhere around them. He looked at Shikamaru and Neji who were looking back at him curiously.

"Hey…Ino mentioned two people named Naruto and Hinata. Who are they?" Sasuke asked.

"Hinata is my cousin. I heard Naruto likes her a lot." Neji said.

"Naruto and Sakura are very close to each other, but we don't know why." Shikamaru added.

Sasuke just nodded at them thanks and turned back to look at the window. His eyes widened in shock when he saw Sakura being punched by someone with a yellow hair, and the yellow haired guy just left her there falling to the ground, hurting.

He shot up from his seat before either Shikamaru or Neji could stop him or see what he's up to. The whole class turned to him all with puzzled expressions.

"Uchiha-san? Is there a problem?" their teacher asked.

"Sasuke…! What are you doing? Sit down!" Shikamaru whispered to him.

"Please excuse me sensei. I have to go." Sasuke said grabbing his bag and ran off.

"Oi! Sasuke!" Neji called him back. Sasuke didn't even look back though. He just waved an arm once swiftly.

His heart was pounding hard against his chest. Horrible thoughts came to his mind about what might be happening to Sakura right now. He hurried down the last steps of the stairs and he dashed out of the building heading towards the fields where he last saw Sakura was.

On his way, he saw a blur of yellow and orange dashing past him towards the building. He skidded to a stop and looked back but he saw that whatever that is was gone.

A crowd was already gathering around her when he came beside her. Everyone was looking horrified and panicky. Sasuke saw Hinata looking around her uncomfortably like she was looking for something with her facial expression looking confused.

He kneeled down beside Sakura and carried her in his arms as he made his way away from the crowd. He looked at Sakura and saw her eyebrows slightly knitted with her face looking so bothered and hurt. She had her eyes closed and was unconscious.

Sasuke carried her down the basement where the school clinic was. He entered the room and immediately the school nurse went to help him take Sakura into one of the school beds.
Sakura woke up half an hour later, looking around and finding Sasuke sitting beside her, watching her.

"Sakura…!" Sasuke began.

"…Sasuke…?" Sakura whispered.

"What happened? Tell me what happened. I saw you back there. A guy with a yellow hair did something. Tell me, did he hurt you?" Sasuke asked.

When Sakura heard just what Sasuke had said, she was in the verge of tears, so she quickly looked down and wiped her eyes before it started to come out. Sasuke felt anger burning inside him as she saw Sakura's reaction despite of her, trying to hide it.

Both of them looked up suddenly when the door opened.

Sakura's POV

The door suddenly opened and at once, I knew who was it, judging by the color of hair I see. Naruto actually had the guts to see me. For the first time in my life, I felt myself not even wanting to see him.

Sasuke's POV

The guy with the yellow hair just came in. What nerves he had, showing up after hurting Sakura like that! I will make sure he pays back more than full! I looked to him then at Sakura and then at once, I moved to block him from making his way to her.

Normal POV

Sasuke felt the anger bursting from inside him. His eyes narrowed dangerously and he spoke up at Naruto with a difference in his voice.

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked.

"I'm here to talk to Sakura." Naruto replied.

"Why do you want to talk to her now, didn't you just hurt her?" Sasuke said.

"What do you care! It's our business so—"

"Naruto stop it!" Sakura screamed suddenly making both Sasuke and Naruto look at her.

"He has more right on this business than you do, so stop being stupid! Get away, I don't want to talk to you and I don't even want to see you." Sakura said firmly, eyeing Naruto darkly.

"Sakura…" Naruto began.

"Don't call me that, Uzumaki Naruto. It's over." Sakura said.

A/n: Well, what do you know? Chapter 4 is over! This is suppose to be longer, I don't know how long will it take, and whew! This is really a long day! Imagine that! The start of this very day starts at Chapter one and even at Chapter four it's not finish, well, what do you know? Hehe! Ok, anyway, I'm trying to reduce the Japanese words now as much as I can, since a lot of people wanted it to be English, so ok…I don't think I have anything to translate…if I do, please tell me. I'm actually back at school now, and I finished the half the chapter when I came back after a week, cause yeah I'm only here on weekends. Updates are gonna take slower than usual, I'm sorry about that. I'm really stressed at school…Well, anyway, please r and r. I'm sorry if I'm leaving you again with this cliffhanger. I am really sorry…well I hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter…I'll try to update as soon as possible.

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