A/N: What does it take to be a good writer? How about a really spectacular marvelous inspiring author? I don't know, I guess that's just one of my life's passions. It's to write. I enjoy receiving feedback from my readers. I am willing to accept criticism, and I am willing to give criticism. Not everyone's writing is perfect, and I just hope that everyone can accept that. After all, no one IS perfect…I don't mind being flamed, flames can also help me improve on my writing. I do admit, I can make some careless grammar mistakes (and can lower my SAT score) but other than that, I want everyone to know that they shouldn't mind being flamed. You are writing what you enjoy, and just one measly little flame shouldn't affect your love for writing. There shouldn't be an excuse. However, you can turn something bitter into sweetness. You can be a really great writer if you just have the right sharpened pencil. (quote made by me) Well, thank you very much for all of your reviews, non-flame or flame. Receiving feedback makes me feel good about my writing and makes me want to write even more! Well, I hope you'll like this chapter! I tried to lengthen it a little bit more than the previous chapter. Happy reading! Ü

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Previously on Dangerously Sixteen: Sakura couldn't find the acceptance to sit in the cafeteria so she decides to go to the bathroom where she overhears three girls gossiping about her. In PE, Naruto and Hinata get closer and Naruto attempts to ask Hinata out for dinner but is interrupted by some freshman girls. He ends up not able to ask Hinata the question. Ino comes in late and then helps Naruto out by pretending to ask him out to get the freshman girls off of him. When she comes home, she finds out why her father had left home once and for all. Sakura receives an "Unplanned parenthood" pamphlet from the school nurse.

Title: Chapter 18

"I know that what I did was troubled, but please, I want to fix everything," Kaiya kneeled down and embraced Kaede's legs.

"Kaiya, I seriously cannot do anything right now. Don't you see? There is no turning back, you just have to live with it, and Sakura has to live with what you did to her!" Kaede's midnight blue hair shone in the light as her friend was on her knees weeping.

"Kaiya, please leave." Kaede's head motioned Kaiya to the door.

"But Kaede…" Kaiya walked up to the door and put her hand on the knob.

"Go!" Kaede ordered her.

Kaiya breathed in and then walked out of the door in the middle of the night.

"Look, I'm doing all right in school. You don't have to worry about me," Neji stood in front of the living room while his parents were sipping green tea on the couch. Upstairs, Hinata quietly opened her door slightly to listen in on her cousin's conversation.

"I got a call from the principal Neji, how do you expect me to believe that you are failing three of your classes? Please tell me the truth, son." Mr. Hyuga's low voice bellowed out.

"Neji, you are only 16, in only one more year, you will graduate. And your father and I are worried about your decisions after high school and also…" Mrs. Hyuga was cut off by her husband.

"Are you planning to go to a four-year college? Are you going to medical school? Are you going to a community college? Are you going to have a place of your own in the next two years? What are your future plans?" Mr. Hyuga threw his questions at Neji.

Neji rolled his eyes and furiously let out a frustrated cry. "Mom, dad, I know what I'm going to do all right? The only thing that is going to keep me failing is you two always over my shoulder barging into my privacy and showering me with questions that I have numerously told you for the past fucking two years!"

Mrs. Hyuga nearly spilled her tea. His father had a stern look on his face and stood up before Neji.

"Hyuga Neji, your mother and I will not tolerate any profanity under this house." Mr. Hyuga let out his fierce words to Neji. After a few seconds, he held his chest and started panting furiously.

Neji's mother stood up by her husband and held him, trying to calm him down.

"Watch your heart, don't get too worked up all right?" Mrs. Hyuga coaxed him. She turned to look at her son.

"Neji, please do not anger your father anymore. You should be aware of his heart condition. Now, go upstairs and finish your homework. We will forget this ever happened, come on dear, let's bring you to the kitchen for your medicine," Mrs. Hyuga helped her husband walk to the kitchen.

Upstairs, Hinata saw Neji making his way up the stairs, and closed the door quickly and went over to her desk to continue studying for her Japan Literature exam tomorrow.

Just in the nick of time, the phone rang. Hinata closed her book and walked over to her bed and picked up the phone on her table.

"Konnichiwa, may I ask who's speaking?" Hinata politely greeted the person on the other line.

"Hey Hinata, it's Naruto,"

Hinata heard Naruto's voice and her eyes became alert. She placed her hand over the speaker and started to celebrate for a quick moment. She went over to the mirror and tried to straighten her hair.

"Wait a minute, he can't see you Hinata," Hinata said to herself.

Feeling the phone, Hinata realized that Naruto was still on the other end of the line.

"Hello, Naruto? Sorry about that," Hinata greeted him.

"Oh, it's all right, anyway, I called you today because um, well, I uh…"Naruto was stuttering his words.

"What, Naruto? Is there something you want to ask me?" Hinata thought for a second that Naruto was going to ask her out.

In a million years, she thought. Hinata shook off the silly thought of the chance of Naruto and her ever going out.

"Well, Hinata, I think that you're a great person, and I enjoyed talking to you a lot and just one day, something came to me," Naruto tried to make it sound as romantic as possible.

"Yeah, me too. I think you're really cool," Hinata said. Hinata hit her head and thought to herself, "Cool? Oh Hinata, you can say something better than just 'cool'!"

"Oh, thanks," Naruto thanked her.

"You're welcome," Hinata smiled.

"Well, er…um…Hinata?" Naruto closed his eyes and hoped for the best.

"Yes?"

"Would you like to…" before Naruto could ask Hinata, he heard someone on the other line.

Hinata turned and saw Neji walking toward her.

"Is that Naruto on the phone?" Neji asked.

"Yeah, he was going to ask me something," Hinata said, but then she noticed that Neji seemed like as if he needed to talk to Naruto, "…do you need the phone Neji?"

"Yeah, can I talk to him for a bit?" Neji asked.

"Sure," Hinata smiled and then talked to Naruto, "Hey Naruto? Neji wants to speak to you for a second," she handed the phone to him.

"Thanks cuz," Neji held the phone to his ear and then walked off to his room and started talking to Naruto.

Hinata went over to her bed and plopped onto it lying on her back. She spread her arms and legs apart and closed her eyes. That was the most awkward conversation she and Naruto have ever had this year. What was he going to ask her, she thought. At first, Hinata thought that Naruto was actually going to ask her out on a date. Opening her eyes, Hinata reminded herself for the fourth time that the possibility of the two ever going out is nil.

Half an hour passed and Hinata was trying to wait patiently on her bed. She could still hear Neji talking to Naruto on the phone. He heard laughing and comments about some girls.

GIRLS!

Hinata walked over to Neji's room. He and Naruto are talking about girls! But who?

"Yeah, she's cute, but she's more of your type," Neji laughed.

Hinata walked to up her cousin's door and placed her ear against the door and leaned against the door.

She heard some muffled laughing and words that sounds like "hot" and "nice" and "pretty" and "Hinari"

Hinari?

Hinata heard the word Hinari and immediately assumed that the boys were talking about her. She leaned closer and then screamed when she realized that the door wasn't all the closed. Hinata fell and landed on her face in the doorway of Neji's bedroom door.

Neji stopped his conversation and turned to see his cousin getting up on the floor.

"Naruto, hold on all right?" Neji placed the phone on the table and went over and helped his cousin up.

"Hinata what are you doing in here?" Neji asked.

Hinata rubbed her nose and shrugged.

"Oh yeah, sorry Hinata," Neji went over and got the phone and talked to Naruto.

"Hinata wants to talk to you," Neji grinned.

"No! Neji, no!" Hinata waved her hands at him stating her protest.

"All right, here she is," Neji goes to Hinata and hands her the phone.

"Hello?" Hinata greeted Naruto as she walked over to her room.

"Hey Hinata, how are you?" Naruto's voice seemed energized from Neji's conversation.

"Oh, well, I fell on my face, but I'm ok," Hinata stifled a laughter.

"Are you ok Hinata?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Hinata responded.

"Ok, that's good." Naruto sighed.

Hinata nodded her head and tried to think of something to say.

There was silence on the other end.

"Hinata," Naruto broke the silence.

"Y..Yeah?" Hinata answered.

"About awhile ago, before Neji interrupted us, I wanted to ask you something," Naruto replied.

"Oh, and what was it?" Hinata leaned her ear closer to the phone.

"Well, ok, Hinata, will you have the pleasure of going…" Naruto was interrupted by someone on his line.

"NARUTO! GET OFF THE PHONE!" a woman's voice called out to him.

"Who was that?" Hinata asked.

"Oh, it's my mom, hold on ok?" Naruto put the phone down and went downstairs.

"Mom, I'm talking to this girl on the phone," Naruto told his mom.

"Look, I'm waiting for a business call from the OC," his mother walked around the kitchen cutting up vegetables and boiling some chicken broth.

"What?" Naruto got confused.

"Orange County, honey." His mother reminded him.

(NOTE: Yeah, how random huh? I'm from there hehe)

"Oh, but I really want to ask this girl something," Naruto explained to his mom about what happened.

"Aw honey, how sweet," his mother went over to him and kissed him on the forehead, "but I still am waiting for an important call, so why don't you call her some other time, my call cannot wait, but can yours?" She resumed to the kitchen and approached the refrigerator.

"Yeah, I can wait," Naruto gloomily walked up to his room and picked up the phone.

"Hinata? I have to go, my mom is waiting for a call, I'll talk to you sometime all right?" Naruto regretfully said to her.

"Oh sure, it can wait," Hinata sweetly answered back.

The two hung up.

The next morning Kaiya sluggishly strolls to her house after a quick morning jog and knocks on the door. There was no answer. From the outside, Kaiya heard a phone ring. Finally, Kaiya realized that it was her phone ringing in the dining room.

Kaiya quickly went to the mailbox and looked around her. Her hand went underneath the mailbox and removed the tape that attached her emergency key on the bottom of the mailbox.

She ran to the door and unlocked the door and went in.

The sixteen year old girl ran to the dining room and picked up the phone with staggered breaths.

"Sasuke?" Kaiya recognized the familiar voice.

"We need to talk, meet me at the park near your house in fifteen," Sasuke hung up.

Kaiya looked at the phone and for the first time that morning, she smiled. Sasuke finally called her. Kaiya happily jogged up the stairs and went to take a quick shower and tried to pick out a pleasant looking top and jeans to look in front of Sasuke.

RING! RING! RING!

In the living room, Ino's mother was half asleep from her imbuement of vodka last night. She groggily went to the phone and answered it.

"Oh, Ino isn't here. She's gone," her mother sounded depressed.

Cutting off the other person on the line, her mother leisurely walked over to the couch and fell onto the cushions.

Sakura heard the line go blank and put it back on the receiver.

"Where is Ino?" she thought to herself.

She called Neji and he said that he didn't know where Ino was. Sakura then asked him where Sasuke was. Neji answered to her that Sasuke left to this park near Kaiya's house.

"Thanks," Sakura hung up the phone and strolled down the spiral staircase. Before she could leave the place, her father stopped her.

"Honey, can you step into my office?" his father held his daughter's hand and walked her into his office as if she was still a little girl.

Sakura crossed her arms and crossed her legs as she sat onto the leather seat.

"What do you want?"

Sakura's father sat in his master chair and leaned against the mahogany desk toward his daughter. The pink-haired girl glanced at the huge piles of contracts and paperwork her father never got to. There were pencils and pens scattered over the desk and a mug of coffee that must've been there for three days.

"I received a call from a company. Their corporation is in need of money and they asked me to lend them some money,"

"And what does that have to do with me?" Sakura brushed a strand of hair from her forehead.

"Well, you know how I am, I refused to loan them cash," Mr. Haruno held his hands together on the desk, "the CEO asked me what it would take for me to help in order to keep their company from going under,"

"Ok…and still, what does that have to do with me? I really have to go somewhere," Sakura was getting irritated.

"Well, it came down to the last resort and I made a proposition to them, honey," Mr. Haruno informed his daughter.

"And that is?"

"Well, I asked them if I could buy their company since they don't have anything else," Mr. Haruno continued, "and well the President refused, he told me that he wanted his son to take over the enterprise after he passes away. I told him that there is no other choice. But then, he made another proposition that I couldn't resist. Since the man is almost a few years away from being dead, he wants to see his son marry," he said.

"Oh, shit," Sakura's nightmare unraveled.

"He said that if his son found someone to marry, he will soon merge our two companies together. Kind of like a last request from the poor man, and I will be the sole CEO of the companies." Mr. Haruno finished.

"No way in hell will I marry, I'm only 16!" Sakura stood up.

"Sakura, sit down, there is no need to panic. I have made all the arrangements. You will meet the boy in two days. He will be flying from London to see you."

"LONDON?" Sakura gasped.

"Well of course, honey. I am taking over an English company, but don't worry, I've heard that his son is quite a gentleman. He'll sweet you off your feet in no time, dear," Mr. Haruno grinned.

"I am not going to have this conversation again! I told you that I am not going to marry! Will you ever respect my decision?" Sakura fused.

"Sakura honey, if I take over, I will make trillions of money and I will find us a better place to live and you won't have to worry about security because I will provide for you, and besides, a husband is an extra bonus for you in the package. AND, I want a grandchild, Sakura." Mr. Haruno strictly listed all the things he desired.

"A grandchild? Well, dad, you don't have to worry about that," Sakura sat down and leaned against the leather interior in a business-like way.

An eyebrow shifted up, "What do you mean?" he asked.

Sakura grinned evily and headed toward the door, "I'll be back soon, tell mom my love,"

In the cold air, Sasuke put his hands in his faded jeans' pockets and his black hair flowed against the cool breeze.

"Sasuke!" a voice cried out in a distance. Sasuke turned his head around and smiled.

"I've been waiting for you, Kaiya," he greeted the lavender-haired girl.

"I'm happy that you called me, I haven't talked to you in person in such a long time!" Kaiya leapt to embrace Sasuke.

Sasuke hugged her back, but he had a serious look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Kaiya began to worry.

"I heard what happened over at Hinata's place. Are you ok?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah, I tend to overreact, sorry if I worried you," Kaiya was so content that Sasuke actually was concerned about her.

"Oh, well, I just wanted to ask you about what you said to Hinata," Sasuke's low voice darted Kaiya's heart.

"What?" Kaiya started to tremble.

"Well Sakura called me asking if you were ok, she said that you literally had a breakdown over at Neji's place," Sasuke informed her.

Oh, so little miss Haruno decided to play hero for Kaiya, she thought.

"Sakura called you?" Kaiya asked.

"Well yeah, she is my friend, what do you expect? And besides, she was worried about you, about your breakdown and everything," Sasuke continued.

"Why? Why Sakura? Why do you even listen to her?" Kaiya started to raise her voice.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "Kaiya, are you ok? You're shaking,"

"Do you like her?" Kaiya looked away, balling up her fists.

"Who? Sakura?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes, do you?" Kaiya gazed into those onyx orbs she fell in love with.

"I don't know, I tend to keep feelings to myself," Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest.

"So do you like her? Or do you have feelings for her? Or do you hate her?" Kaiya asked him.

"Are you ok Kaiya?" Sasuke asked.

"What is it in Sakura that everyone seems to love her huh? Why can't you like me too? I've tried to get everyone to notice me but, noooo, they overlooked the quiet girl," Kaiya bursted out.

"Kaiya, get a hold of yourself!" Sasuke held her by the shoulders.

"Why should I? No one likes me, neither do you!" Kaiya cried.

"Kaiya, I do like you all right? As a friend, I am here for you, and you need help," Sasuke held his grasp on Kaiya more firmer.

"No, Sasuke, let go of me! I do not need help!" Kaiya tried to wriggle from Sasuke's hold.

"Kaiya, you need help," Sasuke tried to hold her.

"Sasuke…I don't need anyone's help," Kaiya broke down.

"Then what then? What do you want?" Sasuke shook Kaiya gently.

"I…" Kaiya started to weep, "I need you Sasuke,"

Sasuke was shocked at her words.

"See? Exactly what I predicted, you don't feel the same way as me," Kaiya wiped a few tears from her face and walked away from him.

Sasuke ran to her and caught up with Kaiya. He stopped her from going any further and grabs her hand and pulls her close to him.

"It's ok Kaiya, everything is all right." Sasuke embraced the weak girl.

"Sasuke…Sasuke…Sasuke…" Kaiya repeated his name.

"Yes, I'm here, I'm here Kaiya," Sasuke tried to comfort Kaiya. He felt Kaiya's cold body and realized that she was weak and had a frail spirit. As he held her close to his chest, he felt Kaiya had lost a major amount of weight for the past few days he has seen her.

"I'm cold Sasuke, hold me closer," Kaiya closed her eyes and a tear fell from her eyes.

"Shh, it's ok. I'll do whatever I can to help you Kaiya, I'll get you help, it's ok," Sasuke held her closer to him. He rested his head on hers and closed his eyes and comforted Kaiya.

At that moment, Sakura wrapped her arms around her red leather jacket that was on her. The cold wind was blowing against her face, and she continued onto the street. She walked down and saw the park that Neji described to her.

Sakura immediately saw Sasuke, and started to run to him and when she got within a few yards away from him, she saw Sasuke was holding another girl. Kaiya.

She could see Kaiya's face facing her on Sasuke's shoulder. Sakura noticed that Sasuke was facing his back toward her.

When she was about to leave, Sakura thought she had seen Kaiya give her a smile in the arms of Sasuke. A smile, Sakura has never seen before.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review! xD