A/N: Ok, today I just sneaked a chance to update another chapter of Dangerously Sixteen. I couldn't let you guys in on the suspense for too long, can I? Nah, I'm not mean. XD. That chapter was SOOO hard to do, because I tried to lengthen the killing scene into 13 pages on Microsoft Word. Yes, it was 13 pages long…I think, I double-spaced so yeah. I hope you enjoy this chapter too. I apologize if it's too short, but it's all I have in my writing capacity at 9:14 pm on a school night. Usually, on the weekend, I would have up to 3000+ words per chapter, but since tonight is Wednesday, I have school tomorrow, so I have to type this up and go to bed later. So, as always…Happy Reading!

Previously On Dangerously Sixteen: Kaiya tries to kill Sakura, but she dodges her first few bullets and makes it to the pool and accidentally falls in and Kaiya goes after her. Sakura gets out of the pool and gets knocked out. Kaiya pulls the trigger.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the copyrighted characters in Naruto, except for those you have never ever heard of! Yes, there are some.

Title: Chapter 22

Kaiya slowly lifted up her gun and pointed it at Sakura. She adjusted the grip onto the firearm and moved closer to Sakura's body.

Kaiya aimed the weapon at Sakura and grinned ominously.

"Say goodbye, bitch…" Kaiya pulled the trigger.

From behind her, a young man leaped onto her and struggled for the gun. Luckily, he moved the gun before Kaiya could aim it at Sakura. It hit something else.

"Get off of me, Sasuke!" Kaiya fought for her grip on the firearm. A bullet was shot in the air as they wrestled for the handgun.

"Kaiya, you need help, I know how," Sasuke held Kaiya's hand and gripped the gun in her hand firmly and tried to seize it from her.

Holding tightly, Kaiya threw her head defiantly, "No, let go! I don't need your help!"

Kaiya pushed Sasuke and landed on top of him. Her face was a few inches away from Sasuke's pale skin.

"Don't mess with me, or else you'll get hurt, too," the girl threatened him with a harsh tone.

Sasuke rolled over and was on top of Kaiya.

"Try me," Sasuke retrieved the weapon from Kaiya's hand and immediately got up.

"ARGH, GIVE ME THE FUCKING GUN!" Kaiya screamed at Sasuke.

She ran toward him and moved violently around Sasuke to fight for the gun. Kaiya kicked Sasuke where it hurts, and Sasuke coiled his body to cope with the pain.

Kaiya, laughing horridly, went over to the unconscious body of Sakura and aimed at her, but Sasuke ran and pushed Kaiya to the ground with her gun, as it fired.

No one was hurt.

Kaiya, on top of Sasuke now, sits on top of him and lands a few cold air punches, knocking Sasuke almost unconscious. As a response, Sasuke got up and apologized to Kaiya.

"Forgive me for this," Sasuke apologized.

Kaiya looked at him, confused.

Sasuke walked up to her and threw a strong blow to Kaiya's left cheek that sent her flying to the ground. The firearm flew from her hand and landed a few feet away from Sakura's body.

Kaiya got up, and straightened herself up.

"I thought you loved me," Kaiya whispered.

Wiping a few drops of blood from his lip, Sasuke choked a smile.

"If I were in Hell, I still wouldn't," he replied.

Fuming with anger, Sasuke drew the last straw for her. She rushed to Sasuke and threw him backwards onto the cement floor and grasped her hands around his neck and tried to choke the life out of him.

Fighting back, Sasuke holds his hands against Kaiya's grip. He tried to pry her hands from his neck. Her locked grip imprisoned Sasuke's neck.

Sasuke attempted to get Kaiya off of him, but it was too late.

A gun went off.

Sasuke opened his eyes and felt Kaiya's body fall on top of him.

Sasuke looked up and smiled.

There she was, Sakura stood in front of Sasuke with Kaiya's gun in her hand.

"I've had…enough," Sakura answered softly.

The young man looked at Kaiya on top of him. She didn't move.

Taking heavy breaths, Sakura had a few cuts on her face and body. After she pulled the trigger, Sakura's knees trembled and she fell onto her knees with the gun in her hand.

Just then, police sirens could be heard in the neighborhood.

Neighbors turned on their lights after they heard the gunshot be fired. Dogs barked furiously in the middle of the night, as neighbors tried to shush the dogs.

People five doors down got out of their house to see what was going on.

On her knees, Sakura didn't move. Her eyes were fixed on Kaiya's body that was limping on Sasuke.

Sasuke pulled himself together and held Kaiya in his arms and got up.

Three police officers went over to the backyard where the teenagers were. Sakura got up and gazed at Sasuke. She was glad to see him.

Sakura turned around and saw the police officers, grabbing Sakura by the arm.

"Wait," Sakura could barely get her voice out anymore.

The police officers dragged her to the front of the mansion while Sasuke held Kaiya and followed them.

"SASUKE!" Ino pulled up her vehicle and got out of the car and ran over to him. When she reached Sasuke, she saw Kaiya lying in his arms. She was bleeding.

"What happened?" Ino's face portrayed concern and confusion. The blonde looked at the police cars and an Ambulance that drove near the sidewalk.

Ino went over to her car and found that everyone else came, including the neighbors.

"SAKURA! SAKURA!" Hinata called out to Sakura, who was being handcuffed by the police.

"Ma'am you need to step back, we are in the middle of an attempted homicide here," one of the police officers was spreading caution tape around the Haruno mansion.

"But, she didn't kill anyone!" Ino turned to Sakura's defense as she went over to the officers.

Sakura stood still, and quiet.

Another officer walked over to Sakura and led her to his car.

"You have the right to remain silent, anything you may say will be later held against you in court," the officer read Sakura her rights. Sakura had her hands behind her and was guided to the vehicle by the officer. The police slammed the door shut on her.

Just then, Mr. Haruno's car pulled up. Mrs. Haruno got out and looked around. She saw her daughter's friends and went over to Ino.

"Ino, what happened? Is Sakura all right?" she was worried.

Ino had a disappointed look on her face, and pointed to the car. Mr. Haruno walked up beside his wife and glanced at the vehicle with his wife where their daughter was in.

"She didn't kill anyone, the police think she did," Ino tried to calm Sakura's parents down.

"What is this?" Mr. Haruno went over to the officers who were rolling the caution tape.

"Excuse me, this is my property! You have no right to put this yellow tape around my home, and release my daughter at once!" Mr. Haruno ordered the police.

"Sir, if you want your daughter released, you will have to speak with the Judge, or get her a lawyer," the police officer with the tape answered him.

"This is absurd!" Mr. Haruno stepped over the tape as the officers ordered him not to go to his home.

"Are you forbidding me to go into my own house? Where does it say in your little police book, that a citizen cannot enter into his own home?" Mr. Haruno shouted at the police officers.

"Sir, you are stepping on property that a homicide could have been taken place. I advise you, sir, to take a step from the grass and come over here. We have other officers coming here to investigate," the policeman advised him.

"What, this is ridiculous," Mr. Haruno murmured to himself as he reached his wife.

The Ambulance arrived and carried Kaiya onto a stretcher and gave her air supply and shipped her into the vehicle and brought Sasuke along, too.

A few minutes later, reporters came pouring into the neighborhood showering the Haruno family with questions and also Sakura's friends. They were on camera, and they did their best not to reveal any details to the Press.

"Sir, do you know the young lady who shot the teenager?"

"Ma'am, could you answer some questions for the Tokyo Express News?"

"How do you feel about this event?"

"Could you explain to me why those two had a rocky relationship?"

"What made Ms. Haruno shoot Kaiya?"

"Will Ms. Haruno be charged with murder charges?"

"Who is innocent?"

"Sir, could you tell me who is guilty?"

The Ambulance and police cars drove off into the distance.

Days later, in the jail cells, Sakura sat in her cell in an orange jumpsuit. Her long pink hair was pale and uncombed for three days. She had been in jail for the past 72 hours, and she did not like any bit of it.

Rumors spread like wildfire in the cells about Sakura.

Sakura's inmate was a woman in her mid thirties whose hair was ragged and she was haggard, from the possible lack of sleep.

"So you killed a girl, eh?" she wheezed at her.

"No, I did it in defense," Sakura defended herself.

"You hear that girls?" her inmate called out to the other prisoners.

"HAHA, that's what they ALL say!" the other inmates cackled at Sakura.

"Don't worry, that girl probably deserved to be killed eh?" Sakura's inmate asked.

"She was my friend, and I didn't want to kill her," Sakura softly answered.

"Friend? Let me tell you something missy, friends don't fire guns at each other. I can tell you that for sure. People like that are not friends, they got no shit," the inmate explained.

Sakura nodded and stared out the window.

"Beep…beep…beep," Sasuke's monitor released normal brain waves.

"Don't worry ma'am, he is going to wake up soon, his heart is in good condition, he has a minor concussion in the back of his head, but other than that, he will be fine," the doctor explained to Ino.

Ino sat by his bedside and placed her hand in Sasuke's.

Shikamaru and the others came into the room and gathered around Sasuke's bed.

"Did the doc say he's going to be ok?" Shikamaru went behind Ino and placed his hands on her shoulder for comfort.

"Yeah, he has a small concussion on the back of his head," Ino told him.

"Did he lose his memory or something?" Naruto walked toward Sasuke to check on him.

"No, Naruto. Sasuke still has his memory," Ino replied.

Hinata, worried, walked over to Naruto and looked at Ino.

"Ino, when was the last time you ate?" Hinata was concerned for Ino.

"I don't know," Ino shrugged.

"Let me get you something to eat, you need something to eat Ino, it's not good for you," Hinata said to Ino. She asked the others if they wanted anything to eat, they all said no. Hinata left the room.

"I'll let you guys alone with him," Ino smiled at the guys and went outside of the room where Kaede came out of Kaiya's room.

"How is she?" Ino tried to make herself concerned for Kaiya, but she couldn't. Kaiya tried to kill her best friend.

"She's in vital condition, she lost a lot of blood," Kaede reported.

"Hm," Ino walked off and went into the waiting room.

"You have ten minutes," an officer held Sakura by the arm and directed her to a small room where she will talk to her visitor.

"Oh, honey!" Mrs. Haruno went up and embraced Sakura tightly.

"Here, I got you your favorite dish, the jail probably didn't feed you good food, did they?" Mrs. Haruno held her daughter's hand and sat down across from her in a silver table.

Mr. Haruno sat in front of Sakura with a man beside him.

"Sakura, this man next to me, is going to be your lawyer," Mr. Haruno explained.

"I don't need a lawyer, I have my rights," Sakura ignored him.

Worried, Mrs. Haruno told her daughter, "Honey, listen to your father. He's concerned about you and we want you out, but we can't bail you out."

"As you can see, charges are held against you for firing at a minor and she is in critical condition in the hospital. If she dies, you will be charged for murder," her lawyer explained.

"I'm a minor too, asshole," Sakura pointed out.

"SAKURA, that is no way to speak to your lawyer," Mr. Haruno addressed his daughter cruelly.

"Whatever, so when are the trials?" Sakura leaned against her chair.

"The court hearing will be held next week where the victim, and some witnesses will be testifying in the court. You will be expected to testify there," the lawyer held out some papers to show Sakura.

"Me, testify? No. And also, Kaiya wasn't the victim. I WAS. She tried to kill me!" Sakura pushed her chair away and got up.

"The police does not believe that, when they arrived, they saw you with a gun in your hand. And she was unconscious by then," the lawyer told the facts to her.

Sakura slammed her fists onto the table, "SHE WAS FUCKING INSANE!"

"Sakura, control yourself!" Mrs. Haruno tried to calm her daughter down.

"I understand what you are saying, but it is all up to the judge and jury right now. When you arrive there, expect yourself to be interrogated harshly by the minor's lawyer. He will corner you with questions that could manipulate the entire outcome of the hearing. I expect you to have a full rest and eat well this week. You will need the energy," Sakura's lawyer advised her.

The officer came up and told Sakura her time was up.

She was then led out of the room and into her jail cell.

"I didn't kill her, Neji, you know I didn't," Sakura placed the phone beside her ear and stared at the glass window.

Across from her, Neji looked at Sakura and nodded his head.

"I know, she tried to kill you Sakura, we all know that," Neji supported Sakura.

Smiling, Sakura leaned toward the window and thanked Neji for visiting her. Across from them, some of her inmates were having phone conversations to their visitors across from them but were between the glass windows.

"Are you ready for the court hearing?" Neji asked her.

"I don't know, is Kaiya going to be there?" Sakura shuddered.

"Don't worry, you're innocent so you don't have anything to worry about," Neji calmed her down.

Pressing the phone against her ear, Sakura closed her eyes and whispered into the earpiece, "What if they say that I'm guilty? What next?"

"Don't think that, you'll be declared innocent, there has got to be something that'll make the jury believe that," Neji replied.

"But the police saw me with the gun," Sakura said.

"You were defending yourself," Neji tried to think of solutions for Sakura.

"But…what if they don't think that? Come on, Neji, tell me that there hasn't been a case where the defendant was found over the victim's body with a gun when the police came in. Surely, they're going to side with Kaiya. She's in critical condition right now, if she dies…" Sakura tried not to cry in front of Neji.

"Hey, it's ok," Neji comforted her.

"I don't know what to do, look at me, Neji. I'm in a fucking jumpsuit," Sakura ran her fingers through her tangled pink hair.

"Don't worry, you look sexy in orange, it's a new 'pink' for you now," Neji grinned at her.

Sakura managed to make a laugh.

"Thanks Neji," she beamed at him.

"Anytime," Neji responded.

Sasuke's heart monitor was beeping normally. The young man slowly opened his eyes and breathed into the breathing instrument that was plastered over his nose.

"Where am I?" Sasuke thought to himself. Beside him, he saw his friends napping close to his bed.

Sasuke looks around and realized that he was in a hospital room. He looked at his arms and saw tubes attached to his arm.

"Hey, you woke up," Shikamaru greeted Sasuke.

"Yeah, I feel like a rock hit my head," Sasuke groaned as he moved his head.

"I know, the doc said that you got a small concussion on the back of your head," Shikamaru told him.

"I remember, I fell onto the concrete at Sakura's backyard," Sasuke's eyes were wide open when he mentioned Sakura's name.

"Where's Sakura? Is she ok?" Sasuke asked him.

"She's in jail, charges of attempted murder are piled up against her," Shikamaru explained.

"Why? Kaiya tried to kill her, she's the one who should be guilty," Sasuke said.

"I don't know man, you have to be there at the court hearing next Tuesday," Shikamaru sat on his bedside.

"I hope she's all right," Sasuke whispered.

"Who, Kaiya?" Shikamaru asked.

"No, Sakura…the last time I saw her, she was in shock after she shot that gun, she probably has never used a gun before," Sasuke sighed.

"That's our Sakura," Shikamaru smiled.

Everyone gathered around in the court hearing that Tuesday afternoon.

The bailiff greeted the bystanders.

"All rise as Judge Toko arrives into the courthouse," he introduced the Judge. Everyone stood up and when the Judge sat down, everyone else did.

"This is case 5197. The defendant is Haruno Sakura with her lawyer Georgio Heero, and the prosecutor is Yamamoto Kaiya with her lawyer Silvio Mamoru," the bailiff read off the introduction.

"All right, let's start this hearing," the judge pointed at Sakura to make her the first to testify.

A/N: Sorry if it's short, please review!