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Ok, so you're back for more. Well, this chapter is the same day as the last, just so you know. Well, lets go!

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Chapter Four

Naruto and Sakura in Trouble!

After school that day, Sakura and Naruto decided to go get some ice cream in the park.

"I'm dieing for food. I haven't eaten all day!" Naruto said, his stomach rumbling.

"Ok, but first I have to grab my bag. I'll be down in a flash." Sakura then took off up the stairs, racing for her locker. Once she reached her hall, she froze. Standing at his locker, which was right next to hers, was Saskue, and with him a girl, and they were… kissing! Sakura shock her head in disbelief. 'No, this can't be! He can't be taken… can he?'

Actually, they weren't kissing, just really, really close to it. The girl had leaned in, but Sasuke didn't seem to eager about the idea.

"What are you doing?" he said. The girl quickly flashed open her eyes, and pulled away.

"I just thought…"

Sakura recognized the voice… "Ino…" she muttered under her breath. She then realized she was out the open, so she quickly ducked behind a nearby garbage can.

"No you didn't. Why would I want to kiss you?"

Sakura thought he was being a bit harsh, but inside, she was cheering him on.

"I…I…" Ino quickly lowered her head and ran off down the hall.

Sakura still hid behind the trashcan, cheering for her rival's downfall. 'Oh ya! Ino so deserved that! YES!'

Sasuke then began walking down the hall. Sakura could hear him mumbling to himself as he passed. "Stupid fan girls… crazy people… why would I want to waste my 1st kiss on her… stupid girl…"

Sakura waited until he had gone down the stairs to get back up. She then quickly ran to her locker, grabbed her backpack, and ran back downstairs to find Naruto. Along the way, she thought to herself, 'So, Sasuke has never kissed anyone before huh. Perfect! Now, we can be each other's first kiss! This is just to good to be true!'

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"What? You like that Uchiha kid? God! So typical!" Naruto said, glaring at Sakura, who quickly realized telling him was a bad idea.

"Ya, so what if I like him. Dose it really matter?"

Naruto gave her an evil glare, "Yes."

"URG, Naruto! Just forget it ok!" Sakura was starting to get annoyed with his attitude.

"Ok, fine. Sorry. That kids just bugs me." Naruto began to calm down and continued licking his chocolate ice cream cone.

The two walked the bike path for some time, then Naruto licked his ice cream too hard, and the content came crashing to the ground. "Oh, come on!" he screamed, jumping over the puddle he made.

"Do you want to go get another one?" Sakura asked.

"Naw, I didn't bring any more money."

"Umm… Naruto." A voice came from behind them. Hinata came walking up to the two, "you can have mine if you want." She stuck out her hand, which was holding a chocolate ice cream cone, untouched.

"Oh, hey Hinata. No, that's ok. I was almost done anyway."

"Oh, ya. Stupid me." Hinata began blushing madly

Sakura looked at her, 'Hinata really has the hots for Naruto, which is weird, but god she's so cute when she's around him. Why can't he see?' She then turned in Naruto's direction and gave a small sigh.

Hinata was still madly blushing, and Naruto had his arms up over his head. "Umm… maybe I should go…" Sakura said, wanting the two lovebirds to talk.

"Oh, no that's ok. I have to go home and finish that project for our design class. Bye Sakura, Bye Naruto." Hinata then walked off down the bike pathway once again.

"Oh crap!" Sakura said as she left, "I forgot my design project at school!"

"It's ok, the school doesn't close until 6pm. Lets just go back and get it."

"Ok…" Sakura began to calm down.

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When Naruto and Sakura reached the school, it was getting dark. They walked up to the front entrance, which was locked.

"Ok, no problem, we'll just go through the side door in the History class." Naruto said, motioning toward the east side of the school.

"Ok." Sakura replied. The two began walking again. After turning the corner, Sakura wrapped her arms around her body. "Wow, it's getting cold." She said.

Suddenly, something moved in the brush. Sakura turned toward the bushes, and motioned in that direction to Naruto. He nodded, and walked over to the green. He brought his foot back, and then flung it forward, kicking the bush. When he placed his foot back down, he turned to Sakura, giving her a small shrug. Suddenly, his eyes began to widen and his face went pale.

"Naruto…" Sakura said, realizing the whiteness in his complexion. She then turned around slowly, seeing a large figure standing over her. He was bulky and almost twice the size of her. He wore a half mask, covering his mouth and nose. His eyes had a tint of red to them, like they were blood shot.

Of coarse, Sakura screams, and load. The man, who didn't really appreciate the sudden noise, grabbed her shoulder and threw her to the ground, about 3 feet away. He walked over to Naruto, took his fist and nailed him right in the gut. Naruto feel to the ground, wrapping his arms around his waist in pain. The man began to kick him continually.

Sakura rolled over and saw the incident.

"Naruto!" she called.

She got up and began running toward her friend, but then she was hit in the back, and she fell to her knees. Someone suddenly grabbed her by the hair. "Hey pretty. You're not going anywhere." The voice was cold, and it sent chills down Sakura's spine. 'So, there are two of them…'

Naruto had gotten back up, trying to make his way over to Sakura. Suddenly, her head was jerked backward and she screamed in pain. Then, her neck grew cold with a sharp pain. "Don't come any closer kid, or the girl gets it."

Naruto's eyes grew wide, seeing the sharp dagger pressed against Sakura's neck. He stood still, contemplating what to do, but then the big man came and hit him over the head from behind. Naruto feel to the ground, unconscious.

The man holding the knife to Sakura's neck dropped it on the ground, no need for it at the moment. "Is he dead?" he asked his partner.

"Naw, just knocked out." The man called back.

"Well, come on, finish him off. We don't have all day!"

Sakura's eyes grew wide with fear. 'No, Naruto!' Then, tears began to fill them. As they dripped down her face and off the rim of her nose, someone watched from the inside of the school.

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Ino had come back to retrieve her cell phone Kakashi had put in his drawer that day during class. 'How was I supposed to know we had to turn them off during class!' After grabbing it, she heard a noise from outside, so she went over to the window to see what was up. She squinted, and then made out four figures, two large men, and two kids.

She quickly ducked low enough so no one would see her. She squinted again to see who it possibly could be. Then, she made out the figures of the kids. It was Naruto and Sakura! Ino personally hated the pair, but she still watched intensively.

She realized a large man stood over Naruto who was on the ground in pain, and a second man, who was holding her hair, had Sakura on the ground. She noticed the man behind Sakura pull something out of his pocket as Naruto stood up. It shone in the moonlight, and caught Ino's attention. It was a knife, and it was now being pressed against Sakura's neck! Ino's eye's grew with fear. Naruto was then knocked out by the man standing behind him. The two men then called to each other. The large man behind Naruto suddenly took out his own knife and raised his arm, ready to strike. Suddenly, Ino saw Sakura, tears dropping down her nose. Her hands clenched in fists on her knees. Ino noticed her eyes were not filled with fear like her own, but determination.

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Sakura clenched her fists and placed them on her knees. Still crying, she glared at her hands in determination. 'Naruto…' she took a big gulp, and then reached her left hand to the ground beside her. There, she grasped her fingers around the dagger the man had dropped. She tightened her grip around the weapon, sticking her hand straight out. 'you've always been there for me, now it's my turn.'

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Ino stared at the scene before her in fear. Sakura grabbed the dagger beside her and brought it up behind her head. "What the…" Ino muttered. Sakura then quickly jerked her arm forward, forcing the sharp dagger through her hair. As she fell forward, her hair fell to the ground around her. Ino's mouth opened in awe. "No, Sakura…"

Flash Back

Sakura sat on the sidewalk, her hair in her face, crying. Ino walked over to her.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"My… my brother… he… he cut my hair!"

"You know what, truth, I like it better short."

Sakura looked up at her in surprise.

"Ya, now you can see your forehead. You know, the only reason people made fun of you for that was because you tried to hide it, which made it more noticeable. Here…" Ino took a small red ribbon from her pocket. She then tied it around Sakura's hair, pulling it out of her face. "All better!"

Sakura brought her arm up to her eyes and whipped away the tears, "Thank you."

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Ever since that day, Sakura and Ino had been best friends, but then the fight happened. They stopped playing together, and they never talked. After some time, they became rivals, always trying to outdo the other, just to prove they could. Ever since the day of the fight, Sakura had tried to grow out her hair, not letting anyone cut it, she always liked it better long.

Now, right in front of her own eyes, Ino witnessed Sakura cutting her precious hair.

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After cutting her hair, Sakura fell forward while the man that held her hair fell back. Sakura then stood up, dagger still in her hand. She quickly started charging at the man above Naruto. 'I can't let him die…' she held up the dagger, screaming at the man, "Leave him alone!"

The man turned up to see the girl charging at him. He stopped lowering the weapon at the boy, and quickly flipped the dagger around in his hand. He now had it facing the girl, ready to stab her. To his surprise, she through her dagger at him before she reached him. He quickly moved his arm, using his own dagger to reflect hers. 'Stupid girl, now you're weaponless.' The man thought with a smirk. 'Stupid man, you've fallen into my trap.' Sakura thought with a smirk.

Sakura continued charging at him. When he moved his arm, she picked up speed, reaching his side quickly. She then took her right foot and brought it up to his wrist. He screamed in pain and dropped his dagger. Sakura smirked at her victory. The man quickly recovered from the incident, grabbing her foot with both his hands. He smirked at his victory.

Sakura quickly whipped around, hitting him straight in the gut with her first. He hunched over, trying to make the pain go away, but Sakura was quick. She jumped into the air, and then brought her heel down on his head, hard. He fell forward, blood coming out of his mouth as he coughed. When the man fell to the ground, she quickly checked for a pulse. Finding none, she smirked in victory, knowing he could no longer smirk in return.

She quickly turned toward the second man, getting into a fighting stance. The man, terror in his eyes, took out a small ball from his pocket, and through it to the ground. Suddenly, smoke filed the area. When it cleared, Sakura, still in her fighting stance, looked around. Both men had disappeared, not even footprints to determine their direction was left behind. After admitting they were gone, Sakura ran over to Naruto.

"Naruto, are you ok?" she asked in a small, quaking voice.

Naruto rolled over, then fluttered his eyes open, "Wow, what happened?"

"Those two guys attacked us. Those bastards…" Sakura turned around, half expecting them to be standing over them.

"But, how did we get away?" Naruto asked in confusion.

Sakura quickly turned back toward him, "Not sure, they just disappeared… I guess…"

"Ok… wow, my head is killing me. I…" Naruto's eyes widened. "What happened to your hair?"

Sakura blushed, "Oh, nothing."

Naruto was about to reply, demanding she tell him, but she interrupted, "We should get you home. You need rest."

Sakura stood, and then helped Naruto to his feet as well. Then the two began walking down the street, not really caring about Sakura's design project at the moment.

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Ino gapped at the sight. First, Sakura cut her precious hair, and then she went and beat that guy up as if she had done it a million times before. After the two disappeared down the street, Ino mustered her remaining strength, for she was shaking in the knees, and stood, then she too walked off the school grounds and down the road.

To be continued…

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So, what did you think? Ya, go Sakura! You kick that guy's ass! Hehe, she's super awesome in my story. Yah for her! I hade to have the hair scene, it was so one of my favorite episodes. I found it so cute when Ino saw her cut her hair (both in the show and here) because it's just so sentimental! Ok, sorry, I'm rambling. Well, please review, ok? Remember to read the next chapter! Later!

DaniGirl101

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