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Chapter revised

Chapter 3: 'Don't Give Me That!' The Chase!

Sasuke Uchiha awoke from his slumber. He groaned and rubbed his eyes as he got up and freshened up. As he brushed his teeth, he recalls the sight he saw yesterday. His eyes soften at the thought of his former blonde classmate that was now in a separate team with Chouji and Shikamaru….

Flashback to Yesterday….

"What morons." Sasuke thought as he walked home. After their stop at the ramen bar, they had just walked around talking to others and being just plain silly. Seriously, they were getting on his nerves. But they were his team. He closed his eyes and smirked. He continued on his usual route to his house. As he passed by the alleyway, he thought he saw something or someone. He walked backwards, and stared at the form ahead.

It was, Ino. She was sobbing uncontrollably. His eyes softened.

'What the hell is going on…?' He was as confused as hell. Either this girl had major mood swings and different personalities, or something was wrong with her.

Suddenly, he knew she was about to turn around, so he used his swiftness to jump onto a nearby tree.

The young avenger stood on a tree branch, the wind blowing his raven-hair gently. His dark eyes locked on to the alleyway. And in his eyes was the image of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed kunoichi, crying and whimpering with her flushed face in her hands……….

End of Flashback

He said to himself over and over that he was an avenger. He had to concentrate on his training, and his plans for avenging his clan. He had to become strong for the sake of defeating his older brother Itachi. He had his own problems, he had repeated to himself over and over. But after what he witnessed yesterday, his curiosity had become the better of him. Today, he planned to approach Ino and find out what's wrong with her. It kept replaying into his head; it was itching at him to find out.

Of course, he didn't care about her.

Ino was acting very strangely than how she acted during the academy days. And he was curious about her strange mood swings.

Ino Yamanaka sat in her flower shop, resting her chin of her hand. For some reason, not a lot of customers were coming today. She sighed, and ran a hand through her hair which cascaded down her back, and reached to a few inches below her hips, almost near her knees. She had decided to wear it loose today; it was something that actually made her feel better about herself.

It was her lunch break, so she stood up, and sat outside of the flower shop. She gazed at the sky; it was cloudy, and the sky was a depressing shade of gray. It looked as if the world were going through some kind of depression, at least, that's what she thought. Suddenly, flashes of her crying yesterday entered her mind. Her blue eyes stared at the ground below her. She was so tired of crying, she was tired of pretending. She was tired of living a lie….

The wind blew her long hair gently as she stood up. She walked to the park and sat on one of the many benches. She then started to eat some rice balls she had picked up on the way. She began to eat the rice balls, enjoying her lunch. Then she heard someone approaching. Her blue eyes opened, and after a moment, widened.

'Sasuke! Why did he have to be here at all times! My heart is racing…my mind is going out of control…what should I do!'

'Simple.' She heard her conscious. 'Act normal. Then maybe he'll get annoyed with you as usual and just walk away…'

Ino nodded to herself, she would act as she normally did, and Sasuke would get annoyed with her as he usual did, and he'd walk away.

"Yamanaka…"

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Sasuke's Point of View….

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As I began my usual morning walk, I glanced upon Ino Yamanaka. Just who I wanted to see….Now, I plan to ask her about her mood swings, and her little crying session in the alleyway yesterday. I see her eyes closed, eating a rice cake. I watched her chew from where I walk. I see her blue eyes open and glance at me. She looked like she was about to panic for a second, before her face looked relaxed once again. I stepped in front of her.

"Yamanaka…" I say.

She looks at me, her usual smirk appearing on her lips.

"Sasuke-kun!" She stands up, and puts her hands together. "Finally realized that I am the one for you!"

I narrow my eyes and shake my head. "Ino, we need to talk."

She looks at me; I thought I saw her tremble. "What's been going on with you…?"

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Regular Point of View

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'Does he know! No…he couldn't…'Ino panicked, but then convinced herself. 'He couldn't possibly know…'

"Huh?"

"What's been going on with you? First, I find you passed out at your training area, next, when Sakura, Naruto, and I came, you looked nervous or something and began to eat faster. Then, you glanced at us, and then quickly acted like you didn't. And then you approach us as if nothing happened…Chouji and Shikamaru were talking about you as well. They were saying that they even noticed you were acting weird."

"Sasuke-kun, I-"

"And I saw you yesterday…"

'SAW ME! HE MUST BE TALKING ABOUT SEEING ME SOMEWHERE WALKING AROUND! OH PLEASE, don't let it be…'Ino felt her eyes starting to burn.

"I saw you…in that alleyway. You were crying…why?"

'Oh no! He saw me crying! I thought I had sensed something…'

Ino thought back on yesterday…

Flashback to Yesterday…..

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Ino turned around. She had thought someone was there. She shook her head.

'It was probably a bird or something…Great, now I'm hallucinating…what's wrong with me…!' Sobs racked her body as she buried her head in her hands; her whimpering only seemed to get louder. But no one would hear, because no one was there. And no one ever walks by here anyway. At least, that's what she thought…

End of Flashback…

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'I can't believe this…stupid Ino! Stupid stupid INO! YOU'RE SO STUPID! NOW HE WILL MAKE FUN OF YOU, HE'LL TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE WEAK, HE'S GOING TO TELL EVERYONE! HE'S GOING TO MAKE FUN OF YOU! COME ON INO! TRY AND PROVE HIM WRONG!' Ino's conscious screamed at her.

"Sasuke-Kun, you must be mistaken!" Ino said happily. Her eyes were starting to burn even more, and it was getting harder to keep that confident smile on her face.

"Don't give me that!" He said. Ino eyes widened as she heard him say those words. "Don't give me that bullshit."

'Good job Ino…you idiot! He knows now! There's nothing you can do! EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU IS TRUE! YOU ARE A BLONDE BIMBO WHO CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT! YOU ARE STUPID, RETARDED, SPECIAL ED, YOU'RE JUST A WASTE OF MATTER!' Her conscious told her.

Ino's blue eyes averted their attention to the floor, the smile disappearing. "I don't know what you're talking about…you must have the wrong girl in mind. I was never in an alleyway crying….I never looked at Sakura, Naruto, or you at the ramen bar in a weird way. I wasn't eating fast either…" She had just lied. She had just lied to Sasuke Uchiha of the honorable Uchiha Clan. She didn't think it would come to this…but it did. He watched as her hands clutched onto the yellow apron she wore tightly.

"Look at me." She heard him command.

'Don't do it! If you do, he will read your emotions and find out its true! Don't face him Ino, don't you stupid idiot!"

"Look at me." He repeated himself. Her eyes looked at him, but not directly into his eyes.

"Don't lie to me Yamanaka…I am not one to lie to…" He said. His voice seemed to grow colder, almost as if he was angry, and his eyes narrowed dangerously.

Ino felt the tears coming. Her blue eyes looked everywhere, anywhere as long as she didn't eye contact with the handsome Uchiha in front her. Her mind was going crazy; her eyes were burning so much.

'No…not the tears again…not again…please don't…'

But she failed. The tears ran freely down her face, she couldn't even turn away from him; he still had a strong grip on her chin. She was ashamed that he had to witness her crying, and directly in front of him.

"See you're doing it again." He said.

'INO! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!' She thought.

"I-I, have to get back to t-the flower s-shop." Ino darted off, dropping her rice ball on the floor.

Ino ran away from the park, tears freely escaping her eyes. She looked back, and saw Sasuke running after her.

'Great…running away from him is going to be the death of me…I know that I made a terrible mistake by running…come on Ino! Try and outrun him, Don't let him make you tell him you're depressed, he'll make fun of you!' She thought to herself.

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