N.O.-S.A.N.C.T.U.A.R.Y. – Hey! Man, I didn't expect so many reviews! You made me such a happy Black/Indian girl! Hehe!

This chapter was revised

So now, here goes chapter 4! ENJOY! Please read and review, and no flames! Thank you!

As usual I do not own Naruto, cuz if I did; I wouldn't be sitting here writing this, I would actually make it come true! Sasuke and Ino 4ever! So yeah, I don't own, so whatever.

Chapter 4: Away…..

Ino continued to run farther away from the park. She had decided to not even look back, because she knew that Sasuke wasn't too far behind her, and that if she looked back she'd probably slow down. She picked up the momentum, and dodged random people on her route to escape. She never ran so fast in her life; her chest was hurting, she could hardly breathe now, and her legs were beginning to feel really numb right about now. But she ignored it; she rather let her legs feel like jell-O then let Sasuke make her tell him what was wrong with her. Suddenly, she felt a drop of water land on her forehead. Then, it started pouring down raining.

'Great Ino! Now it's pouring raining, you're soaked to death, AND someone is chasing you! You stupid wench!' her conscious screamed.

But she didn't care if it was raining heavily; she just had to do something. After what seemed like forever but in reality were a few moments, she had decided to look back; Sasuke should have caught up to her already. As she ran, she looked back and noticed a group of girls surrounding something. Sometimes fan girls can come in handy….

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Sasuke's Point of View…

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Damn it! I was right on her tail. I noticed that she was slowing down; I was catching up, and I knew that I would catch up to her at any moment. But then, as I was running, unfortunately, some girls had seen me. They squealed, and hovered all over me. I was forced to stop running. I shoved and pushed and told them to get out of my way, in my normal cold voice. But there was too many of them.

"Get out of my way!" I yelled my voice as angry as possible. Yes, I was annoyed.

I guess I scared them, because they finally started to move away from me. Okay, more like, run. But anyway, when I looked, she was long gone.

But then I stopped and started to think,

'Why am I running after a girl? I'm not even that remotely concerned about her. I don't care,' I tried to convince myself. But then flashbacks of when I saw her in the alleyway made its way to my conscious, and suddenly, I began to feel really bad. 'But, that's the first time i've seen HER out all people cry.'I thought.

I stared at the direction she ran off in, still wondering about Ino's strange behavior, but then I turned and went off, I had to find Sakura and Naruto in the training area anyway. But I still thought about what I saw in the alleyway...A very strange event.

Regular Point of View

Ino actually didn't run back to the flower shop. Instead, she ran to a certain section of the forest. She usually went there to cry to herself, and to think. But usually, it did no good. Because whenever she cried, she always knew and felt that she was holding something back. It was a place no one knew about, at least, that's what she thought. Even if people did notice it, they usually ignored it. It was still raining, and Ino was heavily soaked. Her clothes clung to her body she thanked God that she had an apron over her clothes, and her hair was extremely damp, and gotten extremely curly; it got curly when it was wet. She was utterly cold, and her exposed arms had goose bumps all over them, she cursed herself mentally for wearing a ninja outfit with no sleeves.

When she had got to this spot after escaping Sasuke, she fell on her knees tears escaping her eyes, but she wouldn't let herself release anything more. She had to be strong; she was tired of people calling her a weak whore. Now, they weren't only tears of sadness, but were tears of anguish as well. She was ashamed of herself for making herself vulnerable. She was ashamed that someone had seen her sob her heart out, she planned to never make the same mistake. She was ashamed that Sasuke Uchiha had seen her sob her heart out.

'Ino, no wonder why people make fun of you. No wonder why your former best friend hates your guts. No wonder why you attract negative attention; because you are a complete dunce.'

'I'm not!' She tried to fight her negative side.

Ino eyes opened fully, tears still streaming down her face in mix with the rain drops, thinking ofeverything she did.

Ino entered the flower shop, and one of the employees looked at her.

"Oh Ino! You're soaking wet!" The woman walked to the back of the flower shop and retrieved a towel from the closet, draping it over Ino's shoulders. "You're father was getting worried, you were out longer than you should for your lunch break...Are you alright dear?"

Ino nodded, even though knowing fully well that she wasn't.

The woman then looked at Ino. "Your father wants you home now."

Ino nodded. She grabbed her coat and walked out of the flower shop. She put her hands in her pockets and began to walk home, her blue eyes planted on the ground. It was still pouring raining, and then a sound of thunder was heard.

She used her key to open the door to her house, her father stood up from his place on the couch.

"Ino, dear. You're soaking wet." Her father went over to her and hugged her tightly. "I was worried sick about you..."

Ino leaned in to her father's embrace. "I'm okay father..." She said calmly. But actually...i'm not...

N.O.-S.A.N.C.T.U.A.R.Y. – Hey everyone! That was chapter 4! I hope it was good! Please read and review, no flames.