(A/N Thanks everyone for liking the story so far it means a lot to me. Now that I have the beginning set up I can now start on the fun. I hope! Just to explain why Sakura isn't wearing the green makeup is because I don't want her too. She already has naturally pink hair so why bother with the whole green makeup. If your wondering about the other Naruto characters don't worry they will be introduced soon enough. Now I'll proudly say here's chapter 3.)

Last Time:

"Well lets just hope this works." Asuma said as he took a puff from his cigarette.

"It can go two ways. One they either kill each other or two they finally become friends again." Kakashi pointed out as he read his dirty book.

"Let's just hope that it's the second one because I can't take anymore fighting." Tsunade replied as she brought out a bottle of sake and poured herself a drink.

The two men left the room leaving the Hokage to drink alone. That was the plan before Shizune barged in the room and saw that she was slacking off again.

"TSUNADE PUT THAT BOTTLE AWAY AND GET TO WORK!!" The woman screamed taking away the sake bottle.

That entire day Tsunade did paperwork, but that didn't stop her from trying to slack off.

Notice the word TRY.

Regular talking and in present

Thoughts, Lyrics, and flashbacks

Chapter 3: Morning Hate

Once Ino and Sakura left the Hokage's tower they started to walk towards Sakura's apartment. They would have went their seperate ways to hang out with friends, but it was still too early for anyone sane to be up.

In her boredom Ino decided to kick a can that she came across while following Sakura to their place. Man it felt really weird saying that.

After walking a couple of blocks and Ino still kicking the can Sakura got fed up. When Ino went to kick it again Sakura beat her to it and crushed it with her foot.

"Why the hell did you do that!" Ino yelled upset that Sakura destroyed the can. It was helping her not become bored.

"It was getting on my nerves. Like you!" Sakura shot back as she continued to walk. Ino followed her when she realized that the pink haired girl wasn't going to listen to her if she talked again. She finally caught up with her just as Sakura opened a door and went inside.

'How the hell are we going to survive living together when we can't even take 5 minutes of being with each other. I wonder how our friendship got so bad in the first place?' Ino thought to herself as she followed Sakura up the flights of stairs.

Ino alway's wanted to know what she did wrong that made her and Sakura's friendship go downhill like this. Was it the fact that they both were after Sasuke at the time? Was it that Sakura was envious of her popularity? Maybe she wasn't a good enough friend to her? The answer could be anything and only one person could provide that answer to her, but Sakura refused to even talk civily with her.

Of course she shouldn't even judge Sakura on being nice to her when she refused to do the same to her. Everything she says to her is alway's hurtful and she really doesn't blame Sakura for hating her.

"Sakura how many more stairs do we have to climb before we reach our apartment." Ino asked as she walked up another level of stairs.

All of a sudden Sakura whirled around so fast that it caught Ino off guard. She clutched the rail that was attached to the wall to hold herself up. When she looked at the young girls jade colored eyes she held back a gasp of shock. They were so full of anger and hate that she had to suppress a shiver that was going up her spine.

Then Ino realized something. All that anger and hate was directed towards her. Of all people to show this much hate and anger towards her she never would have expected it to be from Sakura. Someone that used to be her most trusted friend.

Sakura reached out and grabbed Ino's shirt before roughly pulling her closer so that they were only centimeters apart. "Listen that apartment isn't ours it's mine. I don't care what anybody else says. I'm only letting you live with me because I have no intentions of being stripped of my ninja rank. I worked too damn hard to have it all taken away from me because of you." Her voice was so cold that it made Ino start to tremble in fear. Luckily Sakura didn't notice because as soon as she finished what she said she let go of her and started walking.

'What the hell happened to us Sakura?' Ino thought to herself as she walked after the girls retreating form dreading this new living arrangement more and more.

Sakura felt terrible now. She didn't know what came over her, but after she saw the look of fear in Ino's eyes it snapped her out of whatever funk she was in.

Never in her entire life did she want to bring fear like that to a person. 'Great another guilt trip to add to my list.' She sadly thought to herself as she still continued to walk.

She noticed that Ino didn't try to talk at all and it just brought more sadness to her ever growing depression. Sakura hated that for months on end she's been such a downer. Well not really to other people. No one notices because she wears her mask when she's outside. (A/N Not literally a mask.) To herself she's a downer. Hell she could even say that she hated herself with a passion.

They reached the door of the apartment, but Sakura didn't even try to open it. Instead she turned around to face Ino. She noticed that the blonde was pretty wary of her and it caused a pain in her heart. God how she hated it when people were afraid of her.

"Look Ino I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just a lot of stuff has been happening over these last couple of months and now this whole living arrangement thing. It's still no excuse to have done that and I'm very sorry. Let's just put that incident behide us." Sakura tried her best to explain using very little information, but still making it a sincere apology.

To her relief it worked as she saw a small smile form on Ino's face. "Apology accepted. Just next time you feel like venting your rage warn me so I can get the hell away." Ino told her making them both start laughing.

They were still laughing as Sakura opened the door and walked inside. Ino walked in and Sakura said in a cheerful voice. "Welcome to our apartment."

Ino smiled back at her and looked around the room. For an apartment it was huge! Apparently it was one of those places that combine the living room and the kitchen. You can tell when you were in the living or when you were in the kitchen because the kitchen had white tiles with blue flowers at the corners of each tile while the living room had a light blue carpet. Both rooms were equal in size.

The furniture in the living room was made up of a light brown couch that 4 people could fit on. The couch was facing the entertainment center that was the farthest from the kitchen. It had a big tv and stero system along with speakers. On each side of the room facing the tv was two light brown reclining chairs that looked really comfortable. In front of the couch was an average sized coffee table that had the Haruno Clan symbol carved in the middle. Up against the left wall that was by the door was a huge book shelf. Inside was various cds, dvds, and books all in alphabetical. On the right wall was a window that led out to a balcony that overlooked all of Konoha. Hanging on the walls were pictures of Sakura, her family and friends, her and Sakura, and team 7.

Ino blinked in shock when she looked at the pictures of her and Sakura together. 'If she acts like she hates me then why does she keep those pictures of us in her living room?' She asked herself in wonder.

The kitchen had a wooden dining table that was up against the wall. The table was square, but since it was up against the wall it only had three wooden chairs. The walls were painted a sky blue. Also the room held a fridge, a gas stove, a sink, cabinets, and a kitchen counter. It was like her kitchen at home and Ino was pretty thankful for that.

Sakura went straight into the kitchen and grabbed some food from the fridge. "Ino you don't mind eggs and toast do you?" She asked as she was rummaging through the bottom cabinets.

"I don't mind." Ino told her as she walked into the living to get a better look at it.

"Make yourself at home considering that your living here." The pink haired girl said. Soon you could hear the sound of eggs frying.

Ino was dead tired. She decided to just sit down on one of the reclining chairs. Closing her eyes and leaning back Ino was about to fall asleep until something jumped on her head.

Eyes snapping open in shock Ino tired to grab whatever it was, but it clawed into her hair. She felt something soft and furry, which made her come to the conclusion that it was a huge rat on her head.

"SAKURA SOMETHINGS IN MY HAIR!!" Ino was screaming bloody murder. She jumped up in the air running around the room her arms flying over her head.

If Ino wasn't screaming then you could hear the sound of something crashing and Sakura's furious swearing. The jade eyed girl ran into the room demanding what the hell was going on, but when she saw the state that Ino was in she stopped dead in her tracks.

"Ino what the hell are you doing!" It came out as more of a demand than a question.

Finally Ino yanked the furry thing off of her head. Sakura realized what the thing was and she tried really hard to hold in her laughter.

In her fury Ino threw the thing across the room, but luckily Sakura was able to grab it before it went out the window. She protectively held the thing as she glared at the blonde. "Ino that was uncalled for. You seriously could have hurt her."

Now Ino pointed an accusing finger at the 'thing' in the girls arms. "Your protecting that thing! Sakura it's a rat."

In her anger Sakura walked up to Ino and stuck the 'rat' in her face making the poor thing meow. "Does this look like a rat to you Ino-pig?" She rudely questioned. You'd be pissed too if someone was about to hurt your pet then insult it.

"Wait that's a kitten? How the hell was I supposed to know it jumped on my head and I was too shocked to think." Ino tried to explain herself now feeling really bad about hurting Sakura's kitten.

"Well I guess it's not all your fault." Sakura said before she sighed and turned to the kitten. It was pure white with grey stripes down her back. Her eyes looked to be almost the exact shade of green that her owners were. Her nose was a light pink.

Sakura held the cat up so the they were face to face. Both seriously looked into each others eyes before the kitten started playing with a loose strand of Sakura's pink hair. That caused said girl to break out in a smile and giggle. "Fubuki what in the world am I going to do with you?" Fubuki just meowed in response making Sakura giggle more.

"So Sakura how long have you had..ummm...what's her name again?" asked Ino her cheeks turning red in embarassment.

The other girl turned to Ino with a small smile on her face. "Her names Fubuki. I've had her for a month. Do you want to hold her?"

Ino was shocked that Sakura wanted her to hold her cat after she threw it across the room. 'Man does she have a split personality. Maybe she's PMSing or something. That cat is soooooo cute.' Ino didn't answer her, but she did nod her head to tell that she does.

"She's a handful when she's really hyper so be careful." Sakura warned as she placed the little kitten in Ino's arms.

"Where in the world did you get her?" Ino asked as she petted the kitten.

"Oh she was a birthday present from Naruto. He found her out on the streets so her took her in. He kept her for a week then gave her to me. Also he added in all the kitty supplies too saying that it was repayment for leaving me with his ramen bill." Sakura brightly told her as she scratched behind Fubuki's ears earning a purr from the feline.

'Man who knew that Naruto could be such a nice guy? Saving a poor kitten from the streets then giving it to Sakura as a birthday present even adding in all the supplies. It's makes sense that Naruto would give Sakura a present, but a kitten? Who knew that he was so thoughtful.' Ino thought kind of jealous that Sakura had such a nice teammate. For her birthday Shikamaru got her a fake coupon to watch the clouds and Chouji got her a bag of potatoe chips.

She was brought out of her thoughts by Sakura saying. "Okay I should finish making breakfast it's already noon." She went back in the kitchen leaving Ino with Fubuki.

"Great so now I'm stuck with forehead girl and a furball." Ino said to herself. She looked down at Fubuki to find that the cat was glaring at her. Suddenly before she could react the cat clawed her left cheek.

"Ow! Why you little..." Before she could smack her Fubuki jumped out of her arms and ran into one of the open doors down the hallway. She was about to go after the cat too when Sakura's voice made her stop.

"Ino breakfast is done." Then did Ino realize how hungry she truely was. Well she hasn't eaten all day.

She walked into the room and sat down at one of the plates that were out. Food was already on the table, but Ino was raised to wait for everyone to sit at the table before eating. Sakura was just about to sit down too when the phone rang. Both girls groaned in annoyance.

"It's okay start eating I'll be back in a minute." Sakura told the blonde before she got up and answered the phone.

Still Ino decided to wait for Sakura figuring that the girl was just as hungry as she was. She looked down at the food and sweatdropped. Yeah Sakura was diffinetely hungry.

Ino guessed that it was a mixture of breakfast and lunch because their was eggs and toast, but a huge bowl of ramen in the middle. 'She needs to stop hanging out with Naruto so much. Soon she be screaming believe it down the streets.'

Suddenly a very loud squeal could be heard from Sakura. Ino turned her full attention to her. "No way! You actually asked him out. I'm sooo proud of you. Where did you finally find the courage?" Then Sakura stayed silent as this mystery person continued their talk. "Well you better come over sometime to give me the juicy details. I'll see you later. Bye." She hung up the phone and sat down at the table.

Turning her head she saw Ino staring at her intently. She wasn't even blinking! "Well who was it?" Ino asked not one to miss out on juicy gossip. Hell that's practically what she's known for.

Sakura held back a smirk knowing how her enemy is. "Oh it was know one special." She said casually as she took a bite of her toast.

The sound of a fist slamming on a table could then be heard. "Don't give me that bullshit! Now tell me before I kill you!" Ino threatened a killer intent coming off of her.

Apparently it didn't seem to faze Sakura as she stood up and yelled to the world. "HINATA FINALLY ASKED NARUTO OUT!!!"

Before Ino completely freaked out she said really calmly. "Did she say yes."

All Sakura did was look at her and beam. That let Ino know that indeed the blonde idoit said yes. Both then started jumping up and down, screaming in delight and laughing in hysterics. Realizing what they were doing they quickly pulled away from each other and blushed about ten shades of red.

It was an akward silence after that. They just stood their not daring to break the silence. That moment that they both just had was so weird.

'Yeah, but it felt soo nice. It's been a long time since I could laugh like that in front of Sakura. Now that I've realized it that's the only time when I laugh like that. Whenever I'm around her. That moment felt like old times and I really never knew how much I missed it till now.' Ino concluded as a small smile made it's way on her face.

Ino was about to tell Sakura her thoughts when the said girl harshly interuppted her. "Let's finish eating our food before it gets cold."

Taken aback by her harsh words Ino wordlessly took a seat and started eating. Sakura finished before she did and she quickly stood up from her chair.

"Hey forehead what's wrong?" Ino asked her voice holding concern for the girl.

The medic shot a glare at her for the nickname before responding. "Nothing that is your business."

"Come on no need to be so harsh. I mean since were in this together we might as well act civily to one another." She didn't let it show, but Ino was very hurt that Sakura didn't want anything to do with her.

Salura huffed in annoyance, but she told her anyway. "I'm going to train."

"You already trained today. If you keep it up you could seriously hurt yourself." Ino stated as she finished up her meal.

"Yeah and if I don't train then I can't help anyone when were on a mission." retorted Sakura as she put her boots back on her feet.

"Sakura your starting to sound like Naruto and Sas..." Before Ino could finish her sentence Sakura rudely interrupted her.

"Don't you dare say his name around me." Sakura darkly told Ino unleashing all her fury upon her.

Now Ino was left wide eyed in shock. 'Sakura has alway's adorned Sasuke, but now it's like she truely hates him. Even after he left her on that bench three years ago she still fought to try and bring him back. What the hell happened to her?' She thought finding that she just keeps on saying that question over and over in her head.

She was brought out of her thoughts by Sakura roughly opening the door. The pink haired girl was about to walk out when Ino called out to her. "Sakura don't forget our curfew."

The sound of the door slamming told her that Sakura understood. Running a hand through her hair Ino cleaned up the table. Once she was done with that task she went to lie down on the couch.

"Sakura what happened to you to make you so mean?" Was her last question before sleep took a hold of the young blonde.

(A/N Okay I know that chapter wasn't that great, but trust me it will get better later on. About Sakura's strange behavior you'll find out soon enough though I have left some hints. Yes I added in some Naruto/Hinata for all of you who are fans of that couple. Though it pains me to write it down for I truely despise that couple. Ino's not quite ready to make nice, but she's starting to think about it. Next update will come whenever I come up with the time. Since it's the weekend I can try to find time. Please read and leave reviews. I need reviews people! SEE YA!!)