(A/N What's up all you people. Man I'm already like 2 or 3 weeks into my summer vacation and I'm already bored out of my mind. The only thing that's helping me cope is writing or watching things on YouTube. I haven't been getting as many reviews as I have hoped, but I'm still happy that I am getting reviews. I would like to give a huge thank you to everyone that reviewed. I love you all. On to the next chapter.)

Last Time:

"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.

Regular talking and in present

Thoughts, lyrics, and flasbacks

Chapter 4: Healing Solves Everything Right?

It's been exactly two days since Ino and Sakura were forced to live together. Ino spent most of her time at the apartment while Sakura spent most of the time training. They did find time to eat together, but it was mostly quiet with the only sound being their silverware hitting their plates. When curfew struck Sakura went in her room and stayed there for the rest of the night leaving Ino to watch tv.

Right now Ino was in her room staring blankly at the wall in front of her. She had no problems with her room because it looked exactly like her room at home. From the purple colored walls to the light purple bedspread.

So she was a little obsessed with purple so shot her. Okay maybe a little is a bit of a understatment, but she couldn't careless.

Looking at the clock Ino realized that she had only 2 hours to get to rehearsals. She cringed at the thought of having to sing and act in front of people that she knew. Yup she was really not looking forward to doing this, but she had no other choice.

"Man I really should have at least read what the play was about. It totally slipped my time until now." She told herself as she got up and started to get dressed.

Once she was done she exited her safe haven. She looked across the apartments small hallway to notice that Sakura's door to her room was closed again. Either she was home or she was out.

The only rule that Sakura did give Ino was that she was never to trespass into her room for any reason. Of course Ino said the same about her room, but it seemed like Sakura could careless about her rules. To Ino's surprise though Sakura did listen to her because she never once stepped into her room.

Actually Sakura acted like Ino wasn't even there half the time. It pissed the blonde off so much. She is this close to lashing out at the pink haired girl. She hated it when people acted like she wasn't around. That's why she became popular in the first place to be noticed. Sad thing was is that Sakura was getting to her like this.

She looked to her right and noticed that the bathroom door was open. It was a normal sized bathroom and it was really clean like every other room in the apartment. Ino realized that Sakura wasn't in the bathroom so she turned to her left and walked into the living room.

When she didn't see Sakura in the living room or the kitchen she knew that the girl was out training again.

"Seriously that girl is going to kill herself training so much." Ino muttered as she made some breakfast. She didn't know why she was so concerned with the girl, but for reasons unknown she couldn't help it. Everytime she knew that Sakura was out training she wondered if something bad could happen.

Just in case Sakura did show up Ino made some breakfast for her too. There were times when Sakura would show up at the weirdest times. She's only been here for two days! It makes her wonder how Sakura used to live when it was just her.

Ino was just about to take a bite of her food when all of a sudden the door burst open. "Yup I was right Sakura was out training again." She muttered under her breath.

Shallow coughing could be heard in the doorway. That made Ino realize that something was wrong because that cough didn't sound healthy. Being trained as a medic nin had it's benifits.

Quickly going to the doorway to see what the problem was, but once she laid eyes on the problem she stopped in her tracks.

It was Sakura alright, but she was leaning heavily against the door. She was clutching her mouth with her right hand as something red seeped through her fingers. Her left hand was grabbing her right side.

Ino looked down to where Sakura's hand was and realized that she was bleeding from a wound on her side. Blood was dripping onto the tiles leaving tiny puddles of crimson on the floor.

"Sakura what the hell happened to you!" demanded Ino as she continued to look at her wounded rival.

Sakura pulled her hand back to show that blood was dripping off of her chin and leaking through the corners of her mouth. She still managed to smile in spite of her condition. "Got a little carried away with training." Was her only reply.

Ino went up to Sakura and grabbed her arm. To the blonde's shock Sakura jerked away from her touch. "Sakura let me heal you. Your in no condition to be able to heal yourself." Ino tried to reason with her.

"I'm fine Ino I can heal myself." Sakura told her acting like her stubborn self.

"I'm guessing if you could heal yourself you would have done it by now instead of waiting this whole time." She trapped her into a corner and smirked when she saw Sakura squirm in discomfort.

Instead of waiting for the other girl to reply Ino grabbed her by the hand and dragged her into the living room. She took a white sheet from one of the closets and laid it down on the coffee table.

"Okay take your shirt off." Ino told her as she spread out the sheet so that it covered the whole table.

"Wha...what!" Sakura stuttered blushly furiously. She looked like a deer caught in a headlight.

Ino looked up at Sakura and gave her a look that said 'Are you fucking kidding me'. "Sakura your a medic. You should know that this is standard procedure."

Now her blush turned even redder if that was possible. "No it's not." She forced out of her mouth.

Fed up with her attitude Ino walked over to her and pushed her down on the table. Once she was layed on the table Ino began removing Sakura's red shirt.

"Ino what the hell are you doing!" Sakura exclaimed her voice full of shock. She tried to push the blonde off of her, but Ino used her left hand to grab both her hands by her wrists. Then she pressed them above Sakura's head so that she wouldn't bother her.

"I'm trying to take your shirt off so that I can heal you." Ino told her as she finished removing the rest of Sakura's shirt. Since her shirt was ripped up anyway Ino decided to throw it in the kitchen. The only thing that was covering the top of Sakura's body was a black bra.

'Well looks like super strength and healing isn't the only thing that Sakura takes after from Tsunade.' Ino thought with a shocked expression. They were huge! She really could give Tsunade a run for her money. How Ino never noticed how big her boobs were was beyond her because you had to be blind not to see those things. Of course she could make a person go blind with those things! Suddenly Ino felt the need to hide her own boobs from Sakura considering hers don't even compare.

'Wait what the hell am I thinking? This is Sakura your exbest friend, your rival. You shouldn't care if her boobs are bigger than yours. Your still better than her anyway.' She tried to tell herself that, but she still couldn't shake the feeling that Sakura was better at her in something. A really big something.

There was also another part of her, deep down in her heart that wanted to grab them and suck on them like no tomorrow. Well not actually do it that way, but you get her idea. Many bad thoughts rushed through her head revolving around her enemy's boobs and Ino tried really hard to concentrate.

The sound of Sakura coughing brought Ino out of her troubled thoughts. Since Ino had her arms pinned down Sakura couldn't cover her mouth. That resulted in the girl choking on her own blood.

Using quick thinking Ino quickly healed the wound of Sakura's side. It was pretty deep, but she was able to heal it with no problems. Then she flipped her over on her side and gently patted her on the back to get of the blood out of her mouth.

Ino couldn't help but linger a little with each pat. Sakura's skin was so soft and delicate. With each light smack Ino felt something in her heart, but she couldn't describe the feeling. She's never felt this kind of feeling before. It was something more than any of those feelings combined. It felt like she needed this feeling to live, to be able to breathe and move.

When she knew that Sakura was done coughing Ino flipped her back over again. The pink haired girl looked really pale and tired. She looked Sakura right in the eyes and asked her in a voice that sounded like a parent talking to their child.

"Okay if I let go of your hands will you let me heal the rest of your wounds?"

Sakura looked away from Ino her blush deepening. "I'm not a little kid so quit treating me like one."

"Well how you've been acting lately and treating your body I would say that you've been acting like a child." Ino honestly told her not beating around the bush. Sakura needed to know that she could really kill herself if she keeps training like this.

"You don't have to be so mean." Sakura told her in a soft voice.

"Are you going to let me heal you or not!" Ino snapped making Sakura jump from the tone of her voice.

"Whatever." Sakura said as she looked away from the blonde. Ino knew that that was the best answer she was going to get. She looked over her upper body for anymore injuries.

The only other injury Sakura had was a few broken ribs and that was that. No internal bleeding, which was what Ino was most concerned about. She walked away from Sakura, but came back a couple of minutes later with a wet wash cloth.

Sakura eyed the piece of fabric with wary eyes causing Ino to giggle despite herself. "Don't worry all I'm going to do is clean up all the blood on your body. Then you can hop in the shower before we go to rehearsals." Ino replied as she started to clean Sakura's side.

She heard a groan come from the girl, but she couldn't tell if it was a groan of pleasure or a groan of frustration. "Why did Tsunade sign us up for these parts anyway! If we wanted to be actors or singers then we would have instead of being ninja. Seriously could you imagine anyone from Akatsuki singing to YMCA."

Ino giggled trying to think about that then she shook her head. "I know what you mean were ninja's not some broadway singer. Hell can we even sing because I've never heard you sing before."

"Looks who's talking even after knowing you for so long I have never once heard you sing." Sakura told her with a light smile. The tense mood from earlier completely gone.

Ino then leaned over Sakura's head to wipe her mouth off. She couldn't help, but stare into her deep jade eyes. She was surprised by the fact that they gave off kindness and even love. These were the eyes that Ino knew the best not the hate filled eyes. It reminded her of when they were best friends and there was no Sasuke, no fights, just them.

Out of impulse Ino started to lower her head closer to Sakura's face as she continued to wipe the remaining blood from her friends mouth. Soon their noses were touching and they never broke eye contact with each other. Both could feel the others warm breath on their faces. Light smiles adorned both their faces. Both were so caught up in the moment that they didn't even think to stop.

They were just about to close the space in between them when the doorball rang jolting both girls back into reality. Ino jumped back as fast as she could and Sakura sat up straight. Both with huge blushes on their faces thinking about what they were about to do.

"Ummm...Sakura I'll get that while you take a shower." Ino told her still not quite herself yet.

Not needed being told twice Sakura jumped off the coffee table and practically ran into the bathroom. Signs from being injured completely gone.

The doorbell rang again. Ino quickly grabbed the bloodly sheet and Sakura's shirt before throwing them away. Then she went up to the door before opening it revealing none other than Tenten and Hinata.

When they both saw Ino standing in the doorway both girls raised a questioning eyebrow at the blonde. 'Man I really don't need this right now. I still can't believe that I almost kissed Sakura. What the hell is wrong with me? I'm not like that!' Ino thought not knowing that a certain someone in the bathroom is thinking along the same lines.

"Ino what are you doing in Sakura's apartment? I thought you two hated each other?" asked Tenten never being one to beat around the bush.

"I'll explain once Sakura gets out of the shower because it's a long story." Ino told them inviting her two friends in. Just because Ino and Sakura couldn't get along doesn't mean that they didn't hang out with the same people.

They made themselves comfortable on the couch. "Umm...Ino can you tell me why I smell blood in your house?" Hinata asked in her quiet voice. Thank god that her friends got her over that whole stuttering phase. Though she still tends to do it whenever she's nervous or around Naruto.

Ino froze and tried to show that there was no problem. 'Shit I knew that I forgot something. I blame it all on Sakura and that damn kiss.' She grabbed some soda's out of the fridge and tossed them to her friends who both caught it. Then she sat down on one of the chairs and acted like she couldn't careless.

"Oh that! Forehead girl was cooking us some breakfast and ended up cutting her finger open. I swear that girl is such a clutz." She looked to her friends hoping they bought it, but it seemed like neither were very convinced. 'Shit Sakura will kill me if I tell them she almost killed herself training.'

It's not like she's afraid of Sakura. No it's just she doesn't want to be anywhere near her right now. Ino knew what would have happened if no one knocked on the door. She shuddered just thinking about it.

"Ino we know that your lying. Was Sakura training and injured herself?" Tenten asked as she looked Ino in the eyes.

"Wha...How do you know about Sakura's training?" Ino questioned glad that she was sitting down for she would have lost her balance.

"We came over to ask Sakura to lighten up on her training. She's been doing this insane training for 3 months now and it keeps getting worse and worse." Hinata explained deep concern showing for her friend.

"Wait I just thought she just started doing this?" Ino said now really confused. 'I didn't know that she was this serious about training. Here I thought that it was because she was living with me.'

"No she's been doing this for a long time and we don't know why." Tenten told her playing with a spare kunai that she pulled out of her pocket.

"Naruto-kun knows, but he refuses to tell anyone. Instead he trains with her so she doesn't work herself to death. Sometimes they train for 72 hours straight without any rest." Hinata said softing making Ino and Tenten's eyes widen.

They recovered from their shock and Tenten turned to Ino. "See how bad this is. She has to stop training so hard. I mean sure it helps a lot, but not if you die in the process."

"I can't believe she's training like that. Why wasn't I informed about any of this?" Ino asked trying to find the words to talk.

Tenten and Hinata both shifted in their seats before the Hyuuga decided to break it to her gently. "You see Ino the reason why we didn't tell you is...because...ummm.."

Ino slammed her fist on the coffee table. "Just spit it out already!" She shouted getting sick of all these damn secrets.

"We thought that you wouldn't care." Hinata said in a rush, but Ino heard her loud and clear.

It felt like someone just stabbed her in the heart with a kunai over and over. 'I knew that our friendship was bad, but I never knew that it ended up like this. Sakura won't tell me anything about herself. Now she's training herself to death for 3 months and I had to hear it from someone else rather than her. That's it I'm sick of all the secrets. I need to know whats happening to my best friend.' Ino thought to herself now finally getting over her bitter rivalry with Sakura after all these years.

She turned to Hinata and Tenten as she started talking in a low voice. "Look I know that me and Sakura aren't the greatest of friends like we used to be. But that doesn't mean that I don't care about her health and what happens to her. If you do know a sercret about Sakura that revolves around life or death I want to know because I do care. More than you guys know."

Before they could talk any futher about Sakura the said person just walked out of the bathroom. She had a white towel wrapped tightly around her torso and she was drying her hair with another white towel. She didn't notice the company in the room as she started talking.

"Ino who was that at the door?" She asked as she continued to dry her hair off.

"It was Hinata and Tenten. They wanted to talk to you so I invited them in. They're in the living room with me." Ino called out to her her eyes wandering over Sakura's curves. She felt something running down her nose. Using her right hand she wiped whatever the liquid was. Her eyes went wide when she found that it was blood. Sakura gave her a damn nosebleed!

Sakura stopped drying her hair and smiled at her three friends. "Hey guys what's up. Sorry about making you wait, but I really needed to take a shower. Hope Ino didn't bore you with all her talks about fashion." She said cheerfully, a bright smile across her face.

"HEY MY TALKING ISN'T BORING!!" Ino shot back clearly offended by Sakura's words.

She rolled her eyes at her. "Sheesh you talk like Naruto everytime I say that there is more to life than ramen."

That earned a couple of giggles from the other two girls in the room. All Ino did was cross her arms over her chest and blow her hair up in frustration.

"Guys I'll be right back I need to change then I'm all ears." Sakura told them as she left the room.

Ino's eyes wandered at her retreating back, her lower back to be more precise. Suddenly the blonde felt something running down her nose again only this time more harder than before.

"Oh Ino your nose is bleeding really bad. What happened?" Tenten asked as she grabbed a tissue and handed it to Ino. Both of her friends looked really concerned about her health.

"Umm...sometimes I get nosebleeds for no reason what so ever. It's really weird and a pain in the ass." Ino lied hoping that they buy it. She tried to hold down the blush that was on her face, but it was getting harder and harder.

'I still can't believe that Sakura made my nosebleed like that. No ones ever done it to me before not even really hot guys. Hell not even Sasuke has managed to make my nosebleed like that! What the hell is wrong with me?' Ino asked herself over and over.

"Well that's really weird. Maybe Sakura can look at it for you." Hinata suggested leaning back in her seat to get more comfortable.

Ino frantically waved her arms in front of her face. "That's really okay I'm fine now." She tried to tell them, but they listened on deaf ears.

"Hey Sakura are you done yet!" yelled Tenten turning her head in the direction that Sakura went.

Sakura appeared from the hallway dressed in her ordinary ninja uniform, but Ino noticed something that she never noticed before. Her clothes were way too tight. Sure it helped her move better and they showed off her curves perfectly, but to Ino they were a death sentence.

"Yeah what do you want?" asked Sakura once she stepped into the living room.

Tenten pointed to Ino before responding. "Ino here got a serious nosebleed a couple of minutes ago. She says that she's fine, but we want to be sure."

At this moment Ino really wanted to kill her brown haired friend right now. Of all the people to ask to look at her nosebleed it had to be the one that caused it. She turned her head to look at Sakura to find her smirking. Wait why was she smirking and the way she was looking at Ino gave her the shivers.

"No need to say anymore. I'll take a look at it." The cherry blossom told her two friends.

When Sakura reached Ino she looked at her nose really close. Then she lifted her head back to examine the inside of her nose. "Well it seems like nothing is wrong, but just in cause." Her hand lit up with green chakra and she gently placed it on Ino's nose.

Ino alway's reconized the feeling when someone healed her because she's been hurt before. But the way that Sakura was pouring her charkra into her nose sent waves of pleasure throughout her whole body. It was a feeling that she's never felt and maybe she would hurt herself if Sakura was the one healing her. That idea doesn't sound that bad.

Suddenly Sakura started to massage her nose in gentle stroaks. Using all her will power from deep within her body Ino suppressed a moan of pleasure. Never in her life would she let Sakura know that she was enjoying herself this much from just her touch. It was too weird.

Sakura stopped healing her nose and stepped back to see it she would have to continue with healing. Ino felt a huge coldness in her whole body when Sakura left and she wished that her friend would come back.

"Looks like there's nothing wrong with your nose. Oh Ino." Sakura told her with a smile before she leaned in and whispered in her ear. "Try not to stare at my ass the next time I leave a room okay." Then she left her side and sat in the last remaining seat.

Ino blushed ten shades of red at being caught in the act. 'Shit how the hell did she find out? I can't believe this. The one person that wasn't supposed to find out was the only person that did find out. Someone shoot me now and put me out of my misery.' She thought as she sunk deeper and deeper into her chair.

"So guys what did you want to talk to me about anyway?" Sakura asked looking at her two other friends.

Tenten and Hinata both shifted in their seats again the strength from earlier completely gone. "Umm...we want to talk about the play that Konoha was holding." Hinata came up with at the last minute.

Suddenly Ino and Sakura both remembered where they have to be in an hour or so. They groaned at the same time causing the two other girls in the room to look at them with confusion on their faces.

"So what about the play?" Ino asked trying really hard to avoid the fact that she was forced into the play.

"Yesterday they held tryouts and everyone tried out except you two." Tenten said was a hint of shyness in her voice.

"Who is playing who!?" Sakura and Ino both yelled at the same time causing their friends to jump in shock. Since their forced into this stupid play they at least wanted to know who else was in it.

"Well okay you'll never believe this, but..."

To Be Continued...

(A/N Aren't I a bitch for stopping the chapter right there. Well I hope you enjoy the chapter and your all thinking poor Ino that girl sure got screwed over in this chapter. Next chapter is going to be the rehearsals and the first Wicked song. I bet that you all want to know who is playing who well you have to read to find out. Hey here's an idea tell me who you think got the roles and who didn't. Pease leave reviews!!!)