Out With the Old, In With the New:
Chapter Five
A/N: Yay! I updated quickly, although this is only ten pages and is mostly words. This is a filler chapter… Anyways thank you for the reviews. They made me happy. Well, I can't say much here so read on!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
"FOREHEAD, WAKE UP!"
Sakura groaned in protest as she rolled over and buried herself deeper into her sleeping bag. Ino could be so loud sometimes.
"Seriously, school starts in ten minutes…." Ino started.
"Ten minutes?!" Sakura echoed in alarm before she got up and ran to the shower. "Why didn't you wake me up sooner?"
"Well we tried, but we ended up getting kicked in the face every time." TenTen replied rubbing a sore spot on her cheek.
"Sorry," Sakura called out from the bathroom, "I was up late last night. Sasuke…"
"Sasuke?" the other two girls asked at the same time. "What were you doing with Sasuke?"
Before Sakura could answer, however, there was a knock at the door.
"Yeah?" Ino asked opening the door. "What do you, oh my god Shika! Put something on!"
Said boy just sighed. Was it really that surprising when a girl saw a man in a towel? "I do have something on."
"I meant some proper clothes! Aargh, never mind, well what do you want?"
"Nothing, I just came by to return this." Shikamaru said holding out the blanket Sakura had loaned Sasuke last night. "Sasuke said to return it sooner but I wanted to make sure you guys were awake."
"Sasuke? How did he get it? And why didn't he return it himself?" Ino asked.
"How the hell should I know? He just came back with it last night. Anyway, he left earlier this morning. I think he needed to go to the doctors or something. He looked sorta pale…" Shikamaru replied.
"Oh, okay, then… bye." Ino said, trying to close the door.
"Wait," Shikamaru began bravely, "Ino, I… wanted to ask you something."
"Yeah, what is it?" Ino asked impatiently.
Shikamaru leaned to the side a little bit to see who else was in the room. When he saw TenTen, Hinata, and Sakura he shook his head and said, "Nothing, never mind. Bye."
"Bye." Ino said absentmindedly before turning around to Sakura and asking, "Okay, this is your blanket, forehead, how the hell did Sasuke get it?"
All the girls looked as Sakura expectantly.
Sakura just rolled her eyes, "It's not what you're thinking, Sasuke was sick last night so I made him soup. I loaned him the blanket so that he could get back to Neji's without his sickness getting worse."
"Oh." Ino said, slightly disappointed. Then she said, "Wait, Sasuke is sick?"
"Apparently, if he went to the doctor." Sakura replied, stating the obvious.
"I know that!" Ino snapped. "It's just that Sasuke hardly ever gets sick so it's a bit surprising. What's even more surprising is that he actually let you take care of him."
"Well, trust me, he didn't exactly enjoy it. He kept snapping at me all night…" Sakura replied tiredly.
'Still, he did let you…' All the girls thought before silence consumed the room. Of course it didn't last very long, how could it when you were in the same house as Uzumaki Naruto?
"Sakura-chan!", Naruto yelled barging into the girls room causing all of them to shriek in alarm.
"Naruto! Knock before you go into a girls' room, how would you know if one of us was dressing or not?" Ino said.
"Well, I don't think he'd be complaining." Neji answered coming into the room once he saw that Naruto wasn't kicked out.
All the girls rolled their eyes.
"Sorry, but it's not fair!" Naruto yelled out.
"What not fair, Naruto?" Hinata asked gently.
"Teme! He gets to skip school today!" Naruto replied, facing Hinata making her blush.
"O-oh." Hinata replied. "Well, he is sick…"
"Sick? Who cares if he gets sick? He gets to get a lollipop!" Naruto yelled childishly causing everyone to sweatdrop.
"I don't think Sasuke is the type to get a lollipop…" Shikamaru said rubbing the back of his head.
Naruto, however, didn't hear a word he said, instead he said, "I wanted a lollipop…"
Hinata giggled. "If you wanted a lollipop, you could have asked me. We have plenty downstairs."
"Seriously? Great! You are the best Hinata!" Naruto said as he gently pulled a near fainting Hinata downstairs with him to get a lollipop.
"Aah! Young love…" TenTen said shaking her head.
"What the heck are you talking about? You're only a year older than us!" Sakura said.
"Still, I am a year older than you guys so I can tell when you people are falling for each other. It is quite interesting to watch the drama unfold." TenTen replied looking meaningfully at Ino.
"S-shut up TenTen! Besides, what does age have to do with it? It was freakin' easy for us to see how you and Neji liked each other last year. You played with your fingers every time he got near you and he always stuttered! It got a bit annoying…"
"I didn't stutter." Neji said doggedly.
"Yeah, and I didn't play with my fingers either." TenTen said.
"You guys really are the perfect couple. You both are in permanent denial." Ino said, earning a glare from the couple and a laugh from Sakura.
"I wouldn't be laughing if I were you Sakura. Pretty soon you'll start falling for someone too and when that time comes, the teasing is on!" TenTen exclaimed through gritted teeth.
"Yeah, hey, wait, have you ever had a boyfriend, Sakura?" Ino asked innocently.
Sakura felt her insides clam up. "What do you mean?"
"In Suna, did you have a boyfriend?"
Sakura could feel the color flee from her face as she unconsciously gripped her backpack tighter. These things did not go unnoticed by Ino.
"Never mind, you don't have to answer. Hey, we should be getting to school, I know Kakashi is late but never this late, Come on!" Ino said pushing Shikamaru and Neji out of the room while giving TenTen a look the read 'we'll ask her later'.
With that they collected Naruto and Hinata and went to school.
(Konoha High, 4th pd. Gym)
Sakura collapsed on the floor heaving, Ino following suit soon after.
They had just finished running 200 laps around the gym and were going to get ready to go to homeroom.
"What… does… Guy… think… we… are… Olympic… champions?" Ino asked in between heavy breathes.
Sakura nodded in agreement.
"The… guys… are… so… lucky…" Sakura breathed.
The boys, well the ones in the game, had all period off. Heck, they had the whole day off! They could do anything they wanted all day and they wouldn't get in trouble, guess that's how serious the first game was around here.
"Okay, let's get to the dressing rooms. It'll take me at least ten minutes to change. Those push-ups wore me out." Ino said.
"Yup."
The two girls changed just in time for the bell.
"See you at lunch." Sakura waved goodbye.
"Where are you going?"
"To homeroom." Sakura replied innocently.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you. On game days we skip homeroom." Ino explained as she motioned Sakura towards the cafeteria.
The girls got their lunch and sat down next too Hinata and TenTen who had gotten there earlier.
"So," TenTen started. "How has your day been so far?"
"Dull." Both girls replied. "Nothing interesting has happened."
"You guys got dates for the dance yet?" TenTen asked casually earning a glare from Ino.
"I told you not to ask that!" Ino snapped.
"Relax," TenTen said laughing, "I was asking Sakura and Hinata."
Hinata looked up blushing and said, "N-n-naruto-kun asked me this morning."
All girls looked her way.
"I-I said y-yes." Hinata stuttered twiddling her fingers.
TenTen grinned and said, "Well congratulations! It took him long enough!"
"Yeah, congrats, Hinata." Ino and Sakura chimed in.
"Thank you."
"Okay, one down, okay Sakura, who has asked you?"
"Random people I don't even know." Sakura said bluntly.
The other girls laughed. "Okay, did you say yes to any of them?"
"No."
"What? Why not?" Ino asked.
"I agreed to go to the dance, I didn't say I'd go there with someone." Sakura pointed out.
"B-but you have to go with a date! There's no point in going if you don't go with someone." Ino stated.
"Okay, who are you going with?" Sakura challenged.
Ino got quiet.
"Exactly." Sakura said.
"Look, I am going to go with someone, I'm just not sure who at the moment." Ino said defiantly.
"She means the guy she likes hasn't asked her yet." TenTen explained.
'Great I tell the boy she likes him and he hasn't even made a move…' Sakura thought inwardly. 'Heck, even Naruto made a move!'
"Well, I'm sure he will." Sakura said encouragingly to her now depressed friend.
"Who's 'he'?" a voice asked from behind them.
The girls turned to see Shikamaru, Naruto, and Neji.
'Speak of the devil…' the girls thought simultaneously.
"A boy." Sakura answered sheepishly.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
Silence reigned.
"Well…?" TenTen drawled out.
"Well what?"
"Well, what did you come here for?" TenTen asked.
"Oh, yeah, that…" Shikamaru started. "I… nothing."
He turned around but bumped into the other two guys who refused to budge. So, he was forced to turn back around and say, "Ino… I need to talk to you…"
Ino looked surprised but secretly happy as she got up and followed Shikamaru away from the group. After a couple of words between them Ino suddenly hugged Shikamaru while yelling: Yes, yes, yes!
"I'm guessing he asked her to the dance." Sakura said, looking at her best friend hugging a relieved Shikamaru.
"So you guys finally managed to convince him that she wasn't going to turn him down?" TenTen asked looking expectantly at Neji.
"Yes," Neji replied, casually sitting next to her and wrapping his arms around her waist. "Though I think it could have been much sooner."
"Yeah," Naruto chipped in as he sat down next to Hinata, "the guy may be a genius but when it comes to Ino, he's a complete idiot."
"Yup." The rest of the table agreed as Shikamaru and Ino returned happily sitting next to one another.
"So now everyone has a date except…"
All eyes looked towards Sakura.
"What?"
"We need to get you a date Sakura!" Ino piped up, eagerly returning to her normal loud self.
"Huh?"
"Yeah, we don't want you to feel all left out." TenTen said.
"Hold on! I don't mind, seriously!" Sakura protested. Wasn't it possible for a girl to have fun at a dance without a date?
"Yeah but we mind!" Ino said looking at Sakura trying to figure out what her type was. Before that could happen though, the bell rang signaling for them to go to sixth period.
"Okay, forehead, I'll leave you alone for now. But don't think you're getting off easily." Ino declared, leaving.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Bye, piggy."
Sakura waited in the elevator impatiently as it went up. She wanted to get to the roof already, which was the place she usually went to on her spares. Hardly anyone did, well, sometimes Sasuke went up there, but he went behind the generators, well away from her.
She smiled as she heard the familiar 'ding', signaling her arrival.
Happily she walked onto the roof when she heard muffled moans. At first she decided to let it past but when they got louder, curiosity got the best of her.
She headed towards the sound until she discovered their roots.
'Figures…' Sakura thought sarcastically as she looked at Sasuke make out with some girl.
The girl was sitting on his lap, frenching Sasuke so much Sakura wondered vaguely why he hadn't drowned in saliva yet. Her arms roamed his body and she was the moaning. Typically, Sasuke didn't seem to care. One arm was up her skirt, the other up her shirt. Where they ended, Sakura didn't even want to think about.
Sakura coughed to make her presence known.
"What?" The girl asked rudely looking at Sakura while she tilted her head to give Sasuke access to her neck. He didn't even bother looking up.
"What?" The girl repeated. Sakura remained silent and waited for Sasuke to notice it was her that was standing there. She didn't want to waste time talking to one of his love sick zombies.
"What?!" The girl repeated, loud enough to irritate Sasuke.
"Who the hell is here?" Sasuke asked annoyed as he finally detached his mouth from her neck to look at Sakura, who in turn just raised an eyebrow at him.
"Oh, it's you Haruno." Sasuke said as he leaned back. Then he turned towards the girl and said, "Leave."
"What? But Sasuke-kun…" the girl whined.
"Leave." Sasuke said coldly. The girl sniffed, but did as he said, glaring at Sakura.
Sasuke remained silent as he shook his hair and shirt back to their place and stood up.
"What do you want?" He asked finally.
"Oh, I just wanted to enjoy the view and the sounds of Mother Nature, but I couldn't because of your little girlfriend, now that she's gone, though, I can, so bye." Sakura said, turning around a little annoyed that he seemed so calm after what she had just witnessed.
"Haruno."
"Yes?" Sakura asked sweetly as she continued towards the other side of the roof.
"Did you tell anyone about last night?" Sasuke asked.
'Figures, he only got rid of his girlfriend because he was worried about his image…' Sakura thought. "Only the girls."
Sakura could feel Sasuke turn rigid.
"What exactly did you say to them?" Sasuke said through gritted teeth.
"Only that I gave you soup cause you were sick." Sakura said innocently.
Sasuke loosened up a bit. "Acceptable."
"Acceptable? What would you have done if I had told them how sick you were?" Sakura asked testily.
"I would have made your life a living hell." Sasuke said simply.
"Really? How?" Sakura challenged.
"You have a brain, use your imagination. Keep in mind, I own this school, anything I do goes." Sasuke said causing Sakura to pale slightly; she had a big imagination.
"Does your mother know what you do to the girls here?"
Sasuke shrugged. "She's never asked, so I've never told her. Even if she did know, it wouldn't help you stop me."
"Besides," Sasuke continued, "You can't say that the girls don't enjoy it."
Sakura snorted. "They only do this because you have money, if you were an ordinary person I doubt they would whore themselves this much."
"What makes you say that?"
"Who the hell in their right mind would like being with you? You're a bastard." Sakura said.
Sasuke circled around until he was behind her. "So you're saying that if I wasn't rich, they wouldn't like me so much?"
"Y-yes." Sakura replied as Sasuke got closer to her, way too close for her comfort.
"Really, because I thought that they'd still go for me because of my looks." Sasuke said as he wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer to him.
"Wow, are you always this modest?" Sakura asked sarcastically. She knew that he was only testing her, and she refused to give him the pleasure of knowing that he could make her shiver with his touch, but damn, her hormones were raging right now!
"Even so, maybe they'll still like me if I didn't have my looks." Sasuke continued, tickling her neck with his breath, causing Sakura to let out a small, involuntary moan.
"See? You can't even see me but I can still…" Sasuke trailed off as his hands finally let go of her waist… and onto her butt.
Sakura immediately came to her senses as she whipped around and punched Sasuke.
"UCHIHA! YOU BASTARD! DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN! NEXT TIME I'LL HIT YOU HARDER!"
Sakura stomped off towards the elevator leaving a very shocked and angry Sasuke behind.
He stared at the place Sakura had been, that was not supposed to happen. He had expected a heated make out session between them, not a punch. Hell, she punched him! Not slap, punched! He had made a mistake to let his guard down…
He winced as he lightly touched his upper right jaw; he knew it was going to leave a bruise; a small one, but a bruise nonetheless.
"Damn bitch…" Sasuke mumbled angrily.
(In elevator)
Sakura didn't believe what she had just done; she had just punched Uchiha Sasuke. She punched the owner of the school she attended, she punched the guy that held her very future in the palms of his hands… and she was sure as hell proud of herself.
'Ha! I guess that guy finally found out that he's not as great as he really is.' Sakura thought.
'Well, yeah, sort of…' Inner Sakura commented.
'What do you mean 'sort of'? I practically knocked that bastard off his stupid throne!' Sakura declared.
'Well, that was the good part but…'
'But what?'
'You moaned when you breathed on his neck! You are not supposed to do that!' Inner Sakura screamed.
'Whatever I punched him! He probably didn't even notice!' Sakura said defiantly.
'Oh, yeah and about the punch…'
'What there was something wrong with that too?' Sakura asked sarcastically.
'Try moving your thumb.'
'Why?' Sakura wondered as she moved it. "OWWW!"
'You forgot to keep your thumb outside of the fist.'
"Damnit…"
A/N: So what you all think? If you all think it's too weird for a girl to punch, instead of slap, a guy then sorry. When a guy touched my ass I beat the crap out of the bastard, (and then he met my friend who is like my brother haha). Yes I am a feminist. Okay, who was OOC? Besides Sakura and Sasuke and Shikamaru (they all begin with 'S', lol)? And how can I improve?
The reason Sakura moaned is because she isn't used to guys like that. Her only other boyfriend was Gaara and he wasn't the type to show his emotions very well… .
Okay voting time: Who do you think Sakura should go to the dance with? It's not gonna be Sasuke it has to be one of these dudes:
Kiba- I plan to make a little NaruHinaKiba action w/ some Sasuke jealousy.
Lee- Lee is the type to create drama, I'll definitely create something up.
Sai- He looks like Sasuke, but that won't be the point. The point is that Sasuke hates Sai (in my story) just as much as Gaara so something will come up…. Though if you do vote this one I'll have to introduce him in the next chapter and that one will be short and a filler too.
Okay then, plz. Review!