Hi there my fellow "FanFiction" ers ! lol im a bit high right now soo LETS JUST GET ON WITH THE STORY BEFORE I GO PSYCHO !

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Naruto: HEY! WHEN AM I GONNA BE IN THE STORY!

FadingCrescent: You shut up and stay in that cage until I tell you to!

Naruto: -backs away and closes door to cage- Yes ma'am...

FadingCrescent: NOW ON WITH THE STORY!

Sasuke & Sakura: -whisper- I knew she was mental…

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Italics - Memories/thoughts

Normal - Normal!


Sakura got lost in the crowd, pushing her deeper into the corridor. She was carrying all her books, reminiscing on what happened early in Math class with Kakashi…

"Alright, I'll play your little game. Try not to fall in love with me. I'll give you a month. And I'll try not falling in love with you. If you win…"

"You'll stop being a dick. And if YOU win, I'm all yours." She winked at him and smirked. Sasuke smirked back and held out his hand. Sakura grabbed it and shook it.

"War's on, Uchiha Sasuke," Sakura said…

Sakura went to her locker, J14. She was put near Tenten, Hinata and Ino, just like Sasuke had told her…

"To make it MORE interesting, you have to hang out with my friends," he said, casually putting his hand behind his head. Sasuke saw Sakura's face turn red instantly. "Don't worry, there's girls too you know".

"Which ones? Better not be any of your fangirls or I'll kill you,' she said pinching his cheek lightly.

"Don't worry, Tenten, Hinata and Ino have other thoughts," Sasuke pointed at the three girls in the tables in front of them. "And the guys are Shikamaru, Naruto and Neji." He indicated the males sitting next to the girls.

"Oh, and we sit under the Sakura tree at recess and lunch, meet me there," Sasuke replied.

Sakura quickly placed her books into her locker and closed it. She paced outside and went to find the large Sakura tree Sasuke had told her about. She past some 12th graders and they wolf whistled at her. She ignored them and was tempted to punch them in the face.

"Hey! Pinky!" Sakura heard the voice to her west. She turned to find Sasuke waving at her with his group of friends. A vein popped out of her forehead and her emerald eyes glazed.

"DON'T CALL ME PINKY CHICKEN BOY!" She shouted at the midnight haired boy who had just scoffed. The six people in front of their desk were all there and all had sweatdropped when Sasuke had called her.

"Hi Sakura! I'm Tenten!" The girl with hazel eyes and brown hair tied into two buns thrust her hand out confidently.

"Ano… Ohayoo Sakura-san, I'm Hinata," said the girl with indigo hair and strange pearl eyes. She was twiddling with her fingers and blushing.

"And I'm Ino!" The blonde haired girl pointed at her chest with her thumb and smiling fondly at Sakura.

"Tch, you're so troublesome…" muttered the boy who was sleeping in class.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY LAZY ASS!" screamed Ino, while Tenten and the other brown haired boy sweatdropped once again.

"That's Shikamaru and I'm Naruto!" The cerulean eyed boy with spiky blonde hair announced happily. His smile was infectious and his eyes had the slight sparkle.

"Hn. Neji," the brown haired boy finally spoke up and looked at Sakura. His eyes were the same as Hinata's.

"Oh yeah and leave me out," complained Sasuke. Sakura nodded happily. She already enjoyed these people. Ino and Shikamaru were still arguing.

"CAN YOU STOP USING THE STUPID WORD TROUBLESOME!" Ino almost burst Shikamaru's ear.

"What's so troublesome about the word troublesome?" Shikamaru asked trivially.

"ARGH!" cried Ino, clutching her head. Tenten and Naruto sweatdropped (Tenten sure likes to sweatdrop).

"I guess these people will be the people I'll be hanging out with for the rest of the year… I hope. I really like them, such friendly humans…" thought Sakura, looking around the group. Ino gave Shikamaru a BIIIG punch in the face, Hinata and Naruto were talking about different types of ramens and Tenten and Neji were talking about the latest movie that just came out, while Sasuke just smirked at her.

"What? DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!" she said, pinching his cheek again.

"Heh. We're going to the movies tonight. Better come," he said, rubbing his red muscle. Sakura smiled and nodded.

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Sakura stopped at the large cinema. It was PACKED with teenagers EVERYWHERE! She sweatdropped. How was she supposed to find that stupid dork if he was hidden underneath all these people?

"Hey! SAKURA!" yelled a loud voice. It was near the entrance where all her new friends except Naruto and Ino. Neji was in a beige trench coat while Tenten was in an olive green one. Hinata was wearing a cloak, Shikamaru had a fishnet shirt on and Sasuke was wearing a plain tshirt. Sakura looked down at her clothes. She had a pink tank top with a miniskirt on since it was summer. She hoped she wouldn't attract TOO much attention, but it already did.

"Hey cutie, wanna watch a movie with me? I'll pay?" asked a nineteen year old, holding out tickets in front of her face.

"Piss off loser, she's with us," Ino came through and punched the guy in the face. He rubbed his nose and stalked off. Ino wore a purple jacket with cargos and her hair was in a high ponytail.

"Aw Ino how sweet, but shouldn't you be tending to him?" said Shikamaru, looking over at the male who had an ice pack on his nose (I dunno where he got it from.. so don't ask).

"Meh, beats me, who else are we waiting for?" She asked glaring at the boy who quickly hid behind his friend when he caught sight of her.

"Naruto. He better be here soon or we'll miss the movie," Neji said, glancing at the digital clock on top of the large sign. Sasuke sighed.

"He better not be out eating ramen… or I'll force him to stop for a week". Shikamaru scoffed.

"Like as though he'll be able to survive…"

"I'M HEEEERE!" The group turned to see Naruto, striding up to them in a large orange jacket.

"Baka, you made us wait. What were you doing?" asked Sasuke bumping Naruto's skull.

"Well there was a special on instant ramen at the market, so I decided to.. uh…" He stopped when he saw the looks on Sasuke and Neji's faces. "Let's go inside and watch the movie!"

The small party went inside the overcrowded cinema and sat down, with the girls in front and the boys at the back of them. Sasuke sat in front of Sakura and smirked. He had a trick up his sleeve…

Halfway through the scary movie, Sasuke moved his hand around Sakura's chair. He tapped her shoulder. Sakura, already half freaked out by the show, grabbed her drink and flung it at the attacker behind her. Unfortunately, Sasuke was still behind the seat and had the drink burst onto his face. And to make it even worse, it was Fanta… He hated Fanta. So there he was, orange liquid dripping off his face when they left for the night. Everyone couldn't help laughing, looking at Sasuke's disgruntled face and his eyebrows twitching.

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Over the next few days, Sasuke and Sakura's war never faltered. A couple of pranks which included; Sasuke getting hit in the face with an orange at lunch, Sakura's locker full of spiders, Sasuke's books MYSTERIOUSLY disappearing, which earned him a detention, Sakura's lunch thrown out of the window, dropping onto Gai-sensei's head, an egged black Jaguar and many other things that I can't be stuffed typing or it'll end up as a novel of Sakura and Sasuke's tactics.

"Man… I'm out of strategies…" Sakura thumped her head on her locker. Tenten, Ino and Hinata sighed. They had seen each of them pull those nasty war games and they were tired of those; "I'M GOING TO KILL HIM/HER!" It was too much trouble for them or as Shikamaru thought, "It was troublesome".

"How 'bout you stop playing pranks? Or even better, FALL IN LOVE!" Ino said evilly. Sakura glared at her with her fire-glazing eyes. She had got to know each of them better the past few days, even though it wasn't even a week yet. It was Friday, the day before the weekend and Sakura and her friends planned to go shopping on Sunday.

"Hey Haruno Sakura," said a deep, masculine voice. She turned to see Senior Shikaku Nobuya. Every girl thought he was the BEST, CUTEST, HOTTEST LOOKING SENIOR EVER!

"Oh hello Shikaku-senpai," she bowed to show her respect and smiled at him. He smiled back and said,

"Do you want to go out on a date with me tomorrow?" Sakura stopped breathing for a second. The best senior in the WHOLE school, asking Haruno Sakura, a NEW student on a DATE! Ino and Tenten speculated with WIDE eyes while Hinata had already fainted.

"Uhh…umm… sure!" She stuttered.

"Alright then, can you meet me at the lake near the school on Saturday around 8pm?" She nodded. Nobuya smiled back once again and turned to go out of school.

"Oh… my GOD! DID I JUST HEAR WHAT I JUST HEARD?" screamed Ino. Tenten blocked her ears. "DID HE JUST ASK SAKURA ON A DATE? OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!"

Sakura blushed and nodded shyly.

This week, was sure a big blast for her already.

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Sakura stepped out of her house. Two outings in one week already and another one coming up. She was wearing beige cargos and strapless white top. She wore white sandals and the silver necklace her aunt had given her years ago. It wasn't that cold at night so she didn't bother bring a jacket. She walked onto the path and crossed to go into the park where the lake was. She saw Nobuya there and waved. He waved back and ran up to her.

"Hey, you're on time!" He said. He was carrying a backpack. "We're going to have a picnic, hope you like dumpling and riceballs!" He lay out a blanket and placed the tantalizing food onto it. They sat there, eating and talking. It wasn't until after 9 they started to pack up.

"Wait, I want to bring you somewhere…" He held her hand and led her into an alleyway.

"Nobuya, what's going on?" Sakura asked frighteningly. He was backing her into a corner and she was quivering with fear.

"I… want you Sakura…" he whispered into her ear, nibbling it slightly. He grasped her and began to plant kisses over her body. Sakura gasped. She didn't want to be here, she didn't want to get raped in a hostile alleyway. She started screaming. He covered her mouth with his hand and pulled a gun out of his back pocket.

"Say another word and you'll get it," he said possessively. Sakura had tears running down her cheeks and her body shook uncontrollably.

"Please… somebody…" She prayed.

"HEY! LET GO OF HER!"


Yup yup, another cliffy. It's obvious who it is right? Lol anyway next week's update might be going up a bit slower than usual cause I'm off to the snow!

Itachi will appear sooner than expected... I hope

Thanks to the reviewers who read this! Love ya guys! See ya next time!

FadingCrescent