Note: I have my Kabuto outfit! I look like a freaky mutant in it.

Thank you to wishingdragon for constructive criticism (it seems like no one ever gives me constructive criticism), and ihearttoast09 for liking my story (and for liking toast)!

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"Let's play Confessions!"

We all stared at her. We barely knew each other, and she expected us to share our secrets with everyone?

"Okay!" Naruto shouted, running up to her. "I'll play!"

"Me too!" Lee bellowed, running over. So much for not wanting to play.

Gradually, I was losing my allies. Tenten went up to play and somehow convinced Neji to play too. Hinata went over and stood next to Naruto, looking at the ground and twiddling her thumbs.

One by one they went to Ino, until it was just Gaara, Sasuke, and me.

"Come on, Sasuke!" Ino squealed, grabbing Sasuke by the arm and pulling him into the circle. "You too, Sakura," she spat.

I stood my ground, until I saw Gaara roll his eyes and walk up to the circle, muttering some unpromising words under his breath.

Enough is enough, I thought. I may not want to play, but I am NOT going to be labeled as the square girl who's no fun!

Slowly, as though I expected monsters to pop out at me, I walked towards the circle.

"Took you long enough," Ino giggled. "Now that everyone's here, sit in a circle."

Yes, teacher. We all sat in a circle, Ino was (naturally) between Sasuke and Shikamaru, Temari sat on Shikamaru's other side, Hinata was blushing next to Naruto, and I was with Tenten and Neji, who were the only people who seemed to remotely like me. Actually, only Tenten seemed to remotely like me. Neji seemed to think I was the biggest idiot he'd ever had the misfortune of becoming acquainted with.

"Sasuke, you can start!" Ino announced, clapping her hands. Who died and made her the leader?

Sasuke sighed. "Okay...Ino."

"Yes?" she asked. I couldn't bear the expression on her face. She had a huge smile filling out her cheeks, practically taking up half her face. And her eyes? They were goony-looking, filled with lovesickness and excitement over the fact that Sasuke was asking her a question.

"Why did you make us play this game?"

The smile fell off of Ino's face and was replaced by a grim substitute. Her eyes lost their hopeful shimmer as I tried not to launch myself at Sasuke and give him a high five.

"...because it's fun!" she squealed, trying to come back from her awkward moment. "Now it's my turn, right?" We all stared at her stupidly. "Alright...Lee!"

"Yes, Ino-chan?" he asked, standing up and saluting her. "What shall I confess today?"

"Why do you wear that hideous jumpsuit?"

Lee gasped. "This—this is not hideous!" he shrieked. "It is youthful!"

"...right," Ino mumbled, and for once I agreed with her. "Your turn. Go."

"Hmm..." Lee pondered, looking around the circle with exaggerated enthusiasm. "I choose...Sakura!"

I gasped. "...uh...yeah?" I asked, trying to sound as though I were cool with the fact that he picked me.

"Sakura!" he repeated. "What do you think of Gai-sensei?"

I was back to being awkward all over again. "Um...I...um..."

"You have to tell the truth, Sakura," Ino called out from her seat, as if I needed reminding.

"I think he's...goofy...and weird..." I mumbled.

Lee gasped. If I hadn't known any better, I would've thought I'd insulted him instead of his sensei. "How can you say that, Sakura?" he gasped at me. Then he fainted. I am serious.

"Um, is he...?" Hinata mumbled.

"We'll wake him up when the bell rings," Ino cooed in a motherly (or so it would seem) tone. "Go, Sakura."

"Hinata?" I offered. Hinata sat up and looked at me expectantly. "Who do you have a crush on?"

Hinata looked nervous. "I...uh...Naruto..." she mumbled. Naruto looked proud. Ino looked disgusted.

"You moron!" she mouthed. "I already told you who Hinata likes!" she snarled, shaking her head. I shrugged at her.

"I-is it my turn?" she asked. We nodded sweetly at her, and then went right back to glaring at each other. "Okay. Um...Tenten?"

Tenten looked up. "Yeah? What is it?"

When she realized she had to come up with a confession, Hinata turned bright red and looked down. "Who do you have a crush on?"

All eyes whipped over to see Tenten's reaction to Hinata's question. "Not anyone right now," she shrugged, looking totally at ease with herself.

"I pick...Neji!"

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And so it dragged on. Everyone in the circle learned of several peoples' crushes, abhorred persons, and so on. Shikamaru even fell asleep, but he woke up when Ino asked him if he liked Temari.

"I don't like anyone right now. Girls are such a drag," he'd drawled at her. "And nobody wake me up again." With that being said, he fell back asleep.

"Hurry, guys!" the newly conscious Lee said, bouncing on his heels. "I have so much I wish to learn, and so little time to learn it!"

"Okay then," Ino said. "I pick...Sakura!"

I glared up at her. I wasn't a mind reader, but I could tell that she wasn't going to make my confession the easiest, most painless one.

"What?" I asked, flipping my hair over my shoulders.

Ino smiled at me before opening her mouth to start the torturous dare. "What's your most embarrassing moment?"

Oh my. I'd seen that question in other games, and it was guaranteed to be a reputation-killer. It wouldn't have been so bad if I was a normal person like Tenten who had a normal life and never got embarrassed, but I wasn't Tenten. I was Sakura Haruno, whose life was like a documentary about embarrassment. I was the kind of person who had an embarrassing moment wherever I went, no matter how boring and seemingly embarrassment-free the place was.

"We're waiting," Ino said. Even I could hear how forced the playfulness in her voice sounded. Ooh...faking! Perfect!

"Um...probably the time at my old school where I tripped during the school play."

Ino let out a loud cackle at my embarrassment. Home free! I thought. I had tripped during the school play, but that was heaven compared to some of my other embarrassments. Guess you're not as smart as you like to think!

"Okay, Sakura, it's your turn," Ino said, still looking amused at my klutziness. "The bell's about to ring, so make it quick."

"Sasuke!" I blurted before I could chicken out and ask someone like Kiba.

Sasuke looked up at me with those onyx eyes, and I froze up once again.

"I...er...whodoyouhaveacrushon?" I mumbled, trying as hard as I could to get the awkward words out.

Sasuke raised one eyebrow. "Care to repeat that?"

"Sure..." I stammered, feeling the familiar heat of a good blush. No, I thought. Please don't start blushing! I look like a fuzzy Valentine's Day card when I blush!

"So..." I mumbled. "Who do you have a crush on?" I repeated, hiding my head in my hands.

After a few seconds, nothing had happened. I looked up, and Sasuke appeared to be deep in thought. Ino was smiling at me, mouthing, "Well, I guess you aren't as dumb as you look!"

"Spit it out, Sasuke," Naruto said impatiently, fidgeting from one foot to the other. "The bell's about to—"

He was cut off by the blaring sound of the bell.

"Wait!" Ino yelled. The volume of her voice left everyone frozen. "Sasuke, please answer the question."

"Yeah, Sasuke, who do you like?" Naruto pestered. I wanted to snap at him. Why did he care? He was a guy, after all. This was a girly matter.

Sasuke sighed. "It's Ino."

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Note: Oh noes! Sasuke is challenging my OTP! What will I do? Well, I will update this story! How dare Sasuke try to get out of SasuSaku!