Chapter 3) Trouble

"KYYAAAA!! Hana-chan!!"

"W-what is it, Kiki Chan?!"

"It's about Sakura chan and Sasuke kun!"

"What about them?"

"They're going out!"

Somehow, the situation of the two smartest kids in Konoha dating was exciting and enraging to anyone who heard. In Konoha's Boarding School for Girls, some girls were congratulating their pink haired hero, and other girls gave her death threats. Sakura never would imagine her school become a monstrous battlefield because of her love life! Tired of all the jealous girls that were throwing crumpled pieces of paper at her, she hid in a broom closet. Sitting on the floor, she sighed softly so the others couldn't hear her.

"Sakura? Where are you?" Sakura heard Ino call from outside the closet. Sakura opened the door, grabbed Ino and pulled her in, and then shut the door before anyone could notice.

"Sakura, what are you doing in a broom closet?!" Ino asked in a soft whisper.

"Hiding, obviously. Most of the girls out there are trying to kill me!" Sakura replied in a soft whisper.

Ino patted her best friend's back in sympathy. Sakura looked up at her.

"Did you spread it?" Sakura asked; her face completely serious. Ino sighed.

"No, I didn't. Someone must have seen you yesterday, though. And I think I know who it is…" Ino whispered.

"Who?" Sakura asked.

"I'm not sure if she saw you and Sasuke yesterday or not, but she seems to be telling the girls who haven't heard… Just watch out for Karin, okay?" Ino answered.

"Karin? Okay…." Sakura whispered.

"I wonder if the word spread to Konoha's Boarding School for Boys as well…." Ino whispered.

"Congratulations, Sasuke!" A fellow classmate said.

"Yeah man, nice job!"

Sasuke sighed. He had been receiving "congratulations" from people ever since he walked out of his dorm room. He was starting to think Naruto had blabbed his mouth again, but then again, his date last night could also be a possible suspect.

"SASSUUUKKKEEE!!!" Naruto called, tackling the raven haired boy in the hallway.

"What do you want, you idiot?" Sasuke asked.

"Why did you tell everyone you're dating Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.

"I didn't." Sasuke said, bonking the blonde for even suggesting such a thing.

"Oh, well, anyway, Hinata told me that she won't be here today, so I guess you can use the secret passage way to meet Sakura." Naruto insisted.

"Hn." Sasuke grunted.

"You don't want to see her?" Naruto asked.

"Hn." Sasuke grunted again.

Naruto sighed. "You're one tough book to read, you know that, right?"

"Hn."

"That's it; I'm making you meet her today during lunch! I'm sure Kakashi-sensei will let you use the tunnel…." Naruto stated, and went to homeroom.

Sasuke followed him in, and took his seat as the bell rang throughout the school.

"I'm not going to meet her, Naruto. She is not my girlfriend." Sasuke argued, as Naruto closed the door of their homeroom.

"She may not be your girlfriend right now, but she will be!" Naruto said happily, as he scooped out the books from the passage way.

"Hn. I doubt that." Sasuke mumbled, and crossed his arms.

Naruto opened the other handle, and pushed Sasuke in. "Sorry Sasuke! Sakura is already down there, and you shouldn't stand her up!" Naruto called, and shut the handle. He refilled the books, closed that door, and pushed the desk over it.

"Hn. That dobe is wrong if he thinks I'll go through that tunnel." Sasuke pouted.

"AAAAHHHHH!" He heard a girl voice shriek.

On instinct, Sasuke started crawling through the tunnel and finally found Sakura in the bright light. Her wrist was bleeding. She looked up, and Sasuke could tell her green eyes were watery.

"What happened?" Sasuke asked.

"N-nothing…" Sakura replied, wiping away the water from her eyes.

"Sakura, your arm is bleeding. Something did happen." Sasuke said, examining the wound.

Sakura pulled her arm away from him. "No, it's nothing." Sakura assured. "I can heal it right away and the venom could just disappear, but I'm not sure if this place censors chakra or not." Sakura said.

Yes, both schools shared the same golden rule. "No chakra allowed, unless teacher gives permission to." Everywhere around the school, the staff had placed chakra censors in every hallway, every room, and every corner. No one, not even the smartest students, could be trusted. Since they were underground, and the tunnel linked both schools, Sakura was not sure.

"So a snake bit you?" Sasuke asked, noticing she said venom.

"I never said that!" Sakura exclaimed. Sasuke sighed.

"You can heal it. This tunnel was built by our homeroom teachers, and they already broke a rule, so I'm sure they didn't place any chakra censors." Sasuke assured her.

"Fine, but if there are any, I'm blaming you!" Sakura retorted. With a simple mental jutsu equation, a green light glowed around her hand and she easily fixed the snake bite.

Red lights started blinking, and a loud alarm went on.

"AAHHHHHH!!!" Sakura screamed, but was quickly muffled due to Sasuke's hand.

"Shhhh, it's not us." Sasuke whispered, and waited for the announcement.

"STUDENT NUMBER 11 AND 130, PLEASE GO STRAIGHT TO THE OFFICE. THE REST OF THE STUDENTS REPORT TO HOMEROOM, NOW." The speaker said, loud enough for Sasuke and Sakura to hear.

"The speakers came from the right, so it must be your school." Sasuke said, and Sakura immediately retreated.

"Ino's number eleven!" Sakura called to Sasuke, who watched her disappear.

Sasuke sighed, and retreated as well.

A few minutes later, Sakura was called up to the office. Bursting through the door, she asked what had happened.

"Your friend, Ino, is in deep trouble. She supposedly started a fight with Karin." The principal, Shizune, said.

Shizune ran the school as Tsunade ran the hospital, and Shizune was a pretty good principal. She was sympathetic and understanding, but this time her face was serious. Sakura also noticed Hinata, Hinata's father, Kurenai, Hana, Karin, and Ino were standing in the room. Hinata was crying silently, her father was angry, and Hana was glaring at Sakura. Hana had a huge crush on Sasuke, and was also one of Karin's friends.

"I did not start the fight, Karin did!" Ino shouted, pointing at Karin.

"Yeah right! You're hiding something!" Karin shouted back.

"About that, Kurenai told us about the tunnel to their school to our school. We called up the others that are also related to this problem, and they are on their way." Shizune said.

A few seconds passed, and smoke appeared in the room. As it cleared, they all saw the same four people. Naruto, Neji, Kakashi, and to Sakura's surprise, Sasuke.

"Yo." Kakashi greeted.

"Kakashi, you know very well that Naruto was forbidden to see Hinata, so could you please tell me why you broke that rule?" Shizune asked.

Kakashi looked over at Hinata, who was staring at the ground. He looked at her father, who was glaring at him. His eyes then traveled to Naruto, who was staring at Hinata, his eyes full of worry. Then he looked at Kurenai, the girl's homeroom teacher, and her eyes were looking away.

"I'll tell you why." Kakashi said, his eyes looking at Shizune's.

"Why?" Shizune repeated.

"Because their love was just like a chapter in Icha Icha Paradise, and I just couldn't resist living in it!" Kakashi exclaimed.

"THEIR LOVE?! This pervert does not love her; he obviously wants the heir to our clan since he doesn't have one!" Hinata's father argued, pointing at Naruto.

"That's not true!" Naruto shouted.

"Naruto is correct, that is not true. Naruto loves Hinata, as much as Hinata loves him." Kakashi said.

"Why you-"

"Enough!" Shizune announced.

All ten of them looked at her, as she cleared her throat.

"With all due respect, it is quite obvious that Naruto is truly in love with Hinata." Shizune started.

"But-"Shizune raised her hand, preventing him from continuing his sentence.

"I will close the secret tunnel," Shizune started. Hinata shot up, as well as Naruto.

"But, the two will be allowed to see each other during lunch. This will happen, for we have agreed to let the two schools have lunch together outside. The school gates, doors, and windows will all be closed and of course, have chakra censors there." Shizune explained.

"All Hyuugas may leave now. You two," She pointed to Kakashi and Naruto. "May leave as well."

The five disappeared from the room, leaving Sakura, Ino, Hana, Karin, and Sasuke.

"So, Karin, please tell me your side of the story first." Shizune said.

"I'd be happy to." Karin said, and smiled at Sasuke. "I was just going to get Hana's bag from her homeroom, when I saw Ino pushing the desk. I politely asked her-"

"You didn't politely ask me! You said-" Shizune raised her hand again, silencing Ino.

"As I was saying; I politely asked her what she was doing, and she rudely told me to mind my own business. I thought it was unfair, so I pushed the desk aside, and found the tunnel." Karin explained. "I knew something had to be up, and I was going to tell you when Ino attacked me with chakra, and set off the alarms."

"Okay, now it's your turn, Ino." Shizune said.

"Finally. First of all, Karin was not getting Hana's bag. She bursted through the door with Hana and asked me what I was doing in there. I didn't see the point of answering, since it was none of her concern, so I told her to go to lunch. She refused, and pushed the desk and smashed me against the wall!" Ino explained.

"I did not-"

"Anyway, she found the tunnel and all, and she was like; 'I'm going to tell the principal on you and get expelled! Hahahahahahaha.' I couldn't get the desk off of me, so I used chakra to help lift it up. That's when the alarm went off." Ino finished.

Shizune nodded.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry to be rude, but why is Sasuke and I here?" Sakura asked.

"Because you were in that tunnel at the time." Hana answered.

"Ino and Karin, the both of you will have detention after school today. As for the rest, you are free to go." Shizune said.

"No fair!" Hana shouted.

"Why is it not fair?" Shizune asked.

"Because-because….." Hana stuttered, and stormed out of the room. Karin rolled her eyes, and walked out with Ino following her. Sasuke looked over at Sakura, seeing no point in why he was called. Sighing, he vanished from sight, and Sakura smiled.

"Thanks for understanding, Shizune." Sakura said. Shizune smiled, nodding.

Sakura walked out of the door, calling Ino, and Shizune sighed.

Such young love…. She thought.