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"Sakura?" Sasuke asked me, "Why are you wearing guy clothes?"

It was lunch and Sasuke and I were at the lunch table waiting for all of our friends to come. I choked on my milk when he asked me this. I couldn't tell him what has been going on! He still thinks of me as "Little Innocent Sakura". I couldn't have him think badly of me.

"No reason." I said, "These are more comfortable then my regular clothes."

"Really?" Sasuke gave me a look, "Because when we were little, you always told me that dresses were more comfortable then anything else."

Busted! I laughed nervously, "Really? Well I must of grown out of them."

"No way." Sasuke said, "You LOVE dresses, Sakura. You would NEVER grow out of them."

"Teme!" I growled, "I can wear what I want to wear."

Sasuke was shocked by my attitude, "What's with the attitude? So not cute."

"I am NOT cute!" I yelled, "I never was!"

"Sure you were." Sasuke said, "When you were little."

I huffed, there was no arguing with him, was there? I just continued drinking my milk, waiting for our friends to save me from this conversation.

"Hey, Sakura!" Kiba sat next to me and put his arm around me.

"Hey, Kiba." I smiled, forgetting that Sasuke was even there.

Kiba leaned in to kiss me and I panicked. I didn't want to kiss in front of Sasuke, or in front of anybody. However, Kiba managed to steal a kiss from me. I knew he only did it to give Sasuke an indirect message that I was "his" and not Sasuke's. I didn't belong to anybody, but I let Kiba do what he wanted.

"Are you guys going out?" Sasuke asked.

"You think we would kiss if we weren't?" Kiba replied.

"I guess not." Sasuke put his chin on his folded hands and watched us intently.

…

"Sakura." Sasuke caught me while I was going to Kakashi-Sensei's class.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"You want to hang out after school?" Sasuke asked.

"Uh…" I didn't know what to say. Kiba might get mad if I do.

"Come on!" Sasuke urged, "Are you going to let Kiba control your life?"

Of course he would know what I was thinking. He IS my best friend after all.

"Well, no." I said, "But he might get mad."

"It is just for a few hours." Sasuke kept at it, "Let's go shoot some hoops are something."

"Well…" I totally wanted to go. I haven't spent any time with Sasuke in quite awhile, "Alright."

"Ok, I'll wait for you at the front gate." Sasuke ran off.

I smiled, but it quickly went away when the late bell rang.

…

"Sakura-Chan." Kakashi-Sensei gave me a look, "Why are you late?"

"Uhh… I got lost on the path of life?" I smiled.

Kakashi-Sensei smiled, or at least I think he did. He had a mask on, and he would never take it off. Then how did he kiss Iruka-Sensei? Off topic!

"You are lucky that I take those kind of excuses." Kakashi-Sensei motioned for me to sit.

I took a seat next to Kiba.

"Why were you late?" Kiba asked, "And don't tell me the crap you told Sensei."

"I was talking to Sasuke." I told him. There was no use lying to him. He would know quickly if I was.

"Really?" Kiba scowled, "About?"

"He wanted to hang out after school."

"You said 'No', right?"

"I said ok."

"Why?"

"Because we haven't hung out in awhile."

"So? I think you should stay away from him."

"And what makes you say that?"

"He is just trying to take you away from me."

"Oh stop it. He is SO not going to do that." Kiba gave me a look and I laughed, "You are such a boy."

Kiba whined and embraced me, "I won't let him take you."

"I know, Kiba." I patted his back.

"That was beautiful." Kakashi-Sensei and the rest of the class clapped, "So can we get back to class now?"

My face got red. Have they been listening this whole time?

…

I ran out of the doors when that bell rang. I was so excited to hang out with Sasuke. Seeing him at the gate, I began to run faster.

"Sasuke!" I finally made it to him, "Hey!"

"Hey, Sakura." Sasuke said, "You ready to shoot hoops?"

"Totally!" I piped, "I'm so going to blow you away!"

"Alright then." Sasuke walked in the direction of the basketball courts, "Let's go."

I followed him to the courts. When we were there, he threw me the ball.

"Show me what you've got." Sasuke smiled.

I began to dribble the ball, thinking of a way to beat him. I then ran down the court. He blocked my way to the net, so I stepped back for further strategizing. A few seconds later, I came up with a brilliant plan. I ran at him and jumped off of the ground.

"There is no way that you are going to dunk it." Sasuke said.

"Watch me!" I started to fall. Sasuke gasped as he realized what I was about to do. [My foot collided with his face as I used it as a step. I pushed off of his face and jumped for the net. I then proceeded to slam the ball down into the net: Slam dunk].

Sasuke fell to the ground as I hung off of the net.

"Damn!" Sasuke sat up as I let go and landed on my feet, "What the heck, Sakura?"

"Tee hee!" I giggled, "All I did was make a slam dunk."

"You used my face as a step!" Sasuke got up.

"Sorry." I smirked, "Your face shouldn't of been under my foot."

Sasuke's eye twitched as he chased after me. I ran away, staying a good five feet away from him the whole way.

He finally stopped, panting hard from all the running. I stopped and went over to help him.

After an hour of playing basketball, we headed for the park. The park was where Sasuke and I first met.

Flashback

I was five years old. My mom and dad had accidentally left me on the bench. I was sobbing from the fear that they were never going to come back.

"Why are you crying?" a five year old boy asked me.

"My mom and dad left me here." I sobbed.

"Don't worry, I'll stay here with you." he sat next to me, "I'm Sasuke. Sasuke Uchiha."

I stopped crying, "I'm Sakura. Sakura Haruno."

"Cherry blossom." he kissed my hand, "It suits you."

I blushed. That's when I heard frantic calls calling my name.

"There you are!" my mom and dad ran to me, "We were so worried!"

"I'm sorry." I apologized.

"Let's go home." my mom held my hand, she then turned to Sasuke and bowed, "Thank you for taking care of her."

"Of course." he bowed back and walked off, waving to me.

I waved back as I walked off with my parents.

End of Flashback

We sat down on the park bench that we met on all those years ago. It felt kind of like destiny.

"Seems like yesterday, huh?" he looked at me.

I smiled at him, "Yup."

He pulled my hat off, and pulled my hair out of its ponytail. He then ran his fingers through my long hair. I shivered, his fingers were cold.

He put my face into his hands and pressed our foreheads together.

I instinctively closed my eyes, my heart racing so fast that it felt like it was going to burst.

His lips grazed mine. I didn't want to kiss him, but I did, if that made any sense. He moved from my lips and kissed my cheek.

He pulled away and said, "I will always love you, Sakura."

I stood up, my heart practically in space, "I-I have to go home now."

Sasuke stood up and said, "Alright. I'll take you home."

…

I walked into my house and closed the door.

"Sakura?" my dad asked.

"What?" I growled.

He didn't say anything. I just walked up the stairs and walked into my room, closing the door behind me.

I felt like I was floating and gravity was no longer here. My heart raced the speed of light and won. I walked over to my stereo and turned it on. The perfect song came on. "Innocence" by Avril Lavigne.

"Waking up I see that everything is OK.
The first time in my life and now it's so great.
Slowing down I look around and I am so amazed.
I think about the little things that make life great.
This innocence is brilliant.
I hope that it will stay.
This moment is perfect.
Please don't go away.
I need you now.
And I'll hold on to it.
Don't you let it pass you by.
I found a place so safe, not a single tear.
The first time in my life and now it's so clear.
Feel calm, I belong, I'm so happy here.
It's so strong and now I let myself be sincere.
It's a state of bliss, you think you're dreaming.
It's the happiness inside that you're feeling.
It's so beautiful it makes you wanna cry.
It's a state of bliss, you think you're dreaming.
It's the happiness inside that you're feeling.
It's so beautiful it makes you wanna cry.
It's so beautiful it makes you wanna cry.
This innocence is brilliant.
Makes you wanna cry.
This innocence is brilliance.
Please don't go away.
Cause I need you now.
And I'll hold on to it.
Don't you let it pass you by."

That is what I felt right now. I felt innocent. He made me feel this way. What about Kiba? I couldn't think straight anyways. I decided to tell him tomorrow, however, bad things were going to happen tomorrow. I just didn't know it at the time.

[ ] Remember this scene from the manga Girl Got Game? If you do, I don't own that manga. If you haven't read it, then please do. It is a great manga. BTW, I DO NOT OWN AVRIL LAVIGNE OR THE SONG!

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