Author's Note: Hey there! I'm in a good mood and I got some sleep last night lol. I think I'm getting sick…T-T, but no worries! Unless I am deathly ill, my story will continue! CHA!
Disclaimer: Wrong or right, black or white. If I close my eyes, it's all the same. Lyrics for All The Same by The Sick Puppies (I own nothing!)
Ch. 3: Mall Chaos!
The entire car ride up to Itachi and Sasuke's house was great! Gaara was laughing his ass off and only when they stopped in front of the house did Temari break the playful mood.
"I didn't know you were picking them up." Temari grumbled.
"You don't like Sasuke and Itachi?" asked Sakura.
"It's not that…they just get touchy feely with me sometimes." said Temari.
"Would you like to sit up here instead?" Sakura offered.
"You would do that for me? You just met me." said Temari quietly.
"Of course silly! I like you and I already consider you a friend. Is it okay Gaara?" Sakura smiled at him.
"Sure." he smiled back.
"Thank you."
Sakura kissed him on the cheek and the two girls got out of the car. Temari squealed.
"THANK YOU!"
"You're welcome."
Temari gave her a fierce hug. Sakura laughed a little and slid into the middle of the backseat. She was unaware of Gaara watching her moves. Sakura leaned forward, propping herself up on her crossed legs. She smiled at Gaara and joined in on the conversation. However, he scared the shit out of her when he beeped his horn. Sasuke and Itachi ran out of the house and threw open the car's doors to see who they were sitting by. Sakura smiled at them both, her emerald green eyes shining in amusement.
"Hey. Do you guys care if I sit between you?"
"NO!" they both said.
They climbed in, Sasuke on her left and Itachi on her right. With all three in the back, there was just enough room to wiggle around. Sakura went to lean back and found her back against two arms. She didn't think they would mind, so she stayed there. Gaara looked at her in the backseat then took off towards the mall. The air in the car was thick with tension. Finally Sakura couldn't take the silence anymore…which surprise her since she usually welcomed it.
"So Gaara, what day did you want me to tweak your engine?" she smiled.
"Tweak his engine? You know about cars Sakura?" asked Temari.
"Sure. I fixed his car this morning. Didn't you notice that it's not noisy?" Sakura smiled.
"Dude…she's right. It's not noisy." said Itachi.
"So Sakura, what else do you do?" asked Temari.
"Beside my training in the medical filed and cars? I paint, write, read, draw, cook, and stuff like that."
"What about when you're with your friends?" asked Temari.
Gaara looked in his mirror just as she flinched and a pained look entered her eye.
"I didn't have any friends." Sakura replied.
"What?! Were they crazy?!" said Temari.
"Nope, but looks were everything to them…and I just didn't fit in." Sakura replied.
"What wrong with the way you look?" asked Temari.
"Well, what I wearing right now, I used to not wear. I usually wear my glasses and baggy clothes."
"So? What's wrong with that?" asked the usually quiet Sasuke. Sakura turned toward him.
"I didn't think anything was wrong with it either. What type of girls went to your school?" asked Itachi.
"Plastic barbies whose only goal in life was to please everybody else and tease the people who didn't bow down to them." Sakura hissed.
Temari's eyes went a little wide, but Sakura's malicious aura soon faded.
"But, that's all behind me now." she smiled.
'Smart, beautiful, caring, and she has a hidden temper…I bet she's good in b…'
Itachi's thoughts were interrupted when Gaara announced that they were there. Sasuke and Itachi got out of the car, allowing Sakura too. She walked between Gaara and Itachi. (The order was Temari, Gaara, Sakura, Itachi, Sasuke.) She grabbed Gaara's hand and smiled at him. Normally, he wouldn't have allowed the girl to get so close as to touch him, let alone kiss his cheek as she did earlier, but there was just something about her. As they walked up to a group of people, Sakura had to beam a smile because she knew one of them. She dropped Gaara's hand and started to run toward a brown, spiky haired boy with a lazy smile.
"Shikamaru!"
She laughed as he picked her up in a hug. Everyone just gaped at them, wondering how the hell she knew him. He set her down and she took a step back, smiling at him.
"I was wonder when you where going to come and visit me you troublesome girl." he smiled at her.
"Visit! HA! I moved here!"
"Really? Guess we won't have to talk on the internet then."
Problem solved…sort of.
"This is your pen pal Shika?" asked Temari.
"Yep. Been friends for what…four years now?"
"Almost five." Sakura smiled.
"So this is the girl I was talking to that night eh?" said a brown, long haired boy with opal eyes.
"Neji? Hi! I haven't talked to you in a while. Now I know what you look like, so you must be Hinata." she pointed to a purple haired girl with opal eyes.
"Yes. Did Neji tell you about me?" she asked curiously.
"You and Tenten…which is you right?" she pointed toward a girl with two brown buns in her hair.
"Neji talks about me?" she looked shocked.
"I…uh…"
"Yes. The entire time we talked." Sakura smiled at the girl. "He speaks very highly of both of you. Actually, come to think of it…Shikamaru has told me about all of you. I wonder why I didn't see that before?" she rubbed the back of her head.
"HEY GUYS! Sorry I'm late! Who's that?" a blond hair, blue eyed boy said.
"Hi Naruto. I'm Sakura Haruno." She smiled and extended her hand.
"How do you know my name? Are you some kind of spy?!"
"No." Sakura laughed. "Shikamaru told me about you."
Just as Naruto was about to speak, he was interrupted by a hi pitched squeal of delight. He flinched knowing who it was.
'OH NO! IT'S THE CRAZY CHICK! RUN! BELIEVE IT!'
"Sasuke-kun!"
A blond haired girl with blue eyes and a few of her friends ran up to Sasuke, who was standing by Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun, I've missed you! You haven't called me!"
"I don't intend to either. I told you already Ino. It's over."
"But Sasuke-kun! I can't help if that guy came onto me! He forced me I swear!"
"Liar. I'm not stupid Ino."
Ino looked at Sakura and Sakura could swear she snarled at her.
"Who the hell is that? Is she your flavor of the week?"
"Excuse me?" said Sakura.
"You know, flavor of the week….his new tramp." Ino smiled.
A vein popped out on Sakura's forehead and she clenched her fists, her nails digging into her flesh.
"I'm not…"
"Don't lie to me. I'm not stupid. Just the clothes you're wearing tall me all about you.
"What?!" Sakura was fuming.
"I didn't speak in another language…perhaps that overly large head of yours can't comprehend what I said. Seriously, you're forehead is huge!" she and her friends laughed.
'Just take the high road. Ignore her.' 'Let's kick her skanky ass!'
"Sasuke, I thought you had better tastes in girls. I never thought that you would demean yourself and date a tramp…maybe you like her because she's easy." Ino smirked.
'THAT'S IT! THE BITCH IS GOING DOWN!'
"Shut the fuck up Ino-pig." Sakura hissed through clenched teeth. Everyone looked at her.
"What?!"
"I said SHUT THE FUCK UP INO-PIG!"
"You little bitch! Just because you're Sasuke's whore doesn't mean…"
Sakura punched her so hard, there was an audible crack as blood flew out of her nose, and she flew back a few feet.
"Firstly Ino-pig, I'm not Sasuke's girlfriend. Secondly, I'm still a virgin which can't be said about you! Thirdly, don't you ever, EVER make fun of me or I promise the next thing I break won't be your nose!" Sakura hissed.
Ino's friends just helped her stand and run out of the mall. Sakura instantly calmed down and smiled sweetly at the group of people whose jaws had unhinged.
"Sorry about that. She pissed me off." Sakura smiled sweetly.
"I was wondering when you'd go off." said Shikamaru.
"Hell, I was hoping she would!" said Temari.
"Me too." said Sasuke.
"That was funny as hell!" said Hinata.
"Yeah it was." agreed the boy she knew as Kiba.
"You have a good stance for fighting." said Neji.
"She deserved that." said Tenten.
Gaara and Itachi just stared at her…stunned that she had snapped.
"So, what do you guys wanna do?"
"Didn't you want to get a new wardrobe?' asked Temari.
"Yep, do you guys want to help?" she asked the other girls. They nodded. "What are you guys gonna do?"
"They same thing we always do…sit at the food court and talk." said Naruto.
Sakura put her hand in her bra, much to everyone's surprise, and pulled out the small wad of cash.
"That's cleaver. Unless a guy is venturing to put his hand in your bra, they won't get your money." Temari laughed.
"Let's go!" said Tenten.
They grabbed Sakura and started to run towards one of the store they liked to shop at. Sakura turned her head and smiled at Gaara, who smiled back. The other guys turned toward him.
"You're lucky. I think she likes you." said Itachi.
"She is pretty hot." said Kiba.
"I agree." said Neji.
"Woah…that's weird. Even Neji agrees." said Naruto.
"She's a sweet girl." said Shikamaru.
"So, what all do you know about her anyway?" asked Gaara.
"That depends on what YOU want to know." he smirked. The other guys just listened.
"Natural hair color?"
"Pink."
"Seriously?"
"Yep. I've seen the baby pictures."
"Eyes?"
"Emerald Green."
"Height?"
"5'5."
"Weight?"
"125 lbs. Does that really matter?"
"No, I'm just curious. Grades?"
"4.0."
"Damn. Medical grades?"
"The same."
"Jesus, does she have any faults?"
"She usually lets people walk all over her."
"Cup size?"
"Pervert…44C."
"Do I want to know how you know?"
"Not really. We just got into a discussion about male and female anatomy."
"Parents?"
"Her mom. Her dad left her when she turned 5, but her mom is hardly ever around."
"Shy?"
"Not really."
"Lying?"
"She despises liars."
"Passions?"
"Painting."
"Boyfriend?"
"Never."
"So she's really a virgin then. Is she just pretty much a good girl?"
"Pretty much…except she likes her alcohol."
"She drinks?" another shock to the group.
"Yep. Not too much though."
'If you don't go for this girl, you're really stupid kid.' 'Shut up…I know that. Maybe I will take a chance on her.'
"So, after we leave here who's house are we staying at?" asked Naruto.
"I don't know." said Itachi.
Just then, his phone rang. It was Sakura's mom.
"Hello."
"Itachi, I keep ringing the house, but Sakura isn't answering."
"She's here at the mall with us."
"Oh! Is she wearing her black outfit?"
"Yes."
"Listen, could you tell her that I have to go to a string on important meetings. I won't be back home until…next Monday. She can have you guys over if she wants."
"Okay. I'll tell her. Bye Ms. Haruno."
"Ms. Haruno? Sakura's mom?" asked Kiba.
"Yeah. She won't be back until next Monday."
"Sakura isn't going to like that." said Shikamaru.
"She gave her permission to have friends over though."
"Oh really? Well, I guess we'll have to crash at her place when they get done." said Gaara.
"What are you planning?" asked Itachi.
"A humorous game of Truth or Dare." he smirked evilly.
"Or Strip Twister." said Itachi. (Yes Strip Twister. My friends and I came up with it.)
"Pervert." said Neji.
"Like you don't want to see Tenten naked." said Shikamaru.
"That's…it's not…I do not." she stammered.
"Looks like the Ice Cube can feel after all." said Naruto.
Author's Note: Well, I hope you guys liked this chapter! I know the next one will be fun to write. MWUHAHA!! Review are welcome and I always reply to them.