CC Note: soooooo here's the newest chapter of My Best Friend's Boyfriend! I'm so glad people like reading this story it makes me want to write more and more and update as fast as I can. So without further ado, here's the latest installment! Enjoy!

Last Shot

The crowd was going wild for the Kohanna Boys' Basketball team. The boys were playing some serious hard ball tonight; they were not letting the other team have a single opening for a shot and stole all of their passes. They moved like a team and thought like a team and their well-practiced moves sent the opposing team to the locker room during half time with long faces. The opposing team was going to have to have some hell of a pep talk to get them roused and ready to face the Kohanna Boys' again. Ino didn't realize that Naruto could play so, so….so well. She'd honestly believed, like many others, that Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyugaa were the all-stars of the team and that they were the ones that carried the team to the play offs every year. Boy was she wrong! Of course Sasuke and Neji were phenomenal but Naruto held his own against them. He may be the underdog but he refused to sit in the shadows of his teammates, or in this case on the bench. He wasn't as methodical and calculating with his shots as Sasuke, nor was eloquent yet conservative with his moves like Neji. He was brash and hard, he fouled the other team twice, but there was an obvious talent that could not be over looked.

Ino had to literally drag Sakura to the basketball game with her, the pinkette was more into the after game victory party than the actual game. With promises of meeting Sasuke Uchiha thrown around and more than a few harsh words she finally got her friend to come along. That was the easy part of the mission. The hard part was now being the little bug in Sakura's ear, prodding her to see Naruto in a different light. To be honest the boy wasn't so bad, his loudness and antics grew on a person after a while, but Sakura was hell bent on hating the blonde until the end of time.

"Did you know Naruto was so good at basketball?" Ino asked her friend who was currently enamored with Sasuke who was pouring water on his head in an attempt to cool off.

He did look yummy but she was not to be distracted. She could have yummy time with Sasuke later.

"Huh?" Sakura asked slightly confused.

"Naruto. Did you know he could play so well?" Ino restated and Sakura shrugged.

"He's alright I guess but Sasuke carries the team." She replied apathetically and for some reason that rubbed Ino the wrong way.

"What do you know, you don't even play sports." Ino huffed and Sakura laughed as she ran her fingers through her hair.

"I know enough. I am top of the class after all." Sakura bragged.

'Yeah after Shikamaru and Hinata.' Ino thought but bit back her retort. Now was not the time to pick a fight with Sakura. She had to keep her cool.

"How about we make a bet, you know, since you're so smart and all." Ino said sweetly and Sakura rolled her eyes.

"You know I always win but sure why not?" Sakura agreed and Ino smirked.

"Okay if Naruto scores the final shot you have to kiss him. If Sasuke scores the winning shot I'll kiss Naruto!" Ino pronounced her proposition.

Sakura paled but quickly regained her composure. She was never one to back down from a challenge, Ino knew that perfectly well.

"Fine but don't come crying to me when you have to wash your mouth out with soap." Sakura grinned and watched the rest of the half time show with new vigor.

Ino smiled to herself, she loved being right.

The game went on after the halftime show wrapped up and the opposing team trudged onto the court. It looked like that locker pep talk had been insufficient at picking up their spirits. Although no amount of pepping up would have stopped the decimation brought onto them by the Kohanna Boys. The game was drawing to a close and the clock was dwindling down to mere seconds. So far the ball had passed between Sasuke and Neji making shots and the rest of the team playing keep away. Ino was so tempted to bite her nails. Naruto had yet to steal the ball from his teammates and she could see her best friend sit straighter and straighter, looking like the cat that had swallowed the canary the whole time. She was never going to hear the end of this is Sakura won the bet.

Sasuke passed the ball across the court to Neji who passed it on to Kiba. The ball was intercepted by the other team who was making a last ditch effort to score at least one point in the game. Twelve seconds on the clock.

Okay nail biting time!

Neji tried intercepting the ball again but was blocked by one of the opposing team's players and he wasn't going to get out in time. Sasuke was on the far side of the court.

Ten seconds.

The crowd begins to count down with the clock. Naruto comes out from around the perimeter of the court and takes the player with the ball by surprise.

"Seven, Six"

He snatches the ball from between the player's legs and dribbles his way down the court towards the Kohanna hoop.

"Five, Four, Three"

He fakes out players from the other team and narrowly avoids an elbow to the face as he jumps for the hoop.

"Two, One!"

The buzzer screech is the signal that the game is over and Ino is on her feet screaming with the rest of the crowd as Naruto hangs from the rim with the largest smile on his face before hopping down. That was intense and exciting and Ino was happy she could let out the breath she'd been holding in. She knew Naruto would be able to do it. Why had she doubted him again? Ino was so occupied with cheering with the rest of the crowd that she almost missed Sakura elbowing her way down the stands to the court. Almost. Immediately she felt her stomach drop. Sakura was really going through with it! She hadn't meant for her to kiss him in front of all of these people! In front of her! Ino quickly elbowed her way through just like Sakura but she was too late in discouraging her determined friend from following through with their bet. She managed to make it to court side but Sakura was already nearing the boisterous boys who were steadily clapping Naruto on the back for his performance. The pinkette pushed her way through the wall of sweaty men until she made it to Naruto who looked flabbergasted to say the least. She grabbed his sweat drenched face, with a determination that only Sakura Haruno could possess, and kissed him square on the lips.

The Kohanna team cheered louder as well as the crowd but all Ino could hear was that annoying game buzzer in her ear. When they pulled apart Naruto still looked surprised but quickly picked Ino out of the crowd with his eyes. Blue met blue. One gaze was full of shock and the other confusion. This was going to be a long night…

CC Note: so what did you think? I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as much as I did writing it! The next two weeks are going to be hell weeks as I get ready for finals and pack up my dorm room so there might not be super-fast updates like before but still review so I know ya'll want more chapters! Wish me luck! Thanks for reading!