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Ino kept on running. Running and running. She didn't know where she was headed to. She didn't know what to do. Thoughts ran through her head like lightning. What the hell just happened right there and then? Her confusion exploded. She was lost more than ever.

She ran past students who were heading to class as the bell rang. Class? She didn't care. She didn't give a damn anymore. Not when something this…shocking just happened. This was crazy. Ino was still clutching her cheek as her tears cascaded down her face. Her sobbing had deceased to whimpers.

She ran into one of the freshman bathrooms, pushing the door open as hard as she could, slamming it into the wall with a big bang. No one was currently in the restroom, luckily, and no one was in the stalls doing their business either.

She wiped her tears with her sleeves. Her hair was a mess. Baby curls peaked from below her bangs and her ponytail wasn't really a ponytail anymore. She looked into the mirror above a sink and saw her blood-shot eyes form crying and the streak of blood down her chin. She wiped her eyes more and threw a puddle of water at her face.

She clutched the sides of the sink and stared straight into her own eyes. Her eyes were no longer bright blue. They seemed grey, grey as death. That moment when Sasuke had struck her, that one second took her life away. Ino fell to her knees and laid her head against the sink, her hands still clutching the edges.

"Sasuke…," Ino whispered. She didn't know what to feel about him anymore. If he was intentionally trying to strike Neji, then who couldn't say that blow was meant for her anyway? She felt like she losing herself. She forced a small smile. 'Whoever would've thought that feelings could make it feel like a punch to the face?' she thought.

She stood up, using the sink as support and stared at herself again. "I'm going to be strong," she said out loud to herself, "I'm going to be strong for Neji!" She clenched her fists. Right then, she felt her light coming back. Forget Sasuke. He was the liar, the culprit, the deceiver. And he called her his sister? Huh, sister her ass!

Ino held her head high and checked her cheek. The red mark was still there. Slowly, a plan started to form inside her head. She had a plan. This mark might come in handy…

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Sasuke sat on the principal's couch in silence, Neji on the other end. It was quiet between them, only the sound of the cuckoo clock's ticking could be heard. The two were waiting for the principal to come. They had been separated by some teachers after Ino had gone because the two broke out fighting again. They were wrestled into the office and they had finally clamed down, since they were hand-cuffed to the arms of the couch.

Neji wasn't looking at Sasuke, but his mind raged. This could be used as an advantage to him. He could get Sasuke in deep trouble and he had Ino to stand by and vouch for him. After all, it was Sasuke who had struck her.

"I hate you, you know that?" the raven-haired boy said from out of the blue. Neji smirked without glancing at him, "Yeah, I wouldn't have had noticed with you trying to knock me out." Sasuke glared at him, "At least I'm not the cheating liar." Neji chuckled, "But I'm not the one who punched Ino so hard that she started bleeding and made her cry. Yeah, that's really gonna make me look like the bad guy here." Sasuke growled.

"Well, you know what?" Sasuke's voice lightened as he shrugged matter-of-factly, "I still have that camera. With you and Ten Ten trading spit. That'll be enough proof for her."

"Shit," Neji said under his breath.

"What was that, Hyuuga?" Sasuke smirked. Neji turned away from him, "Shut up."

"Yeah, you forgot all about the camera didja?" Sasuke laughed, "What a sucker."

The knob on the office door rattled as a silhouette of a woman appeared through the screen of the door. They both held their breath for their principal was one tough force to be reckoned with. You get sent to her office, it was hell for you.

"Hello boys," Tsunade said as she shut the door behind her. "Hi," Sasuke said. "Hello Ms.Tsunade," Neji said politely. She smiled, "Looks like we know who the nice one in here is." Sasuke groaned in his head. She was always like this. Prejudice and hard-headed. Make one bad first impression on her, that'll stick with her forever. No matter ho much anyone would change, Tsunade would always see them as a little spoiled brat, for example.

She sat down in her chair behind her desk and folded her arms.

"Soo…" she began, "You boys got into a fight eh?" She eyed them carefully, looking at each of them in the eye. Her pupils were hard and convincing. They said, 'You better tell me the truth or I'mma be jockin'on yer ass, bitches.'

"Yes, ma'am," Sasuke said dully. "For what?" she asked, leaning forward looking interested. Neji cleard his throat before answering, "We um…got into a conflict over…" Neji trailed off, not sure if he should really tell the truth or not.

"…who our favorite teacher is," Sasuke finished for him. Neji stared at him with a look that told Sasuke that he was possibly crazy. Tsunade laughed.

"Who'd you go for?" Tsunade nodded to Sasuke. He gulped, "Sensei Jaraiya." Neji raised an eyebrow. 'Where in the hell is this going to..?' he thought. "You?" she nodded at Neji. "You, Principal Tsunade," he said. She leaned back on her chair.

She could see through their lie. She knew these two were smart, minus Sasuke's poor ability to lie, but she knew where this was going. She knew these two could figure their problems out themselves and they didn't need any extra stress with the required punishment. Bah, what was she thinking?! She'll make hell for these boys anyway.

"Okay boys," she sighed, "Seeing that the fight was only caused by a minor conflict, I see to it that it won't happen again. And next time, it'll be sorted out like men, not like little kindergarten boys fighting over a cookie."

"Yes, ma'am," they both said. "Well, you both probably know that this would result in suspension. Feel lucky that it won't be an expulsion," Tsunade continued. Sasuke and Neji gulped. She sighed.

"Well, I'll have to discuss this with your parents and then we'll decide what your punishment is," she said, looking out the window, "Was anyone else hurt?"

"No," Sasuke said, lying through his teeth. Bad mistake. "Good," she replied. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Tsunade called, without tearing her gaze away from the window. The door unlatched and came in Ino. Sasuke quickly looked away, trying not to make eye contact.

"The nurse told me to come and see you," Ino said. She really had gone to the nurse and spilled the story of the fight and Sasuke hitting her. She had left out the whole reason of the fight though. "Eh, I knew that Uchiha boy was no good," the crabby nurse had said as she wiped Ino's cheek with disinfectant, "You should turn him in. Who knows if that kid might cause some more trouble?" Her plan was going well.

"Oh really?" Tsunade said, "For whatever reason?" Tsuande had no idea that Ino was involved.

Ino glanced at Sasuke. It was time for hell. "Well…when Sasuke and Neji were fighting…Sasuke struck me too," Ino said, pointing to her cheek, "I didn't know what he was thinking. All I did was say one small thing." Sasuke almost scoffed, but stopped himself. One small thing, eh? He was angry, how could Ino do this to him?!

Tsunade looked like she believed her. "Sasuke Uchiha!" she said to him. "What?" he said bitterly through his clenched teeth. "Don't you what me," she said in a low voice, "You told me no one else was hurt."

"Yeah, so? What does that matter?" he said, anger boiling up again. "It makes all the difference, boy. Not only did you start a fight," Sasuke spoke up to protest but got cut off, "But you also lied to me, trying to stop yourself from being incriminated any more. You know in my school, that's one of the top offenses." This was not good. Tsunade was starting to get pissed off. Like being sent to her office, you get her mad and you still get hell.

"You're in deep trouble," she said. Like Sasuke would care now. "Whatever, I don't care," he said. Then he quickly added, "Bitch."

Oh shit.

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Sasuke walked down the street towards Ino's house that Saturday. It was not a good week for him. He got into deeper trouble than Neji and his parents went bonkers. They didn't think that their second perfect son would throw his life down the sink. They took away all his privileges to do anything. They took away his car keys, his computer, his stereo, TV, and all his precious things.

This was a disaster! Tsunade had made sure his punishment was more than enough to drive Sasuke to madness. She made him work around the school when he wasn't in class. He was also sentenced to fifty hours of community service. Shoot, she even made him her maid.

He continued down the sidewalk, the camera at hand. He hadn't been to Ino's house in ages ever since Neji and Ino had been 'dating'. She invited him more than Sasuke. And now he wasn't sure that he was ever going to be invited at all now.

As he walked, he remembered all those times he and Ino had walked together to her house every since 7th grade. He missed those days.

He approached Ino's light blue, three-story house. He put the camera into his pocket and hesitantly rang the doorbell. It took a few moments for someone to answer the door. It was Ino's mom. She had a smile on her face when she opened the door, but her smile slowly vanished once she saw it was Sasuke.

"Oh, it's you," she said, putting her hands on her hips, "Haven't seen you in a while. What do you want?"

Sasuke sighed before replying, "I need to talk to Ino."

"Mhmm," Ino's mom said, again with attitude, "So what, so you can go and smack her again?" Something inside Sasuke fell. The once nice Mrs. Yamanaka was now giving him some bitchy attitude. She was always kind to him, always greeting him with a warm smile. Sasuke tried to keep his temper down and his patience up.

"No," Sasuke said quietly, "I came to apologize." That made Mrs. Yamanaka calm down a bit. Her normal self was starting to return. "Oh," she said embarrassingly, "Well, go ahead. She's up in her room. Don't take too long though." Man, can this woman can change emotions so fast.

Sasuke made his way up the stairs and down the hall to the right to where Ino's room was. Ino's mother watched him as he went. 'Hm, I guess he still remembers where everything is,' she thought as she crossed her arms, 'I hope everything'll be al right.'

Sasuke stopped at Ino's door. At the front was a poster that said, 'Ino's room.' He stood there for few seconds before knocking on the door. "Who is it?" Ino's voice called from inside. Sasuke gulped.

"Hey," he began to say, "It's me, Sasuke." He heard a rustle in the room and a lock clicked. Ino opened the door and glared at him. "What the hell do you want?" she said angrily, "You want to sock me again? Go right ahead, you'll get into more trouble." She left the door open and sat on her room couch. Sasuke followed her in and saw that nothing had changed.

She still had her old stuff, the same bed, same posters on the wall, same everything. But one thing he noticed was that she had replaced the collage she made with her and Sasuke's pictures with a new one. It was with her and Neji. Sasuke tried to ignore it.

"So, what do you want?" Ino repeated, folding her arms as she watched Sasuke just stand there. "I came to say sorry," He said, "And to show you something." Ino laughed. It wasn't a friendly tone. "What, you came to show me your' new girlfriend'? Who is it now? That Sakura girl?" Sasuke's patience was wearing thin.

"No," he said plainly. He dug into his pocket and came up with the camera. "You got a new camera?" Ino asked, looking amused. "No!" he said, pissed, "Will you just shut your mouth for once in your life?!" Ino fell silent.

"Here, you should take a look at this," Sasuke handed her the camera with Neji and Ten Ten kissing. Ino stared at it without saying anything. Her face was blank.

"Now do you believe me?" Sasuke asked, putting a hand on her shoulder. Ino slowly pushed his hand off.

"No. Leave."

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Whoah! Ino's one stubborn babe. Lol Well, that ends the 4th chapter. I know it was…hard to follow but yeah. Anyway, review please! And be nice! No flames, please! Any questions? Just ask me and I'll clear it up for ya! BodaciousGracsious!