"Time for shopping!" Ino yelled. "Damn it Ino! You're so loud!" Sakura yelled back. "Sorry. I'm just excited. I can't believe the boys agreed to take us shopping." Tenten scoffed. "Yeah, after threatening them
by telling them that you would paste the picture of them at a slumber party on the school's newspaper. Then they agreed." Ino shrugged. "What can I say? I'm sneaky." "How did you find that picture?" Hinata
asked. "Easy. I was rummaging through Naruto's book bag for his social notes and I found the picture. It was a picture of Shika-kun, Neji, Sasuke, and Naruto at a slumber party. They were brushing each other's
hair! It was hilarious!" The girls then burst out laughing. "What's so funny?" a husky voice asked. Sakura turned around and saw Sasuke with Neji, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Gaara behind him. "Nothing you guys
should know." Sasuke let it go. "So shall we get started on shopping?" Ino asked. The guys groaned. Ino smirked. "Excellent! Let's go!" The girls each dragged a boy. Except for Sakura who just grabbed her
brother while Sasuke walked alone. The girls dragged the boys all over the mall. (They also paid for the clothes.) "Sakura! Why don't you try buying more stuff than that?" Ino asked Sakura who was holding only
3 bags while the others had at least 20. "Because I don't want to spend the entire guy's money just for shopping. Unlike you guys who are spending more than a hundred. "Jeez Ino, don't you already have
enough clothes?" Sakura asked eyeing Ino's bulging bags. "You can never have too many clothes." "Right." Sasuke and the guys were watching the girls from afar. "Haruno, doesn't Sakura ever shop?"
Sasuke asked. "No, she actually really doesn't like shopping that much. She hates to waste money for unneeded necessities." Sasuke nodded. "Why do you even care, Uchiha?" Gaara asked suspiciously. If
Sasuke had a crush on Sakura then he would have to kill him. "I don't. I just wanted to know." Sasuke lied. Teme's in denial. He so likes Sakura-chan. Naruto thought. "Tenten sure looks nice with that top on." Neji
said out of nowhere. "Neji? Do you like Tenten?" Naruto asked. Neji blushed. "N-no." "Then why did you just say 'Tenten sure looks nice in that top'?" Sasuke asked. "Ok fine! I do have a crush on her. Just don't
tell her." "Hn." Neji glared. Naruto decided to break it up. "Shikamaru, do you like anybody?" He asked. "Sakura." "What?!" Gaara growled. "I'm kidding. She's too weird to be my type." Gaara still glared at
him. "You just called my sister weird! Take it back!" Gaara was clenching his fists. Shikamaru gulped. "I mean she's not my type. Ino is. She's not weird. Please don't kill me! I haven't told Ino my feelings yet!"
He was on his knees. Gaara calmed down. "I won't kill you. Just don't make fun of my sister. That goes for all of you." The boys nodded except for Sasuke who only yawned. "Why do you care so much for Sakura?"
He asked. Gaara glanced at Sakura and smiled at her. "Because she's special to me. She's a part of me. I don't want anybody to hurt her. Not even boys. That's why I don't want her to have a boyfriend. Because if
they hurt her, then I will feel like it will be my fault." Naruto sniffled. "That's so sweet! I think I'm going to cry." This time Sasuke didn't hit Naruto's' head for being weird. He actually knew what Gaara meant.
"That's really deep, Haruno." Sasuke said. Gaara just kept looking at the ground. "Hey boys! C'mon! We need you to hold our shopping bags!" Tenten yelled waving her arms. They guys went over to the girls and
grabbed their bags. Sasuke went to Sakura and tried grabbing her bags for her but she didn't let him. "It's ok Sasuke-kun, I can handle it." Gaara leaned in Sasuke's ear. "Remember; she doesn't like when you treat
her like an invalid." Sasuke nodded. Ino led everyone out of the mall to walk around the town for more stores. "This is so cute!" Tenten squealed looking at this necklace that had a sword charm hooked onto it.
Neji smirked and walked over to her. "Can I see it?" He asked. Tenten handed it to him. Neji walked over to the cashier and paid the lady. "Neji, what are you doing?" Tenten asked. Neji took the necklace and put
it around her neck. "This." Tenten gasped. "Thanks Neji. But you didn't have to by me…" Tenten didn't finish her sentence due to the Hyuga prodigy pressing his lips against hers. When they broke apart Tenten
was blushing. "They look so cute together!" Ino whispered to Hinata and Sakura. "I know. It's about time they got together." Sakura. Hinata sighed. It was such a beautiful scene for her. "Let's go now. There's
more shopping to do." Ino said leaving the store. "Ino! Wait up!" Sakura yelled running after her with Hinata. Sasuke and others followed them too. While they were walking something caught Sakura's eye.
She looked to her side and saw a store window. Inside was a beautiful charm bracelet. It was pure gold and sparkled with the sun's rays reflecting it. Sakura loved it. "Hey guys, can we check this store out?" She
asked to…no one. Her friends were gone. They must have already left. "Crap! They left without me!" Sakura started running hoping to catch up to her friends. Where did they go? After about 10 minutes of
searching for her friends Sakura gave up. Maybe I should ask for directions. Sakura was panting a lot. She looked around for someplace to ask for help. Right in front of her was a dance school. 'Marilyn's School
for the Performing Arts.' It read. Sakura entered the building to find some help. Upon entering she heard some music. It sounded like Spanish music. Sakura followed the music. She turned the corner and saw a
boy her age dancing for what it seemed to be, tango. He looked sort of like Sasuke except that his hair was short and not chicken-haired style. To Sakura he looked nice dancing like that. He spun around and lifted
his left leg up. When the music ended he ended the dance with dramatic pause. At that moment Sakura decided to go up to him. "Excuse me?" The boy turned around. He was surprised at first but then he calmed
down when he saw it was just a girl. "Oh. Hello, may I help you with something?" He flashed a smiled at Sakura. "Actually yes, do you know any stores around that could possibly sell designer clothes?" The boy
chuckled. "You must be one of those crazy shopping girls." "Not really. My friends left without me and now I don't know where they could be. All I know is that maybe they could be shopping for clothes due to
my friend who is crazy about shopping." The boy understood. "I don't know much about stores. But maybe Marilyn can help you. She's busy with a dance class right now so you're going to have to wait. By the way,
I'm Sai." He held out his hand. Sakura shook it. "I'm Sakura. Great dancing!" Sai smiled. "Thanks, I go to this place for lessons. I also just moved here. I'll be going to Konoha Academy tomorrow to begin my
classes." "That's so cool! I go to Konoha Academy too!" Sai nodded. "Do you dance?" He asked after a few seconds of silence. "Not really, but I would really like to try." Sai beamed. "That's great! Why don't
you dance with me? I'm sure we have extra outfits for you to dance in." Sakura thought about it. It would be great to dance tango. "Sure. Why not?" Sai took her arm and took her to a small room that held many
costumes for dancing. He took out a black dress (like the one from the cheetah girls 2, from what Dorinda wore.) and handed it to Sakura. "Try it on. I'll be waiting out in the studio." Sai left her then. Sakura took
off her clothes and tried it on. There were some black high heels that went great along with so she slipped them on. She tied her hair a low ponytail and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked gorgeous. I guess
this could work out. Sakura walked back out to the studio. Sai smiled at her. "You look beautiful." He remarked. Sakura blushed. "Are you ready?" Sakura nodded. "Good." Sai turned on some slow music. He
went up to Sakura and put his hand on her waist and his other with her hand. Sakura felt relaxed and they both started to dance. With each step Sakura felt happy and excited about this.
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"I can't believe we lost Sakura!" Ino yelled. "What do you mean by 'we'? You were the one who kept dragging us everywhere that we couldn't tell who was with us or not! Now we one less short of a friend!"
Gaara yelled. Ino was trembling. When Gaara noticed that Sakura wasn't with their group he nearly panicked. "Enough with the yelling! All we have to do is ask people if they've seen a girl with pink hair
walking around. It shouldn't be that hard." Tenten said. They all agreed. One by one they asked people walking on the side walk if they've seen Sakura. They didn't get any leads. "This is bad! Sakura-chan
could've been kidnapped!" Naruto screamed. Gaara felt his heart pounding fast that he actually blacked out. He collapsed into Sasuke's arms. "Good going dobe. He just fainted because you said something that
actually scared him!" Naruto was running around in circles. "I can't help it! I'm just so worried about Sakura-chan!" Neji grabbed his collar. "Calm down Naruto. You're acting like a 3 year old." Naruto
calmed down. Shikamaru looked around the busy streets. "Why don't we ask if they've seen Sakura in that dance school?" He suggested pointing to 'Marilyn's School for the Performing Arts.' They all agreed and
went inside the school.
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Sai was spinning Sakura and then he lifted her up in the air. When he put her down Sai dipped her and it was the end of the dance. When they finished they heard clapping. Sai and Sakura turned and saw a woman
around her 30's wearing a purple cloak over her black dress. Her blonde hair was tied up into a bun. She was really beautiful. "That was wonderful! I've never seen such a dance before like that! You two make a
perfect tango dance couple!" Sai bowed to her. Sakura was confused. Who is this lady? Sai turned back to Sakura. "Sakura-san, this is Madame Marilyn, the school's dance teacher. She was the one who taught me
the tango." Madame Marilyn held out her hand. "How do you do?" "I'm fine, thank you." Sai looked around the studio. "Who's there?" he asked confusing Marilyn and Sakura. "How'd he see us?" a familiar
idiotic voice spoke. Naruto? "Come out now or else I'll have to call security." Sai said. "Fine." Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Hinata, Ino, Tenten, and unconscious Gaara came out from hiding. Ino ran over to
Sakura and hugged her very tightly. "Oh Sakura! I didn't know you could dance! You were magnificent." Sakura was finally able to breathe when Ino let go. "Thanks Ino. What happened to Gaara?" Sasuke
dropped Gaara to the floor. "When we were looking for you Naruto told him that you might've gotten kidnapped and he blacked out due to fright." Sakura mouthed and 'o'. "Ugh! Where am I?" Gaara asked
gaining consciousness. "You fainted as soon as Naruto said Sakura was probably kidnapped. Who knew you can faint, Haruno." Sasuke smirked. "Ahem! I'm a Haruno too, Chicken Hair." Sakura snapped.
Sasuke smirk disappeared. "Uh…I didn't mean you, Sakura." Sasuke tried not to make her cry. Sakura shrugged. "Anyways, Miss Sakura would you like to join my dance school to learn Tango. Sai needs a
partner and you would be perfect. You can come here after school and practice." Madame Marilyn explained. Sakura didn't need to think about it. "Of course I'll do it! Tango seems to be interesting."
Madame Marilyn smiled and hugged Sakura. "Wonderful, you can start tomorrow. I also hear that Sai will be going to your school. You both can come together." Sai and Sakura agreed together. For some reason
Sasuke felt anger against Sai. He didn't know why. But it needed to stop. "Can we go now?" He asked impatiently. "Fine. Fine. Do you want to go now Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked. Sakura said yes but went go
change quick. Sai told her to keep it since she was going to be learning Tango anyway. "Ok, let's go. Bye Madame Marilyn. Sai came along with them since he was already going to Konoha Academy. I can't
believe that this 'Sai' guy will coming along with us. I can't let him get close to my Sakura. Did I just 'my' Sakura? I must be going out of my mind! Sasuke thought. When they got to the school Sai got paired up
with as his roommate. "Si I guess I'll see you tomorrow Sai." Sakura told him. Sai was leaning against the wall. "Ok. You can show me around the school. To get to know the place." They talked for a few minutes
until Sai went back to his dorm to unpack.
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-Sasuke and Naruto's Dorm Room-
"So what do you think of Sai, Teme?" Naruto asked while brushing his teeth. Sasuke slammed his hand on his desk. "Can we stop talking about that guy? He's really getting on my nerves!" Sasuke was really angry.
Naruto spit out the foam. "You sound jealous. Is it because Sai and Sakura are going to be hanging out a lot?" Sasuke widened his eyes. "Of course not. It's just that…he'll probably get in my way a lot." Naruto
climbed into his bed. "Whatever you say Teme." He turned off the lights and went to sleep. Sasuke slipped into bed to but couldn't sleep. That guy better stay out of my way. Besides, why do I care that he will be
hanging out with Sakura more than I will be? Maybe because I'm starting to have feelings for her…
A/N: Whoa, Sasuke sure is changing. Please read and Review!